16 Days and Counting!

Okay, so it doesn't look like this baby is going to come in 2007, against my wishes. We went to the Dr a couple of days ago and I am not doing anything. He also said that this baby is already bigger than Anna was at birth, which was 8 lbs 1 oz. He is predicting a 9 1/2 pounder. Ouch!
So my question to all my fellow bloggers, what are some of the ways that I can induce labour? All of your help is greatly appreciated!

Family Party

We had a family party at a place here in Pleasant Grove called Noahs. It was so much fun. I think Anna had more fun than any of us. She learned how to play billards and also how to play raquetball. It was a lot of fun to see some of my cousins and as an added bonus, Anna wore herself out and had a great nap. BTW...If you get a chance, check out the website for this place. It is www.mynoahs.com. You can rent a raquetball court which has a lounge area with a television, a computer, a kitchen area and a bathroom for 75 minutes for $15. What a deal!

Happy Birthday Rob!

According to Rob he became older than dirt today. Which makes me wonder, how old is dirt?
Anyway, we had fun celebrating today. Anna went and picked out some balloons for him. She had a tough time deciding between Mickey Mouse, Lightning McQueen and Curious George. She finally decided on Mickey. She was very excited to give them to him, more so because she wanted to play with them.
Anyway, Rob, I hope that you had a great birthday. Thank you for being a wonderful husband and father. I love you very much!

Christmas Wrap Up

Since I haven't blogged for a couple of days, I thought I would give a synopsis (wow! That was good word usage!) of our fabulous Christmas.
I have to say that I am quite impressed with Rob. He finished all of his Christmas shopping before Christmas Eve and even had them wrapped the afternoon of the 24th. This is a huge step for him! The following pictures are of Rob and Anna wrapping my present from Anna. It was covered in tape, but it was very cute. Anna refused to wear anything but her princess dress and crown that afternoon. She even went in and found her Cinderella shoes to match. I am impressed that she found the matching shoes.




We spent Christmas Eve at the Cloward's. This is our rendition of the nativity scene. I was the very pregnant Mary and Rob was the donkey (I am grateful I don't have pictures of that!). My nephew that is five was Joseph. I pretty much robbed the cradle at that point! Anna was a very uncooperative shepherd. She is the one in the red shirt.

Here she is unwrapping her present from her Uncle Cecil. It is a very cute bear that you can color on and it washes off. I just hope she doesn't think that she can color on all of her stuffed animals.

Here is Christmas morning. She got her kitchen and loved it! She found her dishes and served everyone "Hot, Hot" or as normal people call it, hot chocolate (Thanks Polar Express!!!). My parents, Kassi and Zach and Erin all came over to watch her open her gifts. She was very fun to watch. She would open the present and then ask for more! The funny thing is that when she would open clothes she would toss them to the side and look for something else to open. She was not interested at all in such trivial things! We had a great Christmas. It was so fun to watch Anna get excited over everything. She loves her kitchen and her shopping cart and she even got her first Barbie from her Aunt Kassi.

Rob and I actually ended up giving each other the exact same present. Without knowing it, we bought each other I-Pods. The only difference is that his is black and mine is silver. I guess great minds think alike!

After the storm

Funny thing, after Anna got away from Santa she realized that he had given her a present. She was so excited and came running over to rip the paper off. Unfortunately, she has now learned that prizes are underneath the paper and has proceeded to unwrap the presents that are under the tree. Ugh! We only had four more days for her to last.

Experiencing Santa

Anna got to meet Santa yesterday. We thought we had her all prepared. She knows exactly what he says and she told us several times that she wanted to see him. Even when Santa came in ringing his bells, she shouted hurray! Then he wanted her to come and sit on her lap. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Enjoy!

Anna's night out

As a family date night we took Anna to see "Enchanted". This was the first time we have taken her to a movie in a theater. She loved it! She got to sit in her own little chair and even had her own drink and popcorn. She was so cute during the show. She was excited to see the princess and the prince. She started dancing when they danced on screen, singing when they sang and clapping when they clapped. She was thoroughly entertained, as were we. It is a cute show. I would recommend it. Plus it is clean, which is always a huge plus!

The Home Stretch?

I have one month left in this pregnancy. I keep praying for less! But I have to say that I am sick of hearing about how little time I have left and how I am in the home stretch. I have to wonder to myself if these people realize that this is the hardest month of the whole pregnancy. I don't recall being this uncomfortable with the other two pregnancies. Maybe it is because I am chasing a two year old around this time. Or maybe it is because Heavenly Father makes you forget so you will continue to have children :). I think my biggest complaint right now are my feet. They are the size of elephant feet! I am not able to wear anything but flip flops, which isn't the greatest attire for 20 degree weather.

But even though I have complained a lot, I am very grateful to be pregnant. I know that there are many women out there that will never experience the little kicks and flutters that accompany pregnancy. But I am getting very excited to hold my new little one!

All Aboard the Polar Express

I have now watched the Polar Express everyday for the last eight days. I'm beginning to really despise that movie! But Anna is totally enthralled with it. I have never seen her get so animated about a movie. She yells "All Aboard" when the conductor does. She gets so excited to see Santa (we'll see how well she does with him in real life) and tells the kids to run to catch the train. It is pretty cute but I'm excited for this phase to end.

Can't Catch Me...I'm the Gingerbread Man!

I bought a gingerbread house kit the other day and it seemed like the perfect time to break it out. The kit came with a ton of candy...which made Anna very happy. We put Rob in charge of the icing. He did a fabulous job.



Here is Anna decorating one of the snowman. She did a fabulous job!

Here is her decorated gingerbread man. She really didn't care too much for the flavor of the gingerbread but she loved all the candy!

There isn't much left of her gingerbread man. Here she is sneaking some candy. BTW...I have my lovely husband to thank for snapping such a flattering photo of me. And yes, I really do feel that pregnant!

Winter Wonderland

It started snowing around three this afternoon. This is what it looked like about five. I love the trees when they are covered like this. Now it really feels like Christmas.

Not even for a minute

I left Anna alone for in my bathroom for just a minute. When I got back, this is what I found:



She had brown eye shadow all over her face, her shirt, the counter and the sink. What a mess! Thank goodness it was just eye shadow, easy to clean up, not nail polish or lipstick. But hey, she had a fun time!

Nesting Time

I don't know if it is because I am having a lot of contractions lately or what, but I suddenly feel the need to get everything organized. Right now the house is driving me nuts! Everywhere I look there is something else to do. Maybe I should just put some blinders on for the rest of this pregnancy and just focus on one thing at a time. Right now it should probably just be getting Christmas ready. We'll see how that goes! One step at a time, right?

Discovering Rokenbok

About six years ago Rob discovered this fun new toy called Rokenbok. They are little remote controlled construction vehicles that go around and pick up little balls. What you do when you gather all the balls is up to you. Anyway, Rob got a whole bunch of them for Christmas the following year. He played with them for about six months and then they have been in storage ever since. Last night he decided to introduce Anna to his fun, little world. She had a blast. The vehicles didn't really go very far, mostly in circles the whole time, but both Anna and Rob had a great time. Here are a couple of pictures of her playing and discovering Rokenbok.

Double posted picture

I just realized that I double posted one of the pictures. This is the front view of the lion that was supposed to be published. Sorry!

Snow Day

How interesting that we get our first real snow day on December 1. Anna woke up, looked out the window and kept repeating "noh" and "noh-man". So we bundled her up and Rob took her outside to build her snowman. I thought I did a pretty good job getting her into her snow clothes, but she absolutely refused to put gloves on. I figured I would send her out without them and see what happened.

Here she is starting to build the bottom layer. As predicted, her little hands got extremely cold and she began to scream. She still refused to put her gloves on, so inside she came. She lasted about ten minutes. But it was all good, because she was due for a nap anyway.

Rob had to finish what he started, so he went out by himself and finished his snow sculpture...A lion. He was outside for a good hour, but look what he came up with. Here is the side view.

Front view of the snow lion. You can see how he thought of every little detail. What can I say...He's an engineer! Anyway, it was fun to get the snow. We definitely needed it. I'm sure the skiers and snowboarders really appreciated it.

Go Lehi High!

My friend Rachel threw down a challenge for us to post memories and pictures of our high school years. Being the lazy (pregnant) person that I am, I refuse to go down and dig through boxes for my stuff, so you will just have to deal with dance pictures.

This was my very first dance date. I asked him. What a disaster. He was such a jerk! I don't think I spoke to him ever again after this dance.

Another dance date where I asked the guy...Do I see a trend starting? I remember thinking that I looked so cute for this dance. Notice my pegged pants and my shoelaces untied and tucked into my shoes. Wow! The styles were awesome back then!

I had to show this picture because you have to check out my date's hair. Yes, that is a mullet. Wow! What a hottie! Also, check out his belt. It is a braided one that is tied in a knot.

Okay, finally a dance where I was asked. This is my senior prom. My mom made my dress. I remember she was glueing sequins on it up until five minutes before my date arrived. I was kindof dating this guy, but after prom it fizzeled out.

High school graduation. I was lucky enough to have two cousins my same age graduate with me. This is the three of us right before the commencement ceremony. I thought I was having a perfect hair day. In fact, I still think it looked pretty good. My best friend, Sheralyn, can be seenin the corner. I wish that I could find a picture of us together.

And finally, a picture of my high school. It has changed since I attended. I think my graduating class was about 175. I knew everyone. Now days I think an average class is around 600. What happened to my small town?

Christmas Festivities

The past couple of days have been filled with fun Christmas activities. Last night Rob and I attended the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert with a couple of his family members. This is a great show. The music was fun and entertaining as were the lasers and pyro technics. It was also fun to listen to the drunk/stoned kid behind us. He was overly excited with just about everything. They really do put on a good show. I would recommend that everyone see them at least once.

Then today Anna and I went with some of our neighbors and my mom to the Festival of the Trees. I couldn't believe how much work and money went into some of those trees. It was also interesting to read the stories about the people that the trees were dedicated to. I was surprised to see how many babies there were. It made me realize that there are a lot of little guardian angels out there watching over us.

Pictures from Thanksgiving

I just received these pictures from Kassi from Thanksgiving Day. My mom gave Anna a sheet of star stickers and she went nuts with them. She especially liked putting them on her Grandpa.

Decorating the Tree

We put the tree up a couple of days ago, but didn't decorate it. We decided to wait until FHE. Anna had a great time. Here are a couple of pictures of her putting on the ornaments. They are all at the bottom of the tree and I am too lazy to change them, so that is where they are staying.

Anna's big girl bed

My Mom and Dad came over to drop something off and we suckered my dad into helping us put together Anna's new bed. Rob and my Dad worked on it for about an hour, but it is done. Yay! Anna is doing surprisingly well in it. She cried for about fifteen minutes when we put her down for her nap, but didn't try and get out. Then when we put her to bed tonight she didn't even cry. She hasn't even looked at her crib since we moved it out of her room. Hopefully this trend will continue after the baby is born. After all, there are going to be plenty of adjustments for her to get used to.

BTW...We did not put her on the top bunk. She is just playing up there in the picture.

Turkey Day

We had a great Thanksgiving Day. We headed over to the Clowards for dinner and pie. After that we headed to the Hadfields for leftovers. Nothing beats a turkey sandwich on homemade rolls Thanksgiving night. Anyway, thanks to everyone who helped make everything so wonderfully delicious!

Tyler's Home

We were able to go to the airport a couple of nights ago and pick up Rob's brother, Tyler. He is just the same, but more mature (a mission will do that to you...sometimes.). Anyway, Anna went right to him and gave him hugs. It was pretty cute. She was only two weeks old when he left so we didn't really know what to expect. Anyway, welcome home Ty! It's good to have you back!

Welcome Home Tyler!

Rob's brother, Tyler, comes home from his mission tonight. We are leaving in a couple of hours to go meet him at the airport. He has got to be exhausted. He left Sunday morning from the Ukraine and doesn't get in to SLC until 12:10 tonight, technically Wednesday morning. What a long journey. We are excited to see him. It's weird that it has been two years. Anna was only two weeks old when he left. WOW!

Daddy's home!

Yay! I can finally post again. Rob has been out of town (Florida...don't we all feel sorry for him :) ) since last Sunday and took our laptop with him. Our other computer is so slow and takes me between 20 to 30 minutes to type a simple blog, let alone load pictures. So, therefore I have not blogged.

Anyway, Rob came in around 7:00 last night and Anna and I decided to go into the airport and surprise him. I had no idea that the escalators and moving sidewalks would entertain this child for so long. We might have to make a regular trip to the mall just so she can go up and down the escalators. It was hilarious to watch her.

All in all I am very glad to have Rob home. It has been a long, stressful week. Welcome home babe. I love you!