37 Weeks

I've made it to "full-term"!!! Yesterday's doctor appointment went well. I didn't make any more progress as far as dilating, etc. but Kaylee's heartbeat was strong, she's still head down, and everything looks great. I was surprised over my 4-lb. weight loss. I actually feel pretty good except the occasional pain with walking or getting up after being in one position too long. So we continue to wait patiently(mostly) as June 12th makes its way closer. Only 2 weeks to go!

To stay busy I have been trying to catch up on as much scrapbooking as possible and I am making good progress. My hope is to get some more photos printed this weekend to work on next week. We've also taken on trying to potty train Evan before the baby arrives. Life is busy as always.

Hangin' In There

Just a quick update to say I'm still hangin' in there. Only 3 weeks to go before the c-section. Yesterday at the doctor I had gained a pound. Kaylee was head down, with plenty of fluid, and had a strong heartbeat. I was surprised that I had made a little progress. Dr. Singleton said I was 1 cm dilated and 70% effaced. Today I am feeling much more pain and pressure, making shopping and other daily duties harder. I am so thankful to have Bryan home and helping with Evan, meals, cleaning, etc. We're getting more and more excited about seeing our baby girl and having her home with us. Please continue to pray that all goes well and we have a healthy baby to hold.

A Day At The Rodeo

We spent our Saturday at the Woodlake Rodeo this weekend. My mom and dad go every year with my grandma and my aunt from out of state. This year we decided to join them and see how Evan liked it. We were there from about 10am-7pm and I was amazed at how well Evan handled such a long day. He's such a good boy. We found some shade for our lawn chairs, enjoyed a delicious deep pit BBQ tri-tip lunch, and waited for the fun to start. Evan was most excited by the score board and buzzer, lol, but he also liked the mutton bustin' and the bucking broncos. It was a great Saturday spent with family.

Evan is ready for some action!

Checking out the bulls with Daddy

The sky-diver's entrance

National Anthem

Bareback Bronc Riding

The gang watchin' the action

Awesome trick riders. Some of these girls were only 12 years old!

The One Armed Bandit- John Payne

This was such an amazing show by John Payne, his mule, and the two American Bison.

Family Photos

What's Happening Here?

Well, I feel like I never have terribly exciting news to share so I have lacked in posts recently. But I figured I'd catch up on just a few things happening around here.

I had another ultrasound yesterday to check Kaylee's growth and weight. She's measuring an entire week bigger, moving her actual due date up a week. Now the due date is one day off from what the doctor had planned for a c-section. So this leaves me anxious to go to my 34-week appointment on Wednesday to find out what the doctor thinks of all of this. Will she keep my c-section date the same or move it up a week? I'm very curious, as is the whole family, to find out whether or not Kaylee may make an earlier appearance than originally thought. Thankfully, Bryan's last day of work for the summer is May 15th, so regardless of what happens he will be off of work until July 1st. What a blessing to have him here for the last few weeks of my pregnancy and here 2-3 weeks after she is born as well. He's been great at letting me sleep in so I can get my much-needed rest.

Evan's doing great. He's very into bowling still and he's also discovered the PBS Kids website for playing other games. He's very curious about reading right now and doing well at sounding out words in some of his beginning level books. He can still name and place more of the 50 states than I can, and he asked the other day what -5 + 6 was. How does he even know what negative numbers are? He's definitely beyond his level in everything, but it's fun to watch how interested he is in learning. If only he would focus some of that energy towards potty training :)

I celebrated my 27th birthday on Saturday. I got to hang out with Bryan and Evan most of the day. We also went to my sister's house for dessert with the family and went out to dinner. Sunday, Bryan watched Evan and I got an entire day of movies, shopping, and food with my best friend. It was a great weekend.

This weekend we are heading to the Woodlake Rodeo with my parents, my Grandma Ransom, and my Aunt Anita from Oregon. They go to the rodeo on Mother's Day weekend every year, so we thought we'd join them this year. The weather is supposed to be in the low 90's though so I'm hoping I survive the heat!

So that is what has been happening in our neck of the woods. Hopefully some more exciting things will come up soon!

Chubby Cheeks

We went for another 3-D ultrasound on Tuesday. Kaylee loved hiding behind her hands. I can't tell if she's stubborn or just a little shy, but we did see her chubby cheeks and the ultrasound tech said she DOES have hair. At one point she tried putting her foot in her mouth, it was quite cute to watch.

Also, I had my 33-week appointment on Tuesday. All is looking well still and I am feeling good for the most part. Kaylee is wiggling and moving quite a bit. She loves to stick her feet up in my rib cage, making sitting and sleeping quite uncomfortable at times. I gained another 2.5 lbs. but still remain down 8.5 lbs. from where I started, with 6 weeks to go. Next Tuesday I have an ultrasound to check Kaylee's weight and growth so we can get a better idea of a c-section date. It's hard to believe that Bryan is done with work for the summer in just two weeks and then we are just four weeks away from meeting our little one face-to-face.

Lazy Days

All I want to do is nap. First the record-breaking heat and now the cooler than average breezy days. I want to curl up and rest my baby belly.

One Stubborn Baby

We went today for our 3-D ultrasound and Kaylee was quite stubborn, again. I'm beginning to think that she's not big on having her picture taken. We were able to confirm that she is still a girl at least. Mommy has had many dreams of baby boys, so this was reassuring.
Other than that, she hid her face behind the placenta and only peaked out a few quick times. She kicked, yawned, and moved everything except her face in the direction we needed! The guy was nice enough to invite us back again for free so we'll try another day I guess. Here's what we got to see today.

At yesterday's 31-week check-up everything looked great still. I was up 3 lbs. but that was completely normal. I am still down 11 lbs. from my starting weight with 8 weeks to go. Still aiming to just break even. I've been having leg cramps off and on so the doctor recommended extra calcium with vitamin D twice a day. All else is well. Getting excited about my baby shower this Saturday and friends visiting from out of town!

More Easter Fun

We had a family BBQ to celebrate Easter with everyone. We got to use the little park near my parents house and it was a beautiful spot to eat lunch and let the kids play. We did another little egg hunt for the kids too.

The boys- Caleb, Noah, Evan, and Devin

Family and food!
Jodi and Caleb

Silly Stephanie

Evan and his basket

Evan sneaking in on the girl's picture. Evan, Briana, Sydney, and Mikayla

Our Family :)

Evan excited about his Easter basket at home

The Big 3-0

Yep, 30 weeks pregnant today. Where has the time gone? So much is going on and the time is flying by. Still feeling great and looking forward to a doctor's appointment on Tuesday and a 3-D ultrasound on Wednesday so I'll let you all know how it goes.

Eggs and Fun

We went to Aunt Stacey's house for some pre-Easter fun. All of the cousins came over to eat lunch together, dye eggs, egg hunt, and then have a bunny cookie. It was a fun day. The kids all had a good time dyeing eggs (and their hands). The weather was perfect for a family-filled day outside.

Butterfly sandwiches and cheetos!

Eating lunch together

Dyeing eggs for the first time

Evan's goodies

The kids after egg hunting

Evan decorating his cookie

Evan then proceeded to lick all of the frosting off and eat the rest of the cookie :)

Bowling

Evan recently discovered the sport of bowling and has developed quite the liking for it. From computer games, it progressed to Wii bowling, and then we finally took him "real bowling" at Boardwalk Bowl in Santa Cruz. He had a blast, although the ball weighed 6 lbs, his shoes were a size too big, and he took one slip down the lane. It was very entertaining for us all. He is now settling for playing his plastic bowling set at the house again.

A Spare!

So proud to have his own shoes and ready to go "real bowling".

A little help from Daddy.

Such a big ball for a little guy.

Evan's excitement when he hits the pins...

And Evan's disappointment when he missed the pins...

The Greats

Evan got to visit his great-grandparents while in Santa Cruz. First we visited Grandma Maley on her 86th birthday. Evan sang to her and enjoyed playing with her birthday balloon.

Later that afternoon, we headed to see GG and Gramps Reich at their house. Evan got to build with the legos with Gramps. It was nice visiting them all.

Life's A Beach

We decided to head to Santa Cruz for 3 days, so we took Evan to the beach on the only sunny day we had. He had a blast building castles, walking in the freezing cold water, finding shells and sticks, etc. It was a fun afternoon.