BABY SHOWER!!

Thanks to all the wonderful women who came and hosted my very first baby shower. The treats were so yummy and the gifts were more than I deserved. This little guy sure is getting a lot of love already!

Grandma Rohrer and Aunt Ethnee

Grandma Afuvai

The women who put this all together and threw it for me- Aunt Lene and Aunt Mara

The three adopted Aunties- Amy, Kara, and Rach

The diaper cake Aunt Cathy sent up- and the monkey that watched over all the treats!

Thanks everyone! And thanks to all of those who could not make it here but who sent gifts or expressed their love, concern, and excitement! We love you all!

What Does That Mean?

I've really been asking my doctor this question A LOT lately. He'll give me a measurement... 1 1/2 and 50% and I'm looking at him thinking- "does he think I have ESP?" Or he'll say, "Doesn't look like I'll need to intervene this week" and I'm staring at him wondering why he would say something like that! Obviously- this is my first baby and his Millionth or something! He's such a great Doc though that he laughs at me and then calmly explains what he is trying to say. Thanks Dr. Bierer! Basically- the general idea is that our little boy just loves where he's at. We hit 37 weeks today but there's no sign of his descent. Kind of grateful really as we're both pretty nervous and scared. And no- my hospital bag is not packed yet! I still lack the Butterfinger candy bars and a few other things- close to my crispety crunchety peanut buttery bar in importance :).

Baby Update

So I tried to get my ultrasound pics on here but it didn't work very well. Just in case you were wondering- the baby is doing great! He has the chubbiest cheeks in the whole world and he weighed 5 pounds last week. No sign of early delivery so right now we're still looking at another 5 weeks. Although we are getting a little anxious and I'm determined to have our hospital bags packed by this weekend! Oh and I finally bought something for the little guy- a pack of socks and a red and white striped onesie in case he's born before July 4th! Any helpful hints on products or tricks are greatly appreciated!

Memorial Day Weekend- The Stinky Man Trip

So I'm fresh out of pictures. I accidentally transferred all my pictures to my sister-in-law's computer and haven't yet retrieved them. But I thought I should write a little about our trip- seeing as how it may be the last trip as a childless couple!!

Who said 8 months pregnant is no time to go camping? Not me! So we headed up to West Yellowstone, Montana and found ourselves fishing peacefully on the Madison River. The first night the temperature was a reported 26* and everyone but us slept in the heated trailer. But we were toasty and warm in our brand new sleeping bag! It was great to wake up and feel the dew on the outside of the bag and then look inside and see that we didn't even need to wear socks to bed!

And then river was beautiful and fresh and freezing cold! We bought our licenses and fished the day away! Jake stuck to the usual fly fishing which I wish I could have done. But I was warned by two of the stinky men on the trip that the river was pretty violent- both of them had already fallen in earlier that week! And they said they were definitely NOT ready to deliver a baby in the river- seeing as how the nearest hospital must have been 100 miles away! So I sat on the river bank with my father-in-law and fished from a chair. Although I did buy a pair of cheap knee-high boots and stepped into the water a few times! And though Jake and I weren't out there long enough to catch anything- the rest of the "stinky man" gang filled the freezer with rainbow trout!

The next day was filled with lounging at the camp as seven nieces and nephews played jump rope, threw the football, and discovered nature all around our campsite. Then before we headed out we made our way over to Wade Lake where the water was much warmer and some of the kids even stripped down to their skivys and jumped in! Of course- they got a dollar for it! (The pictures would be so useful here!) We even had a naked two-year-old test the waters!

And then Jake and I headed home with our tiny car packed to the brim with probably 1000 extra pounds- no exaggeration! Plenty of Big Hunk bars jerky made for a wild weekend! And we made the whole trip on just two tanks of gas! What a trip!