9 Months Pregnant

Well, today is October 25th and this is me. For any of you who remember, my due date is October 22nd. Yes, once again, I am overdue with no signs of labor in sight. I think that may just be my lot. I think that maybe my body just doesn't go into labor. So inducement here we come...again. Wednesday I will be induced so with any luck, we will have an October 28th baby, without the luck, it will be October 29th. Mabel took 2 days so we will see. This baby is a big one. The doctor guessed 9 1/2 pounds a few days ago. An ultrasound showed 8 pounds 11 ounces. Either way, with another week of waiting, this baby is going to be a big one. I feel like she is getting bigger everyday. Luckily, I've managed to only gain 14 pounds so far this pregnancy, but that is just because I was so overweight to start with so a bunch of my weight just redistributed itself to my belly. And boy is my belly huge. I know I am bigger this time around. It doesn't even seem to look that big in this picture. I swear I am so much bigger in person. Anyway, hopefully in a week, I will be able to post some pictures of our new little girl and everything will be much better.

Grandma "LoLo's" Book signing

Grandma LoLo had a book signing at the Borders in Folsom on Saturday. We went and visited. She sold out of her Princess Party Book in an hour and a half. It is such an adorable book, I'm not suprised. Mabel dressed up like a princess for the occasion.

Apple Hill

Today we took a trip to Apple Hill. Mabel and Allie had a lot of fun together.

I love this picture. The 3 ladies really make it.

Allie - always a funny one.

Mabel and Allie had fun together making each other laugh.

Grandma Laurie

6 little Cows

Cake Wrecks

Okay, so my friend Mindy told me about a great site: www.cakewrecks.com -- it is actually a blog of a whole bunch of cake wrecks. If you are in the mood for a laugh, check it out. I can't believe some of the cakes people actually make. I have definitely had some blunders myself, but not like some of these.

Camping pictures continued....

We all enjoyed the abalone, but Forrest sampled it raw straight out of the ocean.


This is my favorite picture of the trip. It's Dawson, what more can I say.

Little Eliza playing in the sand.

We ended our trip with a walk through the Great Green Valley -- it was amazingly beautiful. Here is most of the group that went on the walk.

We had a great time -- we're very glad we went.

Camping by the Coast

This past weekend we went camping by the coast. The place we camped at is a great place to go Abalone Diving. A bunch of the people in our group campsite went free diving to try and catch some Abalone. They were successful, and we got to sample some of their catch. I had no idea what a process you have to go through in order to eat Abalone -- it takes a long time. But in the end, it tasted very good. We didn't go diving but we had fun hanging out.

Our trip there was great until the last 6 miles. We had to go on a lot of winding roads in order to get to the campsite. We were almost there, when Mabel says, "Mom, I want to hold it" "Hold what?'' I asked. And then it all came out. She was trying to hold in her lunch, but couldn't. The poor thing was covered in vomit and very upset. We pulled over and cleaned her up the best we could and the then made our way to camp, where we gave her a cold spicket shower. Poor thing. I think it scared her -- she has never done that before. Hopefully she won't make a habbit of it. That was not a very fun start to the night. But we had a great time after that.

Mabel had fun throwing rocks into the ocean with Eliza.


The coast was beautiful. Fred and I took a walk along the cliffs and got some great views. Here is a picture of me and pregnant belly.



Fred went cliff jumping with Bobby Edwards. Turns out Bobby is a bit crazy, but lots of fun.

Mabel had so much fun getting dirty. You can see more pictures of Mabel on her blog.

Half way there

Here is our happy little Skeleton. Doesn't she look adorable? More like a scary Halloween Picture. But yes, it is a she -- we are having another girl. Yea!


This picture is a little less scary.