THE DOC SAYS...

So I had one of my weekly appointments this morning... GOOD NEWS! Maddux could come sooner than we thought. I really hope anyway. He says I'm at a 1 1/2 and 100% effaced! He says the head is right there, so to expect contractions soon. He had me set up my next appointment, but he wonders if I'll even make it there. Gosh I hope I don't. I would love to have this crazy kid out of me! First, so I don't have someone kicking me ALL the time, and so I can breathe and bend once again. Oh how lovely that would be!
So, let's all say a little prayer and keep our fingers crossed!

SORRY....

I apologize to my Mother and Grandmother...I have been horrible about blogging. So here are some pictures for everyone. Not that I enjoyed taking the picture of me...as you can see how I feel about my "image" these days.
Skyler is equally thrilled to be going back to school and actually having to wake up and get dressed before noon.
Those who have not been to our apartment this summer are probably wondering why I have a picture of our porch on here. Our Landlord FINALLY fixed the porch. I wish I had a before picture, but just let me tell you that it was awful. It was practically suicide to walk down our steps. So this, although they didn't do the very best job, is a big improvement. We can walk down the steps without fear of falling on our face.
So, we have the majority of the baby's room done. Not that we are really doing much to it. But here's a picture of all the stuff we got and the crib that's all set up. We are getting very anxious. It's getting closer and closer! I go to the doctor's tomorrow, so we will see what he says. Hopefully it is good things...

THE FAM LEFT...

How sad...they are all gone. It was such a fun week, we hadn't seen them since Christmas. We all partied late into the night, coloring and cutting hair, playing games and watching movies. Paige loves Maddux already. She constantly had her hand on my stomach rubbing and kissing, telling Maddux that she loves him. I think it was a little weird though, for the family, to see me with a big belly. The next time they come up the baby will be out! Luckily, I think each one of them was able to feel the little turd(Skyler's words...) move around in my stomach. Kadie and Savannah even got to see him move abound and roll across my stomach. Tuesday, mom and dad's 25th wedding anniversary, we were all able to go to the Idaho Falls Temple and do baptisms. It was so neat for everyone to be able to be there together. Poor Skyler, he ended up doing all the baptisms because of dad's bad shoulder. And therefore, that left Taylor to be the only male proxy. One of the days we went up to the Rexburg temple and looked around. Unfortunately, It was being cleaned the entire week they were here, hence the trip to the I.F. temple. So, we took pictures and walked around the grounds and had a great time. Mom and Kendra Crooks(Saxton) threw me a baby shower and I made out like a bandit! So that was fun and if you know my mother, there was amazing food that went over very well with everyone. It's too bad that they had to leave, but real life has to start sometime I guess. I just hope that Kadie and Savannah will finish the applications and jump on the Rexburg bandwagon. I'm sure once the baby comes they motivation will increase....! Or at least next time they come up they will find that there are a lot more boys up here when school is actually in session rather than on break. That should do the trick to getting them up here!
Here are a few pictures from the week.

SO FAR...

Well, my sisters have informed my that Grandma checks everyone's blogs, daily...so HI GRANDMA, sorry there's no pictures with this one...
Well, my family all arrive on Sunday..at 5:45am. They left about 3 hours after the time they planned-No surprise!Totally expected, but we love them anyway! Luckily, we have some friends who have a 3 bedroom house and are out of town for a month, so they let my family stay there, which saves them a load on hotel bills! I decided to be a nice sister and give both my parents and Kadie and Savannah a break and let the two girls stay with us. What this also means is that Paige must follow. So...at the moment, I have three sisters asleep on my tiny living room floor. Now, we do have a spare room-for the time being-however, it is over run with computers at the moment. Skyler, Dad, Taylor and Summer have set up the room to all battle eachother in the computer game WarCraft. To even enhance the nerdery, our neighbor Calvin has even joined in from his apartment beneath us. And I thought Skyler was just a dumb jock when we first met....little did I know that hidden beneath all those sports there was a computer gaming nerd. But! I love him and he is totally enjoying my family....the BIG dinners, the games, and most of all...harassing Savannah and Kadie about boys and everything under the sun. Mostly Savannah, but everyone knows she gives the best reactions! So that's about it for now, ....Grandma, I'll update you later!

WHALE

So this week is week 29. I can't believe how close it is, yet so far! Everyday, I feel bigger and bigger and I'm positive I look it. I can hardly bend, and I'm starting to waddle on occasion. Especially when I have to pee! Which is ALL THE TIME!!! I thought I was bad before i got pregnant, holy cow! Not to mention the gas, yeah that's a blast...for Skyler. But what can I say, I'm pregnant!
So my latest craving/addiction is otterpops. Love them! Luckily, they are only $3 for a bag of them. For a while it was honeycombs. Then the other day I bought a bag and Skyler wanted frosted flakes. Now it's frosted flakes. It used to be pickles. And fresh fruit was in there for a bit. I think now, it's really just anything that will keep me cool because my house is so dang hot all the time...or is it just me. No, it's me. Ok, it's both. Even Skyler notices. I have to say though, thank goodness I'm here and not in California. I think I would be dead. Anyway, that's it for now. Enjoy the gross picture. (It's on here for my mother's benefit!)

TEMPLE

So we just went to the temple today....I don't think I can do that again. It was so hot, I was so uncomfortable. We went went with Calvin and Andrea. It's so nice to have the temple right up the street from us. I got up there and only had half my recommend. Let me explain. I had a plastic cover on it and half had a picture of Christ, the other was the recommend. I forgot that a while back the picture broke off. So this morning I grabbed only the picture, not even thinking to check. So I got in and there was only a plastic picture of Christ in my hand. Oops! So I had to run home and grab. So therefore I am very glad to have the Temple right down the street. Anyway, from now on when we go, it can't be as long. I can barely make it, and I have a feeling it would just get even worse.