Powell 2012- SUCCESS

No water birth in Powell for us! We made it back into "baby delivery range" without any issues. AND we had the most amazing vacation with 10 of our best friends. The weather was gorgeous, the lake temp was like a refreshing swimming pool and nobody royally pissed me off in any way. Although I was a GLAMOROUS (not) 8 months pregnant with 10 drunk people as my shipmates, I had a great time and was mostly comfortable the entire time. Now the countdown is on to Powell 2014! (only an estimated 725 days to go!)

Just a sneak peak of some of my favorite Powell pics...more to come soon.

 

Babe update: 38 weeks tomorrow...holy f. I am about 0.2 seconds away from becoming a mom to another human. We are seeing the doctor weekly now and had my second, super fun, vag check today. Doc says I'm thinning but not dilated yet. He also says I'm measuring at about 39 weeks and when I acted surprised to be measuring a little big, he responded with, "well this isn't going to be no 6 pound baby...I'm thinking in the 8's." Oh my poor vagina. I also asked him how many of his patients poop while pushing...about 99%. Oh that's awesome. I have this huge fear that you pretty much just told me I have no way around. He described it by saying my baby's head is like a "bulldozer"on my rectum so if there is anything hanging out in there, it's comin' out. Happy pooping everyone!

Lake Powell here we come!

Well folks, we leave bright and early tomorrow morning! This will be a short post because I have procrastinated and still have a lot to do...including shaving my entire lower half which these days, takes me a good hour or so. (Sigh)

We'll be back Wednesday morning (fingers crossed without a stowaway from my vagina).

GO BRONCOS!!!!

 Fully aware of my homeless look btw. Thanks

for thinking it though.

It's a Long One

It's sure been an exciting few weeks! My girlfriends threw me a shower last weekend and it is was absolutely beautiful. I couldn't have asked for anything more...minus being 30 pounds lighter, minus the cellulite on the backs of my legs and minus the getting uncomfortable sitting slash standing slash doing anything for long periods of time thing...but then again, it wouldn't be a baby shower right?

Our families came from out of town and even one of my good friends from Portland made the trip with her husband...AND she's 30 weeks pregnant! Trooper huh? I'd say so. We have the most amazing people in our life. For reals.

Our little darlin' is the size of one of these:

And I guess you could call her "organic"???

She has pretty much reached her full length, about 20 inches. There's just not much more room left in there (her and I both agree on this) so she'll just be plumping up from here on out...just like her mama!

Picture overload ahead, this is your warning!

Of course the chalkboard made an appearance 

at the shower! Pretty sure it's been more 

involved in this pregnancy than I've been!

Some of my favorites:

Um yeah, chocolate sprinkled donut holes on sticks!?!

My girls know me so well :)

I love that I get to call these two my family

My little party host/BFF

Yes, that is a mimosa in my hand...don't hate

Hot mamas-to-be

Love them

Best Moms Ever

So, as some of you know, we are headed to Lake Powell next week. 5 days on a houseboat with 12 of our best friends, 90 degree air temp, 80 degree water temp and this view:

And I plan on doing lots of this:

And none of this:

I know most people think I'm crazy for going but, truth is, if something crazy DID happen, we've got it covered. AND I had my first vag check this morning and the old cervix is nice and clamped shut. My doc has no concerns with us going! Yay for that! Except that the stupid finger probe hurts like a bit**...not looking forward to that from here on out.

I just realized how long this post is so far...and it's about to get even longer! A friend of mine took our maternity pictures and I am totally in love with them. I think I owe her my first born child for her stellar work. She is pretty much amazing :)