And the race begins...

I am embarassed by these pictures but they must be posted! My sister-in-law, Rebecca, and I are both due on the SAME DAY! You would never know it by our size... She and my brother and niece just arrived from California this week so that Rebecca would be here in Arizona to deliver her baby (insurance reasons). It is so fun to be able to commiserate with Rebecca and to wonder who will get to have their baby first! We are now 37 weeks - full term - and so the clock is ticking and we are waiting... Who will have the 3rd grandchild and who will have the 4th??

Addiction

Stephen is in LOVE with books! I couldn't be happier because I love books too! He can sit and look at books for over an hour just quietly by himself. He brings one story after another to Scott and I (and anyone else that is willing) to read to him and never gets tired of it. Here is my sister Celsea reading to Stephen - she was so sweet and probably read to him for at least an hour yesterday. The story they are reading is very long but he sat still and quiet for the entire thing! Here Stephen is involved in one of his favorite activities at Grandma Smith's house. He goes and pulls out book after book out of the bin in the closet and just sits quietly looking at the pictures.

36 weeks...but who is counting?

I must be getting VERY big. This is how I know:

Stephen: "your belly is HUOOOGE!"

An old lady in a public restroom: "When are you due?" "4 more weeks," then her eyes bulged, "IS IT TWINS???" "uuhhhhh, no..." "well you look like you are due tomorrow!"

A police officer: (this one is a full story)

A police officer in my parent's neighborhood was talking to a crowd of neighbors and kids (who were throwing rocks at a dog and had the police called on them). Stephen and I went outside to check out the action. As we walked (ok, Stephen walked and I waddled) down the sidewalk toward the group they all turned and stared at me. I thought I was parinoid until my sister came over to me and said "let's go home" and as we got further away she started laughing. Apparently, as I approached the group the police officer had broken off from his speech and said "oh, that lady is VERY pregnant...she doesn't need to come over here!" My dad who was in the crowd then said "oh, that's my daughter!" (Thanks for claiming me dad!) At that point my kind sister, Celsea, decided to save me from my embarrassment by preventing me from joining the crowd. I guess they really WERE all staring at me!

Other indications of my huge size:

• I have about 3 maternity shirts that actually fully cover my entire belly and I think that they only cover it because I have a full panel on my maternity jeans. Church is a problem because my skirts have to ride below my belly and I don't have any shirts that long so I am pretty sure short people and little kids have a good view of my lovely white under-belly.

• Rolling over in bed requires such massive effort that I end up waking up Scott a few times a night with my efforts!

• Doing dishes requires contortion of my body so that I can get close enough to the sink to reach the dishes without my belly getting sore from leaning against the counter.

I am to the point where every other day I alternate from wanting the baby to come RIGHT NOW to hoping for a few more months of "just the three of us." But really, I am so excited to meet this little guy soon! I went to the doctor on Friday and everything is going well. He says the baby is a normal size (Stephen was BIG) so my plan is to try for the VBAC. Hopefully all will go well!

Good News!

We found out this weekend that Scott was accepted into ASU's W.P. Carey School of Accountancy!!! This is an exciting step in the right direction for us! He can start taking classes this summer...yea!! I am proud of my hubby - he works very hard at school and is such a great husband and father!