Fake out

During my first pregnancy I kept track of my progress religiously. I knew the week, almost to the day of my pregnancy. The second one...not as much, and this third pregnancy I only have a general idea of how far along I am.

So on Friday I went to the doc for my baby check up. As I was leaving, the nurse said, "We'll see you back next week." I replied that I didn't think I was at that point yet, and she looked at my chart and said, "But you're 35.5 weeks along." What the what!

I couldn't wrap my mind around having a baby in a month and asked her to check again.

Which she did, and realized that she'd charted me for the end of September, rather than the end of October.

Phew!

Although my back is sore, I'm hot, and I'm tired I wasn't quite ready to face the reality of childbirth and a new born...quite yet. Thank goodness for 9 more weeks!

Beaches

No, not the 80s tearjerker, but the sunny one in San D*ego.


This last weekend we spontaneously took a beach vacation, and are now committed to make it a yearly tradition.


It was our first family vacation with just me and J and our kids.

The best part was seeing these little missies in the water. They LOVED the waves.



Riding bikes along the boardwalk and bay was cool too.

We also visited the SD temple and all I can say that it was BEAUTIFUL inside. Totally worth a trip just to go there.


Sand, sun, water, and waves....it just doesn't get much better than that.

Crafty

Since becoming prego, my crafting has been down in the dumps. I've finally had some energy, initiative, and desire to make something that will last and this is what I came up with.
It is a total spin off of a craft I saw while in UT and since I used all scrap fabric, it only cost $3 for the ribbon. All in all I am pleased with the result.

Cool

The other afternoon I walked outside with the girls and the weather felt fabulous. I couldn't believe that I wasn't instantly bathed in sweat. We spent 30 minutes outside without getting wet. Once we came in I looked at the temp: a cool 96 degrees! Who would have thought that would feel like heaven.

Interesting

I thought this was a great read put out by the Pew Forum publications. It is entitled

A Portrait of Mormons in the U.S.

and can be found HERE.