Waiting for Baby...

My Water BabiesI have decided my children should have been born as ducks or fish. They absolutely love the water & will spend every waking second in it that I allow them to. Nash has made amazing strides in the last week. Last summer he had a near drowning incident in my parent's pool. Since then he's been much more cautious around water. Until this week that is. Suddenly his fear of water is gone & he is cannon balling into the pool until I'm tired just from watching him! Yes, cannon balling - he climbs on the ladder, does his little routine, shouts "Cannon Ball", & jumps in!




















Baseball Travis loves baseball & has played it since he was a little kid. Saturday night while we were out at Trav's parent's house Nash discovered the little glove. Grandpa Scott & Dad played catch with Nash, teaching him how to throw the ball & catch it in the glove. Now I'll have to find the glove he got for his birthday & get it out so he can play catch at home with dad. I'm sure there are many baseball games to come in my future!!






















First Fish of the Season Travis went fishing with my dad Sunday night (the kids & I stayed at Grandma's & they went swimming) & came home with his first catch of the season. (A little late, I know, but it's a start.) It's a large mouth bass that measured 17 inches! Samantha was all excited to get in & see what it was all about - Nash on the other hand wasn't too sure he wanted to get very close to the fish at all!

Sam's growing up!

Tonight we went out to my parent's house to celebrate my mom's birthday. We had a hot dog roast & not long after Samantha sat down to eat she came over & started complaining that her tooth hurt. I, of course, being the fabulous mother that I am told her, "Your tooth is fine! Go eat!!" Well not too much later I was in the kitchen & Samantha was complaining again about her tooth hurting. So, I told her to come here & let me look. Well, wouldn't you know it! She has her first loose tooth!! She was a little freaked out at first b/c I made a big deal of it & said, "Hey! Lets go tell your dad!" I felt bad b/c she started crying after I said that! But, now that we've talked to her about it, she's a bit more excited (and anxious) about it. So, it's official. I feel old! My first baby is going to start kindergarten & has her first loose tooth & my second baby is starting preschool! Guess you might say I'm glad I get to start all over again!

Dr. Says....

Went to the dr. today. He says I'm dilated to a 1 1/2 is all. The happy news is that I am the first person on the induction list for Thur. July 17th. So, if this baby doesn't come out himself before then, well then he'll be forced out on the
17th!!

Happy 4th!

We had quite the eventful week this past week but still no baby!

On Wednesday night we went up & watched the Hyrum fireworks from the baseball diamond. The kids thought that was quite a bit of fun but weren't too impressed with the amount of traffic we had to sit and wait in. Nor were they too big on how far they had to walk from the baseball diamond to the car!

On Thursday we went with Trav's parents to the Logan fireworks. We go with the every year. We eat dinner at their house & then head up to the stadium around 8 pm or so. Scott was kind enough to drop Kris, the kids & I off in the parking lot. We sat & waited for Travis & Scott to walk back from parking the truck. It took them so long we started to wonder if they were actually coming back! When they finally made it to us I made the trek up the hill into the stadium (if you've been there, you know that's a steep hill for a fat girl!). We found pretty good seats & actually didn't have to wait too long for the fireworks to start. The kids had a lot of fun watching them & despite their dad telling them there are no blue fireworks b/c no chemical burns blue, they kept asking him why there weren't any blue fireworks! After the fireworks were over & we headed back to the truck, Scott told us he parked "just past that light." Yea, well turns out that "just past that light" was nearly to 1800 north! He had to park just past the vet clinic on 800 East! He said he figured it was about a mile & a quarter. I volunteered to jump all the way there to see if I could prompt the baby to come out. No such luck! I also mentioned that I think next year we should just walk all the way to the stadium & back from their place (they live just west of Greenville Elementary) b/c it really wouldn't have been much farther than what we walked this year!!

Friday was the Hyrum parade. Every year Travis & I joke that we're going to go along Main street & pick up all the chairs left out b/c we need new camp chairs so badly! Hyrum residents were putting chairs out Sunday afternoon for this "Grand" event! The parade isn't even until NOON on FRIDAY! I can't believe the attention this parade gets! It's bordering on ridiculous!
This pick is of our kids, my niece, the neighbor kids & Travis waiting oh so patiently for parade candy. Yes, Travis. He's quite the candy catcher & is really good at helping the kids get their fair share!


Jade, Samantha & Nash on Friday after the parade















My sister & her husband, Chad, on their motorcycle in the parade. The cop next to the wanted to race if you can imagine!


On Friday night we had Trav's parents over for dinner & fireworks. We ended up getting quite the fireworks show too! Two of our neighbors (somewhere in the block) has illegal fireworks they kept setting off. They would shoot up above our house so we had a great seat from our driveway. The kids really got into picking out which fireworks they wanted their dad to light & then sitting it down for him to light it & running away.

On Saturday my parents did their big Fourth of July Pig Roast. It was a lot of fun. We had a pretty decent turnout, maybe 50 people. The kids were in the pool until after dark & the food was awesome!
My uncle Doug adjusting the pig. The pig was 54 lbs this year so it was only 2 lbs bigger than Samantha!















A better picture of the pig


Not long after I took this pic Grandpa Larry jumped out & about 15 more kids jumped in!














And last, but not least. Here is my picture at 37 weeks. Several times at the pig roast I heard people say, "She just looks hot & miserable." That's when I turned to them & said, "That's because she is!" I go back to the dr. tomorrow & I'm hoping he'll just start me b/c I'll be 38 weeks this week & his lungs should be mature enough for him to be ok! I'll post an update tomorrow unless we're having a baby!!

Baby Names!

Ok, so you all know Travis wants to name this baby Travis Jr. & call him TJ, right? Well, the other day I made the comment that people keep asking me what we're going to name him. He said, "Ok, if you don't want to name him TJ, how about Sivart?" Yes, he actually said Sivart. When I asked him where the heck that came from he said, "It's Travis backwards." Yea...like I'm going to actually name my kid Sivart!! He told me, "That's my compromise." I quickly informed him that Sivart, is in NO WAY a compromise!
Then tonight on the way home from the Hyrum fireworks I mentioned that the baby must have liked them because he was kicking quite a bit. When I asked the kids what they thought we should name their brother, they both said, "Caleb." When I asked, "How about Sivart? How about TJ?" They both adamantly stated, "NO. Caleb." So, now Travis is outnumbered 3 to 1. I told the kids it's a good thing their dad doesn't hold veto power in our house! Travis tried to convince us that he does, unfortunately for him, we all know better than that! Aside from him not actually holding veto power, I'm the one that fills out all the paper work, so I have the last say anyway!!
So, I think this baby will be named Caleb Travis Bown. Now that the fireworks have started, Samantha asks me several times a day if it's time for the baby to be born yet because when we first told her she was going to have a brother or sister & she asked how long before he'd be here, we told her he wouldn't be here until after the fireworks. I don't think it's helped that I have bags packed & sitting by the door for the kids & I!
Happy 4th of July!