Today is the day...I thought.

Well here is a 40 week picture we took this morning. I don't know why I am wearing that same blue shirt, I guess I like it...:)

Well this is it, my official due date. It is the day I have been counting down to for the past 280 days. I have been on a time line that has grown closer and closer to my goal of April 26th. I have been so excited and so nervous at the same time about today. I pretty much have been waiting for this day forever...finally it came and.....NOTHING!

So I knew that a tiny percentage of babies are actually due on their due dates, and that many first time moms go past their due date, but I was really hoping I would not fall into that category. As today only has a few hours left and there has been no action on the home front, I'm pretty sure my fear has become reality. Sad.

Well I had a non-stress test today. Eric is happy as can be, I'm glad one of us is. I have another one scheduled for Friday. I am sure I will still be a walking oven at that point. Saturday, however, is another story. Saturday night I am scheduled for and induction! I don't really want to have to be induced, but I am sooo done and sooo wanting to meet this little guy. My dr said I will have him sometime on Sunday (if not sooner). My new day to look forward to is May 1st. I sure hope that he comes before then, but I am so happy there is an end in sight. We are very excited and are trying to be patient, but it has been very hard!

Well here is a 40 week picture we took this morning. I don't know why I am wearing that same blue shirt, I guess I like it...:)

37 Weeks...good grief!

So 37 weeks down 3 to go. I am pretty excited about the upcoming events! Soon our little boy Eric will decide to come out and join us! Life is tricky when you are 9+ months pregnant. Simple tasks like tying your shoes become a serious project that often requires help. Also its not so much fun to sit, stand, or lay down for very long at a time. Breathing has become easier, I'm pretty sure he has dropped a little, what a good boy!

There are so many things I want to do before he comes. I have a list! I am glad I still have time. On the other hand, are you ever really ready? I know I am ready to stop being pregnant! My dr told me he was officially full term at 37 weeks, so he would be healthy if he were to be born now. That doesnt make me more anxious than a kid on christmas eve or anything... Good grief!

So, we have been working on his room lately. He has a super cute crib and theme (not that I am biased or anything) but my favorite thing in his room is the changing table. My grandpa made it. It is beautiful! I think I will always love it!!!! Ok ok so here are some pictures, what do you think?

My New Hobby

So card making, I am sure its been around for a really long time. I have just jumped on the bandwagon. It is so fun! I love my to use my cricut and this has been such a fun outlet for me to try new things. Victor gave me a Cuttlebug for my birthday and he let me open and use it a month early. I love him! Anyway the Cuttlebug is an embossing machine. It has changed my life. I love the texture on the paper. There is another aspect of card making that I want to get into....someday when I am rich....Stamping! oh my goodness, it is so crazy all of the things that are out there. I am just saying its like a whole new world for me. I will post some pictures of some of my projects later. First I have to take pictures of my projects. I think I might try joining one of those weekly challenges for card making that you can find online. I am not great, I have only made a few different cards, but I think this will be good for me to get better. Well until later...

Oh yeah only 9 weeks to go for before Eric makes his arrival. Maybe I should start shopping for him...hmmm.

More than half way done!

So this week marks my 21st week. I am pretty excited because I am more than half way through now. Wahoo!!! We are very excited to have little Eric come into our home! I'm feeling pretty good too! I am not obviously "showing" yet. I am really ok with that. The longer I can go without looking like another "pregnant lady" the better. :)

On another note...Holli comes home this weekend! I cant wait! She happens to be arriving in Seattle on Saturday, her birthday, and then coming to Utah on Sunday! I think we have all been planning Christmas 2010 since June 2009.

Yay for this weekend!

Good luck Jenson!

This past week was a hard week for us. We made a really tough decision to transfer Jenson. He left on thursday to start his new adventures in colorado. It was harder than I thought it would be to actually hand over his leash to the truck drivers. I was really doing ok until I had to actually hand him over.

Our Jobs have gotten so busy. We really hoped that Victor would be able to take him to school and then work but his job has gotten crazy busy. As we both work in the medical field, its hard to have a puppy with you no matter how good he is. We were hoping Victor would still have enough office time that he could take him, but it just hasnt panned out. We were not able to give Jenson what he needed. We went into this with a major goal of producing a working guide for someone who need him, and even though he is amazing in the house he needs to be just as amazing outside of the house.

So after a few weeks of talking and talking and talking we decided it was in his best interest if we sent him on to someone who could give him more outings. It was extremely hard!

A few things I will miss about him:
- his happy go lucky personality
- his big soft floppy ears
- his intense look when he is learning something new
- his head on my lap when we are out together
- his good morning greeting
- his beautiful black coat
- his amazing relieving skills

He is with an amazing raiser in Colorado. I am excited to see him progress even further. Good luck Big Boy Jenson!!

He's finally here!!!

Today finally came! We have been planning this for 6 months...We are so excited for the opportunity we have to raise a little pup for a year for Guide dogs for the blind! We feel it is a great chance to serve others and have fun at the same time! Anyways we drove down to SLC to await the "puppy truck." We got there early and had a picnic with our other puppy crazy people in our club. We did not have to wait long before the truck was spotted coming down the street 30min before we expected it! Then the fun began! We all stood by the trucks door like kids in a candy shop. We waited and one by one the driver called out our names and presented us with our charge! We had so much fun watching and waiting. Michelle, he called..this is your big boy "JENSON." My goodness he was so so big! He is only 11 weeks old. Needless to say I was hoping for a runt, but got a giant! We were the 3rd name called so we were pretty distracted for the rest of the distributions!

Anyway we finally made it home. This was the real test...introducing Griffin and Lady to their new foster brother... It actually has been going really really well! I expected lots of chaos and barking. We have had a little barking but things have been relatively smooth!

We are going to try and keep a weekly blog on Jenson's progress. We get him for a year so we are going to make the best of it and enjoy as much as we can! This week we want to just get him adjusted to our home and we want to get Griffin and Lady adjusted to him. Anyways here are some photos for ya! We will have more later. Today has been unforgettable!!!

Michelle and Jenson right after he came off the truck...

Born To Lead's newest puppies! (Campbell, Wanda, Wynett, and Jenson!)

10 Days 'till puppy time!!!

So, we just found out that we are getting a male black lab! We are so excited! His name begins with the letter "J." I dont know why they dont just tell us the entire name. It has been so much fun trying to guess the name. Anyway, I found a picture of his litter online, we dont know which one he is but we are so excited! Here he is....somewhere!!!

Spring + new camera lens = fun!

So we have had so much fun this past week! We have had the pleasure of watching our tulips bloom, finally! We planted a ton bulbs last fall and crossed our fingers that they would actually live through the winter and bloom...Well they lived and look beautiful!

We also decided to buy a new lens for our camera. It is so so amazing! We are still learning exactly how to use it. Those pictures above are our test photos.

We are also counting down the days until our guide dog puppy arrives. May 7th seems so far away! We plan on blogging all about our fun times with that puppy, so stay tuned for the next 14ish months!

Puppy Sitting a Guide Dog

So this past weekend we had our first experience with a guide dog puppy. We puppy sat for a beautiful black lab girl named Marlowe! She is just over a year old and is such a good girl.

Griffin and Lady eventually decided she was not going to eat them and began to like her. Lady did not appreciate and sudden moves by Marlowe but she made great improvements as the weekend went by. Lady has fear issues. Griffin, being the smallest of the three, decided he was the "top dog" and would steal Marlowe's toys right from under her.


We wanted to get all we could out of this experience so we took Marlowe on a few outings!

We went to our Aunt's Dry Cleaner's and she did great. Then we decided to go to the pita pit for lunch. Marlowe just layed on the floor. She was perfect. Then we went to the movies. We saw How to Train your Dragon, it was such a cute show! Marlowe again just layed on the floor by our feet. She did not even steel popcorn from the floor! Sunday we took her to church. We only went to sacrament because Michelle had no voice and did not feel amazing. We got there super early (30min) we were begged to join the choir but luckily Michelle had no voice so we had a very obvious excuse. I wonder if it will work next time.... Anyway we got there early and marlowe layed on the floor once again. We even had someone sit next to us in our pew and she did not notice Marlowe until the meeting was over and we got up to leave! We had a great time with her. We cant wait to get our own little guide puppy in may!

Update

So I haven't updated for a while. I sure will post some pictures of the past few months soon. :)

August Review

This month has been great. We went to the Weber county Fair. We went with Greg and the Warners. We saw all the farm animals. Michelle had her first experience with a hypnotist show, and could not help leaving as a skeptic. It was also very very long. In the end it was a great night!

Waiting for the Show to start.

We also went to a Real game. Michelle had never been to a game before. It was an interesting game. We had a lot of fun!

July started off with a blast. We celebrated the 4th of July with Mami and Papi in the morning. We were taught howto make empanadas and mandocas. They were really fun and so so tasty (thanks to Mami)!  That evening the Warners came over. We started the evening off with Navaho tacos. They were amazing...Hint  get french bread dough from smiths, it is amazing for scones! We started the fireworks with the traditional snakes and tanks. We had contest to see who's tank went the furthest.. well the picture shows all.  After the tanks we did several cute little fountains and lots of sparklers.

Griffin and Lady were not able to join us that evening. They of course were pretty spooked that night. This is a picture of them guarding our house from the neighbors. :)The next week Michelle's work was throwing their yearly party at Cherry Hill. We had so much fun with the mini golf and batting cages. Michelle's thrower was having a bad night and would not throw for minutes at a time. Sometimes it would try to make up for it by throwing 2 at a time. Not so good for Michelle. 

wedding pictures