"Does anyone in your family have a big head?"

That is the question we were asked during the ultrasound at my last OBGYN appointment. If I remember correctly, the doctor said the baby was measuring at 35 weeks for his head, 36 weeks for his abdomen, and 37 weeks for his femur (leg bone). He had me do the blood glucose test AGAIN, but it still came out normal. I'm supposed to eliminate carbs and sugar as much as possible or I could deliver a 10 1/2 - 11 pound baby (no wonder the stretch marks just keep getting higher on my belly). None of my maternity clothes fit very well anymore, but I'm too cheap to buy more at this point (I'm almost 33 weeks). It's also very difficult for me to make these dietary changes because 1) I'm a very long-time addict of sugar, and 2) it's just not fair that I have to be so miserable already PLUS not be able to satisfy my late-pregnancy cravings! :) I do have to say, however, that I'm very grateful that the baby appears to be healthy. That's my venting session for now! :)

10 years, baby!

I'm late with this post, but I want Aaron to know I'm so grateful he's been officially mine for 10 years!!!

My man is 1 year older....

Aaron's birthday was on Friday, but I still want to add some of my favorite photos of him:










Happy Birthday, hon!

Lisa finally made a decision...

My baby sister (12 years younger than I am) has decided to go to the University of Washington for grad school. She'll be moving out here at the end of the summer. Her major is opera so I hope to score some free tickets and hope to get some of my friends to go with me to future performances. She probably won't be in an opera during her first year, but maybe that will change once she starts the program. If she would've gone to BYU she would've had a major scholarship, been a T.A. with her own studio, and would've been the lead in the opera next year. (No, I'm not bitter than she didn't choose my alma mater.) I guess her time at the U tainted her views of the Y. Aaron and I will be working on correcting her misguided views once she moves up here. :)

Editor's note

Kerry will not be happy with me :).

She has been wanting to change the blog background because she didn't know how - she pointed out how the collings blog looked so cool. So - I saw the template link on their site and of course ended up DELETING all of Kerry's links in the upgrade process.

So...I tried to recreate as many links as possible - but may have missed a few. If you are out there - and aren't linked - could you leave a comment so we can get you back on?

thanks! (currently sleeping on the couch, Aaron)

Jordan's Sick Note

Jordan came down with a bad cold/cough/sore throat last Sunday. This is one of the notes he wrote to enlist our help (since it hurt for him to talk):