36 weeks

and here i am 9 months pregnant. wow! i didn't
think i'd ever see this day. i can't believe it. i had a doc
appt this morning and things are going well. i just started
with the swelling of the feet business yesterday, but since
my blood pressure is just fine dr. d wasn't worried.
i've gained 31 pounds to date (WOAH) and am 60%
effaced. things are progressing. we are very excited for
this little lady to come through our doors and the more uncomfortable
i get the more i'm REALLY ready for her. bring it on!!!!!


*oh and btw, we changed the spelling of her name from Cailyn to Cailin.
just in case anyone out there cares.

more showering

my mom threw me a shower
with some good friends from our old ward.
it was really nice to see everyone and catch
up. i got lots of diapers and children's books.
it was great cuz now i have a good start to a little
children's library and diapers are always
needed. it was a really nice shower. a big thanks
to my mom and judy, her good friend
who hosted it at her house.

here i am with all my unopened loot.

my mom and i

strawberry pickin'

today we went out to chesterfield berry
farm and picked strawberries.

here's brady in his tractor ready
to till the land.

matty and i sure picked some good ones.

matty and jess

brade got these fine red ones.

here we are with all our spoils.

and i just threw this one in to
document my 35 week belly.

harpers ferry

a couple of weeks ago we went to no. va to visit
our besties and while there we took a little
trip to harper's ferry, WV. its a small
civil war town with cool things to see. im
not a history fan or anything and i usually hate
things like this, but this trip was really fun.
it wasnt boring like a museum where all you do
is walk around and read stuff. you actually
got to explore the town and i rather enjoyed myself,
which came as a surprise to me and brade.

elissa and i posing for the camera. shocker!!!

there's brade in the dry goods store.

we had to climb these really steep rocky "stairs"
to get the view. it was really pretty.

brent and elissa.

brade climbed down into this door
because he was curious as to what was
behind it. there wasn't much, but it did
freak him out a little. there he is peeking.

brent and brade took the advice VERY SERIOUSLY.