"Only as old as you feel!"

If the statement is true that you are only as old as you feel, then this year, I am a 70 year old woman suffering from bladder incontinence, hot flashes, and joint pain that waddles like a penguin! One year older just doens't sound fun right now!

I made the best of my birthday anyway....even though the idea of getting older scares the beejeebers out of me! Davids mom offered to take Aiden for the morning so I could spend some time with my dad! It was nice to be able to just hang out with him for a while. He has been under "quarantine" for the last few weeks, because of a bug called "C-diff" and my doctor advised me not to go in his room at the risk of getting the baby sick. So, I visited from a distance through glass windows until yesterday! He has been taken off of strict quarantine, and while you still have to be extra careful...i.e. mask, gown and gloves......he isn't in solitary anymore and Dr. Lovell cleared me for a visit!
My dad has NEVER missed a year that he hasn't sent me flowers on my birthday. He started back when I was in Jr. High and I don't remember a year that I didn't get them, and I was absolutley SHOCKED when my door bell rang just as I was on my way to the hosptial! The delivery lady handed me a beautiful arrangement and said they were from my dad. I had thought that someone had "reminded" him, or done all the work for him, but when I got to the hospital, he asked if I had gotten my flowers! I told him that some crazy man from the ICU had sent them to me and he laughed! It was nice to see him laugh!

I spent most of the day with him and then I went home to watch the Bronco game with my little family! Davids mom and dad came to drop Aiden back off home and brought dinner and a birthday cake! I really have THE BEST in-laws! They have been overly supportive and helpful the last year and I couldn't ask for more! Aiden helped Grandma make this cake and he even put the sprinkles on by himself! He was so excited!

As soon as he walked in the door he ran to me and said, "Happy Birthday Mom! We made you a cake and this present in here is a bracelet!" (Ty and Sandra got me a bracelet! haha!)

I got to celebrate complete with singing and candles.....ALOT of candles!!

Aiden helped me blow out the candles....since there is a small child hanging out in my lungs right now, I appreciated the help!

The cake was YUMMY and the Broncos won 63-13......so, not a bad day...even if I am 29!

October snow!

Ick! That is all I have to say about the snow! I don't love the snow and I never have. I enjoy its presence on Christmas, just as a mood setter, but I don't appreciate the slick roads and cold-ness of it other wise! So, needless to say, I was LESS than excited when it started to snow earlier last week!!

Aiden, however, was THRILLED! He couldn't waitto get outside and build a snowman! He begged and begged for me to let him go play in the snow, so reluctantly I pulled out the bin of winter clothes and out he went!

The boy and the dog were both very excited about this wintery day.....they both would have played in it for hours!

I watched, very contently from the warm coziness of my kitchen! :) After about 3o mins, the wind started to pick up and it started to rain....that made it not so fun to play in the snow!

I was all prepared with large cups of hot chocolate! Mmmmmm! Nothing like hot cocoa on a cold, icky day!

Here's to winter I suppose!

ARRRRR Matey!

One more "do to" down!! I was able to get Aidens Halloween costume pictures done!! He picked a pirate costume this year, he wanted to be like Jake from the Neverland Pirates! He really liked the costume because it came with a sword!!

My handsome litte pirate posed for me only with a little bribery, but we did manage to get a few good pictures!

34 weeks!!

As you can guess, my post every day this week is an attempt to catch up on my journaling before this little one arrives!! I have really tried to stay up to date on "belly" shots with this pregnancy, because I didn't at all with Aiden. Now I look back and wish that I had done better! :(

So, in an attempt to not have regrets about not enough "belly" shots in the future, here is me at 34 weeks! I feel like tthis pregnancy has gone by so much faster than my first, but I know that I didn't feel that way when I was just beginning! I remember thinking that November was soooo far away and feeling like it was NEVER going to get here.....now here we are just 6 weeks away from my due date and am scrambling to get things done!

My dad has been under "quarantine" for the last week, and while I am sad that I am really the only one that really has to stay away from him, I have gotten alot done in the few days that I havn't spent at the hosptial!!

Aiden and I have also gotten to spend a little one-on-one time together, which I think is much more important to me than it is to him! I keep asking him if he is going to be OK sharing mom and dads time and he is always more than excited to say yes! So, I am the only one feeling like he will feel put out!

He asked me today if when the baby is born if he can keep her at our house for a little while.....when I said she was staying for good he said, "REALLY!!! That is so exciting mom!! I just can't wait!" So.....there you have it! We are all so VERY excited to have her here!

Ready for a sister baby!

We are slowly getting all of our "sister baby" preperations done!! We are coming up on just 6 weeks left, and I still feel like I have so much to do! Her room was my 1st priorty, and it is now complete!! It turned out great and I am so excited to have a baby to put in it!

Hair bows and flowers are a new and exciting thing that we havn't had to do with a boy in our house.....so, needless to say she has more hair accessories than I have ever had in my life! Oh the fun of being a girl!

This pregnancy has been so different from when I was pregnant with Aiden! Aiden was a BREEZE!!! I loved every second of being pregnant with him, I was never sick and I was able to get alot of things done! So, it was no problem when he came 4 weeks early because I was ready! This time I havn't been so lucky! I was icky sick for the first 3 months, and I have really been so caught up in my dad being sick that I havn't had the time to really sit ad wait! Plus, I have a 3 year old that keeps me extremely busy! I feel like I am in sort of a rush these last 6 weeks!!

I had my 34 weeks doctors appointment yesterday and all is great! I have caught up and now measure exactly what I should for 34 weeks, and I have gained about 28 pounds. The little miss's heart beat is strong at about 152 bpm and she is head down and ready to go! I am starting to be very uncompfortable almost all of the time, and sleeping is a joke! I kept count of the times I got up to go to the bathroom in one night and it was 7!! No wonder I am tired all the time! Heartburn is a common occurance, and I have leg cramps constantly!!

But, with all of the not so fun things comes all of the fun things!! I love to feel her move....not so much kick....because that hurts, but I love to feel her move her little hands and feet around. I love to feel her hiccup! She has them ALOT! At first I was worried because she had them so much, but now it is a little quirk about her that I love! I LOVE buying pink stuff!! She has a closet full of clothes (thank you Rindee) and as you saw a whole wall of hairbows!

Aiden is still very excited to be a big brother! He is very protective and is constantly reminding me that he is going to be a big helper! We bought him a "Greatest Big Brother" shirt the other day, and he really would like to wear it EVERY day! We can't wait to meet this little princess!!

Pee-Wee Soccer

Aiden started pee-wee league soccer a few weeks ago.....can I just say that it has been an interesting experience to say the least!! He is on a team of 3 and 4 year olds, only a few of which have ever played soccer before! While I had hoped that my kid would be a natural.....he is FAR from! None of the kids really have an interest in actually playing soccer at this age.....its more for the "social" side of things I guess!

He has a very patient coach that really tries hard to teach them all the basics of soccer. For the first 30 mins they have "practice" and they learn the do's and don't of the game......the last 30 mins is the "game." All of the kids just run around and chase the soccer ball, rarely kicking it in the right direction! It is pretty funny to watch! The first week, the goalie on Aiden's team laid down in the goalie box! Haha!

Aiden loves going to soccer, and eventually I hope that he learns to play! Until then, he likes to make new friends and gets plenty of excersize!! :)

Blackfoot Fair......x2!

I love the fair! Mostly for the people watching opportunites and the food. This year, the food was an extra plus because I use pregnancy as an excuse to eat fattening, weird things and not feel too guilty about it!

I gave Aiden the option of picking WHATEVER he wanted to eat at the fair, and he picked corn on the cob! Silly boy! Of all the fair food he could pick....he picked something normal and healthy?!

And he ate it all!! Every last kernal was cleaned off that ear, and so on the way out later he got another!

(I had a bullseye burger.....a bacon cheeseburger on a glazed donut....MMMMMMMM!!!)

Aiden's favorite part of the fair is always the goats! He loves them! He would hang out with the goats all day if I let him!

This little goat licked his hand and tried to eat his shirt......Aiden laughed for ever about that! It was pretty cute! We went to the fair the first time with our favorite Merrell family. Aiden loved to ride the rides with Koop and Livi......

And Kris! Kris was a sport and rode the helecopters with the kiddos!

Of course on our way out, the boys had to show their "skills" and try and win a few toys......we came home empty handed!

The next day, Davids mom and dad invited Aiden and I to tag along to go see the horse races. We JUMPED at the chance to eat at the fair 2 times!!

We even made a little wager on a horse! I don't know a thing about horses, or bets on horses.....so I picked the horse with the orange blanket....orange is a lucky color at our house.......$2.00 to win!

The race was close....but we didnt' take first! Our horse took 3rd....and I lost my $2.00! But, it was kindof exciting!

They had Indian races too....these were really exciting to watch. The riders would ride their horses bareback and make a circle around the track and then jump to another horse and take off! It was pretty amazing to watch!

After the horse races and some YUMMY food, we managed to find the goats agian! This time, I let Aiden buy some food and feed them. They swarmed around him and he loved it!

His favorite was this cute Alpaca! He kept licking Aidens hands and he would laugh and laugh!! We went through atleast 4 cups of food with this guy, and Aiden just giggled everytime he would take a bite!

This goat got tired of waiting for his turn at the food, so he took a swipe from Grandpas program!!

We hit the rides again on the way out and Aiden loved playing in this little play land!

We had lots of fun at the fair!