9 Months!

At this point in the pregnancy I discovered there are about only two things you can do to get by day to day, laugh or cry. Here we are at 9 months or 38 weeks. Two more weeks until our due date of October 1st. I keep telling him he can come early but no such luck. I even told him about all the toys he has waiting for him to play with, but still nothing.

I am definitely ready to begin the next phase of this adventure.

Crib TIme

Kevin easily handles the assembly of the crib. It was given to us by Carter and Kristina Belvin. This was the final "big" thing we needed to feel like we are ready for Jack to come. The big halls and doorways in our house made it easy to assemble in the living room and just roll it down to his room.

Colorado Trip

Kevin and I shared George and Eileen's campsite by setting up our tent. I managed to sleep two nights in the tent before being 5 1/2 months pregnant made that impossible. We moved a short distance away to a wonderful hotel in Pitkin. We enjoyed campfires and roasting marshmellows everynight as we watched the stars come out.

George took us on several beautiful drives all along mountain streams rushing with the winter snow melt.

Colorado

As Kevin and I drove out of Denver I began to recognize familiar scenery. Much to our delight we came upon Red Rocks. I had visited this place several times growing up in CO. They have added a museum and gift shop underneath the seats.

Movin' on up... to the 3rd grade

I was thrilled when Amy asked me to move to 3rd grade... then reality sunk in. I packed all of my stuff up and then began the tedious process of finding new homes for everything in a room with 50% less storage areas. Added to that was my turtle like movements from having a preggo belly. Thankfully I had all summer to tackle each box. Here you see my new room with everything just about out of a box, just not placed in its new home yet.

New addition to the (car) family

Kevin arrived home from the auction in Tampa and quickly began playing with the siren and lights that came with this car. In it's previous life it was a batallion chief's car for a fire department. Slowly but surely it is being transformed into the official baby transportation vehicle. I am very thankful for its amazing air conditioning system.

Gail & Chris' Wedding

Gail and Chris were married on June 15th in Clearwater. Here I am with Gail and our good friend Sarah. It was great to be reunited with my two good friends.