One more day!!

Great news! My doc is going out of town for the holiday, so they are going to move my c-section up by 1 day!! Which means that I only have one more day to be stuck pregnant! Woo Hoo!!!! Could the news get any better? So, baby's birthday will be Sept. 2, which still doesn't make the Sept. 1 school deadline, but is still 1 day before the original Sept. 3 date! And anyone who's ever been pregnant knows that every day counts in the last week of pregnancy!

We'll probably be in the hospital for 3 days, I'm hoping no longer. We should have internet access, so hopefully I'll find time to post some pics here, or to facebook. If not, I'll get to it when we get home!

$2 buys a lot of fun!

Today, we had the pleasure of going to the Children's Discovery Garden at Thanksgiving Point for their $2 Tuesday promotion. We went with Jon's Mom, Sarah, and all the kiddos! I was expecting a small little garden where the kids could jump around, and boy was I surprised! I was thoroughly impressed with the place, and even at the regular admission price of $6 per adult, and $4 per child, it's a STEAL for family entertainment. At $2, however, it's just AMAZING!

The first thing we saw when we walked in was this HUGE ark/fountain/water park area. Landon had a BALL, and just jumped right in! I was wishing we had brought his swimsuit, and a towel, but I decided to just let him go ahead and get soaked. I figured the sun would dry him off, and it did!

He and Brooklyn held hands ALL day long, it was adorable!

Doing the "my pants AND underwear are soaked" waddle:

And, since it was a garden, after all, there were some GORGEOUS flowers! And since Jon's Mom (our Master Gardener) was there, I actually learned the names of some of the flowers I like, which will come in handy if I ever get that flower bed planted!

There was also a really neat Koi pond as well, where the kids could feed the fish. Jon's Mom was nice enough to give Landon a boost, since my belly's pretty in the way these days.

But, by far the most impressive sight (besides my ADORABLE little man, of course) were the waterfalls! They were absolutely gorgeous! I managed to snap a few pics of Landon in front, and in the last picture, you can see just what he thought of all the NOISE!

All in all, it was a REALLY great time! There was SO MUCH to see. I'm quite sure we didn't see it all, even though we managed to get lost in the regular gardens (who knew they were connected?), and found a secret way out! So, any of you looking for something to do this summer (particularly on a Tuesday in August) should head out there, ASAP! It was really a ball!

Next week, we're going to hit the Dinosaur Museum, which is also a $2 Tuesday inclusion (which saves us like $22 for our family of 3!!!!). I swear I have no ties to Thanksgiving Point, in fact last week with Camille was my first visit ever, I've just been thoroughly impressed with what they have to offer! A fair warning, though, be prepared for LONG LINES, and LOTS of traffic if you hit up $2 Tuesday. I'm willing to bet they MORE than make up for the difference in admission cost by the sheer number of kiddos and parents who show up!

The latest goings on!

Okay, I know, it's been WAY too long since I posted a blog update...Figured I'd better get on here before it deleted itself or something! We have been SO busy the past little while, the time has just FLOWN by!

In baby news, I'm happily still baking the little girl, and my c-section is scheduled for exactly 4 weeks from today! It's so hard to believe it's almost time to meet her! We've been working on the nursery, and on switching Landon into his new big boy room, which has been a lot of fun! Jon and I also gained a new, grown-up master bedroom (we switched rooms with Landon), complete with brand new mattress that doesn't have any huge craters in it!

This is Landon's new big boy room:

And Ashlyn's nursery:

Our new room:

I've also been learning to sew. Here are some of the projects that have been keeping me busy:

Blanket and Burp Cloth:

Nursing Cover:

Crayon Roll for Landon:

More Burp Cloths:

And, lest you think we haven't been having any fun, yesterday our friend Camille and her adorable little girl, Brylie, invited us to $2 Tuesdays at Thanksgiving Point. It was really great, and Landon and Brylie had a great time seeing (and touching) some really cute animals, including a baby horse, and baby cow!

We're Off!

Well, we're off to Ohio!  Landon and I will be gone April 28-May 19, and Jon will be with us from April 28-May 6.  We are so excited about this trip, even Landon has been begging to get on the airplane "with" Gee Gee and Uncle Chucky.  I think he's going to be quite disappointed when he realizes he's stuck with just good old Mom and Dad for 8 hours before he gets to see them!  

So, I'll probably do an update post or two, while we're there, so you can all be jealous of the great fun we're having!  If not, we'll see you on the flip side!

Oh, and I did have my official 20 week ultrasound today, and everything looks PERFECT!  She's still a she, there were no markers for Down's or Spina Bifida, or anything else, and my placenta has moved up, and we're no longer worried about an accreta, or anything like that!  If all goes as planned, my c-section will be Sept. 3, which suddenly doesn't seem very far off at all!  Also, I think we've picked a name, Ashlyn Dinah!  Ashlyn, because we both like it, and Dinah after my Mom!

Well, it's a baby.........

So, thanks to my WONDERFUL sister-in-law, we were able to get an early glimpse at our little poppyseed, to see exactly what kind of little bundle of joy I'm carrying this time around.  We are happy, proud, and excited to announce that Landon is going to have a new...

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BABY SISTER!!!

That's right!  We're expecting a little baby girl!  And, I have to admit that I've already been shopping, and am more than a little excited about all of the PINK!  And Landon is THRILLED that he's been right all along (everytime we've asked him if he wants a baby brother or a baby sister, he has said a baby sister, consistently).  We'll have our regular "medical " ultrasound on April 23, but I would be absolutely SHOCKED if they say anything different.  We looked all OVER THE PLACE, in just about every position possible, and never saw anything even remotely resembling "boy parts."  The infamous "3 lines" indicating a baby girl were clearly visible in every shot.  Jon is THRILLED to hear the news (he, too, had been predicting a baby girl), and when he heard the news, he said "You mean I get to have a Daddy's Little Girl?"  We are VERY excited!

So, without further ado, here's the photographic evidence.  On the top right, is the "money shot."  You can see the three lines on the left, and on the right, you can see her feet pressed together, heel to heel (like she's doing the butterfly stretch).  Her jnees just didn't make it into the shot.  Our favorite is the one on the top left, where she's waving to us.  You can even see all of her little phalanges!

Absolutely Amazing!

Okay, I know I owe you all a "real update," but most of you know my love of medicine, and my dreams of being a surgeon, and this article is just AMAZING!  Modern medicine is amazing, and I can't imagine loving anything else the way I love it!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/10/multiple.organ.removal.tumor/index.html

Can you believe it?

Can you believe that just under 3 years ago, Landon looked like this:

And just under 4 years ago, Jon and I looked like this:

And in about 7 months, I'm going to look like this again:

It's just crazy to think about how time flies by.  The past 4 and a half years have gone in the blink of an eye!  Sometimes I'm left searching for the pause button, hoping for just a few more months of Landon's cute ages & stages.  And other times, I'm scrambling for the fast forward button, trying to get out of the uncomfortable, early parts of pregnancy.  Too bad neither is available, huh?

Just a quick update as to what's going on in our lives, NOW, Jon is taking two classes online, Theatre and Ethics and Values.  He's LOVING all the papers he has to write (NOT), and he's really buckled down and is working hard.  I, on the other hand, am not taking any classes this semester, as it turns out that the chemicals used in lab aren't compatible with pregnancy (unless you desire a baby with 3 arms and one eye, which I don't!), so I'm not taking ANY classes this semester.  I was really looking forward to it, but I'm quickly realizing how much I truly enjoy school, and am more than a little sad to be missing out this semester.  Landon, however, is clearly LOVING having me home all the time, so that makes the transition a little bit easier.  I think I'm going to sign up for a cake decorating class at Roberts in February, though.  It certainly won't be physiology, but it should be fun, and give me a little bit of grown up time each week.

I probably won't update too much over the next few weeks.  My Mom and step-Dad get to town tomorrow morning, and we have plenty of fun activities planned to keep us all busy.  Including fighting the crowds in Park City for the Sundance Fest.  Then, next Wednesday, Jon and I are leaving to meet my brother and his girlfriend in Las Vegas for the weekend.  My Mom is babysitting, and I'm so excited that she's able to do that for us!  Landon will be SO spoiled when we get back.  Then, my brother and Shannon are coming back to Utah with us for a week, and they leave on Feb. 7.  Feb 11, Jon's parents FINALLY get back from their mission, and we will be waiting dutifully at the airport for them!  

So, if you don't see much from us over the next few weeks, you know why!