30 DAYS!!!!

If I go to my due date (yuck!), I only have 30 days left! She's dropping a lot this week, I feel like what's happening to my hips and pelvis is very un natural and I'm SO ready to have this lil (or BIG) baby. Last week I was only 1cm dialated, but 50% effaced so at least something is happening. I go back in this Friday, and am hoping for more progress. My Dr. is very um old fashioned and and a little rough, but he works in a practice of 4 doctors so I could have any one of them in the delivery room (who ever is on call that day). I put together her bassinet yesterday, and just need to get a little mattress and sheets for it now. It's pretty cute, it's old and needs a fresh coat of paint, but I like it and it will work great for the first couple of months.

Jake is still looking for work, and he's got some good contacts here so hopefully something will happen soon for him.

UTAH---or as Bailey says "MY-TAH?"

Well, Jake and I have made some BIG changes in a SMALL amount of time. Due to the failing economy in McCall (un-employment rate @ 13%--- and that's just the documented un-employment!) Jake was unable to secure employment up there. In the meantime I have becoming increasingly pregnant! With out a paid maternity leave, and Jake not working it didn't make sense for us to stay. We made that decision last week. On Monday (July 6th) I told work what our plans were, and with things being so slow they didn't feel it necessary to fulfill a two weeks notice period. So, as greatful as we are for all that the Norris's have done for us we packed up Monday night, rented our U-HAUL for Tuesday and we were on our way.

We were able to stay at the Abigail Manor one more time, and we hope to be back again to visit as soon as we can! We already miss them SOOO much! :(

WHERE ARE WE NOW?

UTAH (When Bailey our niece on the Urry side was about 3 years old - almost 4, I was trying to explain to her that I lived in Utah and this is why I couldn't be around to see her alot, and she responded, "In My-tah!?" :) lol

We are staying with Jake's parents for the next little bit, while Jake gets working. I'll be on call for my old boss at Insight Eye Care until the baby comes; and we'll be on our own as soon as we can!

Baby Girl Webster is doing very well. We have our first appointment in Utah next Monday (hopefully) so it will be nice to finish things up here soon, pregnancy wise.

We have been very humbled by this whole experience and appreciate all of the support and prayers from our friends and family!

How to take care of a baby - according to a 6 yr. old!

While in the car on the way to fireworks in Michigan last week, Bailey said - "Randy, you don't know how to take care of a baby?" I laughed and said, "Do you know how to take care of a baby?" She didn't even have to think about her response. She just said

"Yes, you have to feed it twice, change it twice, rock the baby to sleep, and sing it a lullaby."

lol so there you have it~!

It's been SOO long!

Jake is in heaven. 2 screens, 2 games!

Rainbow in Cascade, Idaho



Thanks Kim, for posting that tutorial for these cute Fathers Day cards which my sister and I made. So fun!

SOO, here's the last few months in a nut shell...

I am 31 weeks pregnant! This little girl will be here before we know it and we can hardly wait to meet her!

I've been managing my gestational diabetes with the help of my BFF Jake, and we're hopefully nearing the finish line! (Fingers crossed)

Baby is healthy (a little big), and so so strong! She loves to wedge her body right into my right rib cage, which is weird because I can't imagine that's the most comfortable spot she's been able to find, but she loves it there!

Most recently...

We just returned from our family reunion in Michigan, which was SO much fun. It was so fun to see my grandparents and cousins and meet their spouses and kids! Most of the aunts and uncles were there too. It was a big blur of fun!

I drove over my camera while there, so I

have no pictures to prove the fun we had...

Reminder to self:

Never fly across the country super pregnant unless there are NO connections and you can sit in first class or on your own private jet. Hee hee :)

Adventures in Utah

Jake and I have just returned from a memorable trip from Utah. We had a great time with family and friends and had not such a great time with our car. James and Lyndsie were kind enough to offer their basement while we stayed there and it was so nice! We even got our own twin beds so, I got some great nights of sleep!... :)

I got to see my girls at the gym and that was definitely a highlight for me. I love those girls and it was so great to see them all again!!!

We got to see our friends Eric and Alison's newest and first addition to their family (Ashton) and he is ADORABLE! Oh I can't wait to hold our own little baby!

We celebrated Jake's birthday with family a little early (his 29th b-day is on May 13th) and that was a blast, even though the Jazz had another disappointing loss to the Lakers, OH sorry KOBE BRYANT and the Los Angeles Lakers----blah!!! :) Anyway, it was so fun to have almost all of the nieces, nephews, grandparents and inlaws together---(we missed you Ben, Kaylee, Alliya, Payton, and Martin!) Melissa made an awesome chocolate cake with chocolate frosting or as Lexie calls it, "brown cake with brown icing". Everybody chipped in and it was just so much fun!

Car broke down and delayed us an extra day, we ended up getting things fixed up and on our way though--- thank you mom and dad Webster for all of your help!!! And thank you Dan for going out in the cold snow/rain to help us figure out what was wrong with our car! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

We were able to spend two nights with Abby, Sean and Baxter (happy birthday Sean!), which was so nice and we are greatful that they let us come visit so often!

Jake and I bought our tickets for the family reunion and we are SO looking forward to that!

I'm 5 months pregnant and everything seems to be going very smoothly, and we feel so blessed for that! Swollen feet and achy pains are a small price to pay for what is to come and we are SO EXCITED! August will be here before we know it!!!

It's a girl! Well, it will be in August... :)

Abby would like you all to know that she was right! ---and 5 others as well, at least according to the poll. Jake and I went in last week for our ultrasound and we got to see our little baby girl! She was pretty stubborn about the whole thing though. It was pretty amazing, while she was squirming around on the monitor I could feel all of her little squirms this time! She gave us some great pictures too, we got a great one of her sucking her thumb and another of her finishing up a great big yawn, in which she stretched her right arm out as she tilted her head back and opened her mouth for a nice big yawn. As far as finding out if she was a boy or a girl--- She was being pretty tricky! If her hand wasn't right in the way it was the umbilical chord she was holding! After about an hour of investigation the woman doing our ultrasound said that there was no evidence of any male parts and that we were having a girl! Jake and I are both so excited! This time is flying by and she'll be here before we know it!

In other news...

Sean (our brother in law) bought a hunting rifle this weekend and is cradling it right now like baby (unloaded of course) but he hasn't put it down since he got it. :) Boys and their toys...

Abby and I tried to be sneaky about making Easter baskets for our husbands and had a plan that while Abby distracted them I would run and hide them upstairs, but I had only made it up TWO steps when I froze in a laugh attack, I couldn't move and could hardly breathe I was laughing so hard! Abby--- laughing and screaming at me to "GO" only made me laugh harder....

We're headed to Utah on the 22nd of this month! YAY!!! We'll get to spend a few days with family and friends, and we are just really looking forward to the break!

McCall is really beginning to melt and thank goodness! I'm craving some warmth and sunlight!!!

Laugh attack...

About two weeks ago, we made our way down to the Abigail Manor on Eagle Island, to spend some time with Sean and Abby. We had a great time! Abby, Jake, and I went on an all out shopping spree at every local thrift store in Boise (practically). We got some great deals, and it was just a lot of fun... I got a few maternity things and a little baby tub that looks brand new, and we got some other items that we've been wanting, so it was a successful shopping trip. The first night we were there we went to Pizza Hut, we sat down and had a nice meal, I took my last bite and was taking my last sip of water, when Jake realized he had a hair on his last bite! With water half way down my throat my reaction was that I burst into laughter, however no one could tell that's what was going on because no one could hear me laughing, I just started turning bright red and well I'm pretty sure it (the water) came out of every hole in my face... Everyone was laughing and concerned, because they weren't sure what was going on! I just could not get a grip!!! I had a serious laugh attack... Also, that weekend... Sean and Jake were playing the wii and Abby and I were in the office when they started calling for us to come in to the living room. Abby and I went in and they had set a stool up in front of the T.V. and had come up with an idea: They were going to use the stool for stability but were going to shoot with their eyes closed, and we (the wives) had to direct them on where to aim and when to shoot. Long story short, we switched roles and the husbands got schooled... :) Good times...
Baby Update: We had our first ultrasound a little over a week ago, and everything seems good. We won't find out for a few more weeks the sex of the baby, but we are so excited to find out! It was so fun to see our little guy or girl in their squirming around. It was weird because I could see it on the monitor but couldn't feel any of this baby's movement! I hear it should happen soon, and so I'm anxious for that as well!
This week was a pretty great week all in all. McCall has begun slightly to melt... YAY! We got a five minute thunder and lightening storm (ohhh I have missed these!) and Jake happens to make the best chocolate chip cookies ever! Like I'm ever going to try again now that I know they can taste SO good... :)