Hard Days Work

The other day we stopped by Brandon's office and Cayden got right to work:)

Results!

" Mmmm, this is going to be good!"

Blueberry Tart

Blueberry Coffee Crumble Cake

We also made blueberry pancakes for brunch. It was all so delicious!! Thanks Annette and girls for such a fun couple of days.

Hard Work

Cayden did a pretty good job helping make all of the delicious goodies. It was hard for him because he knew there were fun toys in the house, but he managed to have his hands in everything before convincing the girls to play with him.

Blueberry Picking

(Peggy got Cayden crab glasses, you can see him sporting them in this pic)

Yesterday we went to a small town near ours and picked wild blueberries. We weren't sure if we'd be able to find any, but it didn't take too long until we found our first "jackpot." (Annette yelled jackpot at the first large section of blueberries and Cayden quickly caught on. It was most certainly the "word of the day") Cayden, Peggy, Annette, Katelyn, Eliza, and I all went. My goal was to pick enough to get a bowl of blueberries with milk and to have some blueberries over icecream. Stay tuned for the next post to see what all we were able to make with what we picked.

Cayden Sayings

While at Brandon's softball game last night: "Look at those clouds, they are moving South, to North Dakota"

A month or two ago Cayden asked how the baby was going to come out and I told him it would come out of my belly. He wanted to know how, out my belly button? I've heard people say that you need to explain enough so the child understands to their ability. Not to give too much info, but not to avoid the questions either. So I told him the Dr would take the baby out from where I go potty. That seemed a good enough answer for him and he only mentioned it a couple more times. (Those times were quite funny, but they were just among us or my parents) However, at my last Dr appt the nurse asked if Cayden's brother or sister was going to come out soon and he said, "Yup, out my mommy's pee pee." Oh Boy!

I finally realized where Cayden got the name Ramone, it's from the Cars movie and he has a pair of underwear that say Ramone on them. I told him that as I was getting him ready and now every time he tells someone the name he wants to call his baby sister he also tells them because it was on his underwear.

Then tonight I ran into a mom of a kid I worked with years ago and we got to talking about the baby and I just said the Dr said it would be any day b/c the baby was half born and Cayden said, because you're a 2 right? He wouldn't let it rest until I told her I was a +2 station. He's heard me tell family that a lot I guess so he felt she needed to know it too!

Also, a couple of nights ago my dad gassed in the car so my mom gave him a hard time for awhile and then once she stopped Cayden (who was sitting in the backseat) said (in a barely breathing voice) "Can someone please breath for me?!"

36 week checkup

I had a new Dr check me today because my Dr is on vacation. This Dr was very nice and did a great job. I was worried I'd be hurried in and out b/c I wasn't his patient, but he treated me as good as my Dr. I've heard good things about him and I'm glad they were true.

Anyway I don't think I've thinned anymore, but I have dilated to at least a 2 1/2. He also had a hard time reaching my cervix. My cousin (a labor and delivery nurse) said it was probably b/c the head is so low they have to try and reach around the head to check the dilation. It's hard having a different Dr check b/c the measurements aren't an exact science and I've been going by my Drs measurements until now. This Dr said it really could be any day now (but we all know that could mean anything!) However, he was quite shocked at how low the baby was, which made Brandon and I laugh. His first comment was, "wow there's the head, your baby is half-way out already!" I asked if he agreed I was at a +2 station and he said, "oh ya I'll give you that for sure, a good +2, a +3 is where the head is coming."

There's a neat "trick" (for lack of a better term) about measuring the uterus. How ever many weeks you are pregnant is typically how many cm long your uterus is. This has been true for both pregnancies, up until now. Last week I was 34 cm but 35 weeks and this week I was 33 cm and 36 weeks. When I asked the Dr why the change he said, b/c the baby is so low, I'm not expanding up higher anymore, but the baby is actually lower than the pelvic bone. Which I guess makes sense b/c I'm at least 2 cm below the pelvic bone. \

My parents will be gone this week and my Dr is still on vacation, though in the area, so I'll hopefully go another week. I am, however, getting ready to meet this little one. I have everything on my to-do list done, so that feels good:)

Baby 2 Pregnancy

When I was 35 weeks and 6 days pregnant with Baby 2, our friend Sarah took some pregnancy pictures for us. Here are a few of my favorites:

(The rock was slanted, so poor Bran is a little slouched, but I still like the pic:) )

While Sarah and I took pics, our boys played together, they were soo cute!