In 50 Years...

It's pretty disturbing but this gives you a good idea of what I may look like in 50 years. I asked jeff if he will still love me if I look like this in 50 years. There was lots of laughing and pictures taken with this old man mask. We were bored one January afternoon and this brightened the moment.


This is what Sydney will look like but with a bigger body and maybe less pink in her outfit in 50 years.

My mom in 50 years. She'll be older than 100, but she looks pretty healthy and happy otherwise.

Scroll down further if you'd like to see some pictures from our time in California and Cedar City.

Third Trimester

So I'm 32 weeks now. Do I say I'm 8 months even though I have 2 more months to go? I tell myself 8 months because it makes me feel better considering how large I am. My gait is a little awkward now, more of a waddle, because my lower back aches somewhat when I get up from sitting down. My hands get a tingling sensation more easily, I think an onset of carpel tunnel, like my other pregnancies, sleeping is more difficult as I desperately search for a comfortable position, and of course I'm dying to pee every hour it seems like. At this point, I'm sick of pregnancy clothes and look forward to the day when I can burn them. Wow, apparantly at 8 months I'm incurring some hostility, I'll blame hormones for that. So I guess now that I realized my emotional state, I should write down some of my blessings. I don't have gestational diabetes. My pregnancy isn't high risk. I'm with family instead of being home alone in AK since Jeff is back to work and traveling. I've never had to be "bed rested." I'm not throwing up anymore. I've realized that I miss my old B cup bra size and have realized that I would never want a boob job, so that just saved us thousands of dollars :) The baby is still moving a lot and I love that feeling no matter what time of day it is. I can't wait until the baby arrives finally revealing itself to us: the gender and what he/she looks like...So EXCITED!

California

Disneyland

On Dumbo

Some Resting Time

Party Time

Beach

San Diego Temple

Seaworld

It was so nice to be in California. The weather alone was worth the drive. It was heavenly to wear flip flops, shorts, and have the girls wear the same thing without having to sport boots, pants, gloves, heavy jackets, and beanies on them. We drove to San Diego. As we got closer to the ocean you could smell and feel the moisture in the air. The girls loved (which is an understatement) staying in a hotel for a couple days. San Diego was fun. We saw all the shows and most of the marine life available to us. Of course the favorite was the Shamu show. I don't thinnk Jordyn's eyes blinked once. She was riveted with what she saw there. In the morning we had to take a break as I realized Syndey was suffering from an ear infection. Thankfully I have an awesome friend, who just lives a few houses down from us in AK, who is also my children's pediatrician. We called her and she faxed a perscription of antibiotics. A few hours later we were back at the park ready to go.
Then we drove to La Habra and stayed at a friends house while they were out of town. We attended Grandma Marianne's annual New Year's Eve party. It is always a treat to go to that party to see and catch up with family, eat, play games, open presents, and watch the grandkids play with each other. Luckily the girls had a great long and late nap and stayed up till midnight. We then quickly crashed after that. Jeff's cousin hooked us up with free Disneyland tickets. We went there with other family members. I wish I could've gone on the rides. This was the first time that Sydney went on the "big" rides. She measured just at 40 inches which allows her to go on many of the big rides. We got to the park as soon as it opened and did many of the kid rides. Jordyn loved them as well. Jeff's dad came and with his handy handicap pass we were able to cut in front of many lines. So Jeff, Sydney, Tim, Tyler, Katherine, and Rachel went on Splash Mountain, being Sydney's first big ride. She absolutely loved it. From that point on, all she wanted to go on were the roller coaster rides. She went on Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Pirates, and Soarin' Over Cali. and she would've gone on more. Parenting is even more enjoyable as I see Sydney getting bigger and doing things that me and Jeff do too. We love visiting our family and friends in So cal and were sad to leave not knowing when the next time we'll see them again.
Since we've been back to Cedar City, Sydney has gone skiing two more times. She is a stud. She goes to the top of the mountain, refuses help to get off the lift wanting to do it all by herself and successfully gets down the mountain by doing her wedges and making her turns. She actually shows off when she skis under the lift. She's learned that if she does jumps and skis under the "slow sign", people from the lift will cheer for her. She loves when people cheer for her. People throughout the day ask how old she is and comments how good she is. I wish I could go with her but she's had treasured alone moments with Jeff and my parents. Jeff just left yesterday to AK to work for a wee and then he's off traveling so I decided to stay with my parents for another week and a half while he is traveling.