Why didn't anyone warn me...

that you can be in and out of what they term "false" labor (which really isn't false at all) for 1 1/2 weeks and still have nothing to show for it but being 3 cm dilated. I'm done already. GET HIM OUT!

And just for fun here is Amelia's quotables for the week:

"Don't touch ANYTHING!" - said very sternly while in the car. Not quite sure what she thought I was going to do.

"Baloo the bear" - this is how it went...

Amelia "Oh no, all the pretty lights are gone!".
Me "Yes Christmas is over, all the lights are gone" (never mind that has been
2 months already, am I going to hear about this for another 10).
A few seconds pass and then...
Amelia "Baloo the bear", ya I'm pretty sure that was meant as an
interjection, i.e. an expletive substitute. Nice, thanks DJ.

I'm a blog slacker and not afraid to admit it

So I think that I have written this blog post in my head a hundred times over the last year and a half. But it never actually made it out of my head. And I don't really have any sort of excuse other than...I never made it that far. I think part of me was waiting for a more convenient time, like that ever happens. So I am currently ignoring my aching back, my exhaustion, the little boy that is literally trying to fight his way out and the many things I want to get done before I go into labor. Oh, did I forget to mention I am 37 weeks and 3 days pregnant! A lot can happen in a year and a half, but at the same time not so much. I have been trying to figure out how to be a mom of a toddler, trying to remember why I got pregnant again (any glimmer of pleasure from my first pregnancy has yet to appear this time around), and trying to finish my BLASTED school so I can once and for all be done with my bachelors! I took a final on Friday...two classes left. Other than that things are pretty much the same.

DJ is still working for his dad selling life insurance. "Do you have life insurance, because if you do you could always use a little more. But I have a feeling you don't have any, am I right, or am I right." No that is not a quote from his sales pitch, it's from Groundhog day. He is also still ward mission leader, two wards and 3 years later. Other than that things are pretty much the same.

As for Amelia she did learn how to walk...and run and jump and talk and throw herself down on the floor in a tantrum that would rival anyone. Everything a 2, soon to be 3, year old needs to know. I plan on doing a more complete update for my own memory soon, but for now I will just give you a glimmer of her personality. Which from what I hear is awfully (meant in both uses) close to my own at her age. To do so I will give you a little list of her most recent one liners.

1. "Calm down mommy, calm down" - finger shaking and all...what is funny is she said it when I wasn't even upset, I had just told her to wait a minute because I needed to finish eating.

2. "Stop crying mommy" - again, was I crying...no.

3. "I just want to be alone" - first heard when I was trying to get her ready to leave the house.

4. "It's been two minutes" - said with exasperation...this was when I told her she could help me cook, a few minutes passed and...

5. "Stop daddy, stop" - all said while talking steps toward him with a Popsicle stick in hand being used as some sort of wand or sword. (to be fair, what he was doing was annoying)

With her, things are never the same. Ah, I have to say in someways I am glad I am having a boy. It could potentially be a nice break from emotional drama. But I am also very nervous about having a hyper little acrobat that gets into everything.


35 weeks


Notice the pumpkin has a hairdo like DJ...


Rare mommy daughter pose

Walking Amnesia

That's what Amelia has. Every morning she wakes up and can barely walk, sort of like this...



But by the night time she is cruising like this...



Every night she gets better and better, but it takes her all day to remember. Walking amnesia, I wonder if it has ever been documented. Maybe I should make some phone calls.

Her feet were made for walking...

And that's just what they did!! Last week we were able to get Amelia to stand unassisted for 10-30 second intervals after which she would slowly lower herself, smile, and clap. Then tonight while showing grandpa her new trick she took one tiny step to get to me. Yay! So of course we put her out a little farther and she whipped out 3 ear to ear smiling steps, no problemo. We got her to do it several more times and the most steps was probably around 5, but honestly you kind of lose count. So finally at 1 year 3 months 3 weeks and 3 days old we have a walker... watch out.

A week in pictures

ALOHA

The night flight home is still lingering, so no full post yet. But because I have been asked a few times for pictures here is a teaser... and yes I almost cried when we left.

True Confession #1:

I have had only 3 classes left to graduate with my bachelors degree for over 3 years. There it's out. I admit a time or two I have said I'm already graduated, but not true. The reason I am sharing this is because by golly I need to get it over with! So I have started my classes and will hopefully be done by the end of October. There, now you all can bug me about it and maybe I will actually get it done!