So in her pregnancy haze, Mommy didn't notice that she forgot to blog about our trip to SLC at the beginning of September! We went up just two weeks after we had come back from our final Seven Peaks trip!
Our cousin, Romney, got baptized! We HAD to go back up for that, right?
We had a long day of spectating on Saturday. Daddy and Grandpa both did the Kokopelli Tri. Daddy did the longer Olympic distance again and Grandpa did the sprint distance.
Guest Post by Mommy:
I am into the 30s!! 30 weeks of pregnancy that is. I'm half way to 31 weeks. The countdown will now begin to drive me crazy. I don't handle the end very well. It's not that I'm uncomfortable. It's not that I'm tired. It's that I lack control of the situation. I don't get to say "and my baby will be born at this day at this hour."
I also don't get to really control how big my belly gets. I don't remember freaking out about this with the other two. It has been over four years. Maybe I've just forgotten. However, I'm pretty sure I'm more insecure with this pregnancy. I'm pretty sure I'm bigger. I've been asked if I'm having twins (never had that before.) I get shocked looks that I'm not due until November and it all makes me want to cry. And then on the flip side, I do get people who proclaim that I am tiny and I look so cute and November seems like a perfectly reasonable due date. Gah! Part of it has to do with the fact that I am measuring slightly big at my appointments, but truthfully I'm still within range. And you know what? I have no idea if I measured big with my other two or just perfectly on. I DON'T REMEMBER. I didn't write it down. Should I be worried? Am I eating way too much? I'm still teaching fitness classes for crying out loud! See? Control issues and insecurity.
I will say that I do love being pregnant. I love feeling the little girl inside my belly kick and push and shove and roll over. In a weird twist, my carpal tunnel has improved dramatically. My swelling is minimal. I can sleep a solid 8 hours. I just need to let go of the body image thing. I have 9 more weeks to master it. Hopefully no more than 9 weeks. Fingers crossed.
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| Lovely bathroom at Hogle Zoo! |
Remember how my aunt got married? Way back in March? We were the flower girls and we loved it, but Mommy chose to enjoy the day and not take a SINGLE picture of us. She is finally getting around to getting the pictures from Grandma and Grandpa!
Last week we went to the lake with Grandma and Grandpa. We enjoyed great water and hardly anybody else on the water. Mommy was a little bummed that all she could do was get in and get wet occasionally. But the big news was that I kneeboarded all by myself! Truthfully, I was belly boarding. I never actually got up on my knees but I loved it! You can tell by the wake that Grandpa kept going faster and faster. I didn't want to stop!!
We spent Labor Day weekend in various pools and had a lot of fun!! We made sure to make it to City Pool on Saturday since it's the end of their season. The weather looked kind of iffy with lots of clouds on the horizon which made for the perfect day. There was hardly ANYBODY at the pool!! We got in 100 rides on the HydroTube! 34 times each for Daddy and me and then 16 times for Cara and Mommy. In fact, Mommy and Cara didn't originally buy passes because Mommy thought Cara wouldn't like it. Boy was she wrong. I also jumped off the diving board probably 20 times. It was awesome.
Well Mommy just headed into the last stretch of her pregnancy. The third "trimester" whatever that means. I don't remember what Mommy looks like without a big belly! I keep telling her that someday her belly will look like mine again!
