No baby yet, sorry

But Ryanna, right after rolling off of  a medicine ball into the carpet, got this lovely picture with Miss Utah.

Doesn't Ryanna look just absolutely thrilled?  Maybe in this picture you will be able to see the skid marks on her forhead and nose a bit better.
Plus a nice little outline of baby brother.  Just 10 more (or less) days left!

White Princess Wedding

Our nephew Josh was married this weekend to a sweet and beautiful girl named Laura. Unfortunately we didn't get any pictures of them which I am bummed about but we took some fun ones of Ryanna of course and the family. They were married in the Bountiful temple and then the dinner/reception was on Temple Square at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. It was all gorgeous. The reason I called the post the white princess wedding is because Ryanna was entranced by Laura in her wedding dress. She kept pointing and calling her the white princess. She really wanted to touch her dress but when she got close she would run back to us, shy or star struck we aren't sure. :)

One handsome Dad + One adorable daughter + Sunday best dress = cute daddy daughter moments caught on film

Ryanna was so busy exploring, running, and just having a blast we couldn't get her to hold still for picture posing with Mom and Dad. 

There were some fake birds in the planters at the temple. I guess they are there to entertain little girls like Ryanna because I can't imagine any other purpose. :)

Ryanna has lots of girl cousins close to her age. From left to right: Aunt Kelly holding Elizabeth (2yr 3mo), Me holding Ryanna (2yr 1mo), Aunt Emily holding Cynthia (2yr 7mo), Kira (4yr), Lydia (4yr), Aunt Emaline holding Emma (2yr 8mo).

From last week: The neighbors on the other side of this fence have a black lab that Ryanna LOVES. We cannot leave the house without peeking through the fence to see if he is home so she can yell "PUPPY COME HERE!" We think he likes her cause he never barks when she is out there but he barks at most people when they walk by. She is definitely a dog person - any size, any kind. She gets it from Daddy. 

Such a big girl. She loves dancing. It is now on the list of things she demands others do with her along with running. She is also becoming a good helper. She gets her own shoes on and usually helps Mom and Dad find theirs. She will also put shoes away most of the time we ask her. What a sweet girl. 

36 Weeks and sort of counting...

Lots of pregnant gals enjoy taking pictures to show their growth during pregnancy....yeah I don't get that whole phenomenon. I do, however, recognize that since I hardly see any of the people who check on our blog you might be interested in my gargantuous belly so here it is. By the way I know my pants look like they're falling down...that's because they usually are. Sorry but it's true - my belly sticks so far out the stretchy band has to hold on for dear life and often fails. Oh well, it's the best I can do right now. :)

So this has been a great pregnancy for me so far. Very little sickness or even nausea, overall energy considering I'm pregnant, decent sleep (though on the decline), no middle of the night charlie horses unlike with my Ryanna pregnancy, normal/healthy weight gain, and so far no new stretch marks. I have a couple weeks left to get those coveted stretch marks and prego pounds though. :) Based on that list I understand if some of you Mommies out there hate me - I feel very lucky to have had 2 great pregnancies. On the other hand we have had some extra worry because our 18 week ultrasound showed some swelling in one of his kidneys. Fortunately, with technology we've kept a close eye on this and what it might mean. There is even a neonatologist who recently moved here who has been going over all the radiologist reports with us, answering our questions, assuring us that this is a minor and manageable situation. So the gist is our baby boy is growing healthy and strong. After delivery he will have his kidney checked out and we'll take it from there. We feel at peace with the situation. It's like Dr. Kwak (the neonatologist) said, "We can only tell so much from a ultrasound and after delivery we might find everything is fine. If not then worst case scenario is he has a problem with an organ that God provided a spare of."  We aren't consumed with worry - actually the feeling in our home is only excitement to welcome this baby into our family!

I had my usual appointment yesterday and Dr. Griffith really freaked me out by saying well now that you're 36 weeks I wouldn't stop you if you went into labor - WHAT!?! You mean I am going to go into labor at some concrete coming date and I'll deliver this baby boy in all my glory and then I'll be a mother of two???? Of course I knew this but it still felt like I was hearing this for the first time. So now I'm getting into nesting mode - washing blankets, setting up the bassinet, going through clothes given to me(thank you Kristen!), and just overall letting it all settle in. Watch out everyone! Pretty soon there will be 2 little Brian/Kristin spawn taking over the earth. Hehehhe.