My Pregnancy: Week 18

Baby's now the size of a sweet potato!

Your fetus has become amazingly mobile (at least compared to you), passing the hours yawning, hiccuping, rolling, twisting, kicking, punching, sucking, and swallowing.  And, baby's finally big enough that you'll be able to feel those movements soon.

I had a head cold this week that was annoying, but other than that, pregnancy symptoms seem to subside more and more with each passing week, except my ever-growing stomach.  It is interesting because I feel that this little girl shifts around a lot more than Leila did because there are times when my stomach is so tight and feels like it may burst but then a few hours later and you can hardly see my bump.  It's pretty crazy!

We've been brainstorming some names now that we know we can focus on just girl names.  Nothing is striking us as strongly as Leila's did, but our top contenders are currently: Clara, Marian, Maya, Mara, and Sybil.  We'll see which, if any, grows on us over the next little bit.

Random Bits of June

June 3-We made some binoculars for our Sunbeam class one week and gave Leila one of the extra pairs.  She loved looking through them, but eventually destroyed them.  Then she started putting the broken plastic cup over her eyes and calling herself a superhero.

June 14-Leila put on her daddy's shoes and clomped/shuffled around the kitchen

June 25-While getting dressed, Leila informed me that she wanted to wear her princess dress and cowboy boots.  She's got style!

Pseudo Yellowstone

Since not everyone was going to be able to make it up to Yellowstone at the same time this year, my Grandma organized a Pseudo Yellowstone event yesterday.  Anyone who could come met up at Mueller Park in Bountiful where we had a group site reserved for the morning.

Playing Ring a Round the Rosies around the firepit

Birding

Leila liked "sliding" down the dirt hill

 We announced the gender of our baby to the family by spraying cans of pink silly string into the group.

Anxiously awaiting the reveal

The Reveal

Thankfully all of the little girls loved collecting the silly string and did most of the clean up for me!

 And, of course, we did the traditional Cherry Pit Spit.

The Kids Division

The Youth Division

The Women's Division

The Men's Division

Trophy Handoff

Ashley was the Women's Champion this year

Even though it was sad to come to the realization that a big extended family trip to Yellowstone won't always be possible, I feel like this was a good alternative.  After all, being together is the most important part.  I'm so grateful that my grandmother has always scheduled times for us to be together.  It is truly remarkable how close our family is because of it.