The final countdown...

Can you believe we only have 5 weeks left? According to the doctor, we are still on track for a July 25th birth date. However, I was born 3 weeks late so we will see how genetics play in to the final results.

Baby Belly

My friend Alana's daughter, Kristin, is starting up her own photography business and she asked me to be a baby belly model for her portfolio. She did a great job! Alot of you have been asking to see updated baby belly pictures, so here are a few shots from my session.

IT'S A GIRL!

For those of you who haven't heard...it's a girl! Her name is Mya Grace Malson. I know what you are thinking, "but I thought you weren't going to find out." You are right, I didn't want to know. But Jared did want to find out, so the doctor printed off the picture, wrote the gender along the top, and put it in a sealed envelope for him. There were 3 rules. 1) He couldn't taunt me. 2) He could tell a soul...not even the moms! and 3) I couldn't beg. Jared did great. He never let it slip to me.

It was an accident! One day while I was dusting, I opened the drawer to Jared's night stand to put the baby name book away and there it was...THE PICTURE! I think it was divine intervention. This way Jared didn't have to worry about slipping in front of me and I didn't have to feel like I cheated. We are very excited to meet our baby girl!!!

2009 Home Improvement Project

Each year we take on a major home improvement project. In the past it has been things like remodeling the bathrooms or tiling the kitchen & dining room floor. This year we put in automatic sprinklers! In the past, we had to pull hoses around the yard every night. We couldn't go anywhere in the summer without getting a house sitter or our lawn would die. Needless to say the sprinklers were a necessity!

Due to my current physical condition, I was limited to Supervisor and construction clean-up. So I am very proud of my husband for taking on such a HUGE undertaking alone!!! Jared rented a trencher, and with his brother Zeke's help, cut out trenches for all the lines.

Plus they had to dig out by hand all the spots for the sprinkler heads. But of course we chose the wettest weekend this year to start the project. So we had a few minor set backs, such as HUGE rain delays, flooded trenches, and broken water lines.

Despite the extended timeline and extra work, I am proud to report the sprinklers are installed, the grass is growing back , and we now have our evenings back.