Visitors

Jason got back from paintball with the boys, showered up and got ready for opening day of baseball. (He is coaching with Jeff and Aaron. Austin missed the cut off for the team by four days and decided to play baseball for the junior high.) Just as his last game was ending, Justin and Danale rolled into town! It was such a busy day, with back to back fun!

Cute little Carter has grown up so much already! He is such a "Mellow" baby! :-)Everybody wanted to hold and play with Carter and kept saying how they couldn't wait for our baby to get here. Colton is still as cute as ever and disappeared with the kids reminding me how fast the time goes when they are little.

We laughed a lot while they were here, as usual and busted the myth that eating large amounts of pineapple will put you into labor. My due date wasn't until March 24th, but after being told by my previous doctor that I wouldn't be able to carry her at all, I was surprised that she would be the baby that I would carry the longest! I started to think she was just showing off!

The next week, I could hardly think of anything else. I just kept wondering when she would come. A few nights she kept me up all night with contractions. Once, I was sure I was in labor and even got up at 3am and took a shower and made sure I had my bag all packed, only for the contractions to slowly start to fade. It was a little maddening! I gained a TON of weight and depending on the day, retained a TON of water and could hardly recognize myself! I heard lots of "Oh, you poor thing!" and "when are you due?" and "are you STILL pregnant?". I was totally over it. Luckily, this picture was taken the day before she was born.