Sunday, October 11, 2009

Catching Up

I wasn't going to try and catch up after my summer break from blogging, but we did some fun stuff this summer that I want to post about. Rachel and I spent 3 weeks in Utah visiting family and dog sitting Sam while my aunt, uncle, cousins, and my sinfully lucky sister were in Europe (I love Sam, but I think Europe might have been even more fun).
Kisses for Sam!

Her favorite thing that we did in Utah was go to the petting zoo at Thanksgiving point. She was OBSESSED with the pony ride and went on it several times. She really, really liked it in that special way that only little kids can pull off. I wish I could get that excited about a pony ride.
She also really liked the roosters. We stood and watched them for quite some time. My good friend Shannon came with us and was such a good sport about hanging out at a petting zoo for well over an hour.

Who doesn't love running down a ramp?
Sam was very tolerant of Rachel.
I hung out with my aunt Julie and my cousins (the ones not in Europe, obviously) for a lot of the time. Maren was a good friend to Rachel and Rachel talked about them for weeks afterward.
My favorite pic from the trip. Sterling loves being snuggled, and since there was no one there besides Rachel and me he took her snuggles out of desperation.

Just a few pictures from her b-day party. It was Mickey Mouse themed (the banner says happy birthday Rachel, as you can probably guess).


And now on to current times: Almost everyone knows this, but I like to say it anyway. I'm being induced this Tuesday the 17th! What the heck, that's 4 days away! I'm almost a mom again. I'm pretty terrified, but also really excited to not be pregnant anymore and to see what my baby boy looks like.