Piper and Nixy are now the same size - Piper is bigger actually. She is skinnier but longer and taller than Nixy. The picture on the right is Piper now.

Puppy Pictures

These are some old pictures of our dogs - Nixy is the older dog and Piper is the puppy. The pictures are from last summer. Of course now they are closer in size. I will show current pictures of them and you will be sad at how big Piper is -- she was sooooo cute as a puppy. But I wouldn't like to have to potty train again.

House

These are pictures of our old home. One was taken in a beautiful snow storm...and the other was during fall time, it is of our old backyard. When you move to a new place you really appriciate what you liked about your other place. In this case, I really liked having a full house, basement and shed to put things in. We have finally found a place for everything here at the new place. OH, and I miss having a big backyard for the doges to play in. Speaking of the dogs -- I should post pictures of them. Can you tell I just like to post and type :).

List of favorites

Tiffany's list of "favorites" about pregnancy:

#5 quality of sleep or lack there of -- i am tired but between the heartburn, huge stomach and peeing i just cannot stay asleep

#4 having everyone stare - helloooo i am not EVE! you have seen a pregnant person before

#3 not having any ab control -- the first time i realized this i laughed for forever becuase i was adjusting the seat in the car and FLEW backward at an alarming rate becuase me abs didn't stop me/the seat!!! Ry thought it was funny too -- he was polite enough not to laugh as long as me though

#2 knowing you will gain weight but still being unprepared for the Dr.'s scales -- no, seriously i am still surprised every time!!

and the Number one reason.....

#1 getting ready (looking good), checking the mirror before i leave(still looking good), asking a friend (they say you look good) -- all those things/people confirm that you look alright -- then you see a picture of yourself (hahahaha please look at the picture to see my point) my face is not the puffy in person...i dont think!!

Everyone else looks fabulous! Two of the women are my co-workers and the cutie in the dress is my friend who just graduated high school!! ( I am 37 wks in the pic)

Baby Flashforwards

Since we just got the scanner I couldn't share these before now. She would not wake up during the scanning and she would not move her hand. I guess she wants to surprise us with what she looks like! These were at 19 wks - so about 18 wks ago.

Baby Flashbacks

The first two are pictures of me getting ready to come home from the hospital. The other one is when I was 9 months old. Doesn't my mom look fabulous?! I do not have such high standards for myself on the coming home day!! :)

Baby Flashbacks

So we purchased a printer/copier/scanner --- so now you all can enjoy pictures of us from lllllllllllllloooooooooonnnnnnngggggggggggg ago. Here are some pictures of little Ryan that will be helpful in identifying who the baby looks like.

37 wks

We are at 37 wks and really starting to realize "it" could be any day now. For the past 37 wks that is all we wanted and now that is it getting closer and I realize there is no other way "out" of this situation -- birth seems a little well, terrifying. I didn't help that Ryan had a clinical the other day on the labor and delivery floor. His official statement is - there is nothing else like it. He really was amazed at the body's ability to birth a child -- sure, we all are. That makes it no less scary. :) I have been told by every woman - no matter her birth story - that when you hold that little baby in your arms it is all forgotten or at least forgiven :).

This picture is from 36 wks but I don't have one more resent. I was telling the story that I only wanted pictures taken of me from "here to here" and my friend took a "full" shot...

On a lighter note - we have started to look at names. I am proud to say we made it all the way through the "a's" and didn't find anything. So now we are on to "b's". This is a big feat for us since it has taken 37 wks to even start this conversation. We are not procrastinators - just laid back.

My dear friend Kira and I "setting up the church for my wedding". As you can tell we were really helpful that night.

Thought I would start with some retro pictures of me - since posting pregnancy pictures straight away is a scary way to start a blog! Obviously some are wedding pictures - the jackrabbit picture was on the way west for Kira's wedding in Montana a couple summers ago. I love the west!

Why I Blog

Ok, here goes nothing. Blogging - is that what people do when they have a lot to say and nobody around to listen? :) Really, friends and family who are far away want to stay connected - that is what a blog is for.