Baby Steven where are you?

The other night Mike wakes me up in a panic reaching over me and said, "Steven, Steven! Where are you?" I took his hands and put them on my belly, reminding him that Steven was still inside and not crawling around like he was dreaming. But really...where are you baby Steven? Just because the doctors say your due date is September 11th doesn't mean you can't come play early...I'm just sayin :) I'm not quite sure where my body is at currently, I have my appointment tomorrow, but as of last Friday I was dilated to a 1 and 70% effaced so at least something is happening! Mike has been really cute and wants his buddy to come play before he is back in school so every day he has been taking me on walks, having me walk stairs, bouncing on our exercise ball, and eating spicy food. So far nothing too much. More contractions than normal, but they don't hurt or anything. I guess we'll just have to continue the waiting game and remember that its not our choice really when he comes. I still can't believe I'm almost 39 weeks and that its here! It hits me every once in awhile that I'm going to be a mom and have a baby 24/7 soon for the rest of my life...kinda crazy and sometimes scary! I'm more curious about labor, most of the time I'm not too scared but I'm sure that will change once labor actually starts. I'm still working and that's going well. Haha, I keep getting coworkers or doctors saying, "You're still here? You look like you're going to pop!" I don't think I've gotten too much bigger the last little bit, but I think I just got big so fast that they all assumed that I was due in August and am over due now. I don't know...just a theory. Anyways, I'll keep you all posted and let you know once out little guy decides to make his entrance! :)

Mindy Concert and 26 weeks prego

Mike has a hero. Her name is Mindy Gledhill. While on his mission in Oklahoma, Mike was only able to listen to certain types of music and Mindy became one of his favorite singers. I really like her music too, but I must admit I had never heard of her before Mike. She had a performance here in Rexburg so of course we had to go :) When they asked for the first three Mindy super fans to go up on stage Mike jumped out of his seat and jumped on stage...the first out of three other girls :) Haha...what a goof! :)

Here's Mindy! And yes, those are butterfly wings. When she first came out both Mike and I looked at each other and were like, "Umm..." But it was kinda cute and she completely pulled it off with her fun personality and everything. After the first songs she said, "I bet you never thought you'd see a pregnant butterfly dance huh?" It was cute. Yep...she was prego in this concert jumping around and singing...I was impressed! I can't even walk up four stairs without getting winded anymore, I can't imagine dancing and singing for a whole concert! Props for Mindy!

Here is my incredibly awesome husband up on stage with Mindy and the other "super fans". Notice all the others are women? :)

A hug from Mindy...it made Mike's night :) I was really excited for him and knew he'd be talking about it for days. Sure enough, right when he got home he went over to some of our neighbor's house to show off this picture and tell his story :)

After the concert. I kinda wish we could have gotten a belly shot together, I think that would have been funny, but there was a huge line waiting to get a picture or autograph from her. Cool story though...Mike got her to autograph our program's picture of her by saying, "Thanks for the hug Mike -Mindy" or something like that. I can't remember exactly.


And here is another belly shot at around 24 1/2 weeks. My mom keeps getting after me about posting more pictures, but I don't think we'd see as many results week by week where as two weeks you can see a bigger difference. I will try to be better though Mom. Haha...funny story. So about a week before at 23 weeks I had a patient at work ask me when I was due. I told her and she was really shocked saying, "Oh dear, but you look like you're ready to pop right now!" I didn't think it was too funny at the time and said, "I'm not that big yet!" to which she replied, "Oh yes you are dear...little junior is poking out alright!". Hmm...then just this week I had two nurses the same night at different times ask me when I was due and when I told them they were like, "Are you sure? You seem bigger than 6 months" and one even asked, "Are you sure you have the right due date? They have to be off, you're too big already!" Ha, ha, ha...maybe its the scrubs? I know that I'm carrying him more out than some but seriously! Who says that to a pregnant woman? I'm sure they are right in some aspects though. I mean there is this one girl at church who is a month ahead of me and I'm bigger than her and then another girl who is a month behind me and you can't even tell she's pregnant at all! So not fair! At the same time I can't complain. I like looking pregnant and have gotten a lot of comments from patients and people that I look cute so at least those comments are a plus! I'm just not looking forward to when I do get HUMONGOUS and awkward looking. I know its gonna happen, after all I have another three months and already I look like I'm "going to pop"! :)