We went up to Salt Lake for a weekend, and while we were there we took Henry to the Discovery Museum at the Gateway. We took him on his 2nd birthday, and he had a good time so we knew that he would love it even more now that he's a year older. It cracked us up because he was so excited to see all the different things, that he completely wore himself out. I'd say it was definitely worth it!

A couple months ago (I've been really busy lately) we went camping with some of our closest friends from Salt Lake. We met in the middle at Fish Lake and spent a couple days hanging out and playing with the kids. It was a great weekend, and looking forward to all the family trips we'll take in the future. 

Rachel's pride and joy, Morgan. 

This trooper of a mom brought her twin girls and totally rocked it all weekend. 

There might have been a chance I stole the twins to get my snuggle time in. They make me feel like I'm going to be an ok mom to a little girl. 

The Group, 2012. 

Roberts', Moser's, Nick, Broderick's (minus Brent), and Atkinson's. 

 After we went on our little adventure to Pine Valley, Alan had an itch to get up and go camping. We thought it would be a fun over night experience for Henry, not to mention a good little trial run for a long weekend camping trip we've been planning with our friends.

 Unfortunately there was a fire restriction up on the mountain, so we had to improvise when it came to making smores. I guess we could have forgone the smores, but how fun is that? Either way, it was super fun and the kids all ended up as a sticky mess. 

 

Henry got pretty nervous when it was time for bed and he wasn't home, but as soon as I laid down beside him he fell asleep and even slept through the thunder in the early morning!

 

According to my doctor, I will more than likely deliver at 37 weeks so that means I really only have 15 more weeks to go! It's almost a little frightening how quick this has snuck up on me. I like to mentally go over what all we having going on until she's here, and it's looking like a full load of vacations, birthday, anniversary, and school starting. While taking care of a newborn is a full time job, it'll be nice to not have anything else to worry about than her.

I was reminded by my older sister Chanley that I should be doing some belly shots because Baby Sis is going to want to see them some day. For some reason though, with this pregnancy, I haven't been super excited about the belly shots. So I got a little creative and decided to snap one from my point of view. Don't get me wrong, I love the belly and I love feeling how tight it gets.. I just don't love not fitting into my clothes, and I especially don't love the pregnancy boobs. That's a whole other story though.

I've had a little incident with my progesterone shots. I take them every Thursday, and when I took it last week I noticed a hard bump (about an inch long) where the injection was. It was really itchy too but I've heard that can be a side affect. Fast forward to the next Thursday, and I got a shot in the same side. I woke up Friday morning and the hard bump had returned, but had more than doubled in size and was all red and fevered. I went to my doctor and he told me it was simply a hematoma. But as the night wore on, I had a feeling it was more than that. One of the perks of working in the hospital, is you're surrounded by nurses and doctors. So I went up to Labor and Delivery on my break and showed a nurse what was going on. I instantly became the object of everyone's attention, and was taken into a room to have my vitals taken. Long story short, I have a nasty infection from the shots and have to go on 2 antibiotics to get rid of it. I'm not sure if I'll continue with the shots, but will talk to my doctor this week about it. I'm very hesitant to stop though because every little bit of intervention helps me stay pregnant, and keeps my mind at ease.

I was asked if I was going to be more relaxed once I passed the 27 week mark, and I don't know that I'll be able to. Because at that point, I'll be venturing into the unknown 3rd trimester and everything will be new for me. Having just said all that, I'm going to do everything I can to enjoy what comes along with this crazy ride called pregnancy.

I have been taking Henry to the pool since he was 1 year old, and he's never really been afraid of water. But with that being said, I still thought he should take swimming lessons so he can learn correct techniques. He did so well in his class, and has improved by leaps and bounds already. Since he had so much fun with his first round of lessons, I signed him for the next class for later this summer!

 A few weekends ago, we wanted to get out of the St. George heat and do something different. Luckily for us, there is somewhere that fits that description perfectly and only takes 45 minutes to get to. Alan was shocked that we lived so close to a mountain that so closely resembles what you'd find in Salt Lake City. He felt like he was at home. 

 

While we wanted cooler weather, we didn't really expect it to be as cool as it was. We pulled up in our summer attire to 70 degree weather and raining. As we sat and shivered our way through lunch, we were all wondering if we should have checked the weather before we left. 

 

How modern is our family? As soon as we started on our hike, the cell phones came out and we started snapping some pictures.