Canyon Weather

We have been making up for some summer things we didn't get to, like going up Millcreek!



At one point we all stopped gabbing for a second to listen to Davis and Croz telling each other passionately about garages and trucks. They were chattin' it up for 2 year olds! It was so cute.



Crosby was so excited to find a "woosting stick" in the woods and absolutely loved roasting marshmallows; first time!



Grateful for our outdoorsy friends :)



Croz went the whole summer with no sunglasses, but that's because I knew he wouldn't wear them. We finally bought him some though because he's been complaining how bright the sun is in the car. Headed up the canyon on a Sunday.



Silver Lake is kind of our spot.



So picturesque!



Jess secretly flew into town and she and Steph surprised me, just sitting on the couch the other morning. I have the best friends! So of course we kicked things off with a bang... dinner and games and picture-taking and then looking like this at around midnight.



Jess is in town for 2 or so more weeks, so we'll see if she catches a glimpse of the new baby. He is a trooper, this baby... Croz and I met Codi and Luce at the zoo Friday afternoon and once I got home my body became an involuntary magnet to the couch. So D took care of the night's happenings as I began to grow this literal sickness in my belly; it kept getting worse. Once being on all fours didn't alleviate the horrible feeling, I went to bed only to 5 minutes later be in the bathroom throwing up what seemed like years of my life. It was sitting on the toilet with diarrhea while holding the garbage can throwing up I don't even know how many times, all night until around 5 am. At 3 am when there was nothing coming out either end but what tasted like stomach bile I started to worry a bit that my body STILL needed to get rid of... anything else. Being 38 weeks pregnant and not having felt the baby move for a long time I started to flip a bit. I hopped online and got lots of hits on flu + 38 weeks where there was plenty of history of women getting the flu or flu-like symptoms as early labor, as it is the body's way to cleanse the system right before birth. Aha! I figured our little guy's on his way, just hang in there. Especially when the aches crept up on Saturday: it was like hips, butt, thigh, and menstrual-crampy aches. I so thought I was giving birth this weekend! Nope. NASTY flu. Well my abs couldn't have handled it anyway. Thanks D for toting countless bags of you-know-what out to the garbage all night and Cloroxing every time I asked. And for D, my dad, and Cam giving me a blessing because I know it worked. I am SO grateful to be back in function mode so quickly. Whew.