10 Days Left: A Trip to the Dr's Office

Today we went to the Dr's Office. Mike brought the camera to document the event. I said "why did you bring the camera?" and he said "so that next time you want to have a baby, I can show you these pictures and you will not want to." and I said "you mean I'll look at these pictures and remember how radiant I looked."

This is us buckling in...

This is us getting out of the car, going into the building...

This is Porter waiting with us...

This is Mike and Porter entertaining themselves.

It turns out this little appointment took 2 and a half hours! :/

What we found out: still a 1.5 and he couldn't feel the babies head so he had moved back up in my womb. The dr. wheeled in the ultrasound machine to see if he might be breach...luckily, he is still head down. The biggest thing about these last appointments is that my Dr. scheduled my appointment to be induced on Monday-August 10th! I am trying to be very patient and let nature take his course--I would rather go into labor on my own. Well, today was significant because the Dr. said "Due to your history, I would like to get the baby out at soon as I can." (Porter's water in his placenta was low, which is why I had to be induced with him.) He did say there isn't a huge risk, but still a risk and that he would tell his wife or daughter to get the baby out. He said "I'm a Dr., I am suppose to worry, don't do anything that you're not comfortable with. Do what you want to do, I'm not trying to pressure you into it." he patted my feet and left me to the decision.

Of course I don't want to put the baby in any danger, but I don't want to be induced! I have waited 9 months, I want an experience out of it, not a lay in bed and watch a movie while my baby is born day. Anyway, he said come back in two days and we'll check on him again, and you can let me know what you wanna do....

Mike's Take: just do it on Monday

Jenn's Take: wait.

Cranney Family Campout 2009

This past weekend we went up to Strawberry Resevior for the Annual Cranney Family Campout. Despite the fact that I am 9 months preggy, and it rained a bunch, it was SO MUCH FUN! I did misplace my camera after only one day, so not all of the Cranney's get their fame today. Thanks Sass and Glendon for an awesome partay!

Activities:
The Amazing Race
Crafts with Grandma
Boating
Playing in the Lake
Biking all around the Campground

Funny Stories to Remember:
Mike tripped over a hole in the grass while carrying his food,.He completely biffed it but managed to fold his breakfast plate like a taco and save his grub!

Mike also managed to biff it in the water while wake boarding and strained his neck pretty bad. He was nearly out of commission for the rest of the campout (and still whining about it today).

Porter and Jayden decided they both had to pee during their play time in the woods, so they both whipped it out and showed off their little buns. (We got the camera in time to catch them pullin' their pants up.)

Baby Wyatt is 10 months old and his bed is in the shower/bath of Liz and Spencer's trailor (so cute!)

Levi, is one of the most active little 18 month olds you'll ever meet.

While I was napping and Mike was boating our awesome sis Jen took the little ones to the lake and let them play for hours! Isn't she a fun aunt?

Jenn Cranney was the Champion of Scumb this year. (Auld's RULE!)

Bridger learned from his uncle Mike how to smart off, telling a fellow camper to "show him the rule book" when asked to not ride his bike by the bathroom. This being after Mike called another fellow camper a "jackass" after the gentleman complained about the generator.

Glendon still cruises a super sweet bike with a kid carrier on the back, and also....got his ropes stolen. Here's a note about Glendon Lamb; one of the nicest guys you will ever meet, gets crap stolen from him CONSTANTLY.

Grandma Cranney and Teens watched all the little kids while all of the adults went on a boat ride! This was a once in a lifetime opportunity! Thank You!

Boston Hancock

Welp, SIX DAYS LATE, Kari Havens Hancock gave birth to her first little babe, Boston Hancock, yesterday--July 18th, 09. She is seen here in the wedding dress. I am just so excited that he finally came out that I wanted to pay her a little tribute.

Kari is one of my roommates from College (utah state university). We have been through a lot together. This little group shown in the pic are some of my best friends! There is NOTHING like my college roommates, they are great friends, like sisters, and I miss seeing them and laughing with them and even fighting with them! :) just kidding--we never fought! :)

Kari married Kade, who Mike grew up with. So Jenn, from Kansas and Kari from Virginia, --who became friends in Utah married boys from Vernal. Pretty crazy, huh?

Anyway, I have been talking to Kari every day for the last little while waiting for her special day and it finally came! She is the fourth of us to join the wonderful world of motherhood. Congrats Kari!

Porter's Opinion:
I showed Porter the pics of Boston, yesterday, and he thought he was so cute. He said "mom, can we have two Bostons?" meaning, can we name our baby Boston? and I told him that would be fun, huh?
Today I said, "Port, should we just name our baby Andrew?" and he said "uhmm...no, what's Kari's baby's name?" I said "Boston." He said "yeah, I know what you're talking about, Boston, can there be two Bostons?"

Kari, I guess Porter approves of your name. You should be flattered since his other favs are: Butch, Peter Parker and the Hulk. :)

Heat Wave

Wow, it's hot. Yesterday it reached 102 degrees in Salt Lake! Today I asked Mike if today was suppose to be the Hottest for the week. "It's got to be the hottest day today!" So i checked it out and it's only 93 degrees. Yesterday was NINE degrees hotter! Man, my temps are all screwed up!

Visiting Cascia and Steve

We haven't seen Cascia and Steven P. Lutes in a year and we finally got to see them in Provo last month. We met at Cascia's bro's apartment and had some pizza and COKE while watching the bachelorette. The boys played SO well together. Porter and Sawyer are nine months apart, which seemed so far apart when they were babes, but now they are just good ol' fashion buds. Porter even introduced Sawyer to the underwear mask, and much to Cascia's dismay let him borrow an extra pair for the evening.

Even Spiderman Has To Sleep

Yesterday Mike was on the computer and I was reading and Porter was playing spiderman. He came over and gave me a little snuggle. After two minutes of snuggling my legs, he was OUT.

Only 4 Weeks Left

YESS!!! We have made it to the final countdown! I'm thrilled! The past four days I have felt great! I mean, of course uncomfortable, but last month seems like every day was impossibly uncomfortable. Maybe the womb finally grew big enough for this kid to fit. I hope the remainder of this time is spent semi-comfortably.

Dr. Update:
I went to Dr. Sumsion on Wednesday, July 15th.

The nurse said we are going to check this and that...and then she said "and schedule your induction" and I said "What?" thinking she had me and another patient confused. I said, "for me? you know I've got four weeks left, right?" She said she knows but that they still like to get them scheduled. And I said "oh, well, I don't want to be induced." and she said "well, he likes to schedule them between 39 weeks and no farther than a couple of days past your due date." and I was like...ok (I'm not gonna do that) and never brought it up to the doc and he never said anything, so I am just gonna try to go on my own, none of this scheduling nonsense.

Anyway, the update is great. I am dilated 1-1.5! I don't think I dilated till much later with Porter, so I am thrilled to see the first sign that the end is near.

The pee trips are becoming more and more frequent.
Sleeping has been a real chore.
It's incredibly hot in our house, No AC except the swamp cooler in Porter's room, which usually does a fine job of cooling us off. But I feel bad having it on at night because Porter would get so cold. We tried it last night and I went to check on Port during a routine potty break and he was FREEZING. So I turned it off.

I am moody. Sometimes I just turn into a bad mood...thinking to myself "why am I so grouchy?" and there Isn't a reason in the world....i just am. As a matter of fact, Sunday I woke up in a fine mood, but by the time I had gotten to church, I was in no mood to interact with people and be normal, so I just went home. Maybe I just needed those couple of hours to be alone, because I was just fine after. (Or maybe I subconsciously wanted to skip church. :)