little miss Evie monster

I call her the little Evie monster. this is because she grunts and makes little dinosaur noises when shes awake (and when shes alseep). Enjoy!!

Daddy Daughter time

& dont forget the "other" daughter... who would be sorely disappointed if she was left out:



hahah love the bobo-nator... who is a very loving and affectionate member of the family. Now when we walk in the door the first thing she needs to see is the baby. She must inspect the carrier and make sure baby is intact before she greets us. Pretty stinkin funny.

XOXO,

Imelda & Fam

Still at the Hospital....

um holy cow the time has literally flown by! I know I've tried to email pictures because I knew I would be a slacker but seriously.... Here are a few of my favorites so far. I will try to do oldest at the bottom so you can see how much she has changed in just a very short while...
have you seen trailer for the last air bender? thats what we think she looks like...

Jane Eyre + Beto's Bacon Breakfast Burrito= Happy Baby

Saturday night we were able to score lat minute tickets to "Jane Eyre, the musical" here in SLC. Our friend in the ward had the starring role. Now that I look back, I had some back to back contractions during the second half of the play. Baby must have liked it! Well we headed home around 10:30pm, grabbed some AMAZING cheap mexican food at Beto's and wha-la: my water broke under an hour later...(pretty much 10 minutes into eating our food). We called the hospital, went to bed, got an awesome's night's rest and headed to the hospital around 10am Sunday morning. We took some last minute photos seeing as I knew this was my last day being pregnant. Its kind of a weird feeling, knowing that it's really over. a little bittersweet but no big deal.... the BABY WAS COMING!!! YAY"!





XOXO,
imelda & fam

Swwwwing Batta Batta Batta!!

This was taken the day we were due! Getting bored of sitting around the house just "waiting" for baby was driving us nuts so we went and B played some church ball.... softball that is.. I got to keep score under the big lights too. I won't lie, it was alot of fun!

Baby Shower

The goods.....


WARNING: SUPER OLD PICTURE.. LIKE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND OLD

the girls at work threw me a baby shower....we made off with lots of goodies. I do love my job and the girls I work with (both past and present). I love this photo so I had to include it in the blog <3

XOXO,
Imelda & fam

the End of Days aka 37.5 weeks

Disregard the frumpiness, it was super hot.We were out surveying the damage in the daylight...

Our neighborhood recently (and still is) under going some flooding. We were out Saturday and Sunday night helping out with bagging sand etc. It was actually kind of fun but I think we may have over done it, we're both feeling a little sick now. but here are some during and after pics of the park and the next street over:

33.5 weeks

fun pics from work and a sneak peek of the growing tummy!!

I bought some rechargable batteries for the camera knowing I'd need to bring it to work soon and discovered some really awesome older pictures (like 6 months ago, sealing, idaho trips etc.) Ill try and post them soon so know in advance theyre pretty old!

xoxo,

Imelda, B & baby

Appointment #3...... and its an interesting one!

So today I had my appointment and for the record, I'm just a day shy of 17 weeks!!! That being said I went in with the impression of an easy smeasy quick in and out appointment. And it was all of that AND more. Let me explain a little but more: I've been anxiously awaiting this appointment for the sole fact that I knew I'd be able to schedule my upcoming ultrasound so the official "countdown" could begin. It was a little different because this time the "midwife/doctor" was being shadowed by a BYU nursing student. The only reason I think this lady was an actual doctor was because she was one of those oldie type/ know everything, which isnt bad but she wasnt as happy go luck as the other midwives who I've met and been super happy with. So either way this Dr brought a different vibe and you could totally tell this was a teaching moment for the BYU girl. I said I was totally ok with it (which i was) and she reviewed everything from my old lab results to my weight gain (none in the last month, although I have been chowing down.) yadda yadda yadda.

Here comes the interesting part. So I lay down so she can feel my stomach and here's our quick little conversation:
"hmm... how far along are you again?"
"almost 17 weeks"
"how certain are you?"
"uh, dead positive"
"any history of twins in the family?"

YIKES!! haha No, Im 90% sure Im not pregnant with twins.

So she pulls out the little sonogram guy and tries to listen for a heartbeat (or two) which she automatically finds ONE. She keeps moving it around trying to find a second one which she DOESN'T and all the while she's explaining the following:

I guess my uterus is just way bigger than its supposed to be. So I know that doesnt mean much to alot of people so here it is in "Emi" terms, typically the top of it is supposed to be somewhere around the middle point from my pelvic bone up to my belly button. Mine was right there under my belly button. Its weird because if i poke myself in the stomach (which I find myself doing alot lately) I can actually feel that my organs have totally been rearranged. So she went on to say that typically the uterus doesnt reach that point until the 20 week mark. The usual reasons for something like this to happen is miscalculation of conception/or a mismeasurment as well. unsual reasons would be twins, in which case they would do an ultrasound. ummm pretty sure thats EXACTLY what she decided to do. She's like (speaking to both me and the BYU student) "ssh, lets just go peek and do a little unofficial ultrasound. Lets just go peek and we'll find out why its so big."

At this point my mind is TOTALLY racing, im freaked out/ excited, bummed that B isnt with me to see this, wondering if this is actually happening...

IT WAS SO COOL!!! We went to another room and dimmed the lights and voila! there he/she was! it was so cool to see it, it was a side profile really similar to the ones you see pictures of except I couldnt recognize any limbs. Anyways, she was pretty sure there was only one baby in there but we have another ultrasound scheduled for the 29th, its a high possibility that they will be moving up our due date by then as well. So the countdown is officially on! 2 weeks and we'll know if its a boy or a girl!!! I am soooo excited I cannot even tell you!!!

14 days to go!!

xoxo,

Imelda, B & baby