Pregnancy Update

Here it is the 36 weeks pregnant pic! This may be my last post of the prego bod. I am definitely not looking my greatest anymore. So here is the update on the current prego status: Paige is so far taking after her mother and choosing to be BREECH! We have known that she was breech from 19 weeks and have just been hoping and praying that she would decide to turn around. No such luck and we are running out of time (and space I might add). Our next appointment is next Friday and if she hasn't turned by then the Dr said we may have to discuss some other options. One option (if conditions are perfect) would be to try and manually turn her around. The Dr said that this is only successful 50% of the time and many times they just turn back around. (Stubborn!) The other option is to schedule a c-section. (That option sounds the most inviting at this point in time!) So I guess we are just waiting around to see what Pagie has in mind! Ryan said the other day that maybe she is just insisting on having a perfectly round head by refusing to come into this world via birth canal!

We will keep you updated on the news!

So Sorry!

Ok, So I think I have officially been chewed out by everyone who looks at my blog for not posting since January! My life has been crazy. I am finally finished with work Hallelujah! My last few months at work were crazy as I tried to cram everything in to the end. Finally, this last Monday was my last day and I left it all behind. I must admit that I am a little nervous about the prospect of just being home all day! Anyways, Since my last post tons has happened but I'll just write a few.

First, I had my quarter of a century birthday on March 6th. With everything else that has been going on it didn't really seem like a big deal. But as I was opening my gifts my awesome husband surprised my with keys to a new car! I was SO excited. This is definitely the largest birthday gift I have ever received. Many of my long distance friends have been asking for a pic, so here it is. Don't mind the picture of Carl's behind, ( I couldn't get him to stay at the camera while I took the pic!) so its his own fault that it will be posted for everyone to see!

Also since my last post, I have had 2 baby showers for Baby Paige. (By the way, that is the name we have chosen if you hadn't heard yet!) My first shower was in Portland with my wonderful Orme Family. We went to P.F. Changs (always a favorite) and Paige got her first taste of spoiling. It was great to get to visit with all the girls on my last trip to Portland before the arrival of the baby. My second shower was here in Idaho and was thrown by Natalie and her mom Cindy. It was a huge task trying to organize something to accommodate my many, many family and friends that live in the area. But as always, Nat and her mom are amazing and it was great. For some reason I was getting a little nervous that no one would show. Especially after only about 4 RSVP's. However, when the day arrived there were at least 60 people in attendance! I could not believe it. It was an awesome shower and Paige walked (or I guess rode) away a seriously spoiled unborn infant. Here are some of the pics of the results of that shower. Again, thanks again to Natalie and her mom for taking on such a huge event! I love you both!

An adorable changing table, stocked with all the necessities.

A matching crib with literally piles and piles of quilts and blankets.

Approximately 780 diapers! In all various sizes.

Baskets and baskets of toys and supplies!

And finally, somewhere around 70 different outfits!

Yes, crazy I know. But at least I can say that I didn't spoil her!

We are so excited for her to come. As of today I am 36 weeks prego! Only 4 weeks left to go. I am on the rotation of taking a pregnancy pic every 4 weeks so today is the day for a new pic. I will post tomorrow the new pic as well as a pregnancy update. Again, so sorry for the delay. Hopefully I am back into the blogger circle again. Love you all! -Jodie

Mexico!

The time finally arrived for our annual Orme Family Mexico trip! We could not wait to trade in the single digit weather for Manzanillo's awesome 88 degree temperature! It was great to get to spend time with the fam. Our only complaint: We wish we could have stayed longer!

This is my 24 weeks pregnant picture.

Our baby girl thoroughly enjoyed the sunshine and got her first suntan!

This is the fam hanging out a beach where we visited hoping the boys could catch some good surfing waves!

Happy New Year!

New Years Day with my new snow suit and our horse Sugar!
We took my snow machine for the first ride of the season all around our new property. We were walking along the frozen lake at the back of the property (checking out deer tracks of course) and I saw this pretty view of the cattails covered in snow and made Ry pose for a pic.

We took the snow machine over to Burt & Lani's to give Logan (and Lani) their first snow machine ride! I think we got Lani hooked! I was also Logan's 5th birthday.
Ryan and I sitting on lawn chairs enjoying a gorgeous January day! Believe it or not but I think I even got a little bit of a tan on my face!

Merry Christmas

We spent an enjoyable Christmas in Idaho with my family this year. Between receiving at least 2 feet of snow over the space of 2 days and going to multiple family parties, we had a great time. We enjoyed spending so much time with our family in Idaho as well as having our first Christmas in our house.

As you can see Carl enjoyed Christmas as well. He had his own stocking (as seen in pic sitting on him) in which Santa left him a new collar with a shinny bell, cat treats, and a few toys. Carl clearly looks annoyed in the pic although he did fully enjoy playing with his new gifts post picture! Also just a few days later Carl came down with a terrible sickness that resulted in a trip to the vet. So I am blaming his look in the picture on that.

Baby Profiles

18 Week Profile

11 Week Profile

It is amazing how quick she is growing. I have been lazy for few months and not posted these pics and she has already grown so much. As of right now the 18 week profile pic is the most recent picture that we have of her. I will be going in for another ultrasound on Friday. I will be a few days away from being 21 weeks and we will get another picture of our sweet baby girl! I am still holding out on the maternity pants but on my half-way marker day (regardless of whether I needed it or not) I wore my first maternity shirt.

Half way there!

It's a GIRL!!!

Over Thanksgiving break Ryan and I made a trip out to Portland to be with the Orme fam for the holiday. We love to visit Portland and see all of our family and growing number of neices and nephews there. We had a great time and as a special treat we had an early ultrasound done to discover that we are having a GIRL! As soon as we were told that she was a girl I knew that was what I had secretly been hoping for all along! It was great to be able to share that exciting time with all of our family there. We miss them all terribly, especially during the holidays. After discovering the news we went out to a delicious dinner at the Cheesecake Factory in celebration.