36 Weeks

Here I am at my baby shower last night, 36 weeks pregnant. I had a good time and got lots of cute, girly things. Baby Abby is due a month from tomorrow.

Kirk & Shalisa

Tige's brother, Kirk and his family came to visit us this past week. We went to my parents cabin, and Tige took them all on to Bryce Canyon, while I stayed at the cabin by myself and enjoyed the peace and quiet, (minus the baby kicking me every few seconds and having contractions). Back in St. George, we played lots of games, went swimming, and just enjoyed spending time together.

On Saturday, Tige & Kirk went to Zion National Park to hike it's toughest and most dangerous trail, Angel's Landing. I have been nervous about it all week as I've had visions of Tige falling to his death and me having to give birth to our baby alone. I actually forbid him to go on Friday night, but he wouldn't listen. Anyway, they got up before the crack of dawn so they wouldn't have to hike in the heat, and made quick work up the trail--they were the first ones up that day. They took some great pictures and had a good time. I can't tell you how relieved I was to hear they were on their way back home!

Kason imparted his love for sharks on his cousin, Evie. Kason also loved wrestling with Uncle Kirk almost as much as he loves wrestling with daddy!

Kirk & Shalisa, Evie (in the backpack), and Kason at Bryce Canyon.

Step on Angel's Landing trail with 1,000 foot drop-offs on both sides!

The hike, complete with warning signs that people die on this trail.

View from the top! The little red line is the road, and next to that is a river.

Girls' Weekend!

I had such a fun weekend! My cousins, Allison, Valerie, and Lindsey left their husbands and kids in Salt Lake and came down for a girl's weekend. Tige spent the entire day with Kason Saturday so I could spend the day with my cousins. We shopped (a lot--they wore me out and I had to go home mid-day to put my feet up), we went out to lunch and dinner, went to a movie, talked a giggled a lot, and stayed up late playing Rock Band. (Tige got to join us for that). I'm so glad they came down--it was so much fun to visit. Thanks to their husbands and mine for giving us all a break.

On a separate note, Andy and Rachel have started a blog! Yippee! Several of us have been hounding them about it so we can see their great Wyoming adventures, and last night they did it. So check out their link on my blog.

Baby Registry at Target

I've had several of my friends who live out of state ask me if I'm registered somewhere for baby gifts. So I registered at their request. I wanted to let everyone know that I've registered for a few "girly" things at Target. You can find the registry at Target.com and can search under my name or Tige's name. You shouldn't have any trouble finding it as long as you spell our last name right.

Grandpa Hazleton

Tige's dad, Lyon, and his brother, Calvin, came to see us the last few days while Lyon had a meeting to attend in Springdale. They spent the day with me Thursday while Tige was at work. Lyon is the type of person who won't sit still and loves doing projects, so he mowed and edged the lawn, then moved a couch for me out of the baby's room (which consisited of taking two doors off their hinges and taking the legs off the couch). Then he asked what else I had for him to do, so he and I put the crib together. I was thinking "Ah, a husband at work making money and a father-in-law here completing my honey-do list! I could get used to this." We also went up to my parents cabin at Panguitch Lake where we enlisted Lyon's help in installing crown molding in the kitchen. Is there anything this man can't do? We had a great time with Lyon & Calvin and Kason especially enjoyed playing with them.

We are getting very anxious for the arrival of our baby, which is now about 7 weeks away! I feel really nervous--perhaps because it's been so long since we had a baby. Kason prays daily that the "baby can come out of mom's tummy" and that "she'll be strong and healthy." He's too cute. I've been having lots of Braxton Hicks contractions, and we hope she doesn't come too soon . . .

On a funny note, yesterday I accidently ran into Kason, and I said "I'm sorry honey, I didn't mean to do that." And he broke into the song "it's too late to apologize, It's too late!" Tige started giggling from the other room.