Vegas Baby!

Last weekend, Sara and I went to Las Vegas for a quick jaunt before baby comes.  Plus, we had a plane ticket that we had to use that was going to expire if not used.  We arrived on Friday night and Saturday hung out at the pool, went to eat at Harrah's buffet, and then went to see Circ du Soleil "O."

We rented a car through Price Line which I must say for renting cars is sweet because we got the car for 50% of the price we would have normally paid.  On Sunday we drove to Hoover Dam.  If you have never seen this engineering wonder, you must go see it.  It is only 40 minutes away from Las Vegas and is totally worth seeing.

We snapped a few good pics below:

Mama outside Harrah's after dinner 

Mama and me on our way to "O" in front of Caesar

's Palace

The Colorado River on the backside of Hoover Dam

Taking a photo on top of Hoover Dam - Mama looks pretty preggy with baby

The upstream side of Hoover Dam leading to Lake Mead which was created by the Dam in 1935

Straight down on the backside of the Dam

That's all for now.  New belly pics coming soon.  Mama will be at 34 weeks this Tuesday.  Hayden will soon be here!

Loren

Sara's Grandma, Ultrasound, New Belly Pics

Again, I am tardy on posting.  We just got back from MN the 1st part of this week because Sara's grandmother passed away and we went up for the visitation.  Fortunately, we were able to visit her (Dorothy Drake) while we were there for Thanksgiving.  Her grandmother was very astute at the time as she looked at us and said "One of you is quite a bit older than the other" (go figure!).  She then went on to say that we had "matching coats" which were the same brand but different colors.  We think most people might just think we have different coats.  The last memorable thing she said was a funny comment about a woman who was sleeping in a chair across from her/us by the bird cage.  She had slumped down so far that half of her behind was almost off the chair and her neck was cocked close to the corner of the chair where the back meets the seat.  Sara's grandmother said she was "sure gonna have a sore neck when she woke up."  I bet she did!

Sara and I are getting ready to leave for Vegas on a short weekend getaway to see the Circ du Soleil show "O" and then go see the Hoover Dam.  That ought to be dam fun (hahahaha!).  This will be our last trip of any kind before Hayden is born because we are getting close at the 7 week countdown.

Today we had our second ultrasound and he is in the 46% and weighs 4lbs 4oz and is right on track to be around a 7-8lb baby.  Everything looks normal as you can see in the ultrasound photos below if you know what they mean which I don't without someone telling me (unless obvious):

Boy shot, face, profile, and nose & mouth

Below are week 31 and week 32 Pics:

Week 31 on the left; Week 32 on the right

That's all for now.  Time to go to bed.  Sweet dreams bloggy world.

Peace out,

Loren

New Belly Shots Week's 27 and 29

Sara and I have both been traveling for our jobs so I am a bit tardy on uploading belly pics.  This last week we were both in Vegas for the International Erosion Control Assn conference - I know it sounds like a blast right???? ha!

Since neither of us are much on gambling, we kept our money in our pockets.  We did go to a Cirque du Soleil show, Mystere, at Treasure Island which was unbelievably cool and I totally recommend it for anyone wanting to see a show in Vegas.  Even though every seat in the house was great, we had 1st row seats.  They must have somehow picked me out in the beginning because I ended up being picked on all night and then finally drug into the show wearing a humiliating baby costume which, of course, was fitting because we in fact are pregnant.   Needless to say, my new name is Papa :)

Papa with Over-sized baby eligible for C-section

Week 27 on the left; Week 29 on the right

It almost looks like baby is bigger in week 27 than he is in week 29 but he is not so pics can be deceiving.  Sara might tell you it has to do with her salt intake or how the baby is situated on her plumbing inhibiting her food from expeditiously moving through her system (if you catch my drift).  Evidently, this is an issue with pregnant women and milk of magnesia is not on the approved list of safe things to ingest while pregnant.  Ok enough of that.....!

We have found out that baby Hayden loves Michael Jackson and dance music like Zumba and anything with a beat.  He has been kicking mommy with a foot out to the side and so hard that it startles her; and if her arms are at her side, she can feel the kick on the inside of her arm.  He is also expanding mommy's already small frame, especially her ribs, which is making mommy uncomfortable and achy especially in her back on the right side.  Also, mommy's legs are swelling so she has gotten some pregnancy compression tights and stockings.  Since she was on her feet all this last week her whole leg swelled so when she got home she put on an ace bandage and elevated her legs.  Once she was able to exercise, the swelling went down because it got her blood and lymph system flowing. 

It looks like the showers are scheduled for some time in April - I think it is like the 13th or 15th or something.  Since I am not going, it isn't on my calendar :).  We have gotten some cool toys and lots of clothes from Craigs List for infants BEFORE they become toddlers and destroy the knees of their pants and soil their cloths.  My niece, Shandal, gave us her crib which is totally cool and it is only a year old! She also gave us some 2-3-4T clothes which are hand-me-downs from her little boy Deagen.

Which leads me to this question; if Shandal is my niece, are her son, Deagen, and daughter, Dalyn, my nephew and niece too? and is her hubby Devin my nephew in-law?  Oh how confusing.  Maybe one of my faithful 4 followers of this little blog of ours can help me with this dilemma.

//Loren