Tree Climbing

On Saturday Merrill drove up to Brigham City to compete in a tree climbing competition. He competed against 26 other professional tree climbers. They had 5 different climbing events. This was Merrills first time in this competition. He got 12th place. He did better than a lot of guys that have been doing this for years. I wasn't able to go (due to my bed rest and all), so there wasn't anyone there to get pictures for him, but he did land a spot in the deseret news. There is a picture of him lowering a dummy from the tree. You can't actually tell that its him, but it is. And there is an article telling all about the event. Check it out, he is picture #10; http://www.deseretnews.com/photo/gallery/story/1,0000,705307624,00.html

8 Months

Here I am 8 months pregnant! Less than 4 weeks left till my due date. Still on bed rest. I'm going in to see the doctor every week, and also having non-stress tests every week. So far the baby has been doing great in there. My blood pressure goes up and down, so the doctors haven't made any decisions on whether or not they will induce me early. We are just taking it one week at a time. The bed rest seems to be helping, although driving me crazy, its been 3 weeks, very very boring. You can see in the picture how swollen I am, especially in my hands and face. I'll try and keep the blog updated with whats going on. She could be coming soon!

Utah Baby Shower

I had baby shower this weekend with my friends. It was really nice. Great friends, amazing gifts, yummy food! Thanks everyone for coming and for the gifts. And thank you to Sharon and Kelly for putting it all together. Here are some pictures.

Opening the gifts.

Diaper garbage! :)

People chatting

Thank you Sharon and Kelly! You're the best!

All the great stuff we got! Thanks everyone! I love it!

The Pink Knot

My cousin had started a little business where she makes and sales the cutest things. She is very talented. Everyone should check it out at:
http://thepinkknot.blogspot.com
Right now she is giving away this cute little blanket:

Maternity Pictures

When I was in Oregon, Capri took some maternity pictures of me. So, here are a few of those pictures. Me at 6 months pregnant.

Baby Shower

I went to Oregon this past week and My mom and Capri had baby shower for me! It was great, we got lots of very cute clothes and blankets and stuff. Here are some pictures..

Wyatt helped me open some of the gifts.


From Aunt Capri. So cute!

All the cute stuff we got!


Me with mom, aunt Jody, Wyatt and Gavin!

5 months pregnant

I'm finally getting a picture of my belly so everyone can see that I am getting bigger! I'm about 5 1/2 months now. And she just loves to kick when anything is pushing on my tummy, like my pants or especially my bladder. Apparently she likes her space in there. And everything so far is going good.
I haven't had anyone take a picture, so I did it myself, and my camera doesn't stand up on its side very well, so it wasn't easy, this is the best one I could get, mainly cause I gave up trying. ;)
And no, I am not wearing pink gloves, my hands are just that dry here in Utah, that is what they look like all winter!

Trees appreciate Merrill's new survey!

Hello. I am Merrill's ficus tree. I am a tree. I think Merrill's survey is cool. I took it so you should too.