Cankles

I am officially in my last month of my pregnancy (assuming that she doesn't decide to hang around too late) and I can't believe at how it has flown! Pregnancy has not been my favorite thing but it has gone by much faster than I expected.

She definitely has a mind of her own, she is always pushing on me, and I swear she is trying to break out. I feel her pushing and/or hitting my cervix every single day.

All in all, I think I've had a relatively easy pregnancy (although I don't think any pregnancy should be called that). The 1st trimester was no picnic, but it could have been much worse. And the 3rd trimester is getting difficult, I feel like everything hurts all the time, it's hard to even turn over in my sleep, everything is exhausting and I just love the swelling. BUT I haven't really had any of the extra problems that a lot of women have with their pregnancies. No kidney stones, no hemorrhoids, no gestational diabetes, no high blood pressure or bleeding problems, only one minor infection.

Everyone keeps asking me if I am ready to be done and I think they misunderstand when I say "no." No, I am not overly enjoying this- I am scared for the next step! We are just about all ready for her arrival but it is still overwhelming to think about. Taking care of another human being is a lot, but I think I'm mostly worried about the labor process. Everyone has such different labors that I get freaked out thinking about what it could be like. The unknown is definitely scary and let's be honest, you can prepare all you want for this, you're still never "ready"! We are just doing all we can and then praying a lot!

Overall, we love her lots and can't wait for her to be here.

Mormon Night with...

Last week my family went to Mormon Night at Dodger Stadium. We love baseball games and we were told the opening pitch was going to be thrown by a member of the 12! We were super excited.

There were stakes from all over Southern California there- they announced that it was Mormon Night and that there were 4000 members there.

The National Anthem was sung by Joshua Creek.
And then it was time for the opening pitch, we were so excited to see if the rumor was true and find out who is was. We could see them bring out a group of people who were lined up waiting to be announced.

The first 4 were representatives of some of the stakes (we even knew one of them), the 5th one was going to be the umpire for the opening pitch, a representative for the Southern California stakes. The 6th one was catching the opening pitch, a member of the 70. And the 7th person, throwing the opening pitch was...

Elder Cook!

We were so excited to be there and so glad that the Church is getting positive publicity. The game was really fun, the Dodgers did terrible, but we're not Dodgers fans so we didn't care!