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33 weeks.  42 days left.  Okay, rude people, I am ready for you.  

Yes, I am all baby.  

Yes, I am low.  

Yes, I am uncomfortable.  

Yes, this is my last one.  

Yes, I mind if you touch my belly.

Now, because my husband thinks I focus on the negative way too much.

Thank you, Hillary S., for telling me how cute I have been dressing.  I made a conscious effort to avoid muu-muus and sweat pants.  It took some time on my own sewing machine and some helpful blogs to create maternity pants, shorts, skirts and capris that fit my odd shape.

Thank you, Shellie J., for telling me I must eat like a mouse.  She just doesn't know the mouse is actually one that spent time in a radioactive plant and is the size of a football player.

Thank you, Danae E., for recognizing the days that I do my hair and make-up.

And a big THANK YOU to all those who say nothing at all!

Freedom!!

I really can take no credit for the latest breakthrough at our house.  It really is true that it will be easy when they are ready.  I just wanted to know when "ready" was, but this woman was totally inspired by her big sisters.  So I get an 8-week vacation from the diapers before it's newborn sizes, mustard squirts, and something that is totally freaking me out---WATER SPOUTS!!!!

Looking back

Baby Mia arrived when the world was ditching film cameras for digital ones.  Now, we could "fire at will," taking thousands of pictures of the same scene, then choosing the best ones.  This totally changed my scrapbooking.  I never knew which pictures to print, and I gave up paper scrapping.  In late 2006, I started my digi-career.  I went back and digi-scrapped as much as I could,  filling in the gap between my last paper album, and the present time.  

I was backing up my EHD and I found a whole slew of Mia pictures that had never been printed, just saved in the deep, dark recesses of the EHD.  Mark had been nagging me to scan what paper scrapping I had done of Mia to make her a book of her own (which is what I did for Ava, because as my first child, EVERY moment had a page to go with it.)  I got to it and produced a baby book for her, which I am hoping will arrive by her 6th birthday on Monday!  I ended up redoing most everything, because my style has evolved and I wanted everything to be just perfect for her.  

I decided to throw up some of my faves.  

The funny part about doing this was that a lot of my pics were out of focus or nonsensical but I just threw em in anyway. 

Digi-pages in lieu of posts

Baptized

The blog is not my friend. My interests are in the digi-scrap so maybe I will start posting those.

It has been 4 weeks since Ava's baptism. It was a glorious day, albeit hot, which I why I did not get photos of her in the dress I made for her until last night!!!!

The headband was a knock-off of something I saw on Etsy and the dress was my own design. My mom swooped in and finished it for me so that it would not have funky sleeves and safety pins up the back!

We had the privilege of sharing our day with my dear friend Mary's son, Dallin, who Ava has been friends with since they were three!