the duck pond

One of the breastfeeding shoots I did last week was at the Liberty Park duck pond. This little duck came over to say hello and didn't want to leave. He was so tame! As you can see by how close to us he was.

22 months old

Scrape on the chin, food on the face = Typical Asher

Could someone please tell me where the last month went? I can't believe this kid turns 2 in just two months!!!
And that he'll have a little sister by then!

34 weeks

Still pluggin along. Baby still breech. Going to the chiro on Wednesday. 

Expect to see a head down baby at my midwife appointment on Friday.
Peace.

photos at The Mormon Women Project

You may recall I mentioned awhile ago the fantastic Mormon Women Project. It is a digital library of interviews with fascinating Mormon women. I was so impressed with the project that I volunteered to photograph interview subjects that are in the area. A few weeks ago I interviewed Catherine Arveseth and her interview was posted yesterday. She has 5 kids 5 and under--including two sets of twins! It was fun to meet her and take some beautiful photos. Check out her interview! (I took the photos of Catherine by herself.)

asher and auntie lauren

Hanging out on our last morning in Vegas. Thanks so much for hosting us, Laurlie!

at the bellagio

In my opinion the Bellagio is the prettiest hotel casino in Vegas. Plus they have the most beautiful flowers and of course the water show, which is why we went.

The awesome glass sculpture ceiling

And now all the flowers!

go raw cafe

Lauren took us to this fun little cafe in Vegas that serves only raw food. It was SO SO good. Really fun interesting menu. And definitely stuff that would be really hard to replicate at home. I meant to take pictures of each dish as we got it but we were so excited to eat it that I forgot until we'd already dug in. We got three things and shared them.

A mexican platter. There was a wrap, some kind of cracker topped with avocado, etc., enchiladas, and a few other things that I can't remember. All good.

A burger with a salad. The burger was made with beets and a bunch of other stuff. It was our favorite thing. As a true burger lover, I was actually surprised by how good it was.

And veggie sushi... also very, very yummy.

playing in vegas

We didn't do much touristy stuff while in Vegas other than go down to the Bellagio to see the flowers and the water show. I'll have those photos another day. It was really nice to just hang out with my sister and enjoy the warmer weather. We also got to go see Jared's aunt and family and his grandparents. Unfortunately I failed to take any photos of that excursion. Silly me.

But here are some of us with my sis...

Asher loved swimming although you can't tell very much by his face in some of these.

Cute man in a little towel

Asher arranged this whole little setup himself. He likes to get comfy to read.

Playing at the park

Mothers Day 2010

We were in Vegas for Mothers Day at my sister Lauren's. It was a very relaxing day. Lauren made us delicious vegan banana french toast for breakfast. I should have taken a picture. Yum! Then for dinner she made asparagus wrapped in filo dough, roasted sweet potatoes, and blacked spicy tofu. It was good eats.

I made Jared snap a picture of me and my Ash man after church. Is his smile the cutest or what?

These pictures make me laugh. They were taken back to back, but he has such opposite expressions on his face.

And this is just classic funny Asher pretending to sleep on the floor.

33 weeks

With all the radio hoopla, I didn't get this posted earlier this week. I can't believe how close to the end we are getting now. Legally this baby is allowed to make her appearance in just over 3 weeks. (Meaning at 37 weeks my midwife is legally allowed to attend our homebirth.) I highly doubt she'll arrive that soon though. I'm mostly just concerned with getting her head down. The stubborn girl is still breech. We are upping the turning techniques this weekend and calling a chiropractor on Monday. Why do my children insist on drama? I just want a nice boring pregnancy.