She's Growing!

Here is the latest picture of Mia. She sure is growing. She now weighs 2lbs 4oz. The top picture is her profile picture and the bottom is a picture of her spine and her heartbeats (158 bpm). Her thigh bone was measuring long so the doctor said she looks like she is going to be a tall girl. She really doesn't have a chance to be short with a 6'3" dad and 5'9" mom. I just really hope she is not super tall. Growing up I never really liked being taller than my friends. Now, I like my height but I wouldn't want to be taller. Another exciting thing that is going on with the pregnancy is the fact that we are now down to double digits on our countdown. Yippee!! I've started making appointments for every 3 weeks instead of 4 weeks...I can't believe that we are so close! Mia sure seems to move a lot more than Talmadge did while in the womb. When I look back I was working while I was pregnant with Talmadge and sat down most of the day so he probably slept most of day. Now I'm chasing after an active toddler and feel lucky if I get a moment to sit and relax. We can't wait for her to come. Talmadge thinks he has a baby growing in his tummy too...maybe that is where we will get the boy baby. Before we knew we were having a girl I would ask Talmadge if he wanted a baby brother or sister and he told me he wanted both. He just cracks me!!

Olympics

I absolutely love the Summer Olympics and I would contribute most of that liking to my love of swimming. For those who don't know, I swam in high school and have loved swimming since I was a little girl. I had to post this video of the men's 4x100 relay gold win. I thought it was such a spectacular win. Everyone was favoring the French, even the commentaries and the Americans just came up and swooped the gold out of the French's hand and smashed the world as well as the olympic record. Awesome job, Jason Lezak!!

(If you are still looking for the video just click on the word "video" in this post)

Baby Mia

On Tuesday I had my target ultrasound which looks over the baby and makes sure everything is growing well. Baby Mia looks healthy. Here is a really good profile and 4D picture of Baby Mia. I can really see some facial features that are similar to Talmadge's, like her nose!! It is going to be so much fun to have her here when she arrives. I can't wait. We are going to name her Mia Lucille Sommers. Mia comes from the Italian word "mine". Cameron has liked that name even before we met. When I heard it I loved it. Yippee, a name we both agree on!! Lucille comes from Cameron's Grandma Sommers. That is her first name and since Cameron has always been really close to her we only found it fitting to give Mia her name. (If you can't see the ultrasound very well you can click on the picture and it will enlarge).

Frontrunner

On our way to Salt Lake
A little cool down from the Gateway fountain

Mmm...ice cream

Wednesday Cameron, Talmadge and I took the frontrunner down to Salt Lake. We were even lucky enough to have the company of Cameron's Grandma Sommers. It was so much fun. Talmadge loved riding in the big train! When we got to Salt Lake we went to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building to watch the movie about Joseph Smith. We all hadn't seen it before so we thought it would be fun. Mid way through the movie Talmadge started to cry really hard and was being a bit loud so Cameron took him out so he could play outside. I don't know if he was sad, bored or just tired but that was a first. The movie was really good and made me cry. I couldn't believe that I was getting emotional within the first couple of minutes of the movie. It must be the pregnancy! After the movie we went to the the Garden for lunch. I really like going to that place. The food is always good and the atmosphere is so beautiful since you can look out over Salt Lake. At the Garden we decided the day was still young so we should do something else. Since Cameron's grandma hasn't been to the Gateway since it was first opened we decided to go there. It was fun but really hot. Cameron took Talmadge to the fountain and they got a bit wet. We walked from one end of the mall to the other. When we got to the food court Grandma needed a drink so we stopped and we got ice cream while Grandma had a cool drink. Afterwards we were all pretty much tired so we headed home. Talmadge fell asleep on the way home on the train. He had a big day!

Dinosaur Park

On Tuesday we went to the Dinosaur Park with Shari's kids, Jackson, and Grandma Sommers. That was a lot of fun but the dinosaur growls were a bit scary for the younger boys. Even though it was a really hot day, the boys didn't seem to mind. They loved digging for dinosaur bones and trying to name all the dinosaurs that they saw. I think Talmadge just loved being with his cousins. As soon as Kris came and picked us up, Talmadge got in the car all excited and had to say hi individually to each of his cousins. It is so fun to watch him interact with them. He just makes me laugh!!