:: SHE'S HERE ::


I don't have the awake-ness to write much, but I thought I'd share a picture of my sweet new baby girl. Piper Mae was born 3/24 at 12:57 am. Labor was a breeze and I was able to have a VBAC. WAHOO! We just got home from the hospital. Cohen thinks she's pretty cute and always wants to burp her and get her bottle. Thanks for all of the induction tips. I didn't have to use any of them. I went into labor on my own. I dilated without Pitocin. My water broke by itself. I'm so proud of my body.

:: DUE DATE #2 ::

My due date has been changed three times in the last 9 months. At my first appointment they weren't sure, so they sent me for an "invasive" (without going into too much information) ultrasound. The date the gal gave me was April 4th. About three weeks later at my appointment, my doctor did a bedside ultrasound and said, "I think this baby is due closer to March 23rd." Then when I did the big 20 week gender ultrasound, a different doctor said, "I am saying you are due to deliver around March 28th."

Due Date #1 - April 4th
Due Date #2 - March 23rd
Due Date #3 - March 28th

So, although I tell people that I am due "the end of March" I can't help but keep March 23rd in my mind. It is March 23rd and here I sit. Because most of you know that weekend trips to Wendover used to pay my rent, wanna make a bet?

Here are some facts to base your wagers on...

I am trying for a VBAC (vaginal birth after cessarian) so I must go into labor on my own.
They cannot induce me with pitocin.
I have an appointment tomorrow (Tuesday) to strip my membranes (whatever that is).
I have an appointment scheduled for March 30th (if I haven't had the baby) to discuss a possible C-section. (cross your fingers that we don't have to discuss it.)
I'm already a little dilated and effaced.
I tend to break down when I get miserable.

There you go. Also, please leave me with any of your "old wives tales" about inducing labor. I will not drink castor oil.

:: NOW YOU KNOW ::

****20 YEARS AGO (1989)****

1) How old were you? - 10
2) Who were you dating? - No dating but I probably loved Kory Hill and Curtis Browning
3) Where did you go to school? – Central Elementary
4) Where did you live? - St. Anthony, ID
5) Where did you hang out? – Adriana's or Annie's or Holly's house or down by the river
6) Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? - no - but Adrian, Annie, and Holly all had some sweet ones. :)
7) Who were your best friends? - Adriana Forsberg, Annie Zundel, and Holly Riedelbach
8) What did you want to be when you grew up? - An architect
9) Where did you want to go to school? - I just wanted to be in Jr. High
10) What kind of car did you drive? – a sweet tenspeed

****15 YEARS AGO (1994)****

1) How old were you? - 15
2) Who were you dating? – I was still in love with Kory and Curtis in the back of my mind. I probably like Kevin Holgate by then. (I can't believe I'm admitting this)
3) Where did you work? - Pizza Villa, before it became Big J's.
4) Where did you live? – St. Anthony, ID
5) Where did you hang out? - Twin Bridges and Fun Farm
6) Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? - nope
7) Who were your best friends? - Adriana, Ris, Julie, Annie, and Holly
8) How many tattoos did you have? - Just a face full of acne
9) How many piercings did you have? - One in each ear.
10) What kind of car did you drive? - Pontiac LeMans with a lot of stickers on it
11) Had you been to a real party? – Sure, I guess.
12) Had you had your heart broken? - My poor teenage heart was broken every day that I didn't talk to whomever I was smitten with. AHHH!
13) Were you Single/taken/Married/Divor

ced? – Single
14) Any Kids? – Just my cat Cloudy

***10 YEARS AGO (1999)***
1) How old were you? - 20
2) Who were you dating? – My snowboard
3) Where did you work? – The 400 south Bagelry
4) Where did you live? – SLC Punk
5) Where did you hang out? – At my Aunt Sally's house, my ghetto house downtown where I lived with Julie Miller and Aaron Clark, or in the mountains, SLC concert venues
6) Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? - glasses
7) Who were your best friends? – I've always had the same favorites, but I was mostly hanging out with Julie, Aaron, and random Ricks College kids that needed a place to crash in SLC
8) How many tattoos did you have? - I finally got that Battleship tattoo on my butt that year... just kidding... but I did pay for $60 of Aaron's and I don't think he every paid me back.
9) What kind of car did you have? – Same ol' Pontiac LeMans, with even more stickers
10) How many piercings did you have? - Four in each ear
11) Had you been to a real party? – Are you kidding? The Pink Dress Party 1999 knocked everyone's socks off
12) Had your heart broken? - Yes, it was very broken at that time.
13) Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? - Single - hence the broken heart
14) Any Kids? – Cloudy had just died, but Julie had a pallet of wheat grass on our kitchen counter we had to take care of.

****TODAY (2009)****
1) Age? - 30
2) Where do you work? – For CaroneFitness and for Cohen
3) Where do you live? SLC, UT
5) Who are your closest friends? – Mike, my family, Lindsey, the book club gals, the knitting gals, the sewing gals, and all you Mormon culture rejects from Ricks that I still keep in contact with
6) Do you talk to your old friends? – Mostly through Facebook, Email, and blogging.
7) How many piercings do you have? – One in each ear.
8) How many tattoos? - Still None
9) What kind of car do you have? – Mazda 626 lemon.
10) Has your heart been broken? Yes, but it is fine now
11) Are you single/taken/married/divorced? - Married
12) How many kids? – 1 son and 37 weeks of a baby girl fetus most likely to be named Piper