Dear Baby:

With a mere 9 days until your ETA I'm starting to feel all sentimental and dramatic about this period of time ending.

Tonight, I stood in the full-length mirror and stared at the skin that you are currently hiding behind.

I watched you stretch and kick that skin for a very long time.

Even if I were pregnant for 10 years with you, watching that movement would never get old.

As I watched you move all around (especially poking out of my right side like you've been doing since you flipped yourself around over a month ago) I laughed and sorta cried a little.

I am going to miss having you inside of me.

You've become my constant.

With all the long hours your Papi works, I've never felt lonely because I had you there practicing your kicks and running your hands and feet along the inside of my belly.

Two nights ago you were tap dancing.

No joke.

I was laying on my right side (the side where your feet are) and your Papi had his hands under that side of my belly and you put on quite the show.

We laughed in amazement at the pitter-patter and tap-tap-tap of those happy feet which continued for quite some time.

You are a silly little thing.

I hope you dance like your daddy.

He does the silliest dances and I can't wait to hear your little giggle as Papi entertains us for the rest of eternity.

Your crazy mom has started having the strangest little panic moments.

They generally revolve around the toilets not being cleaned before we go to the hospital,

my fingernails not being painted,

the fact that I still haven't packed a hospital bag,

the car not being clean for your arrival,

unwaxed eyebrows,

leaving for the hospital with a pile of ironing to do...

Being a non-anxiety filled person, this has really thrown me for a loop.

Perhaps it's just that this is the biggest moment of my life and I don't even know exactly when it's going to happen!

I just want to be fully prepared for my little nugget.

Couldn't you just whisper to me what day you'll be coming so I can make sure I get these bush-man eyebrows under control by then? (and the toilets, the ironing, the car, blah, blah, blah)

We've lived here in New Mexico for 10 months now,

9 of which I've been carrying you.

You are in every detail of our time here.

Infact, you've been on my mind since we drove that Penske truck into town and here I am, about to finally meet you.

Be patient with me little one.

I've been waiting for the opportunity to be a mommy for a long, long time and I just hope I'll be good at it.

I promise that even if I'm horrible at 

nursing,

bath time,

diaper changing, 

multi-tasking,

and everything else,

just know that I'm enamored with you.

I've been waiting 26 years for my BFF to come to town and now you're almost here and I have butterflies.

Love, 

Your Mommy
Photos by Michelle at thephotoboothe.com

I have all the answers.

If you didn't want to get sick...

If you didn't want to throw up lots...

If you didn't want to gain weight...

If you didn't want to stop fitting in your clothes...

If you didn't want to lose all your energy...

If you didn't want to crave strange things...

If you didn't want your body to hurt all over...

If you didn't want to feel super emotional...

If you didn't want to stop sleeping...

And finally, if you didn't actually want to produce a human that will mess up your house, 

spit up their food, 

and keep you awake at night...

A SOLUTION HAS BEEN DISCOVERED!!!!

It's apparently been under testing for a long, long time but the doctors and scientists feel confident enough to allow me to post the results on my blog.

They call it:

You.should.have.kept.your.clothes.on.and.not.gotten.pregnant.in.the.first.place.

I guess it's up for FDA approval...I'll let you know what happens with that.

Here's the thing:

I am NOT saying I'm perfect at keeping complaints to myself but I have come to realize that the opportunity to be a mother is the biggest miracle I will ever have a chance to be part of.

Loaning my body to someone else so that they can grow and develop for 9 months is such a blessing.

Feeling another human moving around inside my belly is the most thrilling thing I've ever done.

And this girl is really bummed out that it's almost over.

This just in:

IT'S NOT COMFORTABLE.

 (Don't say I didn't warn ya)

I'm pretty sure that's a part of the deal.

But, did you know that every single person walking on this earth was BORN out of a woman?

That means that 97 GAZILLION women have experienced all the things listed at the top of this post

and somehow, they survived it...without posting about it on the WWW.

Amazing.

To all my girls who can't have children of their own:

Please allow me to apologize for the insensitivity of pregnant women everywhere.

I know you would give your right arm to experience morning sickness.

I know you would sell your belongings just to have stretch marks.

YOU are amazing women.

You are amazing especially because you can read statuses and blog posts all about how "horrible everything is for pregnant women" and your hearts can hurt and long for those feelings.

Thanks for your patience.

Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to go find a Little Caesar's that's still open.

Nope...not a craving...I've been wanting Little Caesar's at 10:00 at night pretty much every night since I was 6.

(This piece of White Trash trivia about the Lady brought to you by...

Looks like we're still looking for a sponsor for that one)

Girls Camp 2012

Sometimes you do potentially stupid/dangerous things.

That would be Girls Camp 2012....at 8 1/2 months pregnant.

Luckily I have the BEST friend in the world named Crystal who took on the responsibility to physically be at Girls Camp for the whole week and I just came and went bringing up the meals, activities, etc and only sleeping on the hard ground for one night.

Since our little branch doesn't have a ton of people and most people are holding more than one calling already, Crystal and I had no choice but to step in as Girls Camp directors since we are apart of the YW Presidency.

The past 2 months of planning have been insane but oh so worth it.

It felt as though everyone was just a little on edge waiting for me to suddenly go into labor 3 hours from home and the hospital but girlfriend decided to be nice and stay nice and cozy inside my belly.

Thank Heavens.

My love for the girls of our branch has grown even more than I knew possible because of this experience.

They were so helpful and kind to each other and were especially solicitous of Crystal and myself.

Love 'em.   Love 'em.  Love 'em.

Camp Flag

Alvarado Park Branch Young Women.
They are super cute, right?
Amazing spray painted t-shirt idea from my friend Lexy from The Proper Pinwheel

Diana, Cynthia, & Giselly

Oh-so-awesome Crystal and oh-so-pregnant Me.

Capture the Flag with tube socks filled with flour.
We never quite recovered from that mess.

And then there was the time I asked Diana to open the mayonnaise and it exploded in her face.
Woopsie.

Precious girls at flag ceremony.

L-R Valery, Diana, Giselly, Cynthia, Crystal
Sporting the bleached t-shirts they made before camp.
Our value was Naturaleza Divina (Divine Nature) and our color was blue...can you tell?

The 4th year girls spent THREE days backpacking before meeting up with us.
Anayeli (left) was baptized only two days before leaving for the backpacking trip and Duby (right) was super influential in helping her friend to come into the Church!
We were so happy to have them back with us!

Adorable Jasmin.  No one should be that naturally gorgeous.

Pedicures in the mountains!
L-R: Cecely, me, Jasmin, Duby, Anayeli, Giselly, Cynthia, and Valery

Did you know that there were mountains and so many pine trees in New Mexico?
I did not.
I was very happy to make that discovery though! 

This year marks 100 years of Girls Camp!
My friend Holly designed and made this unbelievable birthday cake for our birthday bash on Thursday night.

And then we tried to go home.

That was remedied by blowing out a tire, losing the tarp covering our belongings over and over again, and sitting dead still in construction traffic.

It's a good thing we found a Sonic along the way!

Good thing Crystal is Super Woman.

 What an incredible experience it turned out to be!

What an amazing way to kick-start the summer.

We can't wait til next year!

A trippy

Going on a 10 day trip to Utah was precisely what this chick, her hubby, and their hyperactive baby bump needed.

Five major reasons for going:

The wedding of Lane Olsen...aka the other Boothe brother.

Baby blessing for Baby Owen...our nephew.

The wedding of Jeanette Lefrandt...one of my best friends in the whole world.

and two baby showers.

We are lucky folks.

LANE'S WEDDING:

Lane spent so many nights growing up sleeping at our house that I started to wonder if he really was my brother.

All my life he walked in the front door without knocking (no matter the time, day or night)

and when he got his driver's license, he would take me with him to the 7-11 in Springville to get Coke Slushees.

So, big brother #3.

He married sweet little.....TEENY TINY....Jenna and their wedding was the party of the century.

I've never been to a crazier or more successful wedding dance party in my life.

At eight months pregnant, I danced for the whole hour and a half and didn't even go into labor.

We are not talking small dancing here.

The best part?  My whole family was there.

I danced the night away with Javi, Ross, Mark, Michelle, Erin, Lane, and our new sis Jenna.

The parentals stood by and took hilarious video of us looking like fools.

Friday night wedding dinner.

OWEN'S BABY BLESSING

In our church it is custom, when an infant is born, to give them a name and a blessing for their lives.

May 27th was Baby Owen's special day.

While I was snuggling Owen, the little sister in my belly was NOT happy.
If his  body was touching my belly she would kick at him.
 Jealous much?

The Misiego boys were all able to be together.
I absolutely love watching them interact with each other.
Pretty much, I lost my husband to his brothers all weekend but I count my blessings that the ties with his family are so strong.  Can't complain.

JEANETTE'S WEDDING

I was lucky enough to be the HUGEST bridesmaid ever seen at Jeanette's wedding.

It was a beautiful couple of days and let me tell you what.

Perhaps the best part of the weekend was reuniting and spending countless hours with this girl:

I look horrific...go with it.  It was the end of a really long week.

Shayla and I lived together in college both in Provo as well as performing together in Jackson.

She's living in New York and starting rehearsals playing Dolly Parton in 9 to 5 starting tomorrow!

It had been waaaaaay too long since we had long periods of time to act like idiots together but that was remedied by Janet's wedding weekend.

Oh so grainy but I love these girls so much.
Fifi, Dani, Nini, ShiShi, Prego, and Stac.
After this picture was taken, Shayla said "wow, even the pregnant looks good in this one."
She's so nice to me.

Bridal Shower for Jeanette at Dear Lizzie.
Ginger Ale, cupcakes, ridiculous hair pieces, and dear friends.
Perfect.
 I'm so glad that we were able to capture so many glorious pictures of me this week.

How did I escape the weekend without a picture with the bride?

I have no idea.

I know there are many that were taken by the photographer so I guess we'll just have to wait until those are finished.

FAMILY BABY SHOWER

Baby girl and I were BEYOND spoiled at her baby showers.

I could not believe the gorgeous clothes, gift cards, baby essentials, diapers, handmade items, and the list could go on and on.

Had to include this lovely.

Cousin Erin had her sweet baby Sawyer on June 3rd.

So fun to be pregnant together ;)

Again, I was thrilled to have Shayla by my side during the shower.

She bought baby girl the most incredible swimsuit with matching swim cap.

To die for.

 I had to include this one because it actually shows my lovely aunties in the background who threw the blessed shower!  

It also includes some of my dearest friends who made the trek and provided some of the cutest clothes known to man for the baby girl to play dress-ups in.

It also doesn't hurt that this darling giraffe was given to me by my mom, baby girl's Nana.

She will be so cuddly and comfy on that little giraffe mat!

Laurel, Lyric, Amberly, Janalee, Marcie, Karen, and Diane

 This picture is of a blanket that my Great Grandma made before she passed away.

I cried like a baby when I opened this one.

Just remembering her nearly crippled hands whiz through crocheting projects the way they did makes me tear up.

Thank you Grandma Hobdey.

Baby Girl and I will always cherish this gift that has been sitting around waiting for her arrival for years and years.

WARD BABY SHOWER

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of this one because I left the picture CD in Utah by accident.

Nonetheless, it was so fun to sit around with the women who essentially helped in raising me.

I was reminded of how blessed I was to grow up in the neighborhood I grew up in surrounded by salt water taffy, raspberry bushes, and nightgames.

The women from the ward pitched in and helped us to buy our nursery furniture.

We definitely couldn't have done it without their help.

Our creative nursery reveal coming soon :)

(I say creative for a reason...wait for it.)

Much love to all those who I was able to spend time with on the trip home.

Going back to Utah is such a sweet experience every time.

I'm so grateful for the people who were so deeply apart of our lives during our years there but how grateful I am for a loving husband who makes it bearable to leave that place of familiarity and come back to the Land of Enchantment.

Life is good and baby is due in two weeks.

Where did THAT time go?