THE WAITING GAME

This baby could come any time now. His expected date of delivery is September 3, only 12 days away. So now is the time to make your guess.

My dad thinks tomorrow August 23. (I kind of wish he was right but there isn't a chance this kid is coming tomorrow.)

Brad's guess is Thursday September 2... Mine is Sunday September 5 (although I wont be too surprised if I go back to work after labor day weekend.)

Mary's guess is Wednesday September 1.

And while we are in the spirit of passing time and getting opinions you can all cast your vote for a name.

Disclaimer: The name poll is just for fun. While we value all your opinions we know that we will probably name him something different anyway and my dad will call him GUS no matter what.

Names in the running:

Augustus aka GUS: GREAT OR MAGNIFICENT

Gage: 1- something, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat.

2- Archaic. a challenge

Maven: a trusted expert in a particular field, who seeks to pass knowledge on to others. The word maven comes from the Hebrew, via Yiddish, and means one who understands, based on an accumulation of knowledge.

Please refer to the right hand column of this blog and cast your vote for a name. And to make a guess for his grand arrival please leave a comment.

False Alarm

Apparently Brad called 911. He was out in the parking lot loading our bikes so we could go for a ride when a cop came. He asked Brad if he had dialed 911. In shock Brad reached for his phone only to find a missed call from dispatch calling him back to see if he had dialed 911.

Supposedly this happens quite often. I was shocked that they were able to locate Brad from his cell phone signal. I didn't think Casper WY had technology like that.

Slip-n-Slide

Brad and I were lucky enough to go home for an entire week. We spent time in Banida with the Geddes clan and Bear Lake with the Oliverson's Bear Lake Pictures coming soon.

While in Banida we had a little fun with the slip and slide.

Leslie and Brad were neck to neck for distance.

Brad won when he ran out of grass and was the first to the field.

I'm sure the competition would have continued if we had more room.

I'm still surprised that everyone seemed to be more worried about me than...

my 85 year old grandpa.

And of course we had to have a few water fights.

I'm not sure who won?

Looks like the veins are going to pop out of my dad's head

Don't worry the kids had a blast too!

A little front heavy...

I haven't quite decided which is harder to do when pregnant... BIKING or TENNIS

I'm obviously a little front heavy so it's amazing I didn't tip over.

We have several tennis courts close by our house so we've decided to pick up a new hobby.

Too bad we aren't very good...YET!!

Muddy Mountain

We've been in Casper a little more than a week now and there are few notable pros and cons.

We should probably start with the cons:

1- We still don't know anyone. Brad probably wishes he had someone to go play with him while I'm at work.

2- One of our neighbors smokes and every once in a while we get the smell of smoke lofting into our apartment. If anyone has any great suggestions for getting ride of smoke odor I'd love to hear them.

3- We get a rude awakening at 4:00 in the morning when the garbage man comes crashing through. Maybe this is to help us prepare for a baby in 8 weeks who will probably wake us up during the night as well.

And the amazing pros:

1- With boards out of the way Brad is always ready to go do something. It's been a long time since we've been able to spend this much time together.

2- We've already been able to go hiking, biking, swimming and we are still finding more to do. As long as this kid in my belly cooperates.

3- Everyone is so friendly. Random strangers will introduce themselves and I hear the phrase "God Bless You" at least 12x a day.

4- We are within 7 hours from home and we don't have to drive through Nebraska to get there.

And on that note I should mention our wonderful 4th of July (or should I say 5th of July, I love working at a bank and having paid holidays.)

We headed up to Muddy Mountain for a little cookout and a bike ride. We were then lucky enough to find a pretty fun single track bike trail.

So if anyone wants to yonder through Casper Wyoming we promise to find some fun things to do.

Bridle Falls

After a lot of unpacking Brad and I were ready to get out and explore Casper. This is what we found.

BRAD IN FRONT OF BRIDLE FALLS

BRAD FROM THE TOP OF BRIDLE FALLS

BRAD AND I AND MY VERY LARGE BELLY AT 31 WEEKS

Getting to the falls was a quick little hike. We weren't satisfied so we decided to explore some more. We ended up climbing up and around the falls and back the other side. It was a beautiful hike. Instead of kicking me the entire time like he usually does, the baby decided to sleep. We can't wait to take him back in September.

Casper Wyoming

We are in Casper and finally have everything unpacked. Thanks to our wonderful parents the move went really well. While taking a break from unpacking Brad and I decided to go on a walk along the North Platte River. As you can see the water is a extremely high so our walk along the trail got a little wet.

THE RIVER FLOWING OVER THE TRAIL

BRAD POSING FOR THE CAMERA

ME GETTING A LITTLE WET

Now that the big move is over with it's time to start getting ready for this baby. That might have to be Brad's job since I start work on Thursday.