First day of Kindergarten...

Entering the school...

In front of the school...

Walking to school...

One with his brother...

Yay for uniforms!!!

Benjamin Isaac Zumwalt 9lbs 3 ozs.

Here are a few Pictures of Benjamin Isaac Zumwalt

the scoop

So this past couple of weeks have been crazy in our household... not only have we all been fighting the flu/cold, but a week and a half ago Brent tore his MCL (ligament) in his left knee while he was playing in his softball game. It's been pretty funny watching Brent and I hobble around the house and try to get things done before the baby gets here... the good news is that he doesn't need surgery to repair it, he has to wear a knee brace for a couple of weeks and then start physical therapy 3 times a week for a month. Hopefully this will strengthen that knee; it's the same knee he hurt 14 years ago when he was playing baseball.
Then last Thursday at my 38 week doctor's appointment we found out that this little stinker decided to turn and is now in a complete breech position... he's sitting like a little buddha with his legs tucked underneath him. So my doctor made me an appointment for yesterday to go and try to have them "turn" him... apparently its pretty painful. We showed up at the hospital and they monitored his heart rate for 20 minutes to make sure that he was healthy enough to deal with the stress that turning him would cause, then we went and got another ultrasound done so they could see where exactly he was positioned, and to take measurements... well we come to find out that this little chunk is weighing in at a whopping 9 LBS AND 11 OUNCES!!!!! Needless to say, the perinatologist and my doctor (and Brent and I) decided that he was too big to try and turn and that a c-section would be my only option. Of course, they did say that the measurements could be off by a pound (in either direction), so it will be interesting to see how close "science" is at guesstimating the weight.
The c-section is scheduled for tomorrow at 12:00pm-- I can't wait to meet this "little" guy but I am a little nervous... I've never had a c-section before...

And what is a post without a picture, right? Here is the one and only "belly" shot that I got with this pregnancy... this is at 39 weeks.



Man am I ever huge, its not hard to imagine that I do have a baby that big in that stomach... it needs its own zip code ha ha ha ha ha

camping

Over the 4th of July we went camping in Flaming Gorge with my family.... Tate really wanted to roast a marshmallow but I was being a mean mom and wouldn't let him so he decided to get his own stick and do it himself... it was pretty funny!!!

May

Where has May gone? I can't believe it is already over... hopefully the rest of summer flies by just as fast!!

Jackson had his pre-school graduation... hard to imagine I'm going to have a kid in kindergarten in the fall!!! Yikes... I'm getting old!!!




He also played on a t-ball team again...




The kids got trophies the last game of the season... and Jackson likes to tell everyone that his team went 8-0!! An undefeated season!!! Way to go!!!



And what post would be complete without a picture of Tate... he can't wait to be able to play ball like his big brother!!! It was a chore trying to keep him away from the bats, helmets and balls!!

ugh...

Today was my wonderful doctors appointment that required me to drink the glucola and take the glucose tolerance test.... and i failed. i hate tests. So now i have to go back and do the 3 hour fasting test. How bugged am I??? I had to do it last time with Tate and everything was fine.... it's just so annoying to have to sit in the lab for 3+ hours. So if anyone wants to come have a good time I'll be hanging out at the lab on Friday morning!!!! (maybe i should take this as a sign and stop eating sugar?)

on a happier note... my sister came down for a week and a half before she took off for 6 weeks in China... she's doing her last semester as a study abroad program so we threw her a little pre-graduation party...

WE'RE HAVING A.....

Beautiful, Perfect, Healthy baby!!!!






oh yeah, and no doubt about it....



Brent's getting his baseball team!!!! And we couldn't be more excited.