Hello everyone! It's so great to read all your posts. I just love it.

Chelsi, I got your invitation today, and it's beautiful! I'm so excited for you! When are you getting endowed? I'm going to try hard to come to your reception (I can't resist seeing a pretty dress) because I should be heading south anyways that day. It just depends. Can I bring my mother? She wanted to spend my birthday with me (I think). If I'm not there, I'm stuck in Ephraim.

Elsie, I'm so jealous of you being in Switzerland. I hope you're getting fat off croissants and cheese and milk for me! I'm sorry we didn't get together beforehand. Jay left for Fort Lewis on the 6th, so we were crazy busy getting ready for that, and then we had his sister's wedding. That's a different story. I had, like, six billion mood swings and I think I cried the entire time. Not necessarily out of joy (though it was a joyous occasion), but rather out of self-pity. My sister-in-law made the most beautiful bride ever and everything was perfect. I was so jealous, and I get so sentimental about weddings. Oh yeah, the pregnancy thing may have factored into the mood swings too. But it was a good time too because we (the wedding party) waited outside the temple for an hour an a half while the bride got cinched back into her perfectly fitted ivory gown. The only reason this was fun was because I got to see lots of other brides and their dresses, and you guys all know me and wedding dresses. It's one of my eternal loves. :)

So I'm getting so big and I'm having a hard time bending over. My house is a disaster and I really want to get it clean so bad, but I just don't have a lot of energy most days. I'm about 34 weeks along now, which means that I will be a mother in about six weeks. It could happen sooner (but no sooner than four more weeks, otherwise Jay won't be here), or it could happen a little later. But six weeks is the aim. You guys can start putting in your guesses. My guess is July 19th. I don't know why, but it sounds like a good date to me.

If anyone's bored, they can come help me clean my house. I really need it. I did my dishes for the first time in a week today (okay, so I was gone for four of those days). I think when I finish this post, I'll clean some more because I can't concentrate to do much else. Except listen to NPR. Which I love. Thanks to broadband I can listen to KUER 90.1, not some dinky station like KUSU (which is a service of our lovely college of HASS, but it doesn't have the Diane Rehm show or Radio West).

Also, if you come see me, I have a ton of icecream. It's from the wedding. I'm assuming there's a gallon left, and I shouldn't eat it. Also, if you come see me, you can watch my belly boil. It's hard to miss anymore. My little girl's a shaker! I'm excited to see what she looks like. She'll probably look just like me except with Jay's lips. Wouldn't that be funny? If I had Photoshop, I would put Jay's lips on a picture of me. He he he.

Keep posting everyone. I love hearing how you're doing!