A photo journal of my belly/thoughts

I have to do what in a couple of weeks? Ummmmm, I'm not sure about this any more!

Ok, well maybe I'm ready. Holding a baby right now would be much more fun than just holding my belly.

I'm sure Blair would rather be kissing our little girl right now, rather than my belly too.
We don't even know her, but we love her already.

It all started with a kiss.......

.......and four 1/2 years of learning to laugh at each other. When your giant beer belly is hanging out of a wife-beater, there's not much else to do, but laugh with each other. Blair is hoping that we never have to laugh at his.


Thank you Chet and Kat Hervey for the beautiful photos!
You are a blessing to our family.

belly pics

Well for those of you wondering how big the belly is now, here are some of the professional belly pictures Chet and Ket Hervey took the other night for us, so I can forever remember how much my belly can stretch without exploding!  

Thanksgiving Christmas

Everyone can't wait to meet little Avila! What are the people in the hospital waiting room going to think. At least they will know who everyone is! I didn't think I would need a t-shirt to explain who I am - it will be a little obvious. I'll be the one pushing.

Sea World at 36 weeks

The Hervey and Edwards 1st annual winter Sea World trip was a success. The only disappointment was that I didn't start having contractions on the way home. That would have made it the BEST trip to Sea World ever. But Avila decided to keep cooking and fattening up for her arrival.

It's not that I'm miserable or even uncomfortable...amazingly I still don't feel that pregnant unless I'm having a little Braxston Hicks here and there. It's just that now that we have all this beautiful stuff I'm just ready to get this show on the road! I just want to meet her and hold her. But we'll just keep waiting.

Here is my favorite Sea World Picture. Me, Blair and the cow of the Sea - the Manatee....See the similarities between me and the Sea cow. Lately I think me and the Sea cow have a lot more in common!

Here are some more fun pictures of us at Sea World

Can you believe that Blair fed a string ray! He's like a young Crocodile Hunter (Steve Erwin).
I passed on feeding the sting rays - actually I tried to feed them, but I got too scared and dropped the fish in the water. Petting and feeding Dolphins on the other hand was a whole different story. I would have jumped in and played with them if I wouldn't have been arrested or attacked by a trainer.
The boys ended a long day at Sea World with Budweiser free tastings (don't worry they didn't drink any Bud or Bud light)
we ended the day with hot chocolate and no contractions!


All together, it was a great trip.

2 baby showers in 2 days!

Grandma Nancy, Auntie Nadine, Grandma Patti and Papa Wolfe came out to visit us in Ventura so the ladies could go to the showers! It was such a blessing to have them all here!

We got so many beautiful baby clothes and necessities that we just can't wait to use them for Baby Avila!


Family Photo outside the practically finished house! Thank you photographer/grandma Patti for a lovely photo! Just imagine her there everyone!

Kat threw an amazing baby shower! Thank you to everyone who came! Wow, that baby is growing! Either that or someone needs to lay off the ice cream!

Little Avila Joy - 4 lbs give or take

For everyone trying to distinguish the black and gray blobs above.... this is a picture of her arm and fist to the left touching her nose. It's sort of like one of those hidden pictures. The longer you look at it the most you can see. Either way, I think she's a cutie already. But I'm her mom, I should think that!

We're still having a girl!

Blair over the last 3 weeks has learned what it is like to have a 10 year old girl in the house, so he had his fingers crossed that at todays ultrasound that we would discover we were actually having a boy, however Avila is still an Avila and not an Owen. So those of you who have girls remember to tell Blair all the good (not scary) things about having daughters!

They moved the due date up as well. It looks like we might get that tax return after all. The new date is New Year's eve. What a fun birthday to have, right? Either that or she just has a fat head and long legs, which screwed up the calculations. We will just have to wait and see the perfect date the Lord has planed for her birth. Right now she is 4 lbs. and 11oz. give or take. The Dr. thinks she will be an 8 pounder when she is born. So much for the 6 pounder I was hoping for. What's an extra couple of pounds, right - it's going to hurt no matter what. I have to admit when she said 8 pounds the words epidural ran through my mind and a smile crossed my face.

Pictures will be up soon, the scanner at home doesn't seem to be working so everyone will have to wait until tomorrow to see how cute she is.

Picture or no picture rest assured she has all her body parts, all her bones and limbs are where they should be, she has cute little lips and toes and everything else she should have as a newborn. I just can't wait to meet her and see her little face. Only a month and a 1/2 to wait - crazy huh!