about 1 year ago aaron and i decided to get rid of our tv. weird, we know. but we started reading out loud to each other in place of randomly flipping through the channels (usually stopping at discovery channel's survivorman, which they have since discontinued so good riddens to the tv!) we have had the opportunity to read some great books, and just finished another fun one - Endurance by Alfred Lansing, the true story of a crazy, shipwrecked Antarctic expedition from 1914-1916. do yourself a favor and put this on your to-read list. we loved it. and what should we read next? any suggestions?

okay, so i got really excited last night. i'm due 3 weeks from tomorrow! yahoo!! this cute little boy is really coming!! and clearly my tummy growth has slowed, because i'm not any bigger this time than last time at this point. weird!

this time 36 weeks + 5 days

last time 36 weeks

and emery is in such a cute phase right now. she is such a good girl and i'm so lucky to be her mom. here are a few videos of her doing two of her favorite things - counting and singing, just because she's funny.


em counting (1, 3, 4, 6, 1, 8, 1, ....)



singing "I am a child of God" - her favorite song. When we ask her what song she wants to sing before prayers in the morning she always says "God". Pretty cute.



cute girl and her daddy buddy

slot canyon and a cat encounter

About 15 minutes from our house is the tiny town of Kanarraville, UT. When I say tiny, I mean tiny. Up one of the local canyons is a beautiful slot canyon we've been meaning to hike. We hiked for about 3 1/2 hours and Emery loved going in and out of the water, ducking behind the trees and even liked climbing up and down the waterfalls... after she was done being scared. Needless to say, my hips were not happy with that much hiking and I was sorry we didn't do it sooner, but glad we didn't wait another week (since I was fine the next morning anyway!). I think Bloop may have put up more of a fuss had we waited any longer.

i know you like that my belly is in this picture. ha.

and the cat encounter.... emery got bit by a cat. twice (or maybe 3 times). what seemed like a docile neighborhood stray suddenly bit her after she and her cute little friend had been playing with it for 1/2 an hour. random. she's on antibiotics and animal control is going to pick up the cat today to quarrantine it for 10 days and make sure emery won't need rabies shots. ahh!! i really don't think she will. i think the cat had just had enough of 2 almost 2 year olds. moral of the story: i would say don't let your kid play with stray cats, but em's pediatrician said that his housecat will bite his kids if he's had enough of their playing with him. we'll go with: don't have a cat at all. i don't like cats anyway, but now i feel justified! these pics don't really show it well, but you can kind of see the little holes in her arm from the teeth. poor girl. i think she's kind of proud of her bites though. she keeps talking about it. :)

Bloop

So far, we refer to our baby boy only as "Bloop" (or "Booply" if you're Emery) (fyi - "bloop" is the sound a baby makes in utero when they try and speak while swimming in amniotic fluid - at least according to Aaron). Clearly this is not an acceptable name. Please help us by voting on the right. If you have other good suggestions, post them in the comments.

In other pregnancy news, we're almost there! 37 days! Happy day!

In other Wilkinson family news - Emery has mad style. And she went on the potty once this week. Cross your fingers for me.

and one more oh, so important thing...

we had dinner with the richardses! we love them. thanks for letting me win at settlers! :)

nice try Brandon - i definitely win. :)

speedy recap

we're finally back in cedar city for good - Aaron started school monday and is excited about his classes. we've been traveling so much it feels good to finally be home again. here's a quick recap of the last month for us!

we had a super fun visit from our friends the Seegmillers - the girlies and the parents had a blast. we love their family.



Aaron rode his 1st century ride - the ULCER - 111 miles around Utah lake. Again, with my dad and his old guy friends. He also rode part of the way with Bishop Dicou. He did great but was definitely sore. :) We were so proud of him!


Aaron and I went on a fun date without Emery. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa! It may be our last for a while since we're a little short on sitters in Cedar... as in we don't have any...


Em and cousin Miles reunited for a day... this is right after they both woke up... pretty cute grumpy faces, huh?


Emery wore a million different pairs of shoes... and rarely any clothes...

she made her daddy proud and learned that she loves sushi!


she went on a bike ride with dad


We spent lots of time in LV so Aaron would work for my grandparents landscaping the yard of their new house. He's pretty good, eh?

BEFORE:

AFTER:

emery got some serious dancing in. she loves taylor swift "you belong with me", so this is her dancing to that song!

late belly shot - with comparison

32 weeks (pregnant with Emery):

32 weeks pregnant with this little guy:
definitely bigger this time around and my hair looks lots better. bonus! :)

and yes, i wear that purple shirt like 2x times a week. and i wear the teal one that is the same like 2x a week. what's it to ya?

what we've been doing...

hanging out with family in Logan (WWW reunion) and Orem (Wilkinson 4th of July festivities)...
hiking with family...

and backpacking with geezers... i mean the toughest old guys we know (40 mi, Ruby Mtns, NV)...

visiting and hanging out with wild animals (Hogle Zoo and Mirage hotel dolphin and a few wild animals exhibit)...

especially the llamas... i love llamas...
and being really, really sad when the merry-go-round was over...


trying to stay cool (7 peaks in Provo and lots of water contact in general - "suit" aka swimsuit is Emery's favorite piece of clothing. she even requested to sleep with her suit one night.)...
making up for lost naps... lots of them...

getting into the Tour de France mood by watching it with Grandpa, talking about "bikes" and wearing "pa's" (grandpa's) biking shorts... (her heart is with the Dicous in France right now)
biffing it... hard... (once hiking, once at wal-mart. wal-mart was far worse.)...
and still growing (28 weeks)...

and we're off for another month after a quick visit from the seegmillers. maybe we'll post again in another month. ha.