almost there

well, i have been having some contractions and some pressure "down there" but still no baby. tomorrow is her official due date, but if thats even going to happen i think i should start feeling something real soon (unless i am going to be one of those real lucky women who has quick labors , i am crossing my fingers). if halle doesn't come by the 20th, which is this coming monday, we are going to be induced, starting at 7:30am. they are going to put me on pitocin right away to get my body contracting and then dr. minge is going to come and break my water at 9:00am, and who knows how long it will take after that. dr. minge says sometimes her patients deliver by 4:00ish and some don't until midnight-2:00am. so i don't know, but she did say i have favorable conditions (i am already dialated to a 3 and by then might be even further, i am already efaced 80%, and halle's head is very low). at our appointment this last wednesday dr. minge stripped my membranes to help bring on labor and she almost couldn't reach my cervix to do so because halle's head was in the way. so i hope that all contributes positively during labor. but i can't wait to meet halle and to be her mom and to see daniel hold her in his arms. the picture above is a picture of where she is going to sleep for the first little while...aaahhhh! we are crossing our fingers that halle comes naturally on her own within the next 2 days, and if not, everyone wish me luck starting early monday morning (its kind of weird knowing that by this monday i will officially be a mom). i can't wait to send pictures and to visit everyone.... until then.

Hardy Family Fear Factor

I know its been a long time since I have added anything, but I guess better late than never. At our most recent family reunion, one day was devoted to an all day event of Fear Factor. Events ranged from horseshoes and bocci ball, to rafting relays at Sandypoint, and of course there had to be like 7 eat something discusting events. I did surprisingly well eating all the gross stuff, unlike Dan who has a major strong gag reflex, but he only threw up once out of his mouth and a few times in his mouth. My team, the yellow team did very well throughout the entire competition and one the whole thing (much to Dano's dismay). Some of the eating events included eating, rotten vulture eggs, mealy worms and 100 year old meatballs, frozen sea otter tongues, pureted grasshoppers and others. My dad and two of his brothers were in charge of the whole thing and they did an awesome job.

almost there...

i am officially 39 days away from my due date and still getting bigger and bigger, and now that i really look at the picture i don't think that it is even doing that much justice... i feel huge. can't wait for my little girl to get here.

back to Boise

we made it to boise safely and the only thing we broke was some corningware that we had never used anyways. glad to be here, but will sure miss our friends in utah. we are living with my grandma right now and will be living in her home while she serves another mission in september. halle is doing great, still being a wiggle bum, the only new pregnancy news is that i now have elephantitis of the legs, ankles and feet. i went on a long road trip to portland for a cousines wedding and have been swollen ever since. not cool, dan still claims to think i am sexy......oooohhhhhkkkkkaaaayyy.