Whatdya think?

Hey all our loyal blog readers-

We want to hear what you think about when our little girl will join the family! Please submit your predictions via a comment on this post and remember to include the date you think Baby Beck will be born and how much she will weigh.

And just so it's fair - at our last appointment the doctor said that in his opinion, he thinks baby will come before the due date (Nov. 30), I am dilated to 3cm, 60% effaced, and the baby weighed 6lbs 5oz according to the ultrasound. But who really knows.... ??? Whoever comes closest is entitled to a sweet prize. Submit your guesses ASAP!

HE DID IT!

GOOD NEWS - He got the big envelope! Skyler Beck has officially been admitted to the Master of Public Administration program at the University of Nebraska - Omaha. Woohoo! I am so proud of him. He persevered through the GRE, lots of writing/rewriting personal statements, reminding professors to submit letters of rec, filling out a bunch of applications and now he's in! To the program he wanted the most! Now we can take a big sigh of relief. Aaah, it sure feels good. He'll start classes in January. Gooo Skyler!

What 9 Months Looks Like

37 weeks

Wow, I wish it didn't look like it was such a struggle to put on a smile!

Hodgepodge

Just a few pictures from the last little while...

8AM on Saturday morning, yuck! I was helping Skyler get ready for another day of refereeing the flag football league - but NOW the league is officially over! Yay, we have our Saturday mornings back!!

Rusty's Halloween costume. He looked pretty darn cute as a cowboy!

Skyler's mountain of ice cream. He was wallowing after a particularly disappointing BYU loss. But that's okay - go Cougs!

We went out to Omaha Old Market last weekend. It was so much fun! We saw the pretty Fall colors at Heartland Park (below), discovered an awesome Italian restaurant, and went to a ballet performance (Skyler's idea - believe it or not!). We had a lot of fun!

Outside the Rose Theater after the ballet which was really good! Even Skyler liked a few of the dance numbers. In case you were wondering there is NO masculine form of the word ballerina -they are just referred to as male ballet dancers or more formally "danseur."

Baby stuff in our baby room! We're still working on decor, but it's been fun to set everything up since our baby shower this weekend. THANK YOU to everyone who has been so generous to us and our baby girl.

Our SUPER COMFORTABLE rocker recliner! Yes it is huge and we are loving it.

This little girl is going to be very well dressed. It is SO fun to go through all her adorable baby clothes - thanks again!

Baby Beck update: 5lbs 12oz - and she has dropped nicely down in my hips! We're just waiting for everything else catch up. No dilation quite yet, but I have had more contractions lately. It's slowly becoming more and more real. Just 4 weeks to go! Can't wait!!

Jack-O-Lantern is Fun To Say

I went to my very first corn maze this year! It was pretty awesome - 10 acres of corn at least 7 feet tall! I never knew that corn grew to be so big. Welcome to Iowa I guess :).

Skyler gets to work with the young men in the ward and I joined them on their combined activity. It was way fun.

Definitely would've gotten lost a lot more without these diligent boy scouts.

Our costume for the ward party - I am the Brazilian soccer team with my #1 fan. How cute is the baby jersey!

Pumpkin carving party!

Pumpkin family photo.

Happy Halloween!

In other news, Baby Beck is weighing in these days at about 4lbs 110z. and Momma Beck is starting to get really anxious for this little one to come! I am outgrowing all of my clothes. My wardrobe now consists of those XL free T-shirts we got at BYU sporting events... And yet, everyone I meet tells me how tiny my belly is. I feel anything but tiny! Ah well. As always, go COUGARS today! Beat TCU!

I Looked Out the Window...

It's October 10th in Iowa. I laughed and cried when I woke up this morning - that's all I have to say about that.

By Popular Demand

I finally let Sky take a picture of the belly last night. No doubt they are not the prettiest photos you've ever seen, but you get the idea. Just 8 weeks to go!