Maui & Waitin on a baby

Wow, so I have a lot that I want to blog about because we've had a pretty exciting last few weeks I would say. So for Blake's grandma and grandpa Biddulph's 50th anniversary they surprised everyone....29 people, with a trip to Hawaii! We all found out at Christmas time and Blake and I were pretty bummed because we talked to my doctor and he said he didn't think it was a good idea for me to travel when I would be 37 weeks pregnant... so we (mainly me) spent many months whining and moping about the fact that we wouldn't be able to go on this once in a lifetime trip. But... as you can see, things changed! about 2 weeks before everyone was to leave Blake and I just really felt like I would be fine to go... so I decided I was going to beg my doctor to sign a note saying it was okay for me to travel. I was SO nervous to talk to him because I wanted to go soo badly and when I finally got the courage to ask I was pleasantly surprised. He said he thought I was healthy enough and thought there was a very small chance that I'd have a problem so he signed a note and off we went!
This is us on the plane ...so excited for 7 hours on a plane with a ginormous belly--



Hawaii is BEAUTIFUL. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire week... most of my time was spent laying around on the beach or by the pool, eating delicious food, and being amazed by the beauty of Maui. I had to take it easy because our #1 goal on this vacation was NOT to come home with a baby. We joked about how we would give our baby a Hawaiian name if she came early.... but luckily we didn't have to do that.... because she was probably going to be named Mohana Biddulph... yikes!
Highlights of the trip:
- I got to lay on my belly for the first time in a LONG time and it was wonderful.... Blake dug a hole out in the sand for my belly and I could just lay there in the sand and bask... i almost looked normal....
-The luau and our awesome tie dye shirts. (Note: Tie dye only makes a large pregnant woman look larger) All 29 of us had tie dye shirts on... we were quite the sight! You can't tell very well in this picture but my lei is cut... when we checked into the Luau they put a lei on everyone, the girl that was taking us to our seats looked at me frantically and asked if I was expecting... I said yes and she then started to attempt at pulling my lei apart because she said that it symbolized the umbilical cord wrapped around the baby's neck (freaky I know)... she couldn't pull it apart and she really started to panic... it was no joke... so she asked a stronger Hawaiian man to help and he succeeded. Hawaiians are a VERY superstitious people... I was somewhat annoyed by this because all of the beautiful flowers started to fall off... so I tied it back together while no one was looking... bad I know

- Baby sitting our darling nephew Jack. Blake and I had the pleasure of getting to watch little Jack on a couple different occasions while the others went snorkeling and such. People just stared at me ... a 37 week pregnant girl in a swimsuit carrying around a 15 month old... people just stared at me anyways for some reason... I guess it's fun to look at big girls in swimsuits, but when I had Jack there were MANY more stares. Isn't Blake going to be the cutest dad? I think so.
--- and many more highlights that I won't list.
All in all, we had the most wonderful vacation and have been wishing to go back since we left!
Wow this is getting long...sorry.

We came home to our house in Provo being broken into and both of our laptop computers and about $300 were stolen... it was pretty hard to handle and I'm still trying to lose my bitterness. Anyways, we got home from Hawaii about 10 am and we went to Stadium of Fire at 7 pm that evening! Blake surprised me with tickets to stadium of fire for Easter to make up for not being able to go to Hawaii--- it was SO fun! David Archuleta and Brad Paisley were the entertainment which happen to be 2 of my favorites. This is the only pic we have of us .... not the greatest (blake's sleepy eye... and I just look sleepy and freckly)... taken by the SUPER annoying commentating couple sitting right behind us hah... we enjoyed ourselves though :)

Monday after we got home was the 4th of July and Blake and I had a BBQ which consisted of... Blake and I... we aren't very social haha but it's amazing how much fun we have with just us. We bought a watermelon and literally each ate half of it... we like us some watermelon!

As of late I am about 3 days away from my due date and just waiting for this little bundle of joy to arrive... I am SO ready to get her out of me despite all of my fears about being a mother.
Here is a picture of the nursery :).... next time I post will be about my baby!!