Hello everyone -

So - I did B&B during my first trimester, and an original musical revue called, STOPTIME! during my second trimester. Luckily - no shows during the third trimester as I'm certainly quite large now and barely waddling about. I'm feeling like I have so much to learn about what the heck to do with a child so we've been taking any class we can get our hands on! So far we've taken Birth Prep, Newborn care, and Breastfeeding. Next up are Infant care (an expanded version of Newborn care) and Infant CPR. I'm 37 weeks now and certainly feeling like it. It's crazy to think the baby can come anytime he wants to now!

I had a crazy thought the other day... if I wasn't having the baby, there are a few exciting international trips for work that I'd likely be going on (think Europe, Asia, Latin America). But instead of being a little bummed, I happened upon a quote:

"People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering." - St. Augustine

I couldn't help but think that perhaps the greatest wonder of all the world is inside me right now and I couldn't help but be excited to meet our baby and embark on this new adventure - the GREATEST adventure.

(Clayton said I should write all of this down so that after the baby is born - on days where I want to pull my hair out - I can remember feeling this way!!)

Hello everyone -

So I know we're pretty shameful about keeping the blog entries up-to-date. Basically I just wrapped up a production of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and now we're gearing up to go on our 'Babymoon' - a cruise from Southern Cali down to Mexico. I'm personally looking forward to the 24 hr frozen yogurt bar and to eating my weight in goodies while laying around all day. Clayton says that given present circumstances, I'm allowed. :)

I did finally scan and post all of the ultra sound pics of Baby Carter to date, much to my sister's delight. Check out the ultra sound baby video if you haven't already. Comments (only nice ones) are welcome!

Love,
afton

Clayton and I have been pretty busy the last couple of months working, doing side projects, and performing together in a darling show called, “Wonderful Town.” In the show I play one of the sisters, Eileen, and Clayton plays the bass guitar in the orchestra – his new bass guitar I should add!

My mom got a chance to visit recently and we took Spartacus to the vet together for his annual check up. We decided hell froze over because despite the fact that the cat seems to not like my mom very much (marked by the hissing and growling whenever she is nearby), he nuzzled up to her during his exam. We’ve decided to take him to the vet whenever she’s in town from now on. 

Check out Town and Countries new website!

http://www.utahtclanes.com/

Alright everyone, last Christmas I got a video camera (Thanks Mike and Karen) and we put it to some good use during our trip. I'm in no way a "professional" yet, but I'm working at it. We wanted to share some of our video so I decided to do a little editing and throw it out on the site. Check it out in the Media section or just click on the link! The video is broken up into 2 parts so make sure you scroll down and see the second half.


Thailand Trip Video. Click Here