That floating baby thing off to the side

So that little, creepy-ish, floating baby that's off to the side of our blog...the one that tells how many days I have left till my due date. Yeah, it's wrong. I am past my due date by 2 days! Someone must be playing a dirty trick on me...maybe that's why Benjamin hasn't come yet, he's waiting for the floating baby to read zero. Oh man! :-)

In preparation

So, there's a lot of things that you have to do to get ready for a baby. One of the things that I needed to get done was to get my girly/ghetto dresser painted. Let me tell you about this dresser. When I first got it, the whole thing was a bright teal green and then the top two drawers had these nasty neon pink rocking horses painted onto them. My mother and I decided to paint the dresser, so I went home one weekend to Casper. Well, my Honda Accord could only fit the drawers. So, I took them home and me and my mom had a fun time painting them white and then decorating them with fun pink shapes and what not. I was single at the time...I wouldn't paint pink on a dresser for me and Josh! Anyway, so I had these great dresser drawers, but the body of the dresser was still the nasty teal! Well, here's a picture of what it kind of looked like...I had previously sanded down the body of the dresser, so it looks a little rugged. But you get the idea. Well, I didn't really want my son to have a pink patterned/ugly teal green dresser. (insert amazing mom comments here) Anyway, I decided to paint the dresser and white seemed like a safe color. So with some help from my wonderful friends Jessie Hylton and Alyssa Howe; we sanded, primed, and painted that dresser till it was a beautiful vision of white! Bling Bling! We have the dresser done, and basically his whole room done...so now we wait. And there is no better way of waiting, then by eating delicious cake. So one night I was making a cake and Josh says, "What are you making a cake for?" And I reply, "Why, for Benjamin's birthday, of course!" To that he responds matter of factly, "But he hasn't been born yet!" And I say, "I know that....and that is why it will say Happy Birthday Benjamin ?/?/08." Ah yes, I was proud of myself for that one. So...here's a picture of his yummy, and oh so witty, cake! It's not very professional looking, but I was working with some very meager tools and a 9 month pregnant belly. And lastly, it would NOT be a Huff post, without some random picture on it! So, my bestest girlfriend, Beth, was in town and I got to see her for about a half an hour. She is so good to me, and came bearing gifts. One of the things that she brought me is now my new favorite apron. It's the most darling apron in the best color in the world....pink! That night, Josh was being totally random, so I told him to put the pink apron on so I could take a picture of him. He only mildly opposed and next thing I know, he's posing for the camera. The amazing thing about my husband is that he can totally pull off a pink frilly polka dot apron! What a stud!

Baby Update

Sorry to tell you all that we have not had our baby yet. I'm not even due till the 27th, so you can start to go crazy after that. We did go and see the doctor yesterday and it didn't look too promising. Here is the short version. The baby is still floating and I'm dilated to a 2+. Things do change over night, but if they don't, we will meet again with the doctor on Monday. Then he will see where everything is at, if I haven't already delivered. I'm tentatively scheduled to be induced next Tuesday(September 30), but there are other things that the doctor has to take into consideration. So..sometime between now and next week Josh and Terra Huff will most likely be the proud parents of a new bouncing (literally...he bounces - I KNOW!) baby Benjamin. Thank you for all of your prayers...we are so blessed!

A life long lesson

So over the last 9 or 10 months i've learned a valuable lesson. I've learned the lesson of enduring. My wife is the greatest example of all of this. I love her to death. She could so easily be angry and upset and mad at either not sleeping well or her skin acting up again or her husband who is never home because he has a monday night class or because he plays baseball now. No she dosn't she is supportive, patient, and continues to endure with a loving attitude. I need to be more like her and always have a positive attitude.
Most if not all of you know we are going to have a son next week with us. I can not express in words the deepest grattitude or happiness that me and my wife have to our heavenly father for allowing the two of us to bring a child into this world. Our lives have been so blessed. We have been blessed with the best family members and friends who are always there to lean on when we need help. As a husband, a son, a brother, a friend, a brother in law, and soon to be dad, thank you to all of you who help us in anyway. Even if it is just a smile on your faces because it helps a ton.

So i had my first baseball practice tonight. It has been a long time sice i've played baseball competitively. I showed up took some field practice and i started to get back in the flow of things again. It is exciting to be on the field again. I am a member of the Logan Cubs. I was praying that we were not a Red Sox team cause i would have to quit due to my dislike for the red sox. The league dosn't start till next summer but the coach wanted us to get out and get some practice in this fall so we are ready to go for next year. I feel good about it. I have alot to work on but i think i can get back into the shape that i want to be in. Maybe everyone shouldn't come to the first or second game but maybe the third or fourth and after you can come i should be better by then hahahah. hopefully!! My first goal get a hit! Second goal, get another hit! then we will work from there. Anyway faithful blogger readers, i must go i'm suppost to be studying so when my wife reads this i am dead so... if you never hear from me again, you know why!

The Ideal Child Bearing Body

The reason we have not posted in so long is not because we have had the baby. The title of this post actually has somewhat to do with our current baby status. Not because I have the ideal child bearing body...actually it's kind of the opposite. (Don't worry, this is Terra...not Josh...but he does NOT have the ideal child bearing body - Phew!) When I went in for my very first doctor's appointment, the doctor told me that my pelvic bone was very narrow, but it could grow out during my pregnancy. That really didn't mean a whole lot to me at the time. Now that I'm going in for weekly visits and the baby is due next week, it's become a concern. My pelvic bone still has not grown out, which means that the baby cannot fit through the birth canal to be born. My doctor says that there is still a possibility that my bone will widen out, but if it doesn't I will be having a C-section. The good news is that I am dilated all the way to a 2....yeah, that's some sarcasm for you - I have to be a 10 to have the baby. I have another doctor's appointment on Monday, so we'll see what he has to say. We may be playing the waiting game for just a little bit longer, but things could change over night! So for now, I'm enjoying this time that I have to get things done, relax, and (my favorite) spend with my wonderful husband. Thank you all for your prayers...they are much needed to calm this over anxious soon-to-be mother! And Josh needs them even more to keep his wife calm - he is so patient! We will keep you all posted!

Idaho, Idaho, and Junk Night...read on oh faithful bloggers!

So we have a lot of pictures and we haven't blogged about them...and they're fun, so I'm going to do it now while Josh is still at his Bishopric meeting - what a great guy! So one weekend in July we went to Bear Lake (the Idaho side) with my sister, Sari, brother-in-law, Brett, my niece, Addison, brother, Evan, and my sister-in-law, Ashlee. We had a great time playing in the water! After we went swimming we went to Minnetonka Cave. That's right, I was 7 1/2 months pregnant and hiked all 888 stairs! Go team! Here is a picture of Ashlee showing us the one handed jazz hand and Evan is pulling off his awesome tourist look with his camera on the back...nice posing guys! It was good times with the family! Our next road trip was to Newdale/Rexburg, Idaho. My parents were in Idaho to see my grandparents, so we thought we'd take the 2 1/2 hour trip to see them. We had a lot of fun just hanging out in the small town of Newdale - population 500. My parents had to leave early Saturday afternoon, so we stayed and hung out with my Uncle Boyd. He showed us around the potato farms he worked on and Josh got to see his first ever potato cellar! This picture just doesn't do it justice! That is Josh and my uncle standing on top of all of the potatoes. After that, my uncle took us to the Teton Damn...er Dam, sorry, I couldn't resist. Ever since I was a little girl our family took family vacations every summer to Newdale and I went to Ricks college for two years, and I had NEVER visited the Teton Dam site. It was really quite interesting. Here is a picture which, again, doesn't do it justice. Next we visited the happening town of Rexburg and the now BYU-Idaho campus. Boy has it changed since I graduated from Ricks College in 2000 - before Josh was graduated from High School. We had a great time and we do love that good town of Rexburg, Idaho! Lastly our journey of pictures takes us to the night of Junk...as my mother calls it. It was actually a junk food party that we threw a couple of nights before Josh got braces! Here is Josh enjoying his last Dr. Pepper (no comments from Chris), jerky, chips and salsa, and oreos with our good friends the Biggers! Not only did we eat junk food, but we also played Coyns (coins). It just so happens that I won, how about that? And Kendra was just so mad that she had to hide her face. Okay, not really, it was just getting late, that's all. It sure made for some fun pictures! And speaking of pictures, that concludes our journey of pictures for the night. We hope you have enjoyed the show...thanks for sticking it out.

Put the metal where your mouth is!!!

So it is true i (josh huff) got braces last week. It has been a truely humbling experience for me. And yes a painful one at that. I've resorted to eating soft foods. And if you have heard the rumors it is true i have given up Dr. Pepper. I know what you are thinking, what is wrong with you? (actually many of you are probably agreeing with my and feel it is the best thing i could have done, psh... i say to that hahahah) but yes i feel it is a good thing to do. But the worst is yet to come. Wedsday of this week i have to go and get a device put in my mouth that will widen my jaw. (ooooouuuccchhhh!!!!) yes i know that is what you are all thinking, that stinks. But after talking to my wife about it i do agree that in 22 months hopefully shorter though i will get them off and i will have a great smile which is what i am going for. I figure a great smile will help me in my business career. i mean i'm cute but my smile will put me over the edge. And seriously 22 months that is nothing, i will be graduated from college and heading to my masters program and my son will be able to talk and wrestle other little kids by then (which i will encourage). My life is great i can't complain i have a amazing wife, a kid on the way, and lots of homework every day, what is there to complain about. Plus the best thing about the braces i got a hoody out of the deal. Too bad i have to pay 2900 dollars for braces to have got it. This is definitly the most expensive hoody i have ever bought.