Pregnancy Update

Today I am 16 weeks pregnant. I can't believe how fast its gone. For the most part the nausea and constant exhaustion have subsided. I can still fit in my jeans, and I'm not really showing much. I haven't felt the baby move, but I'm expecting to any day now. We went to get an ultrasound a couple weeks ago and this is one of the pictures. It was too early to tell if the baby is a girl or a boy, but hopefully in the next couple weeks we'll find out. The kids know about the baby now. I think Josh understands the concept pretty well. Although at first he commented that he didn't want to go back in my tummy. I assured him that wouldn't happen and ever since then he's seemed fine with the whole thing. And if you ask him if it's a girl or a boy, he says boy! Andrew, though, if you try to tell him there's a baby in mommy's tummy lifts up my shirt and shakes his head saying "no baby, no baby." Boy will he be in for a surprise! I haven't been craving too many things yet, but I still have a couple of food aversions from when I sick.

Happy Birthday to me!

I had a fun birthday on Saturday. I slept in, didn't change any diapers, and went on a date with my sweet husband. We went to P. F. Changs while my mom watched the kids. It was sooo good and hit the spot to my pregnant belly. Darrin gave me a new camera which is what I wanted, so I was excited about that! Thanks everyone for the phone calls, cards, and gifts! I'm now 26 and on the down hill slope to 30!! Ahh!!

Happy Thanksgiving

I do have to apologize for my blog hiatus. My kids got sick last week...they both had the croup. There were many sleepless nights and days filled with high maintenance kids. Also last week Darrin's grandfather passed away so he left early this week to attend the funeral leaving us to manage mostly on our own. My sister did come in from Rexburg Sunday night to keep us company. Anyway, enough excuses...I vow to do better at updating my blog!

We had a nice Thanksgiving weekend. My whole family was able to come from Oklahoma, Utah and Idaho to visit. We had lots of fun, food, and made lots of family memories! The Wii was a big hit and several records were broken. Here's a picture of all the delicious food we had for Thanksgiving....
Here's a picture of what Josh ate for Thanksgiving....Cheetos! He didn't eat one bit of Thanksgiving. Picky boy!
We took a family picture while everyone was around. Here's the one we liked the best. Thanks everyone for making this weekend a fun and memorable one!

Halloween

In all my excitement to announce the pregnancy, I totally spaced Halloween. The kids were pretty shy about the whole thing. Josh refused to talk to anyone, and Andrew usually hid behind anything he could find. Needless to say, we didn't go to very many houses. They were quite pleased with their candy and for several days after, Andrew wanted candy for breakfast! After we went trick or treating, we went to a Halloween party and enjoyed seeing lots of people from our old ward! Josh and Andrew with their pumpkins
All ready to go! Show me the candy!

5 reasons to buy a mini van

5. The geo won't last much longer.
4. So we can go camping and not have to put half of our stuff in our friends Explorer!
3. So when we pick up the missionaries for dinner we don't have to take out a car seat.
2. So we can buy big pieces of furniture and not have to borrow someone's van.
1. May 12th we will have 3 kids, and we can't fit three car seats in our Focus!!








Yes, that's right....we are pregnant!! I'm currently 13 weeks and starting to feel really good! I wasn't as sick this time so I'm hoping it's a girl!! I got to hear the heart beat today, and it was good and strong!