It's a BOY!!!

I had my ultrasound yesterday and we were so excited to find out it is a boy! It will be so fun having a girl and a boy! I am still in shock a little bit, it is going to be so weird shopping for boy stuff when it's been all about pink and princesses for the past 4 years! Bailey was pretty upset when we told her it is a boy. She was dead set on having a little sister. I told her that her little brother wanted to get her a present because he loved her so much which made her pretty happy with him! :) I went and picked out a new Polly Pocket pool and she was so excited and started saying "Aw he is soooo nice, Thank you little Brudder!" So cute! Bribery always works I guess! :) We decided we are going to name him Ryder. We both love it and it was the only name we both liked!

Here are some pictures from the ultrasound... he is quite the little wiggle worm, it was really hard to get any still pictures of him during the ultrasound. No wonder I feel him kicking all the time!

Sweet little profile
Ultrasounds are always so hard to figure out what you are looking at! I believe this is looking at him from below, with his legs in a sitting position?

Scary skull face haha!
Sweet little hand!

School's out for summer!!!

Bailey has been in her first year of preschool and last week was the end of the year party! It was so fun for her. First her class did a cute performance and were given awards. Bailey got the award of "Super Student" for her age group. Then we had a picnic, face painting, made bird feeders and played at the park. She has loved being in school. She has made so many new friends and has learned so much. Her teachers say she is always right where she is supposed to be, loves volunteering and is basically a perfect student. We are so proud of her!

Bailey and her class walking out with their graduation caps that they made! So sweet...
Sitting and performing with her class...I have to admit I cried a little haha! She is just growing up so fast!



Here are some pics I took afterward at the picnic...
Face painting...


After her party we headed to the swimming pool... My girl is quite the poser! Makes me laugh!


When Chris got home from work we celebrated the end of the school year with our friend Dave and his son Trey by doing some fireworks and having a bonfire in the backyard! A perfect summer night! We are so excited for summertime! Yay bring on the pool, camping, boating, fireworks, hiking, parks, popsicles and Lisa's wedding!

It's been a while...

Well once again it has been way too long since I have blogged! Life happens and I just never get around to it. I thought I would update my blog with the biggest news we have had in a long time... I am pregnant with our second baby! We are so excited. My due date is 11-11-11 which would be pretty cool if the baby actually came that day. I found out I was pregnant right after I came home from visiting California in March. I was super sick on my visit with pneumonia so I didn't even realize it was morning sickness mixed in as well! I really didn't think I could get pregnant that fast. I was actually pregnant right before this baby but had a miscarriage in February, so I thought it would take a while for my body to recover after the miscarriage but no... I actually got pregnant the week after I miscarried! So crazy! I am now 18 1/2 weeks and we find out the sex of the baby next week! We can't wait to find out. Bailey really wants a girl and Chris really wants a boy. I am mixed in what I want... so good thing I don't have to chose! This will be our last baby, so it would be fun to have one of each but I also would love for Bailey to have a sister. We seriously cannot wait to find out!

Here is a pic of me at 17 weeks...can't suck in anymore lol!



Here is an ultrasound pic of the baby at 12 weeks. So cute!

Thanksgiving weekend

We had yet another awesome Thanksgiving weekend! It started out with taking Bailey on a mommy daughter date night with Tracy and Brookie to see Tangled. That is probably my favorite princess movie now, I laughed, cried, it was perfect! Bailey and Brookie were so excited that it was just us girls they kept hugging each other it was so cute. Unfortunately Tracy and I both forgot our cameras :( but it was a cute memory at least!

On a snowy night we had a cozy fire in the fireplace. I love nights like that. I was practicing crocheting (I am horrible but I really would love to get into it!) and Bailey "read" to us for a good half hour. I got some really cute pictures of her reading, I don't know if you can tell or not but I am pretty sure I am obsessed with her! Haha!







Here is a picture of us at Kayla's house after we finished making our cute turkey shirts...love these girls and boys!
This year for Thanksgiving we spent the day at Ed and Linda's house! We had the best time! We had the most delicious dinner, watched football, played tons and then played cranium to end out the day! My stomach hurt by the end of the day from laughing so much! I love awesome days like that spent with family!

Here is Ed cutting up the amazing turkey he made....Mmmmm it was soooo good!
This is a pic of Bailey in the tub before heading over for Thanksgiving. She is such a goof!
Ed and Linda have a play kitchen in the kids playroom and Linda bought the girls some new ice cream cones to play with...it was a hit!




The kiddie table...
Me and Bailey during an intense game of cranium...which the girls totally whooped the boys at! :)
Friday Chris went snowboarding and I attempted to shop, do homework, clean and play with Bailey's hair...haha! I have been experimenting on Bailey's hair now that its getting long enough to actually work with...

Bailey and Daddy playing some games on the computer...they look like twins in this picture, its pretty cute!
Taking pics of her hair :) it has just been so short and thin forever so its fun to style it now!


Saturday night we headed to Provo to watch the Byu/Utah game and Quins birthday party! It was fun and we were so excited that Utah won!!! (We were pretty much the only Utah fans at the party.)
Here is Lisa dancing... they always end up dancing and singing when we are there! It is a lot of fun!
Lisa and Quin singing together....
Lisa and her friend Megan...
Sunday we got a TON of snow. It is so beautiful! I had a huge paper to write so it was nice working on that while watching the blizzard out my window! My best idea of enjoying the snow!!! Here is the view from my front door...
Here is the deck by the hot tub...

{Giving Thanks}

I hope everyone is enjoying the short week! I love Thanksgiving, can't wait to enjoy an amazing meal surrounded by family, and a weekend of football {GO UTES!} family, friends and SHOPPING! This is our year to be with Ed and Linda for Thanksgiving! I am excited because we are going to bring my favorite game (pictionary) over! I'm sure it will be a late night of fun so I think we will just stay the night instead of driving on the icy roads. Our fun starts tonight though, Tracy and I are taking Bailey and Brookie on a mommy-daughter date! We are taking them to dinner, buying them a Rapunzel princess doll, then taking them to see the movie tangled! How cute! They are soooo excited {and so am I!} This Saturday we are heading down to Provo to hang out with Lisa and Quin to celebrate Quin's 35th birthday and watch the U vs BYU game! Exciting! {GO UTES!!!!} We are also planning on getting our Christmas decorations up and maybe even go get a tree! My least favorite part of the weekend... at some point I have to write a 7 page SINGLE SPACED?!?! paper on organic chemistry...yuck! Other than that I am very excited for a fun filled weekend! We have SO MUCH to be thankful for!!!

I just had to add this picture! Linda put it up on facebook and it made me laugh so hard...Ed is starting to prepare the Turkey for Thanksgiving! HAHAHAHAHA! It is so funny to me because Ed always gets so into cooking, I can just see him getting all of this together, oh my it makes me laugh!
Last weekend Kayla, Danielle and I got together to do a fun little craft, we headed to lunch at chili's (again haha) then Michael's to get supplies then went to Kayla's house and made these cute Thanksgiving shirts for the kiddos to wear on Thanksgiving! They turned out really cute, although we definitely are not seasoned crafters! We were cracking up the whole time over how horrible we were! It was so fun though, Kayla made hot chocolate and we listened to Christmas music! The kids had so much fun playing together!
I didn't get any pictures of us actually crafting because I forgot my camera, but I took a picture of my finished product once I was home! Bailey, Tristin and Camden loved putting paint on their hands for the turkey! We decided we want to make a new one every year!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Grizzly game

Friday night Chris's work had a night out at the Grizzly game! We have always loved going to hockey games so we were excited to take Bailey. We invited our friends Chris and Ang Ottley and their son Kaden. We had so much fun! We had dinner at Chili's then the game. Bailey was sooo into it! When I first told her she could yell and scream she was hesitant but then when she saw me and Chris were doing it, she was all about it! It was hilarious! Chris always says "That's my boy blue!" when he watches football so she kept screaming "That's my son!!!" Oh my gosh we were laughing so hard! What an awesome night with great friends!

Here she is with the Geico gecko...


I love how they are holding hands! Bailey is a little cougar...he is a year and a half younger than her! Haha!
Having so much fun!
She was up and yelling and dancing, seriously she had the best time!