IT'S A BOY!!

So we are having another boy! When I told the kids Ethan was excited, he wants 3 brothers and 1 sister. But Ally was a little sad, she said she doesn't want anymore brothers, I guess because Ethan is so mean to her. Once he is born she won't care that it is a boy, as long as she can hold him and love on him.




We had this first ultrasound on April 2, but I have been avoiding writing this post. The reason we did the ultrasound was to find out how far along I really am, because we weren't sure from my last period and what not. When I went to my first appointment I was thinking I was about 8 weeks along, but when Dr. Fisher did my little check he said my uterus as larger than that, so we listened for a heartbeat, which we heard, and also checked with the ultrasound too. To make sure there was just one baby and kind of see how big it was. So after the appointment that day we kind of decided I was about 12 or 13 weeks, which is about what I said in the post announcing we were having another baby.

So Dr. Fisher order an ultrasound to check and see how big the baby was and how far along I really am. At the time of the ultrasound we were saying I was 18 weeks along, and the utlrasound said 16 weeks, which is right in between what we first thought and what we later decided. So anyway, I was waiting until my next OB appointment to see if he was going to change my due date. I was hoping he wouldn't because I hate to move backwards.

But alas, I had an appointmemnt this morning and yes, he is changing my dates to what the ultrasound says, so now I am only 19 weeks instead of 21. Bummer! But he also ordered another ultrsound for 21 weeks (which is now in 2 more weeks) to just make sure again. I guess it can change again because I am getting pretty big. I even wore some maternity clothes. When Javan gets home from his trip I will have him take a picture of me.

Anyhow, that was a long post that you probably don't really care about but I was pretty sad about moving the due date back. So I guess now I will be due on Sept. 17. We'll see.

Girl'sTrip

Wow! What a fun weekend. On April 11-13, I went up to SLC with 4 of my friends from high school. It was so much fun. We met up on Friday night and went to dinner at the Olive Garden, it was really busy and we were there for about 3 hours, but it was fun. I think the tables next to us thought we were drunk because we were laughing so much and being loud.


That night we stayed up until 5 a.m. looking at old pictures from high school and remembering old times and catching up. I feel bad for the rooms next to ours because I don't think we were very quite. We woke up and got ready just in time for our pedicures at noon. We went to the Skin Science Institute (?) where Javan's sister Natalee is going to school. It was fun, I have never had a pedicure.



We spent the rest of the day shopping and hanging out and then that evening we went to a melodrama at the Desert Star in Salt Lake. It was great. Since we stayed up to late the night before we were all exhausted and went straight to bed.
Here is a picture of all of us the next morning, looking really good.


Here is Cyndi (Singer) Fielding, Nicole Ivins, Heather Jensen, Lisa (Johnson) Young, and Me!

It was a really fun weekend. I can't wait until next year. Thanks girls!

Making Cookies

The kids helped me make cookies on Friday. The whole kitchen was a total mess. After I dumped the flour in the mixer Ally reached over and turned it on full blast, shooting flour all over me, her, and the kitchen. Then she looked at me and the mess and said "Mom, it spilled." Thanks! It was fun though. They love to cut out the cookies and then eat them. (Me too!)

Helping Dad

Ethan and Ally went on a ride on the scissor lift with Javan. Ethan was pretty nervous, and Ally loved it, she kept wanting to go higher.

Prom Already?

Ethan was asked to be a crown bearer at the prom this year. It was held on March 29, 2008. He was pretty nervous about walking in front of all those people and was telling me all day that "Prom was stupid" and he didn't want to go. He did great though. He was so cute.

This is Ethan and Haley Black walking across the gym bring the crowns. My camera was struggling and didn't like the lighting.


Here's Ethan after he was all done. (I tried several times to rotate this but it wouldn't change.)



And here is Ethan with Pratt, so handsome.

Happy Easter

We had a really fun Easter weekend. On Friday we went over to Cortez with Javan's family to the Cortez Rec. Center, they have a kiddie pool, lazy river, and big kid slide. The kids had a blast! We swam for over 2 hours. I took some pictures with Javan's phone so we'll have to see if I can get them off of there somehow.

When we got home it was pretty late but we decided to color eggs since the next day was our picnic, the kids love doing this, and Ethan thinks there are never enough eggs.


Ethan and Ally coloring eggs. Ally really takes after Javan in this picture, really concentrating with her tongue out. (It's hard to see.)


The eggs.


Ethan working hard on his egg.

We hiked to an Indian ruin called Moonhouse before our picnic. I think I almost died. I am so out of shape. We hiked down into a canyon and back up the other side to get to the ruin. Ethan did great, and Javan had to carry Ally the whole way. She kept saying she was tired, and she got a free ride the whole time.



This is a picture inside the ruin, it's still in really good shape. The paper Ethan is holding in his hand says "Do Not Enter Rooms", right where he was about to go, after moving the paper of course.


A little family picture at the ruin.


Ally and Javan in their sunglasses.


Ally on the hunt for some eggs.


Ethan spotting some eggs for Ally.


After the mighty egg hunt.


Ally and Ethan digging into their Easter baskets on Sunday morning, wondering where the Easter bunny went.


New Easter outfits.


We had another Easter egg hunt at Grandma Heather's house on Sunday afternoon. Here are some of the cousins from Javan's side. Ethan was ticked because he filled up his basket and there wasn't room for any more eggs.

Family Pictures

We had family pictures taken last week. You can view them if you would like. Help me choose which ones to order.

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Baby #3

That's right, we're having another baby! I am super excited and depending on how Ethan and Ally are acting dictates if Javan is excited or not. It took me awhile to talk Javan into this but he finally agreed. So, I am 13 1/2 weeks along, and due on September 3. But if we follow the trend of the other two it will be an August baby. So I am gearing up for a long and hot summer, but I look forward to it. I love being pregnant. Start thinking of names (we don't know what it is yet).

Tagged!

I've been tagged.

Four jobs I've had in my life:
1. Dental Hygienist at San Juan Dental
2. Teller at Zions Bank
3. Front Desk Clerk at Comfort Inn
4. Pharmacy Tech at San Juan Pharmacy

Four movies I have, or would watch over and over again:
(This is kind of hard, there's lots of movies I love)
1. Fools Rush In
2. Annie and Savannah Smiles (childhood favorites)
3. On Golden Pond
4. Anything with Owen Wilson

Four places I have lived:
1. Salt Lake City
2. Blanding
3. Cedar City
4. Orem

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Candy (great for a dental hygienist)
2. Ham and cream potatoes (another childhood favorite ...mmmmm)
3. Smoothies, popsicles, snow cones (not ice cream as much)
4. Training Table (mmm..mmm..good)

Four places I would rather be:
1. Somewhere warm, with no snow
2. On Vacation
3. Close to my siblings
4. With Javan

Four thing I am looking forward to in 2008
1. A new baby
2. Lake Powell
3. Camping
4. Garden tomatoes

Four friends I tag
1. Kelli
2. Adalia
3. & 4. I think the rest have been tagged with one similar so you can do it if you choose.

Zion's National Park

So here we are at Zion's National Park. I have never been there before. It's a beautiful place. You'd think it might have occured to me to pack some tennis shoes for hiking since this is the main activity at this park, but no, alas I did not. But it was raining and snowing the whole time so I had a good excuse to be lazy and lounge around while Javan was in meetings.

We stayed in Springdale, Utah, just outside the park at the Majestic View Lodge. It was a neat little town with lots of little shops and restaurants. When Javan was all done with meetings we went to the Imax theater and watched a thing about the park and we toured around the town a bit. There were lots of interesting animals, our kids would have loved it. (We left them with Grandma and Grandpa.) It was a good weekend. Javan and I have had some nice trips together recently, I love it.

A little elk ranch just right in the middle of town.

Some crazy white deer with moose-like antlers.

Poor thing had wire wrapped all around his antlers.

View from our balcony.

Another shot from our balcony.

When entering the park you have to go through 2 tunnels. One is very short, the other is over 1 mile long, and very dark. There are some little windows along the way. I'm not sure what they are for because you can't stop in the tunnel. Maybe they are for fresh air or just light, I don't know, anyway this is one from the outside.

The town of Springdale and the park is down in the bottom of this huge canyon. This is a picture of the switchback road as you make your way down.

A big buffalo.

One ugly black and white cow amoungst the buffalo.

The Majestic View Lodge. This is the picture they had on their website. (I didn't take any myself) It's kind of a weird picture.

This was interesting

Last week Javan and I went to Zion's National Park, for some of Javan's meetings. On the way there we were happily driving down the road when and ambulance suddenly turned into our lane and stopped. Apparently they had just loaded a passenger into the life flight helicopter. The driver of the ambulancejumped out and started taking pictures of the helicopter so I decided I should take some too. There wasn't an accident on the highway so this must have just been the meeting point for life flight.

Another Birthday Party

What a spoiled boy. We had another birthday party with the Grandma's and Grandpa's, with more presents, more cake, and more ice cream.

I hate this. This was video of everyone singing happy birthday to Ethan while he wouldn't smile or look up until it was time to blow out the candles.

Happy Birthday Ethan!

Ethan turned 4 on February 18th. But since we were out of town both the weekend before and after, we had his party early on Feb. 9. It was his first friends party. He was so excited to have all his friends come over to his house. We had a good time and Ethan got lots of fun presents. Wow, birthday parties are a lot of work.

The Scooby Doo Cake

Ethan and Ally with the Scooby Doo

The kids eating pizza

Playing pin the collar on Scooby Doo

Playing Scooby Doo Bingo

Opening presents

Blowing out the candles and eating cake


What a day!

Max's Birthday Party

On February 2nd we went over to Javan's mom's house for our nephew Max's birthday party. We played in the snow and had a blast. Then warmed up with some yummy soup.

Ethan and his cousin Ashlynn sledding.

Video of Toby pulling Ethan and Ashlynn on the sled.

(I cannot make videos work, does anyone know?)

Where's the sun?

Will the snow ever melt? It feels like the longest winter of my life. I am so tired of scraping the windows on my car, getting stuck in my own driveway, having a wet stinky dog in the house, being cold, bundling up, driving on slick roads, get the picture. I am ready for the warm weather.

We had a pretty big storm on Sunday and Monday, there was ALOT of snow. They closed the highway between Blanding and Monticello for awhile. I didn't leave the house for 2 days (with one exception, I went to rescue my mom, whose car was stuck in her own driveway). I thought there was alot of snow in Blanding. Then I went to work in Monticello. Holy cow, they got burried. I'll have to take some pictures next week.

Here are some pictures of snow around our house. The sun did come out for awhile yesterday and melted quite a bit of snow off the roads and such.

Snow falling off our roof.

View from our front door.

The deck.

Our backyard, and swing set.