Baby Number 2 is a....

Well, we had the gender ultra sound on Dec 22nd. We finally know what we're having so it was a perfect early Christmas present for Matt and I. Do you want to know too?


First off, lets look at some pictures! Here's me at 20 weeks and 3 days.



Awwww! Look at the face! At least some of it since Baby #2 was facing my back. The tech had a hard time getting a good shot because of it.



Here's a picture the baby giving us a thumbs up! Or is it hang loose :)?



This baby is going to have some big hands!!!


Now I have to tell you how we told our families. We were so cruel and made them wait till Christmas Eve! We originally told them Christmas Day but surprised them a day early. We made two Rainbow Chip cakes (yum!) and hid plastic pacifiers through out the cake and only one was the color of the gender. I also hid yellow and white ones just to throw them off. The funny part about it is that both Mom's found the right piece and both were so HAPPY! We were too excited to even think of taking a picture so there are none but take my word for it, they were very excited and so are we!

Baby #2 is going to be a BOY!!!
If you are shocked, we are just as shocked as you are. I seriously thought I was going to have a girl but we are yet again blessed with having another boy and we couldn't be happier.

Broke Part 2

This evening Evan picked what he wanted to wear to bed.

We think this is his way of fixing his Elmo pajamas.

Evan's First Train Ride

Yesterday we spent the day riding a "Cho Cho Train". Evan has become a fan of them lately so we took him on one. We drove up to Sandy to catch Trax to Salt Lake City. As soon as we got in the car Evan started saying "eight". It took us a second to realize that he was refering to song number eight on the CD. Evan had memorized his favorite song on the CD that had been in the car the last couple days. All he can see from his seat is the track number. After the song would finish, he would either say "again" or the track number to his other favorite song. It's a good thing these songs are our favotites too, because he wouldn't let us listen to the other songs on the CD.

Once we got to Salt Lake we got on the Front Runner. We sat on the top of the train since it was a double decker. Evan was being silly with the guy sitting behind him. Evan would stare at him till the guy looked at him and then Evan gave him the cheesiest grin and would laugh and then hide. The gentlemen thought he was really funny. I got a picture of some of it.

Once we got into Davis county I got to see the old house my family grew up in Layton. I also got to see the beauty school in the distance, but the sad thing about it is that it's now a Marinello Hair School. I checked the school's website and it says they're a member of Merinello but I wonder if Fran Brown is still owner. It makes me sad if she's not because she's been in business for as long as I can remember.
Anyways, the Front Runner goes as far as Ogden. We stayed there for 20 mins till it went back to Salt Lake. We sat in a different compartment then before because it had more room for Evan to move around.

Once we went back to Salt Lake we waited for the lights to come on at Temple Square. We kept warm in the Joseph Smith building, listening to a group singing Christmas Songs. The lights were pretty and we saw the different nativity scenes.

Santa Came!

We had a wonderful Christmas holiday so I'm sad to see it end. We are so blessed this season, full of wonderful family and friends, near and far and the blessings Heavenly Father has blessed us with all year long.
Just like last year we spent Christmas Eve with the Felt's. They have their big Christmas feast and this year we had Duck! Nathan and Elizabeth made it and they did an amazing job! We also had mashed potatoes, salad, rolls, vegetables and yummy sparkling apple cider. After dinner we had the traditional reading of Luke. Ellen, Evan, Abby, Matt, Mom and Ammon acted it out for us while Dad read it. We had dessert and then we opened up presents! I'm getting horrible with remembering to take pictures but Evan was so excited to open his along with Abby. We were spoiled as always and we visited with them for a little longer but before we went home to get Evan to bed we dropped by the Thompson's for a little bit. We also had some dessert with them and then went home to set up for Christmas once Evan was in bed. The next morning (today) Evan woke bright and early. I didn't think it would start this early with our kids but it did. He woke up at 5:00 but went back to sleep but woke every thirty mins after that until Matt got him at 6:00. I couldn't sleep at all so since Evan was bright eyed we just got up with him and opened our gifts. His reaction to his basketball hoop (Hoppie) was so cute! I'm glad we had a way to record it.

He played with it for a while and wouldn't touch his other gifts till we started to open ours.

Before we headed back to our families, we stopped by Amy and Austins house. I couldn't get over how cute Cadence was being playing with his baby piano. We got to play Wii with them for a little bit.
On our way up to Spanish Fork Evan fell asleep and there was no way of keeping him up.

He was gone! He stayed asleep even after bringing him into the house. We stopped at the Thompson's first because they were waiting for us to open their gifts. I think it's fun watching them. Evan woke up after awhile and joined in on opening the presents. I actually took my camera out for this.


After the presents we had yummy Cinnamon twist. We hung out and played with what we got and then we went to my families again. I vegged out on more food and we played Wii some more. Evan was getting a little tired so we went back to the Thompson's. It' nice having them next door. They were in the middle of a movie so we laid down and watched it with them. Matt and I ended up falling asleep and Evan not too long after.

Dinner was not too long after that. We had ham, cream corn, mashed potatoes, olives, ribbon jello, rolls and more sparkling apple cider. We played a few games after that and headed home.
We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!!

"Broke!"

A few days ago Matt and I were getting him ready for bed together. Since it's cold we almost always put on those one piece fleece sleepers. Evan really wanted to wear his Elmo underware so we put them on over his diaper. We decided to also put on his Elmo two piece pj's. He saw them and instantly started crying and kept saying "Broke! It's broke!" over and over. We tried to put them on him but he would take them from us and throw them on the ground saying "broke!". It's amazing how absurbant he is.

Thanksgiving and it's Weekend

I know this is late but I want this on here and I thought I better get it posted before Christmas.
This year for Thanksgiving we had it with my Mom's side of the family. It was a big reunion of all my Mom's brothers and sisters, nine in all. Most of the cousins were there too but there was still a lot missing. We traveled to Morgan for the big get together. It was a lot of fun seeing everyone again because the last Thanksgiving we had like this was back in 2002.

This is all who came. Thanks Uncle Dave and Aunt Heidi for putting this event together!

On Friday I was one of those crazy people that woke up bright and early to shop. I was even more crazy for taking Evan but he woke up all on his own so I didn't feel bad for taking him. He was actually really good the entire time. Maybe I should take him shopping at 6:00 am more often:). We only went to one store and made it out with what we wanted in less then 30 mins. I wasn't there right at opening so I thought I was pretty lucky. Evan and I then bought and took breakfast for Matt. He had to be to work bright and early to move some servers so we got to hang out with him for a little bit. On my way home with Evan I was thinking that I would put him down for a nap at 9:00 because that would make it about the same time I would put him down on a normal day. I got lucky because he was falling asleep as I was turning into our driveway and it was around 7:30. I got to take a nap earlier then I thought:). Later that evening we went to the Felt Thanksgiving dinner. Not as many people came like past years but it was still great seeing everyone that traveled.
Saturday was the biggest football game of the year, BYU vs. Utah! I wish we brought our camera because all we got were cell pics and I don't know how to get them on the computer. Anyways, Matt and I bought All Sport Passes again this year but we bought the rotating seats. We got some pretty good seats but had some bad ones through out the season. We were lucky and got Row 1, north end zone and dead center for this game! A lot of people let us know that they saw us on TV a few times but the greatest thing was the very last play that was made by Andrew George. He made the winning touchdown and he came right towards us. The team gathered there and everything! It was so cool to be the closest ones to all the action till everyone piled onto the field. I wasn't in the greatest spot being pregnant but the baby and I survived. My brother Joseph was with us and he and Matt went on the field just to say they did. They went the fast way by hopping the fence. I went on it myself but went the long way:). The sad thing about all this is that Max Hall had to run his mouth about the Utes. I'm very dissapointed in him because it honestly took the win from us. This game will only be remembered by Max Halls comments. Good game Utes!!

Evan wants a 'hoopey" for Christmas

Evan is a big fan of basketball. He almost always has a basketball in his hand and throws it in anything that resembles a hoop. Or in Evan's words "Hoopey". He is always coming up to people to try to get them to make there arms into a hoop. Here is a picture of what our bathroom usually looks like if we have left the door open:


He also loves the BYU Basketball games. Thursday night Michael and I took him to the game and he had a blast. The only thing that he didn't like was that he couldn't go down on the court and throw his ball in the "Hoopeys". He did have fun with Cosmo though. Cosmo actually came up and played with him twice.



We have a feeling that Santa will be getting Evan what he is wishing for, because Mom can't handle having balls thrown at her much longer.

Merry Christmas at Wal-Mart

I really don't know where to begin in what I want to say because I'm just so shocked. I'm sure the shock of it wont ware off any time soon.
Tonight, even though it was getting late, I decided to go do my weekly grocery shopping since the rest of the week is just crazy for us and we needed some things for activities that are happening before Friday. After making sure I had everything I needed off my list I got in line to pay for it. Matt won a $20 gift card at his company Christmas party and he told me to use it to pay for the White Elephant gift he needed for his party on Friday. There was a miscommunication between the cashier and I. She thought I wanted to add $20.00 to the card instead of actually using it, causing a delay. One of the customers waiting in line came up to me and said he will pay for it because he thought my card was being declined. I told him thank you but it's just a mix up with a gift card. He went back in line. At this point I'm extremely embarrassed because I was causing a big hold up and probably everyone is thinking I can't pay for my stuff. After a few mins he came back and gave me $26.00 and told me to keep my gift card and Merry Christmas. I tried giving it back but he insisted. Time was still passing by and they decided to finally void the transaction and take me to a different register near by to re-ring everything up. I tried again to give him back the money but again he insisted. After waiting for my stuff to be rung up again I can just see this guy in the corner of my eye coming back over to me and gave me more cash, gave me a hug and said Marry Christmas. I picked the money up and tried to give it to him and he just put his hand up and said you deserve it and made sure the cashier took the money to use it to pay for my things. The Cashier was a little shocked too but began telling me this has happened a few times today. People just randomly handing over money to people they don't even know. In the end this guy ended up giving me $226.00 and my groceries only came to $97. As I'm walking out of Wal-Mart I was shocked but felt guilty at the same time because we don't need this money. After putting the stuff in the car and driving towards the free-way I felt very grateful for this stranger that did such a selfless act of kindness and thought of a family who could use the money. When I got home I took out the rest of the money and Matt looks at it and says, "where did that come from?" I told him what happened and his response was "what?" I ended up telling the story four times before he understood it all. He couldn't believe it and asked questions about the guy. I didn't even think to get his name because I was just shocked. Matt too thought we needed to give the entire $226 away to a family that's in need of it and we both thought of the same family without even discussing it. It's a miracle the way the Lord works and we're grateful that we have been an instrument in helping another family this Christmas.

Counting Down The Days!

I'm so counting down the days till we find out if our little one is a boy or a girl. I'm pretty positive that it's a girl but of course I could be totally wrong. I will be extremely happy if it's another boy though. There's so many good and fun things about having another boy so I'm indifferent about it. Girls are just so much fun to dress up and do girly things with.
I have three close friends that are due around the same time so it's been so fun to see how each other is doing. We've also been sharing tips on finding good deals on baby things. Of course if we're having a girl we'll need to almost start all over. I've been looking for crib bedding and I found this bedding that I absolutely fell in love with. It's driving me crazy that I don't know for sure whats growing inside me because I want this if it's a girl. I'm so tempted to just buy it now and just pray it's a girl because It's an amazing deal that no one can pass up. All the mother's out there should know what I'm talking about. Crib bedding is just so expensive that it's a little insane.
This better still be available if it's a girl when we find out. I love dark colors and it has Ladybugs. Exactly what I've been looking for and it's so cheap. 13 piece set for $99.99. You can't get a 4 piece set for that cheap. I'm in love!

Slacker!!!

I'm a major slacker with this blog lately! I have so much I want to update you on. One of these days I will get around to it, if not tomorrow. I have it on my to do list!