Spring Fever

I didn't want to look at that picture of Kate anymore, so I had to put this one up. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm dying for spring. I just keep thinking about what it's like to walk to the park with the kids in warm sunny weather. Ahhh. To those of you who live where it's warm right now, we'll see who's laughing in the summer when you're melting to death:)

Poo Party

I had one of those experiences today that every mom dreads. Kate woke up from her nap, but wasn't screaming so I just let her stay up there. The fact that she wasn't screaming should have clued me in that something wasn't right. When will I learn? The first thing that hit me when I walked in her room was the smell. No big deal right? Just change her pants. Wrong. I looked at Kate and she was covered in poo. It was caked all over her hands, on her face, legs, and feet. Not to mention her crib, blankets, and stuffed animals. Yes, apparently she had quite the party. Blowouts are bad enough, but your kid purposefully playing in poo? Not ok.

Fine, you spend the next 30 minutes cleaning up. The problem was that I had to leave right then to pick Zack up from preschool. I actually thought about just leaving her there in denial that she existed. But I decided that probably wasn't the greatest idea and I'd somehow end up with an even bigger mess (if that was possible). Of course I took time to take a picture so I can get some sympathy. Then I threw her in the shower and scrubbed her off. I put her in a diaper and pajamas and ran like mad to get Zack. I broke numerous laws and managed to get there seconds before Zack walked out. Zack wondered why Kate was in her pajamas, so I explained the situation to him. He said that Kate smelled like a gerbil (they have gerbils at his school and they stink so this is not a compliment).

Anyway, things are scrubbed off and in the laundry as we speak. Why do I want another kid?:)

Exciting News!

For once I have some good news! We're expecting our third baby. Yes, three. I'm due August third so I'm almost 13 weeks along. I swore I would never have another baby in the summer, but here I am again. Let me just give you a rundown of what July and August are like in our family: July 13, Zack's b-day; July 16, Jake's b-day; August 2, Kate's b-day; August 3 (or somewhere around there), new baby's b-day; August 28, anniversary. Yes, it's a birthday marathon at our house during July. By the time they're all over I'm exhausted. I feel like I don't make them as enjoyable as I would if they were spread out. Oh well. Maybe we'll just start having group birthday celebrations.

Anyway, I had my first doctor's appointment last week. We heard the heartbeat and everything looks good. So we'll keep our fingers crossed like you always do when you're pregnant. The fatigue and nausea were pretty nasty this time, but luckily I'm starting to feel better. I can't wait to enter the second trimester bliss portion of the pregnancy.

Do we want a boy or a girl? Either one I think. Now that we have one of each it doesn't matter so much. This time we're guaranteed to have clothes for the baby. Yes!

I have to tell you what the kids said when we told them. Then I'll stop my rambling. Jake told them I was going to have another baby. They both starting jumping up and down because they were really excited. Kate said, "I want a pink one!" Zack said, "Babies aren't pink Kate, they're kind of white." So there you have it. We will not be having a pink baby.

Big Time Catch-up

So I'm a little behind (definitely an understatement). I've got a lot of catching up to do and was debating how to do it. I thought about doing a separate little post for each event, but that was a bit overwhelming. So this is what you get. A super long slide show of random pictures from the last couple of months and a brief commentary about those events. I know, if I did this more often it wouldn't be so hard. I'll try to do better, but no promises.

Let's start off with St George the weekend before Thanksgiving. Ahh, blissful, warm St George. Every time we go we have a harder time coming back to the cold. Jake's mom and step-dad own a house down there and are nice enough to let us go play with them. I think they might get sick of us by the end of the winter. I'm pretty sure when I grow up I'll have a house in St George and will reside there every winter. Anyway, we had a fabulous time. We managed to go mountain biking and I managed not to kill myself. Very fun.

Next we have Thanksgiving. Fun times had by all and of course lots of delicious food eaten by all. We descended upon my Aunt Barbara and Uncle John's house for dinner. They might be wishing they still lived in California after the chaos we brought. Loved the food though. Delicious!

Christmas was fabulous. We were all together minus the missionary brother. That doesn't happen very often so it was nice. We did the traditional dinner, caroling, nativity, and testimonies. The nativity was interrupted by a zone full of missionaries caroling to us. I don't think there was a dry eye in the house. We like to think that was Linz's Christmas present to us. Thanks Linz! Anyway, kids loved the presents and loved playing with Grandpa as usual.

We managed to make a trip to see the lights at Temple Square. Beautiful as usual. We also made another trip back to St George. Lovely warm St George. We came home to zero degree temperatures. Talk about shock to the system...

Well, there you have it. The holidays in a nutshell. Happy to be done with 2008 and praying mightily for a wonderful 2009. Please...