Ok I have been neglecting adding photos for long enough. Just know that we will be taking another belly picture tomorrow night and it may take me forever to add it. HAHA.


Alexis's new bed. I want to get a bed skirt and take out the box spring though!


Britt set this out for me to find on our Anniversary, Alexis was just as excited as I was but for different reasons. I have passed on my love of chips to her and Daddy had put Pringles in the basket!

We found Alexis sleeping on the couch one morning. I had come out about 5:30 and turned the heater up and I am so glad I did, she would have froze.

You guys are going to get the shirt down version of these photos. Britt is taking both and I think my tummy looks funny right now. I will try and post tomorrows picture quickly!

Bunk bed

We got lucky today! We have been scouring Craigslist trying to find a bed frame for Alexis. Everything was way to expensive and junk. So for a year her mattress and box spring and been on the floor, she didn't care but I did. I think she was colder being that close to the floor. My parents being on a mission for the Seattle Mission are in charge of housing and setting up apartments. They have had a huge influx in donations to the mission and the storage units are full and so are garages. They had a bunk bed set that they couldn't get in and 1 mattress. The mission said to donate it to the DI. My parents thought that we might be able to use it and of course we jumped on it. The mattress is way nicer then the one we bought for Alexis, but also thicker. We are going to get a bunk bed board and switch mattress. She loves it, she also wants to sleep and play on the top so we turned the ladder to the wall. I am happy that she has a bed and that it was FREE. She was worried a bit that the top bed was going to fall on her so I expect her to come in our room tonight scared. I took a picture and will load it tomorrow.

11 weeks

We had our 2nd doctors appointment yesterday! We just love Nancy so much. She did another ultrasound and right away our babies face appeared. Now it is just a profile and no we can't tell what this little one will look like. Although Britt is a bit worried if it will come out with his nose as an infant. I have assured him that won't happen. I lost a pound from last month, but no big deal. I am starting to feel better as far as sickness goes. I am having some difficulty sleeping though and getting some heart burn. I will scan the ultrasound pictures in tomorrow and let you see them! Excitement!!!!! None of my jeans will button up now, I can't believe how fast that happened. The nice thing is I can still buy my regular size in Maternity pants. I have the non elastic panel ones and it feels so much better then my regular jeans. It is fun though and I am starting to embrace my body changing. It is still weird though since I have been working for most of my life to keep the weight off and now to be in the zone to pass Britt up, ohwell if the guy weighed more then 135 it wouldn't be so easy to catch him. Alexis loved getting to see the baby again. Britt says he is finding out what the baby is even if I don't want to know. So I guess we are finding out. I knew he didn't like surprises so I figured he would be itchin to know! Oh and the picture on my side bar of the baby would look like is exactly on, fun stuff! Ok well maybe not exactly but you know what I mean.

An Apostle of the Lord

Living outside the greater Salt Lake area we aren't exposed to the Apostles and other General Authorities as much as we would like. This past Sunday was a special treat for our Stake. Elder Richard G. Scott came and did a special meeting for us. It was wonderful to be sitting and listening to an Apostle of the Lord and feel that spirit! Even Alexis must have sensed that this was a special meeting because she was amazingly good, not one fit. We did have to remind her to talk in a whisper, but that is just Alexis. He asked 2 Young Ladies to come out of the audience and asked them questions about what their families do with things such as encouraging personal and family scripture study, Family home evening and praying. He spoke to us on losing a loved one. He bore testimony of our prophet and his love and kindness. He bore witness of our Savior and the Atonement. It was so amazing to be able to attend this meeting and I am so grateful that I am a member of this church and that I have the gospel.

10 years and still strong!

I didn't forget about our 10 year anniversary, just forgot to blog about it! We had a lovely evening. My parents took Alexis for the night and we went out to eat and to see a movie. We didn't have a bunch of time before our 7:30 movie started so we went to Thai really quick. It was yummy, but we like our normal Thai place better. We got to New Moon at 7pm and were lucky to find 2 seats together on the side...how sad would that be to sit separately on our anniversary? Britt has been looking forward to the wolf scenes for months now. He was not disappointed either! After the movie we went to Applebee's for dessert, we wanted something warm. It was so fun to come home at 11 and not be stressed about putting Alexis to bed and all that. It doesn't feel like 10 years have gone by. It has gone so fast. We are so lucky to have found each other! I Love Britt so very much! Thanks for the last 10 and I can't wait for the next 10!

Pg update

Well I am starting to show a bit. I am really not liking the way any of my clothes fit, but don't want to buy new ones either. Partly because I don't want to buy a bigger size of normal clothes. My sweat and pj pants kill my tummy though so I may have to give in. I am feeling good for the most part but every few days I feel sick again and mostly in the evening. We took our first photo of me yesterday at 10 weeks. Britt wants to take one every week in front of the crib with a sign saying how far along I am. I was going to wait until week 12, but since I am starting to show he decided now is good. Alexis is cute she still talks about all the babies in her tummy that are getting big. She will even lay on the couch and say she doesn't feel good because of the babies. It is fun though having her old enough to understand a little of what is going on. I did ask her how all 6 babies got in her tummy just to see what her response would be and she told me they just climbed in. I didn't press the issue, lol. Britt is always calling me with a new name he has thought of. He really likes Brooke for a girl and I really like Megan, wish they went together better. Boy names are tricky for me. I feel really strong in having a good name that they will be able to grow up with. I am not really into cutsie names for a boy. We will figure it out though! We are still undecided on if we will find out what the baby is. I really think it is a boy, but I am not sure if that is just because I want a boy. We are having fun and it is finally really sinking in that we are having a baby. Life is good.

Why?

Leslie you are in so much trouble...showing a pregnant girl this. If Alexis wasn't asleep right now I would be driving to the store in the middle of this crazy storm for yeast to make Orange rolls. Goodness she makes everything look sooooo yummy. Even things I don't really like (chicken fried steak). I will be getting yeast tomorrow, even after declaring to myself that I don't need to go to the store at all tomorrow. If I gain a ton of extra weight you will have to come over here and be my personal trainer next fall. LOL, really though I will be trying my hand at a few of her recipes!

waiting so patiently for her nails to be painted!



Making a bracelet

Alexis is in the I won't smile at the camara phase.

Huge pile of candy.

She drew the face herself!

Limitations

I spent the whole day today cleaning. Things have gotten a bit neglected lately like the dusting and mopping. The sister missionaries were supposed to teach a lesson here so I thought I would spiffy things up. I think I over did it though, since now I am sore. The lesson I learned is do little bits everyday instead of letting it pile up. I have 5 blankets to make right now and so I better get busy. I think Alexis will be going to be early tonight!!

Mt. St. Helen's and the Ape Caves

September 26, 2009 we took a day to go see Mt. Saint. Helen's. It was cloudy and sprinkling on our way to the observatory, but then we cleared the clouds and had an amazing view of the valley and mountain. It is so humbling to see the power of mother nature. The kids loved it, they didn't love the car ride. After eating lunch at the mountain we headed off to do the ape caves. Our GPS told us there was a back road that would shave a bunch of time off the trip. They guys were all for trying it, it was a dirt road and probably would have gone through eventually if not for the gate that blocked the road part way. So we turned around and headed a different direction which took us to the main road. We got to the parking lot and found out that it was a free day so we didn't have to pay parking. We descended into the pitch black and had to stop. Britt forgot extra batteries, then Ben broke his flash light. The kids loved it though. Jon and Britt crawled on their bellies to the farthest they could go. We turned off all the lights at the end and let the kids feel just how dark it was...it was crazy the blackness was so thick. Back at the entrance you could leave the caves or go to the upper cave. Alexis was done and so was Ben so Stephanie and i left and Britt, Jon and Sam went tot he upper cave. It was intense with climbing over boulders and skirt holes, glad I didn't take Alexis. We let the kids play and run around outside and when it started to get dark we got in the car and the kids played some more. It took the guys some 3 hours to get through the upper cave and we were starving by that point. We hit Mcdonald's and ate before starting the over 2 hour drive back to Jon and Steph's. Then the 45 minutes back to our house. It was seriously a fun day and I can't wait to explore more of Washington. Up next is the Olympic rain forest. We might wait until spring for that one though! Who knows though one of these nice Saturdays may just find us in the car driving west!



The battery on the camera died right after this picture.

I have cute pictures from Halloween, but I haven't charged the battery on my camera so you will all have to wait! We had a fun couple of nights though. Ward trunk or treat....followed by cold stone creamery with friends and family on Friday night. Halloween morning we carved Alexis's pumpkin. She really didn't like the gooey stuff, but toughed through it and drew a face on her pumpkin. I cute it out and she was so excited. We then went to the Deputy's Annual Halloween bash and had a good time visiting with friends and eating. Our High School has a Pumpkin Bash thing that another church puts on and they give out lots of candy and have fun games for the kids to play. It was dry and warm so it was the right choice for me! We had beef stew and Mexican hot chocolate afterwards at our house. Sadly Britt, Jon and Sam didn't get to celebrate with us. Britt had to work and Jon was with Sam in the hospital.

Sam spent the week at Mary Bridge after a middle of the night appedentictomy on Tuesday. His appendix had ruptured leaving him a very sick little boy. He didn't start holding anything down until Sunday and thankfully was released today. He will still be on Antibotic for 2 more weeks, has a picc line in his arm for the meds and has to stay out of school the rest of the week. I don't suggest this method for getting out of school for 2 weeks though. He seems to be doing 100% better. Sam had us very worried though.

I bought my first pair of maternity pants today. Not the ones with the elastic panel though. They have an adjustable waistband. My size 4 pants were not fitting at all. I need to get a new skirt also, none of them fit comfortably, and with 3 hours of church meetings I want to feel good! Britt didn't work today because his truck was getting a service so we were able to hang out as a family. We went shopping and out to lunch. It is much easier to clothes shop with Britt there because he doesn't seem to mind spending the money. Weird! It was a fun day though, even if I do snip a bit at him here and there!

Doctor visit #1

Today we went to see Nancy Spencer for our first appointment. I love that she is family oriented. Alexis sat on the bed while she did a quick ultrasound to peek at the baby. It was hard for Alexis to understand since the baby is so small. I am 7 weeks 3 days and due June 14, 2010. She is sending me for another ultrasound on Friday so they can take a closer look and really pin point a due date since this was so un-expected and I wasn't really paying attention to my cycles. Britt mentioned that he thinks it is multiples, she could only see one baby but said that the other ultrasound will show everything. I think there is only one though. I asked why my pants are tight already and she said that it is normal...so Britt I am not over eating and just getting fat, lol. She drew blood and the family veins proved themselves worthy and wouldn't give up blood. She finally got her 2 vials on the 3rd try. My arm is killing me and I can't pick things up or bend it. I am sure I will have a giant bruise. I don't have another appointment until right before Thanksgiving. I will scan the picture in here for all to see our little pea!
It is in a zip lock bag because Alexis keeps looking at it. I think I will put it in a plastic frame or something to protect it and so that she can look at it. That is what all the waves are in the picture.

Pumpkin patch and more!

A few photos to catch up!

On one of the last nice days of the year I was watching the Schaub's. Alexis and Evana decided to make root beer mud pies...in nice clothes. I chose to use my nice mommy and told them that they would just have to play in the sprinkler. Really doesn't every kid make root beer mud pies? So I put the splash mat on and they decided their clothes need to come off. Then they washed them, beating them and flipping them around. They did a pretty good job. So I snapped a few pictures. They went in the garden and tried to find any strawberries that might still be growing. They had fun.(do you like the well placed plants? No naked bum shots.)


We met our new niece/cousin Madison on Saturday. Madison is Kevin's daughter that we just found out about. She is almost 2 and very tall. The kids played, made carmel apples and ate mini hamburgers. We then went to the pumpkin patch. Maris farms is always fun and not as muddy as others due to grass and gravel walks. We did the corn maze, jumped, went down the slide a bunch, well not me, the hay ride and looked at pumpkins. Sadly Britt wasn't able to join us because he was in Spokane. They had tons of fun and we even rewarded with a funnel cake!



Is it really that hard to smile?


Grandpa and his four grandkids...#5 is on its way!

Alexis and the cat have a love hate relationship...here they are at their best.

Private

We are going private. Please leave you email addy. I have it comment moderation so nobody will see it! We will go private on Saturday Oct 17th so get me that email.

A little bit of news

The low down on us is that we are going to have a baby.....it is the craziest thing to every happen to us. Even more crazy then when where asked if we wanted Alexis to be our little girl. We have prayed and prayed for this and trusted that it would happen when it was time. We really honestly thought that we would need doctor intervention to get here. I guess in a way we did with Britt having surgery in January. He was told 3-4 months and then things should be working good. Well 5 months later we know that things are working! It is truly a miracle.

So when we told Alexis today that a baby is on the way. We told her it was in mommy's tummy and was growing, but it will take awhile. She told us that she has a baby in her tummy too. She wanted to see the baby and then "snuggled" my tummy (those where her words). It is very sweet. We are over the moon seeing as how our 10 year anniversary is November 20th. Why did it take nearly 10 years, only the Lord knows but we are so grateful. We are better people for having a 10 year wait imposed upon us. Better parents and appreciate this opportunity more then we would have had we not had to struggle. I am 5 weeks 2 days and will be impatiently waiting until June 14th or around there to see our little baby. Alexis is a big sister to be, finally! She will be almost 4 and will be such a huge helper and probably drive us crazy with wanting to hold her new baby brother or sister. Britt thinks we are having twins and Alexis goes along with it like it is normal. I however think(and hope)that it is only 1.

First Bite.

Lately Alexis has been picking our cat up, who ways about 15 pounds. When she picks him up he goes limp and gives us this look of "Please somebody tell her to put me down." We always are telling her to put him down, but she still does it. She has also started dragging the cat down to her bedroom and closing the door. Last night she grabbed him up and well he nipped at her finger. She cried of course as if the world was ending. I asked her if she learned anything and she replied" the cat just do a somersault and bite me." I tried to suppress my laughter so that I didn't hurt her feelings and told her yes cats can do somersaults but that you should pick the cat up. This morning she told daddy about the cat doing a somersault and biting her and making a hole in her finger...there isn't even a scratch. I love this age....they say the cutest stuff!

Take me out the ball game!

Saturday we got to go to the Mariner's game for Free. Well we had to pay for gas to get there. We were in the 300 level...which is high. Maybe too high for 3 year old's to understand what she is supposed to be watching. She was so excited and even wanted to carry our backpack. It was kind of a wet day so we were surprised to get there and find the roof open. Alexis snoozed on the way up to Seattle and then woke up happy and for a 7pm game that is important. We ate before leaving and took snacks with us and got on the longest escalator I have ever seen. Found our seats (had to ask a group of boys to move out of them first!) and settled into the game which had already started. Alexis had fun...I don't think the Mariner's did though since they lost 1-10 to the Yankees. Alexis still takes about cheering for the yellow boat in the race they did on the big screen, and that the boat we chose won. She also tells everyone that she went to a baseball game. Maybe when she gets older she will play, you never know. A big thank you to Collin for the tickets!First walking into Safeco Field, can you tell we are late (there is nobody around, lol)

I think she was watching the big screen.Britt and Alexis
Our view of Seattle from our seats.

Cotton Candy mouth!

Bike riding girl

I wish I had a picture(I guess I will have to go out and take one) of Alexis riding her bike. She is so fast now. She has only gone out and rode it 4 times, but she is good! She rode over a mile on Wednesday while Britt and I walked. Thursday her and Britt went on a ride. They rode up to my parents house. She fell when she turned on their rode and scraped her knee and then fell a few more times coming back. She was upset so Britt stacked her bike on his and walked home part way. Then carried her riding the bike. I love how strong she is. She is awesome!

Alexis fell out of my bed yesterday at 5:30 am. I hurried and grabbed her and held her close and she told me that she fell out of the big bed. I replied to her that I was sorry. She said "It's not you mom, it's me." Funny girl.

Yesterday while driving home from the pet store Alexis was holding her new fish, to replace the orange one that died. She started laughing and wiggling saying her fish was tickling her. She also says her fish talk to her. What a silly girl.