September

Here's a quick photo recap of what we've been up to the last month!

We played with cousins:

Eva and Peter

Eva and Shaun David

Worked on a few things around the house

hall cabinets before:

hall cabinets after

Convinced Eva to let me braid her hair

Played in the rain

Dealt with a little illness

Toured Krispy Kreme with the ward playgroup


Built a fort

Grew an inch or two

Visited the Desert Botanical Gardens

WHEW! That pretty much wraps the month up, at least as much as I can remember anyway....

It's a.......

GIRL!

We're very excited. Here's a little snapshot of her looking nice and comfy all folded in half.

Baby is looking nice and healthy and I'm feeling much better lately. Thank goodness the exhaustion has mostly gone away, and I finally was able to stop taking nausea medication. I'll be halfway through on Tuesday! Woo-Hoo!

ultrasound

Tomorrow is a big day! We're having the anatomy ultrasound. The one where they will hopefully be able to tell if the little squirt is a boy or girl. Jared thinks its a girl...I think it's a boy. Eva just says "ummm....." and walks off when I ask her opinion. I guess one of us is bound to be right. Care to cast your vote? Use the poll at the right of my blog or leave a comment.

The fruits of our labor

It's been a collective effort.....
but we are finally getting to taste the fruits of our labor!Maybe next year we'll be a little smarter and not plant quite so many. There are 12 watermelon and 9 cantaloupe at last count that are nearly ripe. Good thing we like melons!

Celebrating #3!

Whew I'm behind on posting! Jared and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary last Tuesday. It was just a nice, simple anniversary, just the way I like it. We decided to go out to eat for dinner, which proved a mistake. Eva had been acting like a nut case all day, and I joked beforehand that we should make it easy for ourselves and order a pizza rather than try to go out with her. YEAH....it wasn't so funny later at dinner when she's chucking crackers at people and screaming bloody murder when we wouldn't let her run around. So dinner was spent with one or the other of us outside, trying to discipline her, which I'm beginning to think is pointless since I don't think she cares one bit that she's being punished. I'm thinking next year we'll have to give in a get a babysitter. That little fiasco aside, the rest of the day was enjoyable. Bring on #4!

We have such bad luck with our anniversary pictures! Sadly..this was the best of the lot.

Three things I love about Eva

One: She has a great sense of humor and is always making me laugh....

Two: She loves books....

Three: She has the greatest bedhead.....

ahh what the heck. ONE more thing I love about Eva is....


I think she's going to make a really great big sister

14 weeks along

Baby #2 is due February 2nd!

Vacation part 2

After visiting with mom's folks, we headed a few hours north to my dad's parents house in Colorado. My grandparents are ranchers and it was their annual 24th of July celebration, so there was lots to do and see.

Omi spoiled Eva and Shaun David with these teeny frosty's on the drive over.

Ahhh..the parade! Eva's never had so much candy in her life, so naturally she thought it was fantastic.
Abba and Eva going to the hamburger stand

There were more horses to see...
and cows

and...snakes. Dad is so brave. He asked if the kids would like to see one, so he just marched through some tall grass and grabbed one...while he was wearing flip flops! I was impressed.
I'm just trying to prevent her from squishing it to death.
Eva also experienced her first merry-go-round! She's blowing kisses here. What a flirt.

It was so fun sharing some of my childhood experiences with Eva. I can't wait to do it again!