Baby Williams is a....

BOY!!!

We are thrilled. Actually, Adrian was beyond thrilled. First just because I told him the decision was his whether we found out or not...and second because it's another boy. The ultrasound itself was really a lot of fun. Our tech was wonderful and it also helped that the baby was very lively! It would have been VERY hard to keep the gender a secret- his little boy parts were all over the screen!!! Everything looks great though- baby boy is measuring perfectly and looks very healthy. Don't ask us about a name yet- we have NO CLUE!!

Here are a few pics with explanations, for those who are sonogramily- challenged...

Here little boy is playing with his boy parts. Oh we're so proud...

More boy parts...notice the tiny little arrow pointing to his not-so-tiny little thang...


Profile shot- see his little mouth is slightly open! Cute!!


Leg & foot...


Another shot of his long legs!


And one of my favorites- he's waving to us! See his little hand? All 5 fingers are accounted for!

The Question of the Day....

Boy...or... Girl???


or...Surprise???


Come 3:45pm MST, we will know for sure!!

I've been tagged...

Answer these fifteen questions about yourself and tag three other people at the end of your post by leaving them a comment on their blog.

3 Joys

1. My family.
2. A quiet moment.
3. A bubble bath!

3 Fears

1. That something awful is going to happen to one of my kids, my husband, or myself.
2. Bad storms. Especially strong wind, thunder & lightening. Call it childish, but it makes my blood pressure increase every time!
3. Spiders. Or really, icky bugs of any kind.

3 Goals

1. Devote more time to my husband and marriage. We need a date. Anyone wanna babysit??
2. To teach my kids the gospel. I hope everything will fall into place, parenting wise after that.
3. To have a natural, medication-free childbirth in about 4 months!

3 Obsessions/Collections

1. Cooking magazines. Oh how I love them.
2. September Sweethearts- a group of online girlfriends. We all 'met' online in January, 2003, when we all found out we were pregnant with our first babies and due September, 2003. We've been chatting since and I've even been priveledged to meet several of them!
3. Having a clean house. I'm pretty picky about this. I really like my house to be clean and orderly. It's difficult with 2 kids (and being pregnant!) but it's still a priority.

3 Random Facts About Me

1. I love to garden. I'm still in the learning stage of it all, but really do love it!
2. I'm a stay-at-home mom and I adore it. Do I really have to go back to work someday?? Maybe I'll go to cooking school and be a Chef...
3. One of the biggest side effects of pregnancy for me is an awful memory. I forget EVERYTHING. Even if I write it down. Twice. So frustrating!!

I tag...Cassy, Amy and Autumn!

Two Peas in a Pod...

Even despite the 3 1/2 year age difference, Thomas & Hailey just love to hang out together. Last week, Hailey suddenly decided she was a big girl and wanted to sit with Thomas at the table to eat breakfast. She sat up there with her Elmo spoon and just ate away! My heart melted- how old is she again?! She's sat at the table with us for every meal since and I have to say, she does really well! She uses utensils...even if she just holds on to her fork while she eats with her other hand- LOL!! But really, for 16 months old, she's doing quite well.



Here's a quick shot- both are a bit destracted by the cartoons on in the other room...

Our yard is DONE!

Well, as done as it's going to get for a while that is! We do still want to plant some flowers in the front, but that's not work, it's fun!! wow- what a huge project that was. We are still tired. Thankfully the weather hasn't been cooperating, so we've gotten a brief break from the last few things needing to be completed. But here are some pics of the progress!

Here are a couple "before" pics. these were taken while the trenching was being done.

Then we brought in 40 yards of top soil...

Then we found a couple COOL rocks while trenching the neighbors yard. So we had to haul them both over to our yard. Thank heavens we didn't have to convince Keoki they were cool- he KNEW it. He and Kory and Kory's little VW helped Adrian haul our rocks into place in our flower bed. Whew!!

Pretend you don't see the sod there...LOL. Then we spread the top soil and laid the sod! Beofre we laid the sod out, we also had the fence guys come and install our fence!

And here are a few pics of the finished product! Complete with this morning's weather...gotta love Utah!! The first pic is of the backyard from Monday- about 76 degrees and GORGEOUS. The rest are from this morning...30-something degrees and well, snowy.

Despite the snow, doesn't it look GREAT?! We are so appreciate of all the help we got too- we worked so hard!! It does look great though, and in another few weeks when the sod is more established and **hopefully** it's not snowing, the kids will really enjoy it!

16 weeks and counting...

I hit the 16 week mark today- YAY! This always seems to be somewhat of a turning point for me. My never-ending morning sickness begins to get better, just as my waist-line disappears and I begin to look like something really is growing in there! It's beginning to get fun. I started feeling the baby move last week and it's getting stronger and more noticable now. In another month I'll be cursing the circus act going on inside me, but for now, it's fun. Our BIG ultrasound is in 1 month and the verdict is still out as to whether or not we'll find out the gender....we'll see!!

Enjoying Spring at the Hogle Zoo!

We went to the zoo today. Wow- it was so fun! I highly recommend going in Spring. It seemed like all of the animals were so ENERGETIC...so much different than going when it's hotter. It was just Thomas, Hailey and I today, but we had lots of fun. We had a few "close encounters" that I was able to get on video! Neat! Hailey wasn't thrilled with how close they got, as you can see! Poor baby! Thomas thought it was the coolest thing EVER though.

Surprise!!! Baby # 3 on the way!

I'm due October 8th! Here is a pic of the little bean at 8w6d. I had my 12w appt this morning and it went GREAT! Baby's HR was 175 and everything is measuring right on!

My cute kids...

We took this just before we left for church on Sunday. They have so much fun together!

Painting, one bathroom at a time...

We bought more paint this weekend and started a few projects. I painted the downstairs half bath while Adrian tackled our master bath. I LOVE how the downstairs bath turned out!! The master bath still isn't done yet, but it looks great so far. We're hoping to get MOST of the painting done before our outside projects start up in May.

Hailey vs. the Wax Paper

Adrian was down watching TV when he heard rustling in the kitchen and just presumed it was me doing something. After a while (apparently!) he decided to check it out and this is what he found. And then of course, he had to make a dress out of it. Poor Hailey has a little cold right now, but yes, playing with the wax paper did make her feel better!!

Discovery Gateway

We have this really cool Children's Museum about 10 minutes away, at the Gateway mall. We got a membership and have been a couple of times already. Christy and Keoki were here visiting and so we decided to take them, along with Tiffany, James, Matthew, Kory, Raz, and Elise! We had fun!!