My Hailey girl

I wanted to just post a cute pic of our little Hailey. She's growing up so fast- I know that sounds cliche, but it's so true! I can't believe she'll be 18 months old soon- and a big sister! Well, an older sister at least! She's is talking like crazy! She'll try and repeat everything you want her to say...and has even picked up a few things we would rather her not! She is such a great helper and just has a darling personality. Each morning when I go get her out of her crib, she starts asking for cereal and bananas...and treats of course! This girl LOVES treats! She really is a cutie- I just love her to pieces!!

Look, Ma, NO TRAINING WHEELS!!

So today Thomas decided he wanted to be like the big kids that ride their bikes all around the neighborhood...which meant- no more training wheels! He actually did really well! He's still a bit wobbly with turns, but he really picked it up easily. GO THOMAS!!

Swinging in the Sun

Raz & I met up at the park today for a picnic lunch. It's so nice living so close! It was cool out, but it's perfect weather for 2 pregnant women! We had a fun time!

Here's Hailey and all her teethies! She just got tooth #8 today!

Thomas' BIG smile. Such a goof ball. This is Elise, Kory & Raz's daughter. She just celebrated her 1st birthday on Monday! And come December, she's going to be a BIG sister! Well, an older sister at least!

Going down the STEEP slide! You'd think with it being smaller it'd be great for little kids, but nope! It's more like a luge than a slide...Playing on the monkey bars. He's still not quite sure about them. He can get up, but then once he's hanging there...he gets a bit nervous! Finally he yelled for me and said, "Mom, I'm really stuck!!"

Baby Stuff and the Belly

I couldn't resist. Saw this cute little outfit today at Walmart. Had to get it. Each baby deserves some new stuff, right?! Matching shoes and all. Awwweeeee....

And here is the belly at just over 22 weeks. Nice. It's all for a good cause though! I seem to carry each one a bit lower. No wonder I go to the bathroom 37 times a day.

Mowing the Lawn & more Zoo pics

So I think Adrian feels left out. He gets mentioned on here occasionally but rarely gets a spotlight, so here it is. We bought a lawn mower. Finally. Never needed one before now and really could have used one a few weeks ago. Adrian mowed the lawn and trimmed it and everything and well, this is what he looked like afterwards. Tee hee. He looks so proud.

The kids and I went and picked up Raz & Elise and met Nellie and kids at the zoo last week. It was the week our membership expired, so we wanted to go one last time. Boy my kids love the zoo! It's been fun going so much this last year, we'll certainly have to do it again. Although the weather was nice, the zoo really was a zoo this time around as it was also the last week of school and "field trip" day for it seemed like every elementary school in Utah! It was pretty crowded. We still had a great time though. Thomas just adores Savannah it I think he really enjoyed having other kids there, besides Hailey and Elise!

Here's one of the 5 kids. No one is smiling. At least some are looking. :)

Hailey and the giraffe. She was so good all day. Last time we went it wasn't crowded at all, so I let her walk around a ton. Thankfully, I think this time she was a bit nervous with the crowds too, so she was really content to stay in her stroller. Well, most the time anyways!

Thomas & Savannah on the "plastic tigers" as Thomas called them. right after we got to the Zoo he started asking if we could go see the "plastic tigers." I had NO CLUE what he was talking about until about 1.5 hours later when we rounded the corner and saw these...it's all making sense now. Funny kid.

Here's most of our group eating lunch. I'm taking the pic and Hailey's at my feet. Hahahaha- no surprise there. The kids all shared food except for Paris and her poptarts. No one was getting within 5 ft of those babies!! ;) Hailey even shared some food with the birds I'm sure as half her lunch was strewn all over the lawn. Ahh, what can you do?

Our gang on the Zoofari Express. We always seem to end the day with a train ride. It's short, but oh my, the kids just love it. Thomas & Savannah rode the caboose. Notice Hailey sitting on the seat all by herself. Talk about little Miss Independant!

It was a really fun day. I think we'll take a year off from the Zoo, but we'll get another pass again I'm sure. Maybe we can have this playdate again next year...only there will be 2 more kids in tow! And we thought taking a pic with 5 kids was hard enough! Try 7!! YIKES!

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!