Bouncing Baby Boy

I had my 21 week ultrasound last Tuesday.  This little guy was a mover and a shaker the entire time.  In some ways it was great because he would move so we could see the different parts, but it also made it hard to capture images for the tech to measure with all the crazy movement.  He even kicked the ultrasound wand several times hard enough for the tech to feel it!  It was great to see him healthy and active.  At one point we could see him making a sucking motion with his lips and we could see his eyelids move with his eye movement back and forth.  That was on top of all the bouncing around and kicking.  He was happy to show his boy parts, but wouldn't let us get a good view of his face.  He kept his hands over his face most of the time and the umbilical cord was running right in front of his face as well.  Looking forward to seeing this little man in person (but not yet!)

 Profile:

 The best 3D shots she could get...he was too wiggly and the cord or his hands were in the way:

One of These Things is Not Like the Others...

 Never thought the day would happen where we would be able to announce we are having a BOY!  After three girls, I went into my ultrasound totally expecting similar results.  While it may be hard to tell if you are not an ultrasound expert, you can see the baby's knees with a very identifiable boy part in between.  Typical to boy behavior, he even had his hands down there in the way in some of the shots.  After a quick jab with the ultrasound wand, he was moving like crazy and not shy about showing off his parts.

Profile shot of baby with his hand up by his face:

The girls were mixed on what they thought it would be.  We told them by letting them each open a gift bag with a shirt for them with the gender color.  Who knew we would ever add a boy to this gaggle of girls.

 I have been so behind on blogging and am just now catching up.  While blogging this, I am currently 21 weeks.  Baby boy should be joining our family in late July.  It was miserable in the beginning with not feeling well but never actually getting sick, and being so tired, but we are now moving onto better experiences.  This little guy is quite the mover.  My favorite part of being pregnant is feeling the baby move.  I started out with killer taco cravings and still crave anything lemon.  Feeling much better overall, but sore already.  My hips hurt worse than the others did at this point and I am worried I will be crawling by the end of this pregnancy.  So excited to see how our features turn out on a little boy!

Is This a Big Snow?

 After one of the larger snow storms, Lee bought some sleds to take the girls sledding.  Where we live, there is an old football bowl that is just the right size to take kids sledding.  They had a blast.  Mom and I watched from the heated interior of the van.  Kim was a little scared at first, but she was a die hard sledder after that.  She is fearless and wanted to go again and again.  Now ever time it snows she asks if it is big enough to sled on.  Unfortunately, none of the snows since then have been that great for sledding.  The big girls had a blast too and it was great to see how far into the middle they could slide!

Oh Baby...

I posted this photo on New Years Day to share the news with family and friends, but neglected to put the photo here.  Kimmy is much more excited than the photo depicts.  She was just grouchy about having her picture taken this day.  She is super cute and always asks to hold the baby.  I keep telling here she has to wait for the baby to get bigger.

Ten Years!

As always, WAY behind on blogging.  Better late than never!  Lee and I celebrated our tenth anniversary on December 27, 2013.  Crazy how the years have flown by.  My parents were kind enough to watch all three girls so we could have a weekend away together.  Thankfully the weather cooperated and we spent the weekend in Billings.

What do you do in Billings on your 10th anniversary you ask?  We started out with dinner once we got there.  Lee and I both had amazing steaks and rolls and Texas Roadhouse.  I had the starting of a migraine, but dinner, a few Tylenol, and a coke made a big difference.

After dinner we did a little retail therapy.  We stopped at Harbor Freight so Lee could get tools, and then did some extensive mall shopping and stopped at various other stores as well.  Probably our longest store visit was the Build-A-Bear.  We decided to make a bear of each other to have a memento of our ten years.We probably spent over an hour trying on the different outfits.  We were surrounded by little kids excited to build bears and here we were two grown adults having just as much fun doing the same thing.  Here are the final products that we decided on: 

After a night of shopping, we got up early in the morning and went out to breakfast.  (We had where we were going to eat picked out long before our trip.  Yummy!

After breakfast, we went to the Billings Temple.  It was nice to share a special weekend together with just the two of us.