It's a.....

Probably. The stinker wouldn't quite cooperate but my doctor said she didn't see any boy parts (and neither did we) so she was saying it's a girl but making no promises. I have my actual full ultrasound 2 weeks from today so we should be able to confirm 100% that it's a girl then.

I'm actually more disappointed then I thought I'd be which is crazy becaue I really do want a daughter. I was just hoping that #2 would be a boy so Adam would have a brother to grow up with. But, a girl is wonderful and she and Adam will still be good friends as they grow up. The other issue is that we have to start from scratch with girl clothes. And decide where to put her! We either have the kids share a room or we convert our office into a bedroom and then have no where for our computer and bookcases to go. I'm choosing to not dwell on anything until 2 weeks from now when I am SURE it's a girl. I don't even know if I can start calling the baby a girl yet. It's already abstract enough thinking about the alien inside me that you can hardly feel at this point so giving it a gender and even a name seems too strange right now.

So although I wished I was overjoyed and excited....I need a couple weeks to digest! I do remember feeling this way when I found out Adam was a boy so I'm not all that surprised. I guess I'm one of those people who needs time to get used to something new!

Friends and Oktoberfest

Last week my old college roommate Shar came for a quick visit. Her husband Dan is in the Air Force and stationed up in Montana so they dropped by on their way to Orem for a wedding. They had a jam-packed weekend so the only time we could squeeze in to see each other was as they were driving through town. Adam loved playing with their almost 4-year old son Blake and their almost 2-year old son Spencer who is just a month older than Adam.

What good friends these boys would be if we lived closer!
And Shar is having another baby just a month after me too!

Cute Shar.....man I really should take more time making myself presentable huh?

Nat and I both agree that Shar and Dan would be the type of couple we would love hanging out with. Even though we only live a few miles from an Air Force base, they don't do what Dan does (missiles I think??) so there's no chance they'll ever be stationed here. :( We love you guys!


Last Saturday we headed up the canyon to Snowbird to go to Oktoberfest. Nat jumps at any chance he gets to eat German food, and Adam loves music so we figured we'd drive up and also enjoy the leaves that are just beginning to change.

Adam picked a little flower and found a pine cone and the whole way home he jabbered on and on about his flower and "pawn cone"


Last year he loved the sauerkraut, this year...not so much. But he sure enjoyed the German Chocolate Cake!


Dancing with Mama

Drunken boy after one-too-many beers from the "Bier Garten"---or a chocolate high :)

p.s. Stay tuned - we found out what we're having on Wednesday!!

Future Virtuoso

Adam started doing this a couple months ago, but I just got it filmed. He can play the correct rhythm of songs on the piano and also on his drums. Nat and I are both hoping that he loves music as much as we do and you better believe I'm making him take piano lessons! And if his obsession with drums continues, we may have to do drum lessons also. We're in for a noisy house!

p.s. My Mom will probably be horrified that I posted this video of her messy living room.....she was cleaning out the study so that's why there are boxes of books piled around. :)

On a side note....I'll be 18 weeks tomorrow.....how is that possible? This pregnancy is going so much faster than my first. I love it! 12 more days until we find out the gender!!

Adam and Pregnancy Updates

I feel like Adam has grown up so much in the past few weeks and I want to document some of his fun characteristics. He is now 21 months old and his vocabulary has exploded in the past few weeks. It seems like he's saying a new word almost every day and I'm constantly amazed at what comes out of his mouth!

Just the other morning I asked if he wanted waffles for breakfast and he responded with, "Mmmm faffles. Syrup!" I've never heard him say syrup before! Another day I was driving with him and he said, "buckle" out of the blue. I glanced back and he was playing with the buckle on his carseat. He has recently learned the colors yellow and green and gets brown and black right about half the time. He can also identify stars and circles. I would say his favorite thing to do right now is playing his drum. My brother Tommy has a drum set in his room and Adam loves to go play Tommy's drums. When he's home, he bangs on his drum and says, "Ta-Tom brums" over and over again. I've heard him say "brumstick" a couple times too.

I think the cutest thing he has ever done was just last night. We had been at my parents' house for dinner and games and were driving home around 9:30. Adam started talking in 2-3 word sentences about everything he had done. We heard, "Barney dancing...Annie dancing" (he had danced with Annie to a Barney DVD) and "Sit chair brums....Ta-Tom brums" (he had sat in Tommy's chair and played his drums). We then started asking him about things and he talked about the dogs and cats, coloring with DeeDee, and playing in the fort with Papa. I'm amazed that not only can he talk in short sentences, but he can verbalize his memories! I don't think there is anything more amazing than giving birth to a tiny infant and watching them literally transform into a person right in front of your eyes! I can't wait for the coming months and years to see this little guy grow and develop.

One more funny thing....he used to pronouce the word fork, as "fortz". Just in the past few days it has started coming out as a perfectly pronouced f-word. Dinners at our house are filled with stiffled giggles from Nat and I! What can I do though? I can't tell him not to say it because he thinks he's saying fork! So last night at dinner with my family, the table had grown a little quiet and out pops the f-word from my toddler, rather loudly I might add! The look on my 15-year old brother's face was priceless! I quickly explained that he was saying fork and everyone had a good laugh. The strange things was that later that night while Adam was playing in a fort with my Dad, he was saying a perfectly pronouced "fork" for fort. Go figure.

Now for an update on our second child. I had an appointment last Thursday and unfortunately, Nat wasn't able to come so I had to tell my doctor not to check for the baby's gender. It was so hard to resist the temptation! I made sure to schedule my next appointment at at time when I knew Nat could be there so we'll find out what we're having in just over 3 weeks! I can't wait! I'm pretty sure I am starting to feel the first little movements from this baby. They are sporadic and light, but sometimes I can feel a few little taps and sometimes it feels like a little fish flopping around. I am so looking forward to feeling the baby move every day. It is my favorite part of pregnancy! I am still trying to hide my growing belly. I know I should just embrace it but I feel like it's too early to be looking so pregnant! And if I were to wear maternity shirts, I would look much more pregnant than I am. So for now, I'm wearing maternity pants and skirts for comfort and going with the fat-look rather than the pregnant-look. That's probably not the best approach though! :) All-in-all things are going great and I'm feeling more like my self rather than a slug who can't get off the couch.

Sorry for the long, journalish post. I guess I'm just a proud Mama!