Back from Cali and Youth Conference!

Yay! I'm home! Still not able to relax, but at least I'm sleeping in my own bed! I always wait anxiously for the summer thinking I'll be able to relax, enjoy my family, and work on fun things... When summer actually gets here...well, it's not so relaxing! LOL!

I have been having fun though! California was great! Gideon totally loved Sea World and came home with a four-foot Shamu! He loved the beach even though it was FREEZING!!!!

I just missed Colin tremendously! It's hard to experience new things with your kids and not have the love of your life with you... I kept saying "Colin, look at Gideon" and realizing he wasn't there! haha! But that's ok. We'll definitely do it again when Gideon is older and the new baby is able to enjoy it too!

Resurrected Gideon Video!

So here is a cute video of Gideon that I found a little while ago! It is when he is learning to walk! This was June of last year!

I'd better post now...

I may not get to in the next few weeks!
So this Saturday, Colin, Gideon, and I are going to an Owls game with my familia!!! Then, Tuesday I have Girl's Camp which lasts until Friday but I'll only stay until Wednesday because on Friday is my cousin Jordan's wedding! So, I'll be going to Salt Lake for that on Friday then to Nephi until Sunday (with a few trips to Delta, I'm sure). Then Sunday, Heather, Jared, Gideon, and I will leave for a week-long California vacation!!! Poor Colin has to stay here! :( I'm super sad about that! Then, I get to come home!

It is going to be fun... I will take pictures and video this time I promise!

First Ultrasound

So we went to our first ultrasound for baby number two today! We found out that I'm not as far along as we'd hoped but we figured that would definitely guarantee that we don't have a baby near Christmas so we're pretty happy about that! It also helps to explain why I've been this sick with harldy any sickness before!

This baby is a mover! The baby was just wiggling the whole time! He/she has a very strong heartbeat so we're pretty psyched!

Gideon was super excited to meet the "beebee" and he said that he loved the beebee so that's good! I think he's finally starting to realize that mommy is growing a baby in her tummy so it's kinda fun to talk to him about it!

I'll post pictures a little later!

SOOO SICK!

Ready for some whining? Good. I am absolutely, positively sick! I am morning sick all day, every day. It's relentless! Gideon was such an easy pregnancy (until the end...hmm) but this little bean is just on a warpath! I'm sorry I ever said that I loved being pregnant! Now all I want to do is starve myself and stay in bed. It really stinks! To all of you poor, suffering women out there: I feel for you! I just hope it ends in the second trimester!

Ok, enough for now. I'm excited for tomorrow because it's our first ultrasound! We finally get to meet the baby! I wonder how Gideon will react? He's so cute! So now when I ask him where the baby is he doesn't pat my belly anymore...instead he pats his own belly very lovingly! He's such a cute boy!

So...I'm 22

It's that time of year again, folks! I turned 22 on Monday...*tears*. It wasn't so bad this year. I just pretended it was another day. The biggest plus was that the baby gave me a break from being sick for most of the day! So here's what I did:

I woke up and watched a little CMT then Gideon and I went to McDonald's to satisfy my sausage mcmuffin pregnancy craving for breakfast (Colin was working). I haven't had a mcmuffin for years then one day a few weeks back I saw it on a commercial and I just had to have one...LOL! Anywho, after breakfast we got ready for the movie. Gideon and I have tickets to this 10 week midday movie deal that a local theatre has specifically for kids. It was fun and Gideon enjoyed all the kiddie humor in the Chipmunks "Squeak"quel.

Then when Colin came home we went out for Chinese...ugh pregnancy!

That was about it...but like I said-WAAAAAY better because it was just like any other day!

Hope you're all doing well!

Vegas, baby!

We had so much fun in Vegas. We did a lot of fun things like seenig the flamingos at the Flamingo (heehee), watching them feed the lions at the MGM, going to comedian Rita Rudner, hanging out in the hotel, walking the strip, Benihana's, and the list goes on and on...

I think Gideon's favorite part of the trip was when we went to the MGM and watched them feed the lions. It was really cool because it's not like a zoo enclosure so the lions are right there. Gideon loved watching the lions eat two feet away from him! After that, he had a blast at the Rainforest Cafe! He wouldn't sit still!!! There was way too much for him to see! It was absolutely adorable! Colin used to do that with his family all the time and he says he still enjoys it as a 25 year-old! LOL!

I'm not sure what Colin's favorite part was...probably the Rainforest Cafe! Haha!

My favorite part was going to the Phantom of the Opera at the Venetian with my mom!!! It was absolutely beautiful! I loved the acting and the sets...it was just incredible!

Guess what? We didn't take a single picture or video! I know some of you are just staring at your screens with jaws dropped in amazement, but I actually enjoyed it! Like my dad says, "Only mental memories!"