Giveaway!!!

My good friend Kacey is having a giveaway over at her cute little blog!

Head over to the owltreecreations.blogspot.com to enter!

Happy Birthday Brody!!!

This hilarious little boy turned 2 today!

I still can't believe it, even though he acts it- in good ways and bad!

Have a great day little man, Mommy and Daddy love you SO much!

Make Your Guess!

Finally after a long waiting game I have an appointment for an ultrasound!!! YAY! It still seems far away, but at least I'm not waiting anymore. So make you guesses, BOY or GIRL before September 20th at 9am!

PS. I finally I got a camera- just haven't taken any pictures. But as soon as I get a hold of my mom's camera, I will have a cute post of Brody!

Payoff

Sorry no pictures, little man lost my camera- so I'm sorry if this is a boring post.

This past 2 weeks have been probably the most rewarding weeks a parent and mother could have. Brody has grown up a ton and I'm so proud of him.

1. As a mother you don't expect to hear please and especially thank you on a daily basis, but the last thing I wanted was when I thought about our children was an annoying, rude child. We began pretty young with Brody, prompting him to say the magic words. I'm sure it seemed to many, as at times it seemed to me that he would never say those words. He said please quite often, especially when he really really wanted something. He now say thank you when I give him a drink, or get a toy down for him, and I think one of the best was when we both finished putting his books back up on the shelf he looked at me and said, "choo choo." (thank you). He makes me SO proud.

2. Brody has always been a great sleeper, we give him his binkie and blankets and he lays down and goes right to sleep. Well, he began fighting it, and about a week ago he got so angry that he dove over his crib and banged his head on the ground. As much as I wasn't ready for him to move into another bed and room, I never wanted him to get hurt again. The first night was great- only because he didn't think he could get off the bed. It has slowly gotten better, and Brody is in a big queen bed...lucky he hasn't fallen off either!

3. Nursery hasn't been the easiest place for Brod. He always had a hard time with big groups of kids and has some major separation anxiety. Last Sunday, I decided to take him and instead of sneaking out, I would just tell him straight up that mommy had to go to her class and I would be back to pick him up. Of course it didn't go over well, but I left anyway. Every time I passed the nursery, I so badly wanted to peak in, but I didn't want him to see me. So I really didn't know if he was still in there, or if he ended up with daddy. At the end of class I went to get Brody, and shockingly there he was, and he didn't start crying when he saw me! Instead, he just wanted to show me the bubbles! This was probably the biggest obstacle for us to overcome, with me in Primary and Lance in YM, we really needed him to stay in nursery so we could teach our classes.

Our little boy has grown up a ton! I know a lot of people don't want there kids to grow up, but now that it's making life easier, I'm not sad at all- I'm loving it! Brody has his alphabet down, knows his numbers by looking at them, and can count to 3. He now only has his binkie during naps and bedtime, and has become such a help to me while I've felt so yucky- He puts things away for me, and throws garbage in the trash for me. We love our boy and I know he's going to be a great and helpful big brother!

I'm So Excited...

And I Just Can't Hide It....

Anymore.

Well, not many know because we've kept it a pretty good secret, but if you've suspected- your right! We are pregnant again with #2.

As most of you know, I had a miscarriage back in March which ended in a D&C. It was a hard time, but we were shocked and excited when we were pregnant 6 weeks later. Things just happen for a reason!

We had an appointment and an ultrasound at 7 weeks and it was so fun to see our little cashew, and hear his/her heartbeat. Wow, I will never take that sound for granted again. It was the best.

Well, we weren't out of the woods yet. We needed to make it past the 9 week mark, for me to feel ok about everything. We had our appointment today and heard a nice and strong heartbeat!!! And the Dr. said my chances of miscarriage are very low now!

I'm 11.5 weeks today and due February 13th!

Lance thinks it's a boy, and I have a feeling it's a girl...but I'm really hoping it's a boy!

Oh and PS. sorry to those that I totally lied to....I really am pregnant!

Our Summer So Far...

While Lance and his Young Men went on their super activity, I decided to join my mom and help watch my nieces and nephew up at the Cabin!

Yes they are surrounded by a tiny DVD player. When they could watch a movie on a normal TV. But where's the fun in that?

This was probably Brody's favorite thing to do. Yep, playing on the riding lawn mower!
Before we set off for the cabin we had to get a bit of swimming in!
Especially when it's SO darn hot!

Next up is 4th of July! Sierra Vista has the best firework show ever, I dare you to say otherwise!
And lastly, we had the Roundtable Allred Campout.

Brody did alright, much better than last year. But still rough. Lets just say he spent quite a bit of time in time out. But we're getting better.

He is still our cute boy though!

Giveaway!!!

Jamielyn over at iheart naptime is doing a giveaway with vintage pearl! Well, good luck to all of you, but I hope you don't win!