Utah versus BYU...a sad day for us :(

Alex and I hosted a "Beat BYU" party. Cameron made these shirts for a food drive and so of course we wore them all day!

Cute nieces

I made a bunch of red food (with red food coloring so of course they turned out pink) and had everyone bring something red to eat...

We had red cups, plates, table cloth, cookies, chip dip, fruit dip, apples, meatballs, swedish fish, pepperoni pizza, licorice, salsa and apple cider.

So sad that we lost - and it was a knife to the heart in overtime - BUMMER!!!

Thanksgiving 2009

We drove to Idaho to visit my mom's family on Wednesday and stayed until Thursday night. It had been a while since we were all up there. It was really nice to see everyone again!
The kids played Air Soft guns out on the farm with Papa - good idea...give a gun to a bunch of kids under 10 :) good thing they don't really hurt that much. But Snow took a shot to the lip - notice the swelling...

Lyla playing outside

Mom, Shannon and Julie getting Thanksgiving ready.

Shawn and Snow ready to ambush.

My Grandma was nice enough to let Suka come. She never lets dogs in her house so we REALLY appreciate it!!! He had a BLAST! Played outside all day on the farm and inside with all the cousins.

We had Thanksgiving again on Sunday with Alex's family. It was some of the BEST food we have ever had! Thanks to Paula and Cynthia for cooking it all.

25-26 Weeks

Not much to report this week other than the picture really does make my boobs look huge - oh wait, they are that huge. Such a bummer...

She is moving a ton. I often wonder what she is doing inside there because it is like she is having a small seizure or something - kick kick kick kick. I do like this part of pregnancy better than the first though. People notice your pregnant, you can feel the baby move, etc. The only downfall lately has been the heartburn. I get it at totally random times. Not associated to food. Sometimes worse if I bend over. Wow, it can get super intense.

I am nearing the end of the second trimester next week! Crazy how time has flown by. I just don't look forward to getting so tired again but I think it has already begun. The second trimester really is the best :)

23-24 weeks

23 weeks and Alex finally gets to feel her from the outside! I have decided that the coolest part of being pregnant is feeling a baby move inside of you. It is so bizarre to think there is a little one in my stomach wiggling around. CRAZY.

Halloween
We went to the Real Salt Lake soccer game on Halloween - and they won - in the playoffs! There were some loud drums playing the whole time and I could feel the baby moving and see her from the outside. Maybe she will be a dancer, or a hippie, either way she really liked the loud beating of the drums :)

New trail by our house. They have been paving it over the past month. It goes from behind our house past the lake straight to the coffee shop and restaurants. Alex and I take the dog down to the lake almost daily and then can go eat at the restaurants outside with him. Huge perk of living where we do. It will be fun to take the baby with us too since the trail is all paved!
Oh, notice the big stick Suka found - he was so proud.

And some funny pics of the dog - this is my iPhone screen saver - love it!

Krissa and Tom had their little boy last week - Ellis Thomas Wright. It is fun to see a new baby - I always thought they were so tiny. Not anymore since I have to think of that being inside me and then coming out - are their heads really that BIG??? OUCH!

Oh - forgot to mention - for the first time patients started asking me if I was pregnant - 4 in one day last week and then almost daily since. It is nice to FINALLY reach that point where people no longer think "either she is fat or pregnant but I am not sure enough to ask"