We're having a..............

Lets see if you can guess!

Yes, we are having a BOY!!! And are so excited!!

We got some very cool 3D pictures of our little man!! He looked perfect!!The kids were all very excited to see some pictures of our baby. During the ultrasound Rylan was pointing to the screen and saying Baby. It was pretty cute.

We both thought we were going to have a little boy. My guesses have been right with all of my kids, kind of crazy. It put a little pressure on me this time, to see if I would go 4 for 4! We had a slight preference for a boy so Rylan could have a little buddy! The girls both thought we should have a boy, so it will be fair!

Rylan is the only one not so sure about this whole baby thing! This was our conversation at dinner that night.

Us: Rylan do you want to have a little baby brother?

Rylan: Uh Un

Us: Do you want a baby sister?

Rylan: Uh Un

Us: Do you want to have a baby?

Rylan: Uh Un. Then he pointed to himself, Baby.

Us: Laughing. No, you are our big boy.

Rylan: Uh Un

Us: Don't you want to be our big boy?

Rylan: Stop

Us: Your baby brother is in mommy's tummy.

Rylan: Laughing while looking at my tummy.

Us: Do you want to have a little boy to play with.

Rylan: Yeah! While raising his hands.

So apparently he wants a little boy to play with, but isen't so fond of the whole baby thing. We thought it was funny that he associates himself as the baby. And for those of you thinking, Rylan talks? He sure does, he has quite the vocabulary built up. He is just a quite guy who dosen't have much to say most of the time. He can talk when he wants too!

I really can't believe that I am already half way done with my pregnancy. It really is flying by. I have been feeling really good. As normal as I feel during pregnancy. I really don't mind this part, other than the growing businness. I'm not fond of that, but what can you do?!?

Merry Christmas!!!

Snow Day

Last week we got some snow. It was pretty exciting, especially for the kids. The rain had turned to snow when we were leaving to take Bethany to school. As we got closer to the middle of the city, it really started to pick up. I was thinking it would snow for 10 minutes and be done. Well it snowed all day and into the night. It made me a little nervous having Bethany at school, and worrying about her getting home ok, but it all worked out. After we dropped Bethany off at school Hannah and Rylan went out to play in the falling snow.

It didn't take Rylan long to figure out how fun it is to eat the snow.

When Bethany got home she got to go join in the fun.

The next morning is when they had some snow to actually play in. The girls really wanted to make a snowman. It might of taken up all the snow in the backyard, but we did it. They were pretty good helpers this year too.

Hannah just couldn't keep her tongue off of him. I guess it is kind of like a giant plan snow cone! She cracks me up.

She thought it was pretty funny too.

Rylan eating his snow!!

It was fun to have some snow to play in. And the best part, it was melted by the end of the day!! It makes me not look forward to our trip to Utah where there will be snow everywhere, and it will be freezing!! The kids will enjoy it though!

So Bethany has been out of school since Monday. There last day of school was suppose to be Wednesday, but her teacher took an inservice day, so she has been home with us. It has been fun having her around more and not having to run her to school. However a little less fighting and bickering would be nice!! Since she has started school the dynamtics have sure changed in our home!! Hannah and Rylan have really bonded and Hannah gets to play the role of the big sister with Rylan. So now there are 2 big sisters in our house, and they are clashing!! It has gotten better now that it is the end of the week. They are adjusting! I just hope I can survive summer!!

Santa Claus

The kids got to see Santa at our Ward Christmas Party. The girls were so excited to sit on his lap. They were very concerned where he was going to sleep that night and they were looking all around for his sleigh when we left. They concluded that it must be on the top of the church. Silly girls.

Rylan was so tired, and wanted nothing to do with Santa. Maybe next year. This was the first year that both of the girls were really into it and were more excited than scared. It was a nice change!

Birds and Dancing Survey

This is for one of Bethany's projects at school. If you have a minute and wouldn't mind taking this survey, please do. You can leave your answers in the comments. If you kids are up for the challenge, have them do it too! Leave your answers separate from each other. The more people to complete the survey the better!! Thanks!

Nutcracker

Me and the girls went to see the Nutcracker on Saturday. We had a good time. Bethany was glued to the show the whole time. Hannah enjoyed asking me questions about it all, since they didn't talk. They both told daddy when we got home how much they enjoyed it, and that they want to go see it again. Maybe we will make it a Christmas tradition! Bethany did say that she wanted to be IN the nutcracker next year. They will be excited to start up ballet again after Christmas!

We got to ride a bus from the parking lot to the building, that was one of their highlights!

Them being silly at intermission.

Ready for Christmas!

We are ready for Christmas around here. We had fun setting up and decorating the tree. We also have most of our Christmas shopping done. I didn't want to stress about it last minute, like we do most years.

Most of the ornaments ended up on the bottom of the tree, but that is ok. They enjoyed themselves and wished that there were more ornaments to put on. If only taking it all down was as much fun!!

Thanksgiving weekend

We had a good Thanksgiving with my mom and Garry. We keep it pretty low key and were in pj's most of the day. After dinner we decorated our gingerbread houses. The girls enjoy having their own to decorate and Rylan got to help me with the family house. He liked to put the candy on the icy, then pull the candy off and lick off the icy and then try to stick it back on. Rylan never got out of his pj's that day.

Hannah with her finished house.

Rylan with ours!

On Saturday we went to see the lights at the gardens. We were surprised that Santa and Mrs. Claus were there waiting for us. It's nice that the girls have gotten over the fear and love to go see Santa now. Rylan wasn't so sure though.

Some of the different lights we saw. It was a really nice night, not freezing like last year. It was much more enjoyable.

We had a fun weekend. Thanks for coming to spend the holiday with us mom. We really enjoyed your visit.