Happy Valentine's Day Daddy!

Happy Valentine's Day Daddy! I sure do miss you!!!

Because I can't hide it any more...

I spotted this on someone's blog MONTHS ago and I've been waiting for an opportunity to use it.... I really do think I'm that crafty ;)

Its true, my belly has been growing by leaps and bounds this past month. Baby #2 will make his/her appearance at the end of June. It will probably more like the beginning of July, depending on if we'll have to do a repeat c-section or if he/she will be so gracious to come all by him/herself. I FiNaLlY was able to visit a Dr. this week! Everything went great, baby is growing right on schedule. I'm 20 weeks 4 days currently. We are pretty excited, and I'm pretty sure Addy Faye has no idea what is about to happen to her. 

 Me and my 20 week baby bump... I must have been sucking in cause I think I actually look a little bigger than this...

Yesterday I had my 1st ultrasound. We are not finding out the sex, so the only person who knows what it is is the ultra sound tech. I think its a boy though...

I've been feeling great, no morning sickness this time (part of the reason I think it is a boy, but who can really tell). And now I'm well into my 2nd trimester and about half way done!

We're making progress!

Talon has been working really hard all last week and this week with his dad on our kitchen. Man oh man is it looking good! Here is a sneak peak at the progress we're making! No we're STILL not done. But the end is in sight! Woowhoo! I'm so done with dust. My house really needs to be cleaned but I haven't because I know that it won't be long till Talon is kicking up some more dust.

The brightness coming in from the windows is ruining the pictures.. sorry! 

Anyways, our next step is finishing the counter tops. Talon experimented with them and made concrete counter tops himself. We figure that what we paid to make these counter tops (no more than $100) we could have gotten about 2 square feet of medium priced granite. They turned out looking pretty good! Talon just has to sand, buff (more dust, augh), and put the sealer on them. So hopefully by next week we'll have a fully functioning kitchen. Then we'll just need to finish up with our trim and such. 

A kitchen! YEY! I haven't had a kitchen since we moved in. It is well worth it though!

Christmas 2011

I know I know it has been over a month! I can't even believe it!!! We've been pretty busy with this kitchen stuff though (pictures to come). We had a great Christmas with my family in wonderful Southern Utah! It was beautiful and we really enjoyed each others company. 

Before we left for Christmas Addy and I stopped by the bank to visit Santa. I'm pretty sure the only reason she sat on his lap and didn't throw a fit was because I told her he would give her candy. 

So here is the traditional sitting on Santa's lap photo for 2011

While in St. George we made sure we still did all the traditional Christmas stuff. Like decorating cookies for Santa! Don't some of these cookies look delicious? Especially with all of the little kids liking their fingers and knives during the frosting experience?? haha. Poor Santa.

Nana and Addy

We (especially Addy) really enjoyed all the time with the babies!!! Here are Evie and Penny ;)

I stole this one off my sister's blog, but I figure I needed at least one photo of me on this post! I'm always the one taking the pictures, so I'm not hardly in any of them!

We also enjoyed all of the cousin time! I know Addy had a blast playing with her cousins. Every morning she would wake up so excited to go downstairs to play with her cousins. She still talks about them. It makes me sad that we can't see them more often! I'm also happy to report that Mila and Addy got along great. Our trip to Jersey was a little rough for the two who are pretty close in age. They played together really well this time.

Talon still holds the position of favorite uncle... or favorite uncle to take advantage of. He can't say no to the kiddos, so he spent the majority of his time playing games, and steamroller on the trampoline.

We spent one day on a hike in Zion National Park. I love how that place is so close when we are visiting down there. It is beautiful!

It wasn't ever very warm when we were down there... like the high 50's the whole time... but that didn't stop the kiddos from splashing around!

We had fun playing at the park!

Washington City has a really cool indoor pool with waterslides and such. We spent an afternoon there. This was the only picture I took! A cute one though if I say so myself. Addy (and Talon) loved swimming!

Suckers for baby Einstein! Lots of people comment on how Evie and Addy look a like. She has straight hair though...  Which is funny because her father is the one with curly hair. 

On New Years Eve my sister Kari threw together a game of Minute to Win It! It was actually really fun. Here we are stacking pop cans with a spaghetti noodle.

Happy 2012!

They're here! They're here!!!!

 I'm so super excited that our cabinets have arrived! Hurrah!!! Too bad we're not quite ready to install them yet. Hopefully by next weekend!

Just because we can't install them yet does't mean I can't use them....

These pictures aren't super exciting... but I know when we unpack all of the boxes and install them they are going to look amazing! I don't want to give too much away before we get everything complete

Hockey Night

Once a week Talon plays hockey with a league he is on. If we're lucky his game is early enough that Addy and I can tag along to watch. Talon has been playing hockey with Addy lately so she has really begun to enjoy it (something i'm sure you'll like to hear mom!). She talks about it all the time and was really excited on Tuesday because we got to go to a game! On our way out the door when we told her where we were going she was saying "Come on! Let's go hockey!" 

When we first got there while Talon was changing, the Zamboni was cleaning the ice. Addy was confused as to what was going on. She kept saying "Where's the hockey?!"

Watching the action!

Talon even came over to say hi to us at one point

 This made Addy pretty happy to see Dad playing hockey!

It is just so funny to see how much of an influence you can have on your children! I love hockey too (not to play, just to watch) and that has everything to do with my mom's love for hockey! Go Sabres!

Spooky

I was woken up at 5:55 am this morning by a certain little girl who was crying in her crib. I can't remember the last time she woke up crying. When I went to go check on her, I picked her up and she started saying "Spooky! Spooky" in between sobs. Awww... my heart broke. We let her crawl in between us in bed where she and dad promptly fell back asleep and I of course did not. The joys of motherhood :)

I wonder what she was dreaming about that was so spooky? 

A bad hair day? 

Her hair is always super crazy in the morning!

Update on the kitchen:

New door, new windows, insulation and some drywall in! We are making progress folks! Our new cabinets have been ordered and should be in next week. Hopefully we'll have the kitchen done by Christmas! (PLEASE?) There is still A LOT to do...