ITS A.....

....BOY!

As you can imagine Brandon is thrilled!

Me, I really thought it was a girl but I prepared myself for a boy.  Then I started thinking that I get to keep decorating Braxton's room the same and remembered all the cute things I have from Braxton and things I've bought on clearances and such. I'm a lot more excited now than I was this morning. 

Braxton understands a lot more now that he got to see his baby brother, and held the picture the whole way home in the car and then put it on the fridge when we got home. 

For anyone who wants to watch the video of the ultrasound it's posted on my Facebook page. :)

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Reorganizing my blog and didn't want to lose this page of info up to 16 weeks of pregnancy with Logan. so here it is.

We're Pregnant!!!

It's about time this happened again, after almost 2 years of trying we are excited to announce we are expecting the first week of November!

Don't feel bad if you didn't know, we didn't tell anyone. It was easier to keep a secret since we lived so far away from any family.

Braxton's understanding

I've been trying to tell Braxton that I have a baby in my tummy. :)
Well, he gets all excited and then starts rambling off on something completely random. haha. He is such a cutie and I'm so excited for him to be a big brother. I'm a little nervous on how he is going to react to another kid that needs attention in the house, and where he is not the center of attention.  I think he'll be okay and I'm going to try to prepare him over the next 6 1/2 months.
Just a couple of hilariously funny things he has done so far:
I was showing him pictures of Brandon's cousins little boy on the computer and I asked him if he wanted to have a cute baby to come stay at our house. He said yes, then scooped his hands together on the computer screen, like he was picking up the baby through the computer and then giving the invisible baby to me to kiss and hold. :) He's done that more than once, it's so cute!
We were in the grocery store in the produce section and I asked him if he wanted some bananas. He looked at me and said "no, the baby wants bananas" while pointing and rubbing his tummy and smiling from ear to ear. Then he did the same thing with the apples too! I was laughing so hard at him he thought it was hilarious too! LOL!

Gender guessing

Today was the first day in a week that I actually felt half way decent for a few hours. I have been continually sick and exhausted 24 hours a day. I haven't thrown up at all yet but I sure have tried. With how different this pregnancy has been so far, compared to Braxton's where I'd throw up once or twice in the morning and then be fine the rest of the day.

Brandon and I have agreed that we both feel that we are going to have a little princess! I'm super psyched if we turn out to be right, a boy would be so much more convenient since we have everything we need for a baby boy. But a girl! :) We'll be happy with either, Brandon prefers a boy though.

6 Week Picture

So Busy So Tired

Oh my gosh! The past two weeks have been excruciating!
To start off, I had the opportunity to make the Relief Society birthday cake which I excitedly accepted way before the whole preger thing happened.  Even the thought of cake makes me sick! I've puked 3 times now which is a whole lot less than Braxton. To add onto the stress of that week finding out I'm pregnant being 100% sick 24hrs a day, homework and essays due, work, and packing up half my house to travel home to Idaho before we move to Texas for the summer. Luckily the sickness lightened up a little and I was able to travel somewhat decently. I'm pretty sure my mom is clueless but I think Brandon's mom figured it out.


I'm now eight weeks along!!
My appointment is scheduled for next friday the 8th and I'm nervous to make sure everything is okay and I'm as far along as I think I am.

Dr. Appt!

Had my first appointment yesterday! the clinic I went to was ridiculous, I was there for 2 1/2 hours and their ultrasound machine was honestly from the 80s. I was thinking I was about 9 1/2 weeks but the heart rate was so strong and loud that the doctor decided that I was around 10 1/2 weeks instead. But just to make sure how far along I am, the doc put in a request for me to go to the hospital and get a proper ultrasound.  They did do an ultrasound with their ancient machine and i got to see the wiggly little baby. He/She stretched out all of its limbs and flipped a circle or two then returned to a little ball. It was so reassuring to see it swimming around, I have a feeling that this one is going to be even more active than Braxton.
Afterwards I called Brandon and told him he immediately changed his mind and decided he wanted to tell our parents now and everyone else in a few weeks. When I told my mom she about broke my ear drums from all her screaming. and immediately wanted to tell everyone. Which I had to make her promise she wouldn't.

anxiety attacks :(

Well for the past week I have been having severe chest pains and short of breath, it just comes out of now where. I finally called the doctor and they said that it sounded like anxiety attacks and then they wanted me to go to the ER and get IV fluids. Um, I don't think so. I'm not going to have to pay extra for IV's and dumb people making me wait forever.  So I grabbed a cup of noodles and made it drank the broth and felt better. I now keep a bottle of Gatorade with me and constantly sip it and it seems to be helping. I can't wait for the next week and half to be over. Finals, Packing and Moving 800 miles is not going to be fun. Hopefully I will calm down once it's all done and over with.

NEW DUE DATE!

OCTOBER 27

On a happy note!! I had my ultrasound appt. today and found out that I am 1week and 2 days farther along than originally thought! So tomorrow I will be 13 weeks! The past 3 days it seems I have started to show a bit, not to happy about it but it was bound to happen. :)

A little bigger at 16 weeks

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The morning sickness has finally subsided! YAY!!  But I am totally exhausted! I've found that I need at least 10 hours of sleep each night but prefer 12.  It makes it hard when Brandon gets home late and Brax stays up so he can see daddy.  
On the gender, we have decided to wait until we get back up to Rexburg.  But I still think it's a girl and without any coaxing what so ever Braxton says that the baby is a girl every time he is asked. So fingers crossed!

This was a forwarded email from a friend and I loved it and thought it so appropriate for our house. I edited it just a little to better fit us. Enjoy!

Dear Dogs:

The dishes with the paw prints are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Placing a paw print in the middle of my plate of food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.

The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Racing me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run.

I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort, however. Dogs can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other, stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know

that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out on the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.

For the last time, there is no secret exit from the bathroom! If, by some miracle, I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge in an attempt to open the door.. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years - canine attendance is not required.

The proper order for kissing is: Kiss me first, then go smell the other dogs rear. I cannot stress this enough.

Finally, in fairness, dear pets, I have posted the following message on the front door:

TO ALL NON-PET OWNERS WHO VISIT AND LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR PETS:

(1) They live here. You don't.

(2) If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the

furniture. That's why they call it 'fur'-niture. (Even though it is cleaned off multiple times)

(3) I like my pets a lot better than I like most people.

(4) To you, they are animals. To me, they are adopted sons

who are short, hairy, walk on all fours and don't speak clearly.

Remember, dogs are better than kids because they:

(1) eat less,

(2) don't ask for money all the time,

(3) are easier to train,

(4) normally come when called,

(5) never ask to drive the car,

(6) don't smoke or drink,

(7) don't want to wear your clothes,

(8) don't have to buy the latest fashions,

(9) don't need a gazillion dollars for college and

(10) if they get pregnant, you can sell their children ...

July is dragging :(

July seems to be dragging on as long as it possible can for me.  

Braxton is bored and we have at least one play date a week.  He has been hilarious when watching movies lately. He will bust up laughing at anything he feels is funny and it's not just a giggle, it's a loud forced laugh.  I recorded him cause it was so funny and got a couple pics from that.

While preparing dinner one night I had brax open the refrigerated biscuits, he had never done it before so he thought he was pretty big stuff.

He started peeling off the paper,

  Then I told him to squeeze it 

and it popped!

I love his reaction

He was in shock that it popped and oozed out and got his hands. 

Last week the office had a incentive to sell better and they had to beat their best week so far. Brandon didn't do all that great, the punishment for losing was that you got to be shot with paint balls. One paint ball, that hit and broke for the difference in the sales numbers. Well sadly, Brandon's number was 19. He got shot 19 times.

He asked me to help dress him. They could wear anything they wanted to for protection.

So he wore his football helmet and pads. Then we sliced some cardboard and put it in his pants and taped them along his legs and the lid to a plastic tote under his sweater on his back. He didn't get hurt except for one on the back of his arm.

We went out late one afternoon when it was starting to cool down and launched his rockets. 

There is this discount toy store about 10 minutes away from us. I have to work very hard to control myself when we go there. But this rocket ended up only being $2.50.

Look at that smile! What a cute monkey.

Beginning July, Brandon's Bday

Brandon's Birthday was on the 3rd and it just so happened to be on the same day as the bake-off that a few of the wives had organized. 

I let Brandon choose the cake that I was going to make for the bake-off and his b-day cake. He chose the cake I made a few years ago for his brother's wedding. I edited it a little bit and it turned out even yummier!

The big change I made was adding white chocolate to the cake mix in the form of pudding and melted white chocolate into the frosting. It was amazingly rich, but oh so yummy.

And then the next dessert I made to enter the contest was another rendition of my peanut butter pie that I turned into a brownie bar. 

Both desserts won 1st place and 2nd place in a few categories.

 

These are the cute prizes that the girls made.

For his birthday dinner he chose Sonoran Dogs. We saw these on TV, while watching the food network. The only thing we don't add is the baked beans. It is a Cheddar Bratwurst wrapped in bacon and grilled, then in a bun you top it with cheese, ketchup, mustard, shredded lettuce, tomatoes and onions. I never thought that lettuce on a brat would taste so good.

Brax was so excited to give Brandon his present.  I ordered a curved shower rod online that he has been wanting for about a year now, it makes a small shower so much roomier. Then we also got him some gourmet root beer, and he got to rest for the remainder of the day. Of course with my camera being on the fritz I didn't get any pics, I don't know why I didn't. 

 For the 4th, Brandon had the day off and Edge had a BBQ at a park, I said I was going to go help cube watermelon that morning and Brandon really wanted me to etch the Edge logo into one of the watermelons. It took some time but it turned out pretty good.

There was a train that went around the park ( which was out of commission, luckily Brax understood that) and a splash pad you had to pay to get into. Brax had fun, but it lasted a little too long for him and me in that heat.  He loved playing with his friends all day.

 He found a new obsession while we were there...Soccer.

 Playing Choo Choo Trains on the tracks with his friends

 Time to cool down and rehydrate!

We'll make this Brandon's Birthday Picture. 

 The company had a "Fear Factor" competition for anyone who wanted to join.  Just thinking about it makes me gag. 

It started off with a spoon full of Mayonnaise.

 Then a dime size portion of Wasabi

This is the one that did Brandon in, a spoon full of butter. Yuck!!

 

What a cutie.

 While we were leaving Brax realized that we didn't get to go to the little water park/splash pad. He was devastated he cried and screamed so hard that he passed out in the car. I felt so bad. Brandon wanted to go with us so we waited but we should have just went. By the time we were all finished with games and the competition the park was closed. Brax was so upset he cried for an additional 30 minutes when we got home and wouldn't let us near him. He burried himself on our bed in pillows and blankets and pouted for an hour. I thought he was asleep, so I slipped in and laid down next to him only to get yelled at to get out.  I scooped him up anyway and kept telling him I'm sorry and that we would go back another time. I wanted to cry is was so devastated about it. He finally calmed down and ate some snacks and watched a movie with us.

A few cute snapshots that I've got of him doing cute things. We were over at a friends house and he was in the playroom drawing on the chalkboard, he came running to get me to show me his MERMAID! I don't know where he got mermaid from, he usually draws ghosts and dogs. But he was so proud of it, I've really been trying to encourage him to draw and color by himself. I have to give him the stuff and walk away. If I sit there and color with him he looks at me gets frustrated and wants me to do it for him. I don't like that he gives up so easily, we're trying to change that.

He has been obsessed with Transformers lately. We watched the first one on TV and then borrowed the second one from a friend. He has watched it everyday, so much that we are going to have to buy them. We are actually going to go with Brandon tonight to see the new one. Hoping Brax doesn't get scared, it looks like it might be a little bit more intense than the last two.

So, I walked into the kitchen a couple days ago and found this.

I asked him what he was doing and he said that his transformer (Optimus Prime) was fighting the bad transformer and the cars, bulldozer and newer dump truck were helping him fight the bad one (the rusty metal dump truck. It was too cute!

He came out of his room dressed like this saying he was a super hero. :)

 

Showing off his muscles...he doesn't this a lot lately. 

I think it's because I tell him that when he eats good foods like his milk, fruit and meats that it'll make his muscles get big like daddy's.

 Monkey Face!

 Silly Faces

 showing off his new underwear. :)
we had to upgrade him to boxer briefs cause he kept getting wedgies and constantly picking at this bum. I'm thinking it's cause of the humidity and that he is always sweating. Baby powder just wasn't cutting it. 

This morning I signed Brax up to go to Lowes and build a tow truck!

It was so much fun for him. He got to keep the apron and goggles and when he was all finished he got a patch that I sewed onto his apron when we got home. It's was a lot cooler than the stuff that Home Depot does. And next week they are making binoculars. We might go do that one too!

 putting the stickers on!

 All done and so Proud!

He's getting so darn big!