36 Weeks Maternity Picture

It's been awhile since I've been able to update! We finally got a new computer so now I can play catch up and post some pics! So here is the maternity picture I took at 36 weeks. READY TO POP!
It was a lot harder than it looks I had to remember to make a facial expression with my eyebrows while blowing a bubble and getting that bubble big enough and pretty enough and holding it so lee could snap the picture was all pretty complicated who would've thought?! after a bunch of attempts we did get a good pic and it's a good thing too cuz Lee was getting sick of having to take the pictures....he has a short attention span haha so there it is. Sorry if the bottom three pics are a little fuzzy I need to adjust it but don't have time right this moment to redo it and I just was too excited to share this picture.

I'll be updating more tomorrow about us and the baby with lots of pictures hopefully so stay tuned for more!

24 Weeks Prego :)

I'm copying this fun pregnancy question-neer from my friend who posted it on her blog. So thanks Jannica! haha I will have to update this post with a picture if my computer will cooperate...it has issues... which is why I haven't been updating lately. I have a bunch of pictures I want to post but my dang computer is retarded so one day when it's in a good mood I'll get that done but for now here is a quick update on baby and me! :) 

How many weeks? 24 WEEKS TODAY! :)

Total weight gain/loss: Gained 9lbs :) Not too shabby
Maternity clothes? yes! I love my target maternity shirts and mostly I just wear a belly band with my regular jeans undone or sweats when I don't got anywhere.

Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: I wake up in the middle of the night to pee but other than that no sleeping problems other than I'd just like to sleep in haha

Best moment this week: Laying on the couch cuddling with Lee and he got to feel little boy kicking around like crazy!
Movement: LOTS of it! Especially at night
Food cravings: Chocolate!!! Especially symphony bars and mexican food mmmm!
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope not that I can think of

Have you started to show yet: Yes! I've been showing for a while now and I'm definitely unmistakably pregnant and loving it :)  
Gender prediction: We're having a boy
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On

Your top two name choices: Nooo idea....Lee likes Sidon or Drake and I can't decide but I kinda like Ryker or Rykan and I'm getting more and more used to Drake....NAME SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME!!!
Worst Thing about being pregnant: arms falling asleep since I can't sleep on my back or stomach.
Best Thing about being pregnant: Feeling the baby move and day dreaming about what he's going to look like and be like.

Are you more scared or excited: All of them at once but right now more excited since I'm still far enough away from labor.
Last time you cried over something ridiculous was: a while ago like a month or two.
You pee an estimated __ times a day?: Hundred times a day! Feels like I'm always peeing! ok probably more like 8+
Weirdest dream you've had since pregnant?: I can't remember but the other night I had a dream that I gave birth naturally and was like Oh that was easy! and then we named him Drake and it was the perfect name and he had tons of dark hair and blue eyes!!! and he was also like 6months old but supposedly a newborn lol 

Looking forward to: Finally deciding on a name and meeting or new addition!!! 

24 Weeks 0 Days Pregnant....

Your baby's growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts him at just over a pound. Since he's almost a foot long (picture an ear of corn), he cuts a pretty lean figure at this point, but his body is filling out proportionally and he'll soon start to plump up. His brain is also growing quickly now, and his taste buds are continuing to develop. His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help his air sacs inflate once he hits the outside world. His skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon.

Ultrasound Pictures!

Well I think most everyone has heard the good news! We're expecting another little BOY!!! We are sooo excited! We were hoping for a boy and that's exactly what we are being blessed with! WooHoo!  

 Cutest little profile shot! I love his little nose!!! 

 Here's an arm and hand

 Toes!!! Are those not the cutest toes ever! I can't wait to kiss them in person! 

 Foot! No wonder I can always feel him! He's actually situated on his back with his head on my right side and his feet at the other end and he's always trying to stretch out! haha hopefully he'll flip around eventually and get in a better position for the both of us before he's too big! In the meantime I'm enjoying all those kicks. 

 We got so 3D pictures of him!!! He was snuggled up to the placenta so we only ever got half of his face but how cool is this 3D ultrasound stuff?! LOVE it! 

We have a really good picture for proof that he's a boy but for some reason it wasn't on the CD they gave us and it's just on the print outs they gave me and of course my scanner is being dumb and not coopearting. But just know he is ALL boy! :) 

Baby Boy with his arm across his face heehee too cute. I loved every second of the ultrasound. he was moving around we got to see lots of him and he's strong and healthy and weighing 12oz already! :) Soooo excited to meet him! It can't come soon enough! :) Of course in the meantime Lee and I will be arguing over baby names. If he you have any suggestions let us know we are in desperate need of help with another boy name! We had the name Ky picked out and when we decided we liked it everyone in Ashton ended up being named Ky! Since when?! so it's back to the drawing board. Enjoy the pictures! 

  

Family update!

Lee-
Has been busy with work. He comes home and works out in the garden and yard and like always has some sort of project going on! He just can't sit still. I'll have to post pictures of how nice our front yard looks. He's worked very hard on it landscaping since we got the front of our house all fixed up (pictures too come soon!) and we have a real concrete porch with steps! yay!!! I'll go into more detail about that when I post pictures of the front of the house. Other than work, work and more work he hasn't been up to much other than the occasional swim in the river on those extra hot days. He's doing good and working hard :)

Michelle-
I'm 15 weeks prego TOMORROW! I can't believe how fast this pregnancy is going by! My nesting has already begun! It never came this early with the other two. I've been cleaning and organizing everything! I still have a list of projects and areas I want to get organized and I'm checking them off one by one. My house is the cleanest it's ever been and it's actually staying clean! I hope this doesn't go away after my nesting goes away haha I'm going to try and keep it a permanent habit cuz I love it.

I've been feeling great no real cravings that I can think of. I haven't gained any weight yet I've actually lost a pound :) I'm so happy to be in my 2nd trimester not that the 1st was horrible but it means I'm getting closer to the half way mark and finding out the gender of baby #3! Which I called in today and set up the appointment for September 14th and 9am!!! WooHoo!!! I can't even wait! I'm already counting down and hoping it gets here quick! Lee of course wants another boy and I can't make up my mind what I want! Little girls make me melt with all the ribbons and bows and dresses but then I think about our tiny house and I think another boy would be great since I already have everything and we can just keep packing them into that room! haha Then I won't have to give up my craft room. If we have a girl I'm definitely going to want to decorate her own room! lol But we shall see in only 5 more weeks!

I've also been staying busy with my relief society calling. I love my calling I'm one of the Relief Society Activity Committee planners. There are 4 of us and it's so much fun. Last month was our mother daughter dinner and we had a great turn out! almost not enough food! funny how many people show up that don't sign up. haha oh well we were happy to have them and it turned out good. We have a planning meeting next tuesday and I'm so excited because we're going to be planning our big Super Saturday activity! Which is our big craft all day party :) I love it! I have a bunch of ideas for this year and can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with! I'll let you know what we're doing after our meeting! And i'll be sure to post pictures of the crafts I'm in charge of :)

Landon-
Is 3 and busy busy busy. I have to keep him busy to keep him out of trouble. Yesterday I didn't keep him very entertained apparently because he go into the sugar and dumped 2cups on the floor and played in it. Go into a bag of wipes and pulled them all out. Got into the bucket of flour and poured a cup of it out on the living room floor! and I know I'm forgetting something else but you get the picture. haha He's also started peeing standing up all by himself haha I think it's so cute except for when he doesn't pull both lids up and pees on the seat.

Zeke-
 Is almost 17months now and I am so excited because that means I can start taking him to nursery a little early to get him used to going! woohoo! He is quite the wiggly screamer at church and I spend most of my time in the hallways because he won't take a nap with everyone around and he's not content with his toys or books and just doesn't want to sit. I know he won't have any problem going to nursery. When we drop Landon off he always tries to run in and when I let him go in for a minute or two it's a total melt down when he has to leave. lol So excited for nursery! And I can't believe he's almost 1 and half already! My baby's getting so big! He is teething all of his molars right now and oh boy is that fun. NOT! He gums are so swollen  so he doesn't want to eat anything he has to really chew or gum on. I can feel some poking through on both bottom and top! Poor kid. He can several words. He says momma dada horse ball nana (banana) and yeehaw! haha he talks all the time just not anything I can understand but we're working on it lol He can point to his head an nose. and loves being outside :) He always wants to be where everyone else is and doing what we're doing.

Family Update-
August 2nd we went to Utah to visit Lee's brother Craig and his family. We went to Lagoon on the 3rd. His work does a lagoon day and we got tickets for 20.00! So we went up to go have fun at Lagoon! I didn't take my camera this time around but Landon had lots of fun on all the rides and both kids loved the water park of course. It was a good day at lagoon. Then Saturday Alyssa (craig's wife) Kandice (other SIL) and I all went shopping! We went to go get a new outfit for Lyman's wedding coming up next week! Our side of the family is wearing brown and the brides side is wearing sage green. You wouldn't think it'd be that hard to find a brown skirt right? Well let me tell you we had quite the time finding anything in chocolate brown! It was ridiculous! If we did find something it was waaaay too short. Finally after 4hours of nothing we found a brown skirt. Luckily we had found cream colored shirts right from the beginning so we knew just where to go to get those. I'll definitely post pictures after the wedding of our outfits. We all have the same brown skirt and different off white cream colored tops. :) I even splurged and bought a pair cream colored wedges :) I can't wait to show pictures. All in all it was fun girls day out which we never get to do :)

You may have heard....

This is the announcement I put on facebook as my banner. :) turned out pretty cute I think! 

Here I am 13 weeks and 1 day. I took this picture Sunday. I'm starting to notice a little bump so I figured it was finally time to take a picture. :) 

I can't believe there's going to be 5 of us! Crazy! Just look at all those boots! We are so excited for #3! And  can't wait for his or her arrival. We'll be finding out in September if we're havin' a boy or a girl I soooo can't wait it seems like forever away but we have lots of stuff keeping us busy this summer so hopefully the time will  fly by!  

What we've been up to!

We went to GG and Popa's house the weekend of June 23rd. For Popa's 60th Birthday! The Kids and I hitched a ride with Tawny up to Spokane and had lots of fun over the weekend. It was short but fun. We got to see lots of family and Zeke found his new favorite thing the Piano! :) 

Eating some of Popa's birthday cake YUM

Sweeping up the lawn after it had been mowed. Fun rides on the four wheeler with Popa.

 I don't remember why he was naked but for some reason he was...I'm think he had just come inside from playing in the water and took all his clothes off and just couldn't stay awake any longer! haha 

 Zeke had pancakes for breakfast. I gave him a small cup of water so he could practice drinking from a cup by himself. Well this was the result he dumped it out smeared it together with his syrup and rubbed it onto his head. I'm just glad it was watered down syrup in his hair! lol He promptly had a bath! 

                                                                     So proud of himself.

 Bath time! 

 Landon's birthday weekend! Cousins came into town!

 Happy boy!

 Friday July 20th was Landon's birthday and so during the day we went to the zoo! 

 takin' on the zoo.

 This goat really like Jacob. haha

 Landon sitting on the giant chicken toy.

 Drinking from a lion's mouth! 

 Jakey's turn.

 Lions!

 Zebra's

 Tigers!

We saw lots of animals including the monkeys and all the tropical birds and camel's and bears. Idaho Fall's has a great little zoo and it's only 6.00 for adults and kids 3 and under are free. :) 

 Landon's Batman cape and mask. He loves this thing and it's sooo funny. Look how serious he is. He got this for his birthday. 

 Been playin' in the mud. I'd just taken his diaper off ( I don't remember why he was in a diaper cuz he's potty trained....) and he had mud everywhere and a white butt! lol

 Happy 3rd Birthday Landon! 

We had a big bbq play in the water birthday for Landon on Saturday becasue Friday night the night of his actual birthday Lee's brother graduated from BYUI so it was his night to celebrate and we postponed until Saturday night for the big party. 

 Playin in the mud hole. Lee is landscaping next to our house and he had filled it up with water to make a mud hole for the kids. Thanks for that haha such a mess but they loved it. This is Dyson, Landon and Maddie playing in my laundry bucket in the mud hole. 

 Eventually I just couldn't resist anymore and had to join Landon and Maddie. Why should the kids get to have all the fun?! haha Alyssa joined in as well it was fun! 

 And then this last Saturday (July 28th) we threw a bridal shower for our new sister in law Amie! We're so excited for her to join the family! We did a hot pink and zebra theme. Everything was sooo yummy too.

 This cake was delicious

The only downside to the shower was NOBODY CAME! yeah dead serious. not even kidding. I don't know what happened. Lee's mom showed up over an hour late and when she showed up she called her sister Karlee and told them to come over (she had just been with them) so Karlee and her daughter Ronalee and ronalee's 3 girls showed up so atleast all the food didn't go to waste. And we got to share it with someone! It was also nice to have someone to play the games we had planned with too. I was and still am kinda mad about it because of all the time and money we put into it and no one bothered to show or call us and let us know. Grrrr whatev. Luckily the bride to be had a good attitude about it and laughed it off. Apparently this happened at her first shower too that her aunt threw for her. Poor girl hasn't even gotten a decent bridal shower! Welcome to the family! haha 

Funny story about these roses. Kandice and I were out Friday night picking up the last minute items and food for the bridal shower and we were at the grocery store when this toothless (ok well he had a couple teeth) old tattooed guy came up to us and handed us these roses. He said he was passing them out to the ladies of the store haha. too funny. not gonna lie we did wonder if he just took them from the floral department and gave them to us hahahahaha but luckily that wasn't the case all the lady cashier's received roses as well. lol 

Yellowstone!

 What is a summer without Yellowstone?! Last Saturday was the free park weekend for national parks. So we got Craig and Alyssa to come up for the weekend (Alyssa and the kids have never been to yellowstone.) We stopped at Mesa Falls on our way to yellowstone. And there was a rainbow off the waterfall it was gorgeous! 

Mesa Falls

 Family picture opportunity. Too bad the sun was way too bright.

After mesa falls we headed to yellowstone the LONG way around where you go through quake lake...not my idea I didn't want to go cuz it's not much to look at, but I was out voted. Anyways when we finally got into the park one of the first little road stops we made this little friendly chipmunk was running up to us for food.

 He got sooo close. I'm sure they get fed alot by people. We didn't find him though. Just took pictures. The kids LOVED it lol

 Saturday was a cold and rainy snowy weekend in Yellowstone! So all that was out were the Buffalo.

 Gotta love those buffalo. All the other animals were hiding. 

 This was one of the stops where you can get out and walk the board walks and see all the hot pots and stuff going on out here! 

 Cool blue pool. That blue water although you think it wouldn't be that hot is actually close to 300degrees!

 Jacob was plugging his nose because of the sulfur smell! hahaha so funny! lol 

                                                    Fountain Paint Pots! Looks like bubbling clay!

                                                                This was a creepy steaming hole!

 A little geyser just bubbling and blowing! :) I LOVE my new camera it captured some pretty great pictures this weekend. 

Lyman (lee's brother) and his fiance Amie! 

Getting married August 16th in the Idaho Falls Temple. Yay! 

Ol' Faithful! 

We froze our butts off...and our hands and our ears and toes....waiting for Ol' Faithful he was a little late but that's ok. He put on a good show!

 Maddie                          Craig                                                  Alyssa                       Jacob
                                                        in front of ol' faithful.

More Buffalo!!!! This time we got super close! These guys walked right past our car. They had crossed the river and were coming towards us and then ended up crossing the road.

just moseying along

These two guys in the back decided to start fighting and butting heads! haha SO COOL!

Still fighting.

And then there leader had crossed the road and they were a little behind so they ALL decided to start running! They looked like they were going to charge into Robert and Kandice's car behind us! haha

On the way back out of the park there was a big close group of these buffalo with babies! so cute. These ones were kissing noses :) 

Lookin' kinda patchy shedding their winter fur

passed out from all the fun.

We had fun in Yellowstone even though it did snow. We didn't get to do everything I had originally planned. Because of our stupid detour through quake lake but we'll just save that for next time. I just don't like it when my plans get interrupted for something dumb like a caved in road. not cool. oh well I'll get over it someday right?! haha Maybe next time we go up it won't be snowing. :)