It's a...

BOY!!!!!!!
I cannot believe that I am having another boy. I totally convinced myself that this was a girl. But the good news is, I already have an entire boy wardrobe and Brecken can have a roommate. Plus, Brecken is going to love having a little brother. So, I'm sure it will be perfect.

In other news, here is something super cute Brecken said to me yesterday, "Mommy, you tend [pretend] to be a good tomato and I'll tend to be a bad tomato."

Catch Up (again)

Sorry it's been so long, I really am still alive (barely, it feels like). So let's see what we've missed in the last couple months.

This picture is for my mom: Brecken in his cute church outfit.

So in January, we woke up one morning and our bedroom was flooded! Bummer! Luckily, we're pretty experienced w/ floods, so we could take care of most of it ourselves. The worst part was having to live in the living room for 2 weeks.

In February, we had the pleasure of a visit from our good friends from Wyoming. Lindsey (one of my best friends from college), her husband Robert and their adorable daughter Emma stopped by on their road trip/vacation. It was so fun to see them!

Last weekend was our annual Primary Easter Egg Hunt and my in-laws were kind enough to volunteer their house for our entire ward to enjoy their beautiful yard. We even had real live adorable rabbits and professional photos. Plus a total of 425 eggs. It was great!

Thanks to my wonderful counselors: Kate, Kelsey & Lora who helped make it all possible!

Brecken does not just look serious in this picutre. His mouth is completely stuffed w/ candy! I guess if one piece is good, 10 at a time is better.

On your mark, Get set, Go!

Good News!

And the most exciting news...I'm pregnant! This was taken today and I'll be 16 weeks on Tuesday, so almost four months now. I've stopped throwing up, which is awesome because I never stopped when I was pregnant w/ Brecken. And the first couple months of this one were pretty rough; but I've got good medication (thank heavens for Zofran) and I know how much worse it could be, so I'm trying to be grateful for how good I do feel. And I'm gaining weight like it's going out of style: my scale says I've only gained 6 lbs so far, but as you can see, it's all in one place (and I'm not sure my scale is telling the truth).

Snow Trip

So in order to make up for the fact that I didn't get to go see my family this Christmas, we headed to the snow to give me a little taste of home. We took Brecken and Tim's mom, Julie, up to Sierra Summit for a day of skiing & snowboarding. It was Brecken's 1st time, of course, and let's just say he took a while to "warm up" to the whole thing.

If you turn your sound on, you can hear Brecken screaming all the way down the bunny hill while I run alongside saying, "Isn't this fun??"

Overall, it was a great trip. It was fun to get back out on the slopes, it makes me feel young & cool again...that is until I slid 100 ft down a sheer ice face of the mountain. It was pretty scary because I could not stop, no matter how hard I tried to dig in my edge and it was pretty steep. At one point as I slid down, I couldn't see anything except a little edge that I was headed for. I didn't break anything, but I'm a little sore.

Secret Santas

We just want to say a heartfelt "Thank You" to our Secret Santas (I hope you're reading this)!

We loved having Secret Santas, awaiting your knock every night and hopefully giving you enough time before we opened the door. I loved that each night's gift was related to a scripture about the "real" Christmas story and the way you gave us a tree the 1st night and adorable little ornaments each night after that was so creative. Thank you so much for making our Christmas so wonderful!

Santa

Brecken had a great time at our ward Christmas party and he was so excited about Santa that he sat on his lap twice!

Fall is in the Air

Tim & I both had Monday off, which was awesome, so we took Brecken to Avila Barn with some good friends. We went on a hayride, picked pumpkins, fed the animals, went through the hay maze, and ate tasty treats.

Family photo op.

Here's Brecken picking just the right one.

Got a little tired after all the hoopla.