Disney Land

I just realized I never put pictures up of our trip.  So here I am about a few weeks before our trip.   I am much bigger now but I'm not a huge fan of belly shots, so this will probably be the one and only.  I'm about 19 wks here.

We stayed in a condo in Newport beach.  My parents were able to score us a sweet deal so it was right on the beach and it was beautiful! Unfortunately my camera died on the last day so I didn't get pictures of the beach except for on my phone and I have no idea how to show those.

Disneyland!!!  I think Lilly didn't believe that we were actually going b/c we had been talking about it forever! If anyone is thinking of going I would suggest going when your kids are young b/c they think it is so magical.  Lilly couldn't wait to meet all the princesses and see the castle.  She loved it!  Caroline not so much, she got a bad cold the first day we were there!

Yes, I went all out bought the girls matching outfits for the first day, made Lilly's hat and bows!

Lilly dressed up as Cinderella and Snow White for the other days!

Meeting Sofia, even though we had no idea at the time who she was.  Now we do!  We bought the movie and everything!

Going to cars land was so cool!!  Its like the real thing!  Loved it and the ride!  Yes I went on many rides even though I probably shouldn't have.  But I am a huge kid at heart and I love everything just as much as Lilly did!

I waited in line for an hour to meet these three princesses!  I kept telling Lilly that she would meet Cinderella and by the last day still no Cinderella.  So I bit the bullet and waited in the really long line to meet Ariel, Aurora and Cinderella!

We ate breakfast with the characters!  That was yummy and a lot of fun!

Meeting Cinderella, it was a big deal!

Princess Tiana

We went to the World of Color show,  it was very cool!

Mulan!

The day we got back from California it was our ward's Halloween party, I seriously had a half an hour to get them dressed and to the party!  I was so exhausted by the time I got home!

Got Ice cream at the cozy cone!

We also spent a day on the beach and then drove to Hollywood which took twice as long b/c of the traffic!  It sucked!  But we did see a lot on the way!  Nathan also learned to Surf with my sister.  I was going to do it but than I found out I was pregnant.  I didn't think that would work to well.  I honestly hate traveling when I am pregnant.  If we hadn't already bought the airplane tickets I might have delayed the trip.  BUt it was Fun!!  Then two days after we got back our car broke down on my birthday!  That was not so much fun! We were out a car for 1 month and the dealership refused to pay for it even though it should have been covered by the warranty.  It was 4500, we decided to trade the car b/c we were planning on getting rid of it anyways!  But we ended up with a used Honda Odyssey, which I'm excited for with a new baby on the way.  Oh life!

Its another Girl!

I decided to do something a little bit different with this one.  We had the ultrasound tech find the gender than put it into an envelope, than I gave the envelope to a friend who made the yummy cupcakes for us.  They were yummy chocolate with truffle frosting and raspberry mouse for the middle. It was fun but I don't know if I will do it again.  I had to wait about 24 hours to find out and I was so stressed about it.  I just really wanted to know.  Anyways, it is another girl!  As much as I know this little girl will be a blessing and I know I will love her, in the back of my mind I thought how many more am I going to have to have to get a boy.  I know there is a boy supposed to be in our family so it makes me a little nervous.  But I love my girls and good thing Nathan loves girls too!!  Now I have to get started on making a blessing dress.  I'm actually excited about that!!  Usually by the end I'm not to happy about it but I have a new sewing machine so hopefully it won't be so stressful this time around.

Surprise Surprise!

Yes, thats right number three is on the way!  I can't tell you what a surprise it was for us to find out that we were expecting.  I had been having a lot of thyroid problems so we just didn't think that I could get pregnant or really that I should at that time.  But we did and luckily I have amazing doctors who have been able to keep my thyroid in check, yeah!!  For some reason with this pregnancy I haven't had much morning sickness, whereas with my girls I was sick all day long for awhile.  Nate and I both think its a boy but we could be wrong.  I'm so grateful that I haven't been to sick b/c with two little kids it can be stressful!  I keep worrying about how hard its going to be with three and how am I going to go to the store or really do anything.  But I keep reminding myself that this is a blessing and everything will be fine.  But I'm still nervous about it!! Anyways count your many blessings and boy do I have many!

Summer

This summer we decided to take our trip to Utah and Idaho.  We usually travel up to Billings but decided to go see Nate's sister and our friends in Rexburg, ID.  It has been 5 years since we left Rexburg to start our lives as grownups.  It was really nice coming back to  a place that I consider a very special place where I have so many memories with great friends.  Rexburg is where Nathan and I met and fell in love.

The temple is Nate's first project he worked on in his career.  He loved it and we were excited to see it again.

This is Lilly at thanksgiving point in Utah.  We had lots of fun visiting Nathan's sister Melissa and her family in Utah.

Nathan's high school friends live in Utah so we got together with them and their families while we were there.

Nathan and his sis melissa

While in Rexburg we stayed with my old roommate and good friend Courtney.  This is her little girl Lexie that Lilly had fun playing with.

Courtney and I,  I really love this girl and I really wanted to come see her and meet her beautiful children.  Thanks Court for letting us stay with you.

Going out to eat at Craigo's but it is now named something else.  But it still is so yummy!!

Summer

Nate's Parents came into town and we went to the zoo with them.  We got a season pass to the Zoo this year so we have been going every couple of weeks.

Fun elephant show at the zoo

We took Nate's family to the Olympic training center in Colorado Springs.  We had a fun time seeing all the fun stuff.

Caroline is ver curious so she gets into trouble easily.  She got stuck in her toy box.

I ran in a race and Lilly got her face painted as a tiger.

I decided to be creative and painted my table and I'm also going to paint my chairs.

Happy 4th of July.  I dressed the girls up to go the church's Pancake breakfast. I made the girls hairbows but Caroline wouldn't wear hers, oh well.

Lilly on the Olympic rings