Ready or Not!

In September, we started talking (and praying) about when we should start thinking about having another baby. O would be three in November and that would make him almost four by the time we had another baby. We both agreed we would still wait a few more months and the thought of Alan's Dad planning a trip for June was exciting. We would maybe start the new year and see if that would be a good time to add to our family. However, those plans quickly changed when I started feeling exhausted in October. I also felt a little sick but I knew it was all mental because I took a pregnancy test and it was negative. A week later and another negative test had me sitting in the Foothill Family Clinic to see if there was something else making me so tired and lethargic. The Dr. drew 5 viles of blood and said she would call in 2 days.

I headed to lunch with my Dad and then he headed home with O to take a nap. Moo and I went downtown to pick up my wedding ring from the cleaners. While driving, my phone rang and I answered it. It was the Dr calling. She said "You are definitely PREGNANT!!!!" I was in SHOCK!!!!! She said a few more things, none of which I heard. I soon looked up to see lights flashing behind me. I was getting pulled over. The Police Officer was very nice. I was a little teary eyed as he told me he pulled me over for distracted driving. NO KIDDING!!!!!! Ya THINK! I apologized. I admitted I should have pulled over when the phone rang but I was in shock. He let me go with a little warning. I pulled out on to the road but then pulled over again to take a breather. Now I needed to tell Alan. I wrote "Prego" on a piece of paper and sent him a text, "The Dr. Called....". He thought I was joking but soon realized he was going to be a Dad again.

We went to our first Dr appt Nov 15. I should have been about 10 1/2 weeks along. The Dr. did an ultrasound and the baby was only about 8 weeks. He said he wanted to do a viability ultrasound in two more weeks. I was soooo confused and a little nervous. The next two weeks were a little nerve racking for me. I just wanted to know what in the world was going on with my body. I am usually in tune with it.

On Monday, we went for the ultrasound and the BABE was sooooooo cute!!!! It has grown the perfect amount in two weeks. It waived at us and Alan said it looks like a GIRL!!!! He kind of planted a little thought that maybe it is possible to make a girl. We will soon find out. As far as an exact due date, the Dr. Said we will go off the ultrasound and that says June 25th. It is crazy to look at this picture and know that baby is inside me!!! Even more crazy.... that is looks like a baby and I was only 12 weeks along! From the looks of the baby, it already looks like it has a headache just thinking of coming into this household! That is the hand on the forhead. This is BAD!!!! I keep typing SHE!!!!

I must admit it has taken a few weeks for this news to sink in but now it is SO EXCITING!!!!!!! We are ready.....or not!!!! CRAZY! At least we have 7 months to prepare. If there is such a thing as preparing to bring another human being into this family. We will try our best and come June, I am sure I will be MORE than ready!!!!

HaPpY BiRtHdAy O Man!!!

WOW! THREE! And what a big three year old you are! You are hilarious! You make us laugh all the time and always have something to say. You now get yourself dressed, use the potty alone, wash your hands alone, get your own drinks, and still have little interest in riding a tricycle. You try to keep up with your brothers and sometimes get frustrated. We spent your birthday celebrating every moment. The week before, we went with the Rogers Family to Spaghetti Factory to celebrate your birthday with Nana.

When Daddy got home on your birthday, we went to dinner at the Black Bear Diner. We headed home for cake and ice cream. Daddy made you a basketball and soccer ball cake. We opened presents. You really wanted wooden puzzles so that is what you got. You love to hold up three fingers and were not very happy when you were put in time out and I said I would be back in THREE minutes. You have a VERY difficult time staying in time out for one minute and we are still training you on how it all works!!!! Thanks for bringing so much happiness into our lives. We love you and all your nicknames Daddy has created for you!!! Happy Birthday.... O Boy, Zergie, Louie, Zergs, and much more!

We love you bugga!!!! Thanks for making us smile every time we see you!!!!

HaLLoWeeN 2011

What would October be without pumpkin carving? O spent about two hours carving his pumpkin in the backyard. However, he would not clean it out. I did all the dirty work. We grabbed the last beautiful weekend with a trip up the canyon. I had Sunday dinner in the over, but Alan convinced me to pack it up and take it up the mountains. So glad I listened to him. It was a BEAUTIFUL night!!!

We took a quick drive down to Lindon to ride the mini train. It is free and they have a big Halloween theme. The boys loved it but we were sad to find out they will not be doing the Polar Express this year!!!

Halloween morning was spent with me in C's class while Susan watched M and O. The evening started with us heading into Pohlmans for soup, then to my parents, and finally to John and April's for roasting marsh mellows. Costumes: C man=Swoop. Moo=Tiger. O boy=Blue's Clues dog. However, he called his costume the "Who Let the Dogs Out". M and O found their costumes in our neighbors costume box while C borrowed his from our old neighbors.

I can't believe my Mom still dresses up every year and does the same performance she did for me when I was in Kindergarten!!

Another Halloween come and gone!!! Wow time flies. Now onto Thanksgiving with so much to be thankful for!!!

Falling for Fall

Can fall really be here? It certainly feels beautiful outside!! Fall means a lot of things around our house including Utah games, soccer games, school, and so much more.

Let me just start with a little plug for my boys! I LOVE YOU!!!!! We have had a lot of fun lately and I love playing with them. Our new favorite activity is jumping on our new tramp. They LOVE it and beg for me to join them. My knee is finally feeling up to it and it is a little work out.

This is a picture of O man. He is HILARIOUS!!!!!! He makes us laugh every day! Notice in this picture the items he has in his pull -up. He wears them at night (completely unnecessary!!!) and had to keep them on all day so he could be a "fighter man" this day!! There are about 7 pencils on the other side!!! LOVE HIM!!! AHHH!!! I am lovin some date nights with my honey!!! It felt good to start the Utah season! Really, I am not sure if there is any other stadium with the setting you get at the Rice Eccles Stadium. Only bummer with joining the Pac 12..... no more Don's Donuts! Sorry Jigger!

Moo started his first day of his last year of preschool. Isn't he handsome?

Alan and I made it to Newport for a weekend with no kiddos (thanks to Alan's fam for helping with the boys. We split them up between Alan's parents and siblings. They all had a great time. So a big THANKS goes out to all of them!!!) We arrived and made it to the LA temple where we did a few sealings and then decided to also do a session. That was a great way to start our trip.

Jigger was our tour guide through downtown LA and he did a great job! I really enjoyed the impersonations he provided on our tour. He took us to a Chinese restaurant before the big game and we enjoyed the SLIPPERY SHRIMP.

The game was very exciting and a little difficult to watch at times..... mostly because we could not imagine what we were going to look like the following week against the Cougs.... I won't say much about that. OK.... I will. WAY TO GO UTES!!!!!! Sorry Cougs! That was just ..... I am not sure of a word!!! BAD!

I also need to say CONGRATS!!!!! to my Mom and Dad. They had their 40 year anniversary. Thanks for being such a good example to us!!! We love you!

Finally, C and M's soccer season has started. M's team picked the name, Orange Transformers. C's...the Blue Bulls. C is pretty excited because Jeff is his Coach and his cousins are on his team!

We are still enjoying the BEAUTIFUL weather and hope to for a long while. We still love the new neighborhood and enjoy all the kids to play with during the evening. We are falling for fall and hope it is a LONG one!!!

First Day School

First Day of School! First day of school! I woke the morning C man would start first grade feeling a lot like Nemo. However, I soon felt like Marlin as I watched my guy walk through the school doors. I shed a few tears (unexpected!).

The morning started with a surprise breakfast with Alan at Mc Donalds. We raced home to take pics and get to school with extra time for even more pics. So proud of this guy! He has grown a lot and LOVES school. We are about to start day three and he has done great. It is helpful he LOVES Ms. Gregory. They are a great fit! He enjoys hot lunch and has to check the menu every night before bed. Moo asked what time C was coming home probably about 8 times the first day. We had a little play date today to keep his mind off of his best buddy leaving all day long for a long time! We are carpooling to school with the Grimshaws, Lovelands, and Hinckleys. The kids have walked home together. However, the weather has been unseasonably HOT!!! Thank goodness our school has AC. We love you Buddy!!!! Congrats and good luck as you embark on another year of growth!

Rogers Family Reunion

We spent the last few days of summer up in Eden with my family. The first day was spent at the beach boating and playing in the sand. The first hour was spent in the car with a lightening storm hitting right above us. We soon hit the boat but all the kids were crying and whining because they were scared!!!!! Well, more time for the adults. We had a great time skiing and tubing. Thanks Mom and Dad!!!

We also spent the days swimming, resting, playing golf, pedicures, tennis tournaments, making smores, and a trip up to the buffet at Snow Basin. We love our fam and enjoy our time together. We had a lot of laughs!

Summer Lovin'

I really can't believe summer is more than half way over. It was not such a great start to an adventureous summer with the passing of my last grandparent, Gramps King. He was a wonderful man and raised an amazing woman. May he rest in peace and maybe even fish.

I had knee surgery the second week of June at the Park City Hospital. That place is amazing!!! The reabilitation was much more than I expected and it put our summer activities on hold for a while until I could walk better. It feels much better now but I still am doing stretches daily in order for the muscle to start working better. I am back at the gym now and appreciate the beautiful mornings as I wake and appreciate the health I have.

We had the Pohlman Family reunion at the cabin this year. Steve and Susan spared no expense as they planned the activities. They really are very thoughtful and think things through. We shot paint guns, had some ladies come and do our toe and fingernails, golfed, geo cached, junior olympics, helicoptor rides, and so much more!!!! The first morning, our agenda said "All hands on deck". We were on the deck at 8:00 and soon heard a helicoptor over head. Then we saw John in the passenger seat. Susan then handed each of us a paper for a ride. It was a blast and the boys loved it!! Thanks Steve and Susan!

Summer would not be complete without a few trips to Eden. The flowers were amazing this year!!!! The weather was chilly at night yet great for swimming during the day. We got my parents up to the Pohlman cabin early on a Saturday morning. THEY LOVED IT!!!! I think they were actually surprised by how much they loved it. The best part was when Steve handed my parents paint guns and sent Robb down to run around like a chicken. My Dad was huddled over laughing. It was hilarious!

Movin' On

In February we heard about a house that was going to go on the market in an area we had interest in. We had been looking at houses but never seemed to find something that would work. Our requirements included a garage, master bath, quiet street, preferably a rambler, walking distance to school, backyard for playing ball, neighbors with kids, and much more. I managed to have Alan's brother get the number of a guy working on a house. I called and he said he was listing it that night. I asked him if we could go through it before he did. He said if we came right then. I ran out to it with my Mom and knew it was the one within 5 minutes of entering it.

I called Alan at work and he went over to see it also. We wrote an offer that night and they accepted the offer the next day. We closed the middle of March. We made a few changes to the house. There was a formal dining off the kitchen but we put slate in and had lockers built so it is now an office/ mud room. We did new carpet and base boards in the three rooms upstairs. Finally, we had the master bath completely remodeled. Well, we are still having it remodeled. It is taking FOREVER!!!!! It better be done next week.

We started C in the new school before we moved. He cried for three days before. Then, he had a smile on his face as his teacher showed him around the classroom and as I picked him up his first day. HE LOVES IT! Feewwwww! I was very worried about him. But, he surprised me, once again!!!!!!

We moved Saturday April 16th and love it. Our neighbors are so kind. One neighbor brought dinner for the next night and one brought breakfast for the morning. The ward did not wait very long to have us meet the bishop. In fact, I received a calling before we even made it to church the next morning.
I am now Secretary in the Primary Presidency. I am excited to be with the boys and meet all the kids in the ward.

We are still unpacking and will probably be for quite some time. I guess that is how it goes. I really do feel great where we are and enjoy being so close to so many things. I also like the sidewalks!

We will miss our cute house on Monarch. There were sooooo many memories created there. It is a GREAT house and we grew in many ways as a family there. But, we are also excited to create new memories in our new home.

It has been a stressful month and a half but I am ready to get settled and back into a routine in our new home.

Happy Birthday C Man!

Are you really 6? Another year has passed and you accomplished a lot! Kindergarten, training wheel removal, basketball, wearing jeans, addition, subtraction, reading well, telling time, jumping off the high dive, a little more patience, a lot of questions, holding doors for others, and so much more.

Your birthday was celebrated for a LONG time! We headed to Eden where we went to H and B's. We also sang happy birthday and you received more marbles. Papa took us down to Ogden to FlowRider and you tried a little knee boarding with the whole fam. You were pretty hesitant but soon joined in the fun. The drive home was one of the scariest as we were the first car up the canyon in white out conditions. A moment to never forget.

We came home from Eden to celebrate at Grandpa's and Grandma's. You received a new bike, a camping sleeping bag, and much more!
The actual night before your birthday, Nana and Papa took you to all you can eat sushi. You sure ate a lot! Then they took you to Arctic Circle for an ice cream cone!

On your birthday, your brothers' brought donuts to your class to give to your classmates. We wrote messages on the front window and you felt so special. You got a new haircut. We went to your cousin's basketball game later that night and when we returned home, Daddy took you and Moo for a quick adventure.

The day after, Mimi and Jigger took you to see Jigger's basketball game and then to Leatherby's in order to keep you away from Daddy. We had spent the morning at St. Marks Hospital where Daddy had surgery to fix his hernia.

Hopefully the birthday celebrations are over until next year. You definitely lived this birthday up to it's fullest! Love you C!

HaPpy BirThDaY Moo!

Another post wishing Bear a happy birthday! This time it is for 4 years! So much to say about Moozers. First, we sure do love you. You can still be sooooo sweet and always willing to share.

The past year, you have learned to tease your little brother (wonder where you learned that from). For some reason, it usually only occurs when your older brother is home. Maybe three is a crowd because you are best buddies with O when C is at school.

You LOVE your Papa, going to Grandma and Grandpa's house for Wii and ice cream, Utah Utes, playing basketball on your Eagle team, playing basketball with our fam at the church, donut shots, CANDY, and coming up every night after being tucked in and saying "Mom, I need to tell you something." Then you whisper something in my ear. It usually includes needing a drink, a tummy ache, an ouie, or being hungry. I guide you back to your bed and soon your are sound asleep. Not quite sure when you will realize it does not get you anything. Maybe it is just that one last hug that you are really searching for.

You learned to ride a bike over the summer. You started preschool with Ms. Mandy as your teacher. You love going to school and playing with friends. You still take a nap daily and like to stay up to watch the Jazz games.

Some of our favorite sayings from you include, "Mom, I need to tell you something." You always make sure you give Daddy a bear hug before leaving for work. You cry A LOT when playing football with C because you have learned he quickly gives you an extra point or the ball back so we will not come intervene. You are a cuddle bug. PLEASE DO NOT EVER STOP! You love to be read to. Last week you memorized a book but were so proud you learned to read! Not sure how many times you read that book called, Dogs. When C has a friend come over, he is your friend too. Your favorite friends include Parker and Will from school and Owen from the neighborhood. You miss Tommy and Mitchel because they moved a few months ago. However, they stop by every once in a while and the sports games are back on! Even when it is FREEZING in the backyard!

You have a few more time outs lately and seem to get frustrated more easily but calm quickly and know when to say sorry. Lately, you have been asking a lot about heaven. Who is there, if we take our stuff with us, what we do there, and when you get to go there. Sometimes, Bear, you bring a little heaven into our home and hearts. Happy fourth birthday. WE LOVE YOU!

You asked for your traditional Snowball from Harley and Bucks.

We had a birthday dinner at Grandma and Grandpa's where you were spoiled with gifts!

On the morning of your actual birthday, Jigga and Daddy made you the "BEST BREAKFAST EVER"!!! It included donuts, candy, root beer, sausage, pancakes, and more!!!! Needless to say, church was not fun sitting with your three sugar filled boys!

Soldier Hollow

Yesterday was so much fun! My Mom, Dad, C, M, and I went up to Soldier Hollow to go tubing. O stayed home with Aunt April (THANKS APES!!!). We had a blast!!! I felt like I was 17 again hanging out with my 20 year old Mom. It was beautiful and the boys loved it. After the first run, C said he hated it (typical!). Soon he was off on his own. He would drag his tube up to the rope, jump on, ride up, get off, walk to the start, place his tube, and jump on. Off he went! Moo wanted to go with his Papa but also managed a few solo rides! That kid has zero fear! People were laughing at him. He did look pretty cute.

Two hours flew by but we were exhausted! We headed for home but the boys were STARVING! We hurried and stopped at Dairy Keen for a few hamburgers and ice cream. As soon as we got in the car, the boys were out cold.

Thanks to Nana and Papa for a wonderful afternoon. We had a great time!