Baby Brother

Here's a sneak peak at the newest member of our family. He's coming the end of June and we are sooooo excited. We had our ultrasound February 1st and were super surprised to hear the words, "It's a boy!" See, we kinda thought it was a girl, just because I have felt completely different with this pregnancy than I did with Hunter. When we found out that it was a boy, Craig and I couldn't stop smiling. The nurse left right after the announcement to get the doctor, so Craig and I had a minute alone to let the news sink in. We just kept looking at each other and giggling. A boy. Another boy! Brothers! Baseball games, bunkbeds, buddies! We just couldn't get over it. We are so happy. My dad was watching Hunter during our appointment, so we went straight from the doctor's to my parents. On the way we called Craig's folks to give the m the good news. When we got to my parents', we gave Hunter a little white box decorated in baby stickers and told him it was a very special surprise for him. He opened the box to reveal blue M&M's. Immediately my parents caught on and yelled, "A boy!" Hunter is excited for his new brother and already has an agenda for him. He plans on taking the baby to SeaWorld, the dinosaur museum, and lagoon where they will ride the train and the merry-go-round. Hunter also can't wait for the baby to get big so they can rough house. He talks to the baby frequently and will often stroke my tummy and tell me he's being soft to baby. This summer just can't get here fast enough. Hurry up little guy! We are all so excited to meet you!

So our current challenge is coming up with a name for this little guy. For the heck of it we thought we'd ask Hunter for some input. It's always fun to get a glimpse of the wacky thoughts he's got swimming around in that little brain. So, here's Hunter's top 10 baby names:

1. Poop (this is his go to answer for all questions)
2. Pee (frequently follows poop)
3. Glub
4. Jane
5. John
6. Thomas
7. Walt (currently the most popular response)
8. Hunter
9. Goo
10. Jackass

Before you all judge us on #10, Craig and I would like you all to know that he did not learn this word from us, not exactly. Jay Leno is who we have to thank for name suggestion #10. However, Craig is the one who allowed Hunter to watch the Jay Leno Show. So, I guess just like everything else in our world, it's all Craig's fault. Don't worry baby, mom and dad will come up with a good name for you.

A Short Story

Once there was a little boy who wouldn't go to bed. His tired mommy was at the end of her wits and chose to resort to bribery to get him to finally call it a night. "Now little boy," said the mommy, "If you will put on your pj's and jump in to bed, tomorrow when you wake up I will take you to the aquarium!" Before you could say jellyfish, this little boy was tucked in with lights out. It just so happened that the aquarium was his most favorite place to go. The mommy felt super sly as she kissed his little forehead because she had fully planned on taking him to the aquarium anyhow. Feeling quite pleased with herself, she plopped down on the couch with the book that had been waiting for her all day.

The next morning the mommy was feeling much less smug when she looked out the window and saw the horrible snow storm swirling around outside. These roads were no good for driving tiny tots around on.

She told the little boy she was very sorry, but they could not go to the aquarium today. This did not go over well with the little boy.

Then the mommy got an idea. She pulled out the playdough Santa had brought by a few days earlier and told the little boy that if they couldn't go to the aquarium, then they would bring the aqaurium to them. So they did.The little boy was happy and the mommy learned never to make promises without checking the weather report first.

THE END.

What Have We Been Up To?

Well, get ready, because it has been a busy fall. We started out with the flu, not swine flu, just the good old fashioned yucky flu. So we did a lot of this...

...and a lot of this....
Then we finally got to move on with life. We helped gramps pick some apples. Yum!

Picked some good lookin' pumpkins to make jack-o-lanterns. Look at that cute little pumpkin in the back!

We went to Cornbelly's with some of Hunter's favorite pals, Hannah and Makenna. Oh, Hunter and his harem. Ha, ha. These kiddies had a blast finding easter eggs? Yes, black and orange easter eggs were hidden in the kiddie corn maze. Sounded odd to me, but they loved it! There was also a cutsey playground complete with a corn box. This is a sandbox, but filled with corn. Makenna was a huge fan of this. She spent quite a bit of time filling her shoes with corn and then dumping it back out. There was also a princess land with a bounce house and pumpkin coach. Hunter got to play prince charming to his two leading ladies. Super fun evening!

Craig played in a flag football tournement. No concusions this year, just a ruptured ear drum. Hunter had fun watching his daddy, and kept making a break for the field. "Put me in coach!"

Happy Halloween. We kicked off the day at Grandma Greats. Look at all these cute great-grandkids, and this is only half of them! What a legacy. Hunter is a dino, excuse me, a T-Rex. He was really good at staying in character all day.

And check out the Wicked Witch (oh I mean don't worry Hunter, mommy's a nice witch), a festive trick-or-treater, and the one and only Lady Gaga.

Here we are gettin' ready to go collect our Halloween loot.

With the thermomenter dropping every day, we decided to make a break for St. George. Hunter was loving Grandma Barnard's (he calls her Ha Ha Grandma) tub toys. The kid was a prune and the water had turned freezing by the time we coaxed him out of the tub.

We made a trip to the dino museum at Johnson Farms. This was really cool. My favorite was the mud imprint of a dinosaurs skin. That was amazing. Hunter is a big fan of anything dinosaur related. He impressed the volunteers with his dino knowledge. If you are going to work at a dinosaur museum you better know who ornithomymus and parasaurolophus are because some 2-year-old might come in and ask you about them.

And then we came home to this. Aw crap! Hunter is a bigger fan than I am.

We trecked down to Springville for Thanksgiving. The Bonds opened their home and were fabulous hosts. We loved seeing Grandma and Grandpa Barnard, the Zevenbergens, and even little Kai who is all grown up and camed down from Rexberg. The food was delish and the company even better. We gobbled till we waddled. Except for Hunter, he couldn't slow down long enough to swallow a single bite of turkey. Not will all those cousins to run around with. He especially loved wrestling with his bigger cousins. I just LOVE this family.

Fwew! Anyone make it down this far? Well that was fall.

BRING ON CHRISTMAS!!!!