March

I am excited for March! We will be finding out on the 15th what sex this little thing growing inside of me is, we are going to Brazil on the 16th, our 4 year anniversary is on the 23rd, and there is a possible job opening at Bryce's work at the end of the month. I am also really hoping that a certain something works out for a certain extended family member of mine. :)
March should be a fun month!

A little update on our family, Bryce re-injured his knee at another church b-ball game. He had it looked at and has a follow up appointment in a few days, but everything should be ok. He is plugging along in school and is on the right track to graduate next spring.

Jayda is talking more and more. A few words she can say are:
Dad
Mom
Papa
bird
please
thank you
up
tiger
yes
no
bye
ball
dog
cow
e i o (this is for old mcdonald and all of the animals she can't say and also Baby Einstein videos)
and we are working on "love you". She is very close.

I feel like other than going to the store with her, this is my favorite stage so far. She is a lot of fun to be around. We took her to the park last Saturday to take advantage of the nice weather and I was amazed at how brave she was. She wanted to go down all of the big slides all by herself and just went for it.

We had our 2nd appointment for our baby today which went well. Dr K couldn't hear the heartbeat (probably couldn't get through the fat layers but was too nice to say so) so he did an ultrasound and we got to see the little thing moving around and sucking it's thumb. That was way better than just hearing the heartbeat, although it made me a little nervous when he couldn't find it. We are really looking forward to the 15th when we find out what it is. With Jayda we knew as soon as found out we were pregnant that it was a girl and she would be Jayda. With this one we have no names and no clue what the gender will be. Either one will be great.

As for me, I am still feeling sick, throwing up more than I was with pretty gnarly headaches, but I have a little more energy and the nausea seems more bearable. I have gained 8 pounds more than I wanted too but what can you do? I am still working away at Intermountain Healthcare and I am becoming more and more comfortable there. My one year anniversary is on the 1st of March. Another good thing about March :)

You really taught her that?!

My mom may not be happy that I am sharing this story but it is too funny not to be told. The other night I was eating dinner at my parent's house, which is something I do almost every night of the week cause I am a lazy bum and mooch off of them. Anyway, my mom let out a rip roaring belch which is a somewhat common occurance and Jayda says "burp!" I was in shock! How does she know what that is?! Well aparently my mom taught her! Good old grandma, teaching her the fundamentals of life. :)

Bleh

I don't feel like blogging lately. I don't have the energy to do much and my house is evidence of that but I somehow feel guilty that it has been a few weeks since I have written anything. I never officially did an "I'm Pregnant" post, but just like last time I feel like telling people is not my favorite thing to do. I actually don't like telling people and let my mom do most of the work this time.
The symptoms are the same this time, but I think my tolerance level for them is much lower. Ask Bryce how angry I am in the morning :( The other difference is that I am not 100% positive what we will be having. I don't have a clear feeling and I have no clue on names for a boy or a girl. I don't think we will even start talking about it until we know forsure what the baby will be. For now we are just going with the flow and I am trying to make it through each day.
Our first ultrasound was last Friday and we got to see the little fluttering heartbeat. There is only one baby in there which will probably be a relief, but I was kind of hoping there were 2 so I wouldn't have to do this ever again. My due official due date is August 19th.
I am not grateful for these symptoms but I am so grateful for the blessing of having another one and letting our family grow into a family of 4.

Christmas 2010

I guess I wasn't in the picture taking mood this Christmas. Half of the pictures I have posted are stolen from other people. We had a great Christmas. We spent lots of time with family and with each other which was the best part.

It has been a long time since we have been up to see Bryce's mom so we took a trip up to North Ogden to visit and exchange gifts. Holley loves Christmas and goes all out. We were happy to see her.

On the day before Christmas eve we went to Temple Square to see the lights. They are always fun to see and it's a good activity to help bring the spirit of Christ into your life during the Christmas season.

I let my mom take all of the pictures on Christmas morning so I don't have any of them right now. We slept over and had an amazing dinner and opened presents in the morning. Jayda still doesn't understand and was a bit overwhelmed by everything around her. Once we got the room cleaned up and gave her one toy to focus on she was happy. She got her very first baby doll and stroller from Grandma and an Old McDonald farmhouse that sings and spins around from Grandpa. Those were both the winners in the favorite toy category.

On New Year's Eve we went to a party at Tucano's in Salt Lake. They had dinner and dancing and we felt like two young people in love again and not just parents. It was great to hang out with such good friends and eat great food and have an excuse to get dressed up. I have always wanted to go to a dress up party on New Years. I love going to these types of restaurants with Bryce and hearing him speak in Portuguese and seeing his eyes light up. He really loves Brazil and the people.

Apparently I thought I was a rock star that night.

So, the reason I didn't have my camera on New Years Eve was because I left it at my aunt's house on Christmas day. My family thinks they are hilarious and decided to leave me a few presents on my camera. I was fully prepared for this to happen but I am not sure they knew I would post them on my blog. Ha Ha suckas! Now all of your embarrassing pics are out there for the world to see.

For your viewing pleasure......

One of these things is not like the other......

This one is getting blown up to billboard size and I am going to hang it in the hall of flags at UVU. (She works there)

This one will be on a posterboard outside of the U of U bookstore.

I am going to run the Highland Fling next year with this guy on my shirt.

What kind of a mother would support such monkey behavior?!

Not bad for a rookie!

I am pretty sure this is supposed to be an angry face. Cutest little guy ever.

This was just a sampling of the joy I found on my camera. I think that everyone who sees this should make fun of them and laugh at them.

Light parade

Friday night was Bountiful City's light parade. We were out running errands and on our way home we ran right into the floats waiting to start the parade so we decided to stop and check it out. It was short and sweet and actually a lot of fun. They threw out candy and had music and Santa was at the end waving to everyone.
K-notice Jayda's face in all of these pictures. She was ready for bed and also very confused. She has the exact same expression in all of them. At the end when Santa came out she cracked a smile for us but unfortunately we didn't get a picture of that. She likes Santa already because at Lowe's they have blow up Christmas displays and one of them has Santa peaking in and out of a door. She could sit and watch it for hours.
We are really glad we decided to stop and get the Christmas festivities started. It's going to be a fun month.

1 year anniversary

On this day last year we were moving into our new home. It doesn't feel like it has been that long, but time seems to go by more quickly when you have a little one.

Jayda will be 16 months old on Sunday and I am happy to say she had her last little checkup and set of shots until she goes to kindergarten. YEAH!!!
She weighs 22.0 pounds- 31%
Height: 31 inches-60%
Head:17.9 inches-34%

Luckily the weather wasn't too horrible and we were able to make it up to Idaho for Thanksgiving to visit Jayda's cousins and her papa Schow.We had a blast and ate amazing food. Our only regret is that we didn't get to stay longer. Bryce had to work the Jazz game on Friday so we skipped the Black Friday madness and came home early that morning.

This was Jayda about 30 minutes after we arrived. She walked straight up to Gus and started laughing. There is no fear with her when it comes to big dogs. She even squeezed through the slats to get to him.
Aunt Londi did her hair for her on Thanksgiving morning, complete with glitter and curls.

The temperature was a brisk 2 degrees but we didn't let that stop us from getting out on the 4-wheeler and sledding. How cool is it that they can just go sledding on their street?!

My apologies

I wish I could send a personal apology to all of the people who were at the Smiths in Bountiful on Wednesday night.
I was there doing a little grocery shopping and decided that I needed a little chocolate. So I grabbed a Snickers and put it in the cart. Well, Jayda decided that she needed a little chocolate too and started squealing and reaching her hands out for it. I handed it to her thinking that holding it would be good enough, but no. When she couldn't get the wrapper open she started squealing again and tried to get me to open it for her.
Now Jayda has had chocolate, but I am not about to feed her a Snickers so I put it back in the cart. This set her off. She proceeded to scream the whole time we were checking out and all the way out of the store. This was not a scream I had ever heard from her before. It was like I had taken a chain saw and chopped off one of her arms. The cashier behind me kindly offered me a sticker to see if that would help and it did, for about two seconds while she looked at it, scowled and then decided that she was even more mad now. I couldn't look at anyone. I just kept my head down and walked out of there as fast as I could.
Maybe that is my sign that I need to stop eating chocolate.
So, have we spoiled our child so much that we have created a monster? Are we raising the beginnings of a spoiled brat? Or is this just a phase? She's testing the waters, finding her voice? I guess we will find out, but I can't say that I will be going back to Smiths anytime soon and I am definitely not buying any candy bars either!