Is it really going to be a GIRL?

Yesterday I was looking at the parents.com website for really no reason at all. While browsing the website I saw under the Most Popular tab, the Chinese Birth Chart, which tells you based on your age at conception and month of conception whether the baby is a boy or girl.  So, I tried it just for fun!!! I was in the age range of 25-31, and conception month of February, and at the age of 30: it says it should be a BOY!!!  With a 83 percent chance of it being a BOY and only a 17 percent chance for a GIRL!! So will it be a girl based on the ultrasound or will it be a boy based on this silly Chinese Birth Chart???? 

Snapshots from our Summer

Just thought I would post a few pictures that I have taken of the kids this summer (what little bit we've had so far!!) just having fun and being silly. It's hard to believe that in just a matter of weeks, summer will be over, and Hayden will be starting school!! It doesn't seem like we have even had a summer this year.

Kayla taking a break from playing in the pool.

Hayden taking it easy watching cartoons (Don't you just love his outfit?)

Hayden had enjoyed a nice yummy snow cone at the parade in Sanford.

Hayden has had lots of fun riding his four-wheeler that was given to him.

Ready to Race!!!

Playing Sherriff and Bad Guys with Porter and Corbin

Kayla enjoying playing in the sprinkler!!

Hayden enjoying playing in the pool at Grandma Debby's!!

Hayden and Kayla going for a ride on the motorcycle with Daddy!!

They loooooove it, can't you tell?????

3 months to go.....but who's counting???

Just thought I would do a quick post on how my pregnancy is going. I am doing good, although the aches and pains that usually accompany the last few months have arrived, and they seem much worse with this baby. Not sure if it is because I am a couple of years older (and over 30), have two other kids that I am having to tend to (and sometimes having to lift and carry Kayla around), or if it could be because I am carrying her (the baby) so low. It just seems like some days, my lower back just aches all day long, and I am like an old lady when I get up from lying down or sitting down and start walking. And I still have 3 months to go!!!! --Now, that I have vented about all my aches and pains, I guess I will move on. We are all (the kids included, and yes Hayden too!!) getting excited and anxious for her to arrive.

I think Hayden has finally learned to live with the fact that he will have another sister, and he has developed his own theory on it: Since it's a girl, he won't have to share his toys!!! A few days ago, he told me he wanted me to go to the hospital, so I could come home with the baby. Yeah, wish it were that easy!! Hey, I'm ready, do you have my baby ready!! Then, he just keeps saying that he is ready for the baby to get here, so that we can get out all of the baby stuff. He has tried feeling the baby kick, but she never seems to kick when he is trying to feel it. But he has "talked" to her a few times, it is so cute!!

Then, there's Kayla!! She is just ready for "her" baby to get here, so she can hold her. The other day, Waylen said something to her about him holding the baby, and she said "No, after me!!" Then this morning, she was telling me that Daddy doesn't get to hold the baby. And she's always telling us that she wants a baby "like J.D's" (J.D is one of her friends from church, and he has a new little sister). She is also always telling us that the baby will eat milk. One time Waylen asked her Where is the baby going to get her milk? and Kayla responded with "From the Fridge." Then another time when asked where the baby will get milk, she said "In a tup (which is a cup)." Then, she has started saying that Santa will bring "her baby", so I'm not sure if she is saying that she wants a baby doll, or if she means the baby!! --My niece went to Georgia to visit her grandparents, and while there, she had her Grandma make the baby a blanket. So, when she got home, she gave me this blanket for the baby, but Kayla wanted it and kept calling it "her Dora" (it has little fairies on it, and one of them has short, dark colored hair like Dora) blanket. She was pretty upset when we wouldn't let her carry it around that night, so her Grandma Debby told her that she would make her a Dora blanket. Needless to say, Grandma Debby did make Kayla a Dora blanket, and she looooves it!! One day, she was talking to me about the baby coming, and I asked her: Are you going to share your toys? and She politely responded with, "Yes." Are you going to share your babies? "yes" Are you going to share your Dora blanket? She quickly responded with: "No, she has her own blankee!!" I guess she has to have her limitations of how nice she will be!!!

It is exciting to see the kids talk about the baby and how they are ready for her to get here. I am anxious to see how they will act and how they will feel when she finally arrives and they meet her for the first time. And, I'm sure once she gets here, the newness will wear off pretty quick!!! Hayden was already informing Kayla this morning that the baby will cry a lot!! So, that is how things are going with the anticipation of our upcoming arrival!!!

Ward Camp Out

We had a ward camp out last weekend, and it was a lot of fun. There weren't very many people there, but the ones who did go enjoyed it. We (me and the kids)went up on Friday afternoon with Waylen's parents, then Waylen came up when he got off of work. One of the best things about this camping trip was that we didn't have to worry about taking a lot of food and/or cooking our meals. They provided the dinner on Friday night (hamburgers and really yummy fries) and breakfast Saturday morning (breakfast burritos). --Friday night after dinner, they had a scavenger hunt and then we spent the rest of the evening sitting around the campfire visiting and roasting marshmallows, while Kayla stayed busy playing in the dirt and getting really dirty with her friends, Reese and JD. Then on Saturday after breakfast, we went on a little hike down to the creek, and then visited with everyone for awhile and enjoyed some tasty watermelon before packing up and coming home. It was a quick trip up and back, but like I said, it was a lot of fun.

Celebration 2009

We were able to enjoy Manassa Pioneer Days a couple of weekends ago. Waylen took the day off from work on Friday (first time in awhile, so it was nice to have him there both days). Not going to do a detailed account, it was your typical Pioneer Day weekend. Parade, Carnival Rides, Rodeo, Parade Again, Motocross, Hamburgers (and working hamburger stand), BBQ sandwiches, Turkey Legs, Nachos, Cotton Candy, Funnel Cake, More Carnival Rides, Carnival Games, Fireworks.