20 weeks, half way, and It's a...

BOY!!! Yep, we are having a little boy apparently! Brody and I went to the hospital for the big ultrasound today to get this clear shot of the little guy-

Brody is so excited I think it's funny. I of course am too, I just can't see us with a boy. That's just cuz I wanted another girl so bad- just like our baby Tay. Brody wants to name him Rowdy but we'll see if that one stays in the running. I do like it so it probably has a good chance. After the ultrasound we went and bought a couple boy outfits. Nothing I was too excited over though. Girl clothes are way more cute, at least today there were!

So here is my belly at 20 weeks. It feels good to be half way (sigh). It is so weird though that I still throw up every once in awhile. Yesterday I threw up 4 times. Then today I felt great. Pregnancy is amazing but it sure does crazy things to your body.
On another note I just have to say how fun Taylor is. Every week we watch American Idol together and she really got into it tonight! She was dancing around as soon as it came on. Then we just chilled and snuggled on the couch and ate some chocolate licorice. Good times! She is such a little sweetheart I love her to death. I think Brody and I say "I love you" or "Do you love mommy/daddy" like 100 times a day. Tonight I rocked her and tickled her back, head, and face for awhile with her laying on my chest and every few minutes she would just look up at me and smile. Then she started to play with my hair. It was so sweet! Dang I love being a mom!

Easter Sunday

You know how excited I was to dress Taylor up and do her hair all cute! She seriously was the prettiest thing ever. We had not seen her in her dress until that morning and she was all excited to put it on. We had been talking about it up but I think she just likes to get dressed up and get her hair done. And she was very patient while I put curlers in that morning.




Right after church we left to go down to SLC where Brody's cousin is in the hospital. He is 17 years old and was just diagnosed with cancer a week and a half ago. He is an amazing kid! He and his family have really inspired us with their positive attitude through everything that has happened. His sisters are so sweet and they have dedicated a blog to him to track his progress and keep everyone up to speed on him.
On the way back we went to my parents house for a little Easter celebrating and egg hunt for the kids.

It's quite a task to get just one picture of 7 kids where they all look happy. Well, almost everyone is happy and looking at the camera- thanks to grandma who was dancing around like a crazy person with bunnies in her hands.

Maybe that explains this look on Taylor and Ellie's faces. There are no words... I just laugh every time I look at this one!!!

We Love Spring!

Who could possibly not love spring right! Even though the weather is unpredictable I don't mind the rainy and cool days because then it just warms up and it feels so nice!
A couple weeks ago, before all this rain and spring snow, I went down to Kaysville with my family to hang out and go to the zoo. The zoo was awesome- the weather was great and Taylor had a blast!

Here we are checking out the black bear running around. Taylor was so funny growling at the bear! I feel bad there are no more polar bears there but oh well. Actually there were a couple things I was disappointed about, like usual, for example- no lions! Taylor was most excited for the lions and tigers and we did not see either. Again, oh well.

At least she was in this cute picture sitting on the tigers! This was about 2 o'clock when the kids started to fall apart!

That evening Tay and I stayed at my moms so we had dinner with everyone at a park by Ann and Blake's house. She was loving the swings. Can you believe Brigham City has NO swings whatsoever. I know, I want to call the city to complain. Swings are the greatest thing. I am pretty sure they were my favorite at the playground growing up. It will be a year or two before we get our own swing/playground set in our backyard.

Kayla (8 1/2 months), Ellie (11 months) Oh I just love these two!!!

The next evening before I headed home in the rain we all went to Surf n' Swim (all except Brody) for Ethan's Birthday. Taylor did not like the water at all until the rest of the kids got in. Then she gradually warmed up to the temperature and the waves and the noise. She ended up just loving everything! It was fun to watch her kick and splash. Brody and I can't wait to take her swimming all the time this summer!

Finally a post!

So ya, I am horrible with blogging but honestly who wants to blog when they feel completely miserable. Lucky for you I am feeling better though so I actually want to blog now and I have some pretty cute pictures to share of my sweetie Taylor Jean!
Taylor has been so much fun lately, and even just playing inside- since we haven't seen Spring yet. I am so glad I finally quit throwing up half the day so we can have more fun together and mom isn't just moping around the house. Here are some of her recent activities:
singing and dancing
coloring My Little Pony pictures
carrying the poor cat around
going for walks to feed the goats, chickens and ducks
pushing her baby and stroller around inside or outside
reading stories and pointing to the animals- she is so smart!
climbing on the chairs and kitchen table
vacuuming
talking on the phone or her pretend phone
waking daddy up every morning

Some other things that we/Taylor love:
tickling her back- if I stop she moves my hand around to tickle her
kisses and hugs
snuggling and rocking her to sleep

Last weekend I decided to experiment a little with her hair so we tried curlers.


These curlers were too big so I think I'll have to go buy some before Easter. She was so cute though and surprisingly good for most of the half hour it took me. I can't wait to see her in her pretty Easter dress! Mom is more exciting for Easter than when I was a kid I think :)

Here is another fun picture we snapped a couple weeks ago of all the girls in my moms family.


Tay does this thing now when you say "smile" she cheeses it and closes her eyes! I think my sister Andrea got a better picture, I'll have to have her email it to me before I scrap book this one in a year or so!!!
Well I think thats all the update for now, I've got a pregnancy headache haunting me and Taylor is awake!