Monday, October 18, 2010

IT'S A...

GIRL!!!!!!!!!

I still can't believe it! I'm having a baby girl in March!!!! Due March 20th and can't wait!!
And yes I am doing a dance in the pics above!

I had my official ultrasound appointment this morning. The ultrasound tech was a little interesting but eventually warmed up to me! At first the umbilical cord was in the way but the whole appointment she kept saying "I haven't seen a pee-pee yet! Do you?" It was pretty funny. We finally got some good angles and determined that it's a GIRL!!! I'm just so excited to not call my baby an "IT" anymore. That's the best part. (Plus I've already bought some girl clothes and things... I know I have issues! But come on I kept the tags on them and could always give them away as gifts if I wasn't ever blessed with a girl.)

As we were leaving the appointment Ron turned to me and said "Shelly, Can you give me your debit card?" Ha Ha Ha! No way! I'm soooooooooooo excited to bring on the Bling, bows, flowers and STUFF!!!!!

Noah's 2nd Birthday!

Noah's 2nd Birthday was last week! He kept going back and forth between wanting a Dinosaur or an Elma birthday cake. He finally decided on Elmo! The cupcakes aren't that great looking but are pretty easy to make. I think he really enjoyed it.

Because his Birthday fell on Thursday we were able to do a little mini b-day party for him during the day with friends Colter, Sydney, and his cousin Ella.
(I just happened to be babysitting all these fun kiddos!)
Noah thanking Grandma Faler for his present!
I can't believe Noah is 2 years old! He's definitely not "Baby Noah" anymore. He's talking lots now. (Even has a little attitude sometimes! For example when he says, "Mommy I'm talking to you!") His favorite book right now is Dr. Suess "Green Eggs and Ham". He LOVES to be outside, and his favorite thing to eat is probably blue berries. He's ALWAYS begging for "Boo-Berries". Noah also really idolizes his older brother Mason, and they are little partners in crime! I hope their friendship lasts them a lifetime!

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Mason 4th Birthday

Ok! Mason turned 4 yrs. old on Tuesday, October 5th!!! He really wanted an Ironman cake but I couldn't find any cake decor that worked. I think he was happy to settle for Spiderman. Please try not laugh too hard at my major lack of cake decorating skills! We did have a little family party for him and the grandparents stopped by with their gifts and hellos! Grandma and Grandpa Huber even brought their little dog Rosco to wish Mason a Happy Birthday! I think he had a good day!

Lindsey watches my boys on Wednesday's. Lindsey is soooooo sweet and threw Mason a little birthday party. Colter's cousins Livvy and Bailey were there too. (Mason just LOVES Bailey!)
They made birthday hats, had birthday cake and presents! I honestly don't know what I'd do with out Lindsey!! She is so thoughtful and very generous.
Lindsey found an Ironman mask for Mason! I looked in like 3 stores for one!!! Thank you Lindsey! (On the way home from Lindsey's house he wore the mask in the car and said, "I need to go get my Ironman gun now." (Grandma Faler got him an ironman supersoaker.)


Monday, October 4, 2010

Family Scripture Study

For the past couple weeks we've (as a family) tried really hard to read the Book of Mormon every night. Every night we have a bed time routine with the boys of reading books, family prayer and lights out! So Ron and I thought it'd be "easy" to just add our scripture study after the fun books are read. Mason had other ideas. EVERY time we get the book of Mormon stories book out Mason yells "NO! I don't want to read that. I want to pick a different book!" And he usually walks out of the room while we read to Noah. (Book of Mormon stories is a simplified version of the Book of Mormon with illustrations for children.)

Tonight Ron had a great idea. We got a couple flashlights, turned the lights out, and held family scripture study. It was the FIRST time Mason sat and really listened to the story and participated! What a fun success!!!! You can't really tell in the picture but the lights are out and both boys have flashlights. Not sure if this will work every night but I am just glad that we were able to have one successful session of family scripture time!