We are having a . . . . .

We had our ultra sound on Friday and it is official - we are having a GIRL!! We are very excited about having another little girl in our family. We were especially grateful to see that she is healthy and everything looked/measured right on for her October due date. I was going to put some of the ultra sound pictures on here but they are kind of blurry and after being scanned into our computer I was afraid they would be even more blurry. So just imagine a cute little girl hanging out with her ankles crossed, just chilling while we checked her out from head to toe.
When we got home from the hospital I asked Lauren if she wanted to know if it was a boy or a girl and she just looked at me and said, "Mom, I already know it a girl. I going to have a sister!" Well, she was right. Now we just have to think of a name we can all agree on!
Lauren and I have been having lots of fun this week playing at the park, going swimming at the outdoor splash pool, and seeing the new dinosaur exhibit at the museum. I took a lot of pictures but need to download them so I will hopefully be posting some cute pictures soon!

Weekend

Our Memorial Day weekend was pretty low key. We obviously didn't go anywhere since Dave is still recuperating from his last surgery. I did have a fun night out with a bunch of girls at a good-bye party for a good friend who is moving away soon! There was a lot of singing, food, and just good times hanging out and talking. I was one of the party poopers who went home from the party early - I was the second to leave the party and I left at 3am!

Lauren and I had hoped to go to one of the outdoor pools over the weekend but the weather turned colder and the pools didn't open so we will just have to patiently wait for the warmer weather to return. We also had some pretty bad storms over the weekend. Luckily we missed the worst of them here in our area but tornado season has definitely started and about 1 1/2 hours north of us 6 people were killed when a tornado ripped through their town. I really, really hate tornado season and I hope this season will be as uneventful as possible!

Dave did leave the house this weekend though - he came to church with us on Sunday! He stayed through Sacrament Mtg. and then stayed to hear Lauren give her second talk in primary! She talked about families and she did a GREAT job! And Monday we decided to all go out to lunch together. That was about as exciting as we got over the weekend. At the restaurant they had a coloring book and crayons for Lauren and in the back of the book was a cute letter she could fill in. It asked lots of funny questions and it was fun to learn that Lauren wants to be a Mystery Superhero when she grows up! If you ask her what a mystery superhero does she will tell you that they solve mysteries!

We also found the time to play some rousing games of Pretty Pretty Princess!

Doesn't Dave look great in yellow jewelry?!?! After I took this picture he said that it better not show up on our blog. But I think it shows what a great Dad he is to play Pretty Pretty Princess with his little girl. Luckily I was the one taking the pictures so there isn't one of me to put on here but I will tell you that I was the big winner and loved wearing all my purple jewelry!

Survival Mode!

Do you ever feel like you are just living in survival mode sometimes? It has felt like that for the last couple of weeks but hopefully we will be past that soon. Dave had surgery again two weeks ago and is finally starting to get over the worst of it. He can get around a little better and he isn't in constant pain so he can sleep at night again. I have been trying to keep Lauren happy and occupied so he can rest but I am trying to survive allergy season and it has hit me hard this week! I never had a problem with allergies until I hit my 20's and now a couple of times a year I get hit hard. Fortunately I found some medicine I can take while pregnant but unfortunately - it doesn't seem to be helping much. I just hope the worst will be over soon because I have been feeling so horrible lately and I feel like such a neglectful Mom to Lauren. At least Dave has been feeling a little better this week and he has been great to let Lauren climb up on his lap (on his good leg) and read books with her and play computer games with her and snuggle with her.

We have had a lot of amazing people helping us out though and we are thankful for all the help! We have had meals brought to our home, friends call to see how we are doing, and people take Lauren to their homes so she can get out and play for a bit. Lauren is such a social little thing that she has loved being able to get out and play and that has probably been the biggest help of all. So thank you for everyone who has helped us out through both of these surgeries!

A "Hairy" Experiment!

A few weeks ago I had this idea for a fun way to make Lauren's hair curly. It didn't turn out quite like I thought it would!

First - we wound her wet hair up into tight pin curls

This face pretty much summed up how she felt about the whole idea!

Then when she woke up the next morning - we pulled out the bobby pins and unwound her hair. Hmm - the finished look wasn't quite what I thought it would look like!

Just a little out of control - poor thing looks like she just put her finger in a light socket!

But after A LOT of work the finished product wasn't too bad.

So with the help of a curling iron and a water bottle, we were able to tame the "Crazy" look and turn it into something cute she could wear to church! But I don't think we will be trying this look again any time soon!