Some Ultrasound Pics of our Baby Boy

So at my first ultrasound this baby boy was measuring 2 weeks later (it has happened with all my babies thus far.)  The good part about that is I get to go in for a second ultrasound. So today we went at did that.  His measurements give him the same due date as the last ultrasound so he is growing good and healthy.  This officially puts my due date as Feb 29th.  The thought of this excites James very much.  Today the lady gave us a disc with pictures which is kinda fun so I am going to share some of them with you.
Here is a typical cute profile shot.

He is most definitely a boy.

I love cute baby feet :)



 They did some 3D images.  At first these were harder for me than a typical ultrasound but after a moment they were perfectly  clear.  If you have a hard time I will explain this one a bit to you than you should see it clear and have no problem with the rest.  Both his arms are tucked up one covering his ear and the other covering an eye.  But you see one eye, his nose and his mouth all cute and snuggled up.

 Similar to the first one but we see his little ear in this one.

 He put his arms down for this one and tucked his chin in.

I am so excited for a baby boy.  Every thing looks great and healthy.  I am amazed at all the things they could see and tell.  His feet look great (my side of the family tends to have messed up feet), He doesn't have a cleft lipped (James' side).  All 4 chambers of the heart are beautiful and healthy.  He just looks perfect.

James is AMAZING!

This past weekend our family took a little vacation up to Layton so James could do something crazy.  He ran the Layton Marathon. I am so proud of him!
Here he is in the wee hours of the morning getting ready to go.

 Now hours later here he is approaching the finish line.  Still running, but definitely tired.  He said the last 5 miles he couldn't really think about anything but just keep going.

 The girls did make him signs to cheer him on.  we are so proud of him!

It really has been an awesome process to see him go through to train.  But his motivation and discipline are things to admired for sure.  Love you babe!!!

We are having a....

So I went in for my ultrasound last week to check this little baby out.  They are healthy and active (although measuring 2 weeks later than what we thought.)  So after receiving the news it was time to share the news. 
I was originally going to tell my family on Saturday but those plans did not work out so I went over there on Friday after my appointment.  My mom had surgery a few weeks ago and is still recovering so before I went over I went and bought her some flowers.  Then in the flowers there was a big balloon that said "Get well Soon."  And in the back of the flowers was a tiny balloon that was either pink or blue and said either "Baby Girl" or "Baby Boy" 
When my mom received the basket she was thankful and thought the flowers were lovely but she was slightly confused on while we would wait until now to give her get well flowers.  But then she spotted the balloon and was thrilled to receive the news.

On Sunday James' family came for dinner and I decided to wait and tell them then.  So I made a cake and the frosting between the layers was either pink or blue making the announcement. ( I first saw this idea on pinterest but then I saw another friend do it and I though it looked fun.)  I made James' mom close her eyes while I cut into the cake and served her a slice.  When she opened her eyes this is what she saw:

Yep we are finally having a boy.  We are all excited (it did take a moment to convince Erin to be excited though).  James is floating he is so happy.  Lily is so cute about it.  After seeing the ultrasound and knowing she is getting a brother she keeps running up and kissing my tummy and yelling into it "Hi Baby Boy!" 
So we have a whole new set of adventure in front of us and I am excited to embark or them (although I am also a little nervous.)

P.S the recipe for the cake I made is found here.

Labor Day Weekend

This Labor Day weekend was full of fun, food and most importantly family.  On Friday and Saturday we went up to Heber Valley Camp and it was wonderful.
We did a ropes course called shark island that was really fun.

 We zip-lined or just got to swing for a minute.

 The kids played in this huge awesome sandbox.

 We canoed on the lake.

 Well I really ended up wrestling this little one for an hour because all she wanted to do was swim.

 And on Monday we had a super yummy pancake breakfast and did relay race games.