One More Time!!

That's right folks, one more time! We are doing this crazy, amazing, exhausting, wonderful thing one more time! We could have sworn our family was complete a year ago. We have a girl and a boy, perfect! But sure enough, we began to feel unsettled about the finality of it and felt like we might be missing someone. So there he or she is! I am due in December. It seems like a lifetime away!

The first tri has been rough. Aghhh. I wish I could turn my sense of smell down! It is so out of control. The smell of everything makes me want to gag.

And I cannot get enough watermelon!! Way better than craving ice cream shakes like I did with Kaity!

Meanwhile that same Kaity is currently singing Taylor Swift's, Romeo and Juliet, word for word.

Wow, time flies.

Some Random Thoughts

Today we had breakfast while jamming out to one of Kaity's preschool cd's. "Puff the Magic Dragon" came on and Jackson announced, "I like dragons, ROAR!" It made me giggle.

I decided I would whip up some banana bread with our old, black, nasty bananas on the counter and in the freezer. It turned out amazingly well considering I usually don't excel at this kind of thing.  Jackson said, "I not like banana peels."  That's ok since Kaity and Markham approved.

Markham planted some flowers for me for Mother's Day in the front bed and I have a big beautiful pot by the front door. I am hoping I can keep them all alive. They make me happy. We still need to get our little garden planted. Spring just seemed to sneek up on us this year.

Meanwhile I am thinking about potty training Jackson. I will probably think about it for a couple more months.

Kaity's last day of preschool is Thursday. They are having a little graduation. She is supposed to wear one of Markham's white dress shirts. Should be fun.  I can't believe she will be in Kindergarten this fall! Holy smokes, time flies. She got into the Spanish Immersion Program. We are super excited for this opportunity. I guess when kiddos start learning a foreign language this young they have no English accent! She will be a fluent little Spanish speaker, seems crazy and super awesome.

We enjoyed a long weekend in St. George a few weeks ago. It was so nice down there and the kiddos loved the pool. Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures. Sometimes taking pictures is not conducive to just relaxing.

I might have an announcement to make in a couple of weeks, stay tuned!

Older and Wiser

Well I guess I'm another year older....28! Wow it feels so great to be in my twenties still.

Ok just kidding...I'm 34.....yikes!

It's funny how your perspective changes. When I was 28 I was all melancholy about my 20's coming to a close. Ha!  I wish I could go back and tell my 28 year old self how young I was, kinda like my 40 year old future self would say to me now. Profound I know.

Anyway I was blessed to spend my B-day with those I love best. We went to Logan for the day and us girls went shopping and the boys went with Markham to buy a gun, don't get me started. Aww, just kidding it's pretty exciting for Markham to have a shotgun like the rest of the boys. Now they can all go out and be pretty cool with their guns. As long as I can shop while they are doing it, I'm game.

Monte treated us to dinner at The Olive Garden, yum. It has been too long since we have been there.  My sweet mom offered to make my favorite cake, Red Velvet, she has been making me scratch Red Velvet for 34 years, bless her heart. If you know my mom, this is a really big deal. Scratch anything is a big deal...love ya mom.

Well this year, the frosting didn't have enough time to chill and the cake was still warm, so it looked a little sad, but was super yummy!! Don't judge a cake by the way it looks! Thanks Mom! It hit the spot.

Note: Kaity is NOT a vampire, I just neglected to wash her mascara off after her dance competition earlier in the day. wow, good job mom.

My brother's bday is 3 days before mine, so we have been sharing the celebration for as long as I can remember. I'm sure I have a bday pic like this one for almost every year.

 Please note: My mom actually thought I was 33 this year so we had to add a single candle on to make 34. 

A little scary looking, yes.

 Me and my favorite person ever!

Still madly in love, I just can't behave myself. Love you babe!

p.s. Markham got me a tablet this year! So I need to know all those apps you guys love and can't live without! I need to app that baby up!