Good News

So for all of you that are not aware of it yet, I wanted to let you know that we are expecting.

Gabbie is going to be a big sister and she gets really excited when we talk to her about it. We haven't been to the doctor yet but according to our calculations, we are six weeks along and the baby will be due in mid-July around the 15th. We'll let you all know for sure after we have been to the doctors.

I have been feeling okay. So far I have been nauseous a lot and more tired than usual but I haven't actually gotten sick yet. There are a lot of food smells, like the pork tenderloin we had for dinner last night, that have made me feel kind of sick to my stomach and nothing sounds good to me when I think about eating. The good thing though is that even ice cream doesn't sound good so maybe I won't gain as much weight this time! At least that's the goal.

Thanks for all the congrats we have already received and we will keep you posted.

Halloween

Halloween was another first time experience for us this year with a child. We went to our ward Trunk or Treat and walked around for a little bit then went out to dinner and came home to pass out candy. Unfortunately, we only had a few trick-or-treaters so Kyle had to give the ones that came fist fulls of candy so we didn't have a ton around the house to munch on.

Our beautiful little sunflower...

Gabbie, Kyle, and our friends that live below us... Batman is Jacob and the skeleton is Shannon. They love Gabbie and talk to her every time we walk outside.

Daddy and the little sunflower at trunk or treating, checking out the costumes and decorations in the trunks.

Isn't she the cutest little sunflower? She did really well with keeping the hood on during the night. We were lucky to get so many cute pictures. Hope you all had a good Halloween.

New Hobbies

Gabbie has found some new interests recently...

Here she is playing with a ball that I had from teaching. She can totally pick the thing up with one hand and palm it (of course it is one of those squishy balls so that's not really all that hard).

Our next basketball star...

Another new adventure is getting hosed down in the sink after eating. It is much easier to do this lately than get her to hold still so we can clean her up. Unfortunately, she gets all wet when Daddy does it because he uses the sprayer and Mom just sticks her hands under the faucet to clean. But we can all tell from these pictures which one she likes the best...

Doing a piggy back ride with daddy....she loves these. Whenever we put her on our back for a ride, she thinks its so funny and wants us to go super fast. While we run down the hall with her on our back, she giggles her head off and then tells us to 'go' when we stop (this wears you out after running up and down the hall a few times with 20+ pounds bouncing on your back, or we are just really out of shape).

Gabbie rocking out...she's actually just playing with the headphones.

A new treat...Mom got a bag of candy from her Visiting Teachers and Gabbie wanted to have a taste of some of it. This is probably completely against good oral hygiene/care but I just had to let her have a small taste. She tried to suck the whole thing into her mouth. It was very funny to watch because she looked like she was trying to suck the last drop out of her sippy cup or bottle.

And finally, a fun picture with Gabbie showing everyone her two teeth. She has a super strong bite and if she gets your fingers in her mouth, beware!

I sure love introducing her to all these new things and getting to watch as she gets so much enjoyment out of such small things.

Playing with Mom and Dad

Gabbie has been playing with Kyle and I a lot lately and she is getting super fun to play with. Her little laugh when she is excited is the cutest thing to listen to.

Stripped down ready to get cleaned up after eating dinner... she makes a huge mess every time she eats so we have to wet her down in the sink to wipe her off.

Helping Mom close the window...

Playing with the buttons on Dad's shirt...

Daddy teaching Gabs how to do a head stand...

Now Gabbie's turn to show her talent...

Going for a ride in the laundry basket before we go fold the clothes...

Conference Weekend (a month later)

Well, I know I'm about a month late but here are the pictures we took when we went up to Park City for General Conference with the family. Kyle's brother Matt and his family came down from Idaho and spent the weekend with us. This was the only time I brought the camera out so we didn't get too many pictures. Here are Matt, Kyle, Jake, Abbie, Annie, Parker, Lydia, and Gabbie playing in the pool.

Riding down to the pool on Daddy's shoulders.