16 weeks and counting!!

I decided to post a picture of my baby bump......I have had the baby bump since about 7 weeks and I am now almost 16 weeks along. The picture of my baby bump was when I was 14 weeks.....it keeps growing and growing. I feel like I am going to be huge this time! Here are just a few stats on my pregnancy so far:

• I am due sometime around November 17
• we are going to be trying to have the baby vaginally again. I was successful at having a vaginal birth with Jack after my first birth with Samuel was done by c-section due to him being breech.
  
• I am still felling the nausea and thinking it better go away soon!
• We should be finding out our baby's gender in a couple of weeks.....we are hoping for a girl but will be just as happy for a boy! Samuel tells me there is girl in there....then he changes to a boy and then one day he told us there were two babies in there!!! As far as we know there is only one in there!
  
• weight gain to date: 2 pounds......due to being so nauseous!
• Cannot stand the sight, texture or taste of ground beef......has never bothered me until this pregnancy!
• Cannot stand to drink any citrus juices like orange juice or V8 fusion and splash
• I can pretty much eat anything else but if it has been more than a hour or two since I have eaten then I really start to feel sick and makes it even more hard to eat.
• We are very excited for baby number three to arrive and are happy Jack and baby number three will be 26 months apart instead of the 18 months apart Samuel and Jack are!

A DAY OUT WITH THOMAS 2008

Sam waving goodbye as we drive away on Thomas

Sam pulling his whistle on Thomas.......whoo whoo!

Jack enjoying his ride with his Thomas and friends trains

We decided to try to get those boys picture as they sat on one of the many trains at the Heber Creeper!

Samuel getting his picture taken with Thomas....we tried to get Jack in there but he just kept running away!

Trying to get the boys in front of Thomas to have their picture taken, as you can see Jack is trying to run away again!

We had the opportunity on Thursday to go up to Heber and ride Thomas the Tank. I had heard great things about this so we decided to purchase tickets and go. I had bought the tickets two months ago so we had no idea that is would be a freezing 41 degrees outside! Despite the freezing temperatures the boys loved every minute of it. We were able to visit the gift shop where they had EVERYTHING THOMAS......and of course Sam and Jack wanted these huge Thomas balloons and then we got another little train to add to our collection of the wooden railroad! We were able to look at and play with train sets and then finally able to ride Thomas. The train ride was 25 minutes long which was perfect for the attention span of little kids. After we got off Thomas were waited in another long line to get our picture taken with Thomas. Sam loved to stand and have his picture taken but all Jack wanted to do was run away from us....which he has now mastered. I suppose this running away and not staying put is the age he is at! I'm not sure who had more fun....the boys or me! I just absolutely love seeing my boys soooo happy and doing something they love and enjoy! The boys kept telling us the whole day they they were going to ride Thomas. During the train ride they kept saying choo choo over and over and playing with their Thomas trains! We had at great day visiting Thomas the Tank. As we were driving away from the trains Samuel asked me "where did Thomas go"......we told him he had to go back to the Island of Sodor but we could see him again next year! We will be making this a yearly family outing as they come every year over memorial day weekend!

Just some itty bitty news!!

It has been a whole month since I have posted anything!! We can finally relax a bit now that the semester is over and Jake is FINALLY done with his associates degree! (Good job hun.....we are so proud of you!) Now it is on to Weber State for his bachelors degree....hopefully that will only take a couple years to finish!

We are also trying to finish up our house and maybe try to sell it, but with the way things are I don't know if that will happen or how long it could take to sell. We really don't want to move.....we just love the area and the people here! But we would like to be closer to Weber State and also we would like a bit more room in our house!

We are also going to be trading in our car for something a bit bigger sometime this summer! Probably a minivan because of how convenient it is and for the great gas mileage. We love our Subaru but once again we need a bit more room!

Finally, we have some itty bitty exciting news.......are you ready for this........WE ARE EXPECTING OUR THIRD CHILD!!!! I don't know if anyone has noticed that I am a bit more chubby or that I have missed several young womens activities but now you know why! It's been really hard to hide it since my stomach popped out at 7 weeks and since I have been soooooo sick this time around. I am sorry for all of the young womens activities I have missed! It has been difficult with Jake finishing school and me being so sick and nauseous all of them time! I am hoping I will soon be out of the sick stage since I am now almost 14 weeks along. We wanted to wait to tell everyone until after the first trimester. So far everything looks great. I had an ultrasound at 9 weeks just to make sure that the heart was beating and then today we were able to hear our little baby's heartbeat with the doppler! What an amazing sound it is to hear your itty bitty baby's heart beating. What a blessing our Father in Heaven has given to us to be able to procreate and bring down to Earth some of his choice spirits. We are so blessed to have Samuel and Jack and now to be able to have another one of Fathers children come join our little family here on Earth. We are so excited for the arrival of this new little miracle.....arriving sometime around November 17, 2008!