We're Expecting!

We are expecting a new addition to our family April 29, 2011 and are super excited! We are about 14 weeks along. I have been a lot more sick during this pregnancy but am starting to feel better. Michael is hoping for a little girl with curly brown hair and brown eyes. We don't have any brown eyes in our family so that's probably wishful thinking :) We'll just have to wait and find out!

Carving Pumpkins

We carved pumpkins a couple of days ago and they turned out really cool. When we started Benjamin wasn't sure about pulling the goop out of the pumpkins so Daddy tried to help him. He never really got into it, but after we pulled it out and put it in the bowl he started playing with it which amazed me because he hates having his hands dirty. (We had to wash his hands a few times in the process because of this.) Michael carved a picture of us on his pumpkin and I carved a witch. Mine doesn't look cool until it is lit. So here are a few pictures. I'll have to see if we can get some better pictures when we light them again.

Kitchen is Complete

We have been in the process of putting in Pergo flooring and painting our kitchen walls. And we are finally done and we love it! We still need to put up the baseboards but that won't take long at all. I also made the flower baskets that are up on my cabinet shelves. I am having a sunflower theme in my kitchen :) Eventually I would like to get barstools with backs on them, but as for all the major stuff we are done! Here are some pictures.

  

The old laminate flooring and flat brown paint on the walls.

Benjamin being helpful while laying the floor.

Yellow walls with a faux finish, if you can see it.

Our Pergo flooring.

My sunflower arrangements on top of the cupboards.

Michael's Birthday

Michael turned 28 on August 2nd and I decided that I would try to decorate a cake for him. Since Michael loves soccer I found a picture of a soccer cake on the internet and tried to make it look like the picture. I think I did pretty good and it didn't taste too bad either ;)

For his present I got him a memory foam pillow because he always tries to steal mine at night. So now we each have a nice pillow to sleep on! It doesn't stop him from teasing me and trying to share my pillow still.

                                    Benjamin really liked Daddy's pillow.

Three Year Anniversary

July 28th was our 3 year anniversary. We spent the day doing things that we remembered from dating and our previous years of marriage. We went to Denny's for breakfast, we went on a walk and played at the park and had a picnic, we did some painting of our kitchen because we like to do projects together, and we went to dinner at Red Rock Canyon Grill. It was nice to spend the day together and enjoy the memories that we have made over the years.

Benjamin's Doctor Visit

We went to the doctor this last Thursday and he is a healthy boy, but the doctor is a little concerned about his weight. Here are his stats from his visit:


Weight:                     21 lbs.           Percentile:    6%
Height:                      30.5 in.          Percentile:   26%
Head Circumference:  46.5 cm.        Percentile: 28%

So overall he's a pretty small boy. He dropped from the high eighties for height down to 26%.

Here are some other things Benjamin is doing:

*He likes to scribble and we have to be careful that he doesn't get a pen or he'll write  all over the couch.
*He says 'dog' 'more' and ball'.
*He loves to imitate us in what we are doing.
*Benjamin is very independent and loves to do things by himself, especially feeding himself. He is getting a lot better at using silverware.
*He loves to read books. He'll grab a book and plop down into our lap so we will read it to him.
*He loves to dance. When he hears music he'll start bobbing up and down. Lately he's been adding some foot movement into his routine as well :)
*Benjamin is starting to drink out of regular cups. He drinks out of a sippy cup but when he gets the chance he would rather try a big cup.
*He is starting to clean things up.
*He likes to throw trash in the garbage can.
*He loves playing in his pool and sandbox.

That's all I can think of right now. I will keep you updated!

Happy Father's Day!

This morning I made Michael breakfast in bed. I'm glad that it turned out because I don't fix breakfast. Michael is the one that makes breakfast around here. I make everything else. Then we went to church and Michael got a candy bar for Father's Day and Benjamin ate most of it :) Then after church we made some dinner for another friend that just had their baby. Then we got to go home and eat dinner and I couldn't wait for dessert because...it was just awesome! Here are some pictures.
We had barbeque for dinner as well. Can you tell what the cupcakes are? Benjamin's handprint is supposed to be by mine with his name written across it as well, but he was in bed when I made this last night and he hasn't been feeling too well today. So it will be added later when he's feeling better.

What'd You Do Shadow?

We watched our friends dog while they had their baby and they had a crate for Nellie to sleep in. Now Nellie is a golden lab and Shadow of course is a black lab and we wanted to see how Shadow fit in the crate because he looks like a horse compared to Nellie. So this is the result :)

He doesn't fit so well.

Pioneer Hat

So Benjamin loves to put on Daddy's hat that he bought for the trek and I thought that I would share with you!

Pioneer Trek

This last weekend we got to go on a Pioneer Trek with the youth in our stake. We got to be a ma and pa. It was a lot of fun. The first day we walked 5.5 miles into camp and then we had a fireside and hung out the rest of the night. The second day we only walked between 3 and 4 miles, but we had someone faint on the trail due to dehydration. It was scary. Then that night we had games to play and we got to wash our hair. President Rawson and his wife gave a fireside that night as well and we had a testimony meeting afterwards. The last day we got up really early so we could beat the heat because it was going to be near 100 degrees with high humidity. I think we hiked 5 miles and met up with the buses. We got to cross a couple rivers as well which was really fun and it was really windy so it made for a pretty nice day. Michael's parents came and watched Benjamin while we were gone, so we owe them many thanks because we were able to go on the trek. Benjamin loved having his grandparents here because they spoiled him rotten. They bought him a pool and a sand box and gave him lots and lots of attention. We miss them and were sad to see them leave. It's hard being away from family, but we love it here in Kansas.

Darian's Birthday Party

Today we went to a birthday party for Darian. He is in our ward and we are good friends with their family. We went to High Park and ate chicken and yummy salads and played on all the fun playground equipment. Michael got to come for a little while on his lunch break too. Susan brought the little girl that she nannys for and her little grandbaby, and Sister Behm brought her two little girls and her baby. It was a lot of fun and they really enjoyed playing at the park!