The Past Few Months

Nothing too exciting has been going the last couple of months, so I thought I would just post a few random pictures.
One of my favorite things to do in the summer is go to yard sales...I am pretty much addicted!!! This year I have found a lot of good deals; these dress ups are one of them. I got a whole box of for like 50 cents!!! Hayden isn't quite old enough to totally appreciate them, but she has fun when I put them on her.The other night the power went out for a couple of hours, so Colin decided it would be a good time to build a fort. Hayden thought it was pretty cool and really liked using the flashlights. If you notice in th picture there is a balloon. Well, pretty much at any given time if I were to take a picture of Hayden there would be a balloon right next to her. She is obsessed, I mean OBSESSED!!!!!!
We always have to have a balloon in our house, it doesn't matter if they are big and floating or if they are small and deflated, she loves them all the same. She always has to be holding it and will have a melt down if you try to tie it on her wrist. So the other day we were going outside and I told her we needed to tie it on her wrist so it wouldn't float away and of course she refused, so we went outside and about 10 minutes later I see a green balloon floating into the air and then I hear a loud sobbing coming from around the house. She was so sad and was crying uncontrollably, finally I reminded her that we had an old (almost deflated) pink balloon in the house , so she ran and got that one, carried it around with her the rest of the day and was a happy camper!!
I was going to have a Dora themed birthday this year for her, but because of popular demand it will be a balloon theme. :)

Last night for FHE we went up Maple Canyon and ate subway sandwiches and went for a little hike. I think that will be one of our last outing of the season, they say it is supposed to get cold starting tomorrow.

The next few months should be a lot more exciting. This weekend Colin runs the St. George marathon, next week Hayden and I go to Oregon, then it is mine and Hayden's birthday, Halloween, babyshower, Brother-in-laws wedding, thanksgiving, Christmas Parties, Christmas, then BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow time is going to fly by!! By the way I just had another ultrasound today and the baby is growing well and is still a boy!!

T-Ball

Just ignore the nakedness. ;)

Its a.....

I had my first ultrasound yesterday!! It was a lot of fun to see the baby, but also very stressful. I was feeling a lot of anxiety before hand and was really nervous to find out if the baby was healthy and developing well; I don't remember being so nervous with Hayden. Anyway the baby is great and growing like a weed, they said I am measuring big and unofficially said my due date was around December 27. Poor little thing will probably be born on Christmas! :(
About half way through the ultrasound the technician asked if we wanted to know the sex and of course we said YES!! She said "ok, I will quit ignoring the out door plumbing." So its a BOY!! I actually have felt all along that it is a boy and knew for sure as soon as I saw the profile, it just looked like a boy!! We are very excited to have a girl and a boy. Now we just need a name. Suggestions are welcome!!!! :)

Spur of the Moment Vacation

Last Sunday (Aug 16th) we went up to Lehi for our nieces baby blessing. Colin's parents, Tiffany, Dean and Megan were all heading out to California right after the blessing to spend the week. Jokingly Colin's Dad said me and Hayden should come along, so with a little thought and a lot encouragement from Colin I decided to actually do it. So after the blessing we ran home, packed my stuff and before we knew it Hayden and I were on the road to California.
Colin's dad grew up in Santa Maria (central coast) and still has family that lives there, so Colin grew up spending a lot of time out there. I have heard A LOT about i,t so it was nice to finally be able to experience it!! It is about a twelve hour drive, luckly we split it up in two days. Hayden wasn't the best traveler the first day, but the rest of the trip she did amaziling well.
The first day we got there we headed straight to the beach. Hayden loves the water and the sand. I think she could spend an entire day there. It is not super warm there so we didn't do any swimming, but had fun digging in the sand, lounging in our chairs and trying to spot sea life in the ocean.

Tuesday Lee and Leah were nice enough to watch the kids so me, Tiffany, Dean and Megan could go out our own. We went to a little dutch town call Salvang about 30 miles from Santa Maria. I didnt get any pictures, but it is a really cute place with really good pastries!! I guess between Santa Maria and Solvang is (or was) Michael Jacksons Neverland Ranch. You cant see it from the road, but I still thought it was kind of cool to drive past it. :)
After that we headed to Santa Barbara where we walked on down the pier and then went on a hunt for ice cream. We finally found some at Ben & Jerrys, it wasn't exactly what we were looking for, but it was good.
Wednesday we headed out to see the Hearst Castle. I really dont want to explain what it is, so if you are interested you can look it up online. But the house was amazing and fun to finally see. Hayden's favorite part was the bus ride up, she has a thing for buses so that made her day.

One of the poolsThe house and our tour guide who I really didn't get to hear because I had to keep Hayden from running around. I dont suggest taking kids there.
This is Colin's cousin's daughter Taylor. She as so cute. She loved Hayden and wanted to be her friend/babysitter/mom, unfortunately unless she was doing something really cool Hayden didn't want much to do with her.
Taylor did talk Hayden into letting her put make-up on. Here she is showing off her beautiful lip stick.

Hayden and Gavin had a lot of fun together. She is his little shadow and does and trys to say everything he does.

I am so happy I decided to go!! We had a lot of fun and cant wait to go back next year with Colin!!

Where did my chubby baby go?

I found this video the other day. It makes me so sad to watch! She is growing up way to fast!!

Dance Dance