My boys...

Officers Payton & Payton

Happy Halloween! Best Friends (most of the time;) I love to see them play together, I hope they will stick together when this baby girl comes in (less than 10 weeks!!)
I had a wonderful opportunity to go to a Hillary Weeks concert a couple of weeks ago with my grandma. She sang a song called "Stand Still" and she explained she wrote the song based off of a moment she had with her 9 year old daughter. She said a thought came to her that "you have the opportunity to know your kids as adults for all of eternity but you only get these few precious years to know them as children." I loved this! And I've thought a lot about it since I heard her say it, and it's helped me get through the hard "mommy moments". I stop and take a minute with my boys and enjoy them as children, as a 1 year old and a 3 year old because this is the only time I get to know them as toddlers...

Baby in my belly...

Here ya go 25 1/2 weeks prego!

I must say I love all you people out there that love being pregnant...you know who you are, and I am envious of you. Because I on the other hand feel these 40 weeks can be quite challenging. I love babies, and I'm excited for this baby but the 9 months and 4 weeks ( really 10 months) of pregnancy is always a struggle for me. Of course I love to feel the baby move, but after that I see no real positives. Nausea and vomitting for 18 weeks..seriously terrible heart burn...clothes no longer fitting...hormones up and down like a mad woman..exahustion..any way you get the picture. But I really don't want to sound like a downer here because I am getting more and more excited for the arrival of my little girl. I know it's going to be crazy, but it will be fun and exciting too and I have to say I do love buying girl clothes ( and getting hand me downs which is just as good to me!) and the best part of pregnancy is the end! You get your body back and a sweet baby in addition:) And I'm on the down hill slope, I'm afraid she'll probably be here a little sooner then I'm ready for!

Gotta Love this!

This picture just says so much! haha! Daya's evil glare, Isaac's awkward hug face and Eisley's overall cuteness! Aren't these girls so cute! I'm glad we've got to hang out with them lately and hopefully there's more fun play times in the future:)

Yay 4 Dirt!

We haven't been camping all summer! (Except for our 2 weeks in Oregon) which definitely counts but is just not the same as camping in Utah...I suppose the reason we haven't been camping is because our source of comfort (aka my parents trailer) had this little accident in July...

and it took all summer to fix:( But I am excited to head up the canyon this weekend with my boys. Sadly Brock will be hunting (again!) so he will be missed but I'm excited to get out and get dirty and relax for a couple of days! :)

Life and books...

Things have been crazy, I seriously can't believe it's September 20th! I love this month and it's almost over! How does this always seem to happen...really before I know it my baby girl is going to be here. I keep saying just Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas then she's here...I think I need more time! ;)

Here's the two book I've read the last month, (I know only 2! I've been lacking in the book reading area because I've been working on crafts and things around my house)

Both were absolutely amazing. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt is a quicker read and it was for September book group, very cute story I loved it. And The Forgotten Garden was a lot longer of a book and more serious, but very good as well.

Right now I'm reading 2 amazing books, the reason I'm reading 2 is because I started reading "Lone Survivor" which is this incredible true story of a US Navy SEAL and his real life account of being in Afghanistan and all the SEALS in his team dying except for him. Seriously this book is amazing. But as I was reading it my husband kept asking me to read it out loud to him at night so now we are reading it together and it's taking forever to finish! But he loves it and I really don't mind reading out loud so it's good for both of us. And then for my personal book I'm reading "A Tree grows in Brooklyn" which is very good as well. I've been wanting to read it forever and so I'm finally doing it. And so far I really like it.

Well hopefully if you're lucky I'll post a pic of my belly one of these days...I really hate pictures of me prego, but I love it when other pregnant friends post their pics. We'll see if I actually post one or not. So stay tuned:)

Surprise!

Well lots of people out there know this Surprise but some still don't...

We are expecting baby number 3 ! and it's a GIRL!

I am so excited, especially now that I know I'm having a baby girl.. but I hate to admit this I haven't been way excited the last 19 weeks... This has been quite the surprise (that's a better term then accident don't you think? ) for our family. I was quite content with my 2 boys for the next couple years. Especially since little Lukey is quite the handful. But sometimes there are other plans that we don't account for and I know for a FACT that this little girl wanted/needed to come right now and no matter the precautions I took she was coming! haha! I've been so so so sick and the usual ridiculously tired that goes along with the first trimester. But finally at 18 weeks she's decided to be a good little girl and I haven't paid tribute to the 'porcelain god' in over a week!! It's been great! And now today I found out that it's a little girl and I am so happy. I love my boys don't get me wrong! But a cute little girl to dress up and wear bows...I am so excited:)

So even though I've got my work cut out for me with...yes...3 kids under 3. I don't like to hear those words. I know it will be OK. Hopefully. So the facts are I am 19 weeks along, due January 13th, Isaac will be 3 1/2 and Luke will be 20 months. It's going to be crazy! But fun and I know I will have lots and lots of family and friend support so I will survive! :)

Here's where I'm heading...

Yay for the beach I hope it's warm. It seems I only go to beaches when it's cold, but I think it will actually be warm this time! I'm excited and I hope my babies do well in the car all day tomorrow:/ wish me luck!