Nova Dee

My sweet grandma passed away early this morning. She was sick with pancreas cancer for the past year and went peacefully in her sleep. It was such a blessing that she never really went through the final stages of cancer. I think we were all really dreading watching that happen so I'm glad she wasn't in any pain in the end. I think my dad said it best when he said, "She is now in a place where she will wait to greet each of us." I'm thankful to have that comforting knowledge in this sad time. 

Here are just a few of my favorite pictures of my grandma...

Collage-a-thon

 Instead of posting 9 different pictures, I put them into collages...because it was faster and 3 pictures is about all I have the energy to upload right now. I'm officially in my third (and last!) trimester - 28 weeks! Usually your energy is supposed to come back in your 2nd trimester, but mine never seemed to. I guess I should just get used to it though - I'm thinking with two kids I'll probably never have energy like I used to. I shouldn't complain too much though, I'd rather have less energy and be able to snuggle (and chase after) my cute boy and future cute boy! 

These are some of my favorite things right now - Hat Day at McKay's School,  a Shamrock Shake, and watching Kayo mimic us with his toys! 

Rare moments of a sweet, snuggly boy - he's usually too active for this to happen anymore! 

McKay found his own place to watch a show on my phone.
And me - 28 weeks (7 months) today! 

I Am the Worst

 ...at blogging that is. I have no extra energy these days and I think this baby has zapped all my creative juices. Anyways here's a few pictures of what we've been up to.

McKay's first day of preschool and riding the bus. He loves it! 

First time sledding. This crazy kid is such the daredevil.  It's really not a good thing.

BYUI Preschool

New baby is a thumbsucker too! 

25 weeks. Of course, McKay is always on the go.

Christmas post ... 4 weeks late!

There's really no excuse of why this is so late, but can we just blame in on my pregnancy?!? Okay, sounds good to me! Here are some pictures from our Christmas in Ohio.

McKay's still a little uneasy about sitting on Santa's lap.

We had one morning where all my high school besties were in town. So glad we were able to meet up. Love these girls! 

Our Christmas Eve: kids in matching jammies while we read and then watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas. So nice and relaxing! 

Christmas morning was very tiring for Ari

McKay and Lilly playing their new kazoos. 

Also while we were in Ohio I had an ultrasound done to find out the gender of our baby. I had the technician keep the results a secret so only my friend, Kristin, knew. She then made us this box with balloons to let us know....

It's a BOY!!!!

There are more pictures to share, so just plan on the next post in around 3 weeks   :o)  That way if it gets done before that we'll all be surprised! 

Slime-fest!

I'm way behind in my posts so I'll be doing some catching up over the next week or month...or year! 

The week before Christmas Sean's school participated in a fund raiser called "Operation Merry Christmas" where they purchase gifts for families in the area who need some extra help for the holidays. Part of the fun comes in where the students have goals of how much they can raise. In the past, if they've raised a certain amount they would dye a teacher's hair or shave off a teacher's beard (like Sean's done in the past!)

Anyways this year the students could dump mystery containers filled with various foods on a few teachers. Sean was volunteered to be one of the teachers. Here are a few pictures of him getting gooey food poured on his head! 

Making sure the other teachers got their fair share! 

Remember the show, "You Can't Do That On Television" with the slime?

Just for you!

I'm posting this on Facebook tomorrow, but thought I'd share it with the 7 people who read my blog first! Here's our Christmas picture.

Did you see McKay's shirt? Get it?! Baby #2 will be here late spring. We're all really excited and can't wait to meet our newest family member! McKay is always telling me that he has a baby in his tummy too, and will even tell me that his baby hurts - when his stomach hurts. I've confused this poor boy! Like last time, I've been really sick, but since week 12 I've been feeling more like a human again. I'll be 15 weeks this weekend and already have a bump, so it's really no secret for people who have seen me lately. More pictures to come later! 

Family Pictures - sneak peek!

While we were in Provo for Thanksgiving we asked the very talented, very prestigious photographer, Taylor Thomas, to take our family Christmas card picture. They turned out really cute and I'm excited to share with you the one we're using as our Christmas card...but that'll have to wait a week or so when I actually get them mailed off. For now though, enjoy a couple of my favorites.

Thanks again Tay-Tay Ho-Ho!