Road Trip

Last Tuesday night, Jared's cousin Lindsay and I decided to take a last minute road trip. So Wednesday morning we packed up our kids and headed to Cut Bank. It was Carter's first trip in big boy underwear and he did great! We spent three nights at Grandma and Grandpa Gage's house. We watched some basketball games, and the boys had a great time playing with their dad's old farm and tractor toys. Thursday night Uncle Reid and Aunt Nellie showed up, so Friday morning they dressed up in some fabulous snow gear (I especially loved Reid's tight green highwater snowpants!) and took the boys sledding. It was a good little break from being at home. I realized last week we needed to get out more when Pason said to me "You are the nicest mom ever 'cause we got to leave the house two times today!" We were glad to get home and see Daddy though, and I think he was even more happy to see us!

Mom and Boys

Pason loves to shovel the sidewalk. I hope he still does in 10 years!























Carter liked to go all by himself.


















Michelle (Jared's cousin), Reid, Carter, Pason, Nellie


















He's lucky they didn't rip bending over!

Ultrasound

Well, we had our ultrasound yesterday, and there is in fact one baby in there. The tech said it looked like my due date needed to be moved up about 1 week (Aug. 5?), but that the doctor would go over the measurements and tell me more at my next appointment. She didn't say anything about fluid or anything else. I guess I just have to assume that there is nothing to worry about, and I am just going to be huge with this pregnancy! We did get to see the baby moving (it looked to me like we might have a thumb sucker) and we got a picture to take home and show the boys.

Thumbs Up for Carter!

He did it! Carter went a whole week without any accidents (during the day)! The big test was this weekend when we actually left the house in underwear, not pull-ups. He stayed dry at Wendy's, Playhouse Disney, and dinner at Applebee's. He also stayed dry at church, so I am offically claiming victory. Carter is potty trained! I get a break from diapers for a few months at least. We still have to work on nighttime, but right now we are about 50/50, so hopefully it won't take too much longer.

A Little Bit of Big News

Okay, I know it's been awhile since my last post, but I haven't had much I could say. I have spent most of the month in bed. Seriously about the only times I have left my house in the last 4 weeks were to go to church. Jared has even been the one doing the grocery shopping. Why, you ask? Well for those who don't already know, I am pregnant. I was going to put one of those pregnancy tickers on my blog today after my doctors appointment, but I'm not exactly sure when my due date is. We thought it was Aug 12, but the doctor says my uterus doesn't feel like a 12 1/2 week pregnancy. I will have an ultrasound next week to see what's up. I should be grateful because I haven't been throwing up this pregnancy like I did with Pason and Carter, but I have been sooooo extremely tired. Like falling asleep at 10 in the morning tired. I think my thyroid dosage isn't quite where it should be, so the doctor also checked that today. Jared has been wonderful! He's done the cooking, cleaning, shopping, laundry. He's kept us going this last month, but now he's had to start those long hours at work so I am really hoping my energy level picks up soon. Anyway, we are excited about a new baby coming. Pason is convinced it is going to be a baby girl, he talks about the baby in terms of "her" and "she". We keep telling him it might be a boy, to which he says "but I want a baby girl". Carter likes to sit by me in church or during family scriptures and wave at my little (but rapidly growing) pooch and say "hi baby". So that's my news. I'll try to update a little more often (for you Nel!).