Merry Christmas Charlie....er Elvis!

We decided to take a quick impromptu trip down to St George for a few days to relax and unwind before the Holidays get the best of us. It was great! Shawn and I got a massage, and we went down to Vegas for a day to show McKenzie where NOT to go when she grows up! We took her to the M&M store, showed her the lions at MGM Grand, and walked around and saw all the Christmas Decorations at the Belligo before eating at our favorite place- The Cheesecake Factory. It was a great little getaway.. Now that Celine's back, I need to convince Shawn to take me back there for our anniversay coming up in January. It's the 5 year mark, and since I'm fat and pregnant, i'd say I need to get spoiled! :)

Oh, and there's a fun little Christmas picture of us in front of our tree so you can see just how large I'm getting with 3 months still to go!

Apple Orchard

I got the chance to take my Mom and Dad to Shawn's Family Apple Orchard last week. It was so much fun to see McKenzie sit with Papa and eat treats while Mom and I worked. It has been so nice to spend time with Dad, and have McKenzie get to know him and become his Buddy. She loves spending time with him. Dad has Parkinson's and suffers from Dementia here and there, so I really wanted to take the opportunity to get him and Mom out in this beautiful fall weather and spend some quality time. McKenzie did a great job picking apples, and eating them too.

Joy School

McKenzie has been enjoying Joy School with some neighbor friends this year. She is doing really well, and loves to be around all the fun friends. For one Lesson, we took the kids to the pumpkin patch where the kids got to pick out a pumpkin and take pictures on all the big tractors. McKenzie was of course in the "don't you dare take a picture of me or I will scream" moods, so we got a few cute pics, but her smile is nowhere to be found.. Still it was a great time, and we picked out lots of pumpkins! Mom narrowed it down to 3.

We're having a....

Child! Just kidding. We went to the doctor today and found out that we are having a cute little BOY! It seems he has all fingers and toes, and a good size head. I am actually due a little early too. February 28th is our new due date, but Mom is hoping/praying for at least a March 1st due date.... For supplemental insurance reasons. I guess I jumped the gun... Maybe I'll get lucky and for my 30th Birthday I'll get to be in Labor! So fun!! (Can't you just see the smile on my face right now??)

Here's a couple of pics of the little cutie. I like to think I'll get this one and He'll look like me... We shall see!

Our Favorite Time of Year

Ahhh we are now approaching my FAVORITE time of year. Seriously, just putting up my halloween decorations make me so happy, I think it would be very theraputic and condusive to my marrige to just keep my house in the fall season all year long. Something about the falling leaves, the colors, the smells, the crisp in the air that makes me so happy. I can't get enough of it. So while preparing the house to become haunted yesterday, McKenzie decided to get into the mood of things as well. Enjoy.

Knocked up!

Yep, that's right. I dun got knocked up. And I meant to do it! :) I wanted to make this post so beautiful and sentimental. But seeing as I'm sicker than a dog, this is as lovely as it gets. Would you really expect anything more from me? But I will say one thing. I am so lucky that my body responds faster than a Russian torpedo when making the effort to procreate. I meant to have a baby due in April, but looks like we'll have another Pisces in the family, due March 10th. Just hope it doesn't decide to come on the 3rd. McKenzie would feel really left out if she was the only one with a different birthday. Oh, and one more thing- Shawn decided to go "work" for 6 weeks while I stay home sick with our 2 year old and keep the house running. Needless to say my home is in shambles and I'm too sick to do much. But our kid is fed so that's saying a lot. I'm pretty sure Shawn just wanted to miss all the first trimester hormonal sickness. Hey, I'd leave too if it would do me any good. Anyway, here's our new bug below. We love it already!

Happy Father's Day!

We had a fun 'ol time with Pop's this year. McKenzie was nice enough to buy Daddy a nose hair trimmer.. Something he, as well as the rest of the neighborhood and all who interact with Shawn have been asking for..

Shawn enjoyed a normal day.. except that I tried too hard to make dinner great, and bombed it. Dessert wasn't any good either.. So much for trying to make anything from scratch. But we got some good pics and had fun appreciating him anyway.

I unfortunatly missed the big surprise that my brothers and sisters and I had purchased for my Dad. Since he has Parkinson's, it's tough for this 'ol pilot to get around. So we bought him one last fight so he could fly a sesna with a friend, just like he used to. My older bro is going to go with them to film the flight, so I can't wait to see it! Congrats Dad! We love ya!

Thanks to all the wonderful Father's out there. Life woulnd't be the same without you!