Candy for Breakfast

This morning I made French toast for breakfast. I served it to Brooklyn with syrup and powdered sugar, like I like it. She scarfed it down and called it "candy." I laughed until I realized I couldn't think of much of a difference... oops! At least it was whole wheat bread!! =)

Rock Canyon

I took a hike through Rock Canyon today and wanted to share some of the pictures I took along the way. This first picture is from Google Earth. I made a red line on the map where I hiked.

This picture is actually what it looks like coming out of the canyon.

People do a lot of rock climbing in the canyon

Pictures just don't do justice sometimes

There are a few of these along the way. Although I think I would only drink out of this if I really needed to.

This is the backside of the mountains

Summer

We haven't posted any pictures in a while so I thought I would post some pics of the things we have been doing. We go swimming at least a few times a week and Brooklyn really likes it. She even enjoys going "night night" in the pool.

Brooklyn has also started to like sunglasses. We should probably get her some her size!

Summer has been great. Fresh fruit and ice cream. Brooklyn likes to eat both at the same time!

I had never hiked the Y before so I decided to! It was actually a lot of fun. I went early on a Wednesday morning thinking there wouldn't be a lot of people but I couldn't believe how many people there were. It must be a pretty popular place. The view is amazing!





The fourth of July was a lot of fun. Our apartment is in such a good place for freedom days and the fireworks. We watched the fireworks from Stadium of Fire right outside of our apartment. We also went to a park where there were tons of booths with food, crafts, entertainment and all kinds of stuff. This is the huge flag from stadium of fire.

Brooklyn had fun dancing

We found a great sandbox at the MTC. They have a huge volleyball pit that doubles for a great sand pit.

It's been a lot of fun going to Rock Canyon.

Brooklyn loves playing in the water

Huge Dandylions!

Brooklyn thought this building was a lot of fun. If you look close you can see us in there.

We passed these girls playing soccer and Brooklyn thought it was so cool. Anytime we pass anyone playing any kind of ball we have to stop and watch.

We took a trip to Ikea and Brooklyn loved it! She found a soccer ball like one we have at home and jumped right into bed!

I officially finished all of my classes last Saturday so I am set to graduate this August! It's been nice not having to think about homework or class but it's been hard to feel excited because I still do not have a job. I would really like to work in Human Resources so if anyone has any leads let me know!

We're having a baby!!

So we've known since March but just haven't posted it, I guess. My due date was November 21st, which meant I should have been 19 weeks and 4 days along for my ultrasound today. However, the baby measured more like 17 weeks and 5 days along. So they might change my due date to December 5th. They'll let me know next time. I'm okay with that. I wish they would have changed Brooklyn's due date because it was torture when she came 11 days "late." I bet my due date was just off. It also makes it less frustrating that I'm still feeling nauseated if I don't take Unisom before bed. I mean, I'm not as far along as I thought so it's not as abnormal to still be feeling sick.

I felt the baby moving really early. They say you feel a second baby earlier because you know what you're looking for, but I was feeling the baby move when (I thought) I was only 14-15 weeks! It turns out the placenta is attached to the back of my uterus. Brooklyn's was on the front so it acted as more of a barrier and I didn't feel it as well when she would kick me. So that's why I felt this baby so much earlier.

Everything looked perfect on the ultrasound. Because I wasn't quite as far along as they thought, the technician wasn't able to tell if the baby has a cleft palate or not. So I'll get another ultrasound in a few weeks to make sure that's okay. Anyway, without further delay...

It's a girl!!!

I was so surprised! I had wanted a girl, but had convinced myself that a little boy would be fun too so that I wouldn't be disappointed. I think I must have actually gotten excited about a boy because I was just a little bit sad when I heard it was a girl. But I think it will be great for Brooklyn to have a sister. I love having mine. And she can still use our pink stroller! =) Now the problem is coming up with a name. We had one for a boy, but are pretty much wide open for little girls. So any suggestions are greatly appreciated! I want it to mean something like Brooklyn's does. Or at least a middle name that means something. (Family, religion, etc.)

The first picture is of the baby looking right at us. She looks kind of scary because you can only see her bones. I like profile pictures much better, but we didn't get any of those this time. The second is her heartbeat and the third is the proof! =) We are so excited for another little girl in our family!!

P.S. Tawni, I'll race ya. =)

Carnival

We went to a little carnival they had in Provo today. We rode on a ride where we all got in a big strawberry and we could turn the wheel in the middle to make it spin around if we wanted to. Kind of like the teacups at Disneyland. I've been wanting to go to Disneyland and possibly take Brooklyn. I'm glad we tried this out first. She hated it. It only lasted about 2 minutes, but she clung to Jason the whole time and the second it stopped she exclaimed "Bye-bye!" Poor thing. Then we went and let Brooklyn play a game where she got to pick out a little rubber ducky from a pond and get whatever prize was indicated on the bottom. She ended up with a little (and I mean little) stuffed Nemo which she loved. "Fishy! Fishy!" We walked around looking at all the booths and the carnies all shouted at us to come play their games. I guess they thought they were being original, but every one of them promised we'd win a prize no matter what. I told Jason we didn't need any more junk. So we got some nachos and went home to swim. Fun, fun day!

The Girl Who Cried "Poop!"

Within the past couple of months, Brooklyn has learned to communicate quite effectively using both words and actions. One of our favorite consequences of this new skill was her ability to tell us when she needed a diaper change (or even when she was about to need one.) Then there was no guessing game or having to actually lift her up and smell her bum... ick! So the child was trained that if she told her mommy that she had pooped, her diaper would be changed. The lesson backfired. Since Brooklyn learned that saying "poop" or "stinky" would invariably lead to a little one-on-one time with Mom or Dad, she now says it CONSTANTLY!!! For example, right now she is in her crib because it is nap time. I guess she's not in the mood to take a nap because she is screaming "POO-POO!! STINKY!! EEEWWW!! STINKYYY!!!" I'm watching her on the monitor and she is even grabbing at her diaper and acting like it is absolutely filthy. I just changed her seconds before putting her down, so I don't believe her. I hardly ever believe her anymore because she just says it to get attention. So now, our little girl's skill is of no use to her. She still tells me when she's dirty, but she also tells me the same thing 100 times a day when she's NOT dirty. So since I'm not that gullible, she often ends up having to spend some extra time sitting in her own poop. Go Brooklyn.

UPDATE: Just so you don't think I'm a horrible mother, her diaper was clean when she woke up.

For those who were wondering...

Here's what the van looked like where the kite hit it. Those $2 kites, man, they can really do some damage! Guess we should have read the warning label.

We think all the passengers were okay, but we didn't stick around to find out. We wouldn't want Brooklyn to be tried as an adult.

(P.S. Just kidding! The kite bumped off the windshield; the driver didn't even slow down. I think the van was fine.)