Colorado, Baby, 4th of July etc....

I've been really bad at updating this blog. I don't know if I can remember everything that has gone on in the last month.

COLORADO

We went on a little trip to Colorado for a last minute family reunion. While we were there I got fried the day we went out fishing. I definitely seem to be more sensitive to the sun then I am when I'm not pregnant. My mom would say I blame everything on being pregnant... which I don't but there are some things that are definitely different now that I'm pregnant.

In Colorado we went to Mesa Verde, Four Corners and saw Ship Hole... haha. (Chris couldn't remember what it was called)

The family also threw me a surprise baby shower since many of them won't be able to come to Utah for baby showers or when the baby is born. I was so surprised. When we got back from fishing there was a cake and balloons and presents on the table and I thought to myself... mmm I wonder who's birthday it is. When I walked over to the cake it said Congratulations and I realized this was for us.We got so many nice things, a bouncy/vibrating amazing chair thing, a baby monitor, cute decorations, and lots of super cute clothes. I cried while I opened most of the presents. I'm so grateful for our family and it was so sweet of them to throw a shower for me while we were there.

RANDOM

Chris and I have been enjoying our pass of all passes by going to seven peaks. It's nice to be in the cool water with how hot it has been. Chris made the mistake of mentioning going to the water park sometime this summer to Brooklyn. That was all she could talk about and was so upset we didn't go that weekend.

BABY UPDATE

I had another Doctor appointment and ultrasound to check on the baby's kidneys. He still has fluid on his kidneys but it hasn't gotten any worse so the doctor isn't too concerned. He said we would check on them again in two appointments and we might let the pediatrician know in case they want to check on them after his born but he said he's really not worried about them. This was a huge relief to me. I'm still a little worried but I'm a little less worried since my doctor doesn't think its necessary to meet with specialists.


THE FORTH OF JULY

The 4th of July was our Holiday with Brooklyn this year which was really fun. Brooklyn loves loves loves parades and fireworks. It was so fun to watch her at the parade and at the fireworks. We picked her up on Sunday night and she was really tired so luckily she went to bed a little early and slept though our neighbors fireworks. Monday morning we got up early not as early as some of the parade crazies but earlier then we normally like to get up on day's we don't work. We drove down to Provo met up with some friends and went to the parade. We didn't have the greatest seats but they weren't bad considering we didn't have to camp out to get them. After the parade we made the long trek back to the car. As soon as we made it to the car Brooklyn asked me if she could take a nap. She is so sweet... I think its funny that she asks if she can go to sleep in the car. I think she probably asks because normally we're trying to keep her awake in the car when we pick her up for the weekend.

After the parade we went to my parents house for a BBQ and games. Brooklyn loves going to Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Mikes'. She even refers to one of their rooms as her room.

There were tournaments in Ladder Ball, Boccie Ball, Air Hockey and Foosball. I was amazed I made it past the first round with any of the games and even more amazed when I won the Ladder ball tournament. David won Air Hockey, Amanda won Foosball and I'm not sure who won Boccie ball. We all had a lot of fun.

After the games were over we headed over to the Kaysville fireworks. They were pretty good. They almost seemed a little tame after going to the Orem City fireworks this year. I really liked how Kaysville had their fireworks set to music. I think that makes it seem more like a show instead of just fireworks. After the fireworks we tried to hurry back to the car but got stuck behind a sea of people in the parking lot. Brooklyn was little frustrated and told us to just drive we tried to explain to her that we would hurt people if we hit them. She finally fell asleep in the car. She is always such a trooper. She goes and goes and goes and hardly ever gets upset or complains. When we got home I walked her upstairs since I'm not really supposed to carry her. She whimpered half asleep the whole way upstairs and when she got in bed she told me I can't find it when I asked her what she couldn't find she just told me "I'm just crying". Poor girl she was so tired haha. She was back to sleep in no time at all.

BABY NAMES

We love Brooklyn so much. She always tells us funny things Chris asked her a few weeks ago what we should name the baby and she told us Wing Nuts. (I'm not sure if I've mentioned that before)

We haven't decided on a name yet. We've thought of a few names that we really like but we're just not sure which one we'll pick. We have decided to keep our baby name ideas to ourselves so we don't have to hear other people's opinions of the names we like. I feel a little bad when people ask and so many people have told us that we should just tell them because they won't tell us what they think or because they won't steal our names.  I think I worry enough about the name I don't need to know what everyone else thinks about whatever name we decide on just yet.

Maybe we'll just call him Baby forever. :)


PICTURES

Coming soon!