An overdue update...

Wow, a lot has happened this last month. Jeff graduated with an MBA from school in Austin and we were outta there a week later. We sold a ton of stuff on craigslist (a fun little hobby) and jammed all of our stuff into Jeff's truck and utility trailer and the car. It was a very white trash move across the country. It took five days to get to Idaho, but we did it without any accidents or tickets, oh yeah. We are temporarily in Rexburg living with family until we find our next step! The future is so exciting.
I am now 7 and 1/2 months pregnant and my belly button is starting to stick out. It has been a great pregnancy with no complications. I am starting to slow down a little, I get out of breath after walking up the stairs and I have to make a funny noise when I bend over. I am getting excited to meet this little girl.
We have enjoyed spending time with the fam, and we are anxious for the weather to improve. It's been quite a shock coming from 90 degree humidity to 40 degree dry cold weather. Lotion and chapstick have become a necessity.

Favorite swimming hole in Austin.

Weekend at Gma and Gpa's cabin.

Gibson and Brett

The dudes.

He's Finished!!

Jeff finished his last day of class April 21st and we have been having a ball! We have been able to spend a lot of family time together and get to know each other again! Graduation is May 1st, and Jeff's family is flying to Texas for the event, we are so excited to see family! Here are some pics of the stuff we have been doing:

Jeff's graduation present. Unfortunately it's only a one day rental and not a Harley Davidson to keep. Maybe someday honey! But for now he was so excited to get the bike and ride off for the day.

My boys look so good on a Harley!

Brett taking some time to read the Ensign.

We went camping and had a blast. Brett loved pushing his dump truck around in the dirt and he just loved never having to go inside. We had tinfoil dinners and s'mores, we went hiking and Brett slept the whole night in a tent (9:30pm - 6:30am) He is such a good camper we might just do it again! (Notice the belly...it's getting bigger!)

Enjoying s'mores in a mini camp chair..so cute.

"Helping" Jeff put up the tent.

My little stud muffin!

Happy Easter

We had a wonderful Easter weekend with nice warm weather. Sorry to all Utah and Idaho friends, I heard it snowed. Anyway, Brett caught on really quick that plastic eggs can be opened and are filled with delicious treats. We had an egg hunt and he did great finding them and putting them in his basket. This morning for Easter he got a baby doll and Charlotte's Web movie. He is really sweet to his baby doll and hugs her and gives her kisses, but he also sticks his fingers in her eyes and throws her on the floor when he finds something else to play with. Practice and patience. He has learned the word soft, which he will hear a lot more of when the baby comes.

Jeff only has 17 more days until his last day of class...hooray! Me and Brett made a paper countdown chain for him. It has been a stinkin' hard year, but we are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel and hoping its not a train. Just kidding, life can only go up from here. But where to go...now that is a very good question.

Brett is loving being mommy's big boy helper and is at my legs ALL day. It does make everything take longer, but I know he is learning and eager to help, I'd hate to stifle that desire.

I am doing well and growing. The baby is moving lots and I can still run and do everything I need to without feeling slowed down, so that is good. I have nasty acne probably related to the baby and all the sugar I am eating. My goal is no sweets until graduation (May 1), it may not help the acne, but it can't hurt to try.

Easter 2010
Mommy's big boy helper

Look who's walking...

Wahoo!! 14 months and finally walking, we are so proud. It is so funny to see little kids walking. They just look so small, they don't seem like they should be walking. He is always so proud of himself after a long walk, as you can see in the video. Enjoy!

It's A...

GIRL!! We found out today we are getting a sweet baby girl! We are so excited to have one of each. She is absolutely perfect: all her fingers and toes; brain, heart, spine and kidneys all look great. We feel so blessed and we are so excited to bring this little girl into the world! During the ultrasound she kicked up her feet and started grabbing her toes with her fingers, it was the sweetest thing.Also going on in our lives...Jeff is on spring break for 1 week, hallelujah! He has to do a little bit of work and research each day, but we get to see a lot more of him and it is wonderful. The weather here is beautiful and we are spending a lot of time outside. Here are some pics of Brett enjoying the sunshine.Trying to catch bubbles, I LOVE this picture.

Brett loves to play in the grass with sticks and rocks. Every object gets put into the mouth before it gets played with.

Brett riding his bike like a little pro. Look at the awesome knee fat! I love that.

New Do and Baby Bump

Wow, I can't believe it is almost march...hooray! That means: sunshine, baby, graduation and vacations are only months away. So I'm only 18 weeks but I am starting to have quite a little bump and I can feel the baby a lot. I also had a wild hair and got my hair cut short. It was a bit of a shock at first because I haven't had short hair and bangs for about 5 years. I am really starting to like it and I can still fit it into a pony tail, thank goodness.

New do and baby bump!!

Me and my bestest buddy!

We are CRAZY about this little boy...

There is nothing new or crazy exciting going on at the moment, but the future is looking quite adventurous. Jeff will complete school in 3 months... yahoo, way to go baby and then there's the million dollar question...what next?!?! We really don't know where we are going or what we are doing, but we are excited for whatever comes. We are excited for a baby in July and hopefully lots of vacationing.
That is what fills our minds these days, the future and of course our little stud.

This is a picture of Brett purposely trying to hid his face while I am trying to take pictures.

And this is how most of our photo shoots end up...Brett wanting mommy's camera.

Brett got a dump truck for Christmas and loves to go for rides in it...obviously.

Jeff introducing Brett to fort building.

Uh, oh. Somebody's in trouble. Haha, I thought I watched this kid every second...guess not.

Brett refuses to be fed anymore, and this is his self-feed attempt with spaghetti.

The tubes in our stroller tires were flat, so Jeff and Brett replaced them for me. What good handymen I have. Well, at least one of them is working.

Brett is growing and developing so quickly, he gets more fun everyday. He know tons of words: cacka (cracker), book, sock, baba(bottle), gog(dog), mama, dada, bye bye, go, uh oh and bike. He is signing like crazy and we just love it.