New Baby Pictures

So we went to Fetal Fotos to get some pictures of the baby. I love doing this. We also did it with Brayden. I have posted 3 different pictures. The top two are of the new baby and the third is of Brayden so everyone can compare the two boys. I am going to go back within the next week or two because he was folded in half and would not bring his legs down from his face so we were not able to get a good look at his face. We tried to get him to move the entire time we were there, finally the tech said that we were going to have to come back to see if we could get a better look at his face. He is already stubborn just like his mommy. In some of the pictures we were able to see that he has hair. Now the only question is what color it is going to be. I told Melissa that it would probably be red but we will see. After we went to Fetal Fotes I went and bought a new camcorder so now I will be able to post video easier. YEA!!!

One thing that stinks about being pregnant

One of the worst parts of being pregnant is nesting, which I admit it, I am currently stuck in this stage. I cannot get enough done in the hours of the day. Even though I know I have plenty of time to get everything ready for the baby I feel like I am running out of time. I was finally able to get Brayden moved into his new room. I am not going to be posting pictures, because he is just "moved in". It is not decorated because buying stuff for boys is sometimes not very fun. I am still trying to decide how to decorate his room, so it will probably not get done until after the baby is here. I am proud of him because he did last until about 12:30 a.m this morning in his new room. He is very excited about his room, but when I talk to him about sleeping in his bed he says that he can't and that he needs to sleep with his mom and dad. I now I am probably a bad mom for letting him sleep with me, but I am too tired to fight with him about it. At this point I am lucky to get about five hours of sleep at night and when I am able to sleep I don't care who is sleeping in my bed as long as I am asleep. Well okay, I might be a little selective. We also moved the guest bedroom back into the basement this weekend. Hopefully withing the next few days Ryan will clean up the computer room, however, we are running on different time frames, so I think that will probably be done by the end of August. It is times like this that I wish my OCD mom lived around here to clean my house and get everything ready.

One other thing that I am over joyed about reporting is that I believe after 3 years and 3 months of changing Brayden's butt he has finally decided that he is ready to use the toilet and we have gone over one week without any "big" accidents. Now I just need him to stop peeing in the backyard and go in the toilet, but at least it is not in his pants.

Happy 4th!!!

This 4th of July Ryan had to work so Brayden and myself were on our own to entertain ourselves that night. In the morning we went and spent time with Ryan's sisters and their children for the 1st annual 4th of July 5K run/walk. This Olson family opted out of the competition. I of course declined due to my current condition, however, Ryan likes to default to having a bad knee, however, I believe that he just did not want to get shown up by his nieces who would have kicked his butt. Maybe next year I will be more willing to participate. We then took Brayden to see Wall-E. Which was an okay movie. That night Brayden and I ended up going to the neighbors for a BBQ and then we did some fireworks before the city let theirs off. West Jordan does fireworks three days in a row so that was a lot of fun for Brayden. He really enjoyed spending time with his friend Jaxon. On Saturday night we were able to do some fireworks with Ryan at home.

Staying busy

So we have been staying busy with summer. Brayden and Alycia enjoyed an afternoon in the swimming pool. Which Brayden loves to get into, however, he is always asking to go to the big pool, but he has been told that he is not going to be able to go to the big pool until he is potty trained. He then tells me that he is okay with that because he has the pool in the backyard. He is very stubborn.

We went to the zoo on the one of the last weekends that it was cool weather. They had just opened up the new merry-go-round which was a lot of fun for Ryan and Brayden to ride on. It was not busy either, which was an added bonus.

A few weeks ago we went to Price and Papa Don took all of the boys to the driving range. Ryan and dad then went to Green River for a golf tournament. Which did not go so well. But they had a good time together. We also came to the conclusion that we are not good pet owners and we left our puppy in Price with Aunt Melissa to go on a little "vacation." We will see how hormonal I am in a few months and if she is going to come back.

We also went up to the mountains and went fishing with Kate and Ellah that weekend. Ryan was the only one who caught a fish, but Brayden and Ellah had a lot of fun playing in the dirt and throwing rocks and scaring all of the fish away.

Brayden started t-ball again, however, we are officially quitters. Brayden was not enjoying this summer season as much as he did the spring season. I don't know about anybody else, but my idea of fun is not sitting in 100 degree temps watching 3 year olds trying to enjoy baseball. Plus, being pregnant in this heat is not enjoyable no matter what. Brayden at first only wanted to hit and did not want to play in the outfield, but now he does not want to play either. He just likes to sit and cheer on his friend Christian. So we are throwing in our hats. Maybe next spring he will start to enjoy it again.