IT"S A BOY!!! And other summer tales.

We couldn't be more excited about welcoming our little man into the world!! Last week we went to the doctor for the formal ultrasound and found out the gender of our little baby. Not super surprising as most of our family and friends had predicted that we would be having a little boy. John and I didn't dare guess before going into the ultrasound...we just wanted a healthy little baby, but were so excited to hear the news. What an emotional moment for the two of us, and what a way to make the reality even more real. WE LOVED IT!! At the ultrasound we also found out that I am actually farther along than we thought, not by much, just a week. So my doctor said in cases like that, unless it is a significant difference (a 2 week difference), the due date will stay the same. Now maybe I will deliver closer to my due date as 1st babies are "usually" late. But who knows, I just think its funny how everyone has THEIR opinion of how everything is during a pregnancy. I am definitely here to say that not 2 pregnancies are the same! I feel great though...still teaching dance full time (although I have had a 2 week break, and it has been GLORIOUS!!) and we just got back from a 15 mile backpacking trip with my family. I still have morning sickness just in the evenings and am still on medication for it. One day I felt really really good and didn't take my medicine, I regreted it the next morning when I barely made it to the toilet. Back to no pregnancies being the same, everyone kept telling me... "my sickness went away at this time, so will yours". Lets just say I'm not holding my breathe either way. My doc said if it hasn't gone away by now, I MAY have to deal with it the rest of the 9 months. I am just so excited and grateful that I get to be a mommy!

The tech tried to get a profile picture of baby, but he was being a stinker by putting his hands over his face and rolling all over the place...so here is a shot as if he is looking right at us:)Of course I couldn't stand not doing anything for the babies room, so here is my 1st project. Mod Podge owls on pieces of canvas frames to hang on the wall. I was proud of myself...i did it all from scratch!! Sorry and when I uploaded the pic, it rotated and won't go back to the normal direction. So our 4th of July weekend we went to Idaho. Our trip started of with beginnning to refinish the baby furniture my parents handed down to us. We are crackle painting the dresser and crib with green and white (pic below) and the gliding rocker will just be solid green with yellow or orange cushions!We then took a painting break to play some croquet in my parents yard with my dads new set...lets just say I was all alone the whole time cause I am really bad.We then headed off to Palisades Creek for our 2 day backpacking trip. It was 5 miles ish to the lower lake where we set up camp, and then another 2.5 miles to upper lake. We did both and it was so BEAUTIFUL!! Sunni was in puppy heaven! She did so well staying on the trail the whole time, she is our little hiking pup. Best part is on the way back down she was so tired, everytime we stopped for water, she would lay down and fall asleep...surprising for our little energizer bunny! Poor thing was wiped out, but she loved it.Of course when we got to the Upper Lake the second day, John wanted to teach Sunni to swim...so he threw her into the glacier water, and she learned very quick:) The trip was a success! Here is everyone at the upper lake!2weeks ago, Johns best friend Brandon got married in St. George so we decided to make a trip out of it. CONGRATS BRANLAN!!!We took the long way home and stopped at Cedar Breaks. I've always wanted to, and it was way worth it!We also were able to go to the Tuachan show of TARZAN. My cousin Mic (that I have worked with alot) did the choreography for the show so he got us tickets so we could see his work while we were down there. What an awesome show and ampitheater. It was a lot of fun!