Just another step to becoming a legit family...

Matt and I became the proud owners of this little beauty...

...and we couldn't be happier! This is my brother, Drew, in the picture. He willingly drove it from UT to here and only risked his life a couple of times during the process. What a good brother! And he looks like a huge nerd...

About a month ago, Matt and I were discussing how we've never made a big purchase and/or have ever had a loan in either of our names. So we decided we would get a car. And then everything happened SUPER fast after that. Matt's brother was able to hook us up with a killer deal and BAM! Now we're van owners! Woo! We were always the couple that was like - we will NEVER own a van. And obviously, we have eaten those words right up. It's such a practical car for our little family. It also changes colors which is a cool feature. Sometimes it looks green, sometimes blue, and sometimes grey.

BABY UPDATE:

(Warning: Boring part coming up. I just need to write this down so I can remember how I felt today. Skip down to see some cute pics of Liv.)

Anywho, we had some crazy baby news today. I'm only 35 weeks and I'm already dilated to a 2 almost 3 and 90% effaced. Needless to say, my doctor was amazed that I was at such an extreme. This was the appointment that basically decided whether or not a VBAC would be possible. My doctor said she HIGHLY DOUBTS I'll even make it to my c-section date. Hearing this news was so exciting! I've been praying about this appointment basically since I found out I was pregnant. I really want to avoid another c-section if possible. And this is the first time that I've seen my doctor be excited about the VBAC idea. This whole time, she has just assumed that I would be a c-section because he was measuring so big and because I have a smaller pelvis, but he's measuring right on schedule now and his little head is situated downward. She said that I'll most likely be going into labor on my own and when I do, they'll let me make the decision, VBAC or c-section. Yeah, my decision will definitely be VBAC!!! And right after I make that decision, I will begin the begging process for the epidural. So I could literally be in labor in a couple days or a couple weeks. Needless to say, Matt and I left that appointment feeling a tad bit unprepared, nervous, extremely excited, etc. We could meet this little guy literally any day now! Yay!!!

LIVY UPDATE:

This kid keeps getting cuter and smarter everyday. I can't believe how much more she can say lately. Her new favorite saying is "I found it!" She has also started navigating her way through the iphone. It's so funny. She also loves to compare sizes to whether it's a daddy, mommy, or baby size thing. I have no idea where she came up with that. Her favorite song to sing is "I Am a Child of God" and Pat-a-cake. It's so cute to see her start actually singing the songs we've taught her. She is also a little monkey. We put her in Adam's bed just to be silly one night and she climbed right out of it - with a lot more grace than I thought she'd have. She has quite the upper-body strength.

Here's a pic from Tahoe. She's so funny.

She's so cute when she's cuddly. Also, I didn't get a picture of her and Drew, but she became obsessed with Drew. Whenever he wasn't with us she would start crying for him. After he left back to Utah, she starting saying, "I want Drew!" over and over again. Every time Matt gets home, she says, "Drew?" And is then sad when Matt walks in the door. We all feel like chopped liver now...

Here are some pics from her cousin's birthday party. She was so cute. She totally tried to keep up with all of the maniac 6 year olds running around. Her favorite hang out spot was the snack bar. Gabrielle was excited to have her come to her party so that she could "show her friends how teeny her voice is" ...hilarious!

Tahoe!

We spent a weekend in Tahoe and it was AWESOME. I've never been there before. It was so beautiful! On our first day there, we took the girls to this little beach and let them get acquainted with the snow. Livy rediscovered her love of eating snow. That's pretty much all she did this trip.

The girls were so funny together. They kept asking each other if they were okay. They would play and fight together. Cos was even willing to change Livy's diaper. And Livy was completely cooperative...

The next day was shopping day! We went to check out Cabela's and this cool place called Scheels. The girls and daddies LOVED it. Matt now has a wish list of 20+ guns he'd like to get. Livy got to help feed the fish. Here she is with Cos trying to jump in the water. And then we passed the cool fish tank and Liv became a little too attached... Her favorite movie is Nemo, after all.

Our last day there we took the girls sledding. It was awesome! Livy loved it. She was so hilarious in her little red sled. Matt would just send her down the huge hill and she would put her arms in the air and yell. It was also a big day for Matt. He got to build his first (and Livy's first) snowman! Finally, she got her snowman.

I love Mondays!

Mondays are my favorite. They're actually Matt's day off so we all sleep in and hang out in PJs until the afternoon and then do whatever we want the rest of the day. This last Monday was full of fun little moments for our familia and I happened to have my camera around for all of it.

We decided to take Livy outside to ride her bike, despite the freezing weather. I've been stuck in the house a little too much lately - I'm going stir crazy! Anyway, she's finally figuring out how to pedal on her teeny little bike. I love it!

Here we are in the morning in PJs, as I mentioned before. And yes they are both on iphones and yes they are both playing the same game. Hilarious!

Later, I needed to get out of the house again, so we took a trip to Babies R Us to remind me how behind I am on getting everything I need for this little guy. And it worked! I became super nervous! And then it made me wish I was a millionaire so I could buy all of their freaking cute baby boy clothes! We also discovered this little gem in the store:

So hilarious!

After Babies R Us - we decided to have a little Jamba action and ordered off of their secret menu - it's been a while since we've ordered Pink Starburst and White Gummi Bear - DELICIOUS! They even gave us a mini cup for Liv. She looked so cute with her little cup!

We ended the day with an unfortunate fever spike for Livy, but we all ended up cuddling on the couch. It was a nice family day. I love those!

It's the Final Countdown!

(Doodle doo doo, doodle doo doo doo... Who else is picturing GOB and his "illusions" right now?)

ANYWAY, we've reached the 50 day countdown in the pregnancy and as per tradition, we've made our paper chain countdown!

Here we are ripping off the chains. Everyone's super excited to meet little Adam!!! I've hit the nesting phase and I have about 378,000 things on my list of things to do before Feb. 23rd gets here. Matt has received the B.H.E. award A LOT lately. On his day off last week, he went with me to IKEA to buy Livy a dresser, put the dresser together, and then rearranged furniture in both of the kids' room about 50 times until we finally got it the way I wanted.

Here's Adam's room. I'm finally happy with the arrangement. And it's the first time we've been able to have a room that is an actual little nursery. Yay!

And here's what Adam will see every morning when he wakes up on the wall opposite of his crib. Oh yeah!

And here's Livy's little dresser that Matt put together. Now I just need to finish putting everything together and up on the walls.

Here I am at almost 33 weeks. We're down to the appointments every 3 weeks, then 2 weeks and then EACH WEEK!!! AHHH!!! This kid is still pulling the same crazy tricks by moving his entire body to my right side. It's awesome. I'm also experiencing Braxton Hicks contractions A LOT. Let's just say, it's a good thing that I have never and will never experience an actual contraction...

Livy Update:

*She has been saying some hilarious things lately. Our favorites are:

"Are you okay?"
"Oh, is he crying?"

"I'm coming!"

"What are you doing?"
"Excuse me."
"Ice cream!"
"My turn. Your turn"
"Oh Gosh"
"Stop it"

*She's been obsessed with Finding Nemo and Chicken Little.

*She's also obsessed with her Dr. Seuss books.

*She's still terrified of men with beards. In her Hop on Pop book, there's one page with this weird cartoon guy that has a big book and she keep saying 'scawy, scawy' until we turn the page.

*She loves taking our empty plates to the kitchen. It's the funniest thing. She will sit and watch me eat all of my food and then ask if I'm done and then try to take it from me.

*She's big into picking out her own outfits lately. If you make the paper chain picture bigger, you can see Livy's outfit she picked out today. And the outfit always has to have polka dots. It's so funny. Usually she adds a random skirt to the mix as well.

*Here she is on her potty. We haven't had any real success here. She always takes her diaper off immediately after she pees and asks to sit on the potty - so we're waiting for her to finally make the connection there. We also just figured out that she thinks that tooting is the same as pooping... so we're trying to overcome that obstacle as well.

And here we are on New Year's after getting home from the Ruggles'. I'm proud of myself for actually staying up until midnight. There was serious doubt that I'd be able to do it.

Livy and the "Snowman"

Really, these are just pics of Livy and the snow - but she likes to call it 'snowman' instead of just snow.

Christmas Extravaganza

Christmas in Colorado was a lot of fun this year. It might be a while until we go there again since I'm not too interested in hauling around two little babies through numerous airports since we can't freaking get a direct flight out of this place! But Livy had a blast!

*1st Pic: She loved spending time with "Nama." She actually cried for her when she left to go run errands. It was hilarious. She was so disappointed to be left with her parents...
*2nd Pic: Here's our ghetto rocking horse that use to be Ky's when he was little. It's missing a handle, but that did not stop Livy from loving this thing. "Rocky, Rocky."
*3rd Pic: We took this during one of her baths. It's so cute. Grandma actually gave her the majority of her baths, I think this was the one time we bathed her during this trip.
*4th Pic: She loved Uncle Ky. She also loved telling him no. I swear she picked up on the fact that he was the youngest next to her. She kept telling him "No, no Ky. Don't touch!"
*5th Pic: Here she is enjoying Rockband with Uncle Drewbee. She loved to pick up the mic and sing la la la over and over.

*1st Pic: Matt was so excited to take Livy out and make her first snowman with her. Unfortunately, the snow didn't allow any man to be created out of it. Also, what's on her feet, you ask? That would be plastic bags from Target. That's right, we weren't about to go buy snowboots that she would use one time, so we went ghetto style.
*2nd Pic: Loving the snow
*3rd & 4th Pic: Here we are making yummy cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve. They were yummy. Thank you to my aunt, Michelle, for giving me the best recipe ever!
*5th Pic: Here we are chillin. This is what we did each night. Vacations are the best.

*1st Pic: Christmas Morning!!! Here we are with our stockings. I love the stocking stuffers. You can always rely on Santa filling our stockings with an orange, a new toothbrush (my favorite!), serious $, yummy treats, and new socks (matt's favorite).
*2nd Pic: Livy loved opening presents this year. She still doesn't understand Christmas completely, but she did enjoy some rip and tear of the wrapping paper.
*3rd Pic: Here's a pic of the crazy presents overload. We all got way too much stuff. I'm surprised we got it all home!
*4th Pic: Livy LOVES her new cleaning supplies. She also loves these pajamas. My mom decided she wanted to start a tradition of getting the grandbabies Christmas pajamas to wear on Christmas Eve. Liv looked so cute in these.