A lot has happened! Big news!

Since my last post several weeks ago we have had a lot going on. So hold on b/c this is probably going to be a long post. First and foremost we are announcing that we are expecting our 2nd baby on March 3rd, 2010. We are super excited and can't wait! I'm am really crossing my fingers that this one is a girl. But if it's not that's ok too! I had my first doctors appointment today and everything is fine. I'm right at 7 weeks along. The baby is about the size of a grain of rice. He/she has a great heartbeat and is right on track. We couldn't be happier. If you ask Levi where mommy's baby is he will lift up his shirt and point to his tummy. It's too cute!! I sleep a lot and eat a lot which is not how I was with Levi. I'm eating about every 2 hours. I haven't been sick but there have been a few times where I have to just take a minute to relax or I will vomit. All is good so keep checking back for lots of pictures as my strength allows.

My birthday was on June 28th. I am now 27 years old! I can't believe that I am really that old. It seems like yesterday that I was back in high school. We knew that I was pregnant on my birthday so that was a great gift. Also, I always crave Spicy Cheetos and Diet Coke while pregnant. So while I was taking one of my many naps Matt and Levi went and bought me a bag of Cheetos and 5 12 packs of Diet Coke. But that wasn't my real gift. I told Matt that I wanted to take the money he would have spent on a gift and use it for souvenirs on our trip to Nauvoo. Instead of a birthday cake I wanted birthday cookies. So here is a picture of Levi helping me blow out my candles.

July 4th weekend was tons of fun. First, we went to our ward breakfast. Levi loved playing in the park. He tried watermelon for the first time and ate the whole piece down to the rhine. He got so mad when we took that part away. I guess he thought he could eat that part too. Then we went out to a nice dinner with some friends. After dinner we watched the fireworks and had desert. We let Levi stay up way past his bed time. We paid for that one b/c he was up every hour that night. He finally fell asleep about 3 am. Needless to say we didn't attend church the next day since we were so tired.

This past weekend I had the opportunity to go to Austin and San Antonio with some great girlfriends. We drove on Friday to Jenna's house in Austin. Then Saturday we got up and went to the HUGE outlet mall in San Marcos. We spent all day there shopping. You could make a 3 day trip out of these outlet malls. I volunteered to drive and the back of my SUV was filled with bags. We made it to San Antonio late Saturday afternoon. We ate dinner on the Riverwalk that night and then relaxed in our room. We managed to stay up until 5 am Sunday morning. I haven't stayed up that late in years. Probably since the night before I got married. We had a blast the whole weekend. I am grateful that Matt stayed with Levi so I could have some time away. I missed them tons though. Sunday we walked to the Alamo. I have never been there before. It is a lot smaller then what I thought. It always seemed so much bigger in pictures. After the Alamo we drove back to Austin to drop off Jenna. Then we headed home. We were all so tired but it was well worth it.

This Friday we are off to Nauvoo for 1 week. We haven't been on a vacation since 2006 when we went to Alabama. We can't wait to get on the road. Matt has been there before but I haven't. I will be taking tons of pictures and will post them when we return. Have a great week.