Neil and I went in for an ultrasound last Thursday, and found out we're having a baby Girl!! We both really wanted a girl, so we're super excited. I was positive that it was a boy, or at least I think that's what I was telling myself so I wouldn't get too disappointed. Don't get me wrong, we love our little boy, but it will be fun to have a girl too! Her name will be Daphne (middle name) Johnson, and she's due on March 22, just a week after Zachary's birthday. I still think I'm crazy for having kids two years apart, but it will be a fun adventure! Here are some scans from the ultrasound:
Here's a little foot (yes, just 5 toes)
She had her legs crossed most of the ultrasound, so it wasn't until the very end that we found out we're having a girl
Here's her face. The top of her head is to the left.
And it's a girl! It's really hard to tell from this still picture, but when she was moving around it was pretty obvious. :)
I can't believe how fast October flew by!!! I love fall and Halloween, and we did lots of fun things this month, but it's hard to believe that it's over. Halloween was really laid back this year, which was actually kind of nice, especially since Neil and I have been so tired lately on account of Zachary never sleeping past 5:30 in the morning! I did plan a fun party on Friday night with some friends and family. I've been wanting to have a Halloween party for years, so finally this year I made it happen. I created a mixed-up dinner where I came up with Halloween names for every menu item, and then the guests had to choose which item they wanted for which course. I included silverware, napkin, and drink in with it too, so some people ended up eating their spaghetti with a knife! It was lots of fun, in fact so much fun that I almost forgot to take any pictures. Thanks to everyone who came, it was a great night!!
On Halloween night, we took Zachary to our ward trunk-or-treat. This is where I was going to announce the gender of our baby (a girl if you haven't heard), but a lot of people already knew beforehand. My costume was an oven, which I got to re-use two years after using it with Zachary! Neil was the bun-maker again, and Zachary was a gingerbread man. We weren't necessarily going to coordinate outfits, but it all worked out that way. Zachary loved going from trunk to trunk and having people give him candy--all he wants these days are "num-un-ums." Later that evening, Neil and I just relaxed and watched a scary movie together. Happy Halloween everyone!!
The color of the bun's frosting was supposed to indicate that we were having a girl, but apparently that wasn't as easy to figure out as I thought...oh, well!
This is a video of Zachary dancing to some Halloween music. It's pretty funny!
Every year, I have to take pictures of somebody jumping in the fall leaves. Now that I have a child, I think it's become even more fun. Last year, Zachary didn't understand what I was doing, but this year he jumped right in on his own! He thought raking the leaves was great fun, even though he thought it was even more fun to take leaves from the pile and spread them all over the sidewalk. :) Hopefully I'll be able to take more pictures later, but here's these for now!
As most of you know, Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, and I especially enjoy carving pumpkins. :) This year we got a little pumpkin out of our garden, which was just Zachary's size! It was fun to involve him in the carving process, even though he didn't really understand what we were doing. Unfortunately, one of our pumpkins was moldy, so we only did two, but it was lots of fun!!
A few weeks ago, we decided to take part in the festivities at Thanksgiving Point. We went with my Mom and Chaselyn and Travis, and it was lots of fun! There were a lot of things to do, and most of them Zachary could even do, which was nice. It was a beautiful day and reminded me how much I love Fall and Halloween. First we stopped off at the big bouncing pillows:
And then we the slides for a while, but they were all wet because of the morning dew.
Then we went for a ride on the cow train!
And of course we had to make a stop at the cars, Zachary's favorite....
Later we discovered the corn house, which was an interesting concept.
And we finished off with the tire swings!
Zachary was getting really tired by this point so Neil and I headed home. My mom and kids stayed and did the corn maze, but I didn't figure that would be something that would really interest Zachary so we skipped it this year. We had a great day, though, and we'll definitely have to do it another year!!
Ever since we moved into our house, we've been meaning to put a railing on the back steps. Zachary has fallen down them a number of times, and we finally got around to doing it! Neil went and bought some nice wood, and he made them all by himself. What a handy man I have!! To build the railings, Neil had to use all sorts of tools, so of course Zachary was in heaven. He "helped" his daddy all night, and was so proud of himself while he was done. :)
Here's one railing all finished!
hmmm, what does this tool do?
Neil got to use a hammerdrill to drill into the cement. What fun!
I've been wanting to take Zachary to the zoo for a long time now, and I finally had the chance. He loves animals, and he knows the sounds that many of them make, so I knew that he would love it. My dad took us a couple of weeks ago, and we had a blast! At first, Zachary wasn't sure what was going on, but after we took him out of the stroller and he woke up a little, he couldn't get enough. His favorite animals were the giraffes, a statue of a tiger, and a little fox that kept running back and forth. :) If anything was just sitting there, it simply wasn't worth his time! Oh, but his absolute favorite thing was the train ride that we took at the end. For days afterward, he kept asking for the "choo-choo". Thanks for a great time Dad!
Looking at the elephants. The baby elephant was hilarious!!
Giraffes, apparently, say "raaarrr"
He didn't want to get off these tigers!
This is a slide that went really fast, and he loved it!
