For weeks now we have been asking Dane if he wants a brother or sister to which he responds... "brudder?" "Titter?" "brudder?" and he keeps repeating.

A couple of days ago I asked him. Dane, what is your sisters name? and he quickly said "wawa!" I said, "your sister's name is Lara?" (his aunt with down's syndrome) and he started giggling and said "yeah!". Then I said, Dane, what is your brother's name? and he thought about it and then said "Doo Doo!"

Well, we finally had our appointment yesterday to find out what we are having and looks like our next kid is going to be named "Doo Doo".

That's right, another BOY! We couldn't be more excited for Dane to have a little bro so close in age. In a little over a year I imagine my house is going to be a big wrestling ring so I better start padding all of my furniture!

It will be interesting to see what this little guy looks like.

From the "BOTTOM" of our hearts!

Dane has been doing lots of swimming... in the bath tub of course . This last week has been so rainy and cold.

A couple nights ago I started tickling Dane's toes and he of course thought it was sooo funny so I told him to tickle Mommy's toes. He started tickling my toes (while saying in a high-pitched voice "tiggle, tiggle, tiggle"). To humor him I started giggling and he kept doing it because he thought it was so funny. I then told him to go and tickle Daddy's toes.

He went over to Ryan and started tickling his feet (while again saying "tiggle, tiggle, tiggle") and then looked down. He hurriedly pulled his hands back and said "ooh, pider!" (translation= Spider). I am NOT into feet but I admit Ryan has nice feet for a guy (not much hair, trimmed toenails, and no fungus). Anyways, poor kid thought the hair on Ryan's feet were spiders! then he said "cared!" ("scared") as he pulled his fists up close to his chest. He looks at me and asks "Nice?" (Whenever he is scared of something- ex: Santa, and ant, dog- i tell him "it's okay, he's nice").

Ryan and I died laughing! I guess the small (yet manly) patch of hair that Ryan has on his feet and toes made it look more like a "pider" than hair.

I found out I was pregnant when I was in Idaho visting my parents back in September. I wanted to tell my mom a funny way so I knew it had to include my sister with Down's Syndrome, Lara. I wanted Lara to take the pregnancy test to my mom and just hand it to her and say "mom, I think I'm pregnant" but Lara can never follow directions. She always has to ruin our plans by changing things up and saying whatever she wants which totally ruins the moment. For example: back in high school if someone would call and we didn't want to talk to them (after looking at caller ID) we would tell her not to answer it. She would answer... then we would tell her that we weren't there- and she would tell the person on the phone "um. she says she's not here". That is Lara for you.



Anyways, I outsmarted her (may have been a first). I called her up to the family room and said "hey Lara, wanna take a test?" she agreed and was actually excited to "take it". I looked at the pregnancy test like I was reading a question and asked her..."Who is Uncle Jesse's wife on Full House?" Without hesitation she started jumping up and down and said "ooh, I know this one! Rebecca Donaldson!" I looked back at the pregnancy test like I was still reading it and I said "Oh my gosh Lara, you won! you passed the test!!" She was so proud of herself so I told her to go show my mom that she passed the test.



Lara went straight up to my mom still excited and waived the pregnancy test in front of her and said "Look mom, I passed the test!" My mom was really confused and saw that it was a pregnancy test and then realized what was going on. It was soo funny to see her face!



The next day my mom wanted me to make a collage picture frame board thing for Lara's newly decorated room so after I made it I called her up stairs and told her I had a surprise for her and she got all excited and said "another test??!!" I felt like such a disappointment when I didn't have another test for her. Oh well, she still enjoyed her picture board.

We are excited to announce that...













Dane knows almost all of his colors!!!




He learned them the week before we went to Utah and now is always telling me what color things are without me even asking. He knows red, yellow, blue, green, white, brown, black, and purple! He still calls pink "red" and orange "yellow".

He loves eating oranges and even asks for a "yewow" when he wants me to get him one. He also tries to quiz me sometimes by holding something up and saying "ca yur?" Because I was always holding things up and saying "what color is it?"

He's quite the funny kid, when he is not acting completely out of control.







P.S. I'm pregnant - and almost half way through!

Over Thanksgiving I was able to see my parents for about an hour as they were passing through town which I loved! My mom is an amazing cook and quilter. Too bad those skills weren't passed on to any of her daughters (sorry Lynds and Steph, you know its true). When I saw my mom last week she gave me the quilt that she finally made for Dane and it is so dang cute. She also made Dane a one-of-a-kind BYU pillow case which Dane and RYan love. Because of his pillow case, Dane now knows what a cougar is and loves "cougews".
She also made him this light-weight blanket that is hawaiin style.

This Thanksgiving break we went home to Utah and had a blast. We ate a ton of really Yummy food, hung out with family and friends, enjoyed the cooler weather, watched some awesome football games;), and just lounged around playing games and talking. I didn't take many pictures on our trip but here are the few that I did take.
Dane actually slept for about 20 minutes on the plane ride to Utah which was great especially since we had an extra seat for him to spread out on!

Yesterday I was pretty sick with either food poisoning or the 24 hour bug so I stayed in my room ALL DAY! Ryan was so great. He got Dane up, fed him, got him ready and took him to church. He then put him down for his nap, fed him lunch, ran to get me some gatorade, and played with Dane all day. I am soooo lucky to have a husband that sensitive to my needs and a GREAT DADDY. Anyway, this morning I came out of my room and this is how I found Dane, all by himself at the computer. Ryan taught him how to play a Teletubby game yesterday afternoon and Dane actually just sits their and plays with constant giggling at the funny sounds that the teletubbies make when he pushes the button.
Look at the look on his face. He is so excited!
There goes the funny noises and bubble machine again...
Finally he noticed me and the flashing camera. Because I was sick, he barely saw me at all yesterday but as you can tell, he could care less that I was back "home". He has something better to play with now.

So this week has been kind of crazy with birthday parties, play dates, finals, and just normal life. But...FINALLY!...Ryan is done with the semester. What does that mean??? Well, it means only 2 semesters left of actually school/book work.

My friend's little boy had his first birthday and it was cowboy theme. Dane does not have any cowboy clothing so I just put him in some jeans and a plaid top then strapped on one of Ryan's old belt buckles. It looked so cute on him but kept falling off so he only was a cowboy for the first 10 minutes of the party. The rest of the party he was just a FLAT OUT MANIAC trying to get his hands on the balloons.

Right before Halloween, our ward had a Super Saturday which is pretty much just a big craft day for Relief Society. Here are the little crafts that I made..
This is my very first Halloween decoration!! I am so proud of myself bc I feel like I am that much less of a ba-humbug.
My friend was also teaching a class on how to make little girl hair bows and clips so I thought I would learn how just in case one day I have a girl.
Here is Dane in his Monster shirt that my sister gave him.

Dane loves reading! Every minute of every hour of every day he is handing us books and saying "reee" "reee" If we don't do it right away, he will keep repeating it louder and louder until we give in. Every time Ryan walks in the door, Dane is right there waiting for him and makes him go straight in his room to either play basketball or read him a book. Sometime I don't even realize Ryan is home until I go in Dane's room to see what he is up to. Here is what I found when I went into DAne's room today...


After dinner, Dane kept pointing to one of Ryan's medical books saying "reee" "reee!" Ryan just ignored him figuring he would be happy with any book but Dane wanted that one! He kept yelling "Reee!!" louder and louder so finally Ryan sat down with Dane and read the book. Here Ryan is reading his First Aid USMLE book (a book to help him study for the boards). He would point out pictures and explain what they were. Dane would find a cell and yell "ball!" or he would find some other images that looked like it could be a monster or something and he would roar. Ryan was so funny, he showed him what his lungs would like if he smoked, taught him about lupus and what it looks like, and showed him a picture of some hands of a person with gout- i think Dane growled at that one too bc it was scary looking). It was a pretty funny evening.

Ok, so we didn't really go on a vacation...I just haven't felt like blogging lately because I have NOTHING to blog about.

Last night we went to a restaurant/sports bar to watch the BYU game. Here are just a couple of pictures from the evening.

What do you do when you have one hand full of crayons and the other hand full of sugar packets???? Improvize. (going in for the kill)
Okay now that my mouth is on the cracker, how do I pick this thing up??? After making out with the cracker and the table I finally helped him out and picked up the cracker for him. You can't even imagine the puddle of slobber he left behind.
This kid loves to dip food. He kept dipping that same french fry and sucking the ketchup off before redipping.
Watching the game in his lucky game shirt.


This picture is from a couple of nights ago. He looks like he is in pain but really he is just scared of the vaccuum. He was walking by the vacuum and picked a fight but the vacuum won. This might have to be his new time out spot so I know that at least he will stay there as long as I want him to.

My friend Sara tagged me a couple of days ago and I know if I don't do it now I will forget so here it goes...


8's

8 t.v. shows I love to watch:
The Hills
Big Brother
The Office
The Bachelor
Life of Ryan
The Soup
Rob and Big
Entertainment Tonight


8 Favorite Restaurants:
California Pizza Kitchen
ANY Mexican restaurant (even fast food ones)
Olive Garden
Pei Wei
Any place with good New York style pizza!
In N Out, Burger Supreme
Sometimes a good Buffet that has lots of yummy fruit!
Sub sandwich places
OK, anywhere! I love eating out!


8 Things that happened yesterday:
Woke up
Dane slept in
Went to the store
Took lunch to Ry
Played with Dane
Made BBQ chicken and potatoes for dinner
watch a movie with some friends
Was up until 11pm with Dane bc he was coughing all night due to allergies


8 things I am looking forward to:
Being Done with Medical School
Moving into a bigger place
Being done with Residency
Being able to travel
Thanksgiving
The weather cooling down
Spending time with family during the holidays
All of our dang allergies to go away

8 things I love about fall:
Family gatherings
Cooler weather
Thanksgiving dinner
Halloween
Christmas is around the corner
Pumpkins
Cheaper AC bill
The colors


8 things on my wish list:
A HOUSE!
Go on a nice vacation (a cruise would be great!)
For Dane to stop walking up to kids grabbing their hair and head banging them ( no we don't watch wwf and no he did not learn it from me or ryan- we have already been asked both of those questions).
To magically have our student loan debt disappear when we are done with school
To be able to go shopping whenever and wherever I want
To never be sick or have to worry about my weight.
To just be happy
WORLD PEACE :)

8 people I'm tagging:
Heidi M.
Kim W.
Kaylee E.
Katie T.
Michelle T.
Malia L.
Sara Fulkerson

This past week me and my sister went to Idaho Falls to see my parent's new home. It was so much fun to spend time with my mom and sisters and Dane was able to play with his cousin who is his age. Right before I was leaving to head out to Idaho, my dad got an assignment to go back east for work so we were only able to spend a day with him which was really sad for me and Dane.

The first day that we got to Idaho Falls my dad took us out on the town and the last place he took us was the temple. My sister took this picture of my dad pointing out ducks to Dane and I thought it was too cute to not steal it from her. Like all other temples, this one is beautiful.

Here are Grandma and Grandpa at the park across from the temple with Dane and Jaisa. They were wild after the car ride from SLC.

Every day Dane and Jai hung out on the back porch pointing to the flowers and bees that flew from flower to flower. Jaisa's obsessed with bugs and the obsession started to rub off on Dane.

Still Hangin out on the deck.

We kind of ate out... A LOT!!... while we were in Idaho. The kids sat here and looked over the menu while we ordered. They look like they are on a lunch date don't they?

They even rode some Lions while we were there. We visited the zoo since Dane has never been to a zoo because I am too cheap to take him to the AZ zoo. This zoo was only $5 for adults and free for kids under 3.