20 Week Ultrasound!

Well we are half way through this pregnancy and today we found out what our new addition will be. When I found out I was first pregnant we were a little shocked to say the least. We were not planning on a new addition to our family just yet, but Heavenly Father decided it was time. I was really sick with this baby at the first and Ben kept telling me he kept getting this thought in his head that it might be twins. I told him to Shut up!!! Usually with Ben he is right on the money with our kids. He knew Jarrett was a boy right away even when the doctor wasn't 100% sure, he was right about Isabelle too. We didn't find out the sex of McGregor early and the weird thing with McGregor was that a couple of months before he was born Ben came home and told me we needed to find a name that would fit a blonde haired, blue eyed little boy. I thought he was joking, but when McGregor was born we had a blonde hair, blue eyed little boy. I was a little afraid to say the least about the whole twin prediction, but when I went to my first appointment my doctor put my fears to rest when he did an ultrasound and there was just one baby. Because I have been so sick this time everybody was sure we were having a girl and Ben had one of his predictions that it was a little girl and would be a lot like Isabelle(heaven help us if that were true. I think the world can only handle one Isabelle). So we went to our appointment today and before they even told me the sex I knew that we were going to have.......................another little boy. It looks like poor Isabelle will be the only girl of our family, unless things change. We are definitely excited and will love this little guy. He is going to get so much love from his older siblings he won't know what to do with it all. I am definitely a little nervous to tell Isabelle, but I will blame it all on Ben and it will be all good. Now on to names, we had quite a few girl names, but we have a tough time thinking of boy names. It took us until the day McGregor was born to finally decide that was the name for him. So if any of you have any good boy names, we tend to like last names for their first names, let us know. So come end of August first of September we will have another boy to add to our family. They said everything looked great with the ultrasound and he is already a mover. I don't remember any of my other babies moving so much this early. Let's just pray he is a good sleeper and mellow!!!

Spring Break

We wanted to go and do something fun for the kid's spring break, so we headed to Vegas. We left on Wednesday and came home Sunday. Our kids did so awesome driving down and back and they were little troopers down there. You forget all the walking you have to do. We had a lot of fun, but we did find out the hard way that Vegas is no longer a place for children. On Thursday we took them to M&M World ( I think everyone in Vegas was there) and then we took them swimming. It was so nice to lay by the pool and get hot!! The kids loved the pool. On Friday we took them up to see the temple and did a little exploring. Ben has applied for a lot of jobs down there so we were seeing if it is a place we could live. We decided Vegas is most likely out, but we could definitely live in Henderson. Ben found a Tony Roma's, one of his favorite places to eat that doesn't exist in Utah anymore. That was a highlight. We also took the kids the Shark Reef at the Mandalay Bay. It was fun to walk through tunnels that had fish and sharks swimming all around you. Thursday night we wanted to take the kids, especially Jarrett to see the pirate show in front of Treasure Island. Well they have changed the show to say the least. One ship is full of almost naked women who dance very suggestively and then the other ship is full of men. The women sink the men's ship by doing a dance. I was horrified to be a mother of a 7 year old and sit there and watch this. He told me later he didn't like the women's ship, he hated the way they danced in their swim-n-suits (THANK GOODNESS!!!). Saturday we got up and walked over to New York-New-York and walked through their shops and got some ice cream. McGregor kept telling us he wanted to ride the roller coaster and was very mad when we told him he had to get bigger. Jodi drove down and met us in Vegas for the day and I have to say it was our best day down there. We ate some lunch and went over to the Mirage to see the dolphins, white tigers, and lions. We loved watching the dolphins. I think Isabelle would love to be a dolphin. I have never seen a more gorgeous lion than the one we saw there. Jodi and I decided they must brush and blow dry his mane daily. There was also a white tiger that I just sat there and watched he was so majestic. It was a really great exhibit. They also had baby dolphins and a baby leopard. We then went back and let the kids swim for about an hour. Jodi stayed with us until after dinner and then she headed back north. Thank you for coming down and sharing our vacation, we had a great day with you there!!!! After we dropped her off we went to see the water show at the Bellagio. I love the water show and so did Jarrett and Isabelle. It did scare McGregor. The Easter Bunny visited us in the night and when we got up the kids searched the room for their baskets and they played while Ben and I got everything ready to go. It was a good trip and we are glad we went somewhere warm. Some of the highlights for me was watching the kids and Ben in the pool, the Mirage, and just having the kids and Ben with me for 5 days with no school or work. I think we have the best and cutest kids in the world and they are the best little travelers. Ben is the best dad in the world and loves to play and be with his kids. There were definitely some negatives about Las Vegas, but we had a lot of fun just being together.