We Totally Caved...

Yep, totally decided we couldn't wait the three more weeks til Christmas and found out we are having a boy!! We are super excited!! Jaxon keeps carrying around the ultrasound pictures letting everyone know that it is his little brother. I am not as disappointed as I thought I would be. Not that it matters either way, as long as it is healthy, but I wouldn't have minded a little girl. I am excited though for Jaxon to have a little brother. Everything looks great on the ultrasound and all the right parts are there. He weighs just about 12 ozs. and I think is super adorable!! Finding out it is a boy makes me even more excited to meet him in late April!!

Ultrasound Day

Our ultrasound is tomorrow and I can not wait!! I think it is just the fact of taking a peek in there and making sure everything is ok. We have decided to ask the ultrasound guy to write down what we are having, boy or girl wise, and put it in a sealed envelope. Then I am going to give my dad the sealed envelope along with a pair of blue slippers and pink slippers and he is going to wrap up the appropriate color and give it to us on Christmas morning. It's going to kill us to wait another three weeks to find out what we are having, but it will be a fun Christmas suprise!! Everyone keep your fingers crossed for a girl! I can't wait to let you all know the results!!

Can Anyone Relate To This?

Lately I feel like I have so much on my mind and things I want to accomplish that it is making me crazy and throwing my anxiety into overdrive! Throughout the day I have these random thoughts of things I want to accomplish before the baby comes, things I want to do through the holiday season, making goals for 2010, and other everyday stuff. I know some of it can wait, I mean I still have 20 weeks left til the baby comes, but these are the things that weigh on my mind. I am a good list maker and I think that will help; I think I just need to find a balance for everything. Does anyone else do this or have any great ideas on dealing with it? I would love to hear your thoughts!!

19 Weeks

This is EXACTLY how I feel lately!!

Thankful

This past month I have been reflecting on what I am truly thankful for this year. Not that it really changes from year to year, but I think as we experience different things, the perspective might change a bit. This holiday season is different from last year. Justin was out of work last year and I feel like it really was a wake up call to what I am truly thankful for and what REALLY matters most. I won't bore you with a super long post, I just feel like I need to get it out.

*First and foremost I am thankful for my family. My devoted husband who works so hard to support our family, my son who reminds me what life is really about, this unborn baby who reminds me how precious life is and what a joy it is to be a mother.

*I am thankful for my parents for giving me a different perspective on life and for my two sister in laws and their families for accepting me into their family and loving me as if I was one of their own.

*I am thankful for good friends, otherwise known sometimes as my therapists.

*I am thankful for good health.

*I am thankful for a roof over my head, food in my pantry, and a warm home at night.

*I am thankful to live in a free country where we can come and go and live life as we please.

I know it seems like a list of little, or common things, to be thankful for, but I think they are the things in life that get taken for granted and sometimes forgotten.

Thanksgiving/Black Friday

We had a great Thanksgiving this year. We spent it down in Price with Justin's two sisters and their families. There is 16 of us when we all get together so it was quite the houseful, but the weather was nice so all the kids got to play outside. Jaxon LOVES playing with his cousins, and kept asking all week when was it time to go down to play.

Then we decided to try a little Black Friday shopping. Neither Justin or I had been shopping on this crazy day, and thought maybe we should try it once. That was all it took for us to realize that we will never do that again!! Not only did we have to drag Jaxon out of bed to go with us (lack of babysitter) but I was literally getting pushed around at Target and of course they had already run out of what we wanted. We tried our hand at Toys R Us and had a little better luck, then on to Wal Mart. We got about half our shopping done, but decided that the getting up early and dealing with crowds was SO not worth it. Maybe when our kids are older and they want that hottest thing out there we MIGHT go, but even then...

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well!!

Tag

I love tags! My good friend Misty tagged me, and I have to say I really had to think on these!!

Five North American Cities I Would Seriously Consider Living:
1. Price, Utah
2. Konnapolis, North Carolina (for Nascar reasons!!)
3. New York, New York
4. Savannah, Georgia
5. Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Five Songs To Which I Know All The Words:
1. "Then" by Brad Paisley
2. "Welcome to the Future" by Brad Paisley
3. "Teardrops on my Guitar" by Taylor Swift
4. "Best Days" by Kellie Pickler
5. "You're Gonna Miss This" by Trace Adkins

Five Foods I'd Wish To Have In Unlimited Quantities On A Deserted Island:
1. Smothered Burritos from Los Amigos
2. Chocolate
3. Pepsi
4. T-Bone Steak
5. Doritos

Five Chores I Should Be Doing Right Now Instead of Blogging:
1. Laundry
2. Bathrooms
3. Changing Bedding
4. Cleaning up the backyard
5. Organizing the closet under the stairs

Five Childhood Friends I Would Love To See Again:
1. Amy Haws (sorry Misty, I totally copied you!)
2. Aliece Buys
3. Celeste Moos
4. Catrina Stanton
5. Amy Waters

Five Friends To Tag:(play even if you didn't get tagged!)
1. Ashley
2. Alexis
3. Tammy
4. Kim
5. Katherine