Cecily's Babyshower and Cadence and Avery

So much has happened in the last little while!  To start off, on the 10th we had my sister Cecily's baby shower!  I know some of you didn't know she was having a baby.  She is due to have a little boy (the very first boy in our immediate family!) around June 9th.  Her shower was AWESOME!  So many people showed up and she and the baby made out like bandits!  I can't wait to meet her son and see what a great mom she will be.  

Whitney and Avery flew out a couple of days before the shower and we had a great time hanging out.  I don't think Cadence left Avery's side unless one of them was sleeping!  She was such a big help and still asks when Avery is coming back to our house!  We took some pictures while they were here.  Much thanks to Whitney, Mom, Cecily, Cadence and Avery for going with me out to the JW Marriott to scout some places to take photos for my shoot on the 10th!  We had such a great time!

We also got to go up to Cedar City this past weekend.  Brady, Whitney,Cord, and Cord's brother's and sisters (some in-laws) all went paint balling!  They had a great time.  Cadence and I had a great time baby sitting Avery!  Cadence was once again a huge help.  Avery is teething and was a bit grumpy from time to time (who wouldn't be...I remember my wisdom teeth...not fun!).  I need to pick up some food stuffs at Walmart while everyone was gone, so I packed up both kids and went.  Both kids were being so very good.  Cadence was sitting in the basket with Avery in the seat.  We were getting a goodly amount of attention though...I think most people were trying to figure out how old Avery was and just how far along in my pregnancy I was.  Only one person actually asked me about it.  We managed to get everything we needed before Avery had a complete meltdown...lol...poor girl was hungry and tired.  We made it out of the store alive and I am happy to say that I think I will survive having two little girls out in public.  The weekend was great fun, but I am happy to be home.

Other than that things are going as usual for us.  We are waiting to hear more on our house.  I will drive over this week and get some pictures of the lot.  I hope to do that every week so we can keep track of the progress!  

I hope that everyone is having a happy May and that all you moms out there had a great Mother's Day!

In other news...

Well...our lives have been totally crazy lately.

First things first...we are buying a house! I have been waiting to post this because we weren't sure if the loan was going to go through in time. It went through at the last minute on our last day to get approved before losing our "Good Faith" money! That was yesterday and it was one of the most nerve wracking days of my entire life! But it is going through and with any luck it will be done in August just in time for us move in and have a baby! So wish us luck!

Speaking of babies...we can't find a name! Well that's not quite true. We have found some that we like but nothing that just sticks. I feel like every week we find a name that we both like, but it just doesn’t feel “right” after a few days and the whole thing starts over again. It’s probably because I am a head case. We had such and easy time with Cadence. I had always wanted to use that name for a girl and when I told Brady, laid back guy that he is, he totally agreed and we never had a change of heart. It was meant to be her name. This time around we keep finding great boy names. Soooo not what we need since this baby is totally all girl where it counts! Plus Brady really wants to be involved this time around since my favorite ended up working out perfect last time. I am totally all for that! If he find that perfect name I will be so very happy because I am going crazy thinking about it! Thank goodness we have a few more months to decide.

Speaking of Cadence…I really need to start a weekly Cadenceism post! Most of you know what a talker she is. Very articulate and we totally have to watch what we say around her since she is soaking everything in! The other day I asked her if she was excited to have a baby sister. She said the following: “I love my baby sister! She is gonna be little and cry but I don’t want her to cry. I just give her some loves and she will be happy.” About made me cry! When asked if she wanted chicken nuggets or a hamburger for dinner she told me, “I don’t want chichin nuggies. I think a hemburber would taste just yummy though. But it’s only yummy if it has chocolate milk too! Can my hemburber have some chocolate milk mommy?” Just tonight, at Stake Women’s Volleyball, one of the ladies that I play with asked her if she was ready for a little sister. Cadence said, “Yeah, I am. I have some money so it will be okay.”

The best one of the week happened a couple of nights ago. She had been in watching sports with my dad in his room, so I was watching X-Men: Last Stand in the living room. It was the end of the movie right before Hugh Jackman’s character kills another character who had turned evil (long story and hard to explain unless you have seen the movie). Anyway, Hugh Jackman didn’t have much of a shirt left in this scene. Cadence comes waltzing in (literally, she was singing too) and takes one look at the screen and asks me “What’s he doing mommy?” In that split second I am frantically thinking of what to say when Cadence then says “Mommy! He NEEDS to get a shirt on!” She was so appalled that he didn’t have a shirt on…it was SO FUNNY! I couldn’t stop laughing, but I managed to tell her that he sure did need a shirt on! I am really glad that she has a feel for modesty already. That will make my job so much easier down the road! She is certainly keeping us on our toes these days!

She is also letting me take some pictures of her without getting mad! Yes! So here is one of the best ones. I will post some others on the photo blog for your viewing pleasure!

InFrared

Today my friend Wendhy and I shot our Infrared Assignment for class! I think it looks really neat! You can check out some other shots on the photoblog, along with info on how we did it!

20 weeks!

Can you believe that I am half way already!?! I can't. Seems like it took forever to get here with Cadence and now the time is just flying by!

So here is a belly picture.


I am twice as big at this point than I was with Cadence but I haven't gained any weight yet. Probably a good thing since I started out this pregnancy 15 pounds over my normal weight. The plan is to only get to the weight I was at 9 months with Cadence. I only gained 30lbs with her and so far I am on target with this pregnancy! I am so proud of myself!

It's a.....

BABY! That was confirmed today at our ultrasound. The baby would NOT hold still. It took the tech a really long time to get all the necessary shots needed to make sure the baby was alright because the baby kept moving all over the place! We finally got down to the real important question though...pink or blue? It took a while to get the baby to hold still long enough to tell, but we are pleased to announce that Cadence will be having a little sister! Another pink one for us! We are super excited! We won't have to buy anything so that is a big plus! Now we just need to get a name for her and we will be all set.

Snow and Aunt Megee and Uncle Roonie

This last weekend we went up to Brian head with Brady's office. His boss had rented a cabin for everyone to enjoy and spend Sat goofing in the snow. Cadence has never really been in the snow and so it was really fun to see her play around. We tried to find some places to sled but it wasn't working super good. Cady had fun anyway!


You know you love the Pooh bear hat and gloves! Saturday afternoon we drove back down to St. George to visit Ryan and Megan. They were kind enough to let us crash at their place for a while. The first thing Cadence did when we got to their apartment was pull out the Guitars for Guitar Hero. She looks like a natural huh?


Later that night we had dinner at a good stake place (the wait was horrendous but the food was fab). Cadence had a great time with her Aunt Megan and Uncle Ryan. She totally adores them and I love seeing her with people she loves! It was a great weekend and I can't wait to see Meegs and Ry again soon! I miss seeing you guys all the time!

Easter, Birthday Parties, and much much more!

Well, time to catch everyone up on Easter weekend! We spent the weekend in the Salt Lake area and had a blast with Brady's cousin's! We arrived very early on Friday morning and slept some. Brady's cousin Rawlee and his wife Dasiy were kind enough to let us stay with them for the weekend (thanks again you guys, you are the best!). Friday we spent the day at the Hogle Zoo with Colin, Heather, Saylor and Paisley. Cadence had a great time even the start of our day was pretty darn cold! I will have pictures and info on that tomorrow since the pictures are on Brady's computer and I need to transfer them first! Cadence had a great time with her cousins like always and the zoo was awesome!

Friday night was a double birthday party for Ada and Lyla. They celebrated their 1st birthday's together (they were born 10 days apart). Daisy and Kim made some adorable ladybug cakes for the girls and boy did they go to town on them. We had so much fun celebrating with them! These two little girls sure know how to party!

Here is lovely Ada...

Ada's big sis Ellie...
Ada and Ellie's big sis Hailey showing us her sweet moves...
And beautiful Lyla with mom Kim...
Saturday we went to an Easter Egg hunt at the park. Cadence didn't really "get" it at first but managed to get a few eggs. Then we headed over to Chris and Kim's house where Cadence was going to be babysat while we went to the Temple. Thanks to Chris and Kim for letting us share your sitter! Cadence is still asking to go to Connor's house to play ball. :o)

We then spent a beautiful afternoon at the Bountiful temple where Brady's mom and uncles were sealed to their parents for time and all eternity. It was one of the most beautiful spiritual experiences of my life and I was so happy that we could be there to witness it!

We picked up Cadence and then headed to a great park where we had a potluck dinner with almost everyone in the Wilson clan and then there was an Easter egg hunt for the kids. Cadence got it this time and got a bunch of eggs and WAY to much candy. But it was great fun! Thanks to everyone who made that weekend such a great time! We always have so much fun when we are with you guys and I can't wait to do it again!

We drove home on Sunday so Cady didn't actually wear her Easter dress on Easter. But here is a picture of her in it that I took for my last Studio assignment. She was mad at me for some reason so most of my shots looked like the two below. You can check the rest out on my photoblog!

Sometimes the best pictures aren't the ones where they are smiling! lol.