pictures, pictures

What our living room has become since Christmas:

View from the top--my favorite pair of shoes (right now)

Another goofy Oliver smile. He ate an entire can of ravioli in one sitting...

Yet another "smile"--and, the only way he'll suck on his binkies now.

 18.5 weeks. It's a coincidence (and a tad embarrassing) that I'm wearing the exact same outfit as the 16 week...

(and don't mind the crooked picture; Oliver thinks its another one of his toys)

flowers and ruffles?

...it's a GIRL!

Sean is shocked (but so happy).

I am not surprised

(I told you it was a girl)

Neither of us really know what to expect.

Oliver is completely oblivious.

And yes, we already have 2 darling names picked out.

The Mosman-side is especially excited. Here's why: Sean comes from a family of all boys. Sean's mom is the only girl in her family with 4 brothers. Matt (Sean's dad) has 1 sister and 3 brothers. Shantele (step-mom) has twin boys. There are two grandbabies, both of whom are boys. Catch my drift? And now my mind wanders to what she'll look like. We had a boy who looks like me, so does that mean our girl will look like Sean? What would that even look like?! I pray she doesn't have his copious amounts of body hair.

Pregnancy update: I am 18.5 weeks. I had the ultrasound at 18 weeks and my uterus was measuring 22 weeks (same as with Oliver). The umbilical cord was right between her legs (same as Oliver, again) so there really is no good lady-part shot. The doc said I could come back in 2 weeks for a better picture. I'm about 5-pounds lighter than I was at this point with Oliver, but that isn't really saying much because I was still 10 pounds over my usual weight when I got pregnant. Not that I hadn't lost Oliver's baby weight (that happened in a whopping 6 days), I just got lazy and starting eating my weight in cupcakes and crispy, coconut, chicken fingers.

I feel pretty good now. My nausea has really subsided, only on occasion will it rear its ugly head. It's weird because I first felt Oliver "kick" at 18 weeks 2 days  and this one it was much sooner--ok, that's not the weird thing--the weird thing is how in the WORLD did I not notice these same movements with Oliver? It really blows my mind. It feels like there is a steel tumbleweed bouncing around inside.

Oh, I am going to write a separate blog about Sean's snowboarding accident this past Monday, but I don't have the energy to do so at this time. Stay tuned.

pink or blue?

Tomorrow is the (official) big day--we find our what I've been cookin'. Yipee! After a failed attempt at 15 weeks, my doc has 100% confidence in tomorrow's appointment. And judging by how uncomfortable this baby has been making over the last several weeks, I'm still going with girl. Here are a few more reasons why (and don't you judge my reasonings):

-My "belly" is sitting COMPLETELY different this time around. Don't ask me how because I can't really explain it.
-face acne. and bacne, and buttne, and everything else you can possibly think of. I think it's true that baby girls in utero steal all their mother's "beauty".
-I have been sick for almost 10 weeks straight. I have been starting to feel a little better the last few days (meaning, no anti-puke meds), thankfully.

Ok, those are the main ones. I hate it when people say, "hmm, yes, well every pregnancy is different..." blahblahblah. Especially people who don't have kids. That's my favorite. Just let me try and justify why this pregnancy has been waaaaay more uncomfortable so far than Oliver's was! It makes me feel better. So, tomorrow at 10:15 am...YESSSSSS!

cute boy

Oliver has been being awfully cute lately. Here is what we've been up to in the last week:

Lots of Oliver dancing (to music, or us just saying, "dance!")

Oliver staring blankly at the camera

 Opening drawers that are nearly impossible for even me to open. He's freaky strong.

 At the BYU Women's Basketball game vs. Utah (we won!). Oliver is STILL unsure of the new camera

Ok--this is an AWESOME picture. For those of you living under a rock, this is THE Jimmer Fredette. #1 leading scorer in NCAA Division I. The BYU Men's Basketball team is ranked #9 in the nation. So, when we were at the Women's game Sean looked waaaaay across the way and saw Jimmer, sitting alone, and just had to go get his autograph for Oliver. Apparently everyone else thought this was a good idea. Within minutes of him arriving EVERYONE wanted a little piece of Jimmer. Sean waited for a lull, and went over. Here is the darling picture:

 We took Oliver to Provo Towne Center and we went on the little train they have there. Here he is not cooperating with the camera:

We kinda got him to look in this one...

This is the sweet, 4-1 tricycle Nana and Grandpa got Oliver for his birthday (thanks Matt and Shantele!)

 And here is a picture of baby #2--we go in next Monday at 18 weeks to see the preference of shim's private area--I'm about 16 weeks here:

Sean refused to take any picture where my head wasn't showing (all of mine with Oliver don't have my face), so this was the best I could do. I look about the exact same I did at this time with Oliver. Click here. I am still feeling really crummy come nighttime, but typically do fine during the day. Oliver is crazy so we never stop moving until he goes to bed. Well, off to the gym (I need to try and rectify this enormous thigh problem I'm currently dealing with).

grateful

I find myself complaining an awful lot about a lot of things. I have much to be grateful for. Here is a list of some of 20 of those things (in no particular order of importance or grandeur--okay, maybe the first 5 or 6 are slightly more significant than the rest...):

1. Sean--and everything our marriage entails
2. Oliver*
3. my totally awesome and overly-sensitive family (don't any of you dare deny it)
4. my in-laws. I'm not sure how I got so lucky.
5. the Gospel (cliche, but true)
6. baby #2, even though the icky tummy is lingering far too long
7. Sean's job (a HUGE blessing)
8. new bakeware (thanks to my bro)
9. all of my shows I tivo that I get to enjoy after Oliver is in bed--you know who you are.
10. ourbestbites.com
11. meat. and milk. and butter. I can't even guess the gallons of milk I have consumed in the last 2 months. Baby knows what is good for shim (she/him).
12. my new, retro hot-dog cooker. my mom knows how to treat me right.
13. TOMS (a new red pair and a sparkly pair).
14. modern medicine and technology.
15. gossip magazines (mmmm)
16. books--my dad-in-law keeps my shelves full
17. my new shake-weight (I may be a beached whale in Mexico in April, but at least my arms will be toned)
18. a reliable car
19. the new space heater I got for the living room
20. good, good friends :-)

*being a big boy, eating chicken nuggets whole!

(well, not whole, but without them being cut up...)

fun happenings

We took Oliver to his first basketball game on Saturday--he sat like a perfect angel for 36 of the 40 minutes. I was completely shocked. He was also very aware that we were seated pretty high and the fall to the bottom would be long and far (and painful), so when we tried to take a picture with the court in the background, this was the best we could do:

 (if you look closely, you can see the baby bump at the bottom--it's more like I ate 3 burgers)

Oliver was spoiled this Christmas--mostly by my sister, Kristi. One of his favorite things is a really cute barn that makes noises and has animals and a silo that opens at the top and bottom. Well, I was filling out passport stuff for Oliver when his social security card turned up missing. I had to leave for class so I asked Sean to find it while I was gone. I got a text 20 minutes later that said this, "I found a chicken nugget and Oliver's social security card in the silo of his barn." Silly boy. Here he is playing with Auntie Holly:

I think Oliver has the cutest little body. He's totally ripped and has a little bum that I could pinch all day. So I decided to snap some appropriate bathtub shots:

Ok, the last two things are videos (since I have been horrible posting videos as of late). The first one is of his new basketball hoop! He was confused for the first 5 or 10 minutes, but quickly figured it out after mom and dad played a little one-on-one (I won, obviously). We're so proud:

And this video is ridiculous. Oliver thought it was hilarious when he put that green ball in my mouth and I spit it out. I was doing it for about 15 minutes before Sean started taping and another 10 after:

first haircut

The reason there is a picture shortage on my blog is because of the shattered camera screen on our old camera and the whole it-takes-15 minutes-to-snap-a-picture, video camera. Don't get me wrong; it takes good videos, but it's a video camera, so that's its sole function. Anyway, Sean's mom gave us a generous, monetary Christmas present and with my portion, I bought a little Nikon! It's cute (obviously the most important thing), had excellent reviews, and takes a picture in about a second.

Unfortunately, I didn't have it before Oliver got his first haircut! Technically it's his second (I gave him a lovely hack-job days earlier), but yeah. I will post a picture from Christmas of his loooooong and goofy hair and then post the after-shot with the new camera!
 

(pre-cut)

(mid-cut)

(after!)

 (this last one is from my phone)

 I love his ears. And his eyes. And his entire face. He looks like a little boy now! He doesn't look happy in any of the last few pictures--it's probably because he misses his hair. But he's still darling.