Ultrasound smultrasound!

Okay, so we had our ultasound yesterday and the baby was not cooperating. The first thing we saw was the baby's face and then the baby put it's hand right in front of it's face! The doctor had a hard time getting a look at anything. When we were trying to see what it was, the baby's legs were so tight together, we couldn't see a thing. So, he says, "I'm 85% sure that it is a girl, but I'm putting that it's a boy in your chart." He said because we couldn't see "anything dangling" he was pretty sure that it was a girl. All my other kids have been very nice and let us see exactly what we were getting, but I'm not really sure if I can break out the pink again. I don't think we get another go with the ultrasound so I guess that's where we are at):

10 Whole Years!

I was sitting on my bedroom floor holding Tag, giving him a treatment, while Whitley was crying, with my head pounding, thinking to myself, "This is how I am spending my 10 year anniversary". And I had to smile, just a little. I and my two sweet younger children have this horrible crap, coughing, sneezing, snotties, fever, and aches, and it is a terrible way to spend your day.

So as I have been pondering today about my 10 blissful years in complete and perfect harmony, ha, ha, just kidding. I guess I just feel really blessed to be sealed for time and all eternity to my Trent. He isn't perfect, nor am I, but the Lord was sure looking out for me when he maneuvered us together. It happened quickly once he returned home from his mission, maybe too quickly for some, but when it's right, there is really no need to wait. I asked Trent one time if he wished we would have waited a little longer, or maybe if he wished he would have come home and dated a little more and he said, "Why?" I thought, ...well, I won't tell you what I really thought(:, that would be inappropriate, but let me just say that I do love my husband!!! We have grown a lot in the last 10 years and fortunately for us it has been more insync with each other. So here is my list of reasons why I love Trent Reber:
1. He still thinks I am beautiful, especially without make-up on, and even after 3 1/2 kids.
2. He's mine forever.
3. He is a wonderful father, and all my children adore him.
4. He is in favor of letting me take some time for myself every now and then.
5. He has a strong testimony of the gospel, and lives it.
6. He is a hard worker and provides well for his family.
7. He supports my decision to stay home with our children, even though I could make some really good money as a massage therapist.
8. He has really pretty eyes, and eyelashes, and broad shoulders, and strong arms, and really big feet, that aren't my favorite to rub, but I do it because I love him, but not often enough(:
9. He blushes! His cheeks seriously get red, like Santa Claus, and it does funny things to my innards(:
10. I love the fact that he earned the money to pay for his mission by showing cows in the fair.
11. I love that he grew up in this small town and learned how to work.
12. I love him because he let me help him build our house together. He took the time to show me how to do things and then let me do them.
13. I love that he doesn't expect me to be a certain way. He allows me to be who I am. I didn't have to change the way I looked, or what I wore to be with him.
14. I love that we still hold hands in the car, and while we are walking.
15. I love that we can joke around with each other when things don't turn out quite like we expected.
16. I love that I can breathe on his neck and he gets all squirmish and giggly.
17. He has a nice laugh and sometimes when we get laughing, it's hard to stop.
18. Have you heard the song, " She thinks my tractors sexy"? Well, I don't especially think the tractor is sexy, but there is something about a man in Wranglers on a tractor, not just any man, I mean my man.
19. I love his smile. He has that crooked smile thing going on and it makes me smile, too.
20. I love the fact that we have never had a knock-down, drag-out, name calling fight, and when we do fight, we usually get over it pretty quickly-I'm a girl who needs her sleep(:

I could go on and on, and I am sure once I post this and I am laying in my bed, trying to find a position where my nose can drain and I can breathe, that I will think of all kinds of reasons why I love Trent, and reasons why I am so grateful that we are still together. We have made a beautiful family together. We have a beautiful life together and I know that we can make it through anything as long as we stick together and stay close to the Lord. Pray for me that my nose will at least allow me to breathe this weekend while we are on our romantic getaway(:

P.S. I wanted to add some pics, but my computer is not working right now and that's where all my pictures are stored so I may have to post some later.

Update on the prego

I think I am finally past the morning sickness. I still have days where nothing sounds good, but that is so much better than feeling sick to your stomach all the time. I have started to poke right out there. I will be 18 weeks this week and next week we have our big ultrasound! I thought maybe it would be fun to not find out for this one, but I just can't do it. It's not that it matters either way what it is, I just want to have all the clothes washed, ready, and put away, and everything organized. I guess I'm just a little anal that way. I am thinking it is another boy. I have a couple of boy names, but nothing concrete for now. Trent had a dream that he delivered the baby at home and it was a girl. Trent delivering the baby would be interesting(: Tanner wants another brother, and I don't think Tag or Whitley really care, or are even aware that their lives are going to be changing. So, if anyone has any guesses and when we find out what it is, any suggestions on names, send them our way.

Just a little update on Tag, he has to have surgery on his lazy eye. It seems that it is affecting his depth perception which adversely affects his fine motor skills. He finally got in to see an occupational therapist and he was quite concerned so hopefully this will help him be ready to start kindergarten next fall. It is just a minor surgery, but it is still one more thing, and we just found out from the dentist today that he has to have at least six crowns and some of his front teeth need work, too. They are going to put him out to do that because there is no way he would be still for them to do all they need to. His teeth have been pretty good for quite a while. I was hoping he would get lucky and not have caps and crowns and all this fun stuff. I guess our luck has run out.

Tanner's Baptism

Tanner has been excited for his eighth birthday for two reasons: One, to start in cub scouts and two, to get baptized! Well, last Saturday was the big day. It was a special night. His dad baptized him and then on Sunday, his Grandpa Reber confirmed him. We were all excited to have Steve, Cody, and Connor come down for the big night. We know it is a long trip but it meant a lot to us. I know my parents would have been down too, if they could keep themselves in one piece. We love them anyway. We are so proud of Tanner for his decision. He has a lot of potential and it will be fun to see who he grows up to be.

Pinewood Derby

Tanner's very first activity as a new cub scout was the Pinewood Derby. He was so excited. His dad found this really cool design on the internet for his car and they went to work. It looked really cool. I helped him paint it blue, gold and silver and he named it the "Blue and Gold".

Tanner took first place two times! He thought that it meant he won second over all, but I think that is pretty good for his very first time! He won the "Blue and Gold" award. It was a lot of fun. He said on the way home, "I love Scouts!" He has dedicated leaders that are always doing fun things so I am sure he is going to have a great time this year.

Tanner's Big 8th Birthday!

Tanner turned the big 8 this year! It is hard to believe that I have an 8 year old. He's getting older, but he's not getting much bigger. He has three missing teeth right now, his two front ones and a bottom one. His toothless smile is very cute. He is getting very particular about his hair. He likes to put hair products in and style it. He got mad the last time his dad cut his hair because he said he couldn't do anything with it. (I thought the girls were supposed to be high matainance-go figure) He is a good big brother, when he wants to be. It's hard being the oldest but we are sure grateful for our Tanner. He is a good kid and we love him!

We hid some geocaches just around the neighborhood for Tanner and his friends. He said it was way too easy, but they had fun. We had pizza out on the deck. The weather was very nice, even for January in the South. Tanner got a lot of fun things, but I think he was most excited about his new scout uniform and his scriptures with his name on them. He has been putting his scripture stickers that his grandma Reber gave him all over in his scriptures. It's exciting! I think he had a very happy birthday!