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!

My birthday

I have been trying to get Trent to give me a "day off" either on my birthday or right around my birthday, but it didn't quite work out this year. He has done it for me before and it has really made me feel like a new woman when I return home. I don't really get the whole day off, just five or six hours, where I go get my haircut, a pedicure, go shopping for myself, have lunch, you get the point. It's not that I don't love my children, I'm just one of those people who enjoys a little "me" time where I'm not anybody's mother or wife for a few hours and I can focus on myself and not feel guilty. And believe me, I don't feel guilty. I'd like to take a day off once a month, or seriously, once a week, even if it was just a night off, but all you mothers out there know that that ain't happening.

But I do have a good husband who loves me and brings me roses on my birthday (This year he actually brought me roses and a big mac because I wasn't going to cook dinner on my B-day, and it sounded really good) I love roses. I've heard a lot of woman say that they would rather not get roses because they just die, but they make me feel special. They smell so good and who cares if they die. I feel really loved for at least a few days(: My mother -in-law also bought me the pregnant willow tree statue, which I love! I was trying to tell the girls at young women's that I was 23 and Tanner just happened to be standing there and he's all, "You liar, you're 33!" I just rolled my eyes at him, thanks for ruining the moment.

A New Year

First, I have to apologize for my blog background, I am having some technial difficulties getting the whole page to change so sorry. Anyway, we did some 4-wheelin' on New year's day with friends and family. We seemed to spend a lot more time stopped looking at whatever our tour guide, my father-in-law, was pointing out but we still had a great time. I am sure Tanner was just glad to be out of the house for once on his Christmas break!

Whitley is holding onto Trent's ears, it was so cute. All the munchkins that went with us.

Whoa! Christmas went by fast!

This Christmas season was a blur to me. I wish I could rewind and do it again, but feeling good like I have the last few days(: I wasn't able to do anything that I normally do around this time of year. We didn't make any goodies to take to our friends and neighbors. We didn't go see any lights. We went to my dad's for our family party and we were an hour an a half late and then I was sick pretty much the rest of the time we were there. We didn't go sledding. I even missed Tanner performing in his school Christmas program. So I apologize to my family and friends for being so obscure this holiday season, but I have preferred my pillow and the bathroom over anything else these last several weeks.

I did manage to take a few pictures on Christmas morning so I will share them with you now! This is Whitley and her toy from Santa that makes all kinds of music. She and Tag were fighting over it so I think it was a hit. She also got a cabbage patch doll that she could have cared less about. I couldn't help myself frome buying it, it was so cute (Maybe she'll get it again next year(:)

This is our tree that we cut by ourselves up in Pine Valley. We put it downstairs this year, just to give us some more room. It smelled really good !

Taggert got a new tractor and didn't want to open anything else after that. Trent got a new shirt and pants and work boots-nothing that he asked for but a 9mm was going to cost a little much, he'll get over it(:

Tanner got a new bike a lots of clothes because he has grown so much just since school started. He also got a new DS game that he thought we had forgot about so he was really impressed! I didn't get what I asked for either. I bought myself pajama pants, and maternity pants and a dress. Trent came home at 3pm on Christmas Eve and said, "I've got to go to St. George. I haven't gotten you anything yet." I was like forget it, I got it myself! He did come with me to finish up the kid's Christmas so it's all good. Sometimes I actually prefer buying my own Christmas because then I know I will like it when I open it on Christmas morning, but it is nice to be surprised!!!