HEATHER IS PREGNANT!!!

Yes, it's true. Heather and I are going to start all over again with baby number 3!!! It is an exciting, yet terrifying time for me. I'm not going to lie. Honestly, I had given up on the idea of having another baby. We had tried for so long. Gabrielle had just had her sixth birthday for crying out loud. When Heather told me the news I wanted to hug her, throw up, mumble incoherent sentences, shout, cry, you name it. The idea is slowly sinking in (emphasis on SLOWLY). Heather went so far as to buy another two or three tests. I had to gently tell her that we had better things to spend our money on than a test that kept turning blue, no matter how many times you peed on it. We joked that there wasn't anything more we could do to shake up our lives right now. Change jobs, move, and get pregnant. YEEHAW!!!

Babies EVERYWHERE!!!

I couldn't have planned this any better. Actually, I didn't plan anything. It just worked out this way. I had an overnight on a trip in Salt Lake City. I got there just in time to get a phone call from Heather saying her brother and sister-in-law had their baby. My dad picked me up the next morning and we were able to drive down to American Fork and see the baby. Boy, what a DOLL!!! This was a bitter-sweet time for me. I found out just the day before that my own sister (debbie) is having another girl. For those of you who don't know the history, I have been given the nickname of "The Womb Whisperer" because of my "gift" of predicting the sex of babies. Heather counted them up the other day, and I had correctly guessed the sex of all of our kids, along with all the babies on both sides of the family. I was 19 and 0 until Debbie. I predicted boy all the way. I have fallen from grace...

Gabrielle Graduation

Here's a shot of Gabs for her kindergarten graduation with Mom.

On the strip

Here we are on the strip in front of the casino with the Italy theme. People were out front getting a boat ride. We had fun checking out all the sights of the strip...

VIVA LAS VEGAS!!!

Well, we just got back from taking a trip to Vegas to look for a house to rent while we can settle down and do the REAL house hunting. Things are just moving along too quickly to try to buy right now. We close on our home on the 16th and have to be out a week later. We found a place that should work for us while we search. They were willing to sign a short-term lease (four months and then month to month after that). We had another bonus while we were there. Heather's sister and husband were celebrating their anniversary and took a trip there to see some shows and have fun. We were able to see them and hang out for one of the nights we were there. Madison had fun taking pictures of things from the car window. Here's a shot of the Stratosphere and of New York, New York. The girls also had fun every time we went to a new house with our search. They would both race up the stairs right away and try to call dibs on their room if that happened to be the home we would buy. Gabrielle always seemed to find the master bedroom to call dibs on.