Happy Holidays!

This is my cute family on Christmas! We had such a blast this year! Ian was soooo much fun!

He got a rocking horse from Santa, and some blocks. The horse makes horse noises and moves his head and tail. =) Ian thinks its pretty cool!

It was a blast watching him open presents... he was so excited to open all of the presents...even the ones that weren't his!

On Christmas Eve we were at the Spendlove's and we did the nativity... Ian was a sheep! In the picture he is sitting in front of the guy wearing the green robe... that red thing in his hands is a cup of marshmallows! =) This little sheep has a short attention span! =) It was really fun!

Ian is such a stud... he is talking like crazy these days, in sentences, we just love him!

We took him to see Santa earlier in December and he liked him ok! He just looked at him and said 'Ho Ho Ho', but Ian really like Santa's bells!

What a fun time of year, especially with such a sweet little boy! One thing that I love that Ian does... is he will say "So Much" to me... and I know that he is saying I love you so much (because that is what I say to him!) He is such a joy in our lives and we feel so blessed to have him! We are so grateful for all of our blessings right now! There are so many!!!! Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

It's A Girl!

Yeah we are so excited... it is a girl! Now we will have one of each! I'm so excited to get to buy pink!!!! (and purple and yellow and all those girly colors!) We don't have a name picked out yet, but do have a few we like! It might take us a while to decide though! I knew it was a girl all along, but it sure is nice to have it confirmed by ultrasound! I'm 16 weeks tomorrow...it seems to be going so slow and so fast all at the same time. Oh, other good news... Nik graduates tomorrow! He still has to take one class next semester for dental school, but it will be so nice for him to not be sooooo busy! I will actually get to spend lots of time with him! Things are going so well for us right now and I give all the credit to our Heavenly Father! He has blessed us so much and we are so thankful!

Tomorrow's the big day!

Thanks to all who voted, it seems more of you think I'm going to have a boy! =) We will see tomorrow... my appointment is first thing in the morning! I think its a girl, but would be really happy if its a boy because then Ian could have a little brother to be best buddies with! But I at some point need pink in my house too, so I guess we will see!

DENTAL SCHOOL HERE WE COME!

Oh Happy Day!! Nik got accepted to dental school this morning! They called us at 8:05 am... we were still in bed because Ian let us sleep in! It was a very nice way to start the day! We are so excited!! Nik has been doing the happy dance all day! I wish we could just move right now, but that would be impossible, Nik still has to take one more class at Weber State, and I'm in the middle of my pregnancy! =) I guess I will just have to be patient and wait! It is just a good feeling to know where we are going and not be in limbo anymore! And any of you that know me, you know I don't like to wait for things I want...I want that instant gratification! =) Thanks to all of you for your prayers, love and support!

Is it a Boy or a Girl?

Well I went to the Doctor on Wednesday and we couldn't tell what it was, but Dr. Housel said we would for sure find out on December 10, even if he has to have me stand on my head! =) I just love my doctor... I recommend him to everyone! Everything is looking good. He did a 3-D picture and although the baby is only about 2 inches big... it looks like a baby and we were able to count fingers and toes! They don't look like our fingers and toes yet, they are still kinda bubbly... like a stretched out gummy bear! I can't yet say that this baby is cute, but I'm sure it will be!

So thanks to all of you who have voted on my poll and I may cut the deadline short because I will probably find out on December 10 what it is!

So this is my sweet little pumpkin on Halloween! He was so much fun! He didn't quite get the whole going to people's doors and saying "trick or treat", but he did like the fact that everywhere we went he got candy and most people opened it and gave it to him! He was all sugared up when we got home!

He was pretty addicted to candy for a couple of days after and would just cry if he saw the candy bucket... we had to keep hiding it in different places. =) He has mostly forgotten now, although I do occasionally give him a treat!

In my opinion he is the cutest pumpkin that has ever been! Everywhere we went in his costume (before Halloween too) he got lots of compliments of being the cutest little pumpkin... I think if there was a costume contest... he would have won for sure! Not just because of his good looks, but because of his charm too! =) But I am kinda biased as his mother!

It is Halloween! We have a fun day ahead... but I have to back up and tell about a fun day a little while ago! I have some of the greatest friends in the whole world, and I feel so lucky!! A couple days ago some of those friends and I took our babies to that fun place out in Syracuse... lots of you have been there because I have seen pictures on your blog, but I just had to share! When we got there we just couldn't help but take pictures of the babies with the pumpkins...some of them liked it, some of them didn't!

None of them were quite sure what their crazy moms were doing! But you know us moms... we just have to have cute pictures! Ian doesn't even smile for the camera anymore because he always has it in his face!

I thought Ian made a cute pumpkin, and in fact that is what he is being for Halloween! I will do another post after tonight with his halloween costume...it is darling!

Next, we headed to the slides... the babies loved it! (well most of them) We started on the smaller one...we would send the babies down on their tummies all by themselves! They had a lot of fun! The looks on their faces as they are going down... there are no words to describe them!

Ian decided he wanted to be brave and go down facing forward... he did really good until the momentum got ahold of him and he ended up on his back... he didn't bonk his head because of his thick hood! =)

We them went on the bigger slides, but we didn't send the babies alone on these ones... they sat on our laps! When we went down the biggest one (you know the black tube one) Ian tensed up the whole way down, but when we got to the bottom he laughed and started heading back to do it again! He is so much fun to play with and spend my days with!

We then headed to the tractor/train ride....a big tractor pulled these cute cars around... Ian really liked this part, in fact he screamed when we were done and I started climbing out. It was so funny... he really liked it!

We then did a lot of other fun activities... like playing on the teeter-totter, the corn box, Ian really liked this corn fort that he could walk through! It was a really fun day. The other babies got to go on a hay ride as well, but Ian and I had to leave early because Nik and I were celebrating our 3rd wedding anniversary!

It was a really fun day! Thanks to Lindsey for having us over to her house, feeding us lunch, and to all the girls for letting me take a nap! I love you!

Great news everybody...I'm pregnant! I am due May 28, 2009 and that will put Ian and the new baby just about 2 years apart! It is perfect timing for us and we are really excited. I have been really sick, but know it will all be worth it in about 7 months! We love you all and thank you for all your support!

Hey everyone...this has been a fun, but busy week! On Tuesday we went up to Mantua and roasted hot dogs and took Carson's pictures...Unfortunately...Ian had a run in with the cement. He nose dived and almost fell into the fire pit (before the fire was started)! He is doing good though...no permanent brain damage as far as I can tell! =)

It's ready!!!! To view my photo blog go to spendlovephotography.blogspot.com I hope you like it!