Jonathan's Happy Little Self :)

Johnny is just too cute not to share. And just so you know, I'm not biased at all. Okay, since you can't hear my voice, that last sentence was dripping with sarcasm. Anyway, he's currently telling me a long, exciting story full of squeals and raspberries. He's also eating a plastic bug that now looks more like a 5-inch round ball of slobber. I just LOVE him! I'm pretty sure I grew a whole extra heart just to hold him in it. He makes me smile all day long. I always knew I'd love being a mommy, but WOW! It's so much fun!

Okay, it's not all roses. In fact, cleaning poop out of his hair is about as far away from roses as it gets. Roses don't smell like that. And then there are the hours he's spent "exercising his lungs." That's not very rosy either. Roses don't scream. Also, there was one Sunday when he pooped on a lady at church. Seriously, there was poop on her dress. Also not like roses. Roses don't make you want to hide your face forever. Then there was the other Sunday, when he had such a loud poo that it was echoing through the whole chapel, and then he looked up at me, smiled, and topped it off with a belch. I've never heard a rose (or anyone else's kid) do that!

ANYway, I think that's enough about poop.

Here are some videos that make me laugh. Enjoy!


Johnny's Bouncer (his favorite place in the whole world):

Johnny telling a great story with a surprise ending!:

So... it's been a while! I finally decided it was time to come out of my blog hybernation. This doesn't mean that I'll stop looking like a mother bear who didn't hybernate quite long enough, but it does mean I'll start updating my blog again! A few minor changes have occurred in our lives since my last post:
1. I got even bigger.

2. Beautiful Baby Jonathan Nephi was born on September 22nd (only 5 days after my due date...) weighing in at 7 lbs. 12 oz. and 20 inches long! I'll skip the gory details and just stick with the facts: Labor lasted 21 hours, and I'm still in love with the wonderfully magical epidural doctor. Then came the big arrival, and I really don't think I've ever been so in heaven! I am so head-over-heels for this little man!

3. My big little brother Kyle came home from his mission in Ft. Lauderdale (Spanish-speaking) on Dec. 17th!
4. We had an awesome Christmas!


5. We decided to start building a house here in Twin Falls! It's actually really close to being done, and we'll be moving in a few weeks! We're in the middle of tiling it right now. We'll post newer pictures soon!

5. Paul and I are both back in school (I just have one online class, but wow that's enough!). I'm also teaching piano and making jewelry on the side of my 24 hour a day job (the Mommy one). Paul's also working 50 hours a week, still delivering linen for Alsco. Things are just a tad hectic at our house, but we're loving it!

Well, I think that's it! Life is great and we're super excited to see it moving forward! I know that we have a loving Father in Heaven, who has just opened up the windows of heaven and started pouring out so many blessings. We are so grateful for all we have and we hope life is great for everyone else too!

P.S. - If you're wondering who took all the super-awesome pictures, it's my sister-in-law Marie Speirs. She's amazing!

We're still here...!

Well, just wanted to say we're still here! I'm still pregnant, but not for long...I hope! We are due in 3 weeks and everything's going great! I've been having tons of no-fun contractions, but they really aren't accomplishing much. It's a little disappointing, but oh well. We know he'll come when he's ready!
As far as life goes, the new semester started and Paul is pretty darn busy these days! He's taking 3 classes and working like crazy. Work will slow down for him after Labor Day, so that will be nice. Expecially since my "labor day" will be around the same time!
Well I guess that's about it for today! Next time I post, we'll probably have awesome news and super cute pictures! Woohoo!

Our fun summer! And lots of pictures!

Hey everyone! I'm finally getting around to posting pictures of our fun summer! We've been doing all kinds of crazy stuff!
These first pictures are of our little dude, Johnny. We had another ultrasound last week and he still has some fluid around his kidneys, so next week we get to go see a specialist. He might have to have a little surgery after he's born, but that's the worst case scenario, so it's not too big of a deal. We do like having all these ultrasounds, though! We love being able to see our little man!



Here are some pictures of the nursery. Since I've been able to find the whole Fisher Price Rainforest set at yard sales (YAY!), we decided to go with that theme for his room. Gotta love vinyl stickers!


My sisters were tons of help. Yay for sisters!

Okay, so we didn't get any pictures of our 4th of July weekend. We took some with my mom's camera, so I'll have to steal them sometime. We spent the weekend in Buhl, which was really fun. We went fishing, and Paul caught 4 fish! It was awesome! I didn't have near as much luck. The one fish I got on my line fell off before I could get him to land. Oh, well. Fishing's always fun! After that, we went to the fireworks show in Buhl and then came back home and lit some of our own. It was super fun!
My little brother Kasey decided to come spend a few days with us after the 4th of July weekend. He came Sunday night and left Tuesday (last night). Yesterday Paul and I took him around to see some of the sights in Twin Falls. We went and walked the canyon rim trail. We actually got there just as some base jumpers were going, so that was pretty neat! I've never seen Kasey's eyes so big before. Then we took him down to the waterfall by the golf course, and we hiked down to the "secret cave" behind it. It was so much fun! Here are some pictures (and, yes, there's my big belly as of yesterday...sigh):




I tried to rotate that picture...I'm not smart enough. But you get the idea!

Anyway, those are some highlights from our super fun summer! We're loving our new duplex on Sparks, and we're way excited to bring our little Jonathan home here! We're pretty much all moved in, and I'm finished with school, so now we have time to play. Well, that's about it for now. I hope everyone else is having as great a summer as we are!

We're still alive! And we moved!

Hey all! Sorry it's been so long since my last post. Summer school has been pretty crazy. Thay're not kidding when they say that each summer credit is equal to 2 normal ones! However, two of my three classes were shorter classes and finished early, so now I'm just down to one class! If only it wasn't Biology...
Anywho...we moved! We actually won't be able to get into owning a house until after the baby comes, so we decided we better find a place to rent for a while. We moved into a WONDERFUL duplex with 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. We absolutely love it! I got the nursery all set up the other day - with help from my cute sisters - and I am just so excited to put little Johnny in there! We actually have another ultrasound today, so I will be posting pictures of that and the nursery soon!
Paul's doing great. He loves his job, and he's so good at it! He's super excited to be a daddy. He actually woke up at 4:00 this morning so that he could be done with work and back in time for the ultrasound! He's also taking summer classes. We're actually doing the biology thing together, which is pretty fun. He's also taking an Intro to Business class, which he likes a lot better than biology. All of his classes have to be online, what with work, and it's working out pretty well.
Well, I think that pretty much sums up our busy life for now! It's a bit of a scatterbrained post, but I'm a scatterbrained me!

"A Special Rock"

So, today, Paul and I were watching America's Funniest Home Videos - which we LOVE - and there was a super funny one. It was this little boy in a park with his mom and dad and suddenly the mom was like, "Hey, what does he have in his hands?" The dad (he's the one with the camera) called to the little boy and he turned around with a little piece of dog poop in his hands. The mom asked, "What do you have in your hands?" and he mumbled something. Then the dad was like, "What did you say?" And the little boy said, "I found a special rock!" He was super excited about it and it was SO funny! I hope our little boy is cute like that...minus the dog poop.

It's still a boy!

Well, we had another ultrasound yesterday. It was actually the one where we were supposed to find out what it was, but we found out a little early at the emergency room. Anyway, he's still a boy! And he's still super squirmy and cute! This time we actually got a bunch of awesome 3-D pictures so I couldn't help but post them on here! It's so amazing what they can do with technology. In this one, he's sucking on his lower lip. He kind of looks like an alien because his face hasn't really filled out yet, but he's a cute alien for sure! Except it looks like he got my nose...poor guy.


In this one, you can totally tell he looks like Paul! Yay!