The results are in, and....

Yup, there's definitely a baby in there. My favorite is the profile shot. Awww...how cute.

Cute little hand...

Cute little foot...

Creepy face shot...

(Seriously, why do they even give you one of these. So not cute. And everything about your baby should bring you warm and fuzzies...right?)

But these aren't really what you came here to see is it. You want the answer to the real burning question.

Well, wait no longer. The suspense is over.

I'm gonna say it's a....

BOY!

Now for the hard part. Choosing a name.

Fashion Statement

Jimmy is learning the art of nose picking. This morning he dug out the biggest booger ever (no wonder he was struggling to breath through his nose). He looked at it for a few seconds, then, not knowing what to do with it, he stuck it to his cheek. Awesome!

The Only Time Hospital Gowns Are Cute

Jimmy had to have some minor surgery today. Isn't he adorable in his little hospital gown?! The socks, not so much. But hey, his toes were warm. :)

All the nurses agreed that he was the cutest patient there that day. I totally agree. When they took us back to his recovery room, we found him snuggled up to one of the nurses. She was reluctant to hand him over to me. Can't say that I blame her. :) I wish I'd gotten a picture, but I didn't think about it in time.

Why do they always flap open in the back? Good thing he had a diaper on. Not that it wouldn't have been totally adorable if he didn't.

He was not so happy when he woke up. Not that I blame him. He was starving and I'm sure he felt loopy and he totally hated the IV. He just wanted that thing out! He was sooooo much happier once they removed it. I took this picture after our 2 hour drive back home. He was pretty groggy, but very ready to get out of his car seat.

He slept most of the drive home. He had random moments when he would wake up for a few seconds at a time and then fall right back to sleep. At one point we heard an excited, "dat!" from the back seat. We turned to see him wide eyed, smiling, and pointing at something. Next thing we knew, his head flopped to the side and he was out again.

Once we got him home he was anxious to get back on his feet again and play. It took him a few minutes to find his balance, but he was off running around in no time. Unfortunately, he found rather quickly that several of his favorite things were pretty painful. Like climbing up on the couch and sliding down his little slide on his belly. He was happy for a while, but his pain meds are now slowly wearing off and he's becoming more and more grumpy. Here's hoping Mike gets back soon with his meds. And here's hoping he sleeps well tonight.

Great!

I've been dreading the day he'd figure this out.

Crazies!

I decided to let Jimmy feed himself some pudding. I think he did pretty good.

Cheer up kid. It's CHOCOLATE!

That's better! :)



What better way to start the day than with a kiddie mosh pit.

Don't you love how all my kids are only half dressed? (I prefer half dressed, to half naked.) Who needs pants...or a shirt.

Ah, June. When the heat and humidity jump out and smack you in the face, and the only way to survive is in the water. Jacob has been begging to go to the beach. Instead we went to walmart and got ourselves a kiddie pool. :) I can't tell you how tempted I am to go sit in that pool with them.



Not sure how I feel about them jumping from the top of the slide though...

Who wouldn't want a purple hat?!

Me: Okay kiddos, we've gotta get dressed so we can go to the store.

Lizzie: We're gonna take daddy some soup? (We took Mike lunch yesterday. She gets confused between Daddy's work, church, and the store.)

Me: um...no. We're going to the *store*. We're going to buy milk and bananas and hotdogs and MAYBE if your good, a little pool!

Jacob: (jumps to his feet in excitement) AND I CAN WEAR A PURPLE HAT!

Me:.............Whahuh?


I was totally confused by this one. It took me a while to figure out he was talking about Mike's swim cap he got from his triathlons. lol.

Raleigh Roadtrip

Mike had the day off, so we decided to drive up to Raleigh. Our plan was to walk around the mall and then take the kids to go see the temple. We ended up getting a late start and had to skip the mall because Jacob was sooooooo excited to go see the temple. We were hoping to get to walk around the temple grounds, but unfortunately they were closed for cleaning and had the gates locked. So...this is all they got to see.

We decided to take them across the way to the stake center and let them play on the grass. There was just enough of an encline for them to roll down. :) (no pictures of them rolling in the grass, just videos which take way to long to upload.) I was hoping to get some good shots of them to post, but as you can see, they weren't being very cooperative.

We had to bribe them with ice cream to get this...

The best shots I got all seemed to be from behind. Oh well. At least it wasn't my behind. :)

We didn't end up staying very long. Mike did a triathlon earlier in the day and was pretty tired and cranky by this time. The kids were being a little uncooperative so decided to go find some ice cream and head home. Next time we will plan ahead and maybe things will go a little more as planned. :) Still a fun day though.