Was that a flutter???

Well during our Primary Program on Sunday I felt a little flutter in my belly. I was not sure if it was the baby moving but after a few days of the same movement I think it is safe to say that I am feeling the baby move!! It is so exciting and makes this whole pregnancy seem much more real. Here we are at 18 weeks (tomorrow) and it seems like time is flying some days and other days it feels like April 4th will never get here!

Have a wonderful Halloween everyone!!

Monson Family Halloween Party

This last week has been super busy and we have had some fun activities! We went Deer Hunting last weekend and on Saturday Makayla and I went with my Dad to the Monson Family Halloween Party then back to the camp ground after the party!! It was a crazy but fun day.



My Mom loves Halloween so much and this annual party is always fun. We ate yummy soup for dinner, played some very fun games - drop candy into a mason jar, wrap your partner up like a mummy with toilet paper, and eating doughnuts off a string ... - the kids had a blast and got to pick out a pumpkin to take home. This is always a favorite.




Makayla picked an awesome pumkin and kinda cheeted with dropping her candy into the jar. You are supposed to drop it from your nose!



Makayla did not want to be wrapped up like a mummy and ran like a running race when we said to go. Poor Alexis was chasing her with her toilet paper streaming out behind her. But after that little hiccup they had a blast and there was toilet paper spread over almost the entire lawn!

I thought that Alexis looks cute and Autumn got Ariana pretty good!

Oh No it is a vampire princess!!

Makayla got to dress up with all of her accessories for her Cinderella Costume and Clint and I had a hard time getting them off of her for bed. She just wanted to wear her costume to bed. And now she will pretend to introduce herself to you by shaking your hand and she says that her name is Cinderella. So cute. I guess we have a full fledged princess on our hands ;o)

Baby Update

I realized that I have not done a pregnancy update for a while. I will first say that this pregnancy has been so different from the first. While I was pregnant with Makayla the pregnancy was so excitingly uneventful! This pregnancy has given us a ride!! Oh my ...



To give you a little background on our family, we have been trying to have another baby for a while but have been unsuccessful. I had a miscarriage 2 years ago and my body just never quite recovered or regulated after that. So with our Doctors help - no fertility drugs thank goodness - just some medicine to regulate my cycles, we were blessed with this pregnancy.

I am currently 16 weeks along and feeling ok. I have been so extra tired but am starting feel better. And the morning sickness has not been as bad as it was with Makayla. But with blessings come some trials, I have had some bouts with spotting and weird pains in my lower abdomen which have all lead to nothing. And the most recent stress was 2 weeks ago when I found out that I had an infection on my cervix. A round of antibiotics seems to have taken care of it. We were able to have an ultra sound done last Wednesday and everything looks just fine. We will have another ultra sound in about a month to check for gender and growth of the baby. As for now there are no complications and we hope to keep it that way!! ;o)

Here is a profile shot

Here is a cool picture of the baby's hand


It was so exciting to see our baby's heart which is beating at the correct rate and watch the baby move. Seeing the baby just makes it seem so much more real since I haven't been able to feel the baby move yet. And with what we have been worried about it was wonderful to see that the baby is ok. I will try to be better with updates!!

Brown Family Dinner

Yesterday we had a dinner at Clint's Mom's house and the kids dressed up in their Halloween Costumes. They had fun playing and we had a yummy soup dinner.

Here are the kids!

Our little Princess

Silly Mylee

And baby Lilly slept throug all the noise!

Picking Tomatoes at Day Farm's

Our tomato plants did not do super great this year so canning tomatoes and making salsa did not happen. A guy that works with Clint told him about a farm in Layton that you can get lots of tomatoes and that they are inexpensive.

So last Wednesday we took a trip up to Layton to get some tomatoes before the cold weather - and snow - hit this weekend. This farm was so much fun. They give you a box and you go and pick your own tomatoes. Makayla did not want to walk in the middle of the plants but she was the delivery girl to the box!! We would hand her the tomatoes and she would run them to the box. She had a blast.

Well we got lots and lots of tomatoes, which are mostly green - oh well - and they are ripening in paper bags in our kitchen. And this will be my first time canning tomatoes and making salsa by myself!! Wish me luck.

Silly Goose

You would never be able to say that Makayla is camera shy. The second she sees a camera she starts saying me me me me me and then will smile with her super cheesy smile. This happens mostly when we aren't planning on taking pictures but when we want her to smile for a picture usually she is a stinker and will not cooperate. The joys of a 3 year old!

We recently got a new camera and Makayla has started making funny faces and she will crack up after she makes them and laughs like she is the funniest thing on the planet. Here are some pictures we caught of her a couple of days ago!!

What a goof ball!!