We Are Having a BOY!!

I know it has been forever since I posted on our blog, but life caught up with me and the blog kind of fell through the cracks! Hopefully here soon I will update, but for now I wanted to share our exciting news. I am expecting our second child and it is a BOY!!! I am 21 weeks along, he is due March 27th. In the ultrasound he looked healthy and happy. Sadie is excited about having a brother and we can't wait to meet our little guy. I am feeling great, I was a little sicker in the beginning this time, but at about 11 weeks I started to feel normal again. This pregnancy has definitely gone faster than with Sadie, but I think it is because I am trying to keep up with her and have less time to think about everything. I am feeling him move around and I can tell he is getting stronger everyday, Devin even felt him move the other day. We are just so excited to have another little one join our family!!

Summertime Fun

What we have been up so far this summer.....SWIMMING - lots and lots of swimming! Sadie is turning into a fish, between swimming at Cherry Hill and for the past 2 weeks we have been taking Mommy and Me swim lessons! Sadie has loved swim lessons and every morning she wants to get her swimming suit on and says "water." Her favorite part of swim lessons are jumping off the side of the pool to me and blowing bubbles in the water. Usually by the time we get home for her nap she is tired and I like it!

PLAYING IN THE YARD AND AT THE PARK - we are loving playing outside in the backyard with bubbles, chalk, and in the tree swing. We also loving picking food in our garden, Sadie gets so anxious to pick stuff that she keeps picking out green strawberries and eating them. We also have been playing at the park with friends a lot, she loves the slides and the bridges.

POPSICLES - it is definitely summer because we just have to eat a Popsicle everyday! If you haven't tried the "Popsicle Mighty Minis" you should. They are for little kids and are the size of a lipstick, they are slow melt and just perfect for little Sadie.

PARTIES - here is Sadie at Carson's birthday party eating a cupcake, do you think she liked it? We had a blast at the party jumping on the trampoline, eating cake and playing with cousins.

TREATS - we love making treats at our house and I love my little helper!

WAGON RIDES - we love our wagon and take rides almost daily. Here are Sadie and her friend Leah on the Lagoon Trail taking a ride and eating a snack.

FEEDING THE DUCKS - we love feeding the ducks and Sadie asks to do it almost daily.

We are loving summer and having a blast!

"Bunga Bay Baby"

For our nephew Carson's 5th Birthday my side of the family all went to Cowabunga Bay, a water park here in Utah. As I was walking in holding our niece Brynnley's hand she just kept saying to me, "Bunga Bay Baby!!", I loved it! They kids were so excited, as you can see from the excitement on their little faces. Sadie was so excited she wouldn't even take her nap, we could hear her in her crib saying,"Cars, Brynnie, Popi, Water" and then laugh. It was such a fun day, thanks Mom and Dad!The kids waiting to go into the park, so excited! I think this is the best picture we have ever taken of them, everyone was looking and everyone was smiling, what an accomplishment!

Sadie kissing the birthday boy! Carson would lay on the cement to get warm when he got out of the water and Sadie just kepting going over and kissing him for no reason, we all thought it was so cute!

Our family!

Cute little McKay decked out for the pool, he was so good and happy the whole time.

My Dad and Kyle

What a fun day, we can't wait for Cherry Hill and another water day with everyone!

Father's Day!

Sadie, Devin and my Dad at the Zoo on the Carousel

We had a wonderful Father's Day! Devin was able to sleep in while Sadie and I made French toast with strawberries for Daddy. She colored a card and then we woke Devin up for breakfast and gifts. Sadie had picked out these dog water squirters for Devin at the store to give to him and she was so excited for him to see them. Before he was really even awake she was yelling "Daddy, dogs' and trying to hand them to him. Once he had a look at them she wanted them back immediately, I knew at the store when she picked them out for Daddy that they might have really been for her!! We also got Devin tickets to a Bees Baseball game to go with the guys in my family. That evening most of the Smith family came to our house for a bbq, it was fun to have everyone see our house and all be together. We had a really good day and I am so grateful for the Dads in my life. Devin is such an amazing father, Sadie is one lucky girl. He loves her so much and can't wait to play with her everyday when he gets home from work. We are so blessed to have him. I am also grateful for a wonderful Dad and Father in law, we are so lucky to have them as our dads and grandpa!

National Doughnut Day!

Sadie and I went to Krispy Kreme on Friday for National Doughnut Day and got our free doughnuts. As you can see someone really enjoyed their doughnut! She also really enjoyed watching them make the doughnuts, she kept pacing up and down the glass where they made them saying, "Ooh Mama doughnuts!" Thanks Krispy Kreme!

A Wonderful Mother's Day!

My mom, Sadie, Grandma and I before church on Mother's Day in front of our house- I love this picture of us! We had a wonderful Mother's Day! My day started out great with Devin and Sadie letting me sleep in, that always makes a day a little bit better. Then they made me breakfast and gave me a hanging basket and a homemade card from Sadie. Then my parents and grandparents came up to our house to go to church with us. It was fun to have visitors with us at church and to have a few more hands to manage Sadie. Church is during Sadie's nap time and everyone kept saying that since she was always moving that if she stopped then she would fall asleep! Then after church Kyle, Val and the kids and my cousin Hannah and her husband Michael all joined us for a barbeque in our backyard. Devin and I decided that for our anniversary, mothers day and fathers day, we would combined it all and get one big gift. We got a patio set and barbeque. We love them and it was so fun to have everyone together at our house. We have a big tree in our backyard which gives a lot of shade, so it was perfect weather for the evening. We had a great day and thanks to our family for coming to us! I am so grateful to have such a wonderful mother who is kind, caring, loving, supportive, fun, and considerate. Thank you for being an amazing mom and example to me, I love you so much. I am truly grateful to be a mother, I feel blessed everyday to be Sadie's mom!

Happy 3rd Anniversary to US!

Today is our 3rd Anniversary and I wanted to tell Devin how much I love him! Marrying you was the best decision that I have ever made. Thanks for being my husband and best friend. Thank you for making me happier that I ever knew that I could be. What a wonderful and special day we had 3 years ago, I will always cherish that day as one of the best of my life. I am grateful for the wonderful years we have had together and for the ones we have ahead, I am so glad that I get to spend them with you. I love you!