A Very Merry Un-Birthday to You!

I used a Sprinkles Cupcake mix on Sunday to make some red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting (my favorite). When Kennedy saw them she pulled out everything she knew to get one of them. She told me, "Want it!" and I told her no. So she tried to grab one and I said no. Then she went into broken record mode - "Please, please, please, please!" We decided that she deserved to tackle one, so after dinner we stripped her down first birthday party style and let her go at it.

She loved it, and even proceeded to eat all of the crumbs and frosting that she had dropped on the table. She even asked for a bite of my cupcake when she was finished.

She's actually pretty good about not making too big of a mess when we do stuff like this. Even so it took 6 wipes to clean her and the table up. On a different note, I am starting my third trimester today and have less than 100 days to go before baby Noah arrives! We're really excited for him to come and I'm really excited that I don't have that much longer to be pregnant! Although I don't mind being pregnant and I like feeling him move around in there, I think I prefer to have them out. :)

Oh Baby!

Oh man did Brett's turkey turn out beautifully on Thanksgiving! I wish I had taken a picture before it got carved up, but it took an hour longer to cook than we anticipated so it was in high demand! It really was wonderful though, and the gravy was pretty much the best gravy I've ever tasted.

It was a small Thanksgiving, and pretty much no one went back for seconds. After one plate and half a piece of pumpkin pie I felt sick. And then I realized that I had eaten so much that my belly button was sticking out. For those of you who don't know, towards the end of pregnancy that happens anyway. Mine hasn't done that yet, but it did that night.

And yes, I'm already huge. I'll be 23 weeks along on Tuesday. I've gained about 15 pounds so far which doesn't sound like a lot, but I still had some weight on me from Kennedy, so I got big fast. We have also finally settled on a name for this little boy. We had been going back and forth with lots of names and going through tons of lists, but in the end we came back to Noah. I know it's popular right now, but my name is a popular one and I have survived. In any case, we had a great holiday weekend, full of Black Friday shopping (which Brett got up at 4:30 for) and the BYU/Utah game. Also, I have put some new posts on my cooking blog, so check it out!

Midway Point!

I am officially halfway done with my pregnancy today! I have gone through 20 weeks and have 20 to go. I haven't even gained 10 pounds yet, which I'm really excited about since I never lost all of my weight from Kennedy. Hopefully my body feels like it already has plenty of weight and I won't put on as much. And the best news is that we had our ultrasound today! This baby is very healthy, no problems, and is measuring just about right for its due date. I know that you are all waiting for the news that you really want to know, so here it is -- it's a BOY! I had my suspicions (call it mother's intuition) and I was right. :) Brett is thrilled and I am excited to have a baby boy! I get to buy a whole new wardrobe too. :) We are having some serious trouble coming up with names, so any help would be great! The middle name is going to be Tyson, so I would love to hear suggestions for a first name.