Cinnamon Bun Popcorn

I made this gourmet popcorn yesterday and its really delicious. Give it a try!

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2009/09/cinnamon-caramel-corn-with-pecans-white.html

In other news, we are flying to Texas on Thursday to spend Christmas with my family!!

Snow! And other stuff...

I made ebelskivers this morning. Have you heard of them?

This is how they are made...

It snowed today and actually stuck for the first time this year, so Paige was really excited to go out and play.

On friday we went to our ward Christmas party and Paige got to decorate cookies.

Christmas!!

A couple days ago, Paige took off all her clothes and diaper, dumped her toys out of this basket, and said she was going swimming in the hot tub.

She helped me decorate the tree too. Sometimes she wears clothes- I swear.

More funny quotes from Paige

Paige was taking a bath and soap started dripping down her face, so she started licking around her lips. I said, "Paige don't lick it. Soap is yucky." And she said, "No, its delicious!!"

Yesterday I bought Christmas stockings and I was explaining that Santa puts treats and toys in them on Christmas Eve. Paige was so excited and ran over to our Christmas tree where we have an ornament of Santa's face and she looked at him and said, "Pleeeease! Treats!!"

Today I asked Paige what she wanted to eat and she said, "mash-a-tatoes!" So I made some and brought them to her and she said, "You made mash-a-tatoes for meeee? Oh, that's great!"

Today Nate said, "Paige, you're beautiful!" She said, "No, I not beautiful. I batman!"

Nate's dilemma

I have to share this dialogue from last night. Nate and I were laying in bed and I was almost asleep, when he said:

"I'm having a big dilemma lately. I can't decide if I should keep studying for the GMAT and get my MBA, or if I should get a Playstation and just do that with my spare time."

I started laughing... until I realized he was 100% serious.

Hmm, let me think....

OR
I'm sure you can imagine what my response was.

Funny little Paige

The other day, Paige and I were sharing an ice cream cone. She actually wasn't sharing at all, so I told her she needed to give it back so that I could have some. She said, "Mom, be patient!"

She watches Dora the Explorer, and if you've seen it, you know there is a fox named Swiper, who steals Dora's stuff or throws it in the bushes, etc. A few days ago, Paige grabbed a handful of band-aids and threw them in the air and said, in a mischievous voice, "You'll never find them now!" That's exactly what Swiper says.

Today Nate couldn't find this little electronic device that he uses for work. Its about the size of a piece of gum, but its thicker. A couple hours after it went missing, he was holding Paige and felt something hard on her bum. He looked down her diaper and there it was! So he pulled it out (her diaper was clean) and she said, "Hey, that's mine!" I guess she was saving it for later.

My New Kitchen

I really like how it turned out! At first I was pretty shocked because its a big change, but I think it adds a lot, so I'm excited. It was a lot of work though. After I started painting, I thought, why am I doing this when I'm 6 months pregnant? Oh well, I'm glad I did it.

The color is called Rosemary Sprig from Benjamin Moore. But I had it mixed at Home Depot, using Glidden paint because its a lot cheaper than Benjamin Moore.

Belly Pic

This is me now (5 minutes ago) at 23 weeks:


This was me at 27 weeks with Paige:

So it looks like my belly is growing a little faster this time around. But its fun to finally look pregnant, and not just chubby.

In other news... I will post pics of my kitchen tomorrow. I'm not quite done painting.

Painting!

I'm finally painting my kitchen... GREEN. Yikes. I love green, but I never thought I would have the guts to paint my whole kitchen a non-neutral color. I'm starting tomorrow, so wish me luck. I will post pics as soon as I'm done.

Picture this type of green...

In my kitchen...

This is Halloween

On friday night we went to a Halloween party at the library.

Paige got her first tattoo!!

(I was dressed as a fat, pregnant lady.)

And then we made some spiders...


On Halloween night we went Trick-or-Treating at the mall. I didn't know what to expect, but it was actually quite fun! There were tons of people, so it was a little crazy, but it was fun to see all the costumes. Paige loved it. She was so happy to fill up her little candy bag. We let her eat a few treats, but little does she know.... I'm eating the rest right now. Bwaaa ha haaaaa!!! Just kidding. Kind of.

These are her cousins: a little cowboy on the right, and "Larry Fitzgerald" on the left.

Here she is saying, "Trick-or Treat!" She was such a cute little ladybug.

After the mall, we went around to some homes in our neighborhood. It was a really fun night. Holidays are so much fun when you have a toddler.

I love fall!

Trying on my witch hat

Paige does this and says, "Big muscles!"

A pumpkin donut from heaven. Soooooo good.

Shhh... its a secret.

So, Nate and I have already chosen the name for our little girl, but I have a dilemma. Maybe you can share your opinion on the subject. Do you think its better to tell people the name you've chosen for your baby as soon as you know, or keep it a secret until he/she is born?

A few people have asked us if we have a name picked out, or what names we are considering and I don't know what to say because...

1. I don't want people to share any negative opinions on the name we have chosen. That would make me mad.

2. I kind of like the idea of the name being announced when she is born.

So what do you think?

The results are in...

ITS A GIRL!!!

Yaaaayyyyy!!! Nate really didn't care if it was a boy or girl, but I wanted another girl, so I'm thrilled (although I would have loved having a boy too obviously). For the majority of the ultrasound the baby was curled up and we couldn't see between her legs at all. I was panicking because I wanted to know SO badly. So the ultrasound tech had me turn on my side and she finally moved. Phew. It was so fun to see her swallowing, yawning, and kicking around.

Earlier today I asked Paige if she thought we were having a boy or girl and she said "a girl baby!" She probably didn't really understand the question anyway, but I think she will love having a little sister.

I scanned these pictures and they came out really crappy, but here they are anyway:

Girl or Boy?

I can't wait to find out the gender of our baby. Tomorrow I have my 16 week appointment and at that point I will be able to set up my ultrasound appointment. I really hope they have openings next week. I am so anxious to find out. I really feel like its a boy, but who knows...

I just found this fun website called babybpm.com and you can enter your baby's heartrate and gestational age and it will guess the gender based on average bpms for male and female babies. So I did it and the result was...

GIRL!! I would love another girl, to be honest. But we would obviously be thrilled with a boy also. Hopefully we will have our answer in the next week or two!!

UPDATE: My ultrasound is going to be on monday! (the 12th)

Paige's room

I guess I will never feel like it's "finished," but here it is so far.