The bun in the oven is half-way cooked

Ms. McKinlie is at her 20-week half-way point. The last time we got an ultrasound, a week ago, she was moving around like crazy. That's nothing new. There hasn't been an ultrasound where she hasn't been moving around at high-speed. During the last visit, she had her arm behind her head and her mouth was moving like crazy. I wonder who she got that from.....
McKinlie is a very active and happy little girl. She never sleeps, and is a fan of loud music. She particularly goes crazy for Transiberian Orchestra and Tim McGraw. She also kicks everytime Daddy comes home and she hears him.

Her room is just about there. We did some fun things with it, and I've made a list of baby essentials that we're going through. It's great that I've had so much nannying experience because I know what is useful, and what things I like and don't like.

20 MORE WEEKS UNTIL WE MEET LITTLE GIRL!

Bows, Tutus & Pink......It's a girl!!

On October 13th after work, we went down to Fetal Studios in SouthTowne Mall. We decided to find out the sex at 14 (almost 15) weeks. It was a looonngg wait outside on the couches. Finally we were called in and began the ultrasound. The Dr had a little bit of trouble seeing, because there wasn't a lot of room. Apparently, I hadn't been drinking enough water. We saw her kicking away, like she is every time we "visit" baby. She is going to be a little mover I think. Finally, he could see "down there" and declared this child a GIRL! Wahhhoo. I'm so excited for all things girl. I found a blog on how to make tutus and hair clips. We spent the weekend after that, doing little projects for her room. I'll post those as soon as we're done.

We've decided on McKinlie Rae, and are so excited for her to arrive. Due date: April 08,2011.

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the BABY!!

"When a chapter of your lifebook is complete, your spirit knows its time to turn the page so a new chapter can begin. Even when youre scared and you think youre not ready, your spirit knows you are."

So at times is seems we might not be ready and I know that other people might think we are crazy but it was definately clear that it was time to turn the page and start a new chapter in our lives. After being married just about two months we are going to have a baby! It seems kinda sureal at times but other times when we think about it, we cant help but smile.

There is a good debate if it will be a boy or girl, most of the family votes boy and in the past family has been pretty accurate so I guess for now, boy it is. We have had many discussions on names and have it all pretty well planned out, a list of 4 boy names and 4 girl, not that we will need that many. Our top choice for a boy is Mckay and for a girl it Preslie. We will update as the news breaks when that time comes, for now we are enjoying our time as newleyweds and enjoying time just as us together. The next chapter will be challenging but it will be fun and fulfilling for sure.

We are excited for Mckay or Preslie to join our forever family!

-Trevor

We have made the move to HEBER!

So...we lasted 1 month in Salt Lake/Sugarhouse. We didn't like it at all. I could never live in a city that big again after living in Midway. It's loud, crowded and there is no fresh-air. Trevor lived in Heber his whole life basically, and I've been there for a year. It's where we met, and started our story. Of course we're partial to the area.

Goodbye Salt Lake, Heber here we come!

We have lived in the new apartment for 1 week and we love it so far. It's a basement apartment underneath a business, and it's SO quiet. The only noise I've heard so far is some heels clicking across the floor. Compared to the last apartment...this is heaven! It's cheaper than the old one, and is in a nicer area. We go to fun concerts-in-the-park weekly and love being close to Trevor's work, familiar places. Not to mention, the fresh air!
I'm never moving from the Heber/Midway area again.

We live in a Hicktown...and LOVE IT!

So the other weekend, I went to my first Demolition Derby. In Heber, the town Trevor grew up in, it's a yearly thing. It's a HUGE deal. I love Nascar, and so I figured I would love this too. BOY WAS I RIGHT!
We went to a traditional BBQ before the Derby held by Trevor's friend, Peter. It was nice, but strange because we didn't really know anyone there. So we made fun of people dressed up weird and had fun by ourselves.
Then we were off! I forgot my glasses, so luckily Mark & Connie were able to bring them to us. I didn't want to be blind during something so exciting!!

Overview:
-crashes
Some little and boring, and a few roll-overs and exciting crashes

-strange people
Hicks that were super extreme. I should've taken pictures.

-Fireworks
Loved it!


Next Year, we can take our child to the derby, and they WILL love it. We've decided to train them from infancy to be in the Derby haha. YEE-HAW!

Vivanne the Volvo

After all these years of nannying, and with us having our own family soon, I figured a needed something BESIDES a 2-door, compact car.
We decided to start looking, and it was a fairly quick process. We searched at dealers and their offers were so not reasonable with what we wanted to spend. Then we went to....THE CAR AUCTION!!
They hold them every Saturday afternoon. We went there, were given a list of cars and prices & they release you into this cage of cars, basically. You look around at all of them, decide which ones you want to bid on, and then you go into this garage to start the auction. These guys sit up there and do their weird auctioner voice things. They had to bring in ALL OF THE CARS. I think there were over 100. Anyways, I was really anxious. We found this Volvo that we REALLY wanted, and I was afraid someone would try to bid against us. It was a nice car and I was pretty sure we weren't going to get it for what we were willing to pay for it. The Volvo came through the line pretty quickly, luckily and only one other guy bid on it a few times. Luckily, we won in the end. We went out, took more pictures and said our farewell to VIVIANNE the VOLVO and went home. We got everything worked out with the bank and picked our baby up a few days later.
So far she has been a great car, and awesome for car-seats and huge strollers. That's what we really needed.

Welcome to the family Vivianne. We look forward to many happy memories with you.

Isis and Orion

After watching Caddie for almost her entire 2-years, I've started with a new family. I have to say, I am starting to get over Caddie. Mostly because I'm super busy. But who wouldn't be considering I have a 2-year-old and 9-month-old to look after. I don't have TIME to mourn over Caddie. Plus, just look at these innocent little faces. Who wouldn't love them?

They lived 5 minutes away from our old apartment in Sugarhouse. Now that we have moved back up to Midway, it's not so convienient. But..I'm used to commuting.

What I have learned from these kidlets:

-I do NOT have the energy to have my kids this close together and keep my sanity. I can handle it now, but I don't watch them 24/7. I would be constantly tired and lose my mind. I'm thinkin like.... 3 years is a good spacer.

-I'm either super immature, or this little girl has some great humor. After teaching her about how a car needs gas to run, she went around asking me, "Do you have gas, do you have gas?". I normally would just block it out after awhile...but we were in PUBLIC and she was saying it LOUDLY.

I could start a blog of the funny things she says and it would be more interesting than a blog about any of my life.

-Babies are surprisingly cunning.

-Kids can fall and get bruises and it's OK. I swear with Caddie it was the end of the world if she had any sort of mark on her. Kids are wild, things happen. As long as they are safe and nothing is broken, you can't keep them on a leash at all hours of the day.

-I can be so frustrated when the day isn't going right and I get a "snuggle" from Isis, and a "head-touch" from Orion and it's all fixed.

-Children know how to love unconditionally. We need to take more lessons from their book.