Newport Beach

Same hotel 2 years later + a kid.

22 Week Ultrasound

These are some pictures of our little girl at 22 weeks. This ultrasound was done with my doctor to find out gender (but we already found out earlier) and most important to check out everything in the entire body to make sure she is developing correctly and everything looks good. She looked great and everything checks out perfect!!! The only matter of concern is that the placenta looks like it is almost covering the cervix which is called Placenta Previa. This results in probably giving birth early and always with a C-section. The Dr didnt seem to worried about it but we will have another ultrasound in 2 months to check up on it. I hope everything falls into place over the next 18 weeks but most important our little girl is perfect.

22 Weeks

This is the only picture i have showing my growing belly. Its seems to have appeared out of nowhere. But I did hear you get bigger, faster the second time around so I guess its true.

Check out pictures of us at Downtown Disney with my family in Orlando on Lexi's blog. She rode the train and Carousel and loved it. Click HERE.

Myakka River State Park

While in Florida we took a trip over to Myakka State park. We took a Airboat ride on one of the largest airboats in the world. It didnt go very fast but that was ok cause we had Lexi on board. She loved just starring out into the water and was mesmerized.

When we got to the other side of the lake we saw tons of gators. Most were about 8-9 feet. This is why even in Utah I am terrified of getting in any body of water.

This particular gator stays in the the inlet where the boat docks. This one is 14 feet. There were some people canoeing watching the gator sun on the side pretty close but as soon as he got in the water they high tailed it out of there and I dont blame them.

I thought this was a pretty funny sign. It is near where the 14 footer stays.

They have all kinds of nature walks you can take so we decided to do the canopy walk. Here I am walking across the suspended bridge.

Erin was able to get this great shot of us walking up the tower to the very top.

This is a view from the very top of the tower. We were 76 feet in the air. Way above the tree tops. Definitely wasnt for anyone who was afraid of heights.

These are just some cute pics Erin snapped of us while we there.

It was a great time.

A Day on the Ranch

We are in Florida right now visiting my family and today we went over to my Grandparents ranch across the street and I took some pictures of all the things going on. Enjoy!!

Winter Wonderland

It has been snowing and snowing. I cant wait to go to Florida in a week so that I can get away from all this snow. I havent been able to go outside at all with Lexi because it is just to cold.

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Here is Scott's car all buried in the snow.

See what Lexi thought of the snow. I finally took her out in it. CLICK HERE.

Christmas, Pregnancy #2, and Lexi

Christmas was great this year. It was Lexi's first. Even though she is almost 1 she still really didnt have a clue about what was going on. After she opened her first present she wasnt to interested in the other gifts and just wanted to play with her new baby doll. It was great to be able to video chat with my parents while Lexi opened her gifts so they could see and participate in her first Christmas. We also went over to Scotts parents house Christmas morning and had breakfast and opened more gifts. I just want to thank both of our families for all the great and generous gifts that were given. Next year we plan on making the flight to Florida with 2 kids for Christmas.


Well I am 18 weeks pregnant today and I cant believe how fast it has gone by. I have decided that I look pregnant now. My belly kinda popped out of no where. It is so different from the first pregnancy in the way that I know what to expect. Having another kid already makes this pregnancy fly as well. I honestly dont even think about myself being pregnant I just think about taking care of Lexi and the baby in my belly is a side note. I hope that makes sense. It only effects me in the middle of the night with the several trips to the bathroom. I have been over the morning sickness for about 5 weeks now. I could not be happier about that. There is nothing worse then feeling sick but having to take care of another human being at the same time who depends on you every minute was hard work. I finally feel normal again except my mid section getting larger. I have started feeling the baby kick a little so that is always exciting. Scott and I have been throwing around some names for the new little girl but still havent come to a decision and we probably wont for awhile.

Lexi is in rare form these days. She is constantly on the move. She is trying so hard to walk. She will stand up by herself without help and take a few steps but then falls down and will take a few steps between the furniture. She has been eating real food now for almost 2 months. I was terrified at first to take on this next step but it hasnt been to bad. I have a food grinder that grinds up all the food to the consistency of baby food so she loves it. She is sipping out of straws and really wants to feed herself. She still only has 2 teeth on the bottom but I hope and pray the change in her lately means she is getting her top teeth. She has been extra irritable, clingy, whiny, and just plain hard. She has really been biting hard on her fingers and things so I am pretty sure she is teething. I usually put some baby Orajel on her gums and that usually helps her feel better. I am grateful she is still an awesome sleeper. She goes to bed around 8:30 and gets up between 7-7:45. Church has gotten pretty hard as well. If we dont get there early enough to get a pew forget about being able to pay attention. Next week will be our first time going to church at 9am in a long time. So this should be interesting. With the holidays Scott was home for 6 days straight so now that he has been going back to work Lexi really misses him. She just says Da, Da all the time.

We are excited to go to Florida in a week and a half and see my family. Its been about 4 months since we have seen them and that they have seen Lexi. This will also be the first time my entire family all the siblings will be together. Sorry Cody but we have to kick you out of your room. Well I will post of pics of my belly soon otherwise enjoy this long run on.