Lucky Number 4

     August 2fird! A date we have all been hearing about for about 6 months and it has finally arrived! So we celebrated rainbow style! We had the birthday bash at my mom and dad's last night to celebrate and I guess 4 is our lucky number.  No crying, no whining, no freak-outs just pure unadulterated FUN! What a difference 3 years makes! We had rainbow cake and rainbow treats and with an August birthday there always has to be swimming!! Check out the fun afternoon we had celebrating!

I have to give myself dibbs on this cake.
Thank you Pintrest! You make a domestic goddess out of me!

We can't have a birthday without a little sass!

Beautiful right???
It turned out better than I could've imagined!

Britta being older and having AMAZING older cousins to help present opening was a BREEZE!

Birthday princess for sure! 

A year from now we will have a new baby and Britta will be a kindergartner! I can not wait to see what the next year brings us! 

I Don't Mind

After a two crazy years of trying to get pregnant... 
We finally are blessed with baby #2 on the way due on Feburary 11th!!! We couldn't be more elated.  Last time I was pregnant there really wasn't a "social network" per-se to announce this sort of stuff so I had debated back and forth to even "publicly publishing" the big news.  All this technology can get quite confusing on what is appropriate.  I hate to admit but in the past 2 years there have been too many tears shed when scrolling through status updates and pictures of newborn babies and adorable pregnant bellies.  But I did want those who do not already know that we are FINALLY expecting.  

There are many things that come from being pregnant this time around I have been able to experience many of them the good, the bad, the ugly. But I don't mind a lick.

I don't mind that for the past 9 weeks (I am currently 14 weeks but I don't count the 5 I didn't know) I had to divert my thoughts to food and smells that were appeasing

I don't mind that I mostly stick to skirts and stretchy pants because I am too lazy for real pants

I don't mind that I still use a rubber band to hold my pants up because my old maternity pants don't quite convey today's style.

I don't mind that up until now I have been too sickly to go buy the current style of maternity pants.

I don't mind that the past few trips up to Pinetop I have either had my head out the window of the car and then spent most of the vacay on the floor or the couch.

I don't mind seeing my midsection grow I swear by the day and expect it won't be long till the beloved stretch marks make their comeback.

I don't mind only being able to take tylenol to fight my migraines that show their face every once in while. 

I don't mind not cooking much anymore (Gunnar doesn't even complain at all!)

I don't mind any of the downsides to being pregnant and I have been trying to enjoy all the good things that come from being pregnant like ultrasounds and looking at baby stuff and not feeling a stab of hurt.  I feel like there was and is a reason why it took so long for us to have this baby I still don't really know why and there is a good chance I never will but, it takes me back to my testimony that my Heavenly Father knows us and knows our family far better than I will know us and He has a plan.  I know to have faith in His timing and trust that it will be better than I had ever imagined.