Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!!

That's right everyone, it's a boy!!  Woohoo! 

We are so excited to welcome another sweet little boy into our family!
We went in for our first ultrasound at XDI Ultrasounds on Monday.  Everything looks fantastic and we are right on track for a late April/early May delivery.  Ivy is due right about that same time with a boy too, and we can't wait to meet him!
We haven't started discussing names yet, but even if we do we probably won't settle on one until after the baby is born.  We like to have the chance to try the names on the baby first.
We're going for another home birth and are using the same midwife that we used for Riley's birth, Karly Nuttall.
We are heading into Salt Lake for Christmas and can't wait to see everyone!!

Santa Claus is Coming...

We gave Riley his first Christmas present on Saturday morning.  We bought him a bike and helmet and it is too big to take with us to Salt Lake, plus we were really excited about giving it to him, so it was decided that Saturday would be the day. 

Gary put it together on Friday night.

Here it is all assembled and sitting by the tree.  He has a little red "Cars" helmet that you can see above the seat.  There is also a little "Cars" bike bell attached to the handle.  You can also see our Christmas tree ornaments have all been moved to the upper half of the tree.  It looks a little silly, but it is working out perfectly.

Here is Gary wrapping up the bike.

 

Here is Riley on the bike in his monkey jammies.  He is ringing the little bike bell, so cute!!

We went to our ward Christmas party on Saturday night.  There Riley met Santa for the first time.  He seemed pretty good right up until the kid in front of up threw a big crying fit while sitting on Santa's lap.  Then Riley started to get really nervous and clingy.

Here is our first experience with Santa. He instantly burst into tears the second I put him on Santa's lap!

This is round two.  A little bit better, but only because Santa gave him a candy cane!

Hopefully next year won't be so traumatic!

It was Jack's 5th birthday on Sunday.  We gave him a special bone, which he promptly took to hide.  He ended up burying it in the sandbox, which is why his face is so sandy.  He also got some special "Chicken Stew" dinner and everyone (well, Gary and I) sang Happy Birthday to him throughout the day.

Gary added some more lights to our porch.  I love it!  It is so bright and festive out there!!