Oh Crap...

This is one of my favorite family picture. Check out my Dad's cool 'stache! As I was thinking about this cute picture it really hit me...

On closer inspection you will see what I have REALLY come to realize! My kid REALLY looks like me! People have been saying that, but its hard for me to compare myself now with a 2 almost 3 year old. But now I have the proof that I need!!
I just found this picture. I am NOW sure that there are better ones out there! I even showed that picture of me to R and asked who it was and she said "its me!" But now you can see my "oh crap" moment!! Poor Kid!!! :)

My Mother's Day

For my Mother's Day I wanted to go to the Sydney Aquatic Centre (where the Olympics where held), so on the Saturday before Mother's Day we went. It was a lot of fun. If anyone has ever been to the Lehi swimming pool its similar to that(but better). There are a ton of pools, but we hung out in the kid area with R. She LOVED it! My 2 kids!

We ended up getting R her own goggles, and a tube. She even put her face in the water with the goggles on. She like having them on because when other kids splashed it did get in her eyes. After we bought her the tube, there was NO turning back. She just wanted to swim around in the deep end. Jared and I LOVED going under the water and watching her little legs, they looked like duck legs swimming!

Then on Sunday I was kicked out of the kitchen and Jared and R made me my favorite........chocolate chip cookies! I was able to sneak in for a few pictures. R has this little outfit that she always puts on when cooking, SO CUTE!

Helping Dad!

I just laughed listening to the 2 of them in the kitchen. These were some of the things I heard coming from the kitchen:

R-More

J-Just one more (cookie dough)

R-One more PLEEEEEASE

J- You just want to eat the cookie dough, there won't be any left for cookies

R-its Ok

For like 5 minutes while the cookies were in the oven I overheard ninja sounds coming from the kitchen. My poor little girl!

They then brought me one HUGE cookie, and milk! It was so nice. I love my chocolate chip cookies!!!

I LOVE my family! They did EVERYTHING for me on Sunday. It was nice, and I didn't feel bad! :) One funny comment that this picture reminds me of. While we were at the pool Jared said "if you put everyone here in a huge group, they would still put you and R together. She looks JUST like you"

I hope everyone had a good Mother's Day like I did. I am grateful for all the wonderful women in my life, including my own mom!! Miss her like crazy, but we hopefully get to see her soon!!

The word is out...

The word is now out. I was saving it for Mother's Day for a few reasons, but Jared and I both told our parents that we are expecting our 2nd child. To answer a few questions the easiest way I could think of:

*How far along are you?
-Not very. 13 weeks
*So when are you due?
- November 12th(unless it comes early like R, which I am praying for)
*Have you been sick?
-Don't even talk about it, because I will have to run to the toilet. Me and the porcelain throne are bestest friends. I have lost 15 lbs. because of the niblet so far. Sounds cool, but NOT the way to do it!
*How did you tell your parents?
-R is VERY good at drawing people so I had her draw me, then a baby inside my tummy. Then today(our mother's day) skyped with our parents and R showed them the picture she drew and explained what it was. Then we showed them the ultrasound picture!
*How did they react?
-My mom, being my mom "I knew it". The sad thing is she probably did. She has been asking me for a few months if I was prego, and I have been lying to her. Jared's parents were excited. They are excited to have a TRUE Australian grandbaby!
*How are you feeling about it?
-I am excited, but WAY nervous about having a kid here. Not that it is a 3rd world country or anything, but being away from my mom, extended family, and friends. So far it has been pretty lonely because Jared goes to work, and I am way to sick to do anything. Poor R, I feel like a bad mom!

Those are all the questions I could think of. I have been SO excited to put the baby ticker on my blog, so yippy its there now!!! So yeah, that is our news. I will let you know the gender once we find out.

Dress- Up

So I had been looking through my photos and realized how much R loves to play dress up! Its just funny what she puts together!

This was from Christmas
Easter time

" ROAR" This is a lion outfit that she puts on and says Roar. It is the cutest thing! This is better than a pool boy!

The most recent. She is actually putting names to herself when she dresses up. This is "Cinderella"( My guess is while she is a maid). I love that she put her gum boats(rain boats) on! That made the whole outfit. When I told her that I wanted to take a picture she had to make sure to have the noise maker(that thing you blow in, for new years) in her mouth!

There are many other outfits that she has put together that I don't have pictures of. :(

She is getting really picky about what clothes she wears every day. The other day she HAD to wear a pink jacket because it matched her pink shirt. Really? She is only 2. Yes she will be 3 the end of next month, but still. I am in for it I think!!