The Results!!

IT'S A GIRL!!

Well after having my last ultrasound, Justin and I found out that we have a very modest baby. It was very difficult for my doctor to decide boy or girl. After a little time, she decided that since she wasn't seeing anything "falling out between the legs" that our baby is a girl. Well, needless to say, we are very excited but aren't jumping the gun to buy any clothes. I am planning to keep the shopping on hold until my next ultrasound in 3 weeks...just to make sure!

Boy or Girl

So I am a little late at adding this poll to our blog but I wanted to know what you all thought. Are we having a boy or girl in May? I have a doctor's appt tomorrow morning so we will find out soon enough.

Halloween

Look at my cute little vampire!!

Tennis

Kasen is going to be my little tennis player. Last weekend we were up in Logan watching Taylor play tennis. It was pretty cold. All Kasen would say was Ball, over and over. Finally I sat him in the basket of balls. It was cute but a big mistake. I ended up chasing down the balls when he would throw them out. He thought it was hillarious.

Labor day weekend in Bear Lake

We spent labor day weekend up at bear lake with my family.

Kasen snuck into one of the coolers and started eating the strawberries.
The campground had a big trampoline pillow. Kasen wasn't so sure about it.

Playing in the freezing water. Thank goodness for wetsuits!

Digital Scrapbooking

I recently decided to start digital scrapbooking. I have been taking some online classes that are teaching me what to do. I thought I would share a couple of pages that I have done. Actually, it was part of our assignment to share them on the web. I am pretty computer challenged so this has been an experience!

A recap of August

Once again I am a month behind in posting. Here are some pictures of Kasen during the last month. If I knew how to post a video you would be able to see Kasen walking. He is all over the place!

Kali and Kasen dancing to the juke box
Tipping over boxes


1st road trip (only to St. George) Kasen listening to Justin's ipod.

Talking on the phone

Trying to eat by himself.

The past month!

Well, I am a little behind... like a month behind. I would like to say that my excuse has been that my laptop has been getting fixed. Well, the truth is... it has been getting fixed but I still have a desktop that I could have been using. So, here is what we have been up to the last month.

June 28th

Cruise Pics (this wasn't our cruise ship, it is an old battleship)

Mini golfing in Catalina ( I was winning the whole time then lost by 1 stroke)

July 4th
Fireworks and the Centerville Parade

Learning to walk with a present from Grandma and Grandpa Perry

Swimming at the rec center. Justin took him down the slide. I am not sure how much he liked it but he didn't actually cry. And of course his favorite aunt Taylor.

July 21st
Kasen Turns 1!! We had a party at my grandparents then another one at Justin's grandparents. Kasen loved being in the pool and didn't want to get out to open his presents.

He got his first set of golf clubs thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Whittaker

This is Kasen making sure that everyone knows he is know 1 year old

Kosy's American Baby Idol Contest

So, for all of you who want to help me out... I entered Kasen into Kosy.com's Baby Idol Picture contest. You know, Kosy the radio station. So I am trying to get him as many votes as I can. If you want to, this is how you vote. The voting ends around June 29th so there isn't much time. Go to Kosy.com. Click on the American Baby Idol contest on the left. Scroll down and click Vote now. He is entry # 176. (Don't be confused...if you look at the pictures he is picture 160 and 177. but for some reason it is entry #176.) Put in your email address where it asks. Then, an email will be sent to you and you have to click where it says click to confirm your vote (or something like that). Thanks for the support!

Our Big Mess!

Well, it has been awhile since I have posted but here is what has happened during the last 2 weeks. On Sunday May 3rd we had a major sewage flood starting in our main floor bathroom, traveling down our duct system and ending in our basement furnace room and pouring out of the ceiling. So over the past 2 weeks we have had a billion people at our house. Starting with the plumber, water disaster clean up, heating and A/C , Insurance adjuster, carpet guys and finally the general contractors. It wasn't just a little damage, it was a lot. The general contractors finally started to replace the torn out sheet rock this past monday. Hopefully they will finish by this weekend and the painters can start next week. Then we have the carpet guys coming in to replace all the carpet. In the middle of that we also had to replace the furnace! What a mess. Oh well, this to shall pass and things are finally starting to progress. Here are some pictures.

This is the bathroom all torn apart

They cut sheet rock from the ceiling and walls.

This is water bubbling up in the paint

This is in the living room where they put up plastic

to separate the area they were working in.

We also went bowling with the Cottles a few weeks ago. Here are some more pictures.

A day at the Zoo

Well, today was Kasen's first trip to the zoo. I can't really say that he had any idea what was going on. I am not even sure if he saw the elephant or the giraffe. He was more interested in all the people walking around. I do know that he saw some of the animals in the small animal house. I am not sure what he thought...he just starred at them. Oh well, we had fun anyway. We went with some of my friends and their kids.

The giraffe is in the background so you know we are at the zoo!

All the kids

Kasen and the elephant

Hannah and Kasen asleep in the car just as we were getting to the zoo.

Easter

My first Haircut

Well, the first haircut went pretty well. He had just woken up so he was a bit tired. He didn't even cry when the clippers came out.
My favorite trick... on my hands and feet.

Jumpin on the tramp with grandpa