BaBa Gone?

I finally decided that it was time to get rid of the bottles! With Crae turning 18 months this month, and Cannon making his debut next month, it was time. Since McRae turned one, she has only been allowed to have her bottle in bed. So only at nap time and bed time. This has made the transition surprisingly easy! Its been one week and we've have only had a couple of melt downs.

We got out ALL her bottles and lined them up. I told her it was time to "throw them away" and that bottles are for babies.

One by one she put them in the sack. I tied it up and let her put the sack in the trash can. She told them bye bye and that was it. Next nap time i layed her down and told her night night. She looked at me with the sweetest face and "baba gone?" I about lost it. It was so sad! I am so proud of her for being such a big girl making this an easy transition for both of us! I love her so so much!

Arrrgh!

this year for halloween we attended our ward party!

the event consisted of wonderful chili and soup, a costume parade, and of course a trunk or treat :)

due to our budget, we decided NOT to splurge on costumes. jace suggested we go as nudist to save our pennies. after convincing him pregnant and naked do NOT go together, we borrowed these sweet pirate costumes from tommy and meg who wore them last year. i ended up finding crae's for NINE dollars at party city :) i was pretty proud of our 9 dollar costumes!

McRae LOVED the trunk or treat. I couldn't get her to say trick or treat, but "more candy" was her phrase for the night :) i LOVE my little pirate!

thanks tommy and meg ;)

ONE BIG JOSE!!! (deer)

Here goes the first and only blog entry I will ever write unless I ever draw another big time tag, but this one is worthy of a blog post to me. The Book Cliffs is a limited entry draw area in Utah. It gave out 312 permits for around 4,000 applicants. Its too complicated to explain how it works but every year you apply you get a point if you don't get chosen. I got EXTREMELY lucky and drew a permit with only 1 point. (there are people with 8 points who are still waiting to draw a permit) In other words I am the guy everyone hates because I shouldn't have drawn and I did :)

I have been anticipating this hunt ever since April when I found out I got the permit. I saved my money just in case I could find a buck worthy of mounting. I haven't really been that into hunting before but this hunt really got me going. After 6 months of anticipation it was all over in ONE HOUR!! Opening morning we drove our 4 wheelers about 300 yards out of camp and stumbled across this bruiser. One quick shot and some dancing around with my brother Monte and my best friend Landon and it was over!!! The deer of a lifetime!! It scores 186 1/2 points which in normal world terms equals ONE BIG JOSE!!!!

The funniest part of the whole trip is my Dad decided to sleep in, and missed the whole thing! We had to go back to camp to get him to come see it :) We were worried we didnt have enough food to last the hunt and we came home the same day it started with a monster.

Needless to say I am addicted to hunting. If you haven't tried it you need to cause I am a believer:)

32 weeks

Yes people, I am HUGE! I past my pre delivery weight with McRae a few weeks ago. Last doctors apointment, my tummy had grown 5 centimeters in 3 short weeks. The doctor scheduled an ultra sound for next appointment (29th) to see what's going on in there! The doctor said I am either full of a lot of fluid OR he is going to be one big boy! On a lighter note, only 8 more weeks :)

30 weeks

Evening Things Out

The pressure is OFF! We finally got an ultrasound and things are all tied up! We are looking foward to our family of two girls and two boys! Jace couldn't be more proud that he can "make a boy"! The look on his face was PRICELESS when the ultrasound tech said PENIS! :) I had been wanting a boy all along but I'm starting to have my doubts... I'm not the "play outside, get dirty" kinda girl. Looks like I'm gonna have my work cut out for me.

Mr. and Mrs. Luekenga (luke-in-gay)

CONGRATS to these two LOVE BIRDS!

We were so grateful to big a part of their special day.

The sealing was so special and we wish them the BEST!

Utah Trip

We recently were able to make a trip to UTAH!

Thanks to the little sis Kelsey who got married in Boise, ID.

We flew into Salt Lake to see Jace's fam and see our besties :)

Then we made the drive to Boise for the wedding!

It was so GREAT to be back in west, away from the HUMIDITY!!

Crae playing in the airport

meeting baby Broderick

meeting baby Beckham

meeting baby Hutch!

M found a new love for the trampoline

hanging with the girls :)

preggo Meag and sweet EASTON :)

lunch with the in laws

ZOO with the cousins!

bradley!

After the trip was over, surprisingly, Jace was the one who said he wouldn't miss too much about UTAH. Me, on the otherhand.... extremely sad. I love so many things about that place! My sweet friends, CAFE RIO, the fresh air, the mountains. My goal is to get us back there for good!... one day...

A BIG THANKS TO MEL AND TIM FOR THE CAR :)

Family of Three :)

We left Illinois and headed to South Carolina to see these two love birds get married! The sealing was beautiful and so was the couple! We are so happy to have Megan and Damian in our family! Tommy will be such a great husband and DAD!!

isnt damian the CUTEST!? :)

The Windy City

Our last weekend in Illnois we spent a day in Chicago!

The city was beautiful, the weather was awesome, and the pizza... TO DIE FOR!

Janelle, Dallas and I waiting for lunch at Giordanos. The AMAZING melt in you mouth deep dish pizza. McRae's first taxi ride. ZOO!

Lion!

McRae LOVED the Zoo! She called EVERY single animal from the monkeys to the rhinos "Cocoa!"

Jace says the only way we are EVER going back to Illinois is if it's to Chi-town! We had such a great time with wonderful friends! A big shout out to the Meyers for letting us stay with them Saturday night :)