Little fishy

We went from bundling up for a day at the park, to swimming in the local indoor pool! My parents were in town for the State Girls Basketball Championship that their team was playing in (Go Soda Spring Cardinals!), and since they were with the team, they got to stay in their hotel with an indoor swimming pool! Yeah! You cannot know how EXCITED we were to go swimming! Daniel had the time of his life and although the water was still a little chilly, he wouldn't get out until we dragged him out. I think that we have a little water baby on our hands! Now if we could only find someone with a swimming pool for the summer, we'd be set!

Our happy boy...

The sun peaked out just long enough for us to get some long awaited park time! In the summer, Danny and I usually go for walks twice a day, so it's been REALLY hard having a toddler get stir crazy in our little house... We had fun this day. It was still pretty nippy, but I don't think that Daniel even noticed. I will say that John complained the whole time about his poor frozen ears... :) It was worth it so see my little boy have fun at the park!



As promised, more squishy-face pictures. Once again, not flattering in the slightest, but oh so fun. Let's see, who has the fatter face? Mommy, Daddy, or Daniel??



I think that Mama wins!

See what Nursery is doing to us??

As many of you know, I am Nursery Leader in my ward here in Meridian. I actually love the calling, but it is definitely one of the most exhausting in the church! We currently have 12-13 kids each week, most of whom are just barely two or under. That makes it interesting to prepare lessons, activities, etc... What I love is that we have a five member rotation so that there are four leaders in the nursery each Sunday with one person attending auxiliaries. We rotate and every five weeks we get our Sunday without goldfish and animal crackers... It's glorious! Poor John is called to sub quite often, but he's great in there. After three hours, we all need a siesta!

It's a GIRL!!

Holy cowabunga, we are having a little girl! You cannot know how shocked John and I are over this little bit of news. We were both certain that we were having a little boy. So much so that during our ultrasound I kept referring to the baby as a him, ("his" head, "his" legs, etc.) and the sonographer had to correct me... more than once.

John and I are really excited, though. The more we think about it, the happier we are. Neither of us are overly confident in doing "girly" things, per se, but I guess we'll have to figure it out sooner than later! The idea of having to do hair absolutely TERRIFIES me! I know, I know, I'm a girl, these things shouldn't be so shocking, but I have never really done my hair, nor do I like to shop, or dress up, or get overly emotional... Hopefully she'll be like me! :) (SCARY THOUGHT!)

Daniel is pretty excited to be having a little sister. I think that he kind of gets it, to be honest with you. He loves to come and kiss mama's baby, and he is always very soft and gentle when he does so. John still thinks that we're going to have to be careful because there is a good likelihood that Danny is still going to want to use her as his little punching bag. Man, our lives are going to change radically in a couple of months!

And you know what? We can't wait!

New Year Resolutions?

Daniel has decided that he still has some baby fat to lose, so we've encouraged him to get on a daily Gazelle regimen. I think that he's enjoying his workout a little too much, eh?



And John and I have decided that we need more squishy-face pictures of the three of us. (What will we do when there's four??) I love these! Don't ask me why since no one ever looks good in them, but I continue to force John to take them whenever I want. And he does. What a great hubby!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

I actually don't mean that. I'm sick of the snow and ready for some warmth. Daniel loves the "no" (the "s" isn't really all that important, is it??), but it's been too cold to let him spend much time out there. These pictures were taken after one of the first snow storms here in the Treasure Valley. It is nothing compared to what we have now, though... Man, oh man, has it been snowing here! As pretty as the snow is, we're ready to return to our daily walks and park trips. Come on, sun!