Handy Man

I'm so grateful that Ryan is such a great "handy man". We are going to be moving Nyah into our other bedroom so she can be in a "big bed" and the baby can be in the nursery. As we talked about what we wanted to do to the room, one of the things we wanted to do was install a light fixture/ceiling fan. When the house was built, they just put in switched outlets and "lamps" rather than actual light fixtures and it's kind of a pain.


Anyway, we bought some light fixtures/ceiling fans and Ryan ran the electrical yesterday and installed them. It took some time but I love the result. It looks so much better! He also installed dimmer lights so that will be really nice. Last night, Nyah decided she wanted to sleep with a "little light". We love the new light fixture, such a nice change. This is something we should have done a long time ago. :)



Nyah is super excited for her new room so I really need to get going on it. After talking to Lisa and Shari, I think I have finalized how I'm going to paint. One thing is for sure, if I had an unlimited supply of money, I would pay somebody to come and decorate my house. Not only am I not good at it, I don't even enjoy it (I realize these two statements are probably linked). So it goes.... Plus we waited to do the nursery until I was about 8 months pregnant so I'm determined to do it sooner than that this time around.

So one last thing, Nyah is finally getting to where she likes when I take her picture because she wants to see it on the camera. Good deal for me. :) I love this little girl!

It's a Boy

We had our ultrasound on Friday and found out we are having a boy! I'm the oldest of my siblings and then number two in my family is a boy as well. I'm sure Nyah will be a great big sister and super helpful.

Technology is simply amazing. I can't believe all of the things they can tell in the ultrasound, and the amount of detail they can see considering the baby is only .8 lbs at this point and about 10 inches long. We took Nyah and it went fine, but her attention span didn't last nearly long enough. I don't know how much she really understood... It was definitely more work for Ryan to try and entertain her and keep her happy. Now we know. :)

Christmas Lights at Temple Square

While we were in Idaho over the Christmas holidays, we decided to go down to Utah to see the lights at Temple Square. Aaron thought this was a long ways to go to see Christmas lights, but we figured it's a lot closer than we usually are to Temple Square. Plus we decided we thought Nyah would really enjoy it, and we weren't disappointed. She loved them. The thing we didn't anticipate is she also absolutely loved the water features. I never realized there were so many water features at Temple Square. When you stop at each one for a few minutes and it's 25 degrees outside, you soon realize just how many there really are! We kept going into the different buildings to warm up so that was handy. It had been years since we had been there. It really is amazing how many lights there are at Temple Square.

My mom and Jana went with us to enjoy the evening. Thanks for coming with us. It is so fun to be able to spend time with Jana again. We are so glad she is home from her mission!

Nyah and Her Backpack

A couple of months ago Nyah started loading up one of my old backpacks and hauling her stuff around in it so we decided we should get her one of her own. She has used it a ton and carries things like her baby doll and blanket Grandma made, lovies, her juice, and anything else she can fit inside. :) She also took it on the airplane when we went to Idaho and did a good job of carrying it most of the time.

It has been nice to have all of her things together and she feels so big with her own backpack.

Family Pictures - Thanks Shari!

Shari was nice (and patient enough) to take our family pictures over Christmas vacation in Idaho. I love how they turned out. :) Ryan said as long as we got a couple of good ones, the mission would be accomplished and we got way more than that! Shari did a great job and was very patient with all of Nyah's energy and not wanting to hold still. She also suggested we do them in the spring next time because it was kind of cold but this is how it worked out this time around. We'll have to get them again next summer when there are four of us. :)


There is one picture where we told Nyah "freeze" to try and get her to hold still and she put both hands straight out in front of her. Funny girl. Anyway, thanks Shari for being willing to take the pictures. It was at least one million times better than our last picture experience.