Well we had our 20 week ultrasound yesterday and found out that we are having a boy! What a great blessing to have boys. But now Brooklyn and I will be out numbered. Brooklyn told us many times before the ultrasound that she wanted the baby to be a girl. When we told her it was boy she cried. Last night in her prayers she said, "bless the new baby that it will be a girl." Hopefully she will learn to love her new baby brother just like she loves Brady.

I am so grateful that we were able to buy the house we did, especially since it has such a great fenced in yard. The kids have been having a blast in it sun or snow. Here are just a few pictures of them enjoying the backyard. I hope they will continue to enjoy it throughout the year. We have a very busy week this week with a young women camp fundraiser, a sealing to attend, ward activity, and the young women general broadcast. After all of that we get to start next week with our 20 week ultrasound and hopefully find out what we are having. We are so excited and can't wait. We will post afterwards and let everyone know if it's a boy or a girl. If you want to take a guess you can vote on the right.

Brady had his 18 month well visit on Monday which turned out to be a double sick visit. Brooklyn had a cold and didn't feel very well so I had the dr. look at her while we there. The appointment didn't start out great. One of the kids sippy cups ended up leaking all over the diaper bag, me, and the floor. So after cleaning up what I could, the dr. checked Brady out. He weighs 22 pounds(2o%) and is 31 inches tall (30%). He is our little peanut. She said he looks good overall except his ear infection and seems to be doing all the things he should be able to do at that age. Then Brady got four shots and then Brooklyn had to get two swab tests up her nose which resulted in both kids crying. The nurse came in with suckers to calm the kids. I don't usually give my kids sweets very often but since they were both crying I decided why not. Brady never having a sucker before proceeded to make the biggest stickiest sucker slober mess all over him and me. The dr. finally came back with test results which revealed that both kids have RSV. So I left the appointment with two sick kids and looking like a mess from the mix of water and sucker slobber all over my pants.

Brooklyn broke her nightlight yesterday and asked me to fix it. I couldn't get it back together and she said, "Dad can fix it. He is so strong he can open a jar of pickles." So sure enough dad came home and he was strong enough to fix it. Thanks dad for being strong enough to fix things around the house and open pickle jars. Brooklyn is now in a tumbling class once a week and she really enjoys it. She loves everything about it except for when she has to do the butterfly stretch and flap her wings(legs) and she can't make her legs go as fast as her teacher. Brady has learned a lot of words lately. Blanket being his latest. He loves to snuggle with his blanket and refuses to leave it in his room. He loves balls and is constantly throwing them or something else. While Brooklyn carries around a basket of plastic eggs, Brady carries around as many balls as he can hold. Brady will go into Nursery this Sunday and we are all excited about that. Brooklyn even seems excited that her brother will be joining her. I hope that lasts. The weather has gotten nicer here so both kids have been able to play outside. We all attended one of Mark's ward basketball games. Brooklyn loved to watch and cheer. Brady was very mad that he couldn't play with the baseketball. The Young Women's basketball tournament is tomorrow so this will be my last saturday of girls basketball games for awhile. Well that about sums up what is currently going on here.