What's Up With the Shiflett's

...I have seriously just popped this week. One day I was wishing I looked pregnant and literally the next day I did. I'm having fun showing off my new tummy. Megan is getting more and more active too. Adam has finally started to enjoy her somersaults as well.

...We went to Yellowstone last weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Shiflett. We has a really good time. More on that to come.

...Much to Adam's chagrin, we are new members of the not so exclusive minivan club. Also more on this later.

...Kyle got to go to the WVC fire station for preschool. Both he and Noah really enjoyed themselves. This is right up Noah's ally since he loves any kind of vehicle. The first thing he said when he saw the fire truck was, "I gotta get in!" Sadly, he never got his wish.

...Adam and I celebrated our 7th anniversary. We went to "The Scarlet Pimpernel", which was wonderful, and out to Noodles since we both feel like a couple of old noodles...

...I had TWO GNO's this past week and never heard one complaint from my wonderful husband. See? LU-CKY.

Happy 7th Babe

Well, whadaya know. 7 years have come and gone and I still loooove my husband. In fact, I love him more than I did the day we said our "I do's". At the risk of sounding cliche, I am one lucky girl (I mean, look at my guys!). I am LU-CKY.

I'm just Noah

"Noah, you are such a sweet boy."
"No, I just Noah."
......

"Thank you for eating your dinner. What a good boy you are."
"No, Mommy. I just Noah."
.......

"What a silly boy you are."
"I just Noah."

So in case you are wondering, he's just Noah!

Preschool for Kyle

Kyle has been wanting to go to school for some time. Now he finally has a school to call his own. Luckily he is happy to go to school and meet new friends. He even asks me, "Mommy, do I get to learn today?" Let's hope this attitude extends all the way to graduation!

Its really nice that his preschool is only a 5 minute walk from my house. Sweet.

Girl? Girl? Is that possible?? Apparently it is. The Shiflett family will be welcoming a little GIRL into their family at the end of February and we couldn't be more excited. Little Girl Shiflett is already very modest since she intitially refused to give us a glimpse "down there". It took Tiffany (our wonderful tech) a few good pokes to my belly to get her to finally give us a peek.

After the ultrasound we couldn't wait to tell Kyle. Since he found out that I was pregnant, he has been stubbornly insisting that it was a baby sister. He already has a brother, hello! If we tried to tell him it could be a brother he just wouldn't have it. Well, the kid was right. He got all giggly when we told him the good news.

Adam was in a bit of a daze the entire night but he too is excited for this new adventure.

As for myself, I had pretty strong feelings it was a girl but just didn't actually think that my gut could be telling me the truth.

Well, I'm off to go look at something pink!

Bringing It Back

So as Adam and I were getting our blog ready to print, I read a lot of old posts while correcting typos etc. I realized that I had let my weekly post "What's Up With the Shiflett's" fall by the wayside which is sad because they were some of my best posts. Sometimes it's the little things that really matter... or are easy to forget. It was fun to read over them and recall how long it took Noah to crawl AND walk or that Kyle used to call his sandals- "puzzles".

For my memories sake, I am recommiting myself to begin again. No time like the present, right?

...I have finally started feeling little movements in my belly. I am only 14 weeks so it has been a welcome surprise.

...I've been hearing about Bunco parties for years but had never been invited to join one. *sniff* Finally someone deemed me cool enough to join theirs. So I went to my first Bunco party last week and won...well, won along with 4 others. I'm looking forward to next month already.

...I also went to a GNO the night after Bunco. I'm so spoiled but greatful! I have such a fearful...er... I mean, understanding husband. :)

...We went to Rock Springs to see my sweet little neice, Holly, baptized. The WHOLE fam damily was there too. It was great. The quote of the trip comes from a none too pleased 4 year-old after having to leave, "I want to play at Samuel's house FOREVER!!!" repeated 1000 times. Luckily Adam and I were able to have a good laugh over this.

...Noah and Kyle got Superman and Batman jammies which they more or less want to live in. As you can see by the picture below, Kyle is proud....Since my energy and motivation have made some sort of comeback, the boys and I took advantage of $2 Tuesdays at Thanksgving Point. This is a great deal since we got into both the Children's Gardens AND the big garden for a mere four bucks (normally it would be over $25!!) It is absolutely beautiful but once a year is definately plenty. I'll try to get the pics off my phone to post later.