Happy Birthday Mom...

Happy Birthday to my favorite Lady in the whole world! I love you so much! Thank you for all you have taught me! I hope you have a wonderful day!

family pictures 2009...

Thank you Melissa!

Here it is...

We are buying a house! It is perfect and beautiful! I am so excited. We aren't going very far, we are moving to the 12th ward! We have been looking on and off for a year. Just recently we started our search again. Due to our expanding family, we decided it was time for a little more room. We also really wanted a yard! We searched the Wasatch front for the perfect house. After a couple of weeks of disappointment, we thought maybe it wasn't the right time for us to move, yet again. We explored all of our options and nothing was working out. I remembered this house was for sale. I went and picked up a flier, everything else has just fallen into place. After some negotiation, our offer was accepted. That was almost two weeks ago! We are set to close on October 16th, and making the big move around that time!

This was the Realtors picture posted online. I will have our updated pictures soon!

Bitter sweet...

Our Condo is officially up for rent. I am feeling a little bit sad, but also really, really excited! For memories sake, here is our KSL ad.
This Town home is located in a quiet secluded complex. It has 2 bedrooms and 1 & 1/2 bath. We have completely redone everything. Hardwood floors, new carpet, Neutral wall colors. Price includes *HOA fee. All appliances included. Washer, Gas Dryer, Fridge, Range, Microwave, Dishwasher. No Smoking, No pets. No more than 2 children. Beautiful pool located right out the back door. Includes one covered parking stall. Please Call Corey Halliday to schedule an appointment. * HOA includes: water, gas, maintenance.excludes: Power, phone and cable.

More from the mouth of Sophie...

Sophie is always saying funny things. We try really hard to remember what she says. Here are a few of her latest. She was sitting on Papa's lap reading books. I walked into the living room where they were, and she said "Look" pointing to a picture of me in my wedding dress. "That's mommy when she was a little girl". My Dad said, "No, that's mommy when she got married". Isn't she beautiful". Sophie thought for a minute, then said "I need to get married." We then started asking her who she was going to marry. We said Daddy, Prince Philip, Papa, Sammy, Tom, to which she replied no to each. Then my Dad asked her if she wanted to marry Canyon. She immediately said No. Then not even a second later she looked at us and said "OH!" We started laughing, and she thought she was so funny.
The other night Sophie was playing with some toy cupcakes that she got for her Birthday. She likes to make one, give it to you and then sing Happy Birthday. Corey was messing around with a football, he told her to put the cupcakes down and play catch with him. She looked up at him with a very serious face and said, "No Dad, I'm a Girl."
One morning Corey was rushing off to work. He picked Sophie up to give her a kiss goodbye, and she said "Whoa Daddy your hair looks weird." He looked in the mirror and had a huge chunk of hair standing straight up.
I was asked to say the opening prayer in sacrament meeting on Sunday. When I was done and was leaving the stand Sophie yelled "Good Job Mommy!" and started clapping. That same sacrament meeting Tom and Tori gave their first talks. When Tori was done with hers Sophie raised her arms in the air and shouted, "Hurray For Tori."
She really doesn't like nursery, but the past two Sundays she has decided to go. Last week when we picked her up she ran to Corey, buried her head in his shoulder and said, "I don't want to go to nursery any more."
Corey and Sophie like to make forts out of blankets. One afternoon they were playing in a fort, Corey told her we were going to go up in the mountains and cook hot dogs for dinner. She got really excited and said, "I love hot dogs! Hot dogs are like chicken dogs." Corey asked her what chicken dogs were. She thought for a minute, them poked her head out of the fort and yelled to me, "Mommy, Mom, Jacks, Jacci, what is chicken dogs are?"

Half Way...

We have made it to the half way mark! I can't believe how fast this pregnancy has gone. Life is good. I am still tired most of the day, but it is something that I can deal with. I am also starving ALL the time. He is definitely a boy! Moving around is starting to get harder and harder! It's amazing how much I take the ability, to easily bend over and pick something up off of the floor for granted! I keep laughing to myself thinking about how different this pregnancy is from Sophie's. It is a whole different thing having an incredibly active toddler to chase around. I love it though! I love this stage of pregnancy. He has become really active and I can feel him moving all of the time. Corey has also been able to fell him. I just bought him some little clothes. It has made it seem a lot more real. I am so excited to see him! 20 more weeks!!!

It's a Boy...

We are having a boy, and we are so excited! Corey was convinced it was a girl. I wasn't sure. There was nothing but pure joy on Corey's face when they told us it was a little boy. He was very cooperative, and we got some really cute pictures. Sophie got her very own picture. She isn't really sure what the picture is. I still don't think she has any idea what is going on. The picture of his hand is really neat. The nurse said she hardly ever sees a hand that clear. When she started the ultra sound she was looking around, when she got to his head she said, "It's a girl!" We both looked at each other and smiled. It a girl hurray, she laughed and said, "this is the brain, I obviously can't tell what it is." We were both a little confused. She then said, "I was only joking, I said it was a girl because it has a brain!" We all laughed. Then she moved down the body, and said, "This baby is a man child, you are having a little boy". Corey looked at me with the biggest smile on his face. I of course started to cry. He was so cute and active. He wasn't a huge fan of the nurse pushing on him with the little camera thing. I am so grateful he is healthy and all of his organs and blood vessels are perfect. It is such a relief. The only thing they found from the ultra sound that makes me a little bit nervous is, my placenta is sitting on my cervix. If it doesn't move before I go into labor, then I will have to have a C-section. Which I am not too thrilled about. My Doctor said that it is very uncommon for it not to move though. I love my new Doctor, and I am so grateful for technology. I would go crazy in 9 months without knowing what was going on inside of me. Now the fun part begins! I am planning a trip to the outlets soon. We don't have a name yet either, we have made a list but nothing is jumping out at us.