Ethan's new favorite song

Last week I bought the soundtrack to Twilight and I have to say that I love it. I listen to it all the time while I am cooking or cleaning or even blogging. Ethan has gotten to the point where he asks what every song is. In the car, in the kitchen, everywhere. So it's no surprise that he wanted to know what the first song on the Twilight soundtrack was the first few times I played it. I told him and then he loves it and requests it often I figured I needed to add it to our play list! I hope you enjoy! (Oh and it's Supermassive Black Hole, if you've seen the movie, you'll know right where it's played.)

May sound crazy but it was great

Last night for our combined YM/YW activity I was in charge and I asked the bishop if there was any service that needed to be done in the ward. He told me that the chairs in the cultural hall were yucky after all three wards that meet in our building had their Christmas parties. He and the first counselor in the bishopric suggested we clean the chairs. Now I know that sounds gross and maybe even that the youth would not even want to show up, but we had 6 YW, a good number of girls that come to activities, and that many more YM and most of the leaders. Man, those youth cleaned, dried, and had all the chairs in the cultural hall done in 25 minutes. And what do you think they did after all the chairs were taken care of? The pulled out the tables and cleaned them. We have a fantastic group of youth and I just want to thank them for their hard work and dedication and non-complaining attitudes! Way to go YM and YW!

A mother's favorite sound

Today was my first visit with my doctor. I would have been in to see him sooner, but our new insurance didn't kick in until January 1! I was excited and nervous at the same time. I got to hear the baby's heartbeat and that always makes me a little nervous, just in case, you know. But everything went great. The baby's heartbeat was at 160, about where Ethan's was when I first heard his. I could even hear the baby moving. When there was static, that's the baby moving, according to my doctor.

I have been feeling pretty good. I wasn't for a while. I had some friends tell me to take half a unisom and a vitamin B6 pill. That worked but not completely. I still lost my lunch, or whatever was in my tummy. When I was pregnant with Ethan, I got a prescription of Pyri Dox and that was lovely stuff. I asked for it again, and it didn't matter that I didn't have insurance because insurance won't cover it. It's the best $17 I've ever spent. I feel icky at night time, but I just take a few pills and go to sleep. Ah, the joys of modern medicine. And heaven bless my pharmacist!

My official due date is July 12! (The same day as my great friend's birthday, and if she really wants, I'll even let her name the baby!) Both Mike and Ethan are convinced we are having a boy, I'm not partial to either. I'm just relieved and happy to be pregnant again. I'll take a healthy, happy, perfect baby, just like Ethan was when he was born, boy or girl, makes no difference to me.

That's the update from here for now. I know I've gotten a lot of friends asking so I thought I'd let you all know now that I know there really is a heartbeat attached to the baby growing in me!

Little lumberjack

Ethan was in desperate need of some long sleeved shirts so I stopped by Kid to Kid and got 4, then I had a $10 0ff coupon so they all cost me just $6! I got him a shirt with a lumberjack on it and when I put it on him and then his knit hat, he looked like a lumberjack. I just had to take a picture to show you all! Enjoy!

He's even wearing his snow boots, but I sadly cut them off the picture, sorry!

My "big kid at heart"

Last year for Mike's birthday, I gave him a couple of snowball makers. They look like huge sissors with big half balls on the end to make a perfect snowball. They are pretty cool. Anyway, we took them to my parents' house last week and the kids all had a blast making snowballs. Mike was feeling a little left out or maybe just feeling 10 again, because he ran outside and joined the kids making and throwing snowballs. It was so fun to watch him. I don't know who had more fun, the kids or Mike.

Wish me luck

Tomorrow I have to speak in church, agh! I really, really do not like speaking in church and never know how to get out of it. Well, actually, I got out of it last year because I was in Minnesota. But I didn't know how to get out of it this year. I am speaking on the 2009 mutual theme found in 1 Timothy 4:12, "be thou an example of the believers...." I am supposed to speak for 12 minutes, yah right. Last time I spoke, I spoke with Mike, and I think I was supposed to speak 12 minutes and I may have made it to 8 minutes. Mike is good to take up what time I didn't take. Do you think I need to call the bishop and ask him to make sure I don't speak last? I have my talk all done and I don't know what else to say, again, it may take me 7 or 8 minutes.

I just had to vent. But seriously, wish me luck!

Stupid paper carrier

For those of you who don't know, we have had a few inches, 8 or 9, of snow this week! We have been getting the paper and our carrier is an idiot! Whoever it is is throwing the paper in the middle of a snow covered lawn. I went to get the paper Sunday night, the night we celebrated Mike's birthday, and I did a dumb thing because I was carrying his cake in one hand and reaching with the other hand. I had to reach so far that I dropped the cake. I know though, had I not been carrying the cake, I would have fallen in the snow. Even when there isn't snow on the ground, our carrier does dumb things. The paper gets thrown behind tires of cars and then we can't find it and we run it over. One day, I couldn't find the paper no matter where I looked. It was under my car! Way under my car. So far, I only found it when I pulled out of the driveway. I have found my paper in my flowers too. I mean I know it's hard work to throw a paper but please try not to throw it in dumb places, like the middle of a snow covered lawn with 8 inches of snow!

I really am in a good mood today, who isn't? Tomorrow is Christmas! I just had to rant about that today, I feel much better!

Merry Christmas!