baby boy

we are officially going to be the house boys and i have accepted the fact that i will always be outnumbered! i pretty much knew it was going to be a boy, but everyone else had some hope for me!! jack was the most disappointed. when our sonographer (anne) announced it was a boy, jack said "awwwwww, i wanted a girl baby"!!

everything looks healthy in our baby boy. anne said he's a very active baby. he could hardly sit still for her to get measurements. he also showed that he preferred his left hand. anne was willing to bet that we will have a left hander. his left hand was up at his face the whole time, sucking fingers and playing with his nose or mouth. i've read a few stats that show which hand babies prefer in utero is very likely to be the dominant hand, so we'll have to see in a few years! we are all very excited for this little boy to join our family, but need some help on the name. post comments with your suggestions!

ps. jack's name for the baby right now is robot!!

family pictures

we took some family pictures while we had the whole gledhill family together. it's been over 2 years since we've all been together!

if only nate were facing at the camera!

silly ones

cousins

grandparents with the grandkids

the whole fam

baby jane

here is my sweet little niece, baby jane, born on valentine's day. isn't she adorable?

#3

johne has been letting the secret out so i thought i would post. he is so excited he can't contain himself!!! :) i wanted to wait until i was 12 weeks, but that didn't stand a chance! i will be 9 weeks on friday and yes, i've been sick. not only with morning sickness (all day), but with pneumonia. i've managed to make it through the last month with super daddy's (johne) help. he has taken over all my responsibilities~cooking (well we had a lot of take out), cleaning, taking care of the boys and more~ as well as take care of me and he even managed to work a little. a big thanks to melissa who took the boys for an afternoon, to kimber who took the boys 2 whole days and to the madrishins who took the boys several times!! i probably would have landed in the hospital or the nut house without everyone's help!!! i'm starting to feel a little better partly due to the magic pill (zofran, i don't know why i didn't try it with my last 2 pregnancies) and partly because the pneumonia is starting clear up. thanks again to everyone who helped, especially my sweet hubby!!! oh yeah, and i'm due september 10th!

what to do if your stuck with a costco sized tub of cottage cheese

green fluff (pink fluff in todays case) is what i make when my parents leave behind a whole tub of cottage cheese! i used strawberry jello this time and it is SOOOOO yummy!! you can even use sugar free jello if your counting calories! i'm a little weird and even like to use marshmallows that are little hard. at first they make it chewy, but by the next day the texture is just the same as fresh marshmallows. thanks mom and dad for not eating all of your cottage cheese! and thanks ra for the yummy recipe!!

our first christmas

we had a blast celebrating our first christmas ever in our home! my parents flew from cali, tj and lauren drove in from kentucky and rhett and monica flew in from utah!! we had way too much fun together and it didn't last nearly long enough! thanks everyone for making our christmas special!!

choo choo train tracks from santa, the boys will still play with them for hours!

this pic is for my brother nate and one the few pics johne was in!

projects

while my parents were here they helped us with a few projects (really i wasn't much help, they did it all)!! they painted our master bedroom and sitting room, helped re-model our laundry room (paint, crown molding, chair rail, put up cabinets and tiled the countertops, marble tile no less!), put up crown molding in our master bath and laundry room and i'm sure would have done more if they had the time. (we still have a few finishing touches to do, but probably won't get around to it for a while.) thanks mom and dad for the wonderful additions to our home and for the fun christmas memories!!! we love you!