It's a....

BOY!! My appointment went well today, everything about or little man looks perfect so far. He's a little cuddle bug though. He was pretty much as far down as he could get, and was scrunched up into a tiny little ball. Every time the ultrasound tech tried to get him to move, he would get into a tighter ball, and put his chin to his chest. He was pretty much hiding his face. So here is a pregnancy picture, I'm 21 weeks.... YAY for BOYS!

Surprise!

Well, some people might not be surprised who have seen me cause it's pretty obvious when you you get a good look that I'm pregnant... 5 months pregnant to be exact! We're excited to have a new little baby. So far this has been a pretty easy pregnancy. I was REALLY tired, but not sick at all. Although I'm a nap person by nature, they have been a must up until about a month ago. So here are some highs and lows of the pregnancy right now...

Good things

* I only have 19 more weeks

*The baby moves a lot, especially at night

*Darick felt the baby move last night

* I am loving bagels and pears

*We find out what kind of baby we get on Tuesday

Bad things

*I'm always cold (aren't babies suppose to make you hot?)

*a ton of food I know I like grosses me out

*I already am out of breath all the time

* I get "jimmy legs" every night

*I have some pretty intense headaches

*I get charlie horses at least twice a week

Chistmas Stockings

I've been sewing this weekend, but most of it is top secret and can't be posted on the good ol' blog...
My mom has 10 kids, she's pretty much amazing. And she made each of us 10 kids a Christmas stocking out of felt. Several of us kids want those same kind of stockings for our families.... and I am one of them, our stockings can be seen here. I also made stockings for Darick's sister's family last year (check them out here) and helped Courtney make her family some, and her brother in law's family. They're fun to make, but time consuming! And it's hard to come up with new ideas. When I get asked to make them for others, I don't really know what to say (I always say yes- but I'm not making any promises here). I think part of the reason my mom's stockings are so cool, is because we all know she made them for us, and that's why we all love them so much. So when I make a stocking for someone, I always make sure I put that same love and thought my mom put into ours. So here's the stockings I started working on for my sister Rebekah's family, they still need some work, but the basic foundation is finished...

Another funny moment brought to you by Jayne

Jayne is getting so funny. She totally cracks us up with her little stories, playing with Cindy, her cute expressions, and even her attitude (sometimes). About a week ago, Jayne was sitting on Darick's lap, and I’ll admit I was jealous... so I started poking her, pulling her and tickling her, but no amount of love was getting her to switch laps... and she was getting a little annoyed with me. Darick decided to take matters into his own hands and taught Jayne the phrase "Mom, you're buggin' me" She used this on me several times, all while Darick was smiling and encouraging her. Well last night I was the parent of choice, and Jayne was totally cuddling with me, she wanted very little to do with Darick, except wanting a drink of his water. So Darick tried the same thing I was doing, and started poking, tickling, and trying to pull Jayne to his lap. Suddenly, Jayne sat straight up and turned to Darick, and then she said "Dad, you're buggin' me!" It was so funny I about died laughing. After all, it's been a whole week, and I didn't even tell Jayne to do it. Man I love my little girl!

(This picture has nothing to do with the post, but I thought I'd share)

I'm Sad...

Jayne fell asleep this afternoon while we were watching Lion king, This is her sleeping position about 45 minutes before she woke up. I told her we could watch a movie before her nap, but I guess she was just way too tired. After she fell asleep started watching Super Man.... and when she woke up I had about 1/2 an hour left. Jayne was totally devastated. She missed lion king, and now there was a totally uncool movie on. She said to me "I sad, cause muh eyes (she had some tears)... mom, uh lion king, pleeeeeease." With how sad she was, I put Lion king back on... and eventually she perked up.

Snickerdoodles

Darick Loves snickerdoodles. They are number one in his cookie world. Since the Holiday season has officially begun, here's the snickerdoodle recipe I make, and they are GOOD.

Cream together:

1 1/2 C. Sugar

1 C. Butter Flavor CRISCO (key ingredient, don't go for cheap here) shortening

2 eggs

2 TBS. Milk

1 ts. Vanilla

Combine in separate bowl

2 3/4 C. flour

2 tsp Cream of Tartar

1 tsp Baking Soda
3/4 tsp Salt

Add dry ingredients to cream mix slowly

In a plastic zip lock bag mix

1/2 C. sugar

2 tsp. Ground Cinnamon

Make Dough into balls, and drop in bag O Cini-Sugar. coat and place on a cookie sheet
bake cookies @ 400 degrees for 7-8 minutes

*DO NOT OVER COOK, cool for 2 minutes, remove from cookie sheet and enjoy!

Midterm Project...

For those of you that don't know, I'm taking a pattern making class. I can't even tell you how much I love it. Its fun to have an idea in your head, and actually know how to make it happen on paper. So I made this jacket prototype for my midterm.. Its in half scale, so it would actually fit an American Girl doll. But I think I might make a full scale version for myself. I think it would look really cute in a tweed or corduroy. Right now we're learning about skirts on my class, and its really awesome... did I mention how much I am loving this class? SERIOUSLY.