Friends.

There are so many reasons we are excited for a little boy to join the fun at our house. But I have a couple of friends who I graduated HS with that are having boys right now too and they will all be just months apart. Im excited that our Baiden Boy already has friends. And its even better that these girls are great friends to me.

 This is Me, Paige and Aubrey.  Paige is going to have her baby any day now...we are all anxiously awaiting that day. Especially her I'm sure :)  His name is going to be Link (cute huh?).  Aubrey is Due in December with her little boy and they are naming him Theron (also a cute one I know). Don't they both look great? Yes, I agree. And then Baiden will be coming right after in January. Babies everywhere.

And I hope this picture makes you smile...its awesome.   I love having friends that are pregnant at the same time.

And we all had stripes on (even miss Kinz). So I had to include this picture too :)

Livin.

Fun update on Kinzi so I am at least writing this stuff down somewhere...
She is now 15 months old and quite the fireball.  I know this to be true because people in my ward have started to notice too.  She has become pretty independent and learned how to let out a big yell or throw herself on the ground when she doesn't get what she wants. She has learned concrete is not very fun to throw a fit on.
But even though she can be crazy at times she is still very sensitive and sweet. 
She loves to cuddle and will randomly walk up to a person or anything (a wall, couch, table) and lay her head down and cuddle. I love that about her.
She loves to go to sleep. No joke. If she is acting tired I ask her if she wants to go nigh night and she repeats it back to me and walks me to her room so she can take a nap.
She is very attached to her blankie. I might love it. 
She still sucks her fingers when she goes to sleep.
She loves anyone to read her a book. She will walk it up to you. Hand it to you, then reach for you to pick her up. If you ignore her, she will throw a fit. Beware.
She dances so cute.  Sometimes she will go in circles on the floor and sometimes she shakes her arms back and forth.
She can do the whole patty cake song with actions. She also does the popcorn song. In fact she ran into the primary room on Sunday when she heard them singing it and started doing the actions with them. She also just started singing "E-I-E-I-O" when we sing old McDonald to her. I laugh every time.
I counted all the words she could say and she is up to 10 woo hoo! Mama, Dada, Nana, Nigh Night, Yeah, Dog, Jesus (work in progress), Love you, no no, Uh Oh. Some don't actually sound like the real word but I know she thinks she is saying them and she tries so I am giving her the credit.
She LOVES bananas. She wants one everyday.  She calls any food or drink nana.
She also loves dogs.  And calls any animal she sees a dog. Pretty funny when a cat comes on TV and she yells DOG really loud.
She has 9 teeth! 4 on top, 2 molars in back, and 3 on bottom. Yes only 3. And there is no sign of the 4th coming in to even it out, hilarious!
She loves to watch cartoons. And I am A OK with it.  In fact I can clip her nails, paint her nails, and do her hair while she watches them because she doesn't move at all. Works out great. Her favorite show is Yo Gabba Gabba. Pretty Annoying but she loves it.  I just introduced Veggie Tales to her and she likes it a lot too. Plus I think its possibly the cutest show ever.
She loves to be outside and thankfully its cooling off so I will actually take her out of the house now.
She knows where her eyes, nose, ears, and tongue are. 
Also if you ask her where Baiden is or her Brother, she points to her belly :) But will kiss mine if I ask her to give him a kiss. She is going to be a great sissy.
When dad is home she wants his undivided attention and follows him everywhere.
She loves people and waves to anyone. Even if they don't look at her she still waves.
She really really loves her grandma's. Go figure eh?
She is above the 5th percentile for weight! That hasn't happened for a while ha ha. She is 19 pounds and 9 ounces and 29 inches long. I love having a little (but still chunky) girl.

When people hear I am a stay at home mom they sometimes ask, "What do you do all day?" Well I play and play and play. Yes sometimes I get bored but I love what I get to do. Plus I'm sure come January I'm not going to have as much free time as now anyways.
Phil and I are always talking about how fun Kinzi is. We love being able to do more things with her now and see how fun her personality is.  She makes us laugh everyday.  Sometimes at night after she has been to sleep a while we go get her out of bed and just snuggle her and sometimes play with her. Yeah, we are really good parents. We can't help it. She is so fun! She goes right back to sleep after so its all good.

We took her to the D Backs game and every time the crowd clapped she did with so much excitement too!

Great bedhead right?

She does this all the time.  Just lays in the middle of the floor wherever she is. Goof.

Loves her Dad.

We are all getting excited around here for a new baby.  Sometimes I wonder how I am going to handle a 19 month old and newborn but I am just so excited to have a new baby to cuddle whenever I want.

Back before I was pregnant Phil and I were talking about boy names we liked. He came up with all these great ones.  Our favorite was Baiden and it has stuck ever since.  I'm pretty sure that's the name we are going with and I love it.  He is moving around all the time. And doc says that the baby and I are both healthy and doing great.  This is a pic from last week. My goal is to take them every week. Lets hope I stick to it.

Results...

We found out last Tuesday that a little BOY will be joining our family. Of course we are all excited.  Phil is pretty stoked. I think he really thought we were only going to have girls.  We both got a kick out of how quickly we could tell.  The very first image on the screen was him in all his glory. No mistake there. I am excited for Kinz to have a little brother too.  She loves babies and will love having her own to play with all the time. 
My official due date is January 12! As of today I am 19 weeks and 4 days.

Big Girl!

2 days ago we started helping Kinz stand up and today we convinced her it wasnt that bad to take some steps.  She decided to walk today and I was so excited! Its so fun to see every milestone your child hits no matter when it is!

(and No that is not a mole or beauty mark on her face. We, uh, just ate dinner)

:)

So yes. I am pregnant again! We are thrilled.  The doctor put me at 14 weeks and my due date at January 13. Although I don't think I am that far along, Ill just go with it for now.
For those thinking-you guys are crazy, you are probably right. And for those wondering was this planned? Let me let you in on a secret-I personally think its hard to plan when a baby will come.  I will just fill in the blank of it was hoped for and I was ready, and it wasn't a "oops" or surprise.  Shoot I have been ready since Kinzi was 6 months. But we both decided getting pregnant in April or anytime after that was what we wanted.  Mind you last time we decided to get pregnant with Kinz it took 6 months for her to decided to come to us.  This time, it didn't take time. This babe was ready to be in our family and I am so glad.  I REALLY REALLY wanted to have a baby in January.  That is like a dream pregnancy timing for here in Mesa AZ. I can actually leave the house and go on walks with my kids right after and not worry about melting in the heat.
I'm excited for Kinzi to have a sibling so close in age too.  That was the plan.  I grew up with siblings close in age and its so fun and I wanted to pattern my own family after that.  It may not be what everyone else in the world wants, and that's ok.  But it is what we had in mind for our own family.  Besides-I might want a bigger gap with the next child (actually I'm sure I will).

So let me just tell you a little bit about how special this baby already is...

The Story of How we Found Out.
Around middle of May I was late, again. I'm always late though and very irregular.  Obviously it was a possibility that I could be pregnant but I didn't think I was. So I just didn't take a test.  I was still in doubt and didn't think I would really get pregnant so fast this time around. 
On May 23rd our family was hit with the hardest and most devastating news of the loss of my brother Barton.  There is not words to describe the pain you feel when you lose a family member. It was beyond hard for all of us.  Although we all have strong testimonies-it seemed there was nothing to hold on to.  We were all in such a dark place.
Two days later the Lord reminded me he never leaves when we are in our darkest hour.  Phil convinced me to take a pregnancy test that night of the 26th and it came back positive. 
Despite what we were going through there was a little piece of something to shed a little light into our lives, a little reminder of happiness.  The pain was still there but comforting that pain of death was the joy for life.  The blessing that we can bring children into this world and they can live and learn on this earth. Losing my brother was so hard and still is everyday but the Lord states, "ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions" Mosiah 24:14
And it just so happens Barton's birthday is also in the month of January.  I thought his birthday (the 27) was going to be my due date but the doc said 13-which could still change.  Still a cool little detail if you ask me :)
So once again, this baby is special to me already.  I look forward to what the future has for us.
And for the record-I can honestly say this time I don't care if its a girl or boy.  We all know I wanted a girl last time. So we will just have to wait and see NEXT MONTH what this little bebe's gender is.

Just so everyone knows...