Merry Christmas! (late...)

Oh boy! What a weekend! I meant to blog about our wonderful Christmas, but unfortunately I got super sick the next day. It started with a really bad cough and no voice on Friday, and then Saturday I ended up with the stomach flu on top of the cold. I honestly think when you are pregnant you should be void from all other illness, especially 2 at the same time... So today I am back to the cold only, a nasty cough(I really should quit smoking...haha), and a little bit of a voice. So before all that fun we had a wonderful Christmas.

Santa was really good to Madison. He brought her the most adorable doll house, and princess shoes.

This is the adorable hat I made for her, and she loves it!

She had a blast getting toys at Grandma Gloria's!

Then later we went to my parents house, where you guessed it! She was spoiled rotten!! Unfortunately I forgot my camera so I'll have to add the pictures from my moms later.

This was Christmas night, and she got so much it didn't even fit on her bed. What a lucky girl!

The highlight of the day in my eyes, was being able to talk to our missionaries! My brother Brandon called at 8am, and we went over to my parents to talk to him. He sounded so good, and I can't believe he has already been gone for 5 months! If time keeps flying like this he'll be home in no time...let's hope! We also got to talk to Chris' brother Nick. He will be home in March! That's even more crazy! He sounded great also, and we can't wait to see him! All in all we had a wonderful day, and were so grateful for the time spent with our families during the holidays!

Isn't this the truth!!

This is for anyone who has ever been pregnant or hopes to become pregnant one day. That's exactly how you feel, especially when you just visited the bathroom 5 minutes earlier. Or at 3 am...
And if you don't run, you might not make it!!

Baby update...Oh geez...

I have had a few people asking how things are going with me and the baby, so I figure its time for an update. I am doing just fine. This is definitely an active little guy! He seems to be nudging me continually, so who knows when he sleeps. I did have a doctor appointment today. Over the past few days I have felt like I am showing more than I should be, and when they measured me today we found out that I am measuring 3 weeks bigger than I am. 3 WEEKS! So what does that mean? Well, the baby is measuring just right for my April due date, but my uterus is measuring bigger. I am not one of those girls who has this little ball under my shirt, and I know with Madison I was pretty big, but I never measured more than a couple days bigger than I was at the time. So to measure 3 weeks bigger my doctor was a little surprised. So far I have only gained 8 pounds, so my doctor says I am not measuring bigger due to weight gain. So when I go back on New Years Eve, if I am still measuring bigger, then he wants to do another ultrasound to check the size of the baby and measure how much fluid I have. Its possible there could be more fluid than usual, or we could possibly have a baby a couple weeks earlier. We'll just watch it over the next few appointments, and then go from there. But in the mean time I just look bigger, and people about fall over when I tell them my due date is April... "You look like you could pop next month..." Gee thanks! Some people, I swear...
Sorry, no picture this time. I feel too big today and a little self conscious.

There's only one thing to say....

GO UTES!!!!

ITS A BOY!!!

So its a boy! We went to have the ultrasound today, and they proved Madison wrong by telling us it is a boy. She has been so convinced that it was a girl so I made sure to take her to the appointment so that just in case it was a boy, someone else could tell her too. I didn't think she would believe us if we came home and said it was a boy. She was so good, and just watched the screen as everything on the baby was measured. He looks great. Everything looks good, and he is growing just how he should. We watched him today move like crazy, and he looks like a very active baby. Chris was beaming from ear to ear when we saw his "boy parts!" This baby is definitely a very proud boy!

This is his profile... what a cute little nose!

This is the first picture we got of his "proof of boy"

Then he decided to show us from a different angle. This is from the front and you can see is little legs.

This is the famous "butt scan" as we call it. It always looks like you stuck the baby's butt on a copy machine. I love it!

(Sorry if those pictures were more than you wanted to see...)

I love this one, because he is giving us the thumbs up! It was so fun to watch him move and reassure that everything is going how it should. We don't have a name picked out yet but are open to suggestions. Remember it has to go with Barfuss... ;)

We can't wait to meet this little guy!

Happy (late) Halloween!

Madison wanted to be a witch this year, but not a scary witch, a pretty witch! I tried to convince her to at least have a wart on her nose or chin, but she insisted on wearing mascara and eyeshadow instead. What a girl! I've decided that being pregnant makes me kinda stupid, and so on Halloween I forgot my camera! I would have loved to take more cute pictures, but I was able to get this one off my moms camera. Thanks mom! We had a blast trick-or-treating. The weather was perfect, and Madison was running from house to house. She was literally dragging Chris by the hand to each door. She made off with quite a bit of candy, and couldn't have been happier. Holidays are so much more fun with kids!

Who doesn't love fall leaves?

Madison loves to play with my brothers! I think she likes the rough and tough of boys, but they are super gentle with her. She thinks she is one of the boys when she is playing with them, and can't wait until they get home from school! Today they were playing with the leaves as they were raking, and they had a blast!

Making funny faces

Burying Alex

She wanted to be buried too, but not her face because "she might swallow leaves"

Just another fun reason to love fall!