Happy 28th Birthday Nick

Nick celebrated his 28th birthday last Saturday. It was kind of a low-key day. We had one of Nick's favorite breakfast dishes -- Swedish pancakes. Later that night we went to Louie's for dinner. It was delicious.

For his birthday cake I made Molten Chocolate Cake. It turned out really well and was pretty easy. Nick was surprised and he really enjoyed them.


The Cullimore's came over to help us celebrate. Kayla and Kynda helped Nick open his presents. 

North Carolina Visit

We spent our holidays in North Carolina with Nick's family. Everyone was able to be there -- and we had such a great time. We were able to spend a week and a half with them and we did some fun things. We spent our first few days getting ready for Christmas. Lot's of shopping and putting gifts together!

On Christmas day we shot some of Harry's guns. 

That was really fun and it was actually sunny that day.

Harry also set up a tour of an art museum -- that was really cool. The artist is Jon Kuhn and his work is really neat. He was very nice and even took us on a tour behind the scenes. 

The necklaces we are wearing were very pretty. They were pieces of glass art.

This sculpture rotated. It was my favorite.

We went to Mayberry (actually Mt. Airy). We ate at the famous "Snappy Lunch" restaurant. We all had the Pork Chop sandwich -- it was interesting.

Boys will be boys!

We went to Old Salem, NC. 

Nick had Matt do a photo shoot.

Just me.

Me and Nick

 Cute Boys!

Chris and Tenielle

We made gingerbread houses on New Years Eve. The boys were not keen on the idea, but once we started it was serious business. We had lots of fun and they turned out cute.

Carolyn and Tenielle threw me a baby shower while we were in North Carolina. They did such a great job! Tenielle made the cutest invitations. Carolyn made lots of delicious treats. It was great! The theme was boats, trucks and airplanes.

Nick and Matt cleaned a lot of their toys from when they were young. We used them as decorations.

Surprise Ultrasound

Today at lunch my boss/doctor informed me that he wanted me to do an ultrasound today. I am measuring big (by 2-3 weeks) and he wanted to be sure that my fluid levels are normal. I called Nick (trying not to concern him) and told him he needed to leave work and be there for the ultrasound. My fluid levels are normal, we are just going to have a big baby!! He is weighing in at 3 pounds 12 ounces (on track to be an 8 pound baby). His head is in the 99th percentile, and his femur is in the 97th percentile. (and he has big lips -- like his mamma)

Here are some pics.

This is Aaron sucking on his foot.

He is putting his hand in his mouth.

This is a view of his face (with his hand and foot on the side).

Now he is kind of squishing his face with his hand and foot.

Another peek at baby Aaron

On Thursday we had an ultrasound. We were intending to get a few pictures of him in 3D. Well, he was a little stinker and he was hiding his face in my hip. Great for labor, bad for a photo session. Eventhough we didn't get great pictures of his face, it was so fun to see him.

Aaron is currently 2 pounds 9 ounces. On track to be a 7 to 8 pound baby. We saw him "practice" breathing, looking around and yawning. He was so fun to watch!

This first picture is a little dark, but it is of him yawning.

We got another picture of his foot (getting so big).

Now for my favorite picture (and the only 3D picture we have). If you look close you can see his little hand, covering the side of his face.

My Trip to Utah

In mid-October I went to Utah for a week. It was nice to see everyone. I stayed with Jessica, Jeff and Peyton. It was fun because it was only my third time seeing Peyton. He is so stinkin' cute. His smile is so contagious and he smiles all the time. Like I said, I was there for a week and here are a few fun things that did.

Here are some random fun pictures of Peyton.

My family had a baby shower for me and Aaron which was really fun. I received lots of fun things. It was nice to see all my family and friends.

Grandma Jensen and Peyton.

Aunt Jill, Tamara, Tenielle and Me

Meg and Grandma Jensen

Peyton and Mom

Me, Aunt Ann and Grandma Kitchen

Jessica, Peyton and Cindy

Aunt Sherrie and Mom

Aunt Julie, Aunt Christy, Cindy, Taylin and Rachel

Brooke, Mckenna,  Allison and Sydney

Rachel, Aunt Janel, McKayla and Tyra

Grandpa and Grandma Jensen

Tenielle and Marianne

Yummy food!!!

Yummy desserts!!!

Adrianna and Whitney

We also went to the Body Worlds exhibit. 

This was my second time going and it is really interesting. 

The human body is amazing and I love to test my memory. 

For some reason my feet were very swollen when I was in Utah. 

I know this is kind of strange, but here are some pictures.

Jessica and I had fun getting a pedicure. I decided I need to do this more often -- I really love it!

We went to dinner with Dad, Cindy and the family.

Jessica, Dad and Cindy

Whitney and Me

Sam and Kyle

Brandon and Peyton