Katie's going to have a little sister!

We are very excited that Katie will get to have a sister to play with and talk to as she grows up. The day before the ultra sound I was thinking about all of the cute dresses and clothes that Kate has worn and how fun it would be to pull them out again, and now we get to! A sister really is a special kind of friend, I love my sister very much and am so glad to know that Katie will get to experience that kind of relationship too.

Here's a picture of her cute little foot getting ready to give me a kick!

What we've been doing...

I know it's been a very long time since our last blog entry but our laptop isn't working and so we've been using my dad's computer. This is not easy since Katie usually comes into his office with me and gets into all sorts of things. No, this is not a picture of our laptop. Our laptop likely has a virus or something and it won't even boot up. We are hoping to have it fixed soon which will make blogging easier.

In other news we are expecting our second child 9/9/09. Too bad it probably won't come on the due date. I think that would be a cool birthday to have. We are very excited to have another little one join our family. It has been fun for the most part to be pregnant again. I haven't been as sick as I was with Katie but I have been much more tired (I guess running after a toddler would do that to you, pregnant or not). Tomorrow we will be finding out the baby's gender. I don't plan on updating the blog until at least early next week so if you haven't voted on what you think our baby will be please do.

The last of our big news is that John has gotten a job. Yea! He quit working for the Church in July. We are so glad that we had our savings to live off of along with support from our parents. John is now working as the Executive Housekeeper at the Chase Suite Hotel. He is enjoying his job and responsibilities which include scheduling, assigning rooms to the house keepers, hiring, and inventory, among other things. Hospitality is something both John and I enjoy and it is fun for me to be involved with it through him.

Silly Faces

Katie likes to make faces. She'll try to copy our silly faces or when she looks at her self in the mirror she'll make faces at her self. Here are some of her silly faces.

What a cute tongue!

Weeeee!

What's that?


Trying to make a fishy face.

Still trying that fishy face.

What a cute little girl we have. It has been so fun watching her learn so much. She has only a couple spoken words but many many signs. We love her so much!

New Callings

It was just about a year ago John and I moved back into the ward I grew up in and we were called to be nursery leaders. We have enjoyed spending time with the little kidos from the ward and getting to know them. It will be really nice that when Katie is 18 months old we won't be her teachers. We have been called to team teach Gospel Doctrine, I'm so glad we are teaching together I think I'd be too nervous to teach alone. I never have taught adults, I've taught primary, young womens, and nursery but never adults. I'll have to learn how to fill time without snaks or a coloring page. John also recieved a second calling as the coach for the young men, I think he will really enjoy it although he's never been involved in sports much himself. Katie and I will enjoy cheering the team on. We are excited for our new callings and look forward to the many things we'll learn.

Sniffling and Sneezing in the New Year.

So after the Christmas festivities were ended we all got sick. John and I first with colds (oh how I hate being stuffed up), then poor little Katie with a tummy bug plus some teething. She is finely feeling a little better. With all our illness we stayed home for New Years and went to bed early. John and I aren't ones to set resolutions we just plan to keep doing our best in all aspects of our lives.
Here's few pictures of Katie on New Years day.

Father time brought her some crayons to go with the coloring book Santa gave her.

She has yet to get the hang of coloring.

Katie actually gave me a smile and looked at the camera. Isn't she cute!

Christmas

We had a great Christmas. On Christmas Eve we let Katie open a gift, well I opened it she has yet to understand the idea of opening a package. She of course got new pj's to wear for Christmas. Katie didn't sleep well Christmas Eve, I don't think it's because she was excited but because she had bubbles in her tummy. Because of the hard night Christmas morning we got up a bit late. We went to John's parents and opened gifts Katie got a whole bunch of stuff, she sure is loved. We came back to my parents Katie had a nap then dinner and more gifts. Trent and Tanya were the only ones who didn't make it because of the snow. Katie loved following her cousin Rebecca around and would have stayed by her side all day. Katie didn't open her presents or stalking from santa until the end of the day since we got up late. We enjoyed the time spent with family we love them so much! Now get ready for a whole bunch of pictures.


I helped open her pj's.

Isn't she cute in her pj's and monkey slippers!

Mommy and Katie

Grandma Hughes showing off her new robe.

Daddy and Katie.

Grandpa Steve hanging out infront of the Christmas tree.

The only picture I could get of Katie standing some what still she was very busy with all her cousins around.


Connor, Ella, and Luc playing with a toy that makes little aliens.


Rebecca, Libbie, Genevieve and Katie playing.


Daddy and Katies new noisy toy


Yea new sippy cups, she got forks and spoons too!


A big Hello Kitty coloring book!


Whats wrong with this nativity?


One of the wise men is giving Katies monkey a piggy back ride.

More Snow Fun!

Last week we decided to make a snow man. The bottom was as tall as Katie. The middle piece was heavy but John and I got it up.


Katie up on top.

John helped Katie smooth out the bottom.

Two of our nephews stayed over one night and helped us with the snow mans face.

Our Snow man getting snowed on.


Katie had fun swinging in the Snow.
A couple days after we got the snow man up some hooligans came by during the night and beheaded him. Hopefully soon he'll have a head again soon.

We want to wish every one a Merry Christmas tomorrow!