Poor Mike!

So I don't know how this happened, but somehow my poor husband has been extremely sore the last few days. He says he worked his legs really hard at the gym on Wednesday, but this shouldn't be a big deal to him because he works out all the time. (Unlike me. I used to. And then I got pregnant and tired all the time and kind of slacked off. Oops.)

Anyway, the back of Mike's legs were so sore yesterday that he could hardly walk! He was hobbling around the house and couldn't even straighten his legs out all the way! I tried to give him a massage, and I made him sit on ice packs, and he finally took some ibuprofen, so this morning he feels a little better. It was sad and a little funny all at the same time. :) I hope you feel better soon, sweetie!

It's...

a BOY!!

Now we can start fighting over names! (Mike likes Stetzon. Or Roman. I don't.)

The Word is Out

I think the news has officially leaked. If you missed it, we're having a baby! We're due June 18th, and we have the ultrasound tomorrow to see if it's a boy or a girl. Give your best guess in the poll on the side - I'll post the results when we know!

Also, I have to give a hand to all the people who knew for a few weeks and haven't said anything. Mike didn't want to tell people for a while, so I have several friends who figured it out but still kept the secret. Thanks for staying mum - it must have been hard! It's officially okay to spread the word now!

Christmas Gifts

I didn't take a whole lot of pictures at Christmas, but I did come across a few fun ones to share.

This is my sister Rebecca. She is planning to go on a mission this summer, so my older sister Lisa told her that she better get some fun panties now before she has to get all serious. Hence, this gift!

This is my little sister Heidi. Or rather, her feet! She got these socks from our brother-in-law Jon.

And this one is my mom after she opened a gift from Mike and me. She said it was her favorite gift this year!

Klutz

I am about to confess an embarrassing moment. Don't laugh TOO hard!

A few weeks ago, I had my friend's daughter on my lap during sacrament meeting. When they came by with the sacrament, I had to make sure that the wiggly 18-month-old didn't knock the cup out of my hands. I remember thinking, "Boy, that would be funny if she spilled it all over me!"

Fast forward a few Sundays to this past one. This time, no kids. Just me and Mike. The deacon comes by with the sacrament. I pick up the cup. Lo and behold, I somehow managed to spill it all over myself! I'm not talking I took a drink and accidentally dribbled some down my chin. I'm talking I dropped the entire cup all over my shirt and skirt! All of us (me, my husband, the deacon who was passing the sacrament, and the entire family in front of us) were all trying not to laugh out loud. Sigh. Who knew you had to be coordinated to take the sacrament?!

Cleaning Out

I need to apologize to all of my faithful readers. (I'm assuming there are many of you!) Sorry I haven't posted in so long! I didn't post over Christmas because I didn't have my camera cord and I wanted to include pictures, and then I just got busy last week. But I'm back!

Anyway, many of you know that sometime this coming year my mom is planning to sell the house I grew up in. It is a LARGE house with LOTS of storage... which means that she has accumulated a LOT of stuff over that past 20 years that she has lived there! While I was home for Christmas, I helped her clean out some of her stuff. And I just had to laugh and take pictures of some of the "treasures" we found!

This is a before picture showing what the first set of bookshelves used to look like:

This was one of the "treasures" that Mom had kept on her shelf. I believe I made it for her when I was in 5th grade. Disgusting, isn't it?! It wasn't a hard decision to throw that one out!

This in a Relief Society manual that my mom had on her shelf. Look closely at the date... can you see it? If not... it's 1966! My mom wasn't even IN Relief Society in 1966! I'm not sure how she got her hands on this manual, or why she saved it all these years, but it too joined the trash can.

I feel a little sacrilegious posting this... but this is all of the old sets of scriptures that we had hanging around on our shelf. Many of them were falling apart (but not marked from seminary or a mission or anything, just from belonging to an 8-year-old child). And a few of them were ones we were supposed to give away... back in 1990... complete with our family's picture in the front! I still feel a little guilty throwing these out, but it's kind of funny, too.

And here is the "After" picture, showing how much we were able to clear out. Much less for my mom to pack!

This is a shot of all of the boxes of books were sent to Friends of the Library, along with the trash and some things for Good Will. I think we made 3 trips there, each time with a full car load! I hope someone can appreciate the stuff we donated!