Happy Birthday Ama !

Us at Bucca Di Bepo, way to push Daddy Mana.

Us with most of my family

Mana and Ama
My little sister Bronte, and my brother Sam

So my mum is pretty much the greatest there is. And today was her birthday, so we all went out to Buca Di Bepo, and ate a crap load of food, it was so tasty.

Mana spends every day with his grandma, he loves her so much.

Every day when I finish work and go to take Mana home, he will pull on of the little tricks hes learnt.

Sometimes he tries to hide, sometimes he will just fight, it just depends on the day.

Any time we go over to my parents house, Mana will run inside and wave goodbye to us, or if he is sad he will always go to my mum before either of us.


So, Happy Birthday Mum, we love you !

Baby #2

So, when I was pregnant with Mana I was hoping for a girl.
I have six brothers and two sisters, and I really just hopped we would have a girl.
All up until the ultrasound, Stephen kept saying he didn't care either way, as long as it was a healthy baby.
When we finally went in for the scan to find out what we were having, I was lying on the table and the technician was showing us everything, she tapped my stomach slightly to open the babies legs, and when she did that I asked her if it was a boy, and she said yes.
I was pretty overwhelmed, and was pretty teary eyed, I mean I was excited that everything went well and that it was a healthy baby. But I had been hoping for a girl.
Stephen who had pretty much remained quiet the whole time, and had told me he didn't care as long as it was healthy, was stoked it was a boy.
He jumped up and was like, "Yeah, its a boy. I lied and said I didn't care, I wanted a boy, in your face !"
Sensitive isn't he ?
It was pretty funny though.

Fast forward to this pregnancy, even though this time we were both hoping for a girl, Stephen said he thought it was a boy, I wasn't sure, but I had a feeling it might be a boy.
And today at the scan, when the little legs opened, I saw the same thing I saw last time ...
WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER BOY !!

Also found out we are a week earlier than previously thought, so Happy Birthday Stephen, our baby is due September 24th, your birthday.
If hes lucky we will have our baby the day after, just like we had Mana the day after our anniversary.

Two Dates in Two Days with my Two Loves !!

So Stephen and I have been super busy lately.

Stephen hasnt had a day off in the last two weeks and I've been working a ton of overtime lately, I know I previously blogged about this, so I wont bore anyone with the details, but because of my guilt about the busyness, I decided it was time to take my husband and my son out on dates !

Wednesday Night Stephen and I went to South Jordan to run some errands and go to the movies.

We always go to the movies at The District in South Jordan, we go there because they have huge theatres, they have lots of different places to eat so you can take your chinese food, or whatever it is you decide to eat AND there seats are memory foam, so its really comfortable !

We saw Forbidden Kingdom, which I thought was lame, but it was nice that it was just the two of us.

I dont remember the last time it was just the two of us, we always seem to take my younger siblings, or go out with people, we never just take the time for us, so it was a nice night.

Thursday was a day for Mana and I.

I decided to take off from work and spend some time with Mana.

We meet Jenny and Carlos at Kangaroo Zoo, which is a playarea place that has about 10 different blow up bouncy castle things, and it was alot of fun !

Mana was a little apprehensive at first, and it didnt take him long to start jumping around and sliding.

It was cute, he had the best time !!

Mana had the HUGEST grin on his face the whole time, I loved seeing my son enjoying himself so much.

A big thank you to Jenny for taking Mana on the big slide and pretty much everything, it was a little hard to manuoever on those things with my big belly.

We spent a couple of hours there, with the boys running and playing and just having a blast.

Then Mana and I went over to Maggie Moos for ice-cream.

It was empty so it was just the two of us, which made it that much nicer for me.

For me, a mum who works full time, this was the BEST way to spend the day.

I very rarely get to take our son out to do things just for him.

Usually on weekends we run errands, visit with friends or family, or clean the house.

So for me to spend time with Mana, doing something he loved, was I think a more special day for me than it was for him.

Mothers Day 2008

Mothers Day was a nice day.


Stephen and I went to the breakfast buffet at Little America with my parents, my brother and his wife and my sister and her fiance.


It was nice, the hour long wait wasnt nice, but the food was good, then we came home and I had a sleep.


Having a sleep in the middle of the day is probably the best present I could get, since I've been crazy busy at work.


I got a cute maternity top from Stephen and Mana which is a big thing for me since I wouldnt wear maternity clothes last time I was pregnant, why ? I dont know, I'm lame like that.


But as usual I sent Stephen a list of things I wanted, about 10 things, or maybe more, and he picked out something good, so I got something I wanted either way.


And we got some out door furniture, so pretty soon it will be time to have a barbeque in our yard. YAY !

Stephen and I witk my sis and fiance, parents and bro and sis in law.

Mana and I and my sweet 5 month pregnant pot, looking more like 9 months

Sick Mana

Lately Mana has been sick.

It snows, he gets sick, we spend the next 3-4 days taking care of him, he starts to get better, it snows again, and he is sick again.

For the last 3-4 weeks its been this way, our poor son tries to hard to sleep with us when he is sick.

Anyways, we woke up a couple of days ago to Mana calling out to his Father.

All we could hear over and over again was "Dada, Dada" for a couple of minutes.

So, Stephen went into Mana's room to lie down with him and Mana climbed on top of his father and went back to sleep.

Our son is a little heavy for me at the moment, so its nice that more and more all he wants is his Dad.

Something Simple

So, the past couple of weeks have been crazy busy !!

Today was a nice day, we slept, went to Park City, and Mana played outside.

Sometimes the more simple the day is the better !