Farewell to Rory

It turns out that I am not so much a dog person. I don't like dog hair, the smell of dogs, touching dog toys, or really even touching dogs all that much. So when Chris said he was starting to get annoyed with Rory needing so much attention and with another baby on the way, I decided it was time to find her a new house. I thought that Sadie would be sad, but she hasn't asked about her at all since she left. This morning she was actually complaining to me that she missed her cat. Her webkinz cat, that is.


Rory now lives with a pug and two owners that have plenty of attention to give, as they don't have children. I checked in with her new mom and they are thrilled to have her and things are going great. They just wanted to know if she ever settled down. Haha. I'm thinking maybe in two or three years she will.


Some other exciting news is that we are officially having a GIRL!!!! Yay for pink and dresses and hair bows. The amazing thing is that it took us about 15 seconds of debate before we agreed on a name. We decided to go through the baby name book before we talked, so we'd have some names prepared to discuss. Chris was joking with some friends the other day that I picked out our last two kids names, so I told him that it was his job to propose a name, and see if I'd agree. So we sat down to talk, and he said, How about this name?? And I said perfect!! I love it.

So, what is the name?? Well, we'll share in February on her birthday. Only 4 and 1/2 more months! We can't wait.

Sept 9

Sadie(rella) - 43 months
One of Sadie's favorite past times lately has been scrubbing dishes. She also helps me fold laundry, make dinner (her favorite dinner making activity is to help me clean the lettuce in the salad spinner) and she usually cleans up her toys every night before bedtime.

When she is not learning to be Cinderella she is most often found playing with her Legos. She can take apart and rebuild the same thing hundreds of times. The funny part is she often asks me to play with her and I almost always say yes because once I touch one of her beloved towers or Legos she decides that she would rather do all the building and destroying and doesn't want me to play with her after all.

David- 14 months
David is my sweet little loud buddy. One of his favorite toys is a barn that makes different animal noises when you open the doors. He also loves looking at animal books. He just laughs and gets so excited to see the different animals.


We took a trip to Utah this past month where I took almost no pictures. We had a great time seeing both our families and some friends. We did lots of shopping, rafted down the Ogden river, took a scenic drive to Eden to see Chris' parents new land, and went to This is the Place Monument. We also went to my favorite place, Kneaders, a few times for lunch and treats.

While we were in Highland we went to the city splash park. It has water that shoots into the air and a little lazy river. David loved the lazy river, especially the rocks in it that spray up water. It may look like he is drinking the water, but he is actually blowing bubbles down into it.

Sadie enjoying the water.

Baby #3- -5 months
We went in today for our 18 week ultrasound to find out gender today and found out that we are having a(n)--- uncooperative baby. The ultrasound technician was so nice. After the baby wouldn't move and wouldn't move she had us go out in the lobby and walk around and then come back in for another look 15 minutes later, but still the baby wouldn't move. I'm such a planner that it is driving me crazy not to know. Hopefully we can found out in another couple weeks!