It's a BOY!

We had our 20 week Ultra Sound this Friday and found out some very good news...We are having a BOY! I am so excited! I always wanted to have a boy and a girl and now my wish has come true - I couldn't think of anything better! The baby looks great - he was very active when we started the ultra sound so the pictures we got our fuzzy but they were able to get all the measurements and pictures they needed to confirm he is developing correctly. He was already so cute I just wanted to reach in and hold him! He has long legs just like Ashtyn did and his little "thing" was right there for all to see! At the very end, he had a huge yawn and then rolled over, tucked his legs under his belly and fell asleep - it was so precious and reminded me of Matt when he goes to sleep! He is weighing about 12 oz right now, so it will be interesting to see what he weighs once he arrives.

PROFILE PICTURE

LEG

WAVING HI!

ARMS

MY FAVORITE SHOT -

LEGS CROSSED WITH HIS LITTLE THING IN THE MIDDLE!

I feel a sense of relief now, because I am a planner and not knowing what to expect has been a little stressful for me - so now I have lots to do before my little boy arrives. Ashtyn came to the Ultra Sound, but still showed no interest at all - Hopefully as it gets closer she will start to understand what is happening - I hope anyway. This little boy is such a blessing to our family and now I feel like our family is complete! Can't wait to meet you little man! Now it's on to picking names...

Ashtyn, 21 Months

Little late on the monthly update for Ashtyn, but it's been quite busy... Ashtyn had a huge growth spurt this past month - all her clothes got a little smaller on her and she grew out of her size 5 shoes right into size 7! She also cut two new teeth on the bottom in the front, which was not a fun thing to experience as she has been crabby, not eating well and not sleeping well - but hopefully we are in the clear for a little bit, until the 2-year molars come her way! Ashtyn's vocabulary is getting much better and she starting to repeat things a little bit more! Some of her new words are "pas (pacifier)", "milk", "bike", "play", "boots", "shoes", "please", "more", "cheese", "brush teeth", "lights", "bright", "book", "banana", "come on", "broke" and many more I am sure I am forgetting. The cutest thing is she has started to call people she knows by there names, "Em" for Emily, "Gram" for Grandma Trujillo, "Pop" for Papa, "Nan" for Nana and the best of all "Butch" for Grandpa Trujillo! She also says "Take to Butch" when something isn't working correctly! Oh I just love this age...

Ashtyn has been quite busy with all her new toys this past month. She loves to draw on her chalkboard, play with her computer and her doll house, which is her favorite when Matt plays too. Soccer has now caught her interest, which I didn't expect at this age, but she is very good at running and kicking the ball - wonder if we should join soccer this spring? She has started to sing in the car when a "good" song is on, I am thinking she likes country the best! Loves to sing "The Wheels on the Bus" and can do most of the hand movements correctly. I now find her sitting in the rocking chair in her room reading to herself - so cute - lately she's been very interested in letters and constantly asking "This?" to find out which letter it is. She has started to get into the refrigerator and pantry more these days - which is not always a good thing - I randomly find things laying around the house or in her mouth that she probably should not be into - so it looks like I need to start reorganizing those areas! The other day she managed to get into the Starbucks coffee beans and was chewing on them - I can't believe she even liked the taste...

Ashtyn continues to melt me heart everyday and I am just loving this stage of her life right now - I wish I could keep her like this forever, but I know with each new stage more fun and adventure comes. She is such a good little girl and makes life so much fun - Matt and I have really enjoyed taking her to places like Red Feather because she just loves doing different things, especially outdoor activities - hiking, riding the 4-wheeler, sledding - she just goes with the flow! We love to watch her experience life right now...

Our Home Away from Home

This weekend we took another trip up to Red Feather to stay at our cabin, but this time we invited the Trujillo Family - which was VERY fun! We had a great time with all 8 of us snowed in at the cabin - We watched movies, ate, played games, ate, slept, ate and I think ate some more - we brought enough food to last us a week, so typical! Ashtyn was in heaven getting to spend so much time with her grandpa "Butch" whom is just about her most favorite person in her life right now. My sister-n-law who is 9 months pregnant also made the trip, not sure if it was all that comfortable for her, but at least she got to relax a bit!

I think the best times of the weekend were playing Scrabble which is quite a competitive game with the Trujillos - Uncle Bob gets a little frustrated when he doesn't win - Matt and I won the first game with the word "jog" and then Uncle Bob and Ariana won the second game with the word "quilt" - so we tied!

Sledding was probably the most fun EVER - I have never seen Matt's mom and dad laugh so hard and have that much fun together in all the years I have known them! We definitely created some memories this weekend that we will never forget and can laugh about for years to come. We always have so much fun with the Trujillo Family and I am so blessed to have married into their family. The cabin is quickly becoming our home away from home!

Grandma's Birthday

We celebrated Grandma Trujillo's birthday this weekend over at our house. We had the whole family over to enjoy Ribs and Chicken for dinner and then a yummy dessert - Molten Cake! It was a wonderful dinner and dessert and as always the Trujillo family is a "hoot" to hang out with - lots of laughs! This year for Grandma Trujillo's birthday we all pitched in and are having a custom built-in installed in her family room - She was VERY excited for this little surprise since she has been asking and waiting for one a long time. The cabinets should arrive in late January and I can't wait to see the look on her face when they are finally installed! I think she has already started buying little things to decorate the shelving with...


Thank you so much Grandma Trujillo for all your love and everything you do for our family - we are so grateful to be blessed with such a wonderful, loving lady! Love you lots and Happy Birthday!

Happy New Years!

This year for New Year's we thought we would do something a little bit different - we decided to take a trip up to Red Feather and stay in my families cabin. Now the cabin has no running water, but it does have electricity so I wasn't sure how it would be in the cold weather. Well, we ended up having the best time ever! We invited our friends Jason, Stacey and their son Adam who is the same age as Ashtyn, whom definitely made the trip more interesting. Jason and Matt were in heaven with all the snow and played like little boys on their 4-Wheelers. We eventually got the two little ones all bundled up to go play in the snow and had a great time! We took them on the 4-Wheelers and then went sledding - they weren't too sure about the sledding part, but us big kids had a great time!

It was great to spend some time with the Ohlhieser's especially getting to know Adam who is quite a little boy! - oh he would make us laugh so much with the things he says and does - Ashtyn would just watch him - I wonder what she was thinking most the time! I think my favorite thing is how Adam gets his mom's attention by saying "Hey Mama" but in a sexy kinda voice - he definitely made me laugh! Ashtyn loves to color so we invited Adam to join us, but instead of gently coloring he would just eat the crayons and then spit them out - I guess that is just the difference between boys and girls!

.It was a beautiful, relaxing and fun way to bring in The New Year - maybe it will become a tradition of ours! Happy 2010!