Another Wilcox Boy!

I just wanted to let you guys know that I just got back from my ultrasound, and we are definitely having a BOY!  Everything looked great and his measurements are all perfect.  Due date is still February 1.  Hayden was my little partner and came with me to the appointment.  He was very excited to see the baby and get to bring home a DVD of the scan, which we hope to show to Allen & Torrin later.

Other news from our family--Hayden is doing soccer right now and loves it.  He has games twice a week and runs his little heart out on the field.  We are so proud of him.  Hard to believe he will be starting Kindergarten next year!

Torrin is our silly little buddy.  He likes to say, "But, but, but..." when we ask him to do something--as if what we're asking is SO difficult or inconvenient.  We are working on potty training, so hopefully we'll only have 1 in diapers come February.

Allen is busy with school.  A lot of his "free" time is spent doing homework.  And he is still working hard and commuting back & forth between here and Salt Lake City.

I just got called as the (Non) Enrichment Board Leader, so I'm looking forward to getting into that.  We have enjoyed living in Clinton again.  It's nice to be within walking distance to parks and trails.

Baby Wilcox

I had my 12 week "NT Scan" on Tuesday to check for genetic abnormalities.  Everything looked great, but I will have the results of the screening sometime in August.  Baby looks perfect and cute and was measuring a week ahead.  Here are the pictures they gave me.  I'm still pretty sure this is a boy.  We specialize in making boys at our house.  :)

Waving.

His little feet are up in the air on the right.

July 4 and some other Summer stuff.

The end of June we had our Wilcox Family Reunion at Bear Lake.  We had a ton of fun camping there and spending some time in the water.  (I didn't get any pictures b/c I was too busy doing other stuff.  Hopefully we'll get some of Shawn's pictures).

Uncle Shawn stayed for July 4.  We celebrated the holiday with some of Allen's family.  That weekend we went to see Toy Story 3.  The boys (and us adults) LOVED the movie and enjoyed the fireworks afterwards.

Just to prove Allen was there too.  :)

Torrin and Uncle Curtis.

With Uncle Shawn.

Again with Uncle Shawn.

Uncle Brandon helping the boys.

The rest of our Summer (so far) has been filled with Little Rookies and Swimming Lessons for Hayden, speech therapy for Torrin, a Birthday for Allen, school for Allen, and a short visit from Stephanie and Jay.  We are hoping to get some more camping in before the Summer is over.  Also, soccer will start for Hayden in August, Hayden's Birthday, a move, and a trip to Idaho are in our plans.

Our Little Rookie

Hayden did Little Rookies this summer.  It's a t-ball "camp" that lasted 5 weeks.  They started out doing stations, where they would go from one to the next practicing different baseball/t-ball skills (batting, catching, throwing, etc).  Then they played a few scrimmage games.  That was fun to watch.  Hayden was really good at doing exactly what his coaches told him to do, and he improved a lot throughout the "season".  He also just finished swimming lessons and will start soccer in August.  I can't believe our little guy is going to be 5 in a few weeks!

And of course, Torrin liked to go play on the playground while his big brother did Little Rookies.

I guess I should post about this.

I'm feeling a little more confident about it now, so I will post here that we are expecting and due January 31.  I am 9 weeks now.  This is my 7th pregnancy, and hopefully it results in our 3rd baby on Earth.  The last 3 ended up being either ectopic or miscarriage.  This time around we were able to see a "flicker" on an ultrasound at 6 weeks.  Since my miscarriages never grew past 6 weeks (even though my body held onto them for longer than that), I feel good about having seen a "flicker".  Hopefully that flicker was a heartbeat, and we will know for sure tomorrow.  I have been feeling pretty sick this pregnancy, and have even thrown up a few times (very rare for me, even when I'm sick).  So I am hoping that these are good signs and that we get good news at my ultrasound tomorrow.  It should be different having a Winter baby, instead of being hugely pregnant during the Summer.

I've taken up smoking.

NOT by choice, but because my neighbors and everyone around me have forced me to breathe their smoky air. Maybe I'm naive and have a low level of tolerance, but I cannot believe how RUDE people are around here. We can't go sit outside our front door because the neighbors' smoke is settling there on our patio. It's just ALWAYS there, and they come out about every 20-30 minutes to replenish it. I realize we're in the minority since we moved here--probably some of the few non-smokers there are. I just don't understand why people can't go smoke in PRIVATE somewhere. I understand that it's a personal choice, and many have chosen to take up the filthy habit. Ok, fine. Their life, their body. Smokers have the right to fill their lungs up with the nasty stuff, but they shouldn't have the right to fill MINE up with it. I hate that I can't even take the boys to the pool most days because there is always someone there filling the air with smoke. I can't wait until we can get someone to take over our lease! We are so out of here the minute we have a chance.

December 2009

We were grateful that the roads were good enough for us to drive to Washington over Christmas break. We got to stay with Stephanie and Jay in Vancouver for a night. We enjoyed touring Jay's school (in the dark). Stephanie also took some great pictures of our family. Then we headed up to my parents' for the rest of our Christmas break. We enjoyed spending time with my side of the family. We took a few family pictures with Stephanie's camera. It had been a while since we had all been together.

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