It's a Boy!

I just thought you all might like to know that I am expecting another boy. Jonathan Matthew Washburn is due to arrive on February 23rd. He is currently weighing in at 10 ounces and he looks fine and healthy!

We are so excited to welcome another baby boy and a sweet little brother for Peter!

Congratulations, Clayton and Kim!

On Saturday, August 14th, my brother, Clayton and his lovely fiance (now wife) got married in the Salt Lake Temple.

I'm so excited for Clayton and I'm so happy to have Kim as a new sister!

Here are some pictures from the day!



Above: Fresh out of the temple and newly married!



Above: Clayton and Kim getting fresh right outside of the temple!



Above: My niece, Maddie, at the wedding reception. How can someone so pretty, sweet, and adorable be sticking her nose into such a bad place? :)



Above: Isn't Maddie pretty?



Above: My two sweet sisters!



Above: Kim's lovely and scrumptious tasting wedding cake.



Above: My cute brothers!





Above: Feeding each other cake (and I am glad they were nice about it! I'm not a fan of squishing cake into people's faces, up their nose, and all over their wedding clothes! Oh, and I've seen those things done!)



Above: Giving each other a kiss and then driving away!

I have absolutely no pictures of me, Peter, or Jeremiah (Peter was sick with a cold and was NOT a happy camper). I'm glad that others got a few pictures of us!

It was a lovely day. That particular week in August felt just like fall. It was so pleasant and cool. We were worried that it would be hot and unbearable, but it was honestly perfect. I'm so glad. Clayton and Kim deserved to have a perfect day! Congratulations again!

Special Announcement!

Well, I'm sure that blog title and the picture left nothing to the imagination.

Yes, I am expecting my second baby! I'm just out of my first trimester and I'm 15 weeks along. I am due on February 23rd.

I am a little late in posting this blog because August was so crazy. But we announced this happy news to my family on August 8th. But, better late than never in posting this blog, right!? (I've got so much catching up to do blog-wise! Expect more posts in the near future).

We will find out at the end of this month whether we are having a boy or a girl.

My sister, Laurie, is pregnant too and is due on February 17th! So, we broke the news to our family together. Laurie made some cute onesies with a number 4 and a number 5 on them (signifying the number and order of grandkids. My mom already has three grandkids, Laurie's new baby will be number four and mine will be number five).

While we were having Sunday dinner together, I held up the onesie with a number 4 on it and said "I have an announcement to make...oh wait, I have the wrong onesie. Laurie, this must be yours!" I then traded onesies with Laurie (she got the number 4 because she is due before I am). I didn't really have to say anything more because then everyone realized that both Laurie and I are pregnant...and a few people teared up and others got big smiles on their faces.

We took a video of it, but it's hard to see what is happening because of where Jeremiah was positioned. The video ends rather abruptly because Peter then decided to knock over his pudding and Jeremiah had to tend to it.

I hope you enjoy the video. You can't really see me hold up the onesie because of the angle that the video was taken at, but you can hear and see everyone's reactions. I think my mom's reaction is priceless!



But my absolute favorite part of the day? When Peter fell asleep on my lap after church. What a cutie! I tell you, there's nothing better than having that sweet little bundle of guy cuddle up to you and fall asleep.

Outings! Part 2

As I mentioned in my last blog, in addition to our outing to the mountains (quick note: I added two very short videos to the previous blog--check 'em out!), we took Peter to Temple Square for the first time. We had meant to take Pete long before this, but something always came up. For instance, we wanted to take Peter to Temple Square this winter to see the Christmas lights. But it was always too cold...and Pete was such a little guy!

But we finally did it. We went during the Fourth of July weekend and Peter thought it was pretty cool!



Above: Doesn't he look little?



Above: Checking out a model of the Salt Lake Temple on display in the South Visitor's Center. If it hadn't been for the fact that Nammy blinked, this would have been the perfect candid picture! Darn it!



Above: My brother, Sean, looking contemplative while my husband, Jeremiah, acts silly behind him. But then again, my brother was being silly too, so it evens out.



Above: Climbing onto window ledges at the visitor's center...which I was only doing because Nammy indulged me!



Above: This pretty much represents the only time I was REALLY nice to Uncle Sean all day long. Poor Sean might not have kids for quite awhile judging by the "deer-in-the-headlights" look Mommy saw on his face when Peter chucked a piece of celery at him during dinner (our last dinner in a restaurant for a long, long time if Mommy can help it!).



Above: Being nicer to Aunt Emily.



Above: As usual, it was difficult to get Pete to stay still so that he could take a picture with his Mommy.



Above: Peter sure loves water!



Above: Jeremiah's impression of Pete's expression when he first saw the fountain (since Peter's back was to me).



Above: Hmmm. Now how can I find a way to get in the water before Dad finds a way to stop me?



Above: So little...



Above: And yet so big!



Above: Quality time with Dad.





Above: Peter loves to swing between Mommy and Daddy. These photos are thanks to my sweet sister, Emily!



Above: The Christus as it appears in the North Visitor's Center.







Above: These blurry pictures represent the best I could do in trying to capture Peter's reactions to the Christus. Basically, Pete wanted to run around it and away from us as fast as he could. Thank goodness Dad is fast...and strong too!



Above: Peter looking at pictures representing stories from the Old Testament (a picture of Noah preaching to the people is seen in the background, but that's not the picture he was currently looking at...I'm not sure which picture that was)



Above: Peter checking out a picture of his namesake--the apostle Peter. This picture depicts Christ calling Peter to be his disciple. I included the last picture because that is what Peter's face looked like while he was looking at this picture (with the apostle Peter in it). But I wasn't able to capture it with my camera. Peter was on the move too fast!



Above: My sister, Emily, getting approached by the sister missionaries as a result of her checking out the scriptures in French!



Above: Peter checking out the Conference Center fountain on the way back to the car.

As I said before, once we left Temple Square, we went to Winger's for dinner. It's a pity we didn't just end our outing at Temple Square because Peter was super hungry and super impatient and Winger's took a really long time to bring us our food. By the time we did get our food, Peter was so frustrated that he didn't eat. We basically just went home after that and vowed that from now on, if we weren't eating at home we would do take out and eat it at the park! I seriously think that dining with Peter might have traumatized Uncle Sean!

Outings! Part 1

Well, it's been awhile since I've blogged and I've got some catching up to do.

First, we took Peter up to Silver Lake at the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon a few weeks ago. Peter loves the mountains and the best part of Silver Lake was that the trails were pretty kid-friendly and Peter was able to run and run (one of his favorite things to do).

Second, we took Peter to Temple Square...but since this post took longer than I thought, I'll have to talk about that outing in the very near future. Keep an eye open for that blog...coming soon!





Above: Peter throwing rocks (throwing is another one of his most favorite things to do).



Above: Peter on the move!



Above: Learning about watersheds. :)



Above: Peter climbing (another one of his most favorite things to do!).







Above: Hanging with Dad.



Above: Taking in the sites.



Above: Going, going, gone!



Above: Trying to get Pete to stay still long enough to take a picture with his mommy! As you can see, it wasn't possible!





Above: Climbing and exploring!





Above: Discovering one of the last, lingering snowdrifts in the mountains and loving it!



Above: Preparing to throw a snowball. Heads up!



Above: Dragging a very unhappy Pete away from his beloved snowdrift.



Above: Trying to make his way back to the snowdrift.



Above: Foiled!



Above: First of all, I promise I didn't stage this picture. It just happened. Second, I promise I wasn't trying to be irreverent! Look at it this way, it kind of looks like Peter is a superhero and he created a force field around himself! Also, Jeremiah didn't throw Peter very high up in the air...he was always within reach...so Peter was safe, I promise!



Above: Really, I think that flying through the air was the only thing that took that snowbank off of Pete's mind. Otherwise, he might still be yearning for it!

We had a lovely trip to the mountains. We are planning to go back within the next week or so. Peter loves it and it is such a wonderful family outing. You should go too! Get some hot dogs and marshmallows and have a nice evening!