Derek's sister Ashlee and her family (Chad, Collier and Brennan) came to town this weekend! So we had a very fun filled and eventful weekend. It started off on Friday when we went swimming at the Mulberry pool and went on a train ride at the Fort Collins city park. The next day we went to the Denver Zoo and saw Ethan's favorite animal the peacock. Afterwards we went to a wonderful Italian buffet called Cinzetti's (I think). While we were there Derek took both boys to the bathroom where he taught them to use the urinal!! They both came out bubbling with pride saying "I'm a big boy now, I used the big potty." When we got back to Gma and Gpa's house Ethan needed to use the potty so he stood up and peed in the dog water that was in the bathroom!! We had to have a big talk with daddy about that.

That night Derek and I were able to go to the adult session of our stake conference where Elder Richard G. Scott was visiting. It was great to listen to him. When we got back Ethan, Isaac and their cousin Collier were running around Gma's house in their underwear having the best time.

Sunday was Grandma and Aunt Megan's birthday, so we went to Stake conference and then to Gma's again for some BBQ and birthday cake. What a weekend we barely were home.

On Monday we went to the Rodeo with Derek's family!! The boy’s favorite part was that there were 5 bobcats, a front loader and backhoe that they were able to sit in. They also liked the popcorn and the bull riding but it started past their bedtime so they weren't as interested as they could have been. They were however very interested in the bobcat that was moving on a small ad screen above the arena.

Due to the popular demand. I am actually posting my most recent belly picture. Derek only took two and this is the first time this whole pregnancy. I wanted to compare it to my pregnancy with the twins but I kept forgetting. The first two pictures (I am wearing black) are this pregnancy and it was taken Sunday, so I was almost 35 weeks. When I was pregnant with the boys one was taken at 30 weeks and I am wearing white, the other is 37 weeks and I am wearing grey.

I thought I would share some cute pictures of Max. He is already 4 months old and he is a hair ball. I can barely type this without him biting my face or attacking my hands. Dexter still wants to attack him so he lives in the basement. He does get along very well with Dee Dee; in fact Dee Dee is more scared of Max than he is of her.

Derek calls this stage of my pregnancy nesting and that it is. We finally moved all of the office things into the office in the basement and I decided on a theme. My sister Tammy and I went to the fabric store and found some really pretty brown embroidered fabric the best part was that we got 3 yards for around $5. She helped me (she pretty much did it) make the crib skirt and we are going to make curtains with the remainder. Then I found some $5 paint that was a take back at the store and it was the perfect pink. The butterflies I painted on both sides of the wall and the trail was dots but I decided I didn't want them and painted over them and put dashes that look like the fabric's stitching. Hopefully nesting phase will be complete soon.

Today at the Dr.'s I got a complimentary 3D Ultrasound!! It was so cool. They also gave me a CD of the pictures in color. When we had to have one with the boys to see if they had Down syndrome they gave us two B/W pictures and this time I got about 20. You could actually see her face. Her nose seems a little squashed because she was up against the placenta, but she looks so cute, and look how cubby she is! She was even posing with her hand under her chin at the end. I still have 10 weeks left, but that's not that much time! I can't wait to hold her!!

We had a low key birthday party for the boys this year. I made ice cream cake with their favorite shows; (AFV, America’s funniest home videos, for Isaac and Hi-5 for Ethan) on it and they played with their presents. Their favorite present was a 8 week old kitten from their Aunt Caylee. They named him Max. He is a very loveable kitten that is very playful!!! The only member of the family not to welcome Max is Dexter who is bred to hunt small animals like rabbits so he thinks Max is something to hunt. We have to keep Max in the basement away from Dexter until he gets bigger.

Yesterday we went to the Museum of Natural Sciences in Denver. We met our friends Steffanie her brother Caleb and Lexa inside. Lexa is in the picture of them in the stroller. We had a lot of fun looking at dinosaurs, butterflies and space. This is actually the first picture of me during this pregnancy, look how well I hide my belly!

My sister Tammy just had a baby girl on Monday the 7th at 1:45 a.m. She was 8lbs 4 oz. and 21" long. Her name is Julia Rose Ummel. Here are some pictures that I took of her and played with.

We finally have the basement mostly finished! It took almost 10 months with a contractor. We got the carpet installed on Friday and I love it. I think we are going to spend most of the summer down there while I am big a pregnant because it will be the coolest spot in the house. It almost doubles our house size. We have 2 bedrooms down there but for right now one will be the office, a 3/4 bath, and a storage room. We also have a little play area under the stairs for the kids that I painted objects in the clouds and rolling hills. It has already been decorated by Isaac when he got hold of a paint roller with white paint that I was using to paint the trim and painted on the blue sky area. Hopefully I will be able to fix it soon. We still have some minor things to do but hey we have carpet and that makes all the difference!
Now that we know what we are having and we can move the computers downstairs I get to paint and decorate the baby's room. If you have any ideas let me know.