We are having a GIRL!!
She is due the first week of May.

The ultrasound was yesterday & all of our kids wanted to come. They were SO excited. I was so relieved when they said everything was good so far. Then when they told us it was a girl, we all cheered! Libby is especially excited to finally have a sister. We are probably going to name her "Sophie".

After the ultrasound we met my mom & Shelly for lunch at Quilted Bear & celebrated by eating our "Pink" sugar cookies.
I couldn't resist...I had to buy a couple of headband bows.
I'm a little afraid this baby is going to be VERY spoiled by everyone.

Today my sister already bought her a blanket & cute outfit!!

Look at those cute ruffles on the bum!!
I always say, "If you have a baby girl you have to "decorate" them!" She is off to a good start!!

Christmas Piano Recital

Libby had her piano recital tonight. She did a good job. They played on huge 10ft. grand piano. Their teacher said that Sir Paul McCartney had come to Utah recently for a concert & this is the one he used for the concert. Libby thought it was a little loud & the keys seemed slippery. It seemed like it was messing up quite a few of the kids. It was fun to hear all the Christmas songs.

She played Up On The Housetop & Deck The Halls.

Up On the Housetop was a duet with her teacher.


Here she is practicing before the recital.

We finally got a "real" piano & it is so fun to see her progress.
She literally doesn't walk past it without playing it now.
It was made in the 1890's & I love it. The style of the old pianos are so beautiful to me & we lucked out to get one that sounds good too. Someone told us we had to decide if we wanted a piece of furniture or an instrument...Luckily I think we found both qualities.

She was also so excited because I finally found a dress that came with a matching one for her doll.
They usually only come in the small sizes. There was one left in her size & the best part was the price...it didn't have a tag & the boy at the chekout said, "Does $9.99 sound fair?" I said, " it was probably at least $20.00" Then he replied, "$9.99 it is." Then I had a coupon & got 30% more off.
It was a fun night that we ended with dinner at Red Robin.
Good Job, Libby!

Here she is playing for us when we got home.

I didn't have the video from the recital because it was on Steve's phone & I'm not sure how to download it on here.

A new tradition...

In the December issue of 'The Friend' magazine was an activity called the scripture tree. It is a countdown to Christmas. Each day there is a question & then a scripture you read to answer it. Then you add the ornament to the tree. My kids have LOVED this. We decided to make a felt tree with ornaments so we can do it each year at Christmas.

We just added velcro to stick the ornaments on.

This is how it will look when the countdown is over.
I can't believe how close we are...only a few ornaments are left!!

We also forgot to post pictures of the trees in the kid's rooms...

Libby

Zack

Tyler

One last funny story about Tyler...My mom had given each kid a chocolate countdown to Christmas, so we hung them above their little trees. They each ate the first day & then on the second day Zack said, "Tyler come & eat your chocolate for today." He said, " I can't until Christmas because I only have one left under the moon & one under Santa's leg." So that's what he had been doing so quietly in his room the day before! He is patiently waiting for the last two days to enjoy his remaining chocolate!!