Lately. . .

-Lyla helps out in the kitchen. 
- Evelyn had a Christmas program at school that was to die for. I don't have photos cause I just did video on my camera! !
- We were so indecisive about our boy's name and we just keep going back to Hudson Todd and I love it more every day.  It is the only one we really can agree on and we have liked it for years. .. So why not.  I am having fun getting things ready for him too. I can't wait to meet him! !
-I have found a new fav house again. The house plan is s little hard to figure out.  But we are anxious to get the process going asap. Before summer hopefully! !

Photography

I am in photography heaven.  I was able to get two new lenses for my bday and Christmas this year.  When we were staying at Josh's for Thanksgiving this year.  My brother in law Sterling told me about a place called Pictureline that lets you try out lenses before buying.  Trent took me there and we worked it out.  They are not cheap.!! So I had been saving for a while and selling stuff I had.  I also sold my old lens and shipped it off to California today. It was a great lens but not for my style of shooting. After lots of research I had decided on two new ones.  The Canon 50mm 1.2 and the Canon 135mm. . . Which is my favorite poor of the two.  I had the funniest shoot yesterday with Kylee's kids and my new stuff.  Well worth every penny for sure. Doing photography fills a hole in my life and makes me so happy.  I love doing kids and am focusing on that the most now! They aren't always the easiest subjects to shoot but man it is worth it when I have got the shot!! That happened yesterday many times and I love to see myself improving. 
I was also able to score some pretty neat props for newborns from another photographer.  Sweet💗

Lyla's Bday ...

Yes I am a bad mom and just remembered I never posted Lyla's bday. Which was in July and very sad I forgot. Sorry little one! Her cake was made by the very impressive Audrey Lytle, who is moving and my girls are in cake sadness. She has made their b-days so special!!
Lyla,  I am so grateful to be your mother. You are such a delight to have in our family and you make us laugh every single day. You have a stubborn side but I love how sensitive you are too. Your dimples and squishiness are my favorite. Thanks for the awesome hugs and always forgetting to say the 2nd letter in just about every S word. Stop=sop Skin=sin Squishy=swooshy etc. I can't wait for you to become a big sister to this little boy.

Lately. . .

-Evelyn finally got the bump removed on her leg.  We went to the hospital to have it done.  She was so brave and the thing she didn't like the most was getting the stitches out.  It seems to be healing up very well. The doctors and nurses lived her.  She even got pushed out to the car in a wheelchair. 
-I turned 30 on a Sunday and hot realised from yw and was devastated crappy bday surprise! Everyone stayed in BUT me , I cried throughout church.  We had cake at my moms house. 
-Lyla is officially a bike rider. .. She is doing so good and Trent really is awesome at getting the girls going on their bikes.
-Evelyn can ride a fourwheeler by herself which makes Trent super happy😊. 
-Whirly Pear Photography made an appearance in my mom's craft boutique this year.  It was nice to get my name out there.  I am trying to sell a lens and buy two new lenses.  For my bday and Christmas presents this year. I have been busy with photos! Good but exhausting when prego, I am almost 20 weeks;-)

What we have been up to. . .

1- I have been spending all week organizing and washing all of our old baby girl clothes. I have about 5 bins full and am ready to see them go to a new home. I picked out my favorites with both girls for memories. The more I think about it 3 children is gonna be our number. I think I would feel different if I wasn't getting a baby boy this time. I think he will complete our little family perfectly.
2- I did the cutest family session this week of my good friend Gema Davis, she has a really cute 8 month old girl. and we were by the train tracks, I had the baby in a wooden box and out of no where we had 3 dogs coming up and wanting to attack I grabbed the baby nothing happened, but we got the heck out of there. Pretty scary, Gema and I were laughing a lot!! She is a great friend from high school.
3- I have to talk in church today, teach my yw class and watch Evelyn speak in primary, Trent also has to teach. Busy busy Sunday. Tonight Grammy and Papa are coming over for dinner. I love living where my parents live!!
4- One week from today I will be 30....30!!! What happened. Although I am excited for my 30's I still don't want next week to come....oh well:) I will live.
5-Evelyn got to participate in a Speed Meet the elementary school did. She got chosen by the PE teacher. And I think it was a good choice she has always been a fast runner. Well, this was our first year, it was cold that morning so I put Evelyn in jeans not knowing how serious it was. I show up and every kid is in athletic shorts oops. I ran home before her relay race and grabbed some jean shorts. Next year if she gets to do it again I will be prepared!! lol Her relay team got second in the first grade catagory. She got a ribbon and was so excited!! I was one proud mama.
6- Lyla has been difficult this past week I think a new baby will be great but hard for her. Middle child here we come. I love my happy Lyla and it is so hard when she is my fussy throw fit Lyla. Age four is a killer!!
On a more positive note she loves preschool and is thriving in it. I love her teacher so much.
7- I have spend hours training on exposure this week for my camera and it has been all worth it:) I have learned so much through my online training with Jerad Hill, wahoo!!

The Latest With Us. . .

1)Trent has been deer hunting and finally got a deer after a week of searching. It was pretty warm this year. So, they weren't coming out much. Aunt Taryn also got her first hunt. And a great deer too. I told Trent I will never hunt one on my own. lol
2)Lyla loves preschool and has made some friends. I still don't know if I am going to send her to kindergarten next year or the year after that. Tough decision!!
3)Evelyn loves first grade and Mrs. Eide is the best teacher ever. She goes into St. George next week to get her strange bump on her leg removed. She is going to be put to sleep and I love her surgeon so it will go smoothly I imagine.
4)The baby is kicking so much and I felt him around 11 weeks, way earlier than the girls. He must know I need him constantly reminding me that everything is ok in there with him. I just bought lots of baby boy clothes for him and can't wait to use them!! And a new double breast Medela pump from the yard sale sight for a killer deal. That has never been used...SCORE!!
5)I have really been enjoying my new Mark iii camera but man it gets confusing it can do everything and I really gotta know all the in and outs of it all. I have been watching every video I can find and taking lots of notes too.
6)I think I may be close to the end of being sick this pregnancy. This one has been my hardest for sure. This little guy means business!!
7)I am still trying to figure out house plans, man it is tough. I know how I want the exterior to look but the interior is much harder to figure out.

IT'S A BOY!!!

At  16 weeks I got to go find out what we were having. I had dreamed about having a boy all week long. The night before I had about 4 different dreams. Every time I was getting an ultrasound and they would say it is a BOY. I have felt boy this whole time but was trying to keep an open mind still. We really would have been happy with a Boy or Girl. When you go through infertility you take what you get and are very very grateful.
Trent and the girls joined me on this exciting day. Evelyn was taken out of school, but she had a doctors appointment as well. Lyla was excited to come too. We made a fun family day out of it all. They took a while to get us back there and I was dying. Finally, we are in the ultrasound room. Right away we saw his face and he just seemed boy to me. He was looking right at us, and kind of waving. She kept saying that it was moving a lot. We were all laughing. Then she got a bum shot, and said..."That is not an umbilical cord, that is a Boy!!" Trent responded "How sure are you it is a boy?" She said "100 percent". I was just so happy and laughing and all of that. they gave me this cute little boy bag right after. I was so happy to be holding blue. The girls were excited as well.
We couldn't find Evelyn's doc's office and we were so late to that. So, we didn't tell anyone the news until we were in the docs office or after Evelyn's appointment. And our family was dying to know. haha.
After our appointments we went to Cafe Rio, and to Costco and Walmart. It was fun to buy the little guy a blue boy outfit.
We are really having a hard time with names. We don't love Hudson like we used to and Trent doesn't like any other ones I have thrown at him. So, I am having a hard time still calling this boy....baby boy and not a name. Ya know!!!
I feel so blessed by my Heavenly Father to be given the chance to be a mother to this sweet boy and I feel like he will complete our family nicely. I think 3 will be our lucky number!! I am getting ready to sell my girl stuff:)

BIG NEWS!!!

  Change the top photo to say 2015 and it is correct. I am finally pregnant!!How does it feel.....I can't express how grateful I am to be in this position once again. Although I feel it is still a little hard to celebrate it all, with having family and friends who have been so desiring to have the same thing happen to them. I feel guilty in a way but also am really trying to enjoy it all. 

  Our little bundle of Joy will be arriving April 14th 2015. How did it happen? Well I will tell you. Trent and I were so close to moving on with our lives. We had been trying for 2 years after my last miscarriage and getting no where really. I knew we wanted another child but we just didn't know how it would happen. We kept telling ourselves to be grateful for our two girls. At least we have them. 

  The next step  my doctor wanted to try was IUI also known as artificial insemination. I was skeptical for months. That won't work for me, I had never talked to someone that worked for, it is expensive, I can't take Femera again with the back pain it put me in, I am just too scared to put my heart into trying something new.....ya the list goes on and on. 

  I was discussing it with my mom one day and she told me my Aunt Margaret tried for 6 years before she had a child.....and she got pregnant through IUI. What?? How come I had never heard this story. Then that peaked my interest a little bit. So, I started discussing it with my doctor and Trent more. He was all for trying it but I was still scared. 

  I prayed about it and felt peace. Whenever I would attend the temple with my heart full to find an answer about having another child. I always got the same answer and didn't know why......."All is well....just be patient". To be honest that answer kinda was hard to take. I kept expecting "You are done, be grateful for your two girls"....OR "You will have another one!" 

  Now that I look back Heavenly Father has been so kind to me and made me learn so much about patience and really waited until I almost gave up. But, I think that is just what I needed now. I have more love for others and their trials and more understanding as well.
  Here is how it happened. I was put back on Femera (which killed my back before but didn't this time cause my wonderful hubby gave me a blessing) to make sure I ovulated and then went and got an ultrasound. They said I had 2 very good looking eggs. And that I needed to come back in 48 hours to do the procedure. Thank goodness for Grandparents here who are willing to babysit emergency. We went back up to St. George Sat. and stayed the night. We had to be at the hospital at 7am. Trent and I had a wonderful night together and we felt at peace that if the procedure worked or it didn't work we would try to accept whatever the outcome was. And we were ok with it all. The procedure was fast and easy and then we crossed our fingers for the next two weeks. We didn't tell anyone what we did, cause I didn't want to get my hopes or my families hopes up. I took a PG test and it was my 100th negative. But, it was a few days before my missed period. So, I waited until the day my period was due. POSITIVE TEST, POSITIVE TEST.....WAIT IT REALLY IS POSITIVE?! Such a weird feeling when you can't get one for 2 years every month. I went and stopped Trent from mowing the lawn and told him. He couldn't believe it either. Now to keep the baby I was kind of a mess the next 5 weeks. We didn't tell a soul. We told our families after I had an ultrasound around 81/2 weeks. The heartbeat was very strong and the baby looked perfect.
  But the next week I started bleeding bad and bled all day long. I lost a huge blood clot in the toilet and was so worried my baby was in it. I was preparing myself for the worst, yet trying to stay positive. But, I still felt really sick and tired. I had to wait in until Monday to go in!! What a long,...horrible weekend. Trent really helped me keep my head up and was amazing. He gave me a blessing that no matter what happened we would be able to handle it well. Monday Trent drove me in and the first thing they did was an ultrasound. There the baby was healthy as can be perfect heart beat. They noticed I had a little bit of bleeding in my uterus. I had that with Lyla too. They said that may have caused my bleeding but they weren't sure. They told me that if I started to bleed again I was to go back in. I cried I was so grateful the baby was ok. It made me even more aware that my Heavenly Father cares about the desires of my heart. I have not bled since and still sick. lol
  When we drove home that day we were in the biggest rain storm of our lives. I was so happy Trent was driving. Our valley and interstate got flooded. We barely made it home with traffic stopped and the water everywhere. I am so grateful I didn't have to wait a whole week to know my baby was still in there. lol
  Every day I am sick I try to be thankful for it since it means I am expecting and the baby is doing great. We get to find out what we are having October 27th. We can't wait. I have felt boy the whole time. However, I am not set on that, I have guessed wrong before. I know that if we have a girl we will be delighted too. But, a boy would be something new and fun too.
  I will be having another planned C-section one week early. I am scared but it is what it is. And that is that. I love my two doctors and know they will take care of me. I will post a belly shot soon. Until then......the baby and I will be taking it easy and getting through each day at a time. I am 13 weeks tomorrow!!
  I wanted to personally thank all of you who have kept me and my family in your prayers over the last 2 years. It means so much to Trent and I on how many people care about our lives. Love you all!!

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