Ohhhh Were Halfway there!!

Hooray for being halfway there! I know it will seem long for the time being but i also know that it will go by fast! I am finally 20 weeks along and officially resorting to maternity clothing =]. Doc appointment is tomorrow and i will be scheduling another appointment for an ultrasound. Stay tuned!!

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Success!!!

I got a food processor for Xmas and i decided to use it finally! I made dinner (my version of p.f. Chang's chicken wraps...soooo yummy!) and then after that i wanted to try out bread again. The processor came with 4 different blades and one of them was a dough blade and you can use it to mix all the ingredients together and knead the dough! Well the first time i tried to make Challa bread i didn't have my fancy shmancy machine and it just didn't turn out right. But this time it was a success!! I also braided the bread to make it look pretty =]

My first attempt..looks like the loaf is about to have a baby!And the one im proud of =]

Snow

Watching the news this morning we were deciding on a day to go up to the mountains and see the snow! When we saw it was snowing in Yucaipa we decided to go right then. I absolutely love this cold weather!

Some of the Yucaipa mountains
The Family I'm at an angle where you cant really see my bump but tomorrow i will be posting pictures of that! =]

Aiden as you can see by his disgusted face...doesn't like it.

He was OK with it at first until he fell and then he was done!

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Always a time for Firsts!

We went to Chuck E. Cheese for the first time as a family! ME and Cody have been before of course but this was Aiden's first time and he loved it! The only thing that sucked was we went on a Saturday night...need i explain more? Even though it was crowded we still managed to have fun. We didn't let Aiden crawl in the tubes because we didn't want to lose him! We had a really great coupon that we got in our Up blu-ray movie and we just decided to go randomly. This was also Aiden's first time riding on a 25 cent machine!

Where Cody spent the majority of his time.
Aiden really liked this one...so did Cody

He found something that spun in the kiddie area!

This was Aiden's Second ride.

This was his first one and the machine broke right as he got to it but he liked moving the steering wheel =]

FINALLY!!!!

I have waited a very long 18 weeks to finally say i can feel the baby kicking!! This confirms for me that there is actually something growing in there! I woke up 2 days ago and was just laying in bed on my back and i felt 5 kicks in a row! The started from the middle of my tummy and traveled to my right side. I am so very excited and in 2 more weeks we can have an official answer to what we are having!!

2010!!

Where has the time gone?! 3 years ago i was dating Cody,2 years ago i was pregnant with Aiden, and 1 year ago he was only 6 months old. Now he is almost a toddler!! There are a few things this year i would like to improve on. I don't really like making new years resolutions because i never keep them! So these are things that i would like to do more/better: Read more to Aiden. I read to him probably once a week and it seems to calm him down alot more. He has so many books and he really does like it when i do read to him.

Cook more. I already do cook more than half of the week. The other part is just frozen foods or takeout. I would really like to get a schedule down and get more easy/healthy recipes! The best part is that i enjoy cooking!
More family time. It seems like my time is always taken up by TV shows i want to watch or those addicting facebook games(you all know em!). I would like to do more with Aiden like taking him to the park every day instead of 3 times a week or finding cheap fun things i can do with him and Cody. We do have a dvr so maybe i can limit myself and record my shows and have a day to myself to watch them.

Teaching Aiden more. I had always wanted to become a teacher all throughout school. Now that i have an 18 month old and one on the way i feel like being a stay at home mom is what i was meant to do! I love being at home with Aiden and watching him grow but i would like to do more education stuff with him. I already have flashcards for him and that worked for maybe a day. Then he got a hold of them and ate/chewed on a couple. Maybe i can start numbers now =]

Grow more Spiritually. It seems like i have been slacking just a little in this department. I would like to be able to read the scriptures daily and do more family prayers. I would also love to visit the temple more often. After all it is practically in our backyard! I do need to get a new dress though since my abdomen is growing =]

I am so thankful for my family and my wonderful husband that help me out when i need it. And i hope i at least touch all of these categories by the end of this new and exciting year!!