Sock Monkey

Isn't this Monkey the cutest thing you've ever seen? I wanted to buy our baby girl a stuffed animal that was non-traditional. Plus I've always liked monkeys so when i saw this i couldn't pass it up. I found this little argyle sock monkey on etsy.com the name of the seller is storeyshop, she make all different colored monkey socks. It's the first thing we've bought for our little girl, I cant wait to give it to her.

It's a GIRL!!!

We're having a girl!!! We're so excited, we've felt like we were having a girl from the beginning and we were right. We don't have any names picked out yet for her. It will most likely take us the whole rest of the pregnancy to come up with a name for her.

The lady doing the ultrasounds told us our baby would most likely be long since her legs measured in the 90 percentile, she's most definitely Jason's baby, They told us everything looked great. I cant wait to go shopping and do the nursery!

Baby quiz

How far along: 18 Weeks
Total weight gain: 4 pounds
How much does baby weigh: about 11.0 oz
Maternity clothes: I Just bought my first pair of maternity jeans. They are very comfy.
Stretch marks: Not yet, I hope to keep it that way but im not holding my breath.
Sleep: I sleep pretty well at this point, only waking up at 5:00 am to pee.
Best moment this week: Feeling the baby move adn hopefully finding out what we're having on Thursday
Movement: Yes, I think, It feels like bubbles.
Food cravings: It depends on the day but nothing that I crave all the time.
Belly button in or out: in-way in.
What I miss: Wearing clothing that I feel attractive in.
What I'm looking forward to: Finding out what we're having on thursday! I cant wait...

St. George

Last weekend I headed down to St. George with my parents. Jason couldn't come due to work, so we had to have all the fun without him. This trip was planned by my Grandma Quinn so most of the Quinn side was there. It was so much fun just swimming and being out in the sun with the fam. I thought I would write about some of the highlights.

1. Everyone pretty much deciding that we're having a girl. (We find out next week, stay tuned)

2. My Aunts telling me all sorts of wonderful birth stories, its a good thing i still have 5 months until that day..

3. Seeing my sister and her family. I love getting to spend time with them.

4. Drew wearing nylons. He tried shoes on in JCPenny and then wouldn't take the nylons off to put his sandals back on.

5. IN-N-OUT Burger. Enough said.

6. Climbing up to a look out spot to see over the valley.

7. Bowling! Drew was so funny to watch and thought it was his turn after every one, He did bowl pretty well though.

8. Driving home sitting in the middle of Preston and Drew. A little cramped but still very fun.

The trip as a blast and a much needed break away from the everyday. I hope they plan a trip like this for next year!

Camping

Last Saturday Jason and I went camping with some good friends of ours Chuck and Melissa. They've been begging us to go for 2 years and we were finally able to make our schedules work to go.
Saturday at about 3:00 pm we headed up Payson Canyon, I was surprised to see all the wild life up there (the cows with the tags in their ears were beautiful.) I guess a lot of people like to go camping because every spot was taken. We kept driving up and up and up until I was positive we had made it to the top, which is exactly what happened. When we started to come down the Nephi side of the mountain I was afraid we wouldn't find any place to camp, then low and behold there was a spot! Now when I say spot what I mean is we found a meadow that was not far off the road. We walked back into the trees about 20 steps and found this nice open place. The ground was pretty soft and the cows had even left a some presents. I'm actually pretty sure the cows were laughing at us because i think we spent the night in their designated bathroom. We had to use a shovel to scoop out some of their belongings.

After we got all settled in Chuck started a dutch oven dinner. It was pretty good but left me craving Brett Calder's dutch oven chicken.. For any of you who have even been to a crescent park 6th ward girls camp you know how good this chicken is. ::mouth watering:: Anyway moving on. The cows tried to come back to claim their land while we were eating dinner but Chuck and Jason threw some rocks by them and they ran off in a hurry.
I hadn't been camping in a long time and there's little things you forget like toilet paper and that sleeping on a slant means your going to wake up in a ball at the bottom of the tent. There were new things that I learned too like if your pregnant your still going to have to pee every hour no matter if your in the woods or at home and that using a cooler to "lean" against while peeing in the middle of the night is a big help.

All in all camping was a blast but a lot of work for one night. I'm glad that we had a chance to get away from everyday life and spend some time in the mountains with some good friends. Hopefully we'll get to do it again soon..