20 week ultrasound  

Posted by Amber

Here are the pictures from our 20 week ultrasound.

 She has ribs :)
 All snuggled up
 Umm... top of her head maybe? I think?
 Nothing there . . . . We'll verify she's a she at 28 weeks :)
Getting sick of the pictures, just like her daddy ;) 

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It's a . . .  

Posted by Amber

CUPCAKE!
bahahahahaha

Oh! You wanted to see what was inside?




Okay, okay. Fine. We'll show you :)

It's a GIRL!

 Not everyone was thrilled with the news.... poor McKade.
 Everyone else was pretty excited, though. (And it's okay Mom's on the phone - my sister Mari was on the other end :))

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Independence Day 2012  

Posted by Amber

Yay for holidays!  We had an awfully busy 4th this year, it seemed like.  We started the day, as usual, with the Provo parade.  Mariona and Myron's families came up for the holiday, so I hung out with them to watch the parade.  We were also joined by Carol and Joannie and some of their children.  Good times.  Oh, and Mocha of course was there :)

 Family
Myron
 Dad and Mom
 More family
 and more
 teehee - Mocha sticking her tongue out
 Carol, Paul, and Joannie
 Mocha is a hit with the kids - Marquessa and Felicity
 Husband!
Mocha chillaxing under my chair after the parade.

After the parade, Mocha and I hung out for awhile.  Matt was near the end, so we knew we had time before he'd make his way back to the beginning of the parade.  We did eventually get back to the car, where I remembered how to start Matt's car so we could sit with some air conditioning :)

After the parade, we were home for 1 to 2 hours is all.  Matt changed and prepped for the Sandy parade and we took a short breather before heading up to my parents' house for a BBQ.  We didn't realize how many people were going to be there!  I think Joannie had all of her family, we had Myron and Maritza's families, Paul and Carol and Sammi and Amir were there, and Heidi and Tiffany's families were there.  Holy crap.  Oh! And Sunny and Quincy.  Craziness.  So much family I don't even know.  We enjoyed some lunch and chatting - and some uber delicious birthday cake thanks to Vicki.  Yum!  After that, we loaded back into the car to drive to Sandy for their parade.  Only this time, Matt was playing with Wasatch and District (which put him near to the end again.  Good thing Sandy is short :))
 So hot.

 We found a nice shady spot to lay the blanket down.
 White Peaks
 I was super impressed and happy with the County Recorder, who tossed a couple of dog treats for Mocha.  She hadn't really had any dog food all day, just people scraps.  Mocha enjoyed her treats immensely.
 Wasatch and District
 We didn't finish watching the whole parade, as Matt was back at the car and wanted to leave :)
 Mocha fell asleep on his sleeve
Long day and one pooped puppy.

Our day was not yet done, however.  After the parade, we went to Provo to Shawn and Roxanne's where the Hadfield side of the family had a BBQ and was doing fireworks, before heading to the park to watch the Stadium of Fire fireworks.
 Again, Mocha was a hit with the small children.  I was happy with how well she did with them all over her.  Poor thing.


Hanging at the park, waiting for fireworks.

We did finally make it home.  Once we got out of the subdivision, we even had little traffic to contend with. (Yay for heading up the hill to Orem!)  We were all very tuckered out after all of the fun. :)

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Welcome Home, Devan!  

Posted by Amber

Devan returned home from his mission to León, Mexico on Monday, July 2nd.  Lucky for me, he was scheduled to arrive around 8:45pm, and I got out of work (in Draper) at 8pm.  I got to the airport as the rest of the family was arriving.  I forgot my camera, so all of my pics were on my phone and not the best, but here are a few of the happy occasion.


 Comparing


 Meeting Charlie
 Matt cheesing it


Stolen from FB - hehehe


Welcome home, Devan! We're excited to have you back!

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Updates  

Posted by Amber

Not too much exciting has been happening around here lately.  I'm now 17 weeks along and have not been obsessing over everything baby anymore.  Granted, that may change in the next 3.5 weeks when we get to find out the gender.

Matt is still doing the work thing, the scout thing, and the two pipe bands thing.  He stays pretty busy :) 

On the 8th and 9th of June, we went to the Utah Scottish Festival.  Friday night was nice.  The weather was decent and the tattoo was pretty good.  I especially liked the drum major exhibition.  It was fun to see drum major friends.  (I got another hug from Jason Paguio...I wonder if he really knows who I am? We *are* FB friends, and I've tagged him in some photos, but does that mean he recognizes me, really? One of these days I'm going to ask him lol)  Damsel in this Dress was also there.  I got to see my cousins Ashlee and Natalie.  Sadly, Natalie was not feeling well at all on Friday night, but I sat in the booth and chatted with her for quite awhile.

 Matt helping the high school pipe band.  Next to him is Logan, who is in our ward.  Cute kid :)
David McCormick and Jason Paguio 
 Jason Paguio and Kevin Conquest
Arturo Herrera, Jason Paguio, Kevin Conquest

Saturday, Matt had solos.  I also hung out with Natalie for a little bit and introduced her to our extended family who was helping in the piping tent.  The weather was nice.  Justin played for both Matt and Daniel, and screwed up for both of them.  It was pretty entertaining.  Matt took second in both competitions.

 Ashlee and Natalie at the Damsel in this Dress booth.
 Matt soloing - thanks for taking the pictures, Natalie!
Matt and Justin

Later in the afternoon, the wind picked up.  It got super bad, and SUPER cold.  It was difficult, I bet, for the bands to compete in it.  After Wasatch and District grade 3's performance, Matt and I were on the other side of the field from White Peak's tent.  As we walked back, we noticed an ambulance.  When we got back to the tent, we found out that our two large garage-type tents and blown away. (Yes, they were staked and secured. I told you the wind was bad.) Apparently one of them hit a lady and knocked her unconscious for about a minute.  She was the one in the amublance.  Since we were on the other side of the park, we didn't see it happen.  However, it sounds like they were working on getting the easy-ups down and were about to bring down the other two tents when they took off.  Quite an adventurous day.

 Our friend Glenn Kvidahl judging.
 Another casualty of the heavy wind.  This little guy isn't fully fledged, so he was sort of gliding from place to place.  He wasn't so fond of getting caught, though.


As for me, our Draper phone center at work is nigh unto done.  We went up for the first orientation last week.  It's a nice facility.  I'm quite excited to work there.  We were supposed to be up and running yesterday, but the internet got hooked up to the wrong building (because the address on the lease was wrong...), so now it may be another week!  However, I went up yesterday and helped to interviews.  Have I mentioned I'm excited to work there?  It will be a nice change of pace, indeed.

Umm, Father's Day.  We went to church... :)  I had sharing time, and it went very well :)  Our ward did pie for the guys.  My parents also brought over a huge Costco apple pie for Matt on Saturday (unfortunately, I was working).  After church, we visited with my parents.  Then we headed home to collect the puppy and went the Matt's parents for dinner and visiting.  Mocha found the kittens outside.  They're growing up so fast!  One especially just sat and kept an eye on Mocha, even after she'd moved onto something else. lol  That night, I made cake and we watched more Deep Space 9 :)

I think that pretty much brings us up-to-date.

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