And it's a....

BOY!!!!!!

It may be hard to see if you don't know where to look, but we had a surprise ultrasound this morning and it's definitely a boy!!! We are SO EXCITED!!! We were pretty sure it was a boy, but now we know for sure! I absolutely love my Matty and I'm so excited for him to have a buddy! We were absolutely shocked to see that our little son was already sucking his finger and holding his ear! For those of you that don't know, our little Matty does that and was doing it in his ultrasound at 20 weeks! Scott and I just looked at each other and laughed! He's already like his big brother and we couldn't be happier!

Happy Father's Day to the Best Daddy!

We love our daddy...he's the best daddy in the whole world!


Scott is such a wonderful dad! He works so hard, but still makes time to take Matthew out and play baseball, walk to the park, wrestle, and read to him! He has so much patience for Matthew it's incredible! He loves our little baby bundle already! Seeing him hold Matthew for the first time was one of the most cherished moments in my whole life and I can't wait to see him hold and love this baby! He is so amazing and we love him so much! He's my source of strength! I feel honored the be the mom who gets to stand by his side!

So here's to you daddy! We all love you!

I couldn't let father's day go by with out saying thank you to my own dad! It's funny how my dad and my children's dad have so many of the same characteristics! I absolutely adore my dad and I don't know what I would do without him! He is also a great source of strength for me and I can always depend on him to call or send me a text right at the moment that I need it the most! Thank you dad...here's to you!



Presents for Daddy
I took Matthew to a place called Color Me Mine where you can paint pre-made ceramic things. It's actually really cool! We did it at Christmas time too. I let Matthew pick out whatever he wanted to paint for Daddy. He picked a baseball piggy bank that was wearing a hat! (He loves baseball!) He did a really good job! It now proudly sits on daddy's desk at work! We put Angels tickets inside the piggy bank! We can't wait to go to a game! :)

Matthew colored daddy's card and even wrote his own name! (Something recently learned and it's so cute!) I should have taken a close up of the baseball because it's so cute!

The baby even gave daddy a gift for father's day...a complete kit to change diapers and a certificate certifying him to be the official diaper changer! Since we don't know the gender of the baby yet, the colors were neutral! Scott was very excited! :) hehe

The kit was complete with diapers, wipes, diaper cream, rubber gloves, air freshener, goggles (for when it gets really messy), a bottle for midnight feedings, and a couple burp cloths I made. It was really fun! Scott's such a good dad that he really doesn't need something like that, but it was funny anyways!

A night with Daddy!

A couple of weeks ago, Scott and Matthew attempted to go to their first Father's and Son's Outing. But when we realized that it was an hour away and they weren't going to spend the night, Scott decided to take Matty out for a night, just the two of them! We've been wanting to make this a monthly thing, so this was the perfect time to start! Scott took Matty to the park and then to Chuck E' Cheese! They had so much fun together and I got a quiet night to myself! :)

One of the most exciting things for Matthew was riding in Daddy's car! Since he never gets to, this was quite the exciting event! When he came home, he told me, "Mommy, I rode in Daddy's car!"
Matthew's shirt says, "My daddy has super powers!"

See, he can't keep his eyes off Daddy's car! :)

There's nothing like watching the 2 people you love the most in the whole world love each other so much!

LA Museum of Natural History

So I decided that because it's only going to be just me and Matthew for about 5 more months, I made a list of things that I want to do with Matthew before we have to start carting a baby around. (Which don't get me wrong, I am excited to have 2, I just want to take advantage of this opportunity while I have it!)

Our first goal is to go to all the museums around here. We live so close to so many wonderful museums and Matthew LOVES to learn, so it seemed like a good way to start. Plus, most of these museums have free admission days, so how could we go wrong!

We started with the LA Museum of Natural History. This was a total score! Matthew absolutely loved this museum! He still talks about it and we went there a month ago (I know I'm slow to update my blog!) If we lived closer, I would go more often! They had all these exhibits of animals across the world. I don't know if they were life sized models or really animals that had been "stuffed" and preserved, but Matthew loved them! Especially the elephants! For some reason, elephants are Matthew's favorite animal right now! Unfortunately, I could not figure out how to get my camera to take a good picture, but here's the best I could do with the elephants!


Matthew had a blast at the Kids Center! They had so many things to explore and touch! They had an insect exhibit, but because I am absolutely terrified of spiders (and I saw a HUGE one by accident), Matthew didn't get to explore that area! We'll have to go back with Daddy one day!

Digging for dinosaur bones.



They had this dinosaur (that may or may not have been real) that had removable bones, so the kids could put the dinosaur together! It took some convincing for him to go up to the teeth!


This horn table was really cool! They had horn from all different kinds of animals for the kids to touch! Looks like Matty learned where a horn goes! :)



I love that look on Matthew's face...he's looking at the Nemo tank!



And the highlight of the day...the Butterfly exhibit! Matthew absolutely loved the butterflies! Whenever he talks about the museum, it's always the elephants and butterflies! Because it was kind of a wet, dreary day, the butterflies weren't really flying around which worked out perfectly because Matthew could get up close!






We had a such a fun day together! I can't wait for the rest of the summer, so we can do everything on our list together! I just love this little boy so much!

Newport Beach Temple

In April Conference, there was a talk given called "Sacred Home, Sacred Temple" by Elder Gary E. Stevenson. He said, "Even our young children have been encouraged to visit the temple grounds and touch the temple. President Thomas S. Monson once counseled, “As we touch the temple, the temple will touch us." I had never thought of this before, so we
took Matthew to see and touch the Newport Beach Temple. We tried going one Sunday and on a Monday for FHE, but the grounds were closed, so we had 2 family home evenings this week. It was a perfect afternoon to go.


Matthew really loved the waterfall.

My little pouch...it doesn't look like I'm pregnant, it just looks like I had too much to eat! I started showing with Matty pretty quick too, but luckily it feels like I'm carrying this baby higher because I can still wear my pants! With Matthew, I was out of my regular pants pretty quick! In a month or two, I might actually look pregnant! :)

We taught Matthew about the Angel Moroni and how he is on the top of our temples! He was very excited about that! The pictures below are of Matthew showing us Moroni and telling us, "He's on the top!"

It was a wonderful experience and one that Matthew learned from! Every night we have to sing a song about temples! Hopefully he felt how important temples are and what a blessing they are to us! We feel so lucky to be blessed to live so close to a temple!