It's a.......

BOY!!!!!

I was so right! We could not be more excited. We have already bought clothes and I am itching to go out again and buy more! haha! Lillie still doesn't really get it but she knows there is a brother coming and she points to my tummy when we talk about the baby. She is going to be such a great big sister!

Thankfully, everything looks good on the ultrasound....what a relief for a mom to hear! Now we just have to wait nineteen more weeks for this handsome baby boy to make his debut! Oh, and we have to come up with a name. 

Blogging

Wow, blogging sure gets me sometimes. I haven't typed anything out in six months. Six months! I mean, I still keep up with everyone else's blog, I love looking at pictures and finding out how everyone is doing. However, for some reason I just can't sit down and force myself to write. I really need to be writing down the funny stories that happen everyday (and even the panic-ridden ones) for Lillie's sake. I guess I just need to take it a day at a time. Meh, maybe a week at a time.

Lillie is growing up SO fast! She is currently 20 months old and is learning new things every day. One of her favorite things is nursery. She LOVES it! Every Sunday she grabs our hands and drags us over to the nursery room so that she can go and play with her friends and leaders. Last Sunday we had to take her out in between classes to change her diaper and she was so happy to see us and tell us (disclaimer: Lillie can't really say words yet. She just jabbers still in the language that only her family knows) how much fun she is having. I was worried that she might not want to go back after seeing mommy and daddy but as happy as she was to see us, she was just as happy to go back and enjoy the remaining hour of nursery. Can I just say that nursery is the greatest thing ever!

Here is a picture of our Lillie with all of her Toy Story toys...she loves the movies and loves having her toys with her as she watches it. :)

In other good news, we are expecting again!!!! We are super excited and slightly terrified all at the same time. :) Lillie is seriously going to be the best big sister ever! I can see her being so soft and sharing all of her toys with the new baby and then I can also see her carrying the baby by the foot in to the bathrrom while I am taking a shower to inform me that the baby was crying. haha! But really, she is going to be the best sister.

This pregnancy for me has been pretty good so far. I have definitely been more sick that I was with Lillie but still not anywhere near the level where I could complain about. I am always snacky and constantly scouring the pantry for new things to just magically appear. My poor mom is sitll answering pregnancy questions every single day....I didn't think I would have very many the second time around. But I do. The only major thing happening is muscle soreness....oh, and dreams. I don't sleep anymore becuse I wake up either to leg cramping or seriously weird, VIVID dreams. Yeah, so fun! However, that has been all so I am grateful. We still don't know whether or not baby #2 is a boy or girl but we find out next week. I am convinced it is a boy and Jake is convinced it is a girl. Like a lady in our ward said, "Well, one of you will get to tell the other that you were right!" haha! I told Jake that whoever is wrong needs to take the other out to dinner so that way I get dinner out either way. haha! Here is a picture of our sweet baby:

Priceless Moments

Here are just a few of the moments I treasure with Lillie.......Warning: This is a mushy post. :)

• During random dance parties with Aunt Margaret Lillie will attempt a head bang.
• The words I hear every morning when Lillie wakes up, "mom, mom, mom, mom, mom, mom". And those words don't stop until the next night when she is finally asleep again.
• Watching "Blue's Clues" with Lillie and watching her follow Steve's actions with her hands.
• The kisses she gives me....puckered lips and all.
• Right when she wakes up from a nap or from sleeping at night. She is super cuddly and usually just wants to hold someone.
• Her laugh is adorable! It's very toothy and pretty dramatic.
• Rocking her to sleep each night.
• Bath time.
• Watching the pure joy spread across her face when she realizes her daddy just pulled up coming home from work. She waves her hand and usually screams to get his attention.
• When we are at the store with my family and she notices one of her aunties or grandma or grandpa in the distance she yells at the top of her lungs so that they will see her. She also yells at a few kids from our ward during sacrament meeting when she spots them. (We are working on that one. :)
• Her latest faces....eyebrows raised, eyes wide open, and lips puckered, and head tilted slightly to the sky.
• Learning new words.
• Watching her learn and figure things out on her own.
• She is also very obedient and I love it when she listens to me because I know she loves me.
• Seeing her reaction whenever we pass something "Dora the Explorer" related at the grocery store.
• Singing "I love you" the "Barney" song with her and her daddy. She hugs us and gives us a kiss at the appropriate times!
• Prayer time....she folds her arms and tries to say "amen" at the end.
• During the sacrament she has to look for the "boys" (the deacons and teachers who are passing the sacrament). She loves getting the bread and water!

I love my little Lillie!

Happy Birthday, Jake!

Happy Birthday to this guy.....

He is so handsome! :) Yesterday, June 5, was Jake's birthday! He turned 27 years old. For some reason that sounds really, really old to me. haha!

It was a quiet day and Jake was able to take the day off from work. For his birthday he got a spray paint gun, a sander and bunch of little props to go along with his air compressor. Yeah, he's a guy. :) He also got some Tostito chips and Pepsi from Caroline and a sweet card from Margaret. Thanks Mom and Dad for the Home Depot gift card....Jake had way too much fun spending it! He got even more money from his mom and dad. He sure did rake it in!

We love you Jake and are so grateful you were born 27 years ago so that you could be the dad of our family! You are the best dad and husband in the whole world and I am so incredibly lucky to have you as my eternal companion!

1 Year Pictures

As promised......isn't she beautiful? Our sweet, sweet Lillie.

Wow! What a Month!

This month has been super busy for the Roundy family! And I have loved every second of it!

On May 9 Jake and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary. I can't believe it has been four years already! It seems like an eternity and a few seconds at the same time! Jake stayed home from work that day which ended up being the best part of the day! Lillie woke up sick and the doctor told us that she had a really bad ear infection and a very red sore throat. Yay! So we went to Smith's for the antibiotic and then picked up some Cafe Rio for lunch. Happy 4 Years! :) (P.S. Lillie is doing much better now)

May 12 - we celebrated Lillie's 1st birthday! We had a little birthday party here at home and had so much fun! Thanks to those of you who came to support little Lillie! It was a happy day full of quick trips to Costco, haha! Lillie loved opening her presents and was completely overwhelmed with the attention. However, she quickly got used to it. :)

May 13 - This is Lillie's actual birthday and it also happened to be Mother's Day! It was a very special day! We opened mother's day gifts in the morning and then ran around trying to get ready for church the rest of the day. Jake and Lillie gave me some Diet Coke and some exercising bands (both of which I had been hinting at for weeks). It was also fun because we got to spend the day with my mom (we still live in the basement). I hope you had a good mother's day, mom! We love you!

This day was also special because Elder Raines was able to skype with us for just over an hour! Oh, how proud I am of my brother! He is doing such a great job in Colombia and I can't believe he has been gone for one whole year! This next year better go by quickly!!!!

May 15 - Happy Birthday Jessica Roundy!!!!!!!!!!

May 17 - Happy Birthday Dad Roundy!!!!!!!!!!

May 19 - We had Lillie's 1 year old pictures taken. We even got a few family pictures snuck in. My Lillie is so beautiful!!! Pictures to come soon...........

Things On My Mind......

• I'm tired and my toes are cold.
• Lillie is playing with my shoes, my dirty ones.
• Oh my gosh what is in Lillie's mouth!
• Lillie loves TV. Anything colorful and loud and musical. Should I be worried that she watches so much TV in a day? meh.
• Jake is still at work and I wish he was home. I also wish that he did not have to work tomorrow.
• Losing weight is NO fun. I only have eight points left for the day. Yippee.
• Lillie is adorable. She is dancing to Dora the Explorer right now.
• I need to clean up.................
• I need to put away laundry. I am ashamed at how lazy I am when it comes to laundry.
• I can smell food cooking.
• Money is dumb.
• I finished my project that I was working on (a Family Home Evening bucket). OK. I am not "done". It will be an ongoing project the rest of my life.
• I need a new project. (Frame painted red for my calendar?)
• If I swallow gum does that count as having eaten food for the day? Do I need to track that?????
• I LOVE being a mom. It really is what I was meant to do.
• Lillie turns one year old in a week (AAAAGGGHHHHH!!!!)
• I can't wait for our trip to the cabin.
• Food.
• SO grateful for my family, all of them!
• I am grateful it is 4:00 pm and the day is starting to wind down.
• I wish Lillie would have taken two naps today.
• I have a to do list with about a bajillion things on it yet to be done and instead I am writing on this blog. :)
• I can do hard things.
• Hope everyone is having a great day!!!