Drumroll please...

IT"S A BOY! Jared and I had our ultrasound today and our little bebe left no doubt that he's a boy! Thankfully measurements and growth/development are right on point. We are so excited! Jared kept telling all his family that he has a little hunting buddy coming. I am looking forward to seeing the special father-son bond they will soon develop, but he'll definitely be a mama's boy. The name we are pretty set on is Cole Matthew Morris. Now I can get started on all my craft projects for the nursery! We went to a birthday lunch with some of Jared's family to tell them the news and it was so yummy! Cole really enjoyed my chicken salad...oh my goodness- it's crazy to finally be able to put a name to our little bundle!

Here is his little face. These pictures aren't easy to see, it was much clearer on the ultrasound monitor. In case you can't tell, his head is on the right.

Jared is stubborn- so stubborn that he would not smile for this picture! I am predicting seeing this same look on a mini-Jared face soon enough

Here we are celebrating at lunch- notice someone else refusing to smile for the camera...Morris boys are stubborn! What are we going to do with another stubborn Morris boy on his way?!!

Boys and their toys

Waiting on the next job, the boys had the day off- but they weren't about to waste their free time. Today I went with them to an indoor archery range. Jared was really excited to find a new hobby for the winter months...all I have to say is come June he's trading in his big boy toys for diapers and wipes! I told the owner guy to only allow Jared to come twice a month! And just so you know we went to Porter's craftstore after the archery session, so it was a fair trade. Jared and I can't believe our ultrasound is tomorrow, we can't wait!

Buddies

Last night Jared & I got to babysit our nephew Caleb for a few hours. We need all the practice we can get before June! Here are some pics of Caleb who climbed up all by himself and plopped himself right next to Jared. Stay tuned...Thursday is when we find out the sex of the baby so hurry and cast your vote!

Family Gathering

This weekend Lou and Chance came for a visit. Early Saturday morning all the boys went to spot some wildlife. Jared said he stuffed his new backpack so it was really heavy when he was hiking to test himself...does that sound like fun to you?...not to me- I have a stuffed pack in the front that I can't just take off! Speaking of the baby, I included a pic so my mom could see my tummy. Chance and Lou brought their wii, an interactive video game where you can exercise. I think I did about every game on it because it was so fun! There's a test where you stand on a board and it tests your balance on wii fit, it said I have the balancing ability of a 31 year old, and Jared is 38. I'm pregnant- Jared what's your excuse? After fun and games we all went bowling and Jeanne came out on top. It was a great weekend, getting to spend time with family!
20 weeks down and 20 more to go!

Playing tennis on wii, Lou made our players look like us

Jared trying to balance on the wii-fit board

Driving on wii- I told you we played a lot

My goal: to not come in dead last every time

Morris family bowling

Happy New Year!

On New Year's eve we went to Daniel & Jeanne's for munchies and games. It was fun and even Daniel got in on the game playing action. We played a card game called Wizard. Jared & Mary joined forces to try to extinguish my lead, but I still came out on top! Then on New Year's Jared & I, along with friend Jason and his boys, when to Rigby lake to go ice-fishing. Thank goodness we had a little hut to sit in because the wind was howling and bitter cold. Only Jason's son Wyatt caught a fish. Wyatt was keeping a record of how many minutes it took his fish to freeze and die...he said he set the world record with 14 minutes and still alive! We ended the day by going to IF to watch Will Smith's new movie, 7 pounds, with Mary & friend Holly...we all really liked the movie by the way. All in all we started 09' off with a bang!

Playing monopoly

Jared & Daniel were the last two standing. Daniel claimed victory

Here Caleb is being cute in his jammies. He plopped right down and posed for the camera. Luckilly my camera got a cute shot because it is so slow to take a stinkin picture!

Caleb would just start crawling up my back when I was sitting down so finally I gave in and gave him a piggy back ride


Jared leaning to look for fish...his leaning sometimes resulted in his bucket sliding out from under him and Jared on the ground, which I always found funny of course! It was neat because we could see clear to the bottom and the rainbow trout swimming by (that's right swimming by) because we didn't get to bring any home!