It’s a…boy!

When we dropped off the Subaru in American Fork for an oil change this afternoon, it occurred to me that Fetal Fotos was only five minutes away. I had a dream last night that I birthed a sweet baby boy, and I was really curious to know if this baby is indeed a boy. So Abe and I took the girls over to Fetal Fotos, and fifteen minutes later we found out…it’s a boy!

At first he was sleeping with his legs crossed over his bottom, so the ultrasound technician couldn’t see anything. She suggested I move around and poke my belly to wake the baby up. I poked and prodded (and prayed) that the baby would wake up, and a minute later she came back. He was awake! And he let us know he’s a he. We are so excited. I have pictures of him, but they are in the car. I will post them tomorrow.

That is the really big news of the day, but in terms of time spent, Abe and I both spent the entire day working on the house. Abe is finishing the play closets in the girls room, and David came over tonight to help him wallpaper one of them. They did an amazing job.

Here’s a video of the girls painting the ceiling of their closet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9JmgjLVGcQ

Abe let the girls help paint the ceiling of one of the closets this morning. They had a blast.

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Afterward they were messy and took a looooong bath while I cleaned and organized the bathroom cupboards.
Afterward they were messy and took a looooong bath while I cleaned and organized the bathroom cupboards.
I like this picture because it looks like Lydia is doing a catwalk...while holding her daddy's hand.
I like this picture because it looks like Lydia is doing a catwalk…while holding her daddy’s hand.

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Our DI run! We have even more stuff that we are getting rid of, but getting rid of this stuff felt very liberating.
Our DI run! We have even more stuff that we are getting rid of, but getting rid of this Stuff Round One felt very liberating.
Abe and David in front of their labors. They finished after 10pm--they worked so hard and long!
Abe and David in front of their labors. They finished after 10pm–they worked so hard and long! We are so grateful to David for driving down just to help Abe. It would have been so much harder for Abe to do this all alone. 
On Monday, Abe is going to put in the flooring. We can't wait.
On Monday, Abe is going to put in the flooring. We can’t wait.