Brenna's first dance recital

Brenna had her very first dance recital last night. She was so adorable! Her class performed 3 numbers. She was darling in the first one, she wouldn't even go out on the stage for the second,



and she cried all the way through the third one.



But of course we were very proud of our little girl!

Mesquite

We took a little trip this last week to Mesquite and had a blast! Brenna had so much fun with Grandma and Grandpa Miller and Grandma Bradley and we sure had a wonderful time with them too! I was very nervous about the airplane ride but Brenna did awesome. Mesquite was gorgeous and we made some wonderful memories.

It's a girl!

We are so excited to announce that we are having another little girl! We have unofficially known for almost 2 months now but they confirmed it with 95% certainty at our 20 week ultrasound last week. We are so excited! Neither Zach or I had sisters and we are just so glad that our two little girls will have each other.

They also let us know that our little one has all of the necessary parts and organs and everything looks good for a normal delivery. I love this picture of her tiny fingers, I can't wait to hold that little hand!

A graduation and an embarrassing moment

My little brother Jordan graduated from BYU-Idaho this month with high honors. He is only 23 and he spent 2 years on a mission. I think that's pretty impressive. He got his degree in Psychology with a minor in International Studies. We made the trip up to Rexburg for the graduation and had lots of fun!







While we were there I had my first truly embarrassing mommy moment. The graduation ceremony was held in the BYU-Idaho center, which is basically just like the big conference center in Salt Lake City. It was very quiet in there and we were trying to keep Brenna quiet. I mean nobody even claps or anything, it's basically like church. I brought some coloring books and crayons to try and help Brenna get through. Well she was coloring this cute little kitty picture from Cinderella.........



......and all of a sudden she starts YELLING "mommy I'm coloring it's gina!" (as in it's girly parts :) Over and over! I tried to quietly distract her while also trying to be invisible. I can see where she got that idea though.

Can you tell I have a 2 year old?

This is what I came home from the bookstore with today. The lady seriously said "good luck" to me as she was handing me my receipt.

Kids say the cutest things

I have to share the cutest thing Brenna said to me today. We have been working on the sounds that letters make lately. She is doing really well but just can't wrap her brain around a few of them. Like the letter "W" for example. This is how our conversation went:

Me: What does "W" say?

Brenna: B...B...B....

Me: "W" says...W...like W-W-Water.

Brenna: B...B...B-chocolate milk.

I was laughing so hard I had tears running down my cheeks.

I sure love my little girl who is getting to be not so little anymore.

Baby news

We are excited to announce that we are expecting baby number 2! We are due September 19th. I am getting through the morning (I mean ALL DAY) sickness and fatigue alright. Thank heaven for Saltine's! The crazy thing is how big my belly is already. When I was pregnant with Brenna I literally did not put on maternity pants until I was 20 weeks along. Now I find I am already struggling to button my pants at 10 weeks. Please tell me I am not the only one that had this experience? Brenna likes to tell everyone she is going to be a "big sister" although I don't think she realizes this means she wont be the complete center of attention all the time anymore. :)