baby shower

 Ok the picture you have all been waiting for.

 The picture I have been procrastinating, 

because lets face it 9 month prego pics are

not the most flattering:)

This pic was taken my Kali Jones Photography.

This was the AWESOME baby shower Candice Walker put together for me!

Thanks again Candice, it was PERFECT :)

SO MUCH YUMMY FOOD and 

WONDERFUL WOMEN to chat with.

Here are the FABULOUS women in my ward! 

Some fun presents for Kolt.

Auntie Crystal Beazer sent a fun package with burp cloths and a sports sleeper.
Auntie Marcie Barberich gave him two fabulous Dallas Cowboy sleepers
and his first Dallas Cowboys book.
Grandma Cheryl gave him the cutest football sweater!

And the blankets were ALL handmade, 

the top one by my FABULOUS laurel girls,

the second one by Susan Hawkins,

the third one by Tricia Freeman (OK I think she bought hers, but it is SO SOFT, LOVE IT)

the fourth one by the amazing and talented Kirsten 

and look at all those fun baby boy clothes!!
Thank you to EVERYONE!!!!

Now it is time for Kolt to arrive!

Kali and I went and took a tour of the Kadlec Medical Center together @ 7:00 a.m.

Yes, that was their only available time for a tour so we got up at 5 to leave by 6 and arrive by 7.

After the tour we headed over to IHOP for some breakfast.

Kali ordered these fun pancakes and I tried their pumpkin pancakes, which I LOVED!

I LOVE PUMPKIN ANYTHING!!!!

We both had some yummy hot chocolate and enjoyed a relaxing time eating and chatting:)

I was surprised my belly fit into the booth, I was a little worried:)

When I went to my baby appointment later that day, I had a ultrasound and
he has his tongue sticking out and, they took a picture of that,
after which he put his thumb in his mouth.
I think he knows how badly I don't want him to suck his thumb,
he is just showing me, he is going to anyway.

Kolt was measuring a week bigger then he should.  

He was 7 pounds and I still had a month left, 

which means if I went full term he would be over 9 pounds.  

My other two were 8 pounds.  

I think I will stick to my plan of inducing a week early 

if he doesn't want to come, I don't know like TOMORROW!

I am scheduled to induce on my birthday Dec. 11.

Everyone has their own feelings on this but I am turning 31, 

and I am not bummed about spending my birthday in a hospital where 

I get to rest and relax and be fed what ever I want whenever I want.

AND it will be a WONDERFUL day when this little man comes out.

I just CAN NOT WAIT to see him and get to start losing weight again.

Mentally I have struggled with gaining weight this pregnancy, but we will leave

that for a whole different post.

snow in WA

We had our first snow day in Washington on November 22. 

I thought I was going to escape the snow at the cabin, 

guess not, it has become a winter wonderland around here.

 The snowflakes were SO BIG, it was magical.

 Krew was determined to weather the snow in ONLY his coat and shoes, 

and it was a fight getting his shoes on.

He really is a true Hawaiian boy at heart, 

I have the hardest time keeping clothes on that kid.

He didn't stay out to long,

He made it to the trampoline than turned around and decided it was time to come in.

This was taken TODAY after church.

Kali posed for me, and wanted a shot by herself posing,

so Krew watched...

 and posed himself:) 

Than it was time to go inside.

Today was Kali's big day to give her scripture in primary and she did OUTSTANDING!!

She had the whole things memorized.

She recited D&C 4:2

Therefore, O ye that embark in the ^aservice of God,

 see that ye ^bserve him with all your

 heart, might, mind and strength, 

that ye may stand ^cblameless before God at the last day.

Then she added, I like this scripture because it reminds me of the Good Samaritan

when he helped the man who had been beaten by the robbers and no one else would help him.

I want to serve like him.

Everyone was so impressed that she had it all memorized.

family pictures:sneak peak

I had my girlfriend BriAnne Huwe Photography take some family pictures before I have this little man.

Thank you Bri you did a GREAT JOB!

Here is a little sneak peak.

haircuts

Aaron has tried a few times to cut Krew's hair with the end result being the same, a buzz cut.
We decided to take him to a salon and see what they could do.

I was pretty pleased with the end result.  

I just smiled every time I saw Krew running around with his new cut.  

He just looks so CUTE! 

Krew was pretty excited about it too, 

he would tell Kali he liked her haircut and tell me he liked my haircut,

 hoping we would tell him we liked his haircut,

 if we didn't, he would say, "tell me you like my haircut." :)

Kali got her second haircut, or should I say, hair trim.

We only had her cut about an inch.

my turn!

Every Sunday as we are walking into sacrament meeting, I grab two programs. One for me and one for Kali. Kali quickly grabs her copy and hurries to our bench. There she opens the program and scans the list of primary names, searching, searching for these 9 letters, K-A-L-I - J-O-N-E-S. Sadly, with all the children in primary, most weeks she gets a disappointed look on her face and asks me when it will be her turn to give a talk, scripture, or say a prayer. She has had her name in there twice so far, both times were for a prayer. But this last Sunday a squeal of delight came from the end of the bench as Kali found her name and it was her turn to give her first scripture in primary!

As soon as we got home from church she wanted to get started on her scripture. She is supposed to pick a scripture and tell why she likes that scripture. We decided to have her memorize D&C 4:2 since this months theme in primary is,

"When we serve others, we serve God."

Kali loves to practice talks and loves to talk in front of people.

She loves to bear her testimony in church and has been doing it almost every month during fast and testimony meeting.

I am excited for her to get to give her first scripture in primary, I know she will do AWESOME!

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she has it all figured out

When she grows up she want to be either

a doctor, a buyer girl (at the Country Mercantile of course) or a firefighter.

In high school she wants to play soccer, basketball and run track

and

for her wedding she wants her colors to be green, purple, blue, white and pink.

She want to marry Shayden Sullivan so her name will change to Kali Sullivan.

She wants to marry Shayden because she likes him and he is her best friend.

She wants a vanilla cake,

and she want to get married in the Salt Lake Temple.

This is the only picture I could find that I have of Shayden. I guess I will have to fix that:)

It think a lot of these big life decisions became important to her during the time my sister

Coriann was getting married. She has had A LOT of questions about marriage

and why people get married and when, etc. etc.

KALI LOVES THE COLOR GREEN!!

This is what she wants her room to look like when we get our own house.

Kali is a little athlete.

She can jump super high and run super fast and is super strong:)

Aaron has her in training and she really wants to make her dad proud.

Today when he was lifting weights

she couldn't find her little 2 lb weights so she started lifting furniture.

Aaron told her to go look in the weight room and see what she could find.

She came up with 8lb weights and started lifting those.

She has finally mastered the push up and can so about 14 of them in a row

and she can do 28 situps, (I am pretty sure that is her record so far:)

It is fun to watch her be so competitive

and ask Aaron if her competition is training as hard as her:)

Kali loves to take pictures and these next two are by Kali Jones Photography!

She is currently working on her 9th Article of Faith!

She memorizes so easily, it amazes me.

We just print out a new one each week and

put it on our board so she can practice during meal time.

She loves to write and draw pictures.

She loves learning.

We try to have school time every day but if for some reason I am slacking

she will asks me if she can work on her work book.

She is fascinated with maps and the world and wants to be a world traveler.

I am excited about this because I have this same desire.

Her first stop is Australia.

She wants to go there so bad and see kangaroos.

Kali

Below are some fun things Kali has said or done in the last couple of months.

Today when we went to church Kali told me that a girl in primary was a

big fan of hers, but she does not understand why since she is not in a movie or anything.

She then said she wants to be on stage where everyone comes and watches her.

Then she would be famous and everyone would be a fan of her.

When we went to church today we were visiting the Barberichs ward and Kali was a little upset because she wanted to play with McKay. I told her she would see him in primary and could talk to him then. She said no, primary is a time where we go and listen and learn how to be better people, it is not a time for talking and playing.

So true.

Kali just finished watching Beauty and the Beast and she said, "I just hate happy endings." I laughed and asked her how she would want it to end. She said, "they don't need to kiss, they could just hug."

Kali and Aaron were play fighting and Kali said, "dad, don't hit me in the stomach or legs, if you want to hit me, hit me in the face."

Today Kali asked me if people really can slip on a banana peel. I told her it only happened in movies. I said it has probably happened to one person and so now they use it all the time, but I don't really know, have you ever slipped on a banana peel? :) i haven't.

I tend to tear up frequently while I am pregnant and usually Kali will be very sympathetic giving me hugs and asking me what is wrong and why I am crying. Well the other daynI guess she had had enough. I had started crying and from the other room Kali asks, "mom, are you crying?" I told her I was, to which she replied, "CUT IT OUT!"