Half way done!

Yea! We've reached our 20 week mark.....only 20 left to go. :)

Updates and pictures will be coming soon.

Merry Christmas!

The results are in........

Make it pink, make it blue, MAKE IT PINK!

We think it's a girl.....95% sure it's a girl. It wasn't my 20 week ultrasound, we just had some friends at the hospital do it (they do ultrasounds on hearts) and they were pretty sure it was a girl. We searched for about 45 minutes. The baby has long legs and arms and they think my due date might be moved up. We're pretty excited although I did want a boy first, but that's okay. We got a video and as soon as I change it to a DVD, I'll post it. She stretched out quite a bit and that was really cool to see her tiny fingers and tiny toes!

I have my 20 week ultrasound on January 3rd, so we'll let you know if any boy parts show up!

Today. 2:30. Hope the kid's not nervous!
Because, we are impatient and can't wait any longer!!!!!!!

Pink or Blue???

We find out tomorrow! (hopefully)

Christmas Lights

I always get the biggest kick out of houses that have music to go with their Christmas lights. Enjoy this video. If you want to see more, click here.

It's a girl!

Not mine-my brother-in-law! Tom and Alicia had a baby girl yesterday. She was 6 lbs, 7 oz and 20 inches long. They named her Isabella Thornton. Hope to have pictures of her soon! Congrats!

***We are going to have an early ultrasound this Friday. One of Toby's coworkers will do the ultrasound and hopefully we'll find out what we're having before Christmas! If not, we'll have to wait till January 3rd to find out. Make sure you vote. By the looks of things-everyone thinks we're having a boy! :)

100 posts and baby photo!

Holy Cow! 100 posts already!

We went to the doctor's yesterday for a checkup and when she went to find the heartbeat-she couldn't find it! I started to get a little bit nervous and my heart rate went up so we got a quick ultrasound. (no, the babe wouldn't let us see what he/she was....very sad). Anyways, the placenta was on the top and that's why it was difficult to hear the heartbeat. But, the babe is fine and has a good strong heartbeat (152 beats per minute) and was moving all over the place. We were able to get a cute profile photo-still kind of looks like a blob though. But he/she is super cute!

Botanical Gardens

Tory, Elizabeth, Michelle, Toby and I went to the Botanical Gardens for FHE on Monday. It was sooo cold but very pretty! It looked like a tiny Temple Square with all the lights. We were able to walk around and see everything lit up and drink hot chocolate and eat cookies. Even though it was super cold, it was pretty fun. Such pretty lights!

Michelle, Tory and Elizabeth

Michelle was a happy baby!

Oh what a night!

And oh what a night it was! Toby and I went to the Cath Lab Christmas party and we a ton of fun. It was a bowling party! We had dinner and then it was off to bowl. Everyone in the Cath Lab got dressed up in some kind of bowling attire. The night before the party, dear sweet Toby asked me to go out and find him a bowling shirt.....I told him there was no way I was going to find one the day of the party. But, I went out and sure enough---the DI (thrift store) had exactly what I was looking for. A gross black and tan shirt that looked like it was meant for bowling. I then went to Joanne's Fabric store and got little letters to iron on his shirt. It looked great. He now has an official bowling shirt! We even had people ask us if it was a real bowling shirt and when we told them we got it at the DI, they were amazed that we were able to find one with Toby's name on it......hmmmmm.


Anyways, it was a great evening. The first game went okay, I didn't do so hot. The second game I almost broke 100. Almost, a 96-and for me, that's pretty good. I know that Toby broke 100 both times, he's a pretty good bowler. Everyone seemed to have good time and some were a little bit crazy. John aka "Wilbert" decided to slide down the bowling alley only to do a belly flop and land right on his ribs. Ouch, but very very entertaining. Santa and his helpers showed up to hand out gifts and many people were dancing away to the awesome music. We had Monte Carlo prizes and door prizes. Toby and I got a gift certificate to Cheesecake Factory and then I won movie tickets because I hit the colored pin (I got a strike that time). It was one of the best work parties I had ever been to!


We ended up going to another coworker's house to play games and didn't make it home till 3:30 in the morning!!! We were sure tired the next day. So glad Toby has such great coworkers and that they sure know how to party!



Andy getting ready to throw a gutter.....he mostly did that all night. It was quite the sight to see the ball being thrown half way down the alley, only to end in the gutter. :)



Toby and I.

Robin and Louis (on the right) who brought a friend....don't know the name.

John, aka "Wilbert" along with his nasty Mullet hat. We all thought he was a little white trash.....especially when he tried to slide down the alley. His poor wife Lori!

The classic look of the night. Brice and Paige. Love the hairdo's and the glasses!

Kelly, Tom and his wife and Tony.

Tom and Jerilyn, Diane and Jim

This guy was a pretty hot bowler! :) Love the shirt!

My beautiful Nativity

I have the most beautiful nativity in the world! It's all due to my wonderful Mom. She bought this nativity from Costco while I still in high school. I have always loved it and have wanted one like it forever. Well last year, she found me one. She has been looking for it for YEARS and was never able to find it and finally she found one on EBay. She bid on it right away and even lost sleep over it thinking someone else would outbid her! I know she paid an arm and a leg for it and I am so thankful! It is beautiful and I have never seen one like it. My grandparents brought it to me after visiting in Spokane and it was all wrapped up and my Grandpa video taped me opening it. I was talking to Mom on the phone and started to cry when I figured out what it was. I didn't know if she had found me one or was letting me use hers or what was going on! I was just thrilled to find out it was mine and I will treasure it forever. I love having nativities in our home to remind me of Christ's birth and I have quite a few of them. This one is the first thing you see when you walk into our house. Thanks Mom!

O Christmas Tree!

Here's our Christmas tree in all it's glory! It's been fun to have a live tree, despite having to vacuum more often and water it. We had to rearrange our living room to make room for the tree. We have never had to do that because every year we cop out of getting a tree and just use our little 3 footer. Now all of my ornaments fit on the tree!! It smells so good and the lights and ornaments look so nice! My favorite thing to do at night is have a cup of hot chocolate and turn all the lights off except the Christmas tree and listen to the Carpenter's Christmas. It's one of my absolute favorite Christmas traditions!

Christmas Ornaments

I love to decorate the Christmas tree because each ornament is so special! When I was growing up, Mom and Dad would always give us a new ornament each year. Mom would keep a list each year of our ornaments, along with any we received from other people. When I got married, I was able to take those ornaments with me. It was a good thing, because Toby didn't bring any ornaments! I still continue with this tradition and now I get to include Toby. We try to get an ornament from all the different places we have lived or visited. Here are a few of my favorites--

I got this in 2005 when we went to Disney World. You put a light inside it so it glows. Very cute! Mom also picked out the same ornament. We always seem to pick out the same stuff. Must have gotten my good taste from her!


Toby and I bought this when we were in San Diego this past August. We both love the beach so it seemed just right to have it on our tree.


Megan and Melissa made me this "Hershey's Kiss" a few years ago. Very creative!


Mom and I made these snowman lightbulbs. They are one of my favorite ornaments!


And who could forget my favorite football team??? I think we have 3 ornaments for the Steelers on our tree!!!

still going to the bathroom...............

Well you would think that since I am in the second trimester (16 weeks, YEA!), I wouldn't have to go to the bathroom quite as much anymore.....nope. I still do and it still bugs me! Therefore, I thought this cartoon was appropriate for how I feel. The only thing that hasn't changed are my feet....yet.

Catching up

Well, Thanksgiving was a blast. I spent 2 weeks in Spokane visiting family. Toby was up there for one week and then he had to come home and go to school and work. Glad that he let me stay so long! We had dinner at my house with the Walkers and the Gradys. It was soooo good! We had two turkeys, (one was grilled-way yummy!) and lots of food.
I didn't take any pictures! I will have to wait for mom to send me some. Guess I was having too much fun to pick up the camera.

We did the usual-shopped, ate, and just lounged around. Mom and I changed the fishy bathroom and it looks really cool. The kids think it's no longer a 'kid bathroom,' but they're getting older. I'll post photos of that too.

I got home on Friday night and on Saturday, Toby and I got our first live Christmas tree! Why it's taken us 5 years to finally get one, we don't know. Guess out little fake 3 footer wasn't doing the job anymore! The tree is sooo pretty! I haven't decorated it yet, but I do have the lights on and Mom will be so proud to know that I added white and colored lights! Growing up, I would always throw a fit because Mom liked white lights and I liked colored. She got the great idea to do both---and during the day, she just has the white lights plugged in and then at night, she has both. It really is quite pretty and it makes the tree brighter. Now I do the same! I will add pictures of that too, as soon as I get my house cleaned up (being gone for two weeks.....) and decorated!

updates

Updates are coming soon! I've been having too much fun visiting family in Spokane to update my blog. :)

Ps-Linda, I FINALLY mailed you your photos! Yea!!!

Here's a sneak peak---

The Jaten's

Isn't this such a cute family? Ashley and Isaac have two of the cutest kids!

Sneak Peak for Linda

I took photos of Linda and the family when we were in Utah last weekend. We did four generations with Grandma, Linda, Ashley and Capri. We also took some of the whole family (minus Dan and Chris). I've been working away on them--I took almost 600 photos! It's hard to get the right one when you're working with 100% sunlight and two little kids. But, here is a sneak peak of the kids. I'll add more as I go. Hope you like them Linda! Emerson playing in the leaves.

Sweet Capri holding her Grandma's hand.

Such a cute kid!

Barnes' Photo Shoot

While in Utah, I did a photo shoot for my aunt Char's sister's kids. They were really fun to work with, but it was hard to have all three of them look at me all at once! I was hoping for a cloudy day, but of course-it was super sunny! Oh well, it was a fun photo shoot and I enjoyed taking photos on the BYU grounds. Want to see more? Click here!

What sweet brothers! I love how Kale is hugging Kade. Very cute stuff.

Brielle posing on the rocks

Kale

Kade

Baby update and puking

Baby--We went to the doctors today and everything seems to be going well. We got to hear the heartbeat and that was so neat! It was fun to hear our baby. My doctor said it was a good, fast, strong heartbeat and that the baby was moving all over the place since she had to keep moving the Doppler around. My babe seems to be the size of a peach and weighs about 1 1/2 ounces. We don't get to find out what the baby will be until January 3. I was hoping it would be at Christmas time, but oh well.
Toby uses Dopplers at the hospital and I get to bring one home to Spokane for Thanksgiving! That means that my fam will get to hear the baby. I am super excited about that. Hope they like it!
Puking-- I know that I was a projectile puker when I was a little girl, but I haven't puked in almost 10 years. Last night, I wasn't feeling to hot. I think it was the long car ride home (we drove home from Utah) and the fact that my headache was becoming a migraine and that I hadn't eaten too much. I was too sick to want to eat on the drive home.......
So, I made myself Ramen Noodle soup for dinner. Toby was at school and I was home alone. Soup sounded good and I thought that it would be okay in my belly. Well, it wasn't! I HATE to puke, it hurts me and I can't stand the thought of anything coming up and out of my mouth. I started to get really sick and my cheeks felt like they were sucking in. Too much saliva being produced. I called Toby to see where he was and he was on his way home. I put him on speaker phone and he tried to tell me to just wait till he gets home. He knows what a big baby I am (I was in tears-that's how much I hate puking). I hate being sick. All of a sudden I had to put the phone down because here comes brown soup and noodles! I puked and poor Toby had to hear it through the phone. It was SOOOO GROSS! I can't believe that I puked after so many years. I went straight to bed after I brushed my teeth. It was not a good night!

Good thing, I woke up feeling just fine! Hope I don't puke for another 10 years! I am glad I didn't puke because I was pregnant, just sick. Luckily, I have had a really good pregnancy.

Thornton Thanksgiving

We went down to Utah this past weekend for a early Thanksgiving dinner with Toby's family. All 9 kids and family were going to be there! Tory and Elizabeth had a doctors appointment for Michelle so that was the main reason why everyone got together. We haven't all been together since Tim and Kayla's wedding in 2004. It was so fun to be able to hang out and catch up on each other's lives.

On Saturday, we went to the Christmas Expo in Sandy, and then out to dinner. It was crazy to have 24 people all at the same place shopping! Then we went out to dinner to finish off the evening.

Sunday was Daniel and Rachel's Primary program and then it was off to Tim's for the big Thanksgiving feast. We had such a great time. I made the appetizers-spinach dip with french bread, cheese ball with crackers and a veggie tray. We had a big turkey, and tons of food. I am so glad I get two Thanksgiving dinners this year!

Since everyone was together, we wanted to get a photo. We all dressed in black (such a flattering color for a pregnant lady-there are three of us who are pregnant!). We set the camera up on a timer and tripod and then yelled for the kids to look at the blinking lights. I was so glad to get at least one decent photo! Not bad for no one taking the photo. Then, I wanted to get a photo of the original 9 kids. They haven't had a new photo of the family for quite some time. It was soooo cold outside, but I managed to get a few cute ones.

The Thornton Clan-all 11 of them! From left to right: Tory, Tallie, Tim, Tawny, Tawna, Tara, Toby, Tassa and Tom. Becky and Tom-aka Mom and Dad, Grandma and Grandpa.

Tara and Greg wanted me to snap a few, but Abby wasn't to happy about it! This is about the best shot I could get of them before Abby really started to cry. Daniel, Greg, Rachel, Tara and Abby.

I also got a photo of Tory and Elizabeth with Michelle. She did pretty good out in the cold!

Tim and Kayla and Maezlie look so cute! They were the easiest to get a family photo. Tawny stood behind me and made Maezlie laugh and clap her hands. She did a great job.

We even got Andrew to smile! I can't believe how blue his eyes are. Tallie and Isaac sure have a happy boy.

Alex is so dang cute! Tom and Alicia are expecting a baby girl this December. We are super excited to have another babe in the family!

Thornton Thanksgiving Feast

Here are a few snapshots of our Thanksgiving Feast. We had a great time stuffing our faces with lots of food! I wouldn't mind it if we had a Thanksgiving dinner more often. It was sad to see the the Colts lose. We watched the game and just sat around and talked. Then we ate yummy pies!

Isaac carving the turkey. It sure tasted yummy!

Tom with the turkey.

Setting the table with all the trimmings!

Taste testing the food. It sure was good!
Alex and Tawny. So cute! Our famous hold the camera out as far as you can photo. Good thing Toby has long arms!
What a handsome man! Isn't he just the cutest?

Rachel and Tim. He's acting like a pirate

Daniel and Andrew.