::: UTAH HOGEL ZOO :::

We stayed at Kyle and Mariah's house Friday night and then got up and went to the Zoo with them and Josh's parents.

All week long this is what Livi was excited for.

Our tatation "vacation" would not have been complete until we saw the elephants.

We asked her if she was excited to see the Bears to.

"No Mom, the bears don't like me"

Um.... okay?!

 She loved when Dad would put her up on his shoulder and she could see over everyone and look at the animals :)

 Notice there are no children wanting to touch the water ball.... ;)

 She would get as close as she possibly could to the animals.

 Olivia quickly found she had a new best friend in little Sam. They played so good the whole time we were with them. She loved playing dolls with her and Jaylyn. They loved the things she loved and that made her love them!

 We were lucky enough to see Tyson, Lori, My dad and the kids at the zoo.

How could her day possibly get any better?

Throw Ava into the mix!!!

After a full day at the zoo we headed back to the Mathew's for some fun in the sprinklers and and fun relaxing night playing with cousins and visiting with family.

We stayed for church then headed home.

It was so nice to get away and just spend some time with my family and not worry about what needed to be done or who needed help doing something.

I felt pretty good most of the trip and I'm sure the little one in my tummy enjoyed family time as well ;)

::: LIVING PLANET AQUARIUM :::

This last weekend we decided to take a quick little trip as a family.

Even though it was only a couple days, we enjoyed every second of our time :)

The first day we woke up pretty early and headed up north.

Our first stop was for breakfast in provo at Krispy Kreme.

Olivia LOVES to watch the donuts being made.

She also loves to eat them :)

After breakfast we took Olivia shopping in the Disney store to pick out a toy.

Surprise! She picked out a little set of Mickey and Minnie Mouse toys.

Then it was off to Ikea!!!

Josh and I love that store way more than we should.

We picked out some fun things for the move of Olivia's room and for the room she is in to become the nursery yet again!

I had heard of the aquarium from lots of different friends and it looked like something Olivia would enjoy.

We had a BLAST there!

Josh loved it, I loved it, and Olivia thought it was so much fun!

We stayed for about 3 hours and enjoyed seeing all the different kinds of fish and sea animals.

I would go back there in a heart beat.

This one is kinda dark, but there is a spot where you walk through a glass tunnel and watch all the sharks and big stingrays float right past you and over your head!

They also have a stingray petting pond and I'm so sad I didn't get a picture of Olivia petting them :( Mom fell I guess. They are super nasty to touch but it was still pretty cool!

::: 16 WEEKS :::

{16 weeks}

Has gone by very fast and super slow at the same time!

I swear sometimes I can feel the baby kick... but then it could also be other things causing it :)

We tried to talk the nurse into letting us find out earlier than 20 weeks, but they were pretty set on not letting us. With Olivia, we went to a gender reveal place in St. George, but I think now that we have a little girl to keep us busy we are just going to wait it out!

For the most part I am feeling pretty good.

I still have my sick days, but luckily it does not involve throwing up anymore.

I get these awful headaches though, i'm not sure what one I prefer..... throwing up or feeling like my head is going to come apart. 

I don't remember getting this with my first. Boy? 

This pregnancy has been SO different from Olivia,

I only threw up a handful of times and the medicine actually makes the nausea go away!

But my energy seems to have taken a long hike and not have come back yet... 

at this point with the first I was feeling sick, but I had energy.

I feel like a sack of potatoes that just sits on the couch and the thought of getting out and doing anything just sounds so tiring!

Food wise I cant eat too much sugar or it makes me soooo sick.

All my snacks are either fruit or veggies and I crave all this healthy stuff.

Just the thought of chocolate makes me gag! WHAT! For a girl who LOVES the stuff, its quite shocking that I want nothing to do with it.

I'm hoping my cravings keep up like this and don't change like they did with Olivia.

I'm really liking the eating healthy like I did before I got pregnant.

And maybe thats what's making it so much easier to eat this way, My body was already use to eating more healthy.

We are so excited to find out if we are having a girl or a boy. 

I'm secretly wanting a girl.

Josh wants a boy :)

We have a few names we like but don't have anything set in stone.

I LOVE the name Ella.

Josh hates it.

He wants to name her after my mom, he even thinks just naming her Kay is a good idea.

I think if we give into his wishes we'll settle with Kayt.

For boys..... Oh man. 

Thinking of boy names is hard!

We don't agree on any of the names but one!

Owen.

I guess we'll see how it changes once we know the gender.

Nothing is set in stone yet, and it may be something COMPLETELY different!

I just loved reading the names that we were thinking for Olivia, so I thought i'd put some of our options down.

 I just bought my diaper bag online today! Olivia sat on my lap and together we decided what one we wanted. Surprisingly, we both wanted the same one:)

It's so much fun having her here to help make the decisions! So much better than doing it myself.

She tells me all the time how much she loves our baby and asks me all the time if the baby is sleeping in there or asks is if the baby is kicking my belly :)

She likes the name sara! My sister just named her baby that and she can't imagine a different name for a baby:)

She is such a sweet girl and is going to make the BEST big sister!