False Advertising

So our ward didn't have the jolly man at the Christmas shin dig. So I wanted to attempt a photo with the festive guy. So I heard Thanksgiving Point had him for just 5 bucks for two hours last night! So I dragged my friend Juli and Eric didn't mind being replaced for the outing! We get there about 10 minutes after Santa got there. Already an hour wait! So Clara and I went and saw the reindeer and roamed the shops while Juli waited in line. Fast forward about 80 minutes and we are at the front of the line. Clara is wearing her I love Santa shirt I just purchased for her. So we go up to him and Clara declares, "I like Elmo!" Santa then gives her a candy cane. Things are looking promising! Next I sit her on his lap and as you can tell from the photo it all went downhill from there. So moral of the story... the shirt lies! Still glad we went as it was quite the bonding adventure and we got yummy food afterwards!

Zoo Lights

Saturday night we had a festive night out on the town. We all bundled up and met up with our good friends the Zaelits to see the lights at the zoo. We had never been and we had a blast! It was so fun to see the animals all made out of lights! Clara Jo recognized most of them and made animal noises each time she saw them.





Peggy Zaelit works at the zoo so we got a few perks! Besides getting in for free, we got to get a free ride on the carousel. Clara had never been on one before and lets say she is quite the fan! I love how the last picture shows the joy on her face that she had the whole time! What a great night of friends and fun!

Brycina

Well, once we knew we were having another baby the big question I wanted answered was... what was the gender. So at my 12 week appointment, I made a deal with my doctor that if he wasn't too behind schedule at my 16 week appointment then he would take a peak for me. So over a month ago, Clara Jo and I went to the doctor and the doctor took a peak. He said I was impatient, but I told him I was simply being proactive! Well, the baby had a foot in the crotch area so the doctor couldn't give me 100% sure but saw no specific body part! So we knew that we were probably having another girl! He gave me an 85% guess. So I called Eric and told him the news. He quickly responded with something about having to build more bathrooms in the house. Poor Eric is going to be completely surrounded by females...including the dog.

Yesterday afternoon, we went to our 20 week ultrasound to see if that 15% was going to grow into anything! The nice ultrasound lady took a look and said if it were her, she would feel confident enough to paint a room pink! Fair enough!
We are both really excited as everything seemed to look great on the ultrasound! Our big issue now is what to name our new little girl! We have had our boy name since I was pregnant with Clara Jo. Bryce Eric Young! So since we had our suspicions of the female gender, I have lovingly called her Brycina! Eric says its never going to happen which I am aware of, but until we find the name...its going to have to do! :)
Here are some pictures of our little girl! I think these pictures are really great and I can actually tell what is what!