After having three little girls it will be a big change to have a little BOY! Yes we are having a boy, and I made the poor ultrasound tech check about 8 times because I had set myself up for a girl. I have to admit it took me a little time to get excited. I just thought it would be easier to have another girl. I already have all the stuff and all the sisters for her to play with, plus this baby was going to be Sophia!!!!! (I have wanted to name a girl this since Piper was born!) Anyways Abe is soooo excited! He already has mentioned that now he has someone to take to priesthood session, hunting/fishing, watch his all time kid favorite show Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with and so on. I got excited when Abe took me shopping for a bunch of boy stuff. I figure I should buy it now, while I have the tax return money instead of waiting a couple months when we are struggling students again. We are pretty sure that his name is going to be Presten Abram, or Parker Abram, Abe likes both so I'll wait and see.
As for our little girls they are still a handful. Piper loves to play dress up. She is the girl of all girls! Tending to her babies, cooking with her play kitchen, always asking "how do I look" and all the other girly things. She is such a big help, and has grown sooo much from the very colic baby she once was.
Paislee is our tom boy and a very big tease! She never stops running! She definitely gives me that hardest time, because she never seems to want to listen. Just the other day, after about the 100th time of asking her to clean up her toys, I said "Paislee pick them up or you get a swat!" She said "Ok", and came and stuck her but in my face.....and she never picked up those toys! However at the end of the day she loves to cuddle up and read, read, read!
Phoebe is still content to sit around and watch others play. She knows that her sisters will bring her toys if she starts to fuss, so why bother moving? However she has finally figured out a sort of worm way of getting around. She still does not crawl, or use her legs really, but she will slide onto her stomach, push her self back into a sitting position and then slide onto her stomach again, over and over again until she gets to what it is she wanted. It's some progress! She will also stand for about 5 seconds if she is holding onto something stable, but has not tried to take a single step!
We are having a mild winter (except for today, it is snowing like crazy) and the girls have loved being able to play outside with out the biting wind! We have been taking turns each week battling a different sickness. We have had the flu twice, then the girls all got respiratory infections which put them on the albuteral breathing machine, runny noses, coughs and so forth. You know when the ward thinks you are inactive when they call and ask you to give talks for the second time in a year! Thank goodness Abe's brother Michael has his farewell this Sunday! haha! Other then that everything is the same. We are just living and enjoying life!
