Andrew!!!

The ultrasound was a great sucess! We will be having a healthy BOY around January 17th!

As the US tech was searching for organs and measuring arms and legs she exclaimed, "he just flashed me!"i was shocked to say the least, because i REALLY thought it was a girl since this pregnancy has been quite different from the last two.

I am excited for another boy, i don't have to find girl clothes or toys. The only other thing is that i will not be decorating the extra room with yellow... Maybe blues and greys ... or red with blues and black. That' the only next big decision since we picked out a name at the CNM office. His name will be ANDREW JONATHON HUSS. Isaac was the other choice but Andrew felt right.

We're having all the boys in my family since i'm from 3 girls and my older sister Veronica has 3 girls and 1 boy. Boys come in hoards i guess... as loners or in packs. Hahaha! We love our boys... Little rascals ;)

Belly bump

Now i'm 18 weeks along and the bump is relatively small compared to will & jake. WEDNESDAY we have the ultrasound and will know for sure if it is a girl or not!

Nose adventures

I almost forgot! Sunday the 14th i'm finishing putting together the bunk beds and let the boys have some of my trail mix. Then i hear a scream from will anf see a streak down the hall as he runs to his dad. He kept pointing to his nose so we checked it out with a light and tweezers but didn't find anything! He continues to whine and cry so we check again. Nothing. Then he lets out a BIG sneeze and out comes a RAISIN of all things!

Will never touches the nuts or raisins, only the chocolate candies in the trail mix. So we were completely surprised! Oh the joys of parenting! It is bound to happen in every family atleast once.

Bunk beds

So we went to IKEA last friday and bought bunk beds for the boys. I began putting them together saturday and only got to one of the beds (1/3 of the way done) before it was late and gettin to be the Sabbath. I put aside the left over pieces and parts and planned to finish on monday. Yeah ...

The boys kept using parts as swords, putting screws and bolts in the mouths, and running around with tools. So i had to finish the bunk beds sunday afternoon and by sunday night they had new beds! Will was so excited to climb on "the new bed" and be the big man in town.

Now the hurdle is getting him to sleep in it by himself since he is terrified of the dark. He has nightlights but still is terrified. We talk as he's settling down and pretend the shadows on his walls are a "mama shark and a baby shark" or a "mama fish and baby fish" swimming, playing tag, or hugging so he has positive thoughts to fill his mind before bed time. What a little tyke!

Jake on the other hand cannot sleep with matt & i b/c he lies horizontally and kicks us in the face and head. See ya later, go to sleep in your own bed.

Project curtains complete!

I have been searching for the perfect fabric and a reputable fabric website with inventory instock, designing and creating a pattern, and cutting and constructing these curtains since sarah's birthday in feburary. Now i have had other side projects and events that have taken priority over the curtains, but the slow and steady pace has paid off in a FABULOUS looking work of art! It really brightens the rooma and gladens the heart to see them.

Something so simple as fabric strategically placed in a room can bring such great joy. Makes me VERY GRATEFUL to my Father in Heaven for all the beautiful an inspiring things He has created for me. What a wonderful world this is!

Birthday preparations

Will helped me mix together the red velevet cake mix for his birthday cake. His party was friday the 19th so we began thursday to bake. Will didn't want much to with eating the cake mix as much as jake did ... Obviously. Jake fearlessly took a spoonful of the batter and ran away as usual only to quickly turm around at the kitchen entry to come back for more! I probably cleaned his face 4-5x b/c he loved the batter and that red color was a huge disaster on any and every thing.

I'm just so excited for will to open his train sets and play with them ... I makes me so happy to see him interested and exploring new things.

William's 3rd Birthday Party

William Matthew Huss is now 3 years old!!!

Happy Birthday, son!

i just cannot believe that he's 3 ... so grown up!

it's like just yesterday that he was born, a little tyke rollin around the floor, learning to walk and talk, and now ... now he's a big boy with thomas the train underwear, a bunkbed, and spouting off everything he knows - including "thunder cats, thunder cats, thunder cats, po!!!" (even though it sounds like the f* word 3x in a row - video to come).

these past three years have been a great joy!  his laughter, people-pleasing and entertaining quirks, and his love for adventure and the undiscovered have brought me many smiles, lots of laughter, and many tears of joy.  what a special boy that i am so priviliged to be his mother.



sorry i couldn't get this photo rotated, but this is the train cake i made for will.  red velvet with cream cheese frosting - will ate it all day before the party but once he opened his train sets he wouldn't even leave them for cake!  wow!!!



Lulu's putting together his new car garage and ramp play set



Tita Sarah helping to open his train sets

Happy Birthday today my little rascal!

we all love you very much!

Childless

Last night the boys stayed with their grandma while matt and i went on a date. We had dinner at IHOP and then saw "cowboys vs aliens"- awesome marriage of a western and scifi! Then his morning we drove to cininnnati to IKEA. I had a gift card and since jake is too big for he pack n play and the new baby is coming in january we decided to bite the bullet and buy the boys bunk beds. The bunk seperates into 2 twin beds so we get more bang for our buck. I am so excited for the boys! I always wiahed i had had a bunk bed when i was younger. Now our house is so small we need bunk beds so the kids have room to play.

And will's birthday is the 21st so we bought him a train set from IKEA. It's the wooden type that pieces together with a bridge and tunnel- we really think he'll like it since he's so into trains right now.

It was nice to have a date night and a quicker trip to IKEA but it was so quiet and lonely without the little rascals! We couldn't help but talk abput them about 1/2 the time and miss them terribly. We have the greatest little boys! We are so blessed to have the opportunity to be together as a family forever because we have made covenants in Holy temples through authorized and restored priesthood authority. The power to bind in heaven what is bound on earth has been restored by our Savior Jesus Christ through his prophet Joseph Smith. And that authority has not been taken away from the earth; it remains with a living prophet and 12 apostles today. I cannot explain how happy and comforted this knowledge makes me feel, or how real these things truly are! The only way to experience and understand as i do is to find out for yourself! Reading the book of mormon and praying to God will bring an answer that the BofM is another testament of Christ translated by the prophet Joseph Smith and that Christ truly has commenced his work again on this earth one last time before His second coming. He again makes available to us ALL the promised blessings to Abraham - the priesthood, the gospel, and eternal life- if we will but follow the Savior with full purpose of heart.

I love my Savior and will do all i can to show it. As i share this with you, ponder it and let it sink deep into your soul. Reconfirm your faith or gain the faith to act upon these truths and make covenants with God to follow the Savior and keep his commanents, for therein lies the greatest and only lasting happiness.

Lunch at the park

Yesterday we had lunch with matt at a park near his work. The boys didn't sit to eat and just wantes to play on the play ground. On the way back to the van will kept asking to go to the baseball fields, so we had to go. Will LOVES everything about baseball and was so excited to run on a field for the first time. He ran the bases, played outfield, pitched, caught and even cheered in the dugout. Jake on the other hand was chasing a white butterfly in the outfield and running to bases as he felt like it! Such a funny kid! The boys are so diffwrent sometimes and i enjoy it!

My little belly bump

All is well and i am at the point where i cannot hide the bump and have to have longer shirts to cover it. On the 24th we have thw ultrasound and find out boy or girl ... So exciting!