Bird Santuary and Car Show

 Mia has a new sitter and she is loving her.

They built this really cute garbage truck and

you can't see inside, but there are even gas pedals.

It's very cool!

 We have an exotic bird santuary down the road that

we have never even been to. Since Mia loves all animals big 

or small, she had a blast

 There was the cutest bird that kept saying, "What's the matter?"

 We even got to pet a few that weren't testy

 Aren't they beautiful? Since most birds live longer

than their owners, they have to be brought here.

 They had some aggressive ducks too.

 And a minihorse

 chicks and chickens

 even a white bird that looked like the mean one on Rio

 This weekend Rick and Grandpa B went to a car show

with Mia at Bass Pro Shops. She told me she just had to

wear her Lightning McQueen shirt to the show ( the one that 

I bought telling her that it's not allowed to leave the house haha)

 Of course she wanted to see all the engines and had their make

and models memorized by the end of the day

 Did you think this was a real dog? I did...

Even had corn on the cob for lunch. Fun day with the guys!!!

Preschool and Exciting News!

 Mia's first day of preschool: Miss Kelli is her teacher and 

Mia was very excited to go this year. She is going 3 days instead of 2 and

so far, she is coming home and giving herself hours of "pretend" homework 

working on letters and numbers. It's pretty cute!

 I can't get a picture in without a certain cat's tail!

 She's a seahorse this year

 Mia's class: I can't believe will be in Kindergarten

next year and come to school with me. Crazy! She's been saying the most

interesting things lately. Right before we were headed to church on Sunday, she told

Rick that heavenly father would be really sad if he knew that he was drinking coffee on a Sunday

(she saw his coffee cup in the bathroom) Rick was like oh this is from yesterday, I was just cleaning it out. It was so sad. Little did she know that dad just got home a few hours earlier and we were lucky he got up and went to church with such few hours of sleep :)

And we finally got pregnant. I will be 18 weeks this Friday and I took

this on Tuesday. We have been trying for almost 3 years. We kept it secret from Mia for the most part all the pain we were going through and trying the fertility avenue, but last March and April, she just started praying every single night for a baby brother/sister out of the blue and saying she's the only kid on the planet without one. It was really hard to hear that from your child. Well after two months of praying, we got pregnant. Of course we didn't tell her right away, we waited for 12 weeks, but the second I found out, she stopped with the prayers on her own and it just seemed like she knew already. It was crazy. We also got tons of prayers and our names in the temple for years, so thank you for that. Mia has been a little mom since she found out, telling me to drink water or I will be dehydrated. Asking why I'm burping so much... She's too cute and soo excited. The day we found out what we were having, we brought Mia. Apparently she wanted a sister, because when the tech told us it was a boy, she started bawling. It was sad. Then she came home and had this conversation with the cat: "Well Spock it's a boy, yup oh great, that's what I thought, so be prepared that when the baby gets here, he's going to pull your tail and throw you into the air." Sooo funny, she's just so used to preschool boys, she thinks they are all naughty! I'm worried too, I like my quiet, peaceful house of girls but according to my mom, Miss Mia would never let a boy be wild in our house, she runs the show and would keep him in line. Anyway, we are due Feb.1st and I will keep you updated! I did have a name that I'm just not ready to give up so we will see what we decide, but name suggestions are welcomed :)

Random end of the summer pics :)

 Mia is missing this little guy. She is having a hard time

not seeing her cousin! Yes they are in matching towels lol :)

 Mia got to go to a really fun birthday party

where she got a manicure, got to dress up, hair

done, the whole thing and she loved it!

 Here she is getting her fingers done

 And her hair...

 Cute table all set up for the tea party

 all dressed up

 oops forgot about the makeup

 of course the only one who picks the 

bright red lipstick. Hmm where did she get that from??

 all finished

 then they got to walk down the runway

 all the girls together :)

 she had a blast

We took Mia to an indoor soccer place to see if she would

want to do it. Well we thought she would be super shy.

Not so much, being the only girl, she started right in bossing the

boys around. It was so funny. She was seriously herding

them onto the field and keeping them on track. We were cracking up

 At one point when they had teams, she yelled out Nanananana! We're going

to beat you!! Rick and I about died. It was so funny. She is definitely wanting to come 

back so she starts in the Fall.

 Grandpa B and Grandma B took us out on

the boat last Friday. We've had such a busy summer

that this was our first time. Mia loved it once she 

got used to how fast the boat goes.

 cute little stinker!

 Grandpa B and Mia picking out shells to take home

Me,, Mia, and Grandma. It was too windy for any wakeboarding,

so we just floated in the water and there were some HUGE waves. Here's to

the end of the summer. Pretty sad but it was a fun filled one. Mia starts preschool

again 3 days a week on Wednesday and I start work on Wednesday too. Mia's new teacher is Ms.Kelli

and she looks like she could be on Little House on the Prairie so I think she will be a very sweet teacher for Mia. I had to fill out a paper that asked Mia: This year I hope my teacher_____________. She answered with I hope my teacher makes the other kids behave. Yes that sums up Mia. Always mother hen and trying to be teacher's pet. :)