The Ultrasound

We had our ultrasound on December 23rd and got to see our healthy baby GIRL! We both cried at the sight of her and have been SO excited ever since. I don't know if you will be able to see anything here that at all resembles a baby, but I keep forgetting to show the video to our families so will try to post it here! In this video clip she starts out on her side facing us and has her arms up by her head, and you can see her little heart beating away. Then she flips over onto her back and you can see a great shot of her little spine.

Here is a still shot of her profile too...you can see her little lips and chin and her hand is up by her face. She was really active during the ultrasound so it was hard to get good shots, and she continues to be just as active! I love technology, I wish we could have an ultrasound and see her every month!

The Holidays

Where to even begin...we had so much fun over the holidays this year! Ben loved the snow and got to play in it for the first time, and it was so beautiful to have a white Christmas! We were so giddy over seeing our healthy baby girl just a couple days before at our ultrasound, we have so much to be thankful for. We had a wonderful Christmas morning at home with Ben, but also got to spend time and celebrate with both sides of the family. He was really good at ripping open those gifts and has been busy playing ever since! Mike has been off work since Christmas Eve, and I've only had to work a couple days so we have had a LOT of good quality family time home together. Happy New Year to everyone! More pics here: http://hagman.shutterfly.com/1047

Our TV star

Last Saturday we went to the Boise holiday parade for the first time. It was so fun and Ben loved it! We settled in right in front of the library, and eventually noticed we were right in the path of the channel 7 cameras. I of course am ALL about getting on TV, and called my mom pronto to tell her to watch for us. Sure enough within minutes she called to tell us that we had all made it on and that there were close-ups of both Ben and Hailee. So of course right when we got home I proceeded to Tivo the whole parade and will probably save it forever. :) There was literally like a one minute spot of just Ben, they happened to zoom in on him just as a float full of teen beauty queens were cruising by and he was clapping and waving, it was pretty dang cute. If I could figure out how to get it off the Tivo and onto here I would, but these pictures will have to do for now!!

Here we go!

Okay the training potty has arrived in the mail. Not that we're going to do much more than look at it, not until after the new baby comes anyway. But one day Ben actually wanted to sit on the toilet, and every time he takes a #2 goes in the other room to do it and then immediately wants his diaper changed, so I figured we'd at least get a potty. He doesn't think it to be much more than a toy right now, and likes to step in it more than sit on it, but we'll take baby steps!

Trick or Treat!

Halloween was SO much fun for us this year! We pretty much just trick or treated at the granparents' houses and a couple close neighbors, but he thought it was pretty cool to just hold out his little bucket and be given candy! He was also pretty into his bat costume and looked really adorable in it. We've really been enjoying the fall and had a fun trip to the zoo with Grandma and Grandpa last week. As always, lots more pictures here: http://hagman.shutterfly.com/