THE EVER EXPANDING BELLY

Just a quick post... some recent pics of my growing belly.

I am 23 weeks & 5 days in these pics... some days I wonder where I will fit any more baby...

CHRISTMAS IN COVE

Christmas has finally come, and now it's long passed and we are already into the New Year...
Jake and I had a great Christmas. We flew to Utah, and spent Christmas with the Geddes family in Cove.

I had only ever met Kim and Spence before, so this was the official 'meet the family' trip.
Everything was great. Jakes family are all very lovely... down to earth, easy to be around people, so it made me feel very at home and welcome. We got to spend a lot of time with Landon and Kaden, the first two little nephews. They are adorable, and fortunately not stranger shy, so we had no trouble playing with, holding and spoiling them with attention. Jake had a great time with his nephews. It was the first time the he met Kaden who is already nearly 8 months old.

UNCLE JAKE WITH HIS NEPHEWS

CAN'T YOU JUST TELL HOW INTO PHOTO'S KADEN WAS AT THIS POINT... lol

KADEN

LANDON

While we were in Cove, we got a LOT of snow... but it was much more beautiful than here in Michigan. There is a lot of open land around the Geddes home, so the snow stays white and undisturbed for much longer. Here in Michigan, it turns to black slush by the next day. Winter over there is so much more bearable... I imagine it's because of the dry air, but you can walk from the house to the car without your coat and not freeze. In Michigan, the minute you step outside, the cold bites you in the butt and you FREEZE... the humidity here just makes it feel so much colder, and the wind is terribly chilly. I would much prefer to be in Utah all winter long. LOL.



Our trip to Cove, was the first time in a long time that the entire family was all together, so we took some family photo's. It included all the spouses, children and Kandice, Scotts fiance, so for now at least we are on top of the family photo... but, with such a large family, things are changing all the time. By next summer, Sara and I will both have little bundles of joy to hold in the next photo, which hopefully we can take before JT leaves on mission. We also enjoyed being there for Annabelle's blessing. Annabelle was born just a week before we arrived, and is a tiny, little thing.

GEDDES FAMILY PHOTO

OF COURSE THERE IS NO SAYING THAT THE GEDDES FAMILY ARE ALWAYS NORMAL... I FIT IN JUST FINE WITH THE GEDDES GENE POOL :D

LIKE I SAID, I FIT IN JUST FINE

Christmas day was great... it was casual, relaxing and fun, and we got spoilt so rotten. Jake and I got a big box just filled with goodies... baby clothes, a baby quilt, candy, tons of other gizmo's and gadgets for the house, and then we are getting a huge 27" "Families Are Forever" wall clock shipped to us, also from Kim and Spence. The name draw gift exchange was also fun... and we got great gifts all round. I have already used my nifty travel blanket twice, so I have no doubt that it will come in handy in the future.

Before our trip was over, we of course had to make a stop at Temple Square, so that I could finally see the lights. It was cold, but very pretty. I have always wanted to see Temple Square at Christmas time.

SALT LAKE TEMPLE

IT WAS COLD...

Our flight back we had a nice surprise... we got bumped up to first class... Oh, how I love Northwest Airlines right now. We got breakfast on the plane, drinks in glasses and big, comfy seats... don't you just love it when things like that happen.

A VIEW FROM OUR FIRST CLASS SEATS.. lol...
IT WAS REALLY PRETTY OUT THE WINDOW

Well, our trip is over, and it's time for all the exciting events of 2009 to begin.

HAPPY NEW YEAR...

MISTER 'BEAN'

Today was our 20 week scan, and well, the title says it all... our Bean is a little Mister...

He is in perfect health, seems to be growing properly and everything is just great.





I was really worried that our 'Bean' wasn't going to co-operate and let us see his gender, but we had no trouble with that. The whole scan took about 20 minutes, because he was so good, and when it came time to sneak a peek, he lay there, legs wide open, revealing the whole package... it was hard to miss. There is no doubt that he is in fact another Geddes male. LOL.

Now the trouble with a little Mister, is his grandpa and uncle on my side...my brother, Jarryd and my dad are natural born trouble makers, mischief seekers and pranksters... And I have no doubt that they will eagerly try to involve our little Mister Bean and teach him the ways of the Gerber Family men...Oh, what grey hairs I see sprouting on my head after family vacations to South Africa... LOL... But then, I just couldn't imagine life without my nut-house family who so love to torment me. :D

Our little 'Bean' will also have no shortage of little terrors to play with, as the Geddes side of the family are sprouting many boys... there is Kaden, Landon, Baby Nielsen and our Mister 'Bean' and I am sure there are many more little Geddes Men still to come. It will be wonderful when we live close to the rest of the family and the boys can all grow up together.

To think of the things that lie in the future... dirty boys racing through my house, tramping mud on my clean carpets; bug collections in my living room and excuses like, "But Grandpa Said..."

We are definitely in for an entertaining adventure with our little Mister 'Bean'

MY 'SPECIAL' PEOPLE

As many of you may know, I absolutely ADORE my family.... they are loud, obnoxious, crazy, and rather 'special' people, but they are the absolute best...

Today I decided that I wanted to add them to my blog, because they are so far away and so easy to miss...

I didn't choose the most glamorous pictures, cos then you would be looking at a slide show of someone elses family... my family is VERY FAR from glamorous, so I chose pictures that show the true colours of the nut house that I grew up in, with the people whose genes I share.

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BRRR...

Winter it seems, has arrived.
Yesterday we had our first 'decent' snowfall. It snowed pretty much all day, and settled well.
We have had snow in the past weeks, but mostly just little flurries, that barely settled on the ground... yesterday was a good snowy day... and completely dreary in my opinion, but today, it's gorgeous outside... blue skies and white snow everywhere.

Of course, it's freaking freezing, but I guess you can't have one without the other.

Here are some pics I took yesterday of our first good snow fall.




MY FACE CLEARLY SAYS IT ALL... lol


This is how it looks outside today... it's days like this when I like snow!

ENTERTAINING AN AFRICAN...

pparently it doesn't take much to entertain me... LOL.

Jake and I recently ordered a new trash can from Costco...they had a great deal on a 13 gallon one, and a bonus feature is that it is censored, so it opens automatically so you don't have to touch it...
Well, I am not generally one for gadgets and electronics, but our trash can arrived this morning and I decided to unpack it and set it up etc... before I knew it, I was giggling in delight at this new 'toy'... I am such spaz. LOL :)

Here is a video of our AWESOME trash can. LOL

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