Happy Birthday Anne-Girl!!!

Anne is 5 yrs. old today! Where did the time go? We feel so lucky to have been blessed with such a fun, quirky little girl!

Anne's favorite things:
Being a big sister
The Dentist
The Doctor
Fancy Nancy
Hamily Fome Evening
Dinosaurs
Talking to herself
Drawing
Samuel the Lamanite

Funny things Anne has said:
In between screaming as I'm forcing her to get her hair done for church, "You're just a wreck Mom!"
When asked what she wants between 2 choices, "Better Choices!"
Playing with her cousin Jack, "Hey Jack-Jack, you like to play, don't you? Libby doesn't know how to play, she just knows how to eat!"

WOW! Who gave those babies a baby?

YAY! Only 99 days left! No more triple digets on the baby ticker! I can't believe how fast this pregnancy is going! The girls are so excited to have a baby brother. Even Sara who had a melt down everytime we mentioned it being a boy is excited since I figured out that she thought we were trading Libby for a baby brother. Now that we've explained things and she can see my belly getting bigger, she understands that we're adding a brother.
We have had so much fun this summer! I can't believe its almost over! Kellan finished his last summer class at the end of June. Its been so nice to have him home so much more since he's only had work the last few weeks. We are dreading the start of school when we won't get to have him around as much. The last few weeks we have had tons of fun playing in the back yard, camping, trips to the logan zoo, the Oquirrh Temple open house, etc. Sorry there are so many pictures! Maybe I'm just really vain, but its too hard to pick just a couple!


Instant Water Slide!



Oquirrh Mtn. Temple Open House



One of a few trips to the Logan Zoo. It's mostly birds and ducks, but there is a tortise and an albino porcupine and some monkeys that the girls absolutely love!


Playing in the sand box with Dad. Everything is more fun with Dad!

Finally, last week we went camping with my parents and brothers and sisters to Bloomington Lake, which is about half and hour north of Bear Lake. It was one of the most gorgeous places I have ever seen!
Something funny Anne said our second day of camping, I was trying to convince her to let me do her hair up so she could go swimming that day. When I told her she had two choices; get your hair done and go swimming, or don't and stay at camp. When I asked what she wanted a few minutes later she said. "Better Choices!"
We camped right next to the trail the took us up to the lake. The girls loved hiking the mile or so to the lake everyday and swimming, and throwing rocks in. They also loved roasting marshmallows and hot dogs and throwing things into the fire for hours on end. They were so sad to go home.

Things have been pretty exciting this last week or so. First off, Libby finally cut her first tooth- a bottom one- at 13 1/2 months! We're glad its finally in, since its been coming in for about a month and she hasn't been too happy about it.

Yesterday was my 26th birthday! My mom and dad and sister Jaecee were all able to come spend the week with us, so I got to spend my birthday with them, which was really nice. It was a pretty awesome day! We had an awesome BBQ up at Tee and Adam's house, and Kellan and I got to go to a movie alone. We forgot to take the camera up with us, so sorry no pictures. Sara was really cute, about every time she saw me she would wish me Happy Birthday.

The best part though was probably my ultrasound! Again, sorry no pictures, my computer isn't letting me scan anything at the moment. We took Anne with us, who was absolutely facinated and acted like she new exactly what she was looking at on the screen. It was all good news! The baby is very healthy and active, I am two weeks farther along than my Dr. first thought, which I think is fair, since last time the ultrasound added two weeks to my due date. So, I am due Nov. 12, and we are having a boy! Craziness. Really, we're not sure what to think. We really didn't care if it was a boy or a girl, but we're so used to girls that we feel kind of lost. It's exciting to do something new, but kind of scarry too. Anne is really excited to have a brother, and Sara is warming up to the idea. For a while, Sara would break down every time I suggested it might be a boy. She said Dad was the only Stevens boy she wanted. But she didn't cry when we told her, so we're sure she'll warm up to him quickly. Kellan was the most surprized. I had felt like it was a boy all along and wasn't too surprized, but I think he really just expeceted another girl. He was pretty speachless for a while. So, like the ultrasound technician pointed out to us, we'd better get shopping for some awesome boy clothes. I love the old man church clothes- flat capps, bow-ties etc. maybe we'll start there.