California 2008

Morgan has been begging John and I to take her on a trip to Disneyland; so we went last weekend and it was so much fun. We flew into Long Beach and stayed up there and just drove down to Disneyland one day.

I had heard that you could make reservations to have lunch with the princesses where they come around to your table and talk to you and you can take pictures with them. So I made us a reservation and we got to meet all the princesses, (well the ones that were there that day). There was Arial, who Morgan announces to everyone that she was a human, and not a mermaid like she speculated, and Belle, Aurora, Jasmine and Snow White. It was really cool. They were very much in character when they talk to you; so Morgan thought it was soooo awesome. Here are a couple of pictures of her with the princesses.

Belle is our favorite

John thought Jasmine was dressed too revealing but I had a feeling he was only saying that because Morgan and I were there...

John thought Snow White looked terrible. I thought she looked great.

Here is Morgan waiting for our name to be called for the lunch. Eveyone thought she was Cinderella...

The next day we went to the beach and Morgan had more fun there than she did in Disneyland. She freaked out when it was time to go. Here are some pics of the beach.

Here is one last "classic picture" of Morgan posing on the lifeguard shack.

We are having a ... (this time it is for real)

A Boy! John and I are in shock at learning that we will finally have a boy. We had the ultrasound yesterday and this little baby would not stop moving, I hope this is not an indication of things to come.... We even have a picture of him looking like he is about to do a back-sommersalt. I would post some pictures but they just don't look that great when you try to take a picture of them. But the next appointment we go to they will do a full ultrasound and give us a DVD of it; so we will have to share some of that next time.

We are so excited to have a boy but a little nervous. Do we know how to deal with boys?

Will they try on 75 different outfits before finally choosing one for the day?
Will they cry when you say no to them; even if it was because they were asking for a 5th Oreo cookie?
Will they want to wear makeup and talk on your cell phone all day when they are 4?

These are the questions that we are asking ourselves right now!

Octoberfest and John's Italian twin

Saturday was the first day of Octoberfest up at Snowbird and John and I happened to run into our neighbor who was really wanting to find some people to head up with him. So we took him up there and had a great relaxing time. We walked around the booths and ate brauts (well the boys ate those...) then the boys went down the alpine slide while I enjoyed watching an assortment of drunk people ride the mechanical bull. I laughed pretty hard...to myself.

Well, to thank us for driving him up to Octoberfest, our neighbor paid a caricaturist to draw a picture of John and I. I think this picture looks a little like fantasy compared to reality; but whatever. I have found John staring at it more times than I would care to admit. The worst part is that he is admiring himself!

Then tonight I called John on my way home from school and he was dying for me to get home so he could show me a part of this Italian movie he rented. He said that there was a guy in it that looked exactly like him. I told him that nobody ever finds people that look like them; they only find people who look like other people; but he insisted. Then I come home to find him taking pictures of the TV to show the pictures to his sister; so she could agree with him too.
What do you think? John's illegitimate Italian twin brother?


If anyone wants a better view; head over and John will gladly show you the movie.

A couple good laughs

My current condition of feeling nauseous and yucky all day means that I spend a lot of time watching TV, which is not something I normally do. But after seeing Sarah say on her blog that the show Wipeout was hilarious I decided to check it out. I laughed so hard watching that show and not because the contestants but because the announcer John Henson, who was the host of Talk Soup, which was also hilarious. John Henson just makes fun of the people who are competing on these crazy obstacles and he is so funny. I got my laugh of the day last night watching it.

Also, this morning Morgan and I were on our daily walk around the block when she said, "Look, the moon and the sun are out. That is weird. I don't know what Jesus is thinking doing that!" I got another good chuckle from this.

We are having a ....

Bean! Sorry to get your hopes up; we actually won't know what we are having for another 6 weeks. But we did get to go to our first appointment and get a picture of our baby bean. (It is not a great pic, but you get the idea).


I came home and told Morgan we got a picture of the baby and I showed her this. She looked at me like, "That is not a baby!" I think she was worried that she was having a freak blob sibling. She has since realized that the baby just looks like a bean for now, but it will change into a real baby soon.

Now I remember when I went to my first appointment when I was pregnant with Morgan I remember listening to the heartbeat but I know I never got to take home a picture. Maybe that is a bad sign that technology has changed so much since the birth of my last child! Am I too old for this?

Yours, mine and... ours

Well the Burton household is proud to announce that it will soon add one more to its crazy mix. Yes, we are expecting a baby! I am 7 weeks along so I am due in March, around the 12th.

We told the kids last weekend and they are so very excited to have a little brother or sister. Morgan said she doesn't care which one it is (a girl or a boy), as long as it is both.... She doesn't know that those kinds of thoughts cause nightmares!

I have been so sick the past week and a half that not telling people became 'not an option'. I was never ever sick with Morgan so I think I went into this pregnancy a little cocky. Boy have I been humbled. I am nauseous from the time I wake up until early afternoon. I have spent many days in my bed with my laptop next to me so I could work and moan at the same time. Let me say this again, thank goodness I work from home.

We have not even discussed names yet, but so far the count of people who think we are having a boy is about 1,200 and the number of people who think we are having a girl is 0. So we will see....

Fourth of July Party

John and I hosted a neighborhood 4th of July party (and yes, I realize that that was weeks ago, but I am feeling blog-lazy). I just wanted to post some pictures of our awesome friends and neighbors.

Here are the new mom's Mindy and Rochelle.



Here is Mindy's huband Danny all decked out in his cowboy attire along with handlebar mustache. I just had to jump in this picture at the last minute.



Here are the other Missie and Jeannie


Here are our next door neighbors Melanie and Carl, with Stephen lurking in the background. Carl and Melanie moved to Riverton the day before, and I am still kind of mad at them for leaving us and for taking all of Morgan's friends with them. These are Morgan's boyfriends parents; so I guess I will see them more often when they are Morgan's inlaws. And everytime a camera is put in Carl's face his eyes automatically go cross-eyed. I think he needs professional help!

Here are the neighborhood tough guys, Aaron, Rod, and Matt.... don't mess with them... Actually I think they are the crazy shirt gang!

And then here is another person who needs to seek professional help, whenever a camera is shown, Morgan strikes a pose...



We had such a great night. After everyone left John and I counted up how many people were there and we came up with 53! Holy cow there were so many people there, but it was a great time. When the sun went down we started the firework show. Aaron, the neighborhood pyro, brought over about $350.00 worth of fireworks, but said his wife only allowed him to bring out about $150.00 from the car. It was an awesome firework show. He had a few of these huge cones that each lasted about 20 minutes each. I would have never bought one of those before but after seeing one I seriously think that next year I will buy one of those and call it good....