Baby GIRL!

Phew! I actually have an excuse for getting a little behind on posting this time...we've been on vacation!

Logan had 2 weeks between semesters so we went out to visit our families and I had an awesome baby shower :) We found out the day before we left that we are having...wait for it....

a baby GIRL!!!

Which, I AM SO EXCITED for! ha ha. I was totally tricked, too. When the ultrasound lady told us, she was like, "looks like you're having a girl..." and I half sat up and said, "really?! Are you sure??" ha ha. Anyway, bring on the girly stuff! I can't wait.

Logan was adorable and when we got to the car in the parking lot of the hospital he handed me a package that said "It's a girl!" on it, with these cute cute outfits inside that he had secretly picked out and bought:

I was dying in cuteness already. We decided to do a gender reveal at the baby shower, which meant we couldn't tell anyone for the first week of our trip out to Idaho/Wyoming. That proved to be harder than I thought because his sisters and mom all happened to know people who had already found out what they were having and apparently it was strange we didn't know yet and we had to keep making up things about when we were going to find out and whatnot. It was funny but we almost slipped up a few times.

We went to Jackson Hole with Logan's family (and stopped for square ice cream on the way)

 and went to the Bar J Wranglers again, which baby loved. She started doing flips in my tummy from the start as soon as they started singing and playing their instruments.

We also went on a hike to some waterfalls, which we loved because we've been missing nature out in Boston, especially moving straight from St. George where we were out and about all the time.

baby bump!

We stayed in a place called Moose Creek while we were in Jackson, which we discovered right across our driveway, had Moose hanging out. :) 

It was a super fun trip, we had a great time. We headed down to Utah the day after we got back from Wyoming and finally got to have my party and tell everyone the big news.

me and my sisters partyin'

At the end of everything my sister brought in Logan and a gender reveal cake and we had our moms guess what we were having and then we cut into it to show the pink frosting.

I got some stills from my cousin Cassidy who filmed it.

The party was a blast. I didn't get any pictures of the cuteness because they're all on my mom's camera, but we played games, hung out, and opened presents. Baby got some cute presents, I'm so excited.

Toys, books; it's starting to look like a baby lives here! I haven't even found a place for everything yet.
My cousin Christina made this baby sling and this adorable car seat cover for baby:

Tanya, Cristina, me and Tiffany

My mom made these bibs that I've been asking for because Justin had them when he was little and I loved them. They are like little cowboy bibs. (Or cowgirl in this case.)

Baby also got lots of clothes and accessories which were all super cute. She's a lucky little girl and she's not even here yet :) A huge thank you to everyone!

Jen, me, Shanda, and Logan's mom Tammy

Cassidy, Debbie, me, Alyson, Jenna and Christina's baby girl :)

and lots of other people at the party who's photos I still need to upload on my computer...

and to my mom and sisters for planning the whole thing while I was across the country. Thank you!

Melinda, my mom, me, my Grandma and Rebecca

The day after the party we got to play with my nephews Nathan and Jack, which was a blast like usual. I didn't even think to take any pictures but Nathan and I spent the morning defeating Captain Hook and Mr. Smee while fighting off alligators and digging up buried treasure, and Logan and Jack spent the morning making each other laugh. Those kids are ridiculously fun.

 That night Jason came and he and Colie, Melinda and Rebecca, Logan and I all went up the canyon and had a bonfire. Logan brought his guitar and we requested whatever songs we could think of to sing along with while we roasted marshmallows. It was lots of fun.

Before they left, Colie gave baby this lace outfit that I'm dying over. Seriously, I can hardly handle it.

The next day when Rebecca got home from school we went to Orem and had lunch and met up with Melinda for baby clothes shopping! We bought out about 4 stores and baby is pretty much going to be super stylish. :) Ha ha. We really did get so many adorable things, though, I can hardly choose a favorite. I've put most of them away, but here are a few that were hanging up:

 I can hardly wait to cuddle my sweet little girl. That pink bear suit is probably the softest thing I've ever felt and she's going to be so snuggly this winter!

 On our way home from the last store we spied a shave ice shack and made a beeline for it. Turns out, they were HUGE and soft and yummy, so we all had some. :)

That marked off the last thing I'd had on my list that I wanted to do on our vacation. It was so fun, and good to see everyone after a year. Plus now I'm feeling way more ready for baby to get here than I was before. I can't believe she'll be here in a little over 4 months!