so we decided to have another one! That's right, IT'S A GIRL! At least we're pretty sure it is. We were able to go down to Salt Lake and have another ultrasound and this time our cute little baby decided to cooperate. We had two different people look at the ultrasound and they both said they thought it was a girl. So that's what we are planning on. Ilie will love having a little sister that she can play with and I will love being able to use all her cute clothes again. So we're pretty excited (to say the least)! This little girl is already kicking around like crazy, just like her big sister did. And my tummy is a pokin' out!! We have our 20 week ultrasound next week, so we'll see if the due date changes at all. For now it's anywhere between May 31 and June 2! We'll keep ya updated.

Christmas fun in Utah land

let's make it official

Well, we're not sure exactly who knows our exciting NEWS!! So here goes...instead of starting fertility treatments again, we decided to skip straight to the pregnancy part. Yep, WE'RE PREGNANT!! (Well, technically I am.) The day before we were suppose to start the whole fertility saga, I broke down and took a prego test...and very much to my shock and amazement, it was POSITIVE. Yes, we know we have been really slow on posting this. We had to keep it secret for quite awhile because we didn't tell our family until me and Ilie went home for Christmas, and that was not an easy task!! Let's just say...I am a professional liar now! But you can't beat the surprise of coming off the plane with Ilie wearing her "Big Sister" shirt (not that they got it right away)! But they finally caught on and they were more than surprised, especially when I told them I was 3 1/2 months prego. My mom was shocked I had been lying to her for that long. All the family has been equally shocked, because absolutely no one was expecting this...especially not us. But miracles happen, this is our second little miracle and we could not be happier!! I think we still are trying to figure out if it is real...at least I am!!

So I am now 17 weeks pregnant, almost half way...WOW!! Our due date in somewhere between May 30 and June 2. I started feeling the baby move strongly about a week ago, and that just makes it even more of a reality. We went in last Thursday for our ultrasound to find out what we were having, but to our absolute luck...the baby was hiding all the necessary parts! We were a little bummed, but we saw the little head and hands and the heartbeat and that was good enough. We are going to try and have another ultrasound the Friday before we come home, so cross your fingers that the little legs are "uncrossed"! We promise to keep you all more updated! And one last thing...YAHOO!

HO, HO, HO....Merry Christmas!

My Favorite Things

So, I have been reading everyone's fabulous blogs, and lot of people have "their favorite things" listed. So I thought I'd go ahead and write SOME of my own. So here goes:

1. Anyone who knows me, knows I am absolute freak for GUMMY GRAPEFRUITS!! These are the most yummy treats in the world, and right now the only places I know to find them are Jackson Hole, WY or the internet. I told Mark I wanted a 10 lb. bag in my stocking, no kidding.

2. All I can say is "Costa Mondays". When I am home in Utah, we go to Costa Vida every Monday, yep...we're that big of freaks for COSTA VIDA SALADS...they are seriously that GOOD!!

3. Probably my favorite place on earth...my CABIN in Christmas Meadows in the Uinta Mountains. It really is the most beautiful and peaceful place I know of.

4. LAKE POWELL. Probably my second favorite place. I miss that place sooo sooo bad. I have had so many great and adventuresome memories there. Nothing beats waking up in the morning to beautiful red cliffs, the smooth water and a cup of hot cocoa around the campfire.

5. I love CHRISTMAS...really, I am just a Christmas freak!! I could celebrate it all year long. I love every little aspect and tradition of the holiday. Candy making, the tree, the lights, our spiritual Christmas Eves, Christmas morning, the food, the parties, the family, did I mention the food, the snow, and I could go on and on...and on.

6. I have to go with Sonja on this one... I love MAC COSMETICS, especially their eye shadow. It is the best!

7. OK, so my list would not truly be MY list if I didn't put down SHOPPING. I love love love it. It just makes me happy. What more can I say.

8. PUREOLOGY SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER, VOLUME. Hands down, it is the greatest stuff out there. Not too cheap, but oh, so worth it.

9. I loving reading a GOOD BOOK. Right now I'm reading the second book by Khaled Hosseini titled "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and it is very good, and also very eye opening. (It is mainly about how the women in Afghanistan are often treated.)

10. MY FAMILY. I truly could noy live without any of them. Mark and Ireland are my world. They make me happy to wake up every morning. Ireland's smile and laugh can melt my heart in a second. And what would I do without our families at home. They are just pretty dang awesome, probably why I miss them sooo much.

So I think I could go on and on and on. But those are 10 of my favorite things, but I'm sure you all don't want Brooke's 101 favorite things, so I'll leave it at that.

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happy halloween!

Happy Halloween!! Well, we celebrated the spooky holiday
over here in Scotia Land, and I'd say we had quite a good
time. Ireland was a pink poodle this year and it just fit her
little perfectly. She loved her costume. She drug it around
the house constantly, cuddling with it and calling it "my
poodle", it was pretty cute. But she was even cuter all dressed
up...all soft and fuzzy, and the cutest little poodle ever. She
got all dressed up twice, first for the Primary Halloween party
and then for the real deal. The Primary party was awesome.
Lots of yummy food and games and then Ilie got her first real
taste of trunk-or-treating, and she caught on very quickly.
She ran from one car to another saying "tri-treat" and holding
her bag out, then she'd turn around and try to go to the same
car again...hey, she knew what she was doing!!


On the real Halloween day, Ilie got dressed up early and we
took the annual trip to the dental school to go and visit Daddy.
She loves her daddy, and she was really excited to see him and
all her friends dressed up. That night the Young's were brave
enough to have all of us over again for Halloween celebrations.
We ate nummy soups and breads and got ready for some
fabulous trick-or-treating and Ilie was ready to go...she knew
what to expect this time. So the little cuties ran from one door
to another and completely filled their bags after one street
(mostly with chips!) So we emptied and set out for another
round. Ilie was in pure heaven, when else can you go door to
door and get treats, treats, and more treats! But we finally
reached the point when we asked her if she still wanted to
trick-or-treat, and she said "uh-uh" (translated: no!), so we
headed home. And that was the great Redd Halloween adventure.