Grandma & Grandpa Stott come to visit

This past week my parents were able to come and visit from Utah. It is always nice to have my Mom come and take over the house. She cooks, cleans, gardens and plays Candy Land over and over. I always love the break from being mom when my mom comes to visit. Dad always worries that she is taking over too much, but Doug is thinking about having her come out more often to get this house is order. I guess this pregnancy is starting to wear on Doug a little. Only 12 more weeks to go...AHHHH. Then I will be back to normal...wishful thinking.
Anyway, while they were here we did a little sightseeing.

We went to Fort Snelling in St. Paul which was once the furthest outpost of America in the 1820’s. Today it helps to tell the story of Minnesota from 1820 until it closed in 1946. Andrew and Doug were able to learn how to follow the soldiers and march.

Here Andrew is being enlisted in the army. The guy there said the one requirement for Andrew was that he had to have his two front teeth so he could rip open the gun powder to put in the gun.

This is on top of the fort looking over into St Paul. Karen, here is my one and only prego picture.

We went to a beautiful flower garden.

This is at a park in Stillwater called, surprise-surprise, Teddy Bear Park. We had a lot of fun there. Jacob had become a mama's boys that day and wouldn't get in the picture.

Saturday Fun

This past Saturday we had a great day working out in our yard and cleaning out our garage. It felt great to be out of the house and not getting rained on. After a long day of work we went to Dairy Queen for ice cream and came home and played baseball. What a great day!

Spring FINALLY!

Here are some pictures of our front yard. We have loved being able to enjoy our yard this year. Doug & I planted lots of flowers and a garden for the first time. (We did plant a garden in Arizona once, but we planted way too late in the season and it just baked in the sun.)
The previous owner already had some beautiful flowers in. We added the purple and red, but the rest was already here.
Our garden.
We planted tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, peas, red and green peppers and yellow squash. The boys have loved watching the plants grow.

It's a .....

Friday we went to the doctor to have our big ultrasound and find out if we are adding to the basketball team, or starting on the cheerleaders. When the tech started she kept saying how active the baby was...just like the boys. Then she measured the head and said it would be probably another 8 pounder...just like the boys. Then she took a peek to see if it was a boy or a girl...and it looked just like the boys. Yes, we are still working on the basketball team.
When we told Andrew the news, he cried which didn't help me at all. Our house will be a wild and crazy place, but we are truly grateful that he was healthy and strong! Now comes the hardest part...coming up with a name. Doug and I have a VERY difficult time with boy names. We have had girls names picked out from when Andrew came along. We might call him baby Hobbs until he is old enough to pick his own name. I think this might be the only way to have peace in our marriage. Hopefully someday I will get to use the girl names. Till then, we will start playing the lottery so we can afford missions or maybe Doug will have to take up poker. (He loves to watch poker on TV.) Everyone at church today said, I guess you will have to try again. My thought was...is everyone CRAZY! I don't see myself with 10 children TRYING for a girl.