Baby #3 is a...

Boy!!!

And looking so cute already!

Haha I can't believe we're going to have three boys running around our house.

I am so totally out numbered!

I have to admit that I broke down and cried that night...come on, a mother has to have a girl somewhere in there! I have the best relationship with my mother and I want to have that sort of relationship with my daughter.

And to be honest, I was hoping he was a girl just so I could be more excited about having another one.

I don't know how I'm going to handle three kids.

More power to those women out there who have more!

But, I think Brandon and I settled on a name.

I know, shocker, right?!

Now I just have to pray Brandon doesn't change his mind because I don't think I'll be changing mind.

So what is it, you might ask...

Gabriel Matthew

beautiful, huh?

I love it, and am now slightly more excited to meet him.

Is that a bad thing that I'm not really that excited to be pregnant again?

I hope not.

Our Mini Vacation from Hell!

Sorry, no pictures this time. Not that I didn't take my camera, it's just we were in Brandon's car, which is a 2 door car, so we were pretty smashed in there. And then the rest of the time my hands were pretty full...as you'll soon find out!

Let me first start off by saying this trip was not planned at all. Brandon had been gone the beginning of the week (Monday the 14th-Wednesday the 16th) because of an interview in New York. Then he had to drive down to Utah Thursday night for an interview on Friday. We found out that the hotel room he was in had a king size bed so we (the boys and I) decided to tag along because we didn't want to be without Daddy for another day. Brandon's car is in better shape and gets better gas milage than my 4-Runner, so we decided to take his car.

Mistake #1. It is VERY difficult to put kids into a car that only has 2 doors.

Plus, since Jacob's carseat is still backwards facing, my seat was pushed far up and it was very uncomfortable for me, being pregnant and all.

Mistake #2. Believing that every child is a little angel.

We got a pretty late start so we stopped at a McDonalds in Idaho Falls for dinner. They had a play area so while Brandon was ordering, I went in with David so he could run around and play for a little bit. Next thing I know, David is screaming bloody murder in one of the cubby areas and I go to find a little girl with her hands on David's face. Turns out that little girl was trying to gouge out David's eyes! I pulled him out and looked him over and found all these little scratches from his hair line near his ear all the way across his nose and to the other side of his face. It looked so bad, and I felt so terrible that I let that happen to my son. When I told Brandon, I think he would have yelled at the kid's parents if I hadn't stopped him and told him her parents made her say she was sorry. He was still pretty angry though...but I think with good reason.

Mistake #3. Letting the boys sleep so long in the car.

We ended up getting to the hotel around 10:30 pm, but because the boys were so rested from their multiple naps neither one really wanted to go to bed. Brandon and I were exhausted, and Brandon was short tempered because he wanted to be well rested for his interview. Needless to say, I was chasing the boys around the room until about 12:30 am. And then they decided to get up around 6:30...it was NOT a good night!

Mistake #4-5. Not bringing a stroller but believing that the mall play house area would keep the boys occupied for the 2 hours that Brandon was in his interview.

Brandon's car has a small trunk as well so we couldn't fit a stroller into the car, but I thought I would be ok without it. When we got down into Utah, Orem area, I remembered the mall and the nice big tree house play area they have in there. I told Brandon that he could drop us off there and we would just hang out there until he finished. That tree house kept David's attention for all of 30 minutes! Then he was off running all over the place and I had to chase him while holding Jacob the entire time. Well, my arms got tired pretty quickly so I decided we would go get something to eat. Yeah, David decided to throw a temper tantrum right then and there. So while I was bending over to grab David, Jacob decided to also lean over and slipped right out of my arms and fell flat on his back! I thought for sure he had gotten a concussion, but luckily he seemed fine. We got our food, ate, and while I was cleaning up David decided to run a little ways ahead. He was still in my sights, so I didn't mind too much, until I had trouble getting the trash in the trash bin. I guess I must have looked down for too long because when I looked up again, he was GONE! Let me tell you, WORST FEELING EVER!!! I looked around for a little bit on my own but eventually had to go get security to help, and about 20 minutes later we saw him walking out of a store with a toy! He could have cared less that Mommy wasn't with him...but let me tell you, Mommy was a basket case! Stupid pregnancy hormones!

The rest of the day didn't go so hot either but they weren't as bad as those...so yeah, lessoned learned. It probably would have been better to go one more day without Daddy then try to tag along!

Boy Model and Mischief Maker

Ever since this little boy realized what a camera is, he is obsessed with taking pictures!

He loves going and standing across the room and striking a pose and then coming to look at the picture and most times will say, "Cute, cute" and then go and strike another pose.

Maybe he's going to be a model when he grows up...

Personally, I hope not.

Models have to do lots of things which are against our standards.

But I do have to say I'm am truly enjoying the pictures we get from him now!

He really surprises me sometimes with what he does!

I do have to say that he isn't unhappy in this picture...he really is striking a pose.

I have lots of pictures before and after this one where he is smiling and laughing!

And I just LOVE this picture...he looks so grown up!

And then he's got his mischief side...which I'm sure ever child has.

The other night we were watching a movie and the boys were playing nicely in their room (or so we thought).

I went to check on them and this is what I found...

we had just opened this new box of toilet paper, so we still had about 8 rolls left. All of which were opened and rolled around.

Our apartment got toilet papered from the inside!

Join Us for Another Update!

Ok, I seriously need to get better at this because I really hate doing these "update" posts!

They are too long so I'm not sure how many people actually read the entire thing...

But so much has happened, it's ridiculous!

First off...Halloween!

Apparently Brandon and I aren't much of holiday people...we never really did much before we had kids and sadly, are keeping up the tradition with kids.

I feel like a terrible parent!

We didn't even carve our pumpkin! We bought one, but it just sat on our countertop.

But because of this, I really wanted to take the boys out trick-or-treating.

(It still almost didn't happen)

But here are the boys' costumes!

The adorable Mario!

The equally cute Luigi!

I had to hold his hands down because he would just take his hat off.

I wanted to get a picture of them together, but of course no one was cooperating.

David loved trick-or-treating...he would go up to the house saying "trick-treat," but then not say anything when the door opened! haha silly boy! But he loved going from house to house getting candy.

These boys drive me crazy at least 10 times a day, but I still can't get enough of them.

David is a typical two-year-old. Whoever came up with the phrase "terrible twos" was sooo right!

Example: In the time it took me to go to the bathroom, David got into the fridge and smashed about half a dozen eggs in our living room...and tossed the other half around the room (how they didn't break is beyond me!) It was like an Easter egg hunt for me, only there wasn't any goodies at the end!

He is exercising is agency every second of every day and honestly, Brandon and I are at our wits end. We need some new disciplining ideas because what we are doing is NOT working at all!

Just look at that face...it's got "I'm Up to No Good" written all over it!

Jacob is a typical nine month old...he is figuring out how to get into everything! But he's super cute doing it! haha He is working on standing by himself. He can do it for a couple of seconds and now has a controlled fall instead of flopping, so I imagine it won't be long before this little boy is walking! Sadly though, this boy has a temper...and I mean temper!

If he does not get what he wants, look out! I'm pretty sure a deaf person could hear his scream!

I just love them in their church outfits though...they just look so grown up and handsome!

Christmas ideas the relatives can get me (or the boys)- more church outfits! (since I don't have a girl yet, this is the only way I'm allowed to dress up my boys)

:)

Let me explain these next couple of pictures...

We have church at 1 in the afternoons...that's normally in the middle of David's naps. So quite often we have to wake him up to get him ready. Well, one day he just wasn't waking up...we tried everything from rubbing his back and talking to him, opening up his blinds, pulling off his pants, and nothing was working. Brandon got the idea of piling his toys on top of him until he woke up. As you can see, that didn't work out as well as we hoped either.

Can you see him?!

Don't worry though, we made sure we didn't cover his face so he could still breathe.

Brandon has been fervently looking for a job for when he graduates this December (only a month and a half away!) and so far, no luck.

He went down to Utah for an interview a couple of weeks ago, and last week they sent him an email asking when they could get in contact with him for a follow up (basically going to tell him yes or no). Well, he told them when he was available and they have YET to call him!

We were angry and frustrated because this was the only job that looked remotely promising.

But we have since given up on them (I don't think Brandon would want to work for them now even if they did happen to call and offer a job), and are back to the drawing board.

He's got a couple of interviews coming up, so keep us in your prayers that one of these places is the one...otherwise, we really don't know what to do.

I'm about 16 1/2 weeks along now...I've been starting to feel the baby move a little which has gotten me more excited about it. We still don't know how we are going to handle 3 kids, especially when 2 are driving us up the wall. We find out on November 29th what this little one is, and we are definitely excited about that! I have had no thoughts or feelings on what it could be...actually that's a lie. I will think it's one think and then my brain will talk me out of it, so I begin to think it's the other. It's been very frustrating, and I hate being in the dark! But I just need to wait a couple more weeks!

So that has been another lovely update on the lives of the Lyons'...please join us next month for another!

I promise I will start to get better!

Playing Catch-Up!

Wow! It's been a little while. I'm forever checking blogs, but I never feel like updating ours...still kind of don't, but a lot has been going on lately so I figured I might as well.

First off, Jacob is now 8 months old!!

And, as you can see, pulling himself up like a pro now!

He is fully crawling- no more amy crawl!

And mainly wanting solid food...this boy will eat anything!

Even if he has just eaten but sees us eating something, he'll crawl over, pull himself up and beg for our food. And I mean literally BEG! Puppy dog eyes, pouty lips, pathetic sounds and everything!

He loves to watch his favorite movie, "Meet the Colors"

Before you reprimand me for letting my 8 month old watch tv, it's a movie about colors. All they say are the colors (really, nothing else- it's quite annoying for an adult), and the little puff balls of color go around doing different things repeating whatever color they are over and over again.

It's educational, and I don't think it's hurting him any. It's also helping David learn his colors!

And here he is stealing David's pizza crust. He will literally eat ANYTHING! Seriously, Brandon gave him a small piece of pepper one day and he chowed down on it!

We have to put him in his jumperoo now whenever David is eating because he will just try to steal all of David's food!

Oh, he also now has his first tooth! Sadly, it did not go so well, and even more sad is I think his second bottom tooth is now working on poking though.

Yay for sleepless nights for Mommy!

And now, David!

We have let him play Mario Kart on our Wii and he is now absolutely addicted to Mario.

We found this cute little Mario doll, and as you can see he absolutely loves it!

He now has to make sure it is in his bed with him when he goes to sleep.

It's the cutest thing ever because he doesn't hold him, but places him on his pillow next to his head so he can look at him! It's so cute!

We are thinking about making him Mario for Halloween and Jacob, baby Luigi! I'll post pictures if it actually turns out!

He is just growing up too fast! Could this boy get ANY cuter?!!

We are working on his speech. He can put together a couple of sentences but mostly it's just the words he knows (which is A LOT).

I think he's longest sentence so far is "I'm gonna get you!"

And that's mainly because Mario says it in the game! haha

We're working on it, and he's getting there.

But ask this boy to do anything athletic, and he's there!

He's new trick: Hitting a ball with a bat, when the ball is tossed to him!

He can do it pretty consistently too...it seriously surprises us what this boy can do!

Now Mommy!

I had the special chance of going down to Utah with my fellow Relief Society women to see the Relief Society General Broadcast- which was absolutely WONDERFUL!

We also had a chance to tour Welfare Square (all my pictures there didn't turn out very good), and Temple Square. Both places I have never been before, so it was a GREAT opportunity for me! It was a great day, even though I did feel queasy even now and then

The beautiful Salt Lake Temple! It was a gorgeous day so I was able to get some great pictures!

I'm quite proud of that one! lol

The Christus (I think that's how it's spelled), in one of the visitor's centers on Temple Square.

We have one in the Washington D.C. visitor's center, so it reminded me of home!

All in all, it was a wonderful day- even though it was a long day. 5:30 am to 12:30 am!

Brandon had the boys all day long and he did SPECTACULAR with them!

I was a little worried because he hasn't has them longer than 2 hours before, but my worries were in vain!

He is a great husband for allowing me to have that wonderful opportunity.

Now we just have to get down there as a family!

Last, but not least, Daddy!

Sadly, there are no pictures of what Brandon has been doing the last month or so.

But you can imagine what it looks like...school, homework, sleep, and more school!

He is working hard in his LAST semester of school, and working hard to find a job afterwards.

Right now, he has applied to many places, but not a whole lot of interviews.

He's getting a little stressed that he hasn't found a job yet, and I'm kind of there too.

But we both know, everything will work out- it's just the waiting part that hard!

So there you go...you are now caught up in the lives of the Lyons'! Now I can go back to my blog stalking and not have to worry about writing for a while! haha :)