32 Weeks 3-D

 We went in for our 32 week doctor appointment a couple weeks ago and got to see our little boy in 3-D. It was pretty cool. With out first two we never had ultra sounds other than the 20 week, when you find out the sex. They said he's healthy and was 4 pounds, now he is around 5 pounds. If you look at the pics you can definitely see the traditional chipmunk-ish Capps cheeks that all of our kids get and that we love! He's a cutie. We're so excited to meet him in a few weeks. 

The soon-to-be newest member of our family

Our next baby, a little boy, will be joining our family this summer. He is due to arrive on June 3rd, my sister Kylie's birthday. She's definitely more excited to share her birthday with a nephew then Gunner was with his neice. When we were going to be scheduled to be induced on his birthday we asked him if he would be willing to share his birthday and he did not like the idea of having to share his party and birthday cake. I think he was only 5 at the time but he knew he wanted his special day to be all his. My brother Tyler's birthday is June 1st and he wouldn't mind sharing a birthday either. Tyler will be coming home from his Mexican mission on June 24th. We're hoping to make it to Utah to his homecoming so he can meet both of his nephews. Jaegen was born 4 months after he left and this baby will be born right before he returns.
  This pregnancy has gone better than my first two. I'm now in my third trimester and so far so good. With my first baby I threw up and was sick throughout the morning but throughout the afternoons I felt good and I don't think it ever really went away during the 9 months and with my second I was nauseous throughout the whole day but never threw up. With this baby I've been nauseous on and off, I haven't thrown up and some days I forget I'm pregnant and others I'm just tired. If my pregnancies just keep getting easier then by the time we're done they'll be like my mom's and just pretty much "walk out" at the end of 9 simple months. We can hope.
   We found out we're having a boy, which was a shock to me. I'm still trying to get used to calling the baby a him. I really thought it was going to be a girl and I hadn't been wrong on my previous pregnancies. We started coming up with girl names and now we are switching to boy names, which so far are turning out to be harder to come up with. Derrick wasn't sure on it being a girl, so maybe he is better at knowing then I am. He's been incredibly supportive and loving throughout this pregnancy, even though it is happening while he's going through his first year of teaching, which has definitely had its rough points.
   Tori and Jaegen are getting used to the idea of having a new baby around. I don't know that they really understand it yet, but they know that mommy has a baby in her tummy and they have gone to all the doctor apts so far to hear the heart beat and Tori loves the ultra sounds. My preschool lessons with her have unfortunately not been consistant but she does have an ABC book that we work on writing letters with and we go to the library on tuesdays for storytime and a craft and to the local university on wednesday mornings for storytime were they give her a new book every week. We will hopefully be starting up playground trips with some friends on Fridays now that its getting warmer too. Jaegen is running around and will be able to have more fun on the playground this year. I'm so greatful for my wonderful husband and children. I love that we'll be meeting a new member of our family soon.
   I'm also excited that this baby will have plenty of family to play with. On Derricks side there are three of his cousins pregnant right now. On my side I have 5 second cousins pregnant, one with the same due date as me, and 4 aunts pregnant, and one that just had a baby in November. It's fun to be part of a growing family.

Valentines

I started this blog a year ago around Valentines, showing what our family had done to celebrate Valentines day, so I figure it's only fitting to show what we did for Valentines this year. It was a lot of fun figuring out different things to make with the kids. I wish I would have taken more pictures, but we have lots of fun memories. I love that I get to celebrate love with my little family. We get to make things and give them to each other and be creative together. Tori gets so excited to put things in her daddy's Valentines box. Next year we'll have another little boy to celebrate with us and another little Valentine box to make. We're enjoying creating our own little traditions as we go. We make a Valentine each day of February leading up to the 14th. On Valentines we get to open our boxes and look at all the different Valentines and then we get to have a fun Valentines dinner as a family. Derrick and I will go out on our own later in the week, although after we put the kids to bed we exchange our own little Valentines (this year I got him chocolates and he got me chocolates, a balloon, and a teddy bear. We watched a show together and then he gave me a massage. I have a wonderfully sweet husband!) Derrick and I also did our Valentine's countdown that we did last year. Each day we had a little task given to us to do for each other through out the day. We danced to our wedding song, we did a crossword puzzle together (first to finish got a 2 minute massage), we wrote cheesy Valentines for each other, etc. It was fun. 

This is how we use daddy's old church shirts.

stuffed zuchini

Breaded garlic chicken in lemon butter sauce

seasoned linguine

I think this drink will definitely become a tradition!

Update in Pics

Motherhood.

I love being a mother to two beautiful, smart, funny kids. Here are some of today's fun moments:

I grabbed Jaegen to put him in his highchair for lunch and said "Come on, dude." Tori heard and replied. "He's not a dude! He's just Jaegen." :)
After lunch Tori got to have a dum dum sucker from a Halloween party last night. I took off the wrapper and handed it to her and she started crunching on it immediately. Less than a minute later she holds out the empty sucker stick and says "Yep, it's a sucker."
Another happy moment for today. After coming in from outside I set Jaegen down, I set him down on his feet and he usually falls down onto his bum and crawls off somewhere. Instead, today when I set him down he took at least six steps before gracefully falling! He's also got two words down: Uh-oh and Banana. Too cute!

I'm so glad I get to be a part of these moments with my kids. I wouldn't have it any other way! I'm so grateful for both of them and the little one that's on the way!