Fiona, Kaisa & Nathan Judd

One of the many little funny conversations we have at the dinner table.

I pour the rest of the water from the pitcher into my glass.

Kaisa: All gah! (all gone)

Me: Thanks.  It’s nice to have someone to tell me when things are all gone.

Nathan: Yeah, you’re our little barometer of emptiness!

Kaisa: Yeah!

Shortly after this hilarious moment, we decided to count how many words Kaisa knows. Here’s what we came up with:

Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Hi, Bye-Bye, Yeah, No, More, Please, Thank You, Happy, Pretty, Baby, Puppy, Blankie, Zebra, Bath, Water (Wa-Wa), Kitty, Hair, Eyes, Ears, Nose, Mouth, Eat, Outside, Up, Down, Ashes (sounds like something else!), Let Go, Look, Knock, Sticky, Stuck, Body, Melodie, All Done, All Gone, Go, Stop It, Hot, Push, Shoes, Book, Diaper, O.K., Mine, Shirt, Kaisa, Snack, Beep, Milk, Drink, Juice, Stairs, Yogurt, Cheese, Swimming (Wooshee)

59 words! There are probably more I can’t think of.  Keep in mind these are only words that she says voluntarily.  She understands and will say a lot more if asked.  That also doesn’t include animal sounds.  Isn’t she a smartie pants?

For those who may not have heard via text or word of mouth, we are having a boy!  We are all very excited and can’t wait to have our little boy here with us!  He is doing very well and everything looks normal.  He measured only two days bigger, so they won’t change my due date.  Now I just need to collect some little boy blankets & clothes!  Oh, and the biggest chore of all…Nathan and I have to agree on a boy’s name!  Wish us luck, we’re going to need it!

Kaisa and I got to take a trip to the Hogle Zoo (first time for both of us!) this morning, thanks to an amazing friend who scored us free passes!  (I have such a great group of friends in my ward that all have young kids Kaisa’s age.  We love to get together and do fun stuff!)  Here are some fun pictures of the trip.  Enjoy!

This lepoard was just pacing the glass over and over, watching the kids.  Here you see Kaisa’s little ponytail sticking up…she thought he was pretty cool.

I love the giraffes!  (It reminded me of the amazingly hot giraffe print handbag I recently ordered online that is on its way to my home right now!!)  Kaisa’s not sure what to think of them.

Their elephant exhibit was really quite nice!  I think it’s the best view of an elephant I’ve ever had at a zoo.  It probably helped that is was feeding time on a cool morning.

Here’s the really cool albino croc that Hogle Zoo prides itself on.  It was neat!

Kaisa stopped to check out the little baby croc.  Can you see it?

For the grand finale, Kaisa even got to take her first carousel ride!  I was so pleased with her…she was a little scared at first, but as soon as the horsey started going up and down, she was having all kinds of fun and shouting “wheee!”  Unfortunately, when I stepped away from her to take this picture, her fear returned, and as a result she doesn’t look too happy!

Overall, it was a fun-filled morning for all of us!

I have finally rounded the bend in my pregnancy where I feel great again.  I have (most of) my energy back and don’t feel sick anymore!  And I’m not big enough yet to feel uncomfortable.  This is the part of pregnancy where you just sit back and enjoy it.

One of the things I love the most about being pregnant is feeling the first stirrings of life within me.  It’s amazing.  I don’t really know why, but they call it “quickening.”  The other night, I told Nathan “I’m sure it’s great being a man and you really love it, but I feel sorry for you that you never get to experience feeling life inside you.  Do you ever wish you could feel that?”  He relplied, “I’m good.”  Pretty funny…I’m glad he doesn’t feel he’s missing out on anything.

Anyway, today was the first day I could really tell my baby was in there.  I’ve felt him/her a few times before, even as early as two or three weeks ago.  But today, I have felt the baby giving me little nudges and flutters almost constantly.  I wonder if it was something I ate, or if he/she is just wanting to let me know he’s/she’s there.  Either way, I love it and get a smile on my face every time it happens.

Here are some recent pics of our little toddler.  Since most of them involve Cheerios, I’ve titled this post accordingly.  Enjoy!

One morning daddy dressed Kaisa up in his Utah Blaze jersey for breakfast.  She had fun playing dress up and eating her Cheerios!

Before we could stop her, Kaisa had dumped her entire box of Fruity Cheerios all over the floor one morning.  Don’t worry…we made her help us pick them up. :)

I took this picture this morning.  This is what Kaisa’s hair looks like the morning after pigtails.  Hillarious!  Isn’t she so cute?

Most of you know Fiona’s been in New York the past few days to perform John Rutter’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall (directed by John Rutter) with the Wasatch Chorale. The choir was highlighted on The Early Show on Channel 2 this morning. I got a text from her at 6:40 saying she had been interviewed! Awesome, right? I didn’t have time to watch it before work so I recorded it to watch later tonight.

My friend Hobby called this morning wondering if I had seen the show yet, I hadn’t, and he said that Fiona had “kind of made a fool of herself”. Oh no… We’ll let you see judge… I thought she was awesome. Read the rest of this entry »