Fourth of July and other news

Warning: This post is a bit overloaded with pictures...

 I realized Heidi had a few more Fourth of Julyish outfits than I thought so we started wearing them when July hit.  We were a little excited for the holiday.

 We were extra excited this year because we were going to Utah to visit grandma and grandpa and go to the doctor to find out if Heidi was going to have a brother or a sister.

 If you don't follow facebook...she's having a sister.  We are seriously thrilled.  We would have been more than excited for a boy too and we are really just excited to hear that so far, the baby looks healthy and is growing well.  We just love having a girl so much that the thought of another one is thrilling.  Plus, I am so excited for Heidi.  I always wanted a sister growing up and I am so excited for her to have one.  Also, with being in transition when the baby is born, we are excited to already have clothes, bedding, etc.  Now we just need to find a name.  It's going to be really hard this time.

 On Sunday Heidi made a Fourth of July hat in nursery. They wore their hats while they carried flags around outside marching like they were in a parade.  Heidi had such a fun time and was grinning from ear to ear shouting, "MARCH, MARCH!" while lifting her legs to the sky.  I don't really think any of the other kids were marching, but boy was she.  She insisted on wearing the hat most of the day.

 Oh yes, and the next day.  She wore it for our morning walk.  She got a whole lot of extra looks and smiles.  She was so thrilled about I just couldn't say no.  She wore it the whole time, which really surprised me.

 We headed to grandma and grandpa's house on Tuesday.  We were so excited to see them and Heidi was especially excited. She just loves going to their house and we are glad to be a little closer now.

 We went to the zoo on the Fourth of July. It was awesome because we got free admission with Bruno's military ID.  Thanks, grandpa!  Heidi had an absolute BLAST.  We knew she would because she loves, loves, loves animals.  It was extra fun with grandpa and grandma.

 Heidi was seriously so cute.  She would bend down to get a closer look.  She would wave to the animals and say, "Hi Heila!  Hi Heila!"  She would show them her red, white, and blue fingernails.  And of course she has been talking non-stop about the zoo and the animals she saw.

 We really had such a wonderful time and are excited to take her back again.  The other cute thing she did at the zoo was point out how many of each animal there were.  "Three giraffes!  Two green birds! Only one yellow bird!"

Heidi loved the giraffes.  One of them was chewing food and grandma mentioned it might be chewing gum.  That really stuck with Heidi and if you ask her about the giraffes she will make sure to tell you about the one chewing gum and how he shouldn't swallow.

We had a wonderful holiday and we are so grateful to live in a free country.  We love America!!!

I'm sure it's just the beginning...

If you know my Heidi, you know that she is extremely verbal for her age.  It has started to become an embarrassment at times because as I have mentioned before, she commentates on everything.

Today while we were waiting for church to start, she happened to notice a young man in a very dark purple shirt.  She stands up and at the top of her lungs she shouts and points to him, "GUY WEAR PURKLE SHIRT!!!!  SILLY GUY!!"  I am sure everyone within the first 15 rows turned to look at us.  I wouldn't know, my head was down hiding--I think I turned 5 shades of purple myself.  If people hadn't noticed us before, I have no doubt they know who we are now!

(Oh and I forgot to mention how she made sure her nursery knew "mama throw up church in grass"...yeah, I had a migraine and darted out after sacrament.  Not knowing where the bathroom was, and not wanting to chance throwing up in the hall, I decided I would race to the car and see if I could make it home.  Nope, I ended up running with Heidi in tow as far as I could get, but ended up barely missing the trash by the pavilion...I know TMI.  Exactly why I need to teach this girl some tact.)

fun trip

 One of the few advantages of Jeff's crazy work schedule is that every rare now and then he gets a week when he has a few days off in a row.  This week was one of those glorious weeks so we decided to go on what Heidi called a 'fun trip'.  Really we just went to Utah because we had a whole bunch of things we had to pick out for the house.  Jeff's mom just had surgery so we didn't want to add more to her plate so we stayed in a hotel.  It was so much easier than driving to Utah a million different times and it worked out perfectly since we could go to a few places, head back to the hotel to put Heidi down for a nap, and then go out again.

 We really had such a fun time.  It was nice to have a change of pace and scenery and of course it was fun to start picking things for our new house.  The first time we took Heidi to the pool she just wanted to lounge on the chair and talk about the pool.  She wanted absolutely nothing to do with actually getting in.  That definitely did not surprise us.

We finally convinced her to sit on the step and kick her legs.  She enjoyed that for a long time.

 Finally I convinced her to stand on the step and then I got her to come with me into the pool.  Don't worry, my swimming suit is packed somewhere in the storage shed.  She really liked it, but she had a death grip on me the whole time.

I'm not really sure if she enjoyed being in the pool or getting to walk around in the towel afterwards more.  Either way, she really had a great trip and loved everything about the hotel--the pool, the elevator, the exit signs with the green letters, the ice machine, the elevator buttons that turned red, and the tv--even though we weren't even in the room long enough to watch it (we gave our tv away when we moved and have not replaced it.  We were able to get a lot done and she was so good and patient every place we went.  Of course every place we went everybody was doting on her so that helped.

Heidi is already excited to head back down next week to see grandma and find out if she is having a brother or a sister.  This girl suddenly likes to vacation!

dinner in the uintas

 Jeff had a day off before working another long weekend so we decided to head for the mountains for dinner.  Heidi definitely takes after her dad...she loves to be doing anything that resembles camping.

 Jeff did a great job roasting hot dogs.  Heidi wasn't a fan of the hot dog, but I knew she wouldn't be and packed her a jam sandwich.  She gobbled that right up happily.  I think I need to take her up to the river everyday to eat because apparently it helps her appetite.

 Heidi absolutely loved the roasting sticks.  She wanted to carry both around and dig in the dirt with them.

 She ate some of dad's chips and a whole lot of watermelon on the little rock.  Well, at least until she saw a GIANT sized ant crawling up the rock.

Jeff even roasted marshmallows for s'mores.  It turns out Heidi doesn't like them...just like daddy.  I never would have guessed she would turn down something sweet.

Have I mentioned how much we love being so close to the Uinta mountains??

big hole

 After weeks of anticipation, it finally happened.  Due to our city permit delay, our land was staked for a long time with nothing happening.

 Then we had the permits and the cement/foundation was delayed because by the time we had our permits, he had another job.

Then the backhoe showed up, but no one was there to run it.  Yesterday, there were tractors and people and we were so, so, so, so, so happy.

Time to Vote

Okay, I put the poll up so you can vote whether you think this new little one will be a boy or a girl.  I definitely have an opinion this time, but I will not be voting or sharing because I don't want to sway you in anyway.  We debated even finding out the gender this time, but with all the other chaos we have going on, we decided we better find out so we can be as prepared as possible.  I go in for a 17- week appointment tomorrow so we will have the ultrasound at the next one...I would rather have it as late as possible.  Will J-Diddy continue to be outnumbered, or are we going to even things up?

Anyway, everything else is going just fine.  All the permits are in and we should start construction this week.  We can't wait to see the cement trucks pull up.  We ran into a little snag when getting the permits, but to make a long story short, by combining the two lots we bought we somehow had to create a "mini-subdivision" before obtaining a permit.  So we will forever be known as "The Hunziker addition to the Connor Estates."  You know us, we just like to make a big scene and make sure everyone knows we're here.  We'll work on changing the town name next.  One step at a time. :)

oh yes, now I remember...

 Change has never been very easy for me.  I had a really hard time when we moved from Utah and then making the decision to move again after finally feeling settled after 4 years was another hard decision.  As I have said before, we knew moving was the right decision for our family.  Jeff has been working non-stop since we moved (summer is not going to be a pleasant schedule for our family), but he had a few days off this week.  We woke up in the morning and decided to go four wheeling in the Uintas.  We loaded the four wheeler, grabbed a cooler, stopped at Subway and 15 minutes later we there.

 So yes, now I remember why we moved here.  We will be spending most of our time in the mountains with the convenience of having them so close.  Heidi had an absolute blast.  She was obsessed with the river and was so excited to eat her lunch by the river.  She is still talking about eating her lunch by the river while sitting on a little rock.

 She loved sharing her grapes with her daddy.

 I guess food just tastes better when you eat by the river, because I had no trouble getting this little picky eater to eat up there.

Of course she was in heaven riding the four wheeler.  "Four wheeler bumpy ride!  Cool!"  She loved the trail that followed the river.  I don't think Heidi will have any trouble adjusting to all her new mountain adventures.