Our Big Christmas News!

For those who want to know:






Reed was






























RIGHT!




We're having a GIRL !

And couldn't be more excited!! :)

Musings at 5:30 am

Okay people.

I woke up at 4:30 am.

I kept dreaming it was 8 am, until I think I finally psyched myself into believing it was.

But it wasn't. And it's still not.

I laid in bed for a while, hoping Reed would magically be awake too.

No such luck, just nice even breathing sounds.

I finally decided to get myself up, thinking I could do a few things around the house that needed doing and wouldn't be disturbing to those still sleeping, but who am I kidding?!

Any noise at this hour would more than likely be disturbing.

And so here I sit, wishing it was "that time".

Want to keep me company?

P.S. Thanks to all those who voted for twins in our poll - I accounted for one of those votes, but had no idea I would have joiners.

I can definitely put to rest the idea that we're having twins.

I thought you should know.

Little Nudges in the Right Direction

Merry Christmas From The Bishop Family


I'm sitting here at the computer, reading blogs while the little ones sleep, a little late might I add, when the little being in my tummy started nudging me. A lot. And so I've decided maybe it's the nudge of "why don't you update the blog already?" And here I am. You can all thank the baby in a few months. :)

Christmas is coming. I am mostly ready. I've been thinking a lot lately, seeing as how my belly is growing, about things I love and hate about pregnancy. But mostly, I've been reading a lot about belly bands and I think I've decided I need to try these things out. So if you see my husband, could you let him know that for Christmas I would like one? You can find them at Target! :) I would like white. ;)

Aftyn is growing up a lot lately! Maybe it's because we're requiring of her to act a little more grown up, but she is saying more words, speaking and not just repeating us in more and more things and just acting so very grown up! She is going to be 19 months tomorrow, but it seems so quick for her to be acting so mature. I like it and it makes me a little sad. All at the same time.

Reed is working as hard as ever, still fixing and putting in scales. He and I both got new callings this past month. He will no longer be the ward mission leader, he is now the 2nd counselor in the Sunday School Presidency. This means no more evenings during the week gone, no more early morning Sunday meetings. We sure get to see a whole lot more of him, and we're not used to it but we like it!
My new calling is to be a CTR 8 teacher - is that right? Anyway, all I know is I teach 8 year old boys and girls and a lot of the boys I know from my old calling in scouts! That's kinda nice since I felt a little sad about leaving scouts. I am really excited to have a Sunday calling as this will fit better with my life right now.
I promise to have some fun postings coming up, I've just been feeling kind of blah lately. My mindset has been, "Christmas is coming too fast, Christmas is coming too slow, it doesn't feel like Christmas," and round and round. I blame it on hormones.

Either way, I am feeling more prepared now and so I am excited for Christmas. Excited to get to spend lots of time with family and making memories with them and excited to watch Aftyn this year enjoy Christmas a little bit more than last year. I'm most of all excited to spend Christmas morning with my own little family, feeling loved and loving them and finding out what our future holds (pink or blue? ? ?).

May you all have a Merry Christmas!

Pearls of Wisdom From A Cub Scout

As we were walking outside in a group of 5 eight year old scouts with me pushing Aftyn in a stroller,

one of the boys shouted out, "somebody tooted"

which of course was followed by a volley of "not me!".

One of the boys walking by me turned and shared this little pearl with me.

"When you toot outside, then nobody can smell it."

The things I learn from 8 year old boys.

Moments From Last Week

Sweet rosy cheeks

My craft project for last week - made these 4 stockings out of 1 sweater from the DI.

I'm Reaching . . . But I Can't Quite Get It!

Dear World,

Christmas is coming. Faster than I want and slower than I want.

We get to see the baby on the 23rd for our "big" ultrasound.

But we are REALLY waiting until Christmas to find out
if we're right with our gender predictions this time around.

I'm going to laugh my head off if we're wrong AGAIN !

(We'll just have our hopefully helpful ultrasound tech write down what we're having and slip it into a VERY thick envelope that will be opened on Christmas morning.)

That's kind of on my mind a lot.

That and my growing belly.

Oh yeah, and the big/little girl who is a little oblivious to what's going on with Mommy.

She is growing and changing and is so much fun.

All these things and a WHOLE lot more seem to be taking up too much of my time.

And I feel like my life is too boring to be interesting to people who want to read something newsy

on our blog.

Here's my big news: I've got nothing.

We're doing well,

we're having fun,

we're really excited for Christmas,

we're living life

and trying to enjoy ourselves where it seems appropriate.

And we're thanking our Heavenly Father for each minute of our

somewhat boring,

sometimes exciting,

always full of blessings

life.