It's a Boy!

So a few weeks ago, Nicole had an ultrasound and we found out we are having a boy (see picture 2 for proof). He is due on Feb 15th, 2013.

Here is a picture of his face. Well more of his skull than his face. The not seeing his nose thing is a little creepy but Halloween is approaching so it's fitting.

Told you. A Boy! To get a better idea of the orientation of the picture, imagine he is sitting on a glass table and you are looking up.

This next two pictures may be the best. This one looks like he is sucking his thumb. Look at those biceps. What a beast.

He is another great profile and this time you can see his nose and not just his skull.

   So in case you are wondering, we are still undecided about names although we have discussed several. Our policy is that we are not mentioning names we have discussed, not because we don't want people to know but because we don't want people to have opinions if they think the names are good or bad. We figure, once the baby is born we will tell the name and then you will have to like it  :)  We would like to hear your guesses or suggestions of names though so go ahead and post your ideas (and no Pederson we are not naming our child Moses).

Memories

 So one of the worst things about moving out is that we have a lack of random visitors. It was the greatest thing to take a break from whatever we were doing to entertain Kylie and Ellie. Ellie started announcing herself whenever she reached the top of the stairs. One of her favorites was raising her hand high above her head to wave to her welcoming party. She would do this even if nobody was around to immediately see it. On this particular occasion, she announced herself by blaring some short of tuning instrument.

Moved In

After

Ok. So finally we have had time to finish unpacking, mostly because Josh has just finished four block classes. Here are the after pictures of the apartment

 Living room (above)    Kitchen (below)

 Hallway (above)   Living Room (below)

Moving....AGAIN

So right before school started we moved into an apartment. We were lucky enough 

to get into the one apartment building that was in the same ward. Moving was 

crazy because it was Nicole's worst week as far as being sick because of the pregnancy 

goes and Josh worked over 50 hours that week. But we got it all done, with a little help. 

Thank you to everyone who contributed in some way to make our 

move easier. Ok we received a lot of help.

Before

Thanks to all the wonderful gifts we got at our wedding, 

we realized we had more kitchen stuff than we could fit in the kitchen

Living room

The apartment is a two bedroom. The above picture is our bedroom and the picture below is the babies bedroom. It will also serve as a storage room. FYI Nic's ultrasound is in a couple of weeks!

Reunion Round 2

After coming home from the cabin we went up to Sundance for the Rowe Reunion. The first night we went to an outdoor theater and watch 7 Brides for 7 Brothers. The weekend also featured a cupcake war. Below is Dave and Deb's rendition of when he momentarily lost is ring while jumping off the trestle at the cabin. The weekend also featured family skits, a hike up to Stewart Falls, and some amazing food. We want to thank the Mckinnons for allowing us all to spend the weekend at their cabin.

The Beginning of a Legacy

So in the Bunker family it has become customary to announce pregnancies at the cabin and so we were privileged to do the same. It is a great place for it because you automatically have the whole family together. Most of you already know now but Nic is pregnant. She is due Feb 18. We find out the gender around the end of Sept. Please leave a comment at the bottom of this post with your guess as to if it will be a boy or girl.

The Cabin- Where Dreams Become Reality

After Nic's graduation we headed up to the family cabin in Island Park near Yellowstone. This picture is of the front of the cabin with the porch which was completed last year. The cabin is quaint but is the perfect place to relax with family and to get away from the world.

On the first day we grabbed the canoes and headed down the river which originates from a sprin.g only a few hundred yards above the cabin and runs past the canyon and back into town. Our course takes about an hour or so and is the perfect way to relax and search for nearby Moosen in the Woodsen 

On Monday we headed into Yellowstone and enjoyed Old Faithful, ice cream, swimming in a place named Firehole, and searched for more animals. We didn't get pictures of Firehole but it is located near a hotspring so it is not unbearably cold. It consists of a flowing river with a calmer area where most of the swimming occurs but you can also hike upstream a bit and jump end where there is a stronger current which makes for a natural lazy river of sorts. The highlight was that Kylie was old enough to go down the "slide" with her floaties and she beamed with excitement.

This moose and her calf were seen near the cabin. We saw others on our trip down the river as well.

This Buffalo was laying by the road in the park.

Buffalo go wherever they please. The trip was wonderful. It was a sad day when we had to return. We enjoyed spending the week with those closest to us and being able to do things as family. It was the first of many trips to the cabin for us as a married couple and Josh's first period.