Baby Z

Baby Biehl #2 (Baby Z) is on his/her way!  We found out on July 3rd.  I'm due March 12th.  I'm rooting for him/her to be born on the 13th (like Hattie!).  Why Baby Z?  We had a short list of reasons for the name, but the only one I can remember is that Z makes me extremely tired.  I'm doing better now, but all I wanted to do the first trimester was sleep.

I've had two appointments thus far and everything looks good.  Z's growing right on track and heartbeat is strong.  I got an ultrasound at my second appointment and he/she looked way more human.  Even waved an arm at me!  Z did a nice little wiggle during my first ultrasound too.  It was adorable :)  I know- my little blob IS adorable though.

Z's first pictures!

Family of 4!

Our social media announcement.  How cute is Hattie?  Seriously.

I love to see the temple

During the month of August the Ogden Temple had an open house.  I volunteered one afternoon with my Young Women.  We put shoe covers on people's feet before entering the temple.  Everyone who might walk was required to wear them, including little kids.  Here's Hattie modeling the booties!  She was super cute shuffling around.  We went on the tour twice- the first time she loved the baptismal font (she loves water) and the second time she pointed at every picture and said "Jesus"...well, she did until having a meltdown and then we had to carry a crying baby through the temple.  Fun times!  But really, it was.  The temple is beautiful!  The dedication is this Sunday!  

Love these girls!!!

After the second tour we went to this awesome park just a few blocks away.

18 months!

Our little lady is 1 1/2 years old!  She's smart, pretty, funny, and just the best human being ever.  She knows around 50 words and learns more every day.  She'll just pop out with a new one every once in a while and I'm always amazed!  She loves airplanes (will always point up to them in the sky) and swimming.  She'll practically jump out of your arms and refuses to wear a life jacket or sit in a floaty toy.  She's a dare devil!  She's still a great eater.  She'll eat almost anything I put in front of her.  She still loves cucumbers!  She's also getting much better at using a fork and spoon.  Hattie's better with forks because the food doesn't fall off as easily.  She climbs!  She can now climb up onto chairs and the couch, but she favors our armchair.  If Kurt or I sit in it she'll get upset saying "chair! chair!" and will come over and try to push us out.  It's her chair.  She still loves books, her blankets, riding the rocking horse, and her TV shows.  She now has 5 different shows she likes to watch, so thankfully we're getting a bit more variety than just Jake and the Neverland Pirates.  Hattie loves to dance and is just starting to sing!  It's the most adorable thing in the whole world.  One of her new favorite words is "AMEN!"  She will often shout it and loves prayers because she gets to say amen at the end.  She started nursery at church and it's going very well.  The first week she cried for a while, but she's done great since!  We love our little lady!  She amazes me every day, even the rough ones.   Being a mom is the best!

And some videos:

Hot summer!

This is by far the warmest summer I've ever had to live through.  Hattie loves water though, so she's had fun :)

Downtown Ogden.  She got soaked!

See?  Why not just sit down in the waterfall?  It was a super hot day, I'll give her that.

I had to remove all her soaking wet clothes for the car ride home and we stopped for some lemonade on the way!  She wouldn't put it down.

Hattie also has fun playing in our little pool out back.  Isn't her ladybug swim suit adorable?

Watch out!

Hattie's first pony tail!  It didn't stay in for too long, but it was absolutely adorable.

Wild fire

One night, at about 12:30am, Kurt and I were woken up by a pounding on our door.  I can't tell you how terrified I was for a moment.  It was our next door neighbor.  She wanted to let us know that the hill behind our homes was on fire!  And indeed it was.  There was lots of smoke, emergency vehicles, and flames.  It was surreal.  Didn't seem like it was actually happening.  Luckily, they got the fire under control and we didn't have to evacuate.  Only a few homes were required to do so.

A few days later Hattie and I took a walk up to see the damage- it as right along one of our usual routes.  As we were walking up I thought I smelled someone smoking, but then realized it was just the burnt earth, still smoldering.  

I'm glad it didn't reach the houses!  It was a crazy night.

Photo Shoot

Megan organized a photo shoot!  I'm glad she did.

The whole group:

G&G with the great-grandchildren!  At least they're all in the picture :)

Four generations!  Hattie has a great legacy of women that came before her.  And apparently she finds that terrifying.

She looks a little happier in this one :)

Roasting

We went up to the hills for a hot dog roast!

We also had a puppet show!  Each of us had to make our ourselves.  The big kids loved it!

Hattie had fun for a moment...and then she fell off the chair.  Whoops!