And the winner is...

...anyone who said girl. The big reveal did not really go as planned. My phone is not capable of sending many photos at once so if you didn't get a picture and are expecting one, you will probably get it tomorrow if ever.

I am not going to lie- I was wanting a boy. Bad. But in the back of my mind I always knew she was a she. Everything looks good. Jason is crazy excited. Katelyn is happy. I am tired.

Good night!

My guess

...changes everyday. I want a boy so bad that I don't think I will get one. So, I guess I am saying girl.

Gender...

Okay so here's the deal. We have an ultrasound scheduled for next Tuesday the 18th. As long as the baby is cooperative, we should find out the sex. As a lot of people have asked how we are going to announce it, here's how it's going to be done...

Katelyn is going with us. She is very excited and we thought since she is going to be the big sister she should do the honors. I will be taking a pink shirt and a blue shirt of hers to the appointment. When it's all done, we will take a picture of her with our phones in the appropriate color shirt announcing whether she is getting a brother or sister.

If you know me well enough to be in my cell phonebook, you will get said picture. If I don't have your number, you can check the blog and we will post it here too. If you don't really give a crap- well, then stop reading my blog, jerk.

Anywho, I know I don't have many followers, so maybe this is a dumb post. Whatev. I am okay with being a weirdo. Also, I am computer illiterate and don't know how to put a poll on the side, so everyone (all 6 of you that read this) please leave a comment with your guess. There is no prize or anything- just the satisfaction of knowing you happened to get a 50/50 guess right, so Congrats.

Til next time, friends.

3 Years...

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3 years and 9 months ago today (or sometime around there) Seana decided that she loved me enough to throw me a bone and we, well, got biblical...

(Remember the link from 2 sentences above? Click it now)

9 months after that...

Katelyn Sue Aivaz was born at 1:45 p.m. on Friday, August 4th, 2006, weighing 7 lbs., 15 oz. and measuring in at a lengthy 20.5 inches.

1 year later, she was a chunkerball.

This picture got her on Live With Regis and Kelly... True story.

2 years later, and she walked and talked and was generally a menace to society.

That was her birthday cake... for serious. What? We were broke.

And today, my baby turned 3.

She's big now. Tear.

Okay, you can kill the music now.

If you couldn't tell by the title, or up to this point, the content of this post, Katelyn turned 3 today. 3 is one of those birthdays that sometimes get caught up and bunched together with the 2nd and 4th and tend to be forgotten, but for members of the Church, 3 is kind of a significant age. This upcoming January, she'll graduate from being with all the little kids in Nursery to being in Sunbeams (3-4 year olds) in Primary school. Instead of learning about how best to not get the good toys taken away by the other kids, she'll get to go and learn about the good things that will help her become a better person (and yes, this includes learning the Popcorn Popping On the Apricot Tree dance). It's just weird for a first time parent to see their kids hitting milestone. I love her. Anyway, here's how her birthday went down.

Last night, Seana and I went to get Katelyn her big present, a Tinkerbell table.

Also in this picture, her two wrapped presents (a bubble machine and some bubbles), a booster seat for the car (bye-bye little girl car seat) and her pretty birthday dress.

She liked them.

After we all got showered and dressed, she got in her new booster seat and we went to Original Pancake House.

She liked that, too.

But the "big" event of the day was going to the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay. Complaints aside, Kate had fun.

My baby girl is growing up so fast. I need to realize that and be grateful for the opportunity I have to be her daddy. I love her and look forward to many, many more birthdays, and many, many more chances to hold her hand in mine and just walk with her.

Happy Birthday, Katelyn!