It's a............

We had the ultrasound of this new baby two weeks ago.. I was excited to find out what this little one that's been kicking me every night was... and it's a..................

It's a girl!!! She's right on track.. Now hopefully she'll continue to grow but not too fast.. because if she's to big then I'll probably have to have a repeat C-SEction.. which I really don't want.. I really want to do a VBAC so I'm trying really hard to keep my eating under control and exercising so that she doesn't get too big and I stay in shape... I'm doing pretty good so far!!! Hopefully I can stay on the right track!! Can't wait to dress up this pretty little thing!! And we do have a name... we are thinking about Altaya Noel Mangelson if she's born in December and possibly Altaya Mae Mangelson if she's born in January!!!

9 month pics of Jakey

So I'm the kind of dork that likes to take newborn, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, and 1 year pics.. I had been doing it at Sears but I decided that it would just as easy and way chepaer just to do it on my own. So I asked my Dad to use his super awesome camera skills and of course his amazing camera to take pics of Jake.. They turned out really cute I think!!! Check them out!!

This one totally reminds me of Shaun's funny faces!!!

And of course we have to have a family shot!!!

JULY HAPPENINGS

Ok.... I know that I'm a slacker.. I promise to try and stay caught up... I know some of you like to read about what's going on in our lives... (Shaunna!) :-) Quite a few things happened in July so I'll just go through them briefly... Hope you enjoy!!!

At the beginning of the month we had a family reunion for Shaun's Mom's side up in Tahoe!!! I didn't get very many pictures sadly but it was a lot of fun. We stayed in a sweet cabin and had a blast hanging out at the lake. Jake really likes the water except for when it's cold.. go figure.. :-) But he had a lot of fun playing in the sand.. of course I didn't get a picture of that. :-(
The only bummer of that trip was he got sick towards the end. I think he was teething again. He had a pretty high fever and was super out of it. We couldn't get him to smile during the pictures but the pics that Shaun's cousin Morgan took turned out pretty good anyways.

Ok.. so I don't have those family pictures downloaded on this computer yet.. They are on Shaun's ... so when I get a chance I'll get on and add them to this post.

Jakey's new passion is "helping" me unload the dishwasher. He likes to grab the silverware and play with it. I have to be careful to make sure that there aren't any knives in the silverware basket.

I love this shot... it's like he's smack-talking to the spoon!!

Later that month Shaunna and her husband Chris came into town and we had a lot of fun. The girls had a spa and jewelry-making night... We had sooo much fun.. getting our hair cut.. getting massages and pedicures, and making really cute earrings. It was fun to have some bonding time. The boys went and played golf and had burgers and shakes. They had fun too... even though they aren't really golfers!! :-) And then we went to a Giants game!! They lost but it was still a lot of fun.. Shaun and I took the BART down to San Fran and Jake was super cute interacting with all the people on the BART. He was in a really good mood.. Smiling and laughing and talking to all the people. He did really well during the game.. I was super surprised. He didn't get really grumpy and even though it was cold he was a trooper. Shaun gave up his sweatshirt and Jake looked pretty cute.. My camera died and I don't have a picture of that.. I'm so unprepared!! Sad.. But we had a really fun time!!