Our Best "Treasure Hunt" Ever

We had a very memorable treasure hunt with our girls a couple weeks ago. They went to the first clue and found this...

The second had this...

This was the third...

And the fourth...

And last, but not least...

Still, they didn't get it. So we set it all out (asking all the while, "why was there a diaper, and bottle, etc?) and helped them sound out all the words. Finally they got it! Millie had a big smile and asked, "Is it TRUE?" She was ecstatic about the news! Gracie, on the other hand kept repeating all day long, "I don't want you to have another baby!" She got over the bad news by the next day, and is happy about it now. But she insists that she wants us to have a girl! Claire is still pretty oblivious, but she'll catch on eventually. 

We're so excited to have another child coming to our family. We had a little scare at first with some tests and thought we were going to have another miscarriage. So when we went in for the ultrasound, and saw a heartbeat right away, we were filled with gratitude. Now we're 14 weeks along and due April 25th. I'm finally past what was a very difficult first trimester. The fatigue this time was worse than ever before. It's SO nice to have my energy back again! As for finding out the gender, we are still in limbo. Paul would love another surprise baby. I'm not so sure I want to wait that long to find out. We'll see who is more convincing!  :)

Tooth Fairy Alert!

Part I
Millie noticed at least 6 months ago the slightest bit of looseness to her front tooth. Since then, she has announced to everyone that she has a loose tooth. And she has been asking for months when she will lose her first tooth. We've read plenty of library books about the Tooth Fairy, and the suspense has been high!

One blessed morning in September, just minutes before going to the dentist (incidentally), Millie tried opening a container of play-dough with her teeth. In her words: she said it hurt her teeth, and she thought it might have made them come up. She worried her friends would think she looked funny, so she ran to look in the mirror. That's when she saw the missing tooth and the blood! She quickly grabbed some toilet paper and called out the exciting news!

We never found her tooth! So her story was, "I lost my tooth, and I lost it!" Throughout the day, I would find her sneaking in front of the mirror to get a look at her teeth. She asked a few times, "Did I really lose my tooth?" and "Are you sure this looks different than before?" So funny!

Luckily, the dentist had a nice plastic tooth necklace for Millie to put under her pillow so that the Tooth Fairy would know to come. Millie came in during the night (proving her Mom's suspicions) to tell us what the Tooth Fairy had left her: a tooth-shaped note and a dollar bill! The next day, she took her note and dollar everywhere she went to tell the story to all. She got thinking at one point, and asked us, "Is the Tooth Fairy really real?" Our reply, What do you think, Millie?

Part II
Now, a few weeks later, the new tooth is pushing it's way up, and Millie's second front tooth is being wiggled loose. She is again SO excited for it to come out. Every day she gives it lots of wiggles to loosen it, and she has begged relentlessly for Daddy, Mommy, and even Grandpa Yorgason to pull it out. She is a brave soul when it comes to something she really wants! Here's one (real, not staged) attempt by Daddy to get it out...

Hopefully not a Tattoo!

Over General Conference weekend, we were enjoying a nice Sunday up with family in Paradise when Paul accidentally got a tattoo. He was trying to stop a go-cart that was headed out of control when he leaned across the engine and burned his forearm. Here's a picture...

As you can see, the engine burned a pretty little (big!) design on his arm. Twice, while in Bishop interviews, ward members caught a glance of it and stopped mid-sentence to ask, "Bishop, do you have a tattoo?"

It seemed so bad at first that we started to wonder if it would leave a scar.  I wondered what it would be like to have to explain that story over and over again. But the body quickly got to work with the miraculous healing process, and we are now hopeful that most of it will fade. Still, crazy to see what a little go-cart accident can do!