Olivia and Makell got haircuts!

BEFORE........

......AND AFTER............

Since she was a baby, this is the first time Olivia has had short(er) hair. Makell has had short hair for a while because I think it looks DARLING on her face and also because it's much easier to brush. I think they both look like angels with their new haircuts.

I just took them to Fantastic Sams in Draper. They couldn't wait for Aaron to come home so they could show their daddy. "Do you think Daddy will like it?" they kept asking me. "He's gonna LOVE it!" I said, and I was right. They run around the house flipping it around. It's so cute. 

Need some advice...

So far about the only name we agree on is/was Brock. We both really liked the name until we realized that people might assume we named our son after Barack. I'm sure Barack is a nice guy, but I'm definitely not naming my son after him! What would YOU do?

We're leaning towards Jacob now but I still really like Brock. Help!

Sugar Goal.

I figured I should come clean and let you know that I put the sugar-free goal on pause while I was on vacation. I'm adding 10 more days onto the end to make up for it though. Let me tell you, it's harder starting it the second time! I can't wait to be done with it to tell you the truth. It's seemed extra hard this year but I will see it through.

I went in for my 30 week check up a couple of days ago. So far I've gained almost 30 lbs!! Ouch, I've still got 10 weeks to go. I'm gonna look like one of those whales we saw in Mexico by the end of this pregnancy! :) So the sugar-free thing definitely hasn't helped with that. I'm sure the baby and I are healthier though and that's good. 

29 weeks and our vacation to Mexico.

I've been slacking on my blog lately. Too busy moving (again) and homeschooling and just being pregnant (that's an excuse all on it's own). Aaron and I also took a vacation to Mexico. We have a timeshare we bought when we got married and if we didn't use it then we'd lose it so we saved our pennies for airfare and decided to do this one last fun thing before the baby is born. Since the timeshare was paid for it ended up being pretty cheap too. It was a much needed trip for our sanity. We've both been so stressed lately that it was so nice to relax for a bit. My wonderful mother-in-law watched the girls for us so I didn't worry one bit about them. Thanks again mom!

There's nothing that compares to the ocean. I love it! We snorkeled a bunch and saw some really pretty fish, turtles and coral. Aaron unfortunately got stung by a jellyfish too. Ouch! 

We got a discount on a sunset cruise for going to listen to a timeshare presentation. We got to see some beautiful whales really close up. The dinner was wonderful and then they had some mexican dancers for entertainment. It was so fun! I wish I could cook like this!

Here are a few pictures of the whales. I've never seen them this close before. I was blown away by how massive they are. I got some good pictures of the display they were putting on for us but unfortunately missed the best one. They both jumped straight up out of the water at the same time right in front of the boat. It was spectacular. It was the highlight of the entire vacation. We were so lucky to be in the right place at the right time.

Here's my 29th week of pregnancy to keep up with my updates. Don't be blinded by my whiteness. I wore SPF 50 sunscreen the whole time, so I'm still pastey white. Aaron however has the nicest skin from his mom's side and is nicely tanned. (That makes him sound like a hide! Ha, ha)

This picture was taken on the Pacific Ocean side of the famous arch. You aren't allowed to swim here because of the undertow, rip-tides and dangerous currents. This side is also called "Divorce Beach" while the other calm side is called "Lover's Beach". Allow me to explain...

Although you can't tell by the looks of this picture, the waves here are MASSIVE. Aaron wanted a picture in front of a big wave so we went down for the pose. He kept coaxing me to move further to the water. I was paranoid (for good reason) and kept saying, "that's far enough." He moved us closer. We took our eyes off the ocean for a second and suddenly a big wave came up and took Aaron's feet out from under him. We were holding hands and he pulled me down too. Hence, divorce beach. :)

It was pretty funny actually and everyone was so worried about the "pregnant girl". We had sand everywhere, head to toe. Now it's just a silly memory but I'm glad nothing bad happened.
Aaron caught us a Mahi-Mahi or also name a Dorado. We grilled it up and ate it the whole trip. It was excellent, probably my favorite type of fish I've ever had. Yummy!

Here's the famous Cabo Arch. 

Aaron will hate this picture if he ever sees it but I think it's great! We went parasailing and this is the harness we had to wear.
This is Aaron out all the way. The rope is 600 ft long. So they said approximately 300 ft out and 300 ft up. Look how high that is!
Normally I'm not scared of heights at all, but being up that high with only a little rope to connect you to the boat was a bit freaky for me. It was a little hard to just relax and enjoy it while I kept thinking of falling 300 ft into the shark infested ocean. They say it's like hitting cement you know. Anyway, I'm glad I did it now. I don't think I would've been able to do this in the States being 6 1/2 mo. pregnant, but hey it was Mexico, anything goes there!

Here we are on our last full day there after we went snorkeling. What a beautiful place!