baby x

Here are a couple pictures from our ultrasound yesterday. Everything looked good so far! I measured about 13.5 weeks along. Second picture is taken from the bottom looking up at the outstretched legs (butt is on the right, feet on the left) What could it be???? We don't know, and won't know until August 1st---we like the anticipation!! Chris feels it might be a boy, but its hard for me to imagine not having another girl...so one of us will be surprised!

january

This was in the Target ad this morning in the paper! Its always so exciting because I never see the photos or even know when they will be coming out until I come across them. My mom actually saw it first in her paper and called me, so I went online and pulled up the "weekly ad" and here it is!!
This month has already been full of excitement. For New Years my friend Courtney visited from San Diego and we had a nice relaxing time here in the desert.
Two of my girlfriends are also expecting a baby in February, so we had back to back baby showers for them (one Friday and one Saturday.) Both showers were so different--but so fun and got me excited to have a newborn again--although I have a LONG way to go!
One last bit of exciting news--back in December I had submitted Makena to a new talent agency (The Osbrink Agency) for fun. It was a shot in the dark because it is one of the most prestigious agencies in Hollywood. They represent Dakota Fanning--their youth department is fantastic, so needless to say I REALLY didn't expect a call from them. But last week they contacted me requesting an interview with Makena. So just went on Thursday, and they took Makena back BY HERSELF for the interview! I have NO clue what went on back there--but 15 minutes later they came out and the agent said she did very well. But they said they would be in touch with us, so now we are just waiting to hear. Anyway--I will keep you all posted if anything comes from it, but if not, we are ecstatic just to have been considered!

november & december

This is probably the longest hiatus of not posting since I have started the blog! These last few months have been busy with family and holidays--and not to mention some exciting news for the Howe family! We found out that we will be expecting another baby come the first week of August! I am currently almost 10 weeks pregnant and it has been a little rocky so far. But only a few more weeks until my second trimester when I should start to feel much better.

See pics from the last few months

Janie and Jack 2

Here is the recent pic of Makena from the Janie and Jack website. It will only be up for a couple weeks, but this picture is on their homepage--www.janieandjack.com until early December.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

disneyland

Yesterday we went to Disneyland with our friends Jess and Chase. It was all decorated for Christmas and the kids had a blast (so did we of course!) This was the first trip that Makena was interested in meeting the Princesses--so we waiting in an HOUR long line to meet them and take photos. Was it worth it? I didn't think so while in line, but seeing how excited Makena was made it worthwhile!

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There really isn't anything too exciting to post about at the moment--we are going to Disneyland in a couple days with a couple friends (no husbands!) So I am sure I will have pictures from that trips that I can post.
I have a hard time finding bows that I like at stores, I used to buy them from my friend Holly. But she moved to Arizona and is primarily focusing on her photography business. But before she moved she gave me a bunch of scrap ribbon that she wouldn't be using. I decided to bust it out and try making my own bow. I am not into anything big and frilly--just simple, so here is the final product--I think it turned out cute!

Target Round 2

Another Target shoot this week--for fitness apparel. I believe this one is for their weekly ad circulars that come out in the newspaper every Sunday--but not sure when it will come out. She did a great job--she and "model mom" did yoga together. They wanted her in the "downward dog" position and for her to peek her head out from under her arm. When she finally did it--she had this huge smile on her face and they caught it on camera--it was PERFECT! Everyone started cheering for her, which of course made her happy. Took these pics with my phone--not the best quality, but you get the idea!