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GIRL! We're having a little girl named Lucy Elizabeth Paulsen due November 19 (which is 8 days later than I thought). The tech said she is 95% sure she is a girl and my sister-in-law who has all girls looked at the picture and said "Yep. That's a girl!" We would have been thrilled to be having either, so we're very excited.

We had to rush to the ultrasound today after a 3-day trip to Logan. Jacob travels basically every week for work, but this was the first trip actually within driving distance, so Simon and I decided to join him. We were on our own during the days, but we managed to have a lot of fun. This was Simon's first time in a hotel so we were a bit nervous, but he did GREAT!

We met our friends Eva and Bryatt at the Willow Park Zoo. It was fairly lame as zoos go, but only $1 and great entertainment for a 2-year-old. Simon's favorite part was feeding the large white swan fish food.

The next day, we spent some time at the Logan Temple, where Simon played in the fountain and made me sing "I Love to See the Temple" at least 50 times (and I'm really not exaggerating). Just ignore the large wedding group in the background. I thought it was so rude of them to be in the background while I was trying to take pictures. Shouldn't they move just for me?

Simon's favorite part of the trip: he got 3 pairs of plastic sunglasses!!! We spent a good part of a morning in "Hobby Lobby" which is the best store in the world. Simon is obsessed with sunglasses so we got 3 pairs for $0.50 each. He didn't quite understand why he shouldn't wear them all at once.

Our last night there, we went to a super cute cupcake shop and got gourmet cupcakes. The closest thing I'd had to gourmet cupcakes are the ones from the Walmart bakery. These were much better.

Other than the super-cool sunglasses, Simon's favorite parts of the trip were the hotel swimming pool and the elevator (which Simon calls the alligator). It's good to know we can take him on trips with minimal melt-downs.