Lots and Lots

These past 2 weeks have been busy! The parents all had spring break so my parents came down the first half and Kurts parents came down the second half.

I guess the biggest announcement is that we are having a GIRL! We were keeping it in until we saw our parents and could announce it to them in person.

I have really been wanting chocolate cake so to get it I decided to make a cake to announce the sex of the baby.




The weather wasnt very good while our parents were here so we didnt do too much. lots of indoor playing!

Donna and Alan gave us a huge treat and replaced our sink. Our other sink was leaky and we had NO water pressure. I LOVE the new one. We picked out a big one basin sink and its working out great. Thank you, thank you!

Jake and Gangi decorated Easter eggs while Alan and kurt put the sink in, with occasional help from Jake









Easter was fun, we had an easter egg hunt in our back yard. Jake discovered quickly that the eggs were filled with candy. after gathering about 10 he decided he was done and just wanted the candy-- ohh well. One of the ladies at work gave me a giftcard to Walmart for Jake so I bought him the truck with that. he needed a new bigger beach truck. This one is perfect.



He finds the first egg:



Realizes there is candy in there:



And he's off:












A couple days later the weather was perfect and we tested out his new truck at the beach.







After a nap we played with a rubberband airplane. he told kurt " this is the most fun I ever had!"







We had a lot going on but it was all fun!

Look for the next blog on Operation Potty Training!

its a wormy world

Ahh, little boys and bugs! Spring is the perfect time for bug loving kids to get out there and explore all the strange and exciting things that can be found in dirt.

We were out doing yard work the other day and Jake had his shovel and bucket and was putting all the worms he found into the bucket. He is very kind to the bugs and was very concerned about thier comfort in the bucket and making sure they all had friends. He had a Mommy worm and a baby worm and kept saying " ohh they are soooo cuuute!"

Then in typical boy fashion he took a worm out of the bucket and snuck up on me. he had my shirt pulled up and was in the process of pulling my pants down when I realized he had a wormabout 1 cm from my skin. I shrieked like a little girl, dropped my gardening tools and ran through the yard with Jake laughing like a little girl chasing me!

Enjoy the worm pics

the zoo with friends

I am sad to day that our beloved babysitter and her family are moving at the end of the month. Jake has been with then since he was 3 months old. Haley has 2 children Aizlin and Chloe. Aizlin and Jake love each other. It is such a weight off my heart when I drop him off at the sitter and he jumps out of the car only to be tackled in a huge hug by Aizlin, screaming at only a pitch a young girl can reach!

I realized that Aizlin is jakes first friend and we dont have any pictures. They play together all day long I am never there to see it. So to rectify this, we met the other day at the zoo. I was determined to get a picture of Aizlin and Jake together, and not to mention Chloe who is trampled by Jake and Ailin more often than she is hugged by the 2 crazy toddlers!

Enjoy!


Chloe



Aizlin



Silly faces







Typical Aizlin and Jake ( I Think Haley will agree)

this is what They look like when I come to get Jake



Aizlin directing Jake




A desperate attempt to get three kids to look at the camera







I know that Jake will miss his friends, we will miss you all!

High flyin' FUN

I love living at the beach because on warm spring days you can hop on over and spend an hour before it gets dark and it rejuvinates the soul! Especially when you get to spend good family time!

The beach is one of my favorite places because it seems like the world stops and all the worries/stressors of everyday life, the crazyness at work all seem to fade away into the ocean. You can take a deep breath, let your shoulders relax and just be. Be yourself, be a family, be happy!

There are not enough days like today when everyone is on the same page, the skies are blue and the wind is just right for testing out a new kite!

Is it winter or spring?

What a weird and wonderful winter (if you are like me and dont like the cold). The weather has been all over the place, one day 40, the next day 70. It has been great to be able to do more than just stay inside.

Here is a glipse of this winter

Indoor winter fun:

At the air and space Museum- Jake calls this the NEW museum. He likes this one because they have a lot of interactive activities. he likes to try to fly the planes.







Stuck inside-- its ok..



George Washington hat




Cold Winter fun:

A neat little hiking trail by our house.. Kurt was a little cold in his shorts!





Our ONE snow day








warm winter fun:











Heres to a couple more weeks of "winter"

ok, Here we go!

Hello! welcome to 2012. It might a little late but I have a good excuse! It has been a rough 2.5 months for me, but I think I am over the hump and ready to join the world again. why was it so rough you ask....

I am Pregnant!

I am so happy to be out of the first trimester. Our first Ultrasound was not very good, they told me that the baby was not growing enough and we might not carry the baby for much longer. I was started on medication to help the baby grow and was told to go to work and then come home and rest. We anxiously waited 2 weeks until our next ultrasound.
our next ultrasound showed that the baby had grown but now had a cyst on the cord. I was cleared to walk if I wanted for exercise but nothing more.
We were scheduled for a third ultrasound 1 month later.
I spent most of the first trimester sleeping, trying not to throw up and trying desperatley to have a bowel movement. (I wont go further into that because I can hear my mom right now... Raaaaacccheeel)

so fast forward to last week, we had the third ultrasound and they saw a perfect baby, no cysts and no chance of down syndrome! to make everything better, I passed into the second trimester and have started to have more energy, no nausea and I can poop! (thats it mom, I promise)


We really held back our excitement but after the last ultrasound Kurt and I felt a weight lift off our shoulders and are now very excited.

We are due August 10th. Yes, I love Summer babies!

A HUGE thank you to the parents for all your support and extra trips down to help out with Jake while I was too tired to lift a finger!

Here are some pics of what we have been up to these past 2 months

Finally.. the Holiday blog

What a crazy Holiday it was. I worked through christams and new years with barely a breather. But I have some time now so here is the blog.

Despite working we had a wonderful Christmas. Kurt had someone hold over for him so he was home Christmas morning. My parents were with us as well as my brother.

Jake was so excited but we actually had to wake him up. Normally we would not have but Kurt only had 2 hours so we needed to get moving a little.

jake ran from one thing to another and with every present asked... "ohh, what is it?"
He made it through about half of his presents then refused to open any more.

me: "Jake would you like to open this present?"
Jake: "no, thats not mine"

Lol. it took hiim until 2pm the next day to finish.

A couple days after Christmas Gangi and Aunty Erica came down for a couple days. They bought him a "hot wheels" firetruck. its not really a hot wheels but the same concept and Jake loves it.


For some reason this wont let me post pictures and I am soo over it! I mean really, its february! lets try to start over with this blog thing.