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.

I love Christmas time!

I love the holidays and it has really become a magical time of year watching it through Jake!. each holiday light brings a smile to his face, he loves looking at all the yard decorations, reading holiday books and talking about Santa.

today was breakfast with Santa at the Firehouse. Kurt and Jake went last year but I was working, so I was really excited today. Jake loves it because of the firetrucks! that kid would sit in the Driver's seat of the firetruck until bedtime if he could.

They bring Santa in on the firetruck which the kids love. I wasn't sure how Jake would react because he was not interested last year, but after a couple minutes of watching the other kids rush Santa, Jake decided he was ok and let Santa hold him. Jake told him he was going to be a firefighter!

We ate pancakes for breakfast, played more on the trucks then Santa read a story and all the kids lined up to sit on his lap. Jake sat on his lap and asked for trucks and choo-choos for Christmas. Jake had a great time!

Jake and Maddy



jake and Forrest in Battalion 1



Driving the Ladder-- Happy as can be!


Jake and Santa Claus




CLASSIC!




really-- could he get any cuter?


On the way home we picked up our Christmas tree!



Check back soon for more, hoping to decorate our tree tonight!