Easter 2011

A look at our easter 2011...




we colored eggs and waited for the easter bunny to arrive...




we had easter egg hunts...




we ate lots of jelly beans and too many chocolate bunnies...




we had a nice, simple easter.





and I don't want to leave this little guy out of the pictures again, he was having an easter nap.




and because she still keeps asking me "if the easter bunny is gonna come this night" and after I tell her not until next easter, she always ask, "whys it taking so wong(long)"

Gymastics 2010-2011

*excuse my picture of a picture quality, my scanner is refusing to work right now*




She started gymnastics September of 2010 in the 3 year old class and was moved up to the 4-5 year old class February 2011. She'll be 4 in a few weeks.

Alex's 6th Birthday

All this birthday planning I've been doing this week made me realize I never posted any pictures from Alex's birthday. We had the Gametruck come for his birthday!!





His cake was a Nintendo Ds...




Party favors...




Present time...




I made little Nintendo Ds's for his invitations...

28 weeks

It's hard to believe we are already at 28 weeks. The third trimester. Only 12 more weeks. (pause here for several deep breaths) I still have so much I need to do! It really is going by super fast, it needs to slow down! Everything is going wonderfully. I had another OB apt. this week. I cannot believe I already have to go every 2 weeks. I've gained 18 pounds and it's getting a little harder to put my shoes on. It's starting to get interesting to watch my stomach now, it moves like an ocean some nights. Other than some heartburn occasionally I really don't have any complaints. My nesting phase is kicking in, finally! It needs to big time!

Warmer Days

I think spring has finally made its way here! We actually had 80 degree temps this last weekend. But of course we are still having cool days. We have a chance of snow and rain mixed this Friday! But we'll take what we can get. We got the kids(and Thatcher) a basketball goal and they have done little else since....






Alyssa throws the ball up to Thatcher and then he puts it in for her. Eventually she quits throwing it up and just sorta hands it over to Daddy!






I know we have one missing in these pictures, he had gotten in trouble and was inside.

24 weeks

This pregnancy is going by way to fast for me. I'm already 24 weeks! I'm an odd ball and love being pregnant. We really have not even talked about names yet. But it's the norm for us to totally procrastinate this.
I had a doctors appointment 2 weeks ago. Everything still looks great. Although he did fuss just a little about my weight. I've gained 12 pounds, but I think they are not counting the first 5 I gained before my first appointment, by their records I've only gained 8! I still feel great! My lower back aches some days and sleeping has not been so easy the last week. Still no real cravings, except anything and everything that anyone mentions! Although I did have a thing for strawberries the other day. I finished off a carton of strawberry ice cream and ate an entire pint of strawberries! Well I guess I should count this thing I have for candy right now too. I never eat candy, but I sooo love candy right now and have for months. Not exactly the healthiest craving but I try not to indulge too much.

And here's a photo of us at 24 weeks.

Come on Spring!!

I am so tired of feeling like one of these...




and feeling like this...




and wearing stuff like this...





And although I really do enjoy doing stuff like this...




and this...





I am sooo ready for a little of this...




and this...




and this...




and this...

20 weeks and such

Here's a look at our past weekend....

We're half way there:) Baby is finally starting to move around a little more, I was getting nervous. I actually went an entire day without feeling the baby and was planning a date a with a Mountain Dew the next morning. But I finally felt one little kick that night and a couple the next morning.




Alyssa is gearing up for baby. She doesn't play with dolls much, but she does love her animals.




We went to a banquet for cub scouts this weekend. Jacob earned his Wolf badge. We(or I) completly went out the door without his "yellow scarf thingie", I can't remember what it's called. But in my defense we did come straight from soccer that morning and he had to change clothes in the car.








It was alot to ask Alyssa to sit through so I took her out to the lobby to hang out. Apparently it was too much for Alex to sit still for also. Shortly after I took Alyssa out, Thatcher brought this little stinker to me!







We made a snowman with our last little bit of snow. It's all gone now.




Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Baby Bean

We had our 20 week anatomy scan/ultrasound yesterday. I could sit and watch that screen for hours, it's amazing. Everything looked perfect and baby is measuring right at 19 weeks 3 days, which is exactly how far along I am.





I know what we're having..........

a monkey baby! Seriously, look at that arm!!





Our baby has ears!! Sorry, but I thought that was just so exciting:)






We are not finding out this baby's gender. I've been thinking and feeling like it's a boy though. I was so scared Thatcher or I would accidentally see something. Thatcher thought he saw girl and I really thought I saw boy about 5 seconds after she turned the screen on, BUT the ultrasound tech told us baby had his legs closed the whole time and she didn't even see.





Another sweet profile, look at that little nose...

Things we love right now

Books on cd. Both the boys love these. Their bed times are at 8pm but they can read books if they like and then it's "lights out" at 9pm. They both have several of these and listen to them almost every night.






Making play dough. We sign up to make play dough for pre-school a couple of times a year and the kids always love to help.






Losing our first tooth and grilling out in the snow.
Alex lost his first tooth a couple of weeks ago. Jacob, heavily supervised, grilled out hot dogs as an elective for cub scouts.






Finally finishing a scrapbook page I started several months ago.





Super sweet new boppy for baby bean.







Awesome new camera, strap, and editing software!!!
*awesome camera strap slipcover from Polkadot Bungalow on etsy.*

Snow Day

We had a snow day yesterday because of the "monstrous storm that's crippled the nation". I've gotten such a kick out of how much the media has sensationalized this storm. Yes, it snowed....yes, the wind blew......did schools and businesses close for a day or two, yes.....but the world is not ending. We didn't get much at all compared to most. Our forecast was for 10-16 inches, but they changed it to 5-7 inches with a blizzard warning. And that is what we got. We did something we probably shouldn't have done Tuesday night. Right in the middle of it all, we put our boots on, strapped the kids in Thatcher's 4 wheel drive, snuggled them in with a big blanket, and went for a joy ride in a blizzard.


Yes, that's the street in front of us




Thatcher assured me we couldn't get stuck. He pulls into the school parking lot and guess what happens......we get stuck! So I took pictures...







Eventually we got ourselves un-stuck.
our tire tracks.




Our view the next morning(after Thatcher shoveled the driveway)
from the front door



from the playroom





So what do you do on a snow day when you're out of school and it's too cold to play outside? You don't get dressed or brush your hair.
You have a slumber party and watch a movie in the middle of the day, complete with popcorn, candy bars, and juice.




You get in trouble for calling your sister stupid(again) and have to write sentences.






You play with cardboard boxes for hours!

First you decorate them...







Alex didn't want his picture taken, so I had to be sneaky.







He explained what every single button did...




By the end of the day Jacob had been in a hot tub, a race car, a train, a rocket ship, and a fighter jet he was parachuting out of.








You have fun!
And if you're me, you take a bunch of pictures!