Cousins havin' fun!

This is Aden and his cousin Kyla. She just turned three. While she is twice his age he still has a lot of fun playing tag and following her around. She is learning that he doesn't understand what she is telling him all the time and that sometimes he doesn't want to hold hands and dance. ;) He is learning that hitting is not a good way to get positive attention when he is excited. They are really cute together and have a lot of fun.

12 weeks along

Wowy....sorry the picture is blurry but look at the size of my tummy these days. I am twelve weeks along and the baby should be about the size of a lemon. Don't worry too much though, while my tummy is growing the pounds are not. I am still weighing in about 8 pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight. I'm sure the pounds will trickle in soon enough. Hopefully not too many this time. :)I am healthy and so is the baby so that's the most important.

Gratefully I have more energy, don't have to sleep AS much and don't feel sick ALL the time. ;) I am having way too much fun planning Aden and his siblings new room. I am deciding between Wild West theme and Prince and Princess if it's a girl or Prince and Prince if it's a boy. Either way I would like to make either a wagon or a carriage for their beds and create a room of imagination, originality, and fun for them in our new duplex. ;)

Camping in the Living Room ;)

Our family took a wild adventure to the living room this weekend. We set up our tent and air mattress' and tried out our new king sleeping bag we got for Christmas from my parents. So wonderful! This is the best way to camp with a pregnant Mommy and a little toddler, especially in the winter. ;) Well we had a lot of fun and stayed up late listening to "Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites" books on tape.

My brother Nathan turned 14 !!

Happy Birthday to my little bro who turned 14 this month. Nathan has always been so fun to be around. He is currently enjoying church basketball, skiing with friends, school, and playing with his new Ginny Pig he got for his birthday. This is Nathan's first pet and he and his friends were given 3 Ginny pigs and 2 large cages at his birthday party while playing bigger or better. My parents gave in and said he could keep one. :) Yeah Nathan!

16 months old and we all can't wait for nursery!

Aden is such pile of fun and laughs these days. He is learning a lot and becoming a young man. He loves climbing, reading, laughing, teasing, running, and is learning how to jump. I'll have to get that on camera. ;) He has 9 teeth and 1 on the way. All are in the front of his mouth except one on his top left for chewing. That helps with eating more variety of foods however all he wants to eat these days is cheese, fruit snacks, yogurt, juice, milk, crackers, chicken, and fish sticks. I guess that's not too bad. His favorite is cheese and gratefully his body has adjusted to milk and he is doing really great with no sign of bum rash.

Aden needs to be 18 months to go to nursery but I took him and stayed for a little while the other day in our old ward's nursery. He loved it so much he ran back to that side of the church, found the door and was knocking on it waiting for me to open the door and let him go play again. He sat quietly on his knees and listened to the lesson sitting in the front and paying close attention, then he colored a picture and shared his crayons. So cute ;) We are glad he likes other kids so much. Church is going to be a lot easier in 2 months. ;)

Aden's growing up....and loves having a big boy bed!

This is Aden's new glow worm he bought with his Christmas money from his Grandma and Grandpa. He loves it so much and it is the first comfort toy he has attached to. ;)

We had not put the rail on yet. He really likes having a big boy bed and has switched to one afternoon nap and is sleeping through the night every night now. What a miracle! He is still to short to climb into his bed so we leave the ottoman from our rocker at the opening for him to climb in.

This is a picture of Aden taking his first nap in his toddler bed. He was studying how to be a good big brother with the book "Hippo learns to help" when he fell right asleep. This big brother stuff is hard work. ;)

Aden playin' in the snow ;)

It took him a little bit to figure out what was going on. He has a cute little confused face.

I got Aden some snow clothes so he could enjoy the winter a little more. He loves his cute little boots and where's his and his Dad's around the house during the day. ;)

JOB OFFER!!

Eric had an ad on Craigslist for residential landscape design. He was contacted by an business owner and offered a position as a Nursery Manager right outside of Pocatello in a small town called Virginia. My ancestors actually started that town and my Grandpa was born there.

_PICTURE OF ERIC AND HIS GRANDMA KOWALLIS_

We have been searching for the right position for months and trying to line things up for a year but the Lord works in mysterious ways. We are not positive we are moving to Pocatello because we are still waiting to hear from two other companies. We do know that with the economy this position is a lot more stable then landscape design work and Eric wouldn't have to be out in the cold and hot mowing lawns and putting up Christmas lights. So it seems like the best next step up for our family. I have been looking for a townhome to move into and have found a few really beautiful ones.

Eric gradutes in April and I believe the job will start soon after that. We should find out the baby's gender around that time too!

Yeah ERIC! I am so proud of you!

Happily Introducing...

Happily introducing baby #2 ;) I am 9 weeks pregnant and due August 6th! They say you show sooner on your second. I would have to agree. This is me at 5 weeks. I wasn't that big until 4 months with Aden. Soon after that I started getting nauseous night and day and have had a huge loss of appetite. So instead of gaining weight I have lost almost all my baby fat I had left from Aden. That is a blessing but the whole feeling sick all the time has been hard.

This picture is Aden at the Mission Inn in Riverside California. They have amazing lights and horse drawn carriages.

Our Christmas was early with my family this year. We were able to have Christmas dinner with my parents and Grandparents and have some great memories. Then we headed down to the warm weather!

We spend two weeks in Southern California with Eric's family. It was so fun to see them and they were so excited to have us there for our first Christmas together. I invited the other siblings to sleep over with their spouses and kids and we webcamed Eric's brother and his family on the TV Christmas morning up in WA. So for the first time in over 10 years Eric's family got to be together on Christmas. It was so fun and Aden loved all the attention. We were showered in gifts and attention. Our schedule was so full we never made it to the beach. Better luck next time. :) We had an amazing Christmas and New Years and I hope you did too!

Aden played Joseph and his cousin Julie played Mary for our Nativity this year. It was so cute. Eric's family isn't very musical but I brought my violin and played loud on the Hymns and everyone happily sung along in out of tune. :) We went caroling to Eric's Grandparents and their neighbors and I brought my violin and played my arrangement of "Oh Holy Night" they all really liked it. I had the opportunity to perform a lot because very few people in Eric's family play instruments and they all wanted to hear. It was really fun for me to share my talent this Christmas.

Aden got a tent and a tool bench with tools for Christmas this year.