Yeah we found a place to live in Pocatatello

(That is a full size sofa...the living room is pretty big....we are hoping to buy a sectional couch)
We are planning on moving April 12th 2010. That is the Monday after graduation for Eric. He is starting driving down once a week to get a handle on things and then starts full time April 14th.

We are moving to a townhouse/duplex that is 2 years old. It is a 3 bed 1 1/2 bath. It is a townhouse style as in two story bedrooms on the top floor and stacked next to other units, but duplex in and of that there is a break between every two units. So we really only share the building with one other family. We have a shared backyard that is grass and fenced in with 6 units. It should be fun and there is a family with 3 young kids and a stay at home Mom I am hoping Aden and I can befriend. We are planning on staying 2 years at least and are really excited to have about 1400 square feet instead of 650 sq ft.

There is no garage but assigned parking right in front of our door. There is a four foot deep crawl space under the whole living room with a light for storage. That will be so nice to use our closets just for clothes and shoes. :)

In the master bedroom there are small walk in closets a his and hers. That will be fun to have my own. In the bathroom there is granite countertop and lots of space. I am looking forward to painting for the first time and adding some color to our lives :)

We are lucky to be only about 25 mins from Eric's work because he is working in Virginia Id. It is so small there isn't even a store, not even a gas station. So we decided Pocatello would have more options for housing and shopping. We are also blessed to have got a job close to my family but giving us some space to get out of my hometown. We are planning on coming down probably every other month to come to the temple and drop Aden off at Grandparents.

Pocatello here we come!

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. ;)