Happy New Year

Wishing you a Happy New Year! I love New Years because it is a time to set new goals. On that note I want to be better about blogging. It has been since 4th of July that I posted anything and so much has happened since then. We also bought a new camera for Christmas so we have been taking a lot of great pictures that I am excited to share. I hope everybody has a great year, I am excited for 2010!

4th of July

We had such a great 4th of July weekend. It started Friday night with great friends at a BBQ. The girls had so much fun swimming and eating. We then had a BBQ with family and neighbors at our house with again yummy all american food and fireworks. The girls had a great time watching fireworks. The bottom picture I love because Hanna is giving Dad the thumbs up on his firework display. I am so grateful to live in America and have the freedoms that we have. I could not have asked for a better way to spend 4th of July!

Times like these

This summer has been a lot of fun so far but it has been challenging for me. I want to have a fun summer for the girls but being pregnant really makes simple things difficult like walking from the car with 2 kids and a bag full of stuff to the pool. After the short walk and getting settled I am ready to go home! Not to mention the 90 degree heat! I really should not complain because I am so grateful of how well this pregnancy has gone and that I can still get around and do fun things with the girls. The girls love the water park and Hanna finally will go under water! That is huge for her because a couple of years ago one little drop got on her face and she would have a breakdown. Hanna is doing better on her bike but fell over while on a bike ride with dad and did not want to ride her bike for while. So we got her a helmet and knee pads which has helped a little but she is still a little scared to go on bike rides. Ava is starting to talk a lot more, well I can understand her at least. They finally started playing together without fighting for at least half hour increments which is a break through. They still fight but at least I can clean or cook now without constantly breaking up fights. I love the pic of them in the hammock because they thought it was so much fun and were not fighting! Little moments like these make all the bickering worth it!

 
 


It has been a while......again! So here is a picture of Hanna's first date. Hanna and Craig had a date night, they went out for pizza and then went to a dance at our church. She was very excited to have time alone with Daddy. The other picture is of Ava's pig tails. I was so excited to finally be able to put her hair in pig tails and she actually left them in most of the day. She is growing too fast!

More Pics

 
 
 
 


more pics of the beach and the girls!

It has been a long time!

 

 

 

 

So again I have been a slacker and not updating our blog like I should. Well here are some pics from our mini vacation at the beach in Oregon. We stayed at a cute little place in Seaside on the beach. It was weird not having anything to do and basically relaxing for 2 days straight. The girls stayed with Craig's parents and had a blast. Of course Hanna did not want to come home and cried most of the way home....6 hours! We are doing great just getting excited for baby #3!

My Princesses

We found out this week that we are having another girl! We are excited to have another princess. I am so grateful for my girls. Sometimes I complain because they can be so emotional and sensitive but I honestly would not want it any other way. Here are some pics of my little princesses. Don't you love Hanna's 80's hair. This is what it looks like at the end of the day.

TAG

So I thought Rebecca's tag would be fun. Here are the rules:go to your picture file and open the 6th file and the 6th picture. Then you are supposed to tell the story behind it. So I cheated a little....I skipped to the 7th picture because you probably did not want to see the 6th! But here is the picture of Hanna being born. I LOVE this photo. Craig did such a good job in being support to me and then taking awesome pictures....I do not know how he did it. Hanna was born May 28, 2005. My labor started at about 3 am and then around noon I was ready to start pushing. I pushed for 3 hours!!! My Dr said that my pelvis was too narrow and that we would have to have a c-section. I was devastated. I really wanted to have a regular delivery but all in all I was grateful that we were both healthy. So here is she is after 12 hours of labor. So now I am supposed to tag 6 people so I tag Heather and Andy, Clara and Kyle, Kerstin, Tiffanie & Danielle. Only if you want!

 

A day at the park.......finally!

On Monday the weather was great!! It was 65 degrees and I am finally feeling better so we went to the park for the first time in what seems to be a very long time. We had a great time. I think we were all just happy to be outside again. We cannot wait until the summer time. Now we are back to cold temps but at least we had one good day of beautiful weather.

 

 

 

 

So I have not been keeping up with updating our blog. I feel like life is just flying by right now and I hardly have any free time. I will post some pictures soon but just wanted to give an update of how we are doing. I think mostly everyone knows by now but for those who do not I am pregnant. I am due August 30. We find out what we are having on March 25! This pregnancy has been a lot harder than it was with the girls so maybe...a boy? Who knows or maybe it is just age. It has been difficult trying to not let it affect me because for a while I was wearing so many hats. Craig was laid off from work after the New Year which was when we found out I was pregnant. After a couple of weeks we realized that this may be more long term than we thought. The economy got worse and worse so I decided that I should try and work some more to try and compensate so I was able to pick up three more clients for tax preparation and accounting. I just have to say we have really been blessed. We have never gone without and it seems like when we face a trial it brings us closer and we receive blessing after blessing. This scary time of our economy has been a great eye opener for us and I am actually grateful that we experienced the importance of being prepared. We were not 100% prepared but like I said we did not go without and we always had money to pay our bills. Craig is finally back at work!!! One of his old bosses called and said he could really use his help. I think I got to used to having him though, no running to the store by myself or mid day power naps. Oh well having him at work is much better, he is not cut out to be a stay at home parent! The girls are doing great. Everyday Hanna will ask me is it summer time yet? I do not blame her I am getting cabin fever myself. Ava is changing so much she has a very strong personality but is really goofy. She loves to go outside, she will bring me her shoes and sweater about 10 times a day meaning it is time to go outside. So anyways I am going to try and get better at posting and reading all of your blogs. I felt so unconnected because I have not had time to do either. Hope everyone is doing well!

Bath Time

 

 

Here are some fun bath pictures of the girls. As they are both getting older they have been enjoying each other more. They still have their bicker matches but they seem to play and have more and more. Today Hanna wanted to watch a movie and Ava climbed up in her chair to sit with her. They sat together for a little while until Ava got bored but it was so nice to not have them fight over the chair. As a mother it just made my day because I always hope that they will be close. It is fun to see their relationship blossom.

Yummy....Snow !

 

 

Hanna loved to eat the snow. The first thing she would do as soon as she got outside is stick her tongue in the snow! One day she is going to get it stuck to something.

Hanna's 1st day as a Sunbeam!

 
 


Sorry this is about 2 weeks late! I have not been feeling well lately and all my spare time goes to sleeping.....which is not very much. So I have some great pictures that I need to post. Hanna is now in the Sunbeam class at church and she was so excited to go with the big kids. She still needs to adjust to not having snack time and play time but she loves the singing and "going to class" part of it. I cannot believe how fast she is growing!