Christmas 09

Merry Christmas everyone! Finally we are getting a white christmas. I haven't seen this much snow fall in a very long time. At least its not thirty below out, so we can at least enjoy playing outside alittle.
Santa has come and gone. Mike and I were up very early this morning. Noah came running in, and told us that Santa ate all his cookies, not even a crumb! Wow! Then there were the presents under the tree. We had to open them now. There was no waiting, Noah began ripping them open as fast as he could. This sure is a fun age. He understands how Santa works now. However, there is no pictures still with Santa this year again. Anytime he saw him, he began to shake and shiver and turned the other way and ran. Oh-well maybe next year. Sydney did get a picture with Santa, she didn't care, she slept through it!
Besides Christmas not much else going on. I have returned back to work after seven weeks. It feels like I never left. I had a great warm welcome back from everyone. That made it a little easier on me. I feel so bad for going to work so early. Sydneys already at daycare. Poor munchkin.
Mike finished another semester at Tech. Once again he has made the Deans list. Way to go Daddy! One more to go..
Here is some pictures of the crazyness around here.

The New Member of the Family

Okay the wait is over! The baby is finally here. Our digital camera crashed, so we weren't able to get pictures on the computer right away.




Meet baby Sydney. She came to us on Oct. 26th at 8:49pm, weighing in at 7lbs 10oz.. She is a gorgeous little girl. Very content, and doesn't cry much. We can't really decide yet who she looks like. I think the dark hair is throwing us a little. Noah is proud to be a Big Brother. He asks to hold her every night. It only lasts for about thirty seconds, but at least hes asking. I don't see any jealousy yet, hes always happy to help out. He talks to her,lets me know when she has spit up, brings me diapers, hes my big helper. Right now she is three weeks old. Sydney gained a pound an a half at her two week appointment. She isn't doing much yet besides eating, sleeping, pooping and peeing. It keeps me busy.

Here is Uncle Dave showing Noah how to use the camera. Noah loves to look at the pictures, but for some reason now, he doesn't like his picture taken anymore.Below,shows Noah riding his bike. Mike and I spent alot of time this summer outside chasing him around. Either on his bike or his little jeep. He is a typical kid, always wants to be outside and the dirtier the better!There is a bunch more pictures that I could put on but I have to make room for the families new addition!

Alot of catching up to due

Hello All

Ooh I am so bad. I didn't realize it has been so long since I've had a posting. I really don't have any excuses either. I have to give a recap of the last year pretty much.
Well, first I guess, as most everyone knows I am pregnant. We found out in March. That was an emotional rollercoaster for us. Just knowing how hard the first pregnancy was, we didn't know if we could even carry another one full term. It was hard being so excited but yet so fearful of what could happen. An early ultrasound verified the due date would be November 9th. Thanks to excellent prenatal care and surgery in the first trimester the pregnancy is still going strong.
Lets skip to summer. Mike and I really enjoyed this summer with Noah. Being two certainly helps. He was able to do alot more things and not be so scared. We were able to take him to the county fairs and carnivals. So he was able to ride them with no problems. He was quit a showoff. His favorite is still the big huge slide, that takes a hundred steps to get to the top. Daddy had to go up and down this year:) We took him to see as many petting zoos as possible. He loves to feed the animals. He also got to go on many pony rides. Its so gratifying knowing that at the end of everyday he had so much fun, with his big smiles and laughs. Of course he talks nonstop about it now. Noah is also on his way to being a great fishing buddy. He can cast his Lighting Mcqueen fishing pole really good. We had him out on the lake quit a bit. Daddy took the weight off the pole and put on a tiny hook, with a wax worm on it and let him troll. Dad was fishing for bass and northern and catching "big dudes" so he wanted to catch something. Of course I wasn't paying attention to his pole. I turn around and saw his pole bending. Here he had snagged a sunfish. He was so excited telling me to get the net. Really it was more like catfood. Hey it was his first fish. Which he calls a "Sunnyfish" Anyway I had to get the net and make it look good. The disappointing part was I couldn't get the camera to work, so there was no pictures. Thats alright-Ice Fishing is coming, I'm sure we'll get some more!
In July, Dave came from Seattle to visit for a few days. Thats always fun for Noah and Dave. Noah makes Dave do all kinds of crazy things. Dave will play rough with him. I can't do that, not yet anyway. Its always sad to see Dave go. He is a great playmate (Hee-Hee).
The rest of the summer we did the usual. Camping, bonfires, fireworks, learning how to ride bike, going to the playgrounds, swimming.
Now fall is here. Mike is back to school for the last year of his plumbing,heating air and refrig. program. Lets see if he can make the Deans list again.
As for me, well I have been on bedrest since 32 weeks. I am now 37 wks. The only time I can get out is my weekly OB appts. Baby is doing great. I am feeling miserable and can't wait to be done. The C-section will be Nov 3rd. Unless there is a huge change. Pics and videos to come soon