Easter 2012

Easter 2012 was full of laughter, family, good food and FUN!!!  All of the ladies got together with our aprons and cut up pizza toppings!

 Grandma D, Jed and Bapa

The hunt is on!

 Aubrey Rose (at first) chose to find only the pink eggs!  

 The newest edition of our family!  Grace Thonesen! 

 We always do an adult hunt... cash baby!  

 Jesse hid some great prizes... $100 for a referral that closes escro... (which is a normal referral fee)

 Blake and Bill

 Jed handling 2 eggs at once!  Way to go!

 A proud little boy found some goldfish in his eggs!

 Christopher found SOOOO many eggs!

 

Happy Easter!

Easter is about so much more then the Easter Bunny, egg hunts and good food.  It's about Christ, His sacrifice, about the Savior of the world dying for our sins.  It's about Christ rising from the dead into glory.  We must remember this today as we celebrate with friends and family.    

Yesterday, we took family pictures.  It is amazing how fast life happens.  So fast.  I love watching Jed grow, learn and become an individual.  I love seeing his little personality come out.  

 

Family Snow Day

On Sunday, we advantage of having Auntie TT and Uncle Aaron in town and headed to the fresh and beautiful snow!  When we arrived, I had rigged a laundry basket for Jed to ride in... it was pretty cute!  We loaded all of our stuff on top of Jed and headed to the lodge.  

 Getting used to the extra clothes was a bit tricky, but Jed's overall experience was good.  

 It was a little bright for him... unfortunately, he would not wear mommy's sunglasses to help.

 Jed LOVED to play in the rental poles... probably for a good 30-40 minutes throughout the day was spent in and out of these poles!  The simple things...

 The sun was shining and I found a place to park it... Jed actually fell asleep on mommy for about 30 minutes while we watched the skiers go by.  It was his ONLY nap throughout the day!  

 The setting for the lovely nap... with the first run in the backdrop.  

 We enjoyed watching Aubrey Rose ski on the bunny hill!  She did soooo great!  And looked SOOOOO cute in her PINK outfit!

 Aubrey and Jed feeling out the powder...

 Another attempted nap (failed)... but we got him to relax for about 10 minutes in the laundry basket under the table.  Good try.

 The beautiful slopes.

 Auntie TT and Aubrey Rose enjoying more powder!

 My sweet little boy loved dipping his pacifier into the powder and putting it in his mouth, it was so cute!

If you are wondering where the boys are... well, they were on the slopes.  Jesse had a great time, the last time he skied was 2 years ago, so this was a treat for him!  It was a wonderful day in one of God's amazing creations!

It's Official... We are Pregnant!

One of my recent posts was explaining how sick we have all been (and are currently)... one of the main reasons I have been so sick is I am pregnant!  We are due on September 8, 2012... putting us at around 14 weeks.  Today we had an ultrasound to check out our little bundle of joy.  I thought it was the perfect day to make it facebook official...  

The ultrasound tech put the probe on my belly and sure enough, our little one was doing a head stand!  It was hilarious... They don't know which way is up, but it was so funny how extended the baby was in such a unique position. (see below)  

This pregnancy has been different that Jed's in so many ways.  For one, I have been a lot more sick with morning (afternoon and evening) sickness... but having a little one running around has made time fly!  I am grateful for all of the sickness, it provides reassurance.  Poor Jesse.  

Speaking of Jesse... he has been such a trooper.  He wakes up with Jed early so I can sleep in... and understands when I am too tired or sick to do anything.  About a month ago, Jed would wake up saying "mommy"... he would say "mommy" 500 times a day!!! Now, when I get him out of his crib, he says "mommy" but then he says "daddy", "dada"... almost like, lets go wrestle!!!  With Jed, Jesse choose the name "Terry Dactle" (get it, the dinosaur) because we did not know the gender.  This time around, Jesse decided that "Pat Myback" was a good gender neutral name as well (although we are finding out).  So, introducing Pat Myback... what a creative man I have!

I was so nervous about this pregnancy because of how my last one ended with bed rest and a vacation at the hospital.  My doctor is taking every precaution with me.  Starting next week, I have weekly progesterone injections (smooth muscle relaxant), we are doing ultrasounds to check my cervical length frequently, I will be getting 3 rounds of steroids starting at 24 weeks to help with lung development (just in case) and we are doing a test every 2 weeks starting at 24 weeks to check for sings of labor.  All this to say, I am in good hands.  I am much more cautious, am able to rest more with only working 2 days a week and, when I feel like I need to sit down, I DO!!!  If anything, I am over cautious.  Lord willing, I will have this baby in September... a great month (my birthday is September 7th).  

So, if you are praying people, start now for my journey... and I do have a ton of doctor appointments, so if you ever want to play with a 16 month old, let me know!  

 (Head at bottom of picture, body on the right side and legs pointing out towards left)

A profile of our little football player or ballerina! 

Waving hi to mommy!

Carmel

A few weekends ago we went with my family to Carmel.  It was a wonderful weekend full of food, friends and golf.  We went to the AT&T pro-am Friday, Saturday and Sunday, which was a new experience for us.  We celebrated my dad's birthday on Saturday night at one of their favorite restaurants, Roys at Spanish Bay.  IT WAS SO GOOD!!!  

Jed has so much fun in the "backyard".   We gated off the entrance to the front yard on either side and he ran back and forth from one side of the house to the other... with his golf club.  He would wake up and walk to the door and say "ou-si" (which is outside), then take a nap and walk to the door and say "ou-si"... and repeat the process.  He was in heaven!