How long has it been!?

So sorry to all the family for not posting in FOREVER!!! Mom and Jen remind me all the time. We have been super busy and I mostly have been super lazy. I have been deep into the first trimester throws. I mostly fall asleep arount 7. It is so pitiful. I can't wait to get some energy back. I have also been sick with a troublesome sinus infection, yuck. The busiest thing of all has been moving into our new house. You guys will kill me becuase I still haven't taken a picture of it. So sorry!! I promise I will once we are finished painting and we get all the paint stuff off the front porch. We started moving back on April 3rd and still haven't finished. It has been super slow going. We haven't sold the other house, so we are not rushing. Madison' s race season started back up, which complicates things a bit too.

A big update on our big girl, is that Kegan is officially pacifierless. She decided to throw it out of her bed last night, and we decided to not go and fetch it. I always said I would not become a middle of the night pacifier fetching parent and I'm sticking to it. The fact that Kegan's bedroom is now on the other side of the house is a really big motivator to stick to my guns. I sent her to daycare today with her "Mr. Duck" to comfort her during her nap without her pacifier. Wish us luck. She has really done so well with cutting out all the other baby things. Hope we didn't wait too long for this one. So finally some pictures and videos to catch you guys up on what we've been up to.

These pictures start way back on Easter. We had a really busy weekend with our little Minnie waking us up early Saturday morning after she got out of our yard and got attacked by a much larger dog. We doctored her for three days to the best of our ability along with the help of our vet and sadly she passed away on April 14th. She was our special little girl. Kegan adored her. We had her for 9 wonderful years. We buried her just off our back porch because she loved to sit and sun out there and I bought a rose bush to plant for her. I think it'll make her happy. Becuase Minnie was so sick we stayed home Easter day tending to her. It was really rainy too. On a brighter note, Kegan loved her Easter Bunny stuff....especially the candy.

check out all this cool stuff

Robin Eggs are good!

Even though we didn't get out of the house, we still got Kegan all pretty in her Easter duds compliments of the great talents of Aunt Alex. It is a beautiful bubble. Thanks!

I'm gonna get you Sterling. You had better run!

Happy girl!

Pretty in Pink!

Swinging with Daddy. Kegan's most favorite thing.

the quality of this video isn't the best. Madison sent it to me while I was at work. This is proof that Kegan is my daughter and loves bugs just like me. She is always hunting ladybugs in our yard.

This is another video Madison sent me of Kegan. Kegan will probably hate me one day for posting this on the internet, but it is just so darn funny. I watch it all the time and can't help but laugh out loud. This is Kegan's daily post-bath naked run. She can do it really good here in the new house since it was mostly empty when this video was taken.

Lastly, yesterday at work I worked in labor and delivery and a friend of mine helped me to get some sono pictures of Peanut Flowers. In this picture he/she turned just before I took the picture, so it is of his backside. We got some good crotch shots too, but it is too early to tell anything and we won't be looking at that anymore either. Wanna be suprised. We are getting pretty good at doing our own sono's so we have to be really careful now, not to slip up and peek.

Video of Peanut kicking and rolling around in there.

Joe's Run

Saturday morning the family all got out to brave the freezing weather for Joe's Run. We all did the 5k along with some friends from my work.....some of my friends who shall remain unnamed turned the 5k into a 1k, but hey, it was freezing. We even got to see a few snow flurries as we ran. Madison got 2nd overall and I came out top 10 in the "fat-girl" division, more politely called the "Filley" division. In my defense, I was carrying one child and pushing another in the baby-jogger, so I was pretty proud of myself. I ran with a new-mom friend of mine from work. It was her first run since having her baby 2 months ago.

Daddy and frozen-banana-hands baby

The Frozen Flowers' Foursome

This is the poor quality picture of baby Flowers. The gray blob in the big black hole is the baby. You can see a white dot above and below the baby and that will be it's arms. You can even see a tiny black spot in the center of the baby that is its beating heart. We already got to hear it, which was amazing since the baby was the size of a grain of rice.

We had a nasty storm blow through Wednesday with some really weird clouds. These pictures don't do it justice. We didn't really get any bad weather here thankfully.

Kegan Just Being Kegan

I worked late Tuesday and didn't get to see Kegan at all, so Madison is always great at sending me videos so I don't miss too much of the sweetness.

This is Kegan teaching her ballerina frog to "ring around the rosie". She was so proud of herself.

We got pictures of Baby Flowers today, but they are in pdf file and I'm not computer savy enough to know how to convert it, so if you are truly desperate to see a picture of our peanut let me know and I'll email it to you. Can't see much, but the baby is about 6weeks and 5days, and you could see arms and a heart beating at 124bpm. That makes it due around 11-14-09.

Party at Gloria's

Monday night a bunch of people met at a local restaurant "Gloria's" to celebrate my good friend Carolyn's birthday (she's a very young 35). We had a great time with a huge turnout. The funniest part was all the kids there. There were a total of 7 I think. All under the age of 2 except for 1. One of the dad's said in lieu of fertility treatments, you should just become a CRNA if you are having a time trying to conceive. Here are a few picts of the family, friends, and children as we ate well and partied hard.

Carolyn (birthday girl) and hubby, Michael

All the kiddos except for Kegan, she was already in bed by the time this picture was taken. She started meltdown mode pretty early. She got really sleepy after her great meal. And before you judge....remember Gloria's is a bar........AND grill!


Carolyn, me, and Kristi with baby Grayson

Sweet party girl tuckered out

One last picture before Daddy wisked our little beast on home for bath and bed

A Sweet Goodnight

Today was a long 12 hour day at work. On those days Madison usually tries to come by with Kegan and we eat dinner together if we can. I work with some great people that usually cut me some slack when Kegan is there so I can spend time with her. It is pretty important to me since she is in bed before I get home so I wouldn't get to see her those days otherwise. After they were gone and my shift was coming to a close, Madison sent me this video. He is such a sweet and thoughtful husband.

Our little parrott who loves her Mama

Trip to the Doctor

Another blog update without pictures.....booooo! But, I'll make up for it next week. I went to the doctor today and confirmed I am infact pregnant. How far along, ummmm, don't know yet. I was offered a sono today to check dates, but Madison was not able to make it there, so I opted to have the sono next week when Madison could be there. So, we will have pictures of the little baby flowers to share next Thursday. I'll keep you posted.

Kegan's First Sentence

First of all, sorry no video or pictures, but just had to let you knowabout this, becuase it was so sweet. And, before any of you start thinking, yeah right, Aaron was here to witness. Kegan started walking around with her highchair cover (it folds up into a purse-like thing with a handle). I guess it looked like a bag to carry to her. As she walked around with it she would stop and say "bye-bye" as she waved to us. She then took off to the front hall like she was going somewhere. She then appeared in the doorway and looked at us all and said "bye-bye, I love you". My heart melted. It was so sweet. I didn't even know she could speak sentences yet. Guess that is what she hears every morning when I'm off to work. It was super sweet. Ask Aaron it you don't believe me. She really said it.