An update

We are so excited for a girl since this will be the last! Now we can have one of each. I am 16 weeks along now and have not been feeling any better, it has been quite rough and I hope I can survive the next 5 months! I had to get a new feeding tube in last week because my other one broke and I had to pull it the week before. I went a week without it and lost 7 pounds so they made me get another one and it was by far the most painful out of all 5 that I have had total. The baby seems to be doing fine so far. I am not officially supposed to know the sex yet until Nov. 17th but my Dr. was nice enough to quickly pull us into an ultrasound room to take a quick look, the baby wasn't in the very best position and he told us not to paint any rooms yet but he is pretty sure it is a girl!

Goodbye Paradise! Goodbye Life!

Well, Here is where I WON'T be going tomorrow! This is the Marriott Frenchman's Reef hotel where we WERE going to stay in St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. I am so bummed and don't know when we will ever be able to return! We had to cancel our plans Sunday morning after yet another painful pregnancy "episode". It is just way to risky and I am too weak to go anywhere. I have had about 5 of these episodes so far and they have lasted anywhere from 7 hours to 22 hours with no warning of when. I am down 10 lbs so far and by the looks of it will end up with a feeding tube soon enough! So, Farewell to you St. Thomas, I look forward to visiting you someday! Also, farewell to motherhood, wifehood, couponing, and everything else in between! Til we meet again in about 7 LONG months!

Snowbird/Wheeler Farm

A few weeks ago we headed up to Snowbird just to enjoy the mountain air and beautiful surroundings. We hiked around a little and had a picnic.

Ezra liked throwing rocks off the deck.

Last week, Ezra and I went with Mandy and Anna to feed the ducks at Wheeler farm. (Anna didn't really want her picture taken:)

Ezra with the chickens.

The kids and the Pigs.

There were 2 baby goats hopping around so we asked how old they were and they said they had just been born the night before. They were so cute! Anna especially liked them!

The new baby goats.

The kids also got to watch a cow get milked and were able to pet her.

Spring brings new life!

So I think I have told almost everyone the news even though its still a little early so I thought I might as well post it on my blog! I am CRAZY for doing this again but oh well! Considering the pure HORROR I went through last time I am FRIGHTENED out of my mind but way excited at the same time! It took me 11 months and fertility drugs to get pregnant with Ezra so we were sure I wouldn't be able to get pregnant right away! We were just starting to THINK about trying again and...BAM!!! Baby #2 is due on April 12th (Im 6 1/2 weeks). So far I have just had a little nausea off and on, but haven't lost my lunch yet! Last time I got hit with the pain at 12 weeks so I am going to keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best!

Here is Ezra's response when we told him the news! As you can see he is a little frightened and shocked! He remembers last time all too well...he had the "inside" scoop! ;)

Wish me luck!!!

Summer activities

We have had lots of fun so far this summer. We have gone to the zoo 3 times, the Aquarium 3 times, swimming way too many times to count, the Liberty Park splash park, The Gateway fountains, Thanksgiving Point petting Zoo and lots of other fun little activities. I was able to snap a few pics along the way.
Ezra loves the fish at the Aquarium.
Ezra and his girlfriend Maddie on a date to The Aquaruim. I love that he is smilling at her!

So cute! This was in front of the penguins but the flash ruined the visibility of them.

You can KINDA see the penguins in this one. Love that smile!

This was at The Gateway fountain. Ezra crawled around like this the whole time (he doesn't like the feeling of the cement on his knees)! His cute cousin Ryder was so sweet and walked around with Ezra and played with him.

Ryder and Ezra.

My little monkey!

Our 3rd trip to the Zoo was with our friends Nick, Brianna and Maddie!

Our little fam with the Elephants.

Ezra and Maddie on another date. Checkin out the tigers. They even kissed at the end of the date...it was sooooo cute! (At least they had parental supervision:)

Pictures

I finally got Ezra's 1 year pics taken and I love how they turned out! We also did a few family photos as well. Ezra's cousin Anna came too so we did some cousin pics too. Ezra was so wiggly and just wanted to move around and after a little while Anna was not so cooperative either, but Katie was able to get some really cute ones anyway! To see more of her pictures check out http://www.katietorriente.blogspot.com/. Thanks Katie!

He has a rock in his mouth!

I just want to kiss those lips!

This is one of my favorites! I love the expression on his face!

This one cracks me up!

Same with this one!

Nice pose!

Here are a few family ones!

Cousin pics. It was really hard to get them to both look at the same time!

And a few of Anna.

Such cute kids!

Jackson Lake 2010

Every year we take a trip up to Jackson Lake WY with the Whipperman side. It is such a pretty lake with an awesome view of the Teton Mountains. The water was freezing so everyone used the dry suit to get in so they wouldn't get wet (I was too chicken to get in)! It got pretty cold at night but we had heaters in the cabins so it was toasty!
Our beach/picnic site during the day.

Grandma Toni with 3 of her grandsons. Ezra, Ryder and Mac.

I love this picture of Ezra with the Lake and the mountains behind him!

He had a lot of fun crawling around on the rocks, throwing them in the water, and of coarse...eating them!

Eating a rock!

Ian and Mac, Kyle and Nash.

My two boys!

We had a campfire dinner with an awesome view of the Tetons.

View of the Lake and Tetons.

Grandma Toni with some of her grandkids and cousins kids.

Of coarse, we had to take our matching PJ's on our trip. All cuddled up on a bed in the cabin!

Ezra with his life jacket and, of coarse, the binky!