Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Nicholas has joined our family!!!

Our little miracle baby Nicholas is finally here! He couldn't wait to join our little family and made a grand entrance on December 7th at 11:37 am after a very short labor (5 hours total). He weighed 6 lbs 9 oz and was 19.5 inches long.Hi Papa!
Welcome baby Nicholas! We love you very much!!!


Alex is a proud big brother and can't wait to meet Nicholas face to face (we snuck Alex in the hospital and he saw Nicholas through the glass doors tonight!!!)

Friday, December 4, 2009

Trying to catch up

Wow, I can't believe how much has happened in the last 2 months! I need to be better at updating this blog...
Alex helped to paint the new baby room and he actually did a lot of painting. Good job, Alex!

This is the finished product (Dave's design).
Alex also played flag football 101. He did great but I doubt he'll be a football player someday (and I'm ok with it :)

We went to our favorite Engh Gardens to play on their pirate ship, run through the maze and admire other fall decorations.



Alex wanted me to put this picture of Bessie on here (he is SO opinionated sometimes). Doesn't she look so smug? Well, she is!
On Halloween we went to Park City with some friends and did trick-or-treating on the Main Street. This was an awesome day! Will definitely do it again!
We tried to dress up Sandy but she didn't like her costume...
Alex and his princess friend :)))


The kids got so much candy there! Alex is still eating his (middle of December).
Zara had an awesome party at her house and I got to see all my good friends from work. I miss you guys!
I believe this is 36 weeks picture. Alex's favorite :)
We had a Nurse Practitioner week in the middle of November and UNP organized a very nice dinner for us at La Caille. Great food and nice company :)
Dave and I had our 11th Anniversary on November 19th and he took me to Chez Betty. Excellent food! The flowers were good too! Thanks, honey :)
End of November snow storm transformed out backyard into a true Winter Wonderland. I love waking up in the morning after a snow storm like this and looking into my yard! Gorgeous!

Alex and his best friend Nicholas at out house were dressed as a Pilgrim and an Indian.
37 weeks baby! Full term! This is a picture from a couple of weeks ago...
We had a great Thanksgiving with Dave's family.
The Bird was DELICIOUS!



I ate my whole leg (actually I'm lying... This year I wasn't able to finish the leg but there is always next year!).
Day after Thanksgiving instead of going into craziness AKA shopping, we repeated the Thanksgiving feast at our house. I roasted a turkey with lemons, garlic, onions, and thyme and made a couple of side dishes. It was nice to have our own leftovers which didn't last too long :)

Happy Holidays!

Monday, October 12, 2009

Latest events

Our front porch flowers before the cold weather hit...My friend and I took our kids to the zoo to see all the baby animals that were born there this summer. Baby elephant was the cutest!
Baby giraffe was so small! We also saw baby tiger and baby leopard but there is no photographic proof :)
Alex finished his soccer and received a nice trophy (mostly for the effort). He can't wait to play soccer again in the spring- it was his favorite sport so far.
This is me at 28 weeks, getting bigger already :)
After soccer Alex started to play flag football. So far he's been really enjoying it (Alex is in red shorts).
He mostly likes to run around. I have a feeling that he'll be a runner like Papa someday :)
Then we went to Oktoberfest. We actually caught the last warm day up there a couple of weeks ago. We had so much fun! But mostly it was nice to be outdoors and enjoy fresh mountain air.
All of us at the top of the chairlift. We actually took the tunnel to get to the other side of the mountain. It was a bit scary but so worth to see that view!!!

On our way back we met more friends who were just getting there.
O, thanks, Alex, for the beautiful flower :)
The first cold and rainy day of the season was September 30th. Our backyard looked magical and the colors all of the sudden became very intense. This can only happen in the cold and rainy weather.
This is just a random photo of us in front of Target. Alex LOVES the big red balls in front of it and he loves to climb them every time we go there :)
This is me at 30 weeks. Alex is a budding photographer :)
By the way, at the appointment last week baby Nicholas weighed 3 lbs 4 oz. Wow, already so big!