Easter Greetings!!

Happy Easter everyone!!! Our Easter started right at midnight, when Mike got called into work because it was snowing. I woke up at 6:15 and he still wasn't home. We ended up getting 1.5 inches, it's melting off now, but coming down again. He called me to say he was on his way home and not tired, so I started some breakfast, bacon and french toast!! YUM We woke the kids up a little before 8, I had already set their Easter baskets out. They ate breakfast and not a single kid asked about the big ole baskets of candy!! Finally KINZIE went over and started investigating. Amazingly she went straight to her own basket and kept trying to rip it open! Mike then called the boys in from the toy room and said, hey are ya interested in these baskets over here? Of course THEN they were really excited! So the tearing open commenced, and then the 'can we have our candy' started. The boys are now off playing with their Diego explorer sets, Kinzie just keeps trying to get candy!

Bigger than she is!

Not looking very excited! He had to wait because the camera was acting up, then I snapped it before he smiled again!










Louie just kept asking questions about the Easter bunny, are these baskets from you? No the Easter bunny, WHO'S the Easter Bunny, She's a bunny who gives gifts, ITS A GIRL!?!?

On a sadder note, we decided to get rid of our cat Sophee. She was a delight while we had her, but I didn't think I could handle 3 kids and a cat while Mike was gone. I couldn't change the litter box for a month, AND if I wanted to go home to have the baby I would have had to find a catsitter for 3 months or so. Charlie told her good-bye, sad see ya later, and then said I am getting a pupy!! So I guess the kids aren't really botherered, they haven't asked about her yet!! Anyway, these are the last pictures I took, (the 'here's a pic of the free cat' pictures.) She was taken in less than 2 minutes!

strollers and slides

So I finally got our new double stroller in the mail, a month after we got the car seat! I am soo excited to be able to use it (well both actually!) I expect that I will break it out BEFORE the baby gets here. It might have been the best baby accessory I have ever purchased!

A couple weekends ago, the weather was just gorgeous so we took the kids out to the park. They had so much fun! We started out at a medium sized park where I used up all my card space, and THEN we moved to a big park. Next time I will save some room. Hope you enjoy seeing the delight on their faces!

He wiped out!

Happy little family!

Lil muscle man was climbin the wall!

It was wet, so he couldn't sit down.

Barely missed each other

Trying to coax Kinzie down the slide

a lil update on Kinzie, she went to her dr appt last week and was almost 21 lbs, and he measured her at 33 inches. He said she is growing well, and is not concerned at all! So all is good!

Oh yeah!

Well it's time for another one, as my mom keeps reminding me! Not a lot is happening here. Mike had another eye appointment this week and his vision is completely 20/20 now. He is trying to stay busy at work, and should know more about his future endeavors soon.

I am going on 19 wks, or just about 5 months, and feel HUGE! But other than that I am feeling pretty good. Already getting bad back pains, so I am thinking another back labor is in the works. We have the sonogram on March 13th, still forever away it seems. We are still pretty sure we are not finding out what we are having. I am a little worried because I haven't been to the dr since Jan 25th, and don't go back until March 17th, which is roughly 8 wks, since I am still not feeling the baby move, hearing the heartbeat is the only thing that lets you know everything is ok.

Charlie is doing really well, his new love is swimming! We went 2 weeks in a row and now everytime I get him dressed he wants to go swimming, so I got us all new suits and we are going to start going as a family, since it is so cheap! He is growing up so much, I can't hardly believe it. He weighs 29lbs and is only 37in tall, and we are still struggling with potty training, and eating. It's slow work.

Kinz's new room/the toy room!
Kinzie, where to start with Kinzie, our little dolly is still that, little! She weighs 20lbs and is 30in, little tiny petite thing, the WIC office is worried so we are taking her to the dr next week to get her pediatrician's opinion. Also, my sister thinks she may have some allergies so we are keeping a food journal to see if maybe we can help her little digestive system. Now if we could just get her a better immune system, we would be golden! Poor little thing is always getting every cough or cold and she gets viral infections that appear in her eyes. BUT she is speaking very well, and is quite demanding when it comes to things she wants! Her favorite sentence is I eat NOW, and she is always saying 'nack, nack', which is her snack. And MORE. Plus a handful of other wonderful words, after Charlie's slight speach delay, it is refreshing to hear her shouting all kinds of things at us! She has upgraded to a big girl bed and LOVES it, she for the most part will stay in her bed, until we open the door, but every now and then she will be standing at the door banging on it.

This and That!

Soooo, apparently Mike and I really stink at picture taking. I was all set to sit down tonight and upload ALL of our vacation pictures, and there were 14! 5 of those we took BEFORE we left Germany! Some of Charlie sleeping in the baby swing, the others of the 1st time Kinz climbed on the couch unassissted. I had walked out of the room and came back in to see her sitting on the couch WITH the remote flipping through channels!! Rotten lil girl, just like her papa!

Mike is officially no longer blind. He can see just great with no glasses. His vision is currently 20/40 and should be 20/20 in 6 months or less. He is back at work and doing great.

I am ALMOST 15 weeks pregnant (Sunday) and everything looks great. My blood pressure is normal this time around, so thus far I am not being labled high risk. I got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the 1st time today. It all sounded great. I get to have my sonogram in the next couple weeks, we are undecided if we are finding out the sex. Everyone here thinks it's a boy, including Mike. But everytime I talk about the baby I think girl, not sure if that's because I THINK it's a girl, or if it is because I had a girl last!

Charlie is still same old Charlie. We went bowling tonight and he did better than Louie and Jose! Of course they all used bumpers so you can't really say ANY of them did well alone! BUT they all had fun and that's all that matters.

The 1st game I was doing really well, then Mike beat me, 112 to 103, the 2nd game I STOMPED him! I had 149, he didn't break 1oo :( I felt really good after that! I was getting strikes and picking up my spares, Irene would have been sooo proud of me! Only 2 gutter balls (well not really gutters, just didn't p/u the last pin).

Kinzie is growing so much! Well, that may not be the right choice of words. She isn't GROWING, but she seems so much older! She is saying all kinds of words, some on her own, mostly just repeating others! But she seems like such a big girl now!

Not much else new is happening here. But wanted to send out the few pics and give a brief update!

Wow it's been awhile!

So I've decided to finally send out an update on us! Our trip to the states was much needed and tons of fun, we got to see just about ALL the family we had been missing. I personally got to eat at almost all the places I had missed!! It was a very yummy trip!

We are finallly getting all settled back into our routine. We have our other boys back and they are readjusting to life here.
Charlie and Kinzie are loving being back in their space and with their toys, and of course SOPHEE! They are finally getting back into a regular sleep schedule, I am thrilled!
Mike had laser eye surgery last week. HE CAN SEE with NO glasses!! Aside from the little pain and extreme dryness he couldn't be happier! Things were a little blurry for a few days, but the dr said that is to be expected. He goes back in on the 22 to have the contact bandages removed and then he should be clear to drive! He then returns back to work on the 24th! He has had a LOT of time off lately!

So other than that, not much going on around here. I don't have many pictures from KS, but will eventually get them posted!