April update

Happy Easter family! We've had a busy couple of months at our house. We found out in mid February that we will be welcoming a new little one into our family at the end of October. A couple of weeks later we celebrated Joshua's 3rd birthday with Grandma and Grandpa. They came up for his birthday weekend and we had fun going to the zoo, having donuts, pizza and cookie cake, and playing with new toys :) I spent the month of March dealing with morning sickness, and was VERY greatful that Mom was able to come and stay with us for a week to help me get the house back together. I had my first doctor appointment last week and everything looks great with the baby. We get to find out at the end of May if it's a boy or a girl, both of the kids say they want a girl, so we'll see if they're right :) This past weekend we enjoyed spending some time together over the Easter weekend. We went to Georgetown on Sunday and had an Easter egg hunt and enjoyed visiting and having dinner with the Bertucci's. We have a trip to Oklahoma planned at the end of April to visit some of Tommy's family, then a few days later we are going to Houston for a wedding. We are keeping busy, but are enjoying every minute of it!

Joshua is such a big boy now! He talks all the time and wants to do everything by himself. Potty training is going well, he seldom has accidents anymore and he's getting better and better at telling us when he needs to go potty instead of waiting for us to tell him to. We've been going to the park a lot the last week or so, he loves playing with the other kids we see there and talks about it for the rest of the day after we go home. He loves to play with his trains and spends as much time as possible in the backyard.

Abigail is almost 2 now....I can't believe how fast my little girl is growing up. She talks all the time and constantly wants to read books and talk on the phone....usually to Grandpa :) She loves shoes, purses, and getting her hair done......she also loves to play with my make-up brushes and tells me she needs lipstick! She's still a cuddly little thing though and loves hugs and kisses. She likes to climb on the equipment at the park and go down the slides by herself, I'm not allowed to help her anymore. She points out every baby that we see and tells me that they are "Abby's babies".......I'm trying to convince her that they have their own mommies and can't come home with us :) We are working on sharing and she is slowly improving. I am working on getting them both into a 2 morning a week preschool next fall so they can have more interaction with kids their own ages.

Tommy is busy with work and his calling at church. He's been even more busy the last month or so taking care of the house and cooking dinner for the kids while I've been sick. He finally got the final approval for his thesis and has had it published so he is officially finished with school!!!! Unless of course he goes for his PhD one day.... For now he's enjoying having his evenings free to get stuff done at home and play with the kids.

And baby makes 5 :)

I went to the doctor this morning and am happy to officially announce that we are having a baby!  After spending the last month throwing up I have been feeling MUCH better the last few days and have even made it out of the house a few times (church, grocery store, park).  We're so excited to welcome a new little one to our family in October...even though I have no idea how I'm going to handle 3 kids under four!  I had an ultrasound this morning and baby looks great and is right on track for growth.  We get to find out at the end of May if baby is a boy or a girl and for the first time I really don't have a preference either way.  As long as this one is healthy and happy we will be thrilled.