February 2016 - trampolines and monster cupcakes

Grandma and Grandpa Sweeny got the kids an 8' trampoline for Christmas and it is WONDERFUL! The kids jump on it every day and whenever they are acting crazy we send them down to jump on the trampoline instead of ripping our hair out :). We rearranged the family room and got rid of the furniture down there so that it *barely* fits inside until it gets warmer and we can put it outside.

Here's a quick video of the kids jumping on the trampoline

Tyler turned 3 and we went to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate over lunch, per his request. He doesn't know you can buy tokens, but loves running around the arcade and pretending to play the games. He started Spanish preschool with Alexa and is loving it. They are in different classes, but go to the same school--he goes MW and Alexa has school MWF. He got to go to school on his birthday so we sent him with monster cupcakes. He got a Captain America action figure, puzzles, a little remote control car, some books, and best of all, 6 foam swords for his birthday. He has really taken an interest in sounding out letters, writing them, and trying to read with Alexa. Here is his alphabet he wrote on the chalkboard. His "homework" according to him.

We had fun celebrating the January/February birthdays with the Swingles. Emily made a cute cake and Sara added the bees.

We had a fun Valentine's Day complete with pink heart pancakes for breakfast. We were glad to have Aunt June join us for a delicious dinner prepared by Kyle.

And here's my mandatory 36-week belly. We're getting close to meeting the bambino!

At the end of the month (a couple weeks after this picture was taken), I chopped 12" off my hair to donate it again. Same as last time, I mildly regret it and wish it was a little longer! But it will grow back...

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stairs and a silly little girl....

I forgot to mention a few August updates in my last post, and have some more Alexa stories (as always)...First, Kyle (with the help of Uncle Paul and Todd--thank you!!) finished the stairs and they look awesome!! He completely rebuilt them (ripped them down all the way to the drywall). Second, both Kyle and I were supposed to be in this work athletic competition in August, but I had to back out for obvious reasons. Kyle still did the tennis and basketball tournaments and made me oh so proud. He even got this funny little basketball trophy for taking third place. The other tournaments that week included horseshoes, ping pong, foosball, golf, Wii dance, volleyball, and a triathlon. We went to Ikea for breakfast last Saturday (so delicious and cheap!) and bought Alexa a stuffed puppy while we were there. She now takes it everywhere continuously saying "puppy, puppy, puppy!" Speaking of the puppy, she even dragged it through toilet water last week. Yes, you

Good news!

I'm excited to announce that we went to the doctor yesterday for another ultrasound and I now have all my privileges reinstated!! Tear is healed and baby looks good, so we are very grateful. As promised, I took Alexa to the park to celebrate. We went swinging and ran around looking for flowers (dandelions). She has to stop and touch every flower she finds :). She insisted that her puppy come along. Maybe because she's a lazy bum and wanted to use him as a pillow!! We didn't get any really good ultrasound pictures from the tech (I should have made special requests!), but we saw lots of baby! This was the ultrasound (20 weeks) where they check every little thing developing - every section of the brain, spine, chambers of the heart, kidneys, diaphragm, fingers, toes, blood flow, placenta, cord, measurements of head and waist (baby is 4 days bigger than the due date), etc. etc. It's so fascinating to see all of that already developed and so teeny tiny!! Baby

December 2015 - Christmas in Indiana

Merry Christmas! We hit the road a couple of days after Granny's funeral to make the trek to Indiana for Christmas. The kids did great the whole way. I think it was harder on the adults! We left at 4am and the first 8 hours were really bad due to wind and snow. I-70 was closed unless you had chains and we were only a couple of hours in when we passed a sign saying I-80 was closed due to an avalanche warning. Kyle screamed "Noooo!" and woke up the kids :). We were so relieved to have Wyoming behind us!! And we were very glad to have been driving an SUV with all-wheel-drive instead of our Toyota Matrix. We got a new Mazda CX-9 only a week before the trip so that we can fit baby #3. We pounded out 14 hours the first day and then stopped for the night in Nebraska before continuing for another 10ish hours the next day. The kids thought that sleeping in a hotel was amazing. The weather on the drive home was clear and wonderful. although Tyler did poop h

La felicidad que se encuentra: Kyle, Jenny, Alexa, Tyler, Tad, Liam, Nathan, and Audrey

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