Easter Weekend Recap...

What a wonderful weekend we had! It started on Good Friday ~ We got up really early (like, I was in the shower at 5:45am early!!) to drive Dan to work so we would only have one vehicle for our plans later that day (I'll get to that in a minute). So, we dropped him off bright & early at 7am & then headed over to my brother's house, which is only a few minutes away. We all had breakfast together and then Jim had to go to work. Suzanne & I had so much fun with the kids - They baked multi-colored sugar cookies, colored Easter eggs, played outside, had pizza for lunch & then we had to leave...Had to get home so Jake could get a nap & we could let the dogs out.

Then a few hours later the kids & I piled back into the van & drove to Dan's brother's house...We all had dinner together and then met up with Dan's parents at church to watch our sister-in-law Mary in the Easter Production - She did such an awesome job - She even had a solo! She's a great singer...The show was really great and we totally enjoyed it. At the end the Pastor made an altar call for anyone who wanted to ask Jesus into their hearts and find true peace and happiness. Well, Matthew was on my lap and he raised his hand...so I asked him later, "Matthew, did you raise your hand and ask Jesus to come into your heart?" He said, "No. I just wanted the happiness!" I thought that was so cute! :)

Saturday Dan had to work some OT and the kids & I decorated our Easter cookies and then Dan came home & took Becky fishing...They had a great time and she caught three fish!

Sunday we had a relaxing morning and a nice pancake breakfast (no Sunday School that day) and then went to church...After that we went to my parents' house for Easter dinner. The kids had an egg hunt outside - The weather was so beautiful! Then we left later in the evening and went back to our church for the evening service. Whew - What a weekend...I was very tired by the time I got to bed Sunday night, but it was all worth it!

The Inside Update - Part 1

Well, I had my 12 week prenatal visit yesterday...Everything went very well. I saw my midwife, Mary...She was very happy for us! I gained 1 pound so far...We heard the baby's heartbeat...I got to feel the baby kicking on the doppler machine...It was a good visit!

Mary & I were talking about if this baby was a girl, how Dan & I would have 2 boys & two girls as she was placing the doppler device on my belly - She got the heartbeat right away & then it seems that the baby moved away...Then we found it again & that's when I got to hear the heartbeat. Mary said that maybe it is a girl & she heard us talking & was like - "Look Mommy, it's me, I'm doing cartwheels in here!" :) Either way, we'll be very blessed with a new baby boy OR girl...

Two other good points that the midwife brought up about the baby was that considering the amount of movement that was going on & the kicking action, that there most likely is no problem with regard to the spine because a baby with a problem would not be able to move around...Also, the baby's hearing is just developing at 12 weeks and since he/she moved away from the doppler right away, that's a good sign that everything is developing properly in that department...So, I felt that overall, my visit was very reassuring.

My next visit is in four weeks on May 10th...so I'll post the next "Inside Update" at that time...

What Dogs Really Think...

We are having work done on our bedroom this weekend from the water damage (see my post a few months back) so here's Dan prepping the work area...We also moved all of our bedroom furniture out into the den & Matthew's room for a little while because we will be finishing putting in our new bathroom and also getting new carpeting in our bedroom while we are at it...

This brings me to the funny thought I had last night as I was falling asleep in my bed (in the den!). Our two dogs sleep in our room with us on an old comforter every night. Well, last night, as I was going around turning off all of the lights & making sure the door was locked, etc...I walked past our now empty bedroom and saw the funniest thing! The dogs were laying on the comforter in the middle of the empty room! As I was trying to fall asleep I was imagining what the dogs were thinking. They were probably laying there thinking, "Wow! This is the life! We finally got our own room!!" :) Well, it made me chuckle thinking about it even if it's not funny to anyone else!!

Now we just have to pray for sunny weather on Saturday so the contractor can complete the work outside on the roof that they need to do, as well as the interior work...I can't wait until this is all done! Then I can go back over my crappy paint job & fix the room up totally & finally have it done for real!!

Baby Spiderman??

Just for the record...Becky is hoping for a new baby sister & Matthew, of course, is hoping for a new baby brother...

Well, when I asked Matthew what he thought we should name the new baby if it was a boy, he replied, "Spiderman", as if I should've know that that was the perfect boy name for the new baby!

Hmmmm...not sure if we'd go with that one Matthew...but thanks for the input! :)

Big Boy Hair...

Over the weekend Jake got his first haircut! He looks like such a big boy now!

Check him out...

And here are some other looks we tried out just for fun...