Black Eyes and Boxes

So on Tuesday, Nathan decided to try and dive off our bed and caught some bucket right in the eye on the way down!! I felt soo bad!! I took him to the doctor that afternoon and he said that it was close to splitting the eye but would be okay! Here are some pics of his eye that day. Today.. couldn't really tell anything happened! Kids heal sooo fast!

Nice and purple

Still a little swollen



And now we are OFFICALLY MOVING!!!! It's just across town but it is to a very nice three bedroom!! The only downside is it is in a complex and we will have neighbors again:( But we are hopefully cleaning our house out on Saturday and then we will be cleaning out storage next week when we can get some ward help! I am sooo excited to finally have all my stuff under one roof again! Also, I will finally have the chance to decorate a room for Nathan! He has never had his own room and so that will be lots of fun!!!

Boxes I packed yesterday

I have packed more today but they are scattered through the house! I woke up this morning and realized that there are lots of muscles I didn't know existed!!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!

Nathan's 2 year stats

Yesterday, we went to Nathan's 2 year checkup. He was a surefire two year old (if you get my drift) and he had to have two shots. Afterward, we went to the park were he ran around for an hour and just had lots of fun!!

Weight: 29 lbs, 13 oz (40%)

Height: 34 1/2 inches (60%)

So his growing precents are still about the same which means he is doing great!! We love him sooo much and have a lot of fun!!

By the way, we will NOT be buying a house or building a house anytime soon as we went to talk to the back yesterday and they totally gave us a quote $60,000 LESS than we had hoped for and that puts us in the "there is nothing in that range AT ALL" section. So we are looking to find a bigger place to rent. I will say I was soooo bummed last night! It felt so right and we worked hard to make it affordable and them "SLAM" went another door in our face! Life is never an easy go, thats for sure!

Also HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my little brother Alvino, who turned 5 today!! I will post some pics later! Have a great day!!!

Nathan's 2nd Birthday and 100 Days to Go!

I can't believe my little boy is 2 years old!! It just doesn't seem possible! It seems like yesterday, we finally got to meet you after 14 hours of impaitently waiting:) You were born at 9:35 AM and were just perfect! It has been a wonderfully fun two years and we are so grateful to have you part of our family and can't wait to see you be the big brother this summer!!

Yesterday, we went to the park and had a family birthday party! Here are the picks!

Nathan is into farm animals.. however he said he wanted the "puppy" cupcake so my artisic ability is lacking! (already knew that he just confirmed it!)

We had hot dogs and chips!


Nathan had lots of fun playing in the play yard and the open grass!!

This is some of the kids that came! (we have lots of sibelings.. its great!)

My attempt at a barn pinata! We were worried that the kids would break it open too easily and not get a turn.... we ended up tearing the bottom and Michael took a couple wacks to release the goody bags:)

I had the hardest time lighting the candles!! There was just enough of a breeze that they kept blowing out! I think I lit at least 10 matches!! Nathan looks excited! He really wanted the "Cake"!

So, Nathan opened his first present and it was horses. He LOVES horses!!! This is the face he made when we were trying to get him to put them down so he could open his other presents. It took 10 minutes to "help" open his other presents... he was just happy with the horses and didn't want to let them go!!! It was a little ackward but I am soo happy to have a little boy so easily content!!

So in the process, Michael and I took our presents and saved them for today. This is Nathan opening a box of farm animals and of course there was a horse in the mix! :) It is soo funny how much his loves his horses! They go everywhere and he sleeps with them! I wonder if he will grow out of this phase or he'll always love horses and puppies?!?!

We love you Nathan!!!!



Today also marks the begining of our 100 day countdown to our new little one!! We are excited and Mom is really glad that we are getting close:)

Easter!

Easter was a nice quiet morning at our house! First off Nathan slept till 6:30am which was a wonderful change from his usual 5! Then when he saw his basket the first thing he did was reach for Homeward Bound (puppies) and smile this adorable smile!! He loves this movie so we bought it for him!

After picking up the movie and telling me "puppies!" He promptly said, "I'm done" without even looking in the eggs or anything:) He wanted to watch his new movie so of course we let him.
I made some Danish/Cinnamon Roll things (very dissapointing) and Nathan thought it was fun to swirl his finger around the cream cheese filling and then lick it of his fingers:) It was cute to watch!

We then got dressed and went to my parents house where they had a cool Toy Story bucket full of some treats for Nathan. My mom helped him find the cute chick on the bike to drive around the room.

Now what?

After my mom's house, we went to Michael's parents and watched the morning session of General Conference. Can't get much better than conference on Easter Sunday! What a sure fire way to have the Spirit that day! We then came home, ate our yummy meal and put Nathan down for his nap. Michael and I watched the afternoon session on our computer and just relaxed for the afternoon. About 3:30 Nathan came out to lay on me and fall back asleep. He slid down and slept on my tummy. A few minutes passed when I feel this kick directly below his head. I felt it again a few seconds later and then again! Our little baby was upset that Nathan was sleeping on me and was trying to kick him off! It was the funniest thing!! I sure got a "kick" out of it! (I know bad pun:)) Our little baby has been so shy so to have it respond to Nathans presence was great! Hope you all had a great Easter!!

Oh, and here is my 6 month tummy pick! Nathan had to jump in with a funny smile too:)

April Showers.. does that include snow?

So we got a nice wet start to April! It snowed all day yesterday and Nathan finally decided that he loves snow! (Took him 5 months:)

Nathan and Daddy building a mini snowman

Nathan having a blast outside!


Today we went to my moms and decorated Easter eggs!! Nathan wasn't too sure at first but caught on quickly! As you can see his is very camera shy (not)!



And now a touch of blue:)

Kindness Day 5

So today I have been reflecting on the things people have done for me in the past.. most specifically this last Christmas. We were out of work and two or three people left us Secret Santa packages!! It was the nicest thing anyone has ever done for us!! I was soo thankful for kind considerate people who would think about our family at that time of year! Thank you to everyone for your kindness!!!

Kindness Day 4

Okay so I didn't get this posted yesterday but here it is.

Last night, one of my dearest friends told me that I was a special person and I can't tell you how much that meant to me! It reminded me of the quote that says (paraphrasing) God uses everyday people to meet our needs! I have been feeling pretty lonesome and nervous about our future and talking to her just made my life soo much better!!! Thanks Isabel!!!