A day at the beach

My sister and her family came to visit us for the Memorial Day weekend. Mya LOVES her cousins, and got a little taste of having a baby in the house! We had a great time together, and totally lucked out on amazing weather the day we visited the beach.

Mya helping feed her newest little cousin. She is going to be such a good big sister!

Palouse River Duathlon

My little brother told me less than 6 months ago that he wanted to coordinate a duathlon. I seriously thought he was nuts, and he wouldn't be able to pull it off in such a short time, but much to my dismay- he did it, with flying colors! From race numbers to street closures to a spaghetti lunch after the race- all bases were well covered, and will likely be the first of many in the future! Many kudos to a well coordinated event little brother!!! The race was a 2 mile run, 10 mile bike, then another 2 mile run. Rob participated, and did a fantastic job! He came in 10th overall- his first multi sport race! My sister, Angela also signed up with a team mate. She did the running legs, and her team-mate did the bike. They both did great, and seemed to have a good time as well! Mya & I had fun sticking to the start/finish line and cheering on participants. It was an added bonus for all of her cousins to be there as well... she always has a blast playing with them!

Mark giving pre-race directions

Pre-race photo with Daddy

The kids race- they had a blast! The did it about 4 times, it was so fun! Rob's best cheerleader! The Start Line The Finish!Great job Ang!

Family R&R

We just returned from a wonderful 8 day vacation to Cancun. We had a great time of laying low, playing on the beach and in the pools.

A bummer view that we had for lunch...

Some of the wild life we saw. We also got to see a crocodile, turtles, lots of birds and...

LEMURS!!! I like to move it, move it!

Mya's version of Prince William & Kate- the day of their wedding.

Happy Easter!

We've enjoyed the Easter season with egg decorating, egg hunting and planting our garden, and reading the Easter Story each night before putting Mya to bed. I've always loved holidays, but being able to enjoy it 2 year old is even more fun. Her favorite part of the story is when Jesus is riding into Bethlehem on his donkey. We sing, "Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest," each time, as the crowd welcomes him by waving palm branches and celebrating. She also knows why we have the first Easter. She comments each time on how the cross was really heavy for Jesus to carry, and how the angels were at the tomb to tell the women that he wasn't there. She gets really excited at that part. The Easter Bunny did come last night (and brought her a boat load of stuff I might add), but she wasn't nearly as excited for that as she was for going to church and singing "hosanna" today. Thank you Jesus for giving your life, so that we could have our amazing life. We are so blessed to be able to cherish these wonderful moments with our little one.

Happy Palm Sunday!

We had a great time today with the Cox family. It was a big day of an egg hunt and coloring eggs together, was fun for all!

Updates...

Thank you for your prayers. Great news! Baby's heart is seemingly healthy at this time. We're still waiting on Mya's Echo, but we are thankful to know that #2 is doing well so far! IT'S A GIRL! Mya is looking forward to being a big sister, she's been proud to tell people that there is a baby in Mommy's tummy and that it's a girl. She's pretty cute about it! Rob is doing better after the car wreck, his car was totaled and we were able to get a new one at a great price. We are very thankful for our financial planning/savings program... we were able to buy a new car with cash, the first time we've ever done that! Our emergency fund made the situation much less of an emergency. I recommend it to everyone! We've been working hard getting our house ready for #2 to arrive. We've transitioned Mya into a new room, she's been a little trooper helping in painting and was excited to move into her big twin sized bed from her little toddler bed. It's not totally ready yet, I'll be sure to post an update when we finish it up!

Rain, Rain Go Away!

Our little girl is growing so fast, she's becoming really smart & working on her persuasive speaking skills in the mean time! Her latest is to try to delay bedtime as long as possible, with a drink of water, another song etc. The other night she was sitting on the side of her bed and she said, "Mama, my tummy hurts." I asked, "How does it hurt?" Mya replied, "The baby is kicking me. I need chocolate milk to make it feel better." Such a little squirt! We would love some prayers for our little family... I've got 3 requests! 1. Rob got rear-ended on Monday, he was almost at a complete stop when a gal hit him going about 45mph. He's seemingly fine (been to the dr already), but I'd like prayer for his body to be healed from the situation and to not have long term damage. I'd like prayer for our car hunt! 2. We have an upcoming fetal echocardiogram for our baby. We don't have reason to believe that this baby will have a heart condition as well, but we're checking to be sure. 3. Mya's first cardiology visit in 8 months is in a couple of weeks. I'd love to not have to go back again for 1 year! Please pray for her little heart to have continued it's "normal" functioning.

Thank you!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Meeting Miles

We had a great time this weekend meeting Mya's newest cousin, Miles. He is very sweet, and tolerated his first grandchild picture! He is a darling little addition to our family! Mya had a blast with her cousins, it is always fun to observe them all together!

All the grandkids... 7 and counting!

Sweet Toddler Moments Our little toddler is growing up so fast. She is also such fun to be with right now. Communicating very well with a few favorite sayings: I do it myself. This for you mommy! Mac-a-da-cheese (aka Macaroni & Cheese) Oh Man! We've had fun lately, as doing girl stuff- playing with dolls, dancing, painting fingernails and toes, and other craft stuff. I'm not sure if Mya is having more fun than Mommy at times! Sponge animal capsules - you put them in warm water and in a few minutes little sponges in the different shapes appear. This was a huge hit!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We're Expecting!

So, if you've not already heard, we are expecting #2 in late August. We're very excited to have another little one in our family, and are praying for a healthy baby. Mya keeps asking me about the baby in my tummy (she has a baby in her tummy at times too), it's very fun to have her as a part of the experience this time. She joined us at the ultra sound, I'm pretty sure she understands having a baby in Mommy's tummy... just not to clear on having a sibling around as part of the equation. Lots of changes around the corner for all of us!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!