Friday, June 27, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
A Little One is on the Way...
We are happy to announce that we are expecting a baby. I'm 9 weeks pregnant and due Jan. 25, 2009. I went to the doctor today for my first appointment. I was thinking I might be further along than I thought because my belly is so big. I guess with your third kid, you just pop right out. Kind of crazy! I've been feeling pretty nauseous and tired. The evenings are the worse. Poor Bill thinks I'm not much fun right now since he mostly sees me at my worst. I'll be happy to get through this first trimester. Naps have been a must. Brianna and Alyssa have been getting caught up on all of their movies while I sleep. They have been really good to let me rest.
This past weekend we went to Big Bear. Our friends, Nicole and Vince let us use their house. The ride up the mountain was not too much fun. I had eaten a big dinner at Souplantation before we left- Big mistake! I made Bill pull over close to the top because I couldn't hold it in anymore. That's the only time I've thrown up- so far. The weather was beautiful up there. When we left at 7:30pm it was 106 degrees and when we got there, it was 68. On Saturday we took the girls to this place called Alpine Slides. You ride a ski lift up the mountain and then ride down a track. You can make yourself go fast or slow. Bill was taking the girls one at a time. On Brianna's second time down, she told him "Let's go really fast." If you didn't know, Bri is quite the dare devil. When they got to the bottom they were going really slow and Bri was crying. She got off and her hands were all bloody. They ended up going around a corner really fast and tipped over. They were both a little beat up. I took Brianna to get bandaged up at their first aid station while Bill took Alyssa one more time. She got a free icee out of it. Her fingers were all scraped up and her forearm. It was quite an adventure. We went to a little zoo up there too. It was a fun little getaway. The trip down the mountain wasn't much fun for me but better than the way up.
Brianna gets out of school for the summer on Monday. I'm looking forward to sleeping in a little. I've signed her up for a summer day camp to keep her busy. They go on fun field trips once a week so hopefully she'll like it. I hope everyone is having a great summer. Stay cool!!
This past weekend we went to Big Bear. Our friends, Nicole and Vince let us use their house. The ride up the mountain was not too much fun. I had eaten a big dinner at Souplantation before we left- Big mistake! I made Bill pull over close to the top because I couldn't hold it in anymore. That's the only time I've thrown up- so far. The weather was beautiful up there. When we left at 7:30pm it was 106 degrees and when we got there, it was 68. On Saturday we took the girls to this place called Alpine Slides. You ride a ski lift up the mountain and then ride down a track. You can make yourself go fast or slow. Bill was taking the girls one at a time. On Brianna's second time down, she told him "Let's go really fast." If you didn't know, Bri is quite the dare devil. When they got to the bottom they were going really slow and Bri was crying. She got off and her hands were all bloody. They ended up going around a corner really fast and tipped over. They were both a little beat up. I took Brianna to get bandaged up at their first aid station while Bill took Alyssa one more time. She got a free icee out of it. Her fingers were all scraped up and her forearm. It was quite an adventure. We went to a little zoo up there too. It was a fun little getaway. The trip down the mountain wasn't much fun for me but better than the way up.
Brianna gets out of school for the summer on Monday. I'm looking forward to sleeping in a little. I've signed her up for a summer day camp to keep her busy. They go on fun field trips once a week so hopefully she'll like it. I hope everyone is having a great summer. Stay cool!!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Alyssa is 3!!
Our little Alyssa turned 3 on Saturday. We had a party planned to take place in the backyard with a bounce house. Who knew it would be 102 degrees in the middle of May? Let's just say we spent most of the time inside with the air conditioner going non-stop. We let the kids decorate their tea cups and I made sandwiches that were cut out in heart, butterfly and flower shapes. Alyssa was very excited to open all of her presents. A few of them finally spent some time in the bounce house at 7pm when it was only 90 degrees out. Crazy!! When Alyssa was going to bed that night she was crying because she didn't want her birthday to be over. It was something she was looking forward to for so long and she was so sad it wasn't going to continue all week/ month.
Yesterday Bill and I became members of our new church. We took a 2 hour membership class. It was really good. God is doing wonderful things there and we are so excited to get more involved and make new friends.
CHOC is going for "Magnet" status this week. Please keep us in your prayers. It is a nursing excellence recognition. It is quite a bit more complicated than that but that is the just of it. We have our site visit starting tomorrow morning. They want to speak to 50% of the nurses. I'm not sure if I'll get picked or not. Scary but exciting.
May God bless you all this week!!
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Take Me Out to the Ballgame...
We went to a minor league baseball game on Friday night with Bill's boss and some other coworkers. We had a suite with all of the hot dogs, cracker jacks and peanuts we could eat. Their mascot, Bernie, came for a visit to the suite. Alyssa got a little scared and wouldn't get her picture taken with him. Brianna had no problem giving him some love. It was a fun family night!
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