What a life!

Life is going just great for us! Shawn & Nathan are so in love with little Rebecca. She is starting to smile and coo at us now and it is so fun. She is still small enough to carry around all the time and she just looks adorable in her little dresses. We are so blessed with our three little children! Shawn is almost done with his first year of preschool and he is starting to read small words by sounding them out very slowly. He can write his name and he is also starting to tell jokes. Although, the only person who really gets them is him. For instance last night he was cracking up telling Uncle Eric this joke:
"How does a monster eat his peas?"
"He throws them on the floor!"
(Insert a belly busting laugh from Shawn here)
Nathan is a little spitfire. He keeps all of us on our toes. He likes to pretend he is a lion, or a kitty. And the only way to get him to do anything is by pretending you are also a lion or a kitty and ask him to do something. He goes by "NaNa Lion" a lot these days! He is such a sweetheart.
When the boys went out to the store with Daddy the other day Shawn asked Daddy if he had any flowers. Daddy was going to buy some geraniums for the garden and had them in the cart. When Shawn found that they did indeed have flowers he said "Good, because Mommy will be mad if we come back and don't have any flowers." - Where do they come up with this stuff? Funny boys.
Life is good.

A New Addition

We have exciting news to share! Rebecca joined our family on February 24th. Weighing in at 8 pounds 6 ounces and 21 inches long you wouldn't think that she was as early as she is. She has her father wrapped around her perfect little pinky. We have had so much fun with her already! We must add pictures!

Our Spanglish

Well, Don is doing a fine job teaching Shawn some new Spanish words. I think Shawn must think Daddy makes these things up. Last week, we were driving in the car and Shawn was talking about his gorilla, only he doesn't say "gorilla" he says "bagrilla". When I tried to correct him, Shawn said: "NO Mommy, that's how you say it in Spanish!" - Well you can't beat that! :)

Living with a Star Trooper and back pain

Well, Don's back is healing. He is off his pain medicine and now he is wearing a back brace that makes him look like one of the star troopers off Star Wars. It's big, it's bulky, and he hopes to be out of it by the time he goes to his next doctor's appointment next week. While Don was healing I thought it would be a good idea to shovel some snow in the front yard. (Apparently I didn't remember that I was 9 months pregnant. Hmmmm.) Well I didn't get very far when I doubled over in intense pain. One trip the the hospital later that evening showed I had a very bad bladder infection causing contractions and back pain. I was given some antibiotics and after a second trip to the hospital yesterday to stop more contractions I was reassured that everything looks fine. I'm not in actual labor - DANG IT! :) Oh well, my back is feeling a lot better this afternoon and I am reassured that I will get better soon.

Our latest news

Don broke his back while sledding the other day. He is laid out flat taking pain medications now. Our little boys are not quite sure what has happened to Dad but they are starting to understand!

To just begin

I chose the name for this site because I have always joked with my husband that life has never been boring since I have met him. We have been so busy since we started and it only looks to continue. We have our two little beautiful boys and a little girl on the way. Don is just starting applications for med school and we hope to go that route! Life is never boring!