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I guess it's about time I announce that I am pregnant! Number 3 is on its way and to say the least we are very thrilled. I am 15 weeks and am due mid-October. In a couple of weeks we will find out if it's a little Miss or Mr. and we are very much looking forward to that exciting day. This pregnancy has been awesome actually, the most mild one yet which has been so good. Other than being tired, having a very sensitive nose (changing diapers are a great feat these days!) and growing a belly much faster, I am feeling wonderful, I'm even starting to feel the baby. We will see how pregnancy really is when raising a toddler so wish me luck! I am thinking the time will just fly, which it already has. We can't wait to have two children in our home at the same time, so we very much look forward to October!!!

Happy Easter

Easter morning was alot of fun with Drake. When he saw his basket full of fun stuff he was so excited! Each thing he pulled out, his smile just got bigger and bigger.

For breakfast we had bunny and duck pancakes.

And then it was time to get ready for church and Drake looked so smooth in his new suit!

We were all in our greens this Easter. I have to also document that I spoke at church on Easter. Yes a daunting task, but I loved re-reading the New Testament accounts of the Atonement, Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ and studying about it all week long.

Happy Easter 2011!

Ready, Set, Go!

Some of the ladies in my church got together and put on a little Easter egg hunt for the kids. It was Drake's first one so I was curious to see how he would do. I knew he would love it once he saw all of the other kids out there. So i prepped him a little telling him to look out at all the eggs and that he was going to go run and get them to which he agreed and seemed to understand. So this is Drake waiting to race out there...

And he definitely understood! He was off!

...Scouting out all the eggs...

And then looking at all of his loot. He thought it was just great running and getting the eggs not knowing there were "treats" in them which made it even better! The rest of the day he was asking for treats. It was so cute watching him sprint out there and chase after those eggs! Success!

The next day, Saturday before Easter, we went to a little carnival and we saw the Easter Bunny! Drake went right up to him and was so excited to see him. He gave him a big hug and the rest of the time he just wanted to go search for that bunny!

They had the same petting zoo as the last carnival we went to, so Drake loved on all of the little animals again and then ended it with getting a balloon hat.

This Boy and Bubbles

I probably get asked for bubbles at least 3 times a day by Drake. After he says bubbles, if I am not quite acknowledging him or understanding, he will puff his cheeks and blow as if he is blowing bubbles just so he is clear on what he is talking about. Maddie was the same way, we did bubbles everyday. In Grandma's Easter package was this cute rabbit that blows 3D bubbles. It is actually awesome because Drake can do it himself and I don't have to sit there and blow for him. Needless to say he loves it, we are almost on to a second bottle of bubbles already in a week!

This was the first time trying it out.

Backyard Photo Shoot

I have been wanting to get pictures of Drake taken since he has turned two but haven't wanted to pay for a whole photo shoot so I decided to take him out in the backyard and do it myself. He was such a cheese and was all for it, it was actually really fun and only 10 mins! All I wanted was that one shot to put on my wall and I think I got it. Now don't critic me to much, I am a point and shoot kind of girl in the process of learning more about how to take and edit good pics. Luckily I had a really cute person to take them on!

So Good

I had to post 2 GREAT recipes I tried yesterday for dinner. My Mom is actually the one that told me about this website with great recipes and wanted to share!

First up The French Dip Sandwich. So super easy. I put it in my crock pot at 10am, went to church at 1pm came home at 4:30pm and it was ready for us!

And Second for dessert Strawberry-Lime Shortcake with Coconut Cream. I was planning on having just plain old strawberry shortcake which is always light and delicious but kind of wanted more and that is exactly what this recipe did. The whip cream is soooo good, it tastes like sipping a pina coloada in mexico. I am a sucker for coconut though. Anyways hope you enjoy!

Carnival

Some of our friends invited us to go with them to their elementary school carnival they have every year and Drake had a blast! I love that he is old enough to be able to go and have fun at all of the little attractions.

First off the Choo-Choo Train!

But we had to wait first which isn't the easiest thing to do for a 2 year old.

Next...the big blow up slide!

They got to go down twice but Drake could have stayed on it all night long.

Pony rides!

It was the first time Drake has been on horse or should I say a little pony named "Cookie" and Drake loved it. I kept telling him to pet it and he thought that was so great.

And last but not least the petting zoo!

I knew we had to go by the petting zoo and I am so glad we did. Drake was in heaven running back and forth petting everything he could see. It was the best petting zoo! They had bunnies, chicks, little goats, a big sheep, ducks, chickens, little pigs and everything was free for all. You could pet or hold anything!

I love this picture because it clearly tells how he was feeling! He was so excited/happy to be around all of these little animals!

It was such a cute night seeing the kids go from one thing to the next and having so much fun, I know Drake did! Can't wait until next year!

So Long Farewell

A couple of weeks ago Jordan was unfortunately in an accident on his way to work. Luckily everyone was fine and it wasn't his fault but the damages "totalled" his car. Jordan has had the cool Corolla (aka the go-cart) since 2002 and it has served us well. Great gas mileage, still had A/C, no car payment and did the job of getting Jordan to and from work. Other than that we really didn't use it family wise just because it was to small. So with it being totalled meant looking for a new car...

And that meannt a Hyandai Sonata. We never had any history with the Hyandai's but doing a little research we found that is was rated #1 in 2011 and had better gas mileage than those others that we were looking at with a great look. Price was right and we went home with a beauty! I'm excited for Jordan he deserves a good car and I love driving it too!

Handy Man

This is what I call my Dad... a handy man. When ever he comes into town Jordan and I always have a project for the poor guy BUT we know it will be done right and done well. So when he came and visited for Drake's birthday I had yet another "project" for him! Our $39 Ikea coffee table was on it's way out, totally unstable and just a piece of junk really. So I found out about a awesome website, ana-white.com. She has all kinds of step by step name brand furniture plans that you can build yourself and when I saw this plan the Handy man popped in my head. :) So we got started!

Within a day and a half it was done! All it needed was to be painted and wha-lah a good looking coffee table! So after my Dad left I took a little while to pick out the right paint but when I found it I got to work and it looks awesome.

And the finished result...

(I still need to get some hardware for the fake drawers)

This is why I picked this plan, for the great storage.

After how well this all went down I already have a couple more "projects" for the Handyman! I could have NEVER done it with out him, I learned alot and really enjoyed spending time with my Dad!