Family Vacations

Note to self: Next time I, or the husband, wines about never going anywhere...

Please refer to the following pictures:

Vacation #1: Tahoe Cabin.

We celebrated Jeremy and Cece's birthday, but who wants to see pictures of a bald man... here are the girls getting ready for the birthday luau!

Vacation #2: San Fran.
My cousin Wayne had a work conference so we went up to visit him. The girls LOVE playing with their cousin "Baby Faye" and "Baby Simon" (not pictured here!)

Vacation #3: Reno

Checking out the area dad had just finished his first race at (Squaw Valley - Tough Mudder)

All you can eat sushi. A must do with Wayne and Melissa. My husband loves his sauces.

First time bowling ever!

Getting too big

Hey Girls!

Knock it off.

Stop growing up.

Last year of preschool :(

A huge wave of relief

At the end of August I had an amnio done to see if our little baby had the genetic disorder that Jeremy carries. Besides the amnio being scary in and of itself, the wait was horrific. Try keeping your mind busy and not wondering if your baby is going to live or not. Not cool.

BUT, when we got the call from the geneticist, they had good news! As far as their test shows (which is 99.something percent accurate) our baby is completely HEALTHY! In fact, this little guy (who we thought was a guy and genetics confirmed it) is apparently not even a CARRIER.

We are thrilled beyond belief. All of my wishes/desires/prayers have been answered. Sometimes I wonder why me? But, for now, I am just grateful. Very Grateful.

July

Yeah.... I am that far behind....

So July pretty much went like this...

*4th of July breakfast at the church

*Keeping the kids cool. (Meanwhile I am battling some mean morning sickness)
*Free slurpees from 7-11 on 7-11
*State Fair= Where plenty of junk food was digested!

Mary Poppins

My Aunt Liz came to town this summer and took my family and the girls to see the Broadway show Mary Poppins! It was awesome. The girls pretty much loved it and now can often be heard running around the house singing "Let's go fly a kite!" My cute sister Emilie came out to see it with us. It was wonderful to spend some time with her too!

Addition

Jer and his dad have been hard at work working on an addition to our home!It was orginally just going to be a huge preschool room, but we decided to add a bedroom as well which is funny because with our little addition to the family coming soon, we will need it! Also, this addition was not going to be complete for 2 years, but it looks as though that date will have to be pushed up as well.
I am really proud of all Jer's work and creativity. It is looking great and we are excited to have more space.

Santa Cruzin!

O.K. still playing catch up on these posts. BUT I wanted to make sure that I documented our favorite family vacation of the year: Santa Cruz! We go every year on Memorial Day and it is ALWAYS a blast. This year did not disappoint.

Bailey LOVED getting buried in the warm sand.

We played with LOTS of cousins! With 8 adults and 7 kids in one beach house there was always some excitement going on! The highlight this year: The singing competition. (Buffalo Solider will forever get a chuckle as we remember this year)

Sweet Little Beans. She was so tired one day that she feel asleep one the beach.

We ate TONS!....

..... and even went on a walk through the beautiful Redwoods. The only downfall was this was the second year in a row that we did not make it to the Boardwalk! This year it was raining. Boo!

All and all it was a fun trip. The beach house was an awesome change, but we can't wait to go camping again next year.