Our Family is Growing

We feel so blessed to announce that we are expecting a special little baby in September. We have been able to have several ultrasounds and really enjoy seeing our new little one. Trinity is proudly sporting her "big sis" shirt around. We know this is going to be some crazy fun with two under the age of two!!! Now that we are 13 weeks along Jason is excited to take blue/pink cupcakes into work to make the announcement to his friends and I will be doing the same at bible study this week.

Trinity is growing so fast and doing so much. She is walking all over and even loves to kick her ball around. She does the motions for the nursery rhymes she learns at babytime (at the library) it is super cute. She "roaaaaaaaaaaars" with the lion in her favorite book (thank goodness we took a break from pat the bunny... it is now a car book to give us a break).

We are super excited to have our niece Arianna coming out next week. She has opted to spend her spring break with her coolest uncle and aunt.... we can't wait!

We ask that as this new journey begins... to pray for us and pray for this amazing little baby as it grows and develops. We also pray for wisdom as we teach Trinity about being a big sister and the transition that is fast approaching.

"Soooo Big Soooo Fast"

We have had fun times since the last blog. Trinity has a total of 7 teeth now and loves showing them to the camera!! She is jib jabbering all the time about everything!! We love listening to her waking up as she starts to play with stuffed animals and talks with them before we go in and get her. Trinity LOVES music, she really enjoys dancing (which is super cute) and she now will dance and look at the piano waiting for one of us to play a song (she also loves to add her own notes to the song). Trinity is super cautious but took 3 steps on her own today, I still think it will be awhile because she realizes that she can crawl so much faster than walking. Trinity's favorite toy right now are her blocks. At first she just loved knocking them down but now she is so proud of herself when she successfully puts a block on top. Grandpa came to visit this last month and Trinity loved all the attention and hugs from him. They played and played and played..... Trinity crawled around the house looking for Grandpa the day he left (trying to find her big play toy). We don't have much planned for the rest of this month but hoping for lots of park days with friends.

The end of a Great Year!!

What an amazing year it has been in 2011. It has been full of excitement, fun, travel, sleepless nights and lots of laughter. God has blessed us throughout this year. This December we celebrated Trinity's birthday and had a big party!! Then it was time to prepare for Christmas! Jason decorated the house outside and we had a lights extravaganza!!! We continued this inside with 4 Christmas trees and lights all over. Trinity LOVED the lights and would point at them smiling (so we put a tree in her room). We went to a fun "snow fall" at an outdoor mall.... yes .. I said SNOW in Tucson....For some reason I was disappointed.... I told Jason I expected a blizzard like effect. Trinity enjoyed it because of the lights all around (snow machines blew snow for 15 minutes while a group of kids sang). For Christmas Eve we were blessed to be able to spend it with neighbors and friends with a big festive night of food and great company!!! Christmas day we had fun family time together opening up gifts and laughing as Trinity would take off with the paper or box around the room. We loved having Jason home for the long weekend and we get it again over the new year!! We are very thankful for our family and friends as this year comes to a close. Looking forward to a wonderful New Year and we know God will continue His blessings in our lives!!