Adam Michael finally arrives April 5, 2010

April seemed like it would never come. Adam was due on April 16th, but he came early. I had an ultrasound and non-stress test on April 2. They told me I was having contractions every three minutes. I thought they were on crack because I didn't feel them. I saw the doctor and she told me not to wait if they got stronger because third babies come quickly. I had contractions all night. Enough to interrupt my sleep, but not labor. I called the doctor (who was the on call doctor because Dr. Nicely was out of town) and she told me to come back to the hospital and she would meet me there. Dr. Martinez stripped the membranes and still no labor. Sunday was Easter. I was having contractions, but not anything major so we went to church. We had Easter dinner at our house with Eric's parents and then I started having contractions. I called the doctor again and much to my surprise Dr. Nicely was back. He told me to go to the hospital. He wanted to break my water but Adam was still too high. He kept me overnight and induced me on Monday morning. Adam was born at 2:44 pm. He weighed 9 lbs 2 oz and was 21 inches. Now we are a family of 5!

March 8 2010

Just a picture of the belly!

Seth is 5! March 2010

How did my baby Seth get to be 5 already? I am not liking this. I signed him up for kindergarten at Ridgewood. It is sad, but he is looking forward to school. This year Seth wanted to have a Handy Manny birthday party and he wanted it at the pizza parlor. We invited his friends and had the parents leave. It worked out really well and Seth had a great time! I was very tired by the end as I was 8 1/2 mo pregnant. Seth's grandma has some talent for drawing on cakes! Thanks Debbie for all the help!

Family Photos February 2010

We finally got our annual family photos taken. This year we had my friend Anna at Blue Moon Digital Photography take our photos. We were supposed to go to Moonstone Beach, but the photo shoot was the day after the Chilean earthquake: we could not go down to the beach. We went to Trinidad State Beach instead and had photos taken in the picnic area. They turned out beautiful. These were also Luke's 2 year old pictures and Seth's 5 year old pictures! How did I get a 5 year old already! These are a few of my favorites from that day! (I am 8 mo pregnant).

Luke is 2! Feb 2010

My baby turned two in February. I don't know where the time went and how I was 7 mo pregnant! Luke had a fun birthday party at our house. I made him a Sully cake and cupcakes. Luke has a "baby" that he sleeps with every night and he is Sully from Monster's Inc. He loved his cake. We also made a trip to Elk Grove to visit the cousins. We were supposed to go in January, but since we were all sick that trip didn't happen. Oh, I forgot to mention that Eric and I took a trip to L.A. in December by ourselves. We flew down and stayed with Uncle Randy. The purpose of the trip was to purchase a new vehicle that would hold all of us. We bought a 2008 Tahoe and drove it home. The point of that tangent was that we took our first family trip in the Tahoe in February. The boys loved it: it has a dvd player!

January 2010 A New Year

So January came and the family was sick. It did get me out of having a birthday party. Cara was sick also so the usual joint birthday party was canceled. It was not a very exciting month as I remember it; here are a few pictures. Ok, so after looking at the pictures from January I remembered that my mother-in-law painted my bathroom for me as a gift for my birthday. Not only did she paint she removed the ugly wall paper too! Thanks Debbie!

December 2009

Christmas time is my favorite. I love decorating the house and the tree. Seth was a huge help this year. I did not put out all of my decorations because Luke was just too curious this year. It was still fun. Pops' birthday is also in December and the boys enjoyed going to his house to celebrate. Christmas morning Pops came over with donuts--our new tradition. We opened presents at home and then later in the morning headed over to Eric's grandparent's house to visit the fam over there. By Christmas I was 5 months pregnant and starting to feel like it!