Baby Shower time

I had a baby shower thrown by my friends from my Mom's group last Tuesday night. I had a great time. It was so fun opening girly gifts. The baby got a couple pairs of cute shoes, some outifts and other things that will come in handy come May. Here are some pictures from the night.

20 weeks down 10 to go...

I have hit the 30 week mark. Our little girl will be here in 10 weeks. It is crazy. The pregnancy has flown by. There are days when we can't wait to be a family of four and then there are days when we are pulling our hair out with one. Ha. But nonetheless I can't wait to see Easton as a big brother. I can't wait to see how their relationship will be. I think he will make a good big brother.

Minnesota Hockey

Grandma and Grandpa sent me this shirt....

Did someone tell Easton it was raining?

Easton is ready for the rain!!

At the mall

There is this cool indoor play area at the mall. We go there at least once a week. It is somewhat enclosed. Easton loves to play and run around. They even have an area where there are all these books and he'll go sit and read. It is super cool!!!

Looking at the Best Buy ad

We caught Easton looking through the paper Sunday. He was pointing at all the things he wanted I guess.

Jon has officially brainwashed our son

Jon has offically braniwashed our son into being a Packer Fan. He taught Easton "Go Packers" and so now everytime Easton sees the logo. He yells, "Go Packers." Daddy is proud as he could be. It is quite cute, though, I have to admit.

What is new with us?

We had an ultrasound to see our baby girl today. She is growing and all is well with her. The tech kept saying this girls has got some long legs and big feet. We just laughed. We have less then 3 months before she is born so it is getting close. We are getting excited. We are cherishing the times we have with the 3 of us now. As our world will be changing come May with the little misses arrival.

What a Day!!!

This was after he was sugared out and opened his presents. He was done for the day and Mommy was making him wear his b-day hat....What a mean Mommy, I am.

Easton is 2

Easton turned 2 on 1/27. We had a party for him and 10 of his little friends and their parents. He had a blast.

Easton and Eli

Here is a picture of Eli Chandler (Erik and Kim's son) and Easton. They had some fun playing together while Jon and I went out on a date a couple weeks ago. Aren't they cute in their jammies!!!!!

Our 5th Anniversary

We celebrated our 5th anniversary yesterday. We got to go out and celebrate two nights in a row. Which was great. We really enjoyed going out to dinner and having an adult conversation. No asking for highchairs, cutting up Easton's food, or hoping he sits still for the duration of the meal. It was fantastic. Here is a picture of us on our wedding day and then after five years of marriage. Don't we look so happy. My have we changed.

Heart Issues

After much prayer, counsel, talking to a few Dr.'s and tons of research. I am taking the beta-blocker. My OB will be monitoring me extra closely with ultrasound and fetal monitoring. We are just trusting that God will keep me and our baby girl healthy through all this and I will go full-term.

New Years Eve

The reality of parenthood hit me this New Year's. We got home from a New Year's Eve party at 1am and Easton woke up and was rearing to go at 7:30am. No more sleeping in on New Years. Easton came in and dumped all his matchbox cars on me. Fun Fun!!!!!

Update on Melissa's heart issues

I went to the cardiologist this morning to discuss what is going on with my heart. All they really could say was they think I have an electrical issue, like a misfire that causes it to beat fast all of a sudden. The Dr.'s really do not know what is causing it though. The whole structure of my heart is fine though. I guess that is a good thing for a 27 year old. They want to put me on a beta-blocker medication. But I am so conflicted about taking it. I really do not have a peace. If that makes any sense. I really am praying for ultimate healing and that all these issues will not bother me anymore. I am taking the next two days to really pray and seek God's will in what I am supposed to do.

Christmas Pictures

Our Crazy Kid

Do you think Easton is too big for this? He climbed into this at our friend's house on Christmas. What a crazy kid. He played in it for over a half hour.

How we spent christmas Morning

We spent the morning at the ER. Just what you want to do on Christmas. My heart was acting up again so we had to go...At least this time they got it on the heart monitor and EKJ except this time they had to give me something to slow it down. My heart at one point was at 300 beats per min. WAY TOO HIGH!!! I am on first name basis with the nurses now. We then went home to open presents and hurried off to spend the day at our friends house. I go to the cardiologist tomorrow to discuss what he wants to do in regard to what is going on.

Christmas Eve

We had a very relaxing Christmas Eve. We went to church, took naps, went to the mall, which was not very busy and found a restaurant that was actually open to eat dinner at. A lot of places were closed even at 6pm when we were hungry. We came home and Easton got to open one present and then we read the Christmas story together as a family.

Easton got a Big BOY Bed

Easton got a big boy bed for Christmas from Grandma and Grandpa. He got to open it early. He climbs up all by himself and practically jumps off. He is such a monkey. He flips off the bed rail and then climbs back up and does it again and laughs. He is ALL BOY!!!! Our little guy is growing up. It was weird taking down his crib and rearranging his room for all the new toys he will be getting for Christmas. We have noticed as he gets older his toys just get bigger and bigger it seems. Which is always fun trying to find space for them. Here is the monkey on his new bed. The bedding is from Grammie and Grandpa. It is a surfer theme with a monkey. Which when I saw it I said that is so Easton. He has to keep his CA roots with a surfer theme and he is a monkey so it fits him perfect. Easton says thanks to the grandparents for the new bed and cozy bedding. He loves it.