March Updates

Well, here is my once a month update. =) I can't believe it's been so long since I posted last! Time flies when you're having fun! So much has been going on, it seems that life just gets more and more busy. March has found us in the middle of many a project to fix our new house up. Stephen's baby is the cluster of 20' high palm trees in our front yard. He loves trimming them, and making them look better. I keep telling him he has done all he can to them for now, but he keeps looking for more to do. =) We have also been enjoying pulling weeds, and trying to de-weed the lawns. My baby is, of course, decorating the inside of the house. I will have some project or other to keep me busy for a long time to come, I think. But it's so fun. Most recently, my mom came down and we decorated the kids bathroom "Rubber Ducky" style. It came out really cute!

As for our little Jesse, he is discovering new games and amusements all the time, from throwing things down the stairs, to hiding in his closet, to turning on the radio in the car, to coloring on the sidewalks and on some chalk boards with chalk. He can almost run now, chatters up a storm, and has a Jesse form of sign-language that I have taught him to communicate with. He is very quick to pick up any form of communication. He also understands much of what we say, and can follow simple instructions, such as "Get your blankie," "Throw ___ in the trash," and "Let's feed the turtle!" He is also more interested in books, especially those with simple, recognizable pictures. Jesse is such a joy to mother.

Oh, the latest update about baby #2 is that we are having a girl! Of course, there is always that chance that the dr. is wrong, but it's been my gut feeling that we would be having a girl the entire pregnancy. So, we are all very excited. If anyone has any good suggestions for a name, I'm considering all. =)

We Bought A House!

Yes, for those of you who don't know yet, we DID buy a house!!! Yeah!!!! The 1 1/2 years of searching finally paid off. We bought in Temecula, which is about 20 minutes further north than Fallbrook. We love the new house. And we didn't realize it until we moved, but we really missed being in a real city. It's nice to not have to drive all the way up here to go to Lowe's or Joann's. Jesse is adjusting well to his new environment. I think he really likes having room inside to run around. I like the enclosed backyard where Jesse can only get into minimal trouble. Jesse likes the new experience of a bath tub, which he enjoys every evening. I love that he has his own room. =)

Thanks to all of our many friends and family members who have GREATLY helped in the moving process. I don't know what we would have done without you all. I will add more pictures as I have time and where-with-all to take them. =)

Happy New Year!!!

Well, we made it through Jesse's first Christmas! It was quite a ride. We got to see both sides of the family, which was very nice. We stayed with Stephen's parents on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and then went up to my side of the family for the rest of the weekend. Jesse was spoiled rotten (of course) but really enjoyed it, and did much better this time with being friendly to the relatives. After about one day, he would actually let them hold him. =) Thank you to our families for a great Christmas!
For New Years, we went to a party that a family from Church was throwing at their house. They have a big house, with rooms for the babies to sleep in, so Jesse went to sleep in one of their cribs around 9:00, and Stephen and I stayed up playing games with all the other families until midnight. It was so much fun! Then at midnight, we had a short devotion, and then went around saying something we are thankful for this year. We are very thankful for our little Jesse, for our marriage, and for our new little one that we just found out about! Yes, we are expecting! The new one should be on the scene some time in August. We are very excited, and thank God for His showers of blessings.
As you can imagine, we are even more serious now about finding a house, and we have decided to get over our biases and look in the much more affordable city of Temecula...rather than Oceanside. We have already found many houses that are very affordable, and are what we are looking for, and we are making offers. Hopefully we will have some successful news about that soon. Please pray for us about this.
Merry Christmas to all of you again, and God's blessings for the New Year!

A Visist From Uncle Johnny

I just had to brag about my little brother real quickly. I know, I have posted nothing about Thanksgiving, or anything in a little while, but I have to post this now...updates later. My little brother, Johnny, is visiting for the week. I am suppose to be helping him with his last week of schoolwork before his Christmas vacation (my mom took a seasonal job that started this week, so she needed someone to help Johnny). But he has wound up being more help to me than I am to him...at least that's what I think. He gets along with Jesse so well...they love playing together, and Johnny will often entertain Jesse while I cook dinner, TAKE A SHOWER, or whatever. Just yesterday, we were helping decorate a ladies house for Christmas, and Johnny played with Jesse almost half of the time, which freed me up to be more helpful. And (this is the cute one) just today, I asked Johnny to watch Jesse while I took a shower, and when I came out, there they were, sitting in the rocking chair, Jesse asleep in Johnny's arms! It was so cute! I am really going to miss Johnny when he goes home on Friday.

The little Driver

Well, Jesse's Dad finally figured out how to post videos. Check out this clip of him "driving" his car.

Ok, I know I just updated, but you like new videos, I know. I could'nt resist putting this one up. Jesse is so much fun to video. Enjoy the pictures too of my Little Drowned Rat, as Daddy so affectionately loves to call him under these circomstances.

Oooopppss! Update needed!

So, I must be getting really forgetful. There is something new about Jesse this month! He has his first tooth!!! It came in 3 weeks ago, and a second just broke through today. I LOVE his cute little tooth. Can you see it on the bottom left?

Here are a couple more pics, just cause I am here doing this. We took Jesse to a pumpkin patch last Sunday, and here we are with him carving the pumpkin. Yes, he is trying to eat the inside of the pumpkin. =)

Here's our little "Tigger".

And here he managed to open and climb into the bottom drawer while daddy was cooking dinner. He is a little rascal.