Bye-Bye Nap Time

This week Jeremy finally convinced me that Jake has outgrown nap time. With Jake bouncing in his bed for 2.5+ hours last night after bedtime, I finally conceded my precious two hours of daily sanity. When am I ever going to get toilets cleaned and my homework read now . . .

Today's lack of nap time really wasn't all that bad, until Jake asked me to read him a story. After the second read-through of "Go Dog Go!" I admit I dozed off (ever since my pregnancy started, many days his nap time has been MY nap time too). Well Jake, making the most of the situation, rummaged around the junk drawer and found some stickers I used for our garage sale last summer. I woke up to him saying, "Stickers for the new baby!"

As you can tell from the picture, Jake is very excited for his new sibling to arrive.

Jeremy's Workout Video

I've been reluctant to post anything over our big news, but Jeremy's really excited about his latest Crossfit progress video. He's doing a workout called Fran . . . I'd post details but you can check it out at: Crossfit.com. Goooooooo Jeremy!



Thanks to Margaret for helping me with the code to post Jer's video! :)

Our Big News!

Hopefully this will help explain my forgetfulness (you called it LaDawn!), laziness, and lack of social interaction in general (including lacking blog posts) over the last few months! We owe a BIG thanks to Grandma Terri for all the help she's given us lately while I've been down and out. To answer a few questions:

• I'm due August 9th.
  

• This came as a complete surprise to us, we did not plan it at all.
  

• In fact, I thought I was 6-8 weeks but it turns out I'm actually 12 weeks along already.

• As of now, we're not planning to find out the sex, but we said that at the start of my pregnancy with Julie and did a 180 by the time we had our ultrasound.

• I'm announcing this online because I'm terrible at figuring out a way to bring it up in a normal conversation without it being totally awkward (sorry Anna and Ashley, I tried today at sign class but it just didn't work!).

We can't wait for our new little one to arrive, although I have to admit I'm a little anxious to be a Mother of 3 kids under 4 years of age. We'd love to hear predictions on the sex (I'm sure Jeremy will be taking an official poll once we get a little closer to our due date!), name ideas, and any advice (especially from you seasoned mothers of 3+) for this new adventure we've started!

Snow Day!

I tried all last week to get my scanner to work so I could post something new, but this afternoon I've decided the "round file" is the best place for our scanner. Instead, I'm showing off our snow day pictures! It seems that once a year Oregon gets snow, and this weekend we got so much they canceled church after Sacrament Meeting. Daddy and Jake built a snowman in the park with the girls next door, which of course got knocked down by some local kids within 24 hours. And yes, those are big brother's socks acting as gloves for Julie's hands!

Christmas Day

Grandpa John recently shared a quote with me that he found: "I'd be the perfect Mom, but I'm too busy raising my kids!" That's exactly how I feel about blogging lately. Every time I sit down to make a post on here my time gets cut short by the demands of my little ones. So, that's my little excuse for not posting Christmas pictures until January 6th!

Stecker Christmas Eve Party

Nanna and Bumpa invited all the Stecker cousins over to their house on Christmas eve and Santa Clause came to visit. He said he wanted to visit the kids, but I think all the good smelling (and tasting!) food lured him in.

Nanna and Bumpa gave all the grandkids their presents at the same time, what fun!

Jake has been inseperable from his Diego and baby Jaguar - of course Mommy gets to play Alicia.

Julie loved her doggy, it made missing Kassi that much easier while we were away. Now she can pull her doggies fur and not get in trouble for it!

One of the most memorable parts of the evening is when Jacob found a picture of "Uncle Spiderman" and started crying because he wasn't at the party yet. He carried that picture around all night until "Uncle Spiderman" finally showed up!

Julie's First Birthday!