Past and Present...The future will be later!

I've been inspired to be a little more pro-active with my blogging. My goal is to put less on Facebook and more on here. All 207 of our facebook friends proabable dont really care that much anyways.

So in the near recent past we took a trip to Marks family hometown in Albany Oregon. We were there for a nice week long visit. We had a really good time and enjoyed visitng with many of his family members! The kids all traveled pretty well considering it was an eight hour drive! Anna was a trooper and slept alot! We took one day and made it out to Newport beach on the coast. I had a great time and so did the boys. However, I have come to learn Mark found it less than desirable. Which partly was my flub since I took off with Judy to do a little touristy shopping while Marv and Mark stayed at the beach with the boys. Who apparently would not just stay still and play nicely. Oops...Thanks for suffering guys!

We saw sea lions and incidently have a sea lion living in our home town of Genesee as well. Someone's dog barks just like the sea lions and Jackson is quick to tell me he hears the sea lions everytime said dog barks!

On the drive home we asked Jackson what his favorite part of the trip was and he said....Grandma's toys! (:

On to the present....Aunt Tiffany came to stay a few days this past week. For those of you unfamiliar with who Aunt Tiffany is, she is my Dad's GF's daughter. We had a really nice time! The boys LOVED having someone to play with them! I wonder if she is having Thomas the train withdrawls yet?? We went down to Lower Granite Dam on Monday and then drove over the dam to Boyer park! The weather was nice and the boys enjoyed playing in the water!

The kids are all doing well! Anna is a good sleeper, which is heaven for Momma! We are looking forward to fall! Picked our first 4 orange pumpkins with about 14 more in the garden waiting to turn!! Sadly fall time means burning for Mark, he hasn't started yet but will be off and running as soon as we get some more rain! Although, when he is gone I don't have to watch football! HA!!

Welcome Anna June Stutzman!!

Well, its been two wonderful weeks since little miss Anna joined our family! Carly was induced on Friday July 8th. Things started slowly and finally started progressing around 6 pm that night. Auntie Becca and Great Grandma June showed up around 7pm that night and so Mark went off to dinner with them. Needless to say Daddy did make it back from dinner in time but still missed her being born! It went pretty fast at the end and we were thrilled to find out we had a baby girl!!!! She was born at 9:02 pm weighed 7lbs 8oz and was 19 7/8 inches long. Carly's Mom and Step-Dad were here with their motorhome to take care of the boys! Jackson LOVED sleeping in the motorhome!! They stayed for a week and we were all sad to see them go! Jackson especially since he now has to sleep in his boring bedroom!

Anna is a good baby! She has her days and nights a little confused but sleeps pretty well as long as she's is nestled up with Momma! We, will get there! She was up to 8lbs 2oz at her 10 day check up so she is doing just great! Jackson just loves her and Im sure Waylon does too, but he's having a bit of a hard time adjusting to sharing Momma! Momma, however, is LOVING having some pink around, more so than she ever thought!

Yesterday was Jackson's third birthday! We had friends over to celebrate with cake and homemade ice cream! He has been asking for a big Mater for a few months now and was very happy to get one for his birthday! He is almost potty trained minus naps and bedtime. He is growing so fast and makes us proud and mad everyday! HAHA!

Mark starts working out of town again starting this week but wont be too far incase of crisis! Our friends in our community have graciously signed up to bring us meals three times a week and it has been wondeful! I couldn't have asked for anything more helpful then NOT having to cook!!!

Carly and the kids are planning a trip over to the westside August 12th through the middle of that next week. Hope to see some of you then!

 Great Grandma June and her Great Granddaughter!

 Daddy's girl!

 Her first dress!

 Big Yawn!

 Waylon loving his ice cream!

 Jackson and his little Mater.

Jackson and his BIG MATER!!! Notice the smile! 

Blowing out his candles!

Trip to the "wet"side!

Carly and the boys took off for the week of April 4th through the 10th. We had a great time and got to visit with lots of Carly's family. Gramma Barb and Poppa Bob took all three of us down to Ocean shores for one day, although a bit breezy weather was good and the boys loved the sand! We also celebrated the impending arrival of baby Colton with Becca's baby shower on Saturday. It was so nice to see all the family and friends! Jackson was excited that he had two Grammas in one room!

Waylon has decided he is done with his crib, it will be ready for his sibling when he/she arrives. Now I just need luck to get the both of them to sleep through the night in the same room...Maybe by June/July just when the new baby gets here!?!?

Maybe, Spring?

Yesterday we took the boys down to Lewiston and fed the ducks and walked up to playground so they could play. It was almost 60 degrees and wonderful! We had a good time!

Time goes by so slowly

We have 9 more weeks to wait until the next ultrasound to find out what this little bean is. Most people think girl, including Mark! Im trying to stay neutral although a few things have been different in this pregnancy than with the boys. So, we hurry up and wait! In other news we have been working with Jackson to potty train. He has been spending the last few mornings in undies however, by afternoon I usually have given up. I have been setting the timer for every 20 minutes and if Im not on top of it he pee's in his underpants...So weve got some work to do! Waylon is doing great! Growing and learning!