Grace turns 1

On May 5, 2011 Grace turned 1. I couldn't believe our little girl was growing so fast!! Of course we had a huge party. We threw the party in the back yard and invited all of our family and friends to celebrate with us.

Grace was princess for a day! We had a petting zoo, face painting & balloon animals. It was a beautiful day!!

I'm a big girl now

Well with baby #2 on his way we decided to move Grace into a new room and put her in a big girl bed. She actually did very well with the transition, especially being so young. She loves her room so much.

Easter 2011

I would be lying if I said Easter was low key and the Easter bunny left a little basket for Grace.

Grace woke up Easter morning and we searched the house to find her basket that the Easter bunny had hid. We finally found her Elmo Easter basket filled with books and goodies :)

It's a Boy!!!

In April, Pat and I found out that we were expecting a boy!!!

We are so lucky, a boy and a girl, one of each. The best of both worlds!

I have alot of catching up to do since February!

So I feel like a complete blog slacker! I haven't posted anything since February! I've found it's so much easier to just go into Facebook and update things on there. The whole point of my blog was to one day print it as a book to give to my kids.

So if any of you follow my blog Some of the upcoming posts will be a bit behind and filled with old news :)

Baby #2, Grace, and all our recent updates for the new year

Yesterday I had our 12 week ultrasound for baby #2. Everything measured up just the way they needed to. This baby is measuring one day off just like Grace had. It has long skinny legs and kept rubbing its little face with its hands. Its heartrate was 163 beats/min.

We wont know what we are having for another 5 or 6 weeks so hopefully the time will go quick. I cant wait to find out if its going to be a baby Zane or a baby Lily :)

Grace had her 9mo well child visit last week and she's just growing like a weed. She weighed 18 1/2pds and was 28 1/2 in long. She started crawling when we got home from the doctors appt and she walks holding onto the couch. She says 7 words: Hi, Bye-Bye, Momma, Dad-da, Emma, Bo (Turbo), Baby. She gabs all the time and is such a happy baby.

In just 3 short months she's going to be turning 1!!!! I can't believe how fast time has gone by. Pat and I decided that we want her first bday to be huge and memoriable so we are going to have a little mini petting zoo along with a pony ride at her party. I cant wait!!!

Im still working away at the Uof M but Pat has decided to leave Fischer Honda after 10 years and work for Schwartz B & Sons, Inc. One of the largest produce distributers for Southeast Michigan, Ohio & Canada. We are really excited about this new adventure. Pats hours will change and it will be different for a while for both of us but we will get use to it. He's going to be working 3:30am-12:30pm and I changed my hours to go into work 30min later. Sad part of this is I have to drop the kids off at daycare. Good part is Pat will pick them up everyday early and we get the half day rate....BONUS :)

New Year, New Adventures!

2011 came in a very quiet one in our house. I think we were all asleep by 10 and watched all the activities on the news the next morning. Boy do I feel old! I remember New Years Eve was so exciting and a fresh new start. I gave up on resolutions a while ago. Why build yourself up to not complete them and feel bad. I decided to make resolutions throughout the year and work on them without a deadline.

2010 was a wonderful year for Pat and me. We became a family! Grace Ryan was born May 5th and has been a joy to us all. We also found out that we will have a new addition this September! Yikes. Its exciting yet scary all wrapped into one.

So far 2011 has been great. Im feeling good, Grace is thriving and growing every day. Pat and I are blessed to each have full time jobs that we enjoy (especially in this economy). The dogs and cats are healthy and happy and we have a roof over our heads.

We look forward to what 2011 will bring and here's hoping for a happy and healthy New Year!!