Easter Egg Hunt 2010

So Saturday morning we had planned to do a family Easter Egg Hunt. Saturday morning at 3:30 I woke up to Connor throwing up in my bed. Tyler was also asleep in my bed so I moved him so I could strip the bed and get it all in the washer. I got Connor all stripped and the couch covered in towels and Connor bedded down. After starting the washer and cleaning out the bowl we keep by my bed for just such an occasion all cleaned up I set it by Connor who looks up and says, "Thanks for cleaning up my Barffies mom." Moments later he was fast asleep. An hour later I finally was too. At 7:30 in the morning Connor woke up sat up and was poopy above his belly button. After another incident on the bathroom carpets, we finally get him cleaned up. We still did the Easter Egg hunt and nothing could keep Connor on the couch to hold still with all the cousins here and an Easter Egg hunt going on.

Here are Sam and Connor finding Eggs with Lexi.

Connor running to get more eggs.

Tyler was a little annoyed because he had not found any animal shaped Easter Eggs and was telling me how unfair it was, but I get this look ALL the time and thought you all would enjoy it too.

A few more of the cousins hunting eggs.

So the niece on the left is 8 months old, the niece on the right is nearly 17 months.

We were trying to compare heights.

We had a lot of fun with all the cousins and the Easter Egg hunts. We had a bid family brunch and my dad was even able to take some time off work in the heat of tax season and come home for the party. My brother and his wife were also able to make it up. There were 12 of the 21 cousins at the Easter egg hunt so it was crazy busy but really fun. The afternoon was filled with misbehavior by the cousins and lots of discipline but after 5 days together it was kind of expected. They can only be good for so long.

Oh and Connor is feeling much better except the lingering croupy cough from the beginning of Feb.

Connor's 3rd Birthday

Connor is a little hard to shop for so I asked him what he wanted for his birthday. He said his dad to come home from the Army. After a near breakdown on mommy's party I explained to him I couldn't get that and so I asked for a second best option. He asked if his cousin Sammy could come. Well I called my sister and asked when their spring break was and if a little gas money would give them the ability to spend spring break in Idaho. Luckily my sister was able to work it out and make it up here for Connor's birthday.

Brian also had a hard time shopping for Connor so after much research and trial and error at online browsing, he finally chose Mickey's Choo Choo Express and a Fire truck floor puzzle. This is Connor's reaction to the movie daddy gave him. Connor is really getting into boys things like trucks, cars, trains and the like.

This is him opening a race car from his Great Grandma Carson.

This is what Tyler gave him, Thomas Uno,

once again the fact it has trains on it makes it way cooler.

Just a few of the many many guests at his party

and Connor's Mickey Mouse cake, once again courtesy of Broulims.

Here are 8 of the cousins at the party

(there were 4 more but no more Mickey ears to wear)

Well the party was a hit, I'd like to apologize for the outfits my kids are in, I worked all day got off just in time to get the pizza, drinks, and the cake and make it to the party and so they had changed out of what they had been wearing when I left for work 9 hours earlier.

I think his party was a lot of fun and he only had a little fit that daddy didn't get to come. Connor and Tyler LOVED having my sisters kids here for the week and getting to play with them and have them to themselves for a few days. Since we usually go down to New Mexico to visit after tax season but I figured at 8 months pregnant it wasn't such a good idea this year, we were even more excited they were able to make it.

An end in sight. . .

We are on the down swing. There is an end in sight. I am in the second half of the pregnancy and the last part of the separation from Brian. Tax season is just 6 more weeks and we will finally be back to a semi normal life. We are so ready for the end of May to get here and so we can see Brian again. With my work schedule and his class schedule don't allow for much real communication, just a lot of text messages sent in a free second here and there. Tyler has started to rebel against me and my parents and most other leaders in his life. Connor on the other hand has started to calm down and be far more obedient than he has been in months. He was sick with croup and double ear infections but after healing from that, and my hours being cut back at work, he is doing much better.

This pregnancy is really starting to get to me. My back is out and staring at a computer screen at work is making my neck throb so from 4pm-10pm I am pretty uncomfortable but am planning to go to the chiropractor this weeks so hopefully I'll be able to cope with it soon. We finally started getting stuff for the baby in the last week. The baby now has bedding, a car seat and a stroller. Clothes are waiting for us to KNOW what we are having not just speculate at the gender though if you ask Tyler we know and have known for a long time and the baby really needs some clothes so it won't come home from the hospital naked. But hey it will at least have a blanket and a car seat to come home in. I get to do the glucose test next week and maybe sometime I will get another ultrasound so we know for sure what we're having but I'm not sure we will find out for sure what we're having until the baby actually comes.

Well I do have some pictures but they are all on my phone and I can't find the cord to download them so once again sorry.