Spring has sprung!

I hate to even put up this post, knowing some of our loyal blog followers don't reside in the Valley of the Sun and also because I heard a rumor it was snowing this morning in parts of Seattle. However, I can't help but share a couple of pictures from a gorgeous 80 degree weekend in Arizona!

Shawn was out of town all weekend so we had some mommy and Cole time. We started Saturday morning with a walk to our new neighborhood and a visit to the park we will frequent in the future. Cole really showed off his daredevil side taking the slide by storm, on his stomach and landing with his face in the sand. The first time I was really worried, but by the 8th time I knew he didn't mind the sand that was up his nose. Here he is having a great time on the swings...

With Shawn out of town, Cole had to pick up the slack. Too bad bubble mowers don't really do the trick because the kid covered every inch of the backyard at least twice.

We spent today at the zoo with my friend Rachel and her daughter Haley. I was so upset that I forgot my camera....only to get home and realize it was in the diaper bag the entire time. I guess the pregnancy brain is finally kicking in. As Shawn always says..."you'll be fine after the baby comes..." Let's just hope so!

Welcome home daddy, we missed you!

Like brother like...?

We are excited to share with friends and family that we are (unexpectedly) expecting baby #2! I guess the good lord decided we were finally getting too much time on our hands with Cole growing up and decided to bless us with another child. There goes all that time I had to read the Twilight series!

The nice part about the second time around for us is we know the date the baby is coming. We have settled on September 8th for the baby's arrival. We tried for 9-9-09, but the date didn't work for our doctor. Oh well!

This will probably explain to most our rush to find a new house. Our lease on the rental is up at the end of May and with the AZ summer coming, we wanted to get moved and settled before the heat (and a giant belly) get in the way. We are were so happy to learn yesterday that the house we wanted is going to be ours. The offer was accepted and now we go through the long waiting game with our fingers crossed.

Although everyone knows what an ultrasound picture looks like, and let's face it they all look the same at this point, we decided we had to post these. These 2 pictures are both kids at 12 weeks. I won't need to explain my gut feeling that I am having another boy. If these 2 can do the exact same thing, at the exact same time in the womb...I have to believe they are brothers!

COLE 12 WEEKS

BABY #2 12 WEEKS