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Married on Aug. 12, 2005....we met through mutual friends in the spring of 2000 while playing on a co-ed softball team. We both teach…me elementary (since 2004) and Josh middle school history (since 2006) . I've taught 2nd, 4th and 6th grade. This year I'm moving from 6th to 1st grade, big change however I'm excited to teach primary again. Along with teaching Josh coaches 3 sports a year. We're both very active...it feels like we're always on the go. We love our boat and enjoy being out on the lake with family and friends. 2008 was a big year for us. We bought our first home in April, got our first puppy (Tuck) at the beginning of Aug. and were very excited to find out mid Aug. that we were pregnant. Our daughter, Hannah Nicole was born on April, 4 2009 :) Parenthood is so much better than we ever expected it to be. Hannah is such an easy going, happy little girl. On April 21 of 2012 our second daughter Jordyn Elizabeth entered our lives & made our family complete. We are so fortunate to have two healthy, happy, beautiful girls.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Enjoying relaxing days before our life gets crazy busy

We've really enjoyed the low key, relaxing weekends that  have followed Hannah's first birthday. We've had some gorgeous weather (with a few showers in between). Hannah had her 1 year doctor's appointment the week following her first birthday. She weighed in at 23 lb 11oz and got a healthy report from Dr. Silver. We stopped giving her the bottle just a few days before her first birthday and switched to milk in a sippy cup just at meals. She is doing great without the bottle, didn't seem to phase her much or affect her sleeping habits, however she is very uninterested in milk from a sippy cup at this point. She loves drinking water and chugs it all day long, we're not doing juice yet since she is so content with water. The baby sign language is starting to pay off, she now does "all done, more, eat" and just today did "please" for the first time. :) Sign language has made meal time communication so much better. She can point to what she wants and sign "more" or sign "all done" when she is finished.She continues to be quite the chatterbox and loves jibber-jabbering all day long. She is walking everywhere now and is pretty steady on her feet. She continues to take two 1 1/2-2 hr. naps a day and sleeps 11-12 hrs. a night. Yeah for sleep!!

A few weeks ago Hannah went to the Discovery Museum in Sausalito for the first time with her BFF Kenzie. The girls had such a great time! The museum is so awesome and is wonderful for all ages. I highly recommend it! They had a designated area for under 3, which was perfect for the girls. Everything was just their size and so interactive. I can't wait to take her there again.

This was the best I could do when trying to get a pic of the girls together on the bench :)
(Note their matching BFF shirts)

 Hannah loved climbing on and off the little bench






           Tired girls!
(the weather was sooo beautiful, I love that the Golden Gate is the backdrop of the museum)

Fun afternoon at the park
She thought Nonne was soooo funny with her hat on his head :)
 Was so happy to have a surprise visit from Auntie Cole
                                                                  love my sweet pea

Bowling with mom and her friends....hmmmm which ball should I choose??

I have really tried to enjoy every relaxing moment we've had in April because once May comes our life is crazy busy til mid August! May includes a wedding, a couple weekends out of town, the 4th annual "Girls Dance Party", Michael's 1st birthday party, A's games and Josh traveling to DC with the 8th graders. June is filled with 2 more weddings!, a trip to North Carolina for Matt and Elizabeth's graduations, A's vs. Giants game, camping at Pillsbury, Nicole's bridal shower/Humboldt Bachelorette and a trip to Andrea and Devin's cabin near Lake Almanor. July brings VEGAS!!! for Nicole's bachelorette and boys camping trip for Shaun's bachelor party, shower for baby boy Myers, and family camping trip to Union Valley. In August my sister Nicole and her fiance Shaun get married (we are sooo excited for them!) and Josh and I celebrate our 5 year anniversary. Phew!....I hope the next 4 months go by sooo slowly.

Friday, April 16, 2010

1st Birthday and Easter

Hannah had a very exciting first birthday. She was fortunate enough to have good weather on the day of her party (it rained the day before and the day after!) She was joined by 75 of her closest friends and family members. We decided to do a butterfly theme for her party, it was fun searching for things that went along with the theme. The kid's goodie bags were butterfly nets filled with treats (including delicous, homemade butterfly sugar cookies that my mom made). Some of my students from last year made watercolor butterflies for decorations that were adorable and my good friend Ramona made tissue paper butterflies that we scattered on the tables. I printed pictures of some of Hannah's firsts throughout the year and had them up with the title "Fluttering Through A Year of Firsts." I also found edible butterflies online, which we used for the cupcakes. :)
Hannah's birthday Tu-Tu, Wings and cupcake romper were a gift from her Auntie Nicole. Suprisingly the wings did not bother her one bit and she LOVED wearing her tu-tu. :)
playing on her new play structure from some of mom's former coworkers
The apple of Daddy's eye
Kisses for Mama

She looooves her Auntie!
Enjoying a snack with Grandma and Papa
She loved having everyone sing Happy Birthday to her, but wasn't quite sure about her icecream cake. At first she was very tentative about even touching it, but once dad cut into it and gave her a taste she was hooked! She really wanted to share some of it with mom as you can see in the picture below. :)
Dancing with mom (she loves to dance! hmmmm....I wonder where she gets that from?)
Had more fun playing in the tissue and wrapping paper than opening the gifts
Hannah's actual birthday fell on Easter Sunday this year. She was so happy to have so much of her family with her. We had a delicious Easter brunch followed by opening Easter baskets. After nap time Hannah and her cousin Mazzy went on an Easter Egg hunt and decorated eggs. The most exciting part of the entire day for us was having Hannah start walking. It was so great that all her family were there to witness such a big milestone. Everyone was clapping and cheering her on. :)


Being sung to her birthday morning :)
Easter morning with Nonnie
First steps