Always something...

I swear, we are always changing something in our house... never happy with the way it is. I have seen some wood stairs in my designer mags with their risers painted white. I personally have never liked all wood (like it is now) and I think we should paint them white. We put white paper on all of the risers to see if we like it.

The above photo has 2/3 of the stairs done... what do you think?
Paint them white or keep them brown??

The photo below has all the risers done in white to give you a better idea.
Any input is welcomed!!

Emma and Dann got creative with her veggies!

We got out the exersaucer for a try. Ethan loved it... with a little help of some blankets to keep him from slouching over too far. He is pushing lots with his legs lately and holds his head up well.

Sisterly/Brotherly love!!

Ethan just hangin' out!

Enough is enough!!!

Like we did not have enough snow already... last week we got hit again with another snow storm. There is a crazy amount of snow around and there is no where left to shovel the darn stuff. Yes, our front snow bank is as high as the garage roof!

I must say I have had enough of "Old Man Winter" and it can go away any time now!!

Above and below are photos of Emma's snow fort she made with Dann at Christmas. Needless to say, this last storm covered the fort with new snow, thus it is no more. Emma was sad to see the opening of her fort was blocked by a mountain of snow!

Emma's swimming party was a hit. The kids were exhausted when it was time for pizza & cake, which ment it was not so crazy in the party room. Because they were tired, the kids just played with baloons, and no games were needed!

Ethan is 3 months old now!

He weighed in at 17lbs 12oz and is 26.5 inches long.

Before long, Ethan will be sitting and then crawling (yikes, everything is happening so fast the second time around)!!

Ethan still has crazy hair, so Dann now refers to him as "Kramer"

A present for both of us

We decided to step up into the new "T.V. generation" and bought a 42" LG flat screen plasma. It is too awesome and we are really glad we took the plunge! The HD gets hooked up next week and then there is no turning back. We got a great deal before Christmas and then saved some more when we found it cheaper on Boxing Day! Yahoo!

Movies will never be the same (especially Baby Einstein... LOL, for those of you with kids).

Happy Birthday

HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY EMMA!!

Hard to believe my little girl is four years old! We had a small get-to-gether at the house the day of her birhtday and this coming Sunday Emma will have a party with some of her friends!

There were no shortage of presents... Emma is loved and spoiled by many!

It appeared that "Barbies" were the theme gift this year.

I would have to say that Prince Eric is one lucky guy (darn good odds, even for a plastic doll)!

Here is Ethan sporting his "Bull Dogs" shirt that his cousin sent him from California State University in Fresno, CA. Jeannette is a Keeper for the ladies soccer team, and Ethan is her #1 fan... GO BULL DOGS!!

We decided to try Ethan out in the Jolly Jumper. He is a bit young for it, but he loved it anyway.

Just a shot of the big harvest moon (before the snow storm).

Dann dressing up his son for combat...

No More Excuses

Well the time has come.... and no it is not a "New Year's" thing!

I only have 10 more months until I go back to work, and if you saw me now, you'd think I was 4 months pregnant. In other words... "stop talkin' the talk and start walkin' the walk!"

I hopped on the tread mill today and it felt pretty good. I would like to say that is me in the photo, but I would be lying (it does look like our tread mill though)!

Anyway... Emma thought it was fun because she did her exercises on her mini tramp while I was doing my thing. I will repeat this process... oh, like a million times, in the next 10 months. Hopefully this will help the belly shrink!