Chubs

Here's my Chubs, doing his "big smile" for Mike, after picking his own accessories.
Love this kid!!!

Bridger

This is how I found Bridger asleep the other morning when I went in to check on the kids.
Now that he climbs out of his crib, he likes to hang out on the changing table and get into things. I remember hearing him cry for a few minutes in the middle of the night, but then he stopped, so we didn't go in. Poor guy probably spent most of the night like this. I wish it would teach him not to climb out of his crib, but it didn't. He still ALWAYS climbs out...

Baby Animal Birthday Party

Last week, we took the kids to the "Baby Animal Birthday Party" at Thanksgiving Point.
Heather met us there with Emmett and they got birthday cake for breakfast and had a blast splashing in the duck pond game.

Just when we were about to call it quits because all three kids kept running away from us in different directions, Mike and Jeff called to have us meet them at the tulip festival and eat fair food :)
So, we drove over there and let the kids run up and down the amphitheater and wear themselves out. Nate was such a good sport and chased them most of the time.
I forgot to get my camera out until the last second, so I hardly got any pictures.
Bridger loving his corn dog...
He kept hitting everyone with it :)

It was such a gorgeous day!
I could have stayed out there forever...

Baby

Since a picture's worth a thousand words, this should be really obvious:

In case it's not obvious, it is definitely a boy!
This was the very first image that appeared when she started the ultrasound.
She didn't even need to tell us...it was obvious.
It turns out that he's breech, with his feet over his head.
So, we got about 6 different shots of "it's a boy" from every angle possible.
Anything else however, was really hard to get.
With both hands, and both feet in his face, this is the best shot she could get:

We took the kids with us and they were really excited to see pictures of baby Humpty Dumpty. Then even more excited because Brittany bought them candy after :)
Halfway done...we can't wait!

Happy Birthday Joy!

Happy Birthday Joy!!!!
Joy turned 20 on Tuesday, so on Friday, me, Nate and the kids, Jeff & Meg, and Mike took her to Buca di Beppo for dinner. We promised Saxon that we would get her a big huge cake. The waiter forgot to bring out the cake, and instead, brought her a cupcake. Saxon kept telling the waiter that he needed to get his friends and sing to Joy with a candle. The waiter didn't do it and Saxon started to cry. I asked him if he's sad and he said, "No. I'm just so mad they didn't bring Joy a cake and sing!" So Mike reminded them that we ordered a cake and then they brought it and everyone sang and Saxon was happy :) He kept hugging and kissing Joy and telling her "I missed you SO MUCH!" It was so cute!

It took Joy several attempts to blow out her candle. There was only one candle, so we were all laughing so hard. The boys are always teasing Joy that she has to order from the kids menu because she doesn't eat very much.

Joy's big huge cake and Saxon with his big huge smile...

Bridger doing his "big smile"...

Watch out Uncle Gregor, you've got competition...
You should have seen how many kisses Saxon gave Joy...
on the lips too :)

Another "Big Smile" for the camera...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOY!!!!!

Tulips: part 1

We went to the Tulip Festival on Monday because the weather was BEAUTIFUL!
It was almost 80 degrees!
We even got a little bit sunburned...

I was trying and trying to get Bridger to look at me and smile...
Saxon got sick of waiting and said,
"Just look at me Mom, I'll do it."
So that's how we got this cute picture:

The boys spent hours rolling down the hill.
Saxon's getting pretty good, but Bridger just scoots down on his bum.

Once again...trying to get Bridger to look at me and smile:

The boys had fun playing in the fountain and spraying each other.
They were begging to swim in it.
It turns out that when Bridger concentrates, he does the Gailey-tongue-out thing like Nate:

I LOVED these tulips...pink and yellow...my favorite!

Well, that was Day 1 at the Tulip Festival.
We also went Tuesday with some friends in our ward (I'm waiting to get copies of their pictures), and we're planning on going again on Saturday if the weather is nice.
We can't wait!

Crazy

Me: going crazy
Boys: being crazy

Saxon has insisted everyday lately that he have "Grandpa Sonnenberg Hair".
Here is is:

This morning he wanted "Mike" hair, but Mike doesn't style his hair, so we had to re-negotiate that one.

Here's the major trouble maker:

Bridger has started climbing out of his crib all of the time again.
Last night, he came out at least a dozen times.
One of the times Nate was waiting for him by the door to take him right back in.
Nate: "Dude?"
Bridger: "Dude."
We all started laughing and Bridger took the opportunity and ran.

Attempt #1
Today, I put him down for a nap and a little while later, I heard what sounded like glass.
I couldn't think of anything that he could have reached, but I checked anyway.
Bridger was sitting on the changing table and had taken down both pictures above it, taken out the pictures, thrown the pictures and the frames on the floor, and was banging the glass together.

Attempt #2
I put him down again and could hear him talking and playing. I didn't think anything of it because he hadn't come out yet. About a 1/2 hour later, I could still hear him. Finally Saxon went charging in, even though I told him not to, and yells, "Mom! Bridger bein' silly!"
I went in and Bridger was sitting on the changing table, emptying out the entire pack of wipes, one by one, and throwing them all over the floor. All of his toys, blankets, the lotions, and Saxon's jammies were already on the floor.

Attempt #3
We called Nate to hurry home.
Next time is his turn...

Marathon

Nate and I both served missions and we both served walking missions.
We both love to walk and when we were dating we would walk together for hours.
We still walk together now that we are married.
When Mike comes over for dinner, he walks with us too.
He said that he loves to walk because he parents have always gone for long walks too.
Mike has a fancy phone with a GPS on it and he can track how long and far we walk.
It turns out, we usually walk about 5 miles.
Mike jokingly said that we should walk a marathon in a week.
We all laughed about it and somehow agreed to try.
I thought a marathon was 20 miles.
Nate thought it was 22.6
Mike thought it was 24.2
Turns out, its even farther...26.2.
So...here's how we're doing so far.
Sunday: 5.33 miles
Monday: 9.11 miles
We have 11.76 miles to go.
If we have good weather this week it will be no problem...but it's supposed to rain from Wednesday on and I'm not sure we will make it over 11 miles tomorrow...
Oh well, if we don't make it this week, we'll try again next week :)
We keep teasing Mike that once the new baby is born we will need 3 strollers. Right now, Nate and I each push a stroller. I push the jogger with Bridger, Nate pushes the Graco with Saxon, which will leave Mike with the umbrella stroller :)

It's that time...

I'm so excited that it's springtime again!
It looks like our garden will be ready to plant next week.
Nate and I decided to try to get some things sprouted early and see how it goes :)

We thought it would be fun for Saxon since he has been begging to start the garden.
Instead of helping, he took off his pants and escaped out the garage.

Oh well. Maybe he'll be more excited when we are planting the real garden :)

Reunion

The Friday before Easter, Nate and I went to my mission reunion. It was so fun to see everyone. I loved visiting with Jamie, who I never get to see. I love remembering the good times, and the bad because we can laugh about them now. I remember joking with Jamie that we were so glad we went on missions even if we were the last of our friends to get married and start families. It just meant that by the time we got home, we still had all of the most amazing experiences to look forward to, and we a mission to look back on. Now we are both married and have kids and are both pregnant :) Life has been good. And one of the payoffs of serving a mission: we don't have to be fat anymore. :)

I was also able to visit with Kristi while I was there. I always make sure Kristi is going before I got to a reunion. We both have 2 boys and they are about the same ages and so much alike! Every time we would start chatting, we would look up and our boys would be gone. At one point we saw Saxon and Logan spitting mouthfuls of water all over the carpet. We had to laugh. Boys will be boys. Kristi and I were only companions for 6 weeks, but having experiences like that is something you can't replicate any other way. We'll always be friends. We still get together and do lunch and keep in touch with some of the families that we knew in Brazil.

Jamie and Kristi both drove all the way to California to come to my wedding. I love these girls! I'm so glad I know them and I'm sure, after what we went through together, that we'll be friends forever :)