New puppy!

We have a puppy!!!!! It's actually my Christmas present, Probably birthday too : ) We got an 11 week old Cockapoo. We had to find a hypo allergenic breed because Joe is allergic and I wanted an indoor dog. The father was a Cocker Spaniel and the momma was a mini Poodle. We named him Pippin after a Hobbit from Lord of the Rings. He is super sweet. Loves to snuggle and cuddle. I'm working my butt off trying to do the crate training with him. He is doing really well already. Pooping in the spot I want him to in the yard. Wish me luck. Its almost as much work as having a new born!!!

Shopping and makeup

My sweet sister Rebekah just turned 14 and is now allowed to wear makeup. As if that wasn't enough she also attended her first church dance on Saturday. I would not have been a good big sister if I had not gone down to help with this wonderful occasion. We shopped at the Tucson mall for what seemed like all day. I waddled around with my big belly but it was fun. Bekah found a super cute outfit and bought some lovely perfume. I did her hair and makeup before the dance and she looked so beautiful. My wonderful Mother Dianne watched Nolan so I was able to shop without interference. It was fabulous. Thank you Dianne for letting me have this fun day with Bekah! Bekah, Your gorgeous!

Halloween 2008

Daddy and his little elephant
winking pumpkin


first Nolan's birthday then Halloween, its just one fun thing after the next in October!!!! Nolan was an elephant and I was a Geisha. We like to drive up to Anthem and hang out with my Aunt and Uncle. My mom and I passed out Candy while Joe took the boys trick or treating. Nolan made it to about 6 houses then proceeded to touch peoples cars and say car over and over again. My Uncle Damon has a golf cart so Joe took the kids around and that was really fun. Nolan loved riding on daddy lap or next to him. Thanks Carry and Damon for letting us hang with you!

Us

Chucky Cheeses!!!!

We had a little birthday party for Nolan at Chucky Cheeses. It was super fun. It was hard staying off the skee ball game. He was so cute, he would throw the ball and when it would come back to him he would say... oh no!!!
This is the first time we have ever just let him dig into a piece of cake. We didn't get him a fork fast enough so he just dug right in with his mouth. It was so funny. The cake was really yummy.
I love this picture!!! Joe is singing happy birthday and holding Nolan's little hand, I think its just precious! What a good daddy.

It was so fun having Robbie there. Nolan Loves his uncle Robbie! We played games for hours and Nolan danced to the little show they have. It was super fun

Eating cake

I had to get a video of the cake eating...It was just so cute!

28 week surro bump

Time for a pregnancy update. Being a surrogate has been a very good experience thus far. I feel great and I love having a baby bump on me. I'm not yet to the point where I'm uncomfortable all the time so that's nice, trying to enjoy it. She's been kicking up a storm in there...I love it. So far everything looks great so the homebirth is still on which I am so excited about. My IP's will fly in on January 20th unless I go into labor early. They are so excited to meat their little girl.

Our two year old Nolan

Bike for Nolan

I Found this awesome bike at a thrift store for 15 bucks and Nolan loves it. Of course he calls it a car. I'm teaching him bike. When I say bike he runs over to it but then he says car. It has a handle on the back so we can push him around the house on it. Its so cute. He can't reach the peddles yet his feet just dangle there. Some day he'll be cruising around on it.

Saggy britches

These shorts fit him fine all day and then I noticed his diaper was bulging out the back. I waited to see if they would fall off but he proceeded to waddle around the rest of the night with them like that. So funny!