Only 5 weeks left!

                                                                        Me at 35 weeks                                                     

and yet 5 weeks sounds like way too long! We have all the important stuff done, the baby room painted, crib up and clothes in the closet.  I go in his room everyday and look at the little clothes and move things around and imagine what it will be like to have him.  I keep reminding myself to enjoy this time with Hannah and just Hannah before things get hectic but it seems my energy is not matching hers and we spend most days with her begging me to play or go outside and me replying with "mommy is tired, cant you play on your own?" Hannah is very excited or so she says, she loves helping with putting away his things and when we are  out shopping she will say "mom this is cute  for baby brother" or "when will he be here mommy?". 

Okay so I know everyone wants to see the baby bump!

I finally have a picture of myself pregnant! I am just over 24 weeks and we now know we are having a boy.  I dont have the ultrasound pics on the computer yet but I will post those soon.  Oh and excuse the messy room in the background!

This small town life.

Five years ago if someone told me I would be living in Iowa on acreage in a town smaller than Gilbert when all cities within a 75 mile radius are combined I would say you are nuts and where is Iowa even located? I actually more so imagined myself in a contemporary condo of some sort walking distance to starbucks and shopping in a city somewhere.... anywhere with cool shops and stuff to look at and do, oh yeah and some kind of waterfront too!  But here I am.  I will admit the adjustment was hard on some days primarily because I missed my family...oh and Chandler mall too....and a few other things... (pita jungle,zipps, etc. lol) , but I have come to really enjoy and appreciate so much that I never imagined.  This weekend Hannah and I planted our first garden, something in Arizona I probably would not have done, mostly because I had so many other things to do and places to go.  I feel like I have been dropped back into the fifties and life is slower here which I can definetly use since Hannah is growing up so fast!! None of this is to say that the country life is mine forever, but I do know that here is where we will make some of the best memories of our lives. 

Hannah is just getting started....

                            Helping daddy on the tractor! This is by far her favorite thing to do right now

And one more makes four!

Yes thats right we will be a family of four in 7 months! Baby Hane number 2 is currently baking and we couldnt be happier! Two weeks ago we went in for our first ultrasound and determined the estimated date of arrival is August 16th, 2011.  Im not quite sure if Hannah fully understands but she has started calling the ultrasound picture "baby sister"....maybe she is on to something....we will be excited boy or girl and cant wait to find out. Sorry the picture is a little blurry...Hannah has had her sticky little fingers all over our camera lens recently....oh the joys of toddler hood!

Hannah Loves Hockey

                                         She was too busy yelling with the crowd to smile

So a couple of weeks ago we took Hannah to her first hockey game.  I was a little worried if it would be too noisy or if she would want to stay in her seat, to our suprise she loved it! It was so sad when we left she was crying and crying and saying "I want more hockey" so sweetly as tears rolled down her eyes.  She was devastated... she is truly Kyle's little girl.  Here are some pictures from her experience.

So here I am again...

I recently created a blog know as the Vanilla Mom Blog, but I have decided to switch over to blogspot.  First of all wordpress is very complicated for someone who is not super computer savvy and I was having problems uploading pictures and such.. a little frustrating.  Anyways I am happy to say the blog spot has been super simple! I look forward to sharing and posting over the next year and keeping everyone updated on what is going on in our always changing life.

lol...I thought this was funny.... :)