Easter

We have had a great Easter this year. We have enjoyed having my mom here, who made us a Easter dinner. Matthew went to just sacrament meeting today, and then we got all dressed up for some pictures of our family of 4.  This Easter I am extremely thankful for my wonderful little family. I am also thankful for my Savior for making it possible to have my little family here on this earth.

Ian was so excited for m&m's

Chloe sporting her new 1st Easter shirt. Looking pretty in pink.

We love being a family of 4.

Ian got chalk in his basket this morning. He loved playing with it in the sun today.

We had a little egg hunt for Ian. He liked it once he knew there was candy in the eggs.

Chloe Asay

Chloe joined our family Thursday morning at 7:29 am by c-section. She weighs 8 lbs 5 oz, and is 19 and 3/4 inches tall. She looks a lot like Ian did when he was born, but she has lots of blonde hair. We are all so in love with her. Ian doesn't know what to think about her quite yet, but I know they will be best friends soon. :) We are so happy to have her here. We got to come home today, and are doing great!

Hooked up to the monitors before going into surgery.

1st bath

Our first family of four pictures. We tricked Ian into holding his sister. He was asleep the whole time. :)

Ian Boy!

Ian you are so stinkin cute. You make your Dad and I very happy/proud parents. We are so blessed to have you as our son. We love watching you grow and learn each day. Some nights we lay in bed both wanting to go wake you up, so we can play some more. You make being parents so much fun. Thanks for being so happy,smiley and making us laugh all the time.
  Love,
 Mom and Dad. 

38 weeks

Let the count down begin. We have exactly 7 days until Chloe joins our family. (if not sooner) We are getting more and more anxious to meet her, and see what she looks like. I am feeling pretty good besides all the same old aches and pains. I am super excited to not be pregnant in a week though. We are taking one last little trip to Lewiston tomorrow as our little family of three for dinner and Costco. It's crazy to think that when we moved to Pullman we came with no kids at all. Now here we are 3 1/2 years later with almost two kids.

Happy Birthday Matthew!

Matthew turns 27 today. We started celebrating last night for FHE. We had our friends the Firth's over for cake and ice cream. Ian also made him a super cute card with his cute hand prints included. We are going to continue the celebrating today.
 Ian, Chloe and I are so lucky to have Matthew. He is such a good dad, and loves spending time with our little family. I can't wait to see him hold his baby girl for the first time. I really appreciate how hard he works for our family in school, and in all he does. I am so blessed to have an amazing husband, father of my children, companion, and best friend ever. We love you like crazy Matthew, and hope you have a wonderful birthday!

Spring Break 2013

This year we were not able to go to Wyoming for spring break, because I am so pregnant. We made the best of our break here in Pullman. Friday evening we went to dinner with Phil and Angela, Saturday Matthew was able to go Sunnyside, WA to work on a dairy, Sunday we went to church, and Monday Matthew left again until Tuesday evening to Hermiston, OR to work with Dr. Peters. Ian and I got the oil changed in the explorer, went to speech for Ian, dinner at McDonald's for FHE, and did some shopping while Matthew was gone. Sunday before Matthew left he got the real toddler bed put together for Ian, and the crib moved into Chloe's room. So while he was gone I got Chloe's room pretty much ready for her to arrive. She is going to sleep in our room in a bassinet for awhile, but as soon as she is ready for the crib it's all ready to go. I am loving the pink/gray chevron fabric I used to make her bed skirt, and throughout her room. Wednesday we headed to Moscow to run some errands. While there we took Ian to the East Market place to play at the play place, and grabbed some lunch at Wingers. Pretty sure we all took naps when we got home as well. It's been so nice to take it easy this week. Matthew was also able to help me get a few things I have been wanting to get done around the house done this week. Thursday I had my doctors appointment, and that evening Matthew left for another trip to White Salmon, WA area with one of his professors. Everything went great at the doctor. My blood pressure is still doing great, and I am still dilated to just a 2. So no changes from last week besides that it seems like the last few weeks I have put on two-three pounds each appointment. This baby is putting on the pounds at the end for sure!
 This week has also been a great opportunity for Matthew to get some vet work in. Even though we really would of liked to go to Wyoming for spring break we still enjoyed our time here. It's been warming up outside too. We are super excited for springtime, and so over wintertime.

                                                                        Chloe's room

I love that girls have so many accessories. 

My friend Rhea did this awesome painting for Chloe. I love it!

I used the left over fabric from the bed skirt to do some decor for her room. I might do some more tulle pom poms too. These are just above the crib.

Matthew's Grandma Asay made this super cute pink blanket, and I made the skirt. (Do you love all the teeth marks in the crib for Ian?) :)

My friends that threw me a baby shower here in Pullman made this sign for me. I just got done painting a frame pink today for it to go into.

Playing at McDonald's

Ian likes the floor better I guess to sleep on

 Here are a few pictures from Matthew's trip to Hermiston. One of the things he got to do was help sew this horse up. He said it took the vet pretty close to an hour to get it all sewn up. What a job!

 Before

After

Washing the Car. Ian looks a little scared.

Hanging out with Dad in the front seat while Mom was at her doctors appointment.

Here are some fun pictures from Matthew's trip to White Salmon, WA area.

 Here is Mt. Adams.

Elk on their drive. Matthew said there were about 100 elk there.

All the wheat is coming up. 

Columbia River

 Ian loves Mac and Cheese. He also says "Num num while he eats now or when we open the fridge or pantry. 

Working hard at building a fort

37 1/2 weeks pregnant. 

22 months...

We almost have a 2 year old! Ian is 22 months old today. Some things that Ian has been up to this month:
- He got a ear infection and still has fluid in his ears. Hopefully the next appointment they will be cleared up
-He likes speech, and is getting more comfortable and saying a few more words
- He has started saying no: "dough dough", when I say all done he says "don don", he says "num num" for yum. We have also been working on using his sign language a little, and eye contact when we talk to him. He is getting better at it all.
- Still loves Mickey, and does a hot dog hot dog dance
- Loves to color and says "ca ca ca" when he does it. So sorta sounds like color color.
-Loves to eat chocolate, anything sweet, watermelon and all other fruit , marshmallows, gold fish, fruit snacks, mac and cheese,  meat, cheese and drinks whole milk like it's going out to style. He is overall a great little eater.
-Ian loves being naked. We always find him with his clothes off.
-We officially  moved him to an actual toddler bed today. He has been in his crib with the side off, and has done really well. It does take him a little longer to fall asleep, but other then that he does great.
-Ian loves to read books. One of his favorites is his "head, shoulders, knees and toes book. He does the song along with the pictures. He usually just says and points to his "hea, and to" for,  head and toes,  it's super cute cute.
- He has finally gotten use to our PS I love you group. His teacher came and told me the other day he was doing so well, and we even laughing and playing with the other kids instead of waiting by the door for me.
- He likes nursery, but his favorite part is playing with the toys. He is not into the singing time or lesson time so much.
-He likes to play with his animals and barn, his car track, throwing his ball around, or riding his bike or little puppy around.
- He loves bath time, combing his hair, brushing his own teeth, and getting lotion or hand sanitizer put on his hands.
- For some reason Ian gets all his energy about an hour or two before he goes to bed. He runs around the house like a wild man.
-Ian loves to do things he knows he is not suppose to. I think he does it just to see my reaction.
- Ian is a adrenalin junkie. He loves being thrown in the air, jumping off anything high, or doing anything daring. I am surprised we haven't been to the ER with this little guy yet . (knock on wood) :)
-Whenever we are cooking in the kitchen he likes to empty out all the pots and pans and hit and bang on them. I think he thinks he is cooking too.
-This little boy loves being outside, but what little boy doesn't. I am excited for it to get warmer so we can be out more.
-He has an obsession with all his blankets lately. He has to have almost every blanket he owns in bed with him, and in the morning they come to the living room with him. Even if he has to drag one at a time he gets them all to and from his bedroom.
Ian your Dad and I love you so much, and are so happy you came to our family. We can't believe you are almost two, and enjoy watching you grow and learn. You make us very happy, and we love to spend time with you. Sometimes we lay in bed at night when we can't sleep and talk about how we need to wake you up to play. We can't wait to see how what a good big brother you will be. We know that you will take care of your baby sister Chloe. We love you baby boy.

Ian loves eating watermelon.