What We Are Up to Now!

Yes, yes, it's been a while. As you might have guessed...we've been busy! So to avoid a potential 3 hour blog post I have decided to briefly update you in highlights of the last 8 months. Wow, I can't believe it's been that long. No wonder I forgot my blogger's account password! But all else aside, my busy season is winding down and it's May 3rd and snowing!

So starting from where we left off - we crashed the newest member of our family. We were on our way to Michigan to see Todd's brother's family. Long story short - icy roads, jack-knifed semi-truck, some skilled driving from Todd, and we're all okay. We only made it to Wyoming. We learned a lot and everyone was okay. Po took one for the team and did his job protecting the family. Grateful we have such a high-powered vehicle to tow it home with though, whew!

We went to Boise and raced.

Dane and his dad, Lonald, went too.

Savannah and I were both there and Nate was there somewhere too, but it was cold and he was little! And yes, I do think I'm getting a little wrinkly too. It was after this trip I took my own trip to the Skin Dr! Starting an SPF regimen now.

This was back when we had a manual transmission in Rocky and he had a hard time getting off the line. Luckily we don't have that problem anymore!

The truck broke on this trip (it breaks on almost every trip!), but luckily Po was able to return the favor and tow Rocky home. Soooo grateful we have 2 high powered vehicles!

Then we had Christmas. It was so much more fun than Christmases past. Savannah actually got into it. These are photos we had taken of the kids. They turned out pretty cute.

We took these at the same time, just not all in Christmas outfits!

Then another race in Phoenix. We were so proud to upgrade to a stack, automatic transmission, and nitrous for this trip. Although not everything functioned perfectly, it was another great day at the drags.

The Jensen family was there again along with the Cedar City crew- pretty much everyone we know in Cedar! The kids and I didn't make it on this trip. I had to go to Reno for a convention and sending the kids alone with Todd...well let's just say he's really not a multi-tasker!

And of course we were able to Dyno on this trip as well. Always a real crowd-pleaser!

Some fun updates on the kids. They are still so cute. Savannah is 2 and Nater is 10 mos. This is Savannah in her Easter dress with her cousins in Cedar.

Nater is huge, huge, huge, and so so so cute! He is so happy! Todd loves that his face is wider than mine. We are starting to guess when I'll be the shortest member of our family! (Yes, still working on my wrinkles!)

Nate loves Savannah, even so much he's willing to share everything with her.

Savannah loves playing with Nate too! He doesn't fit in this stroller anymore, but it sure was cute when he did!

Todd and Savannah don't always see eye to eye, but then again, not many people do with Todd. We had a couple nice days, we even thought summer might be on it's way!

And to officially catch you up. We recently went to a dyno event and have come to the conclusion that the truck is officially still a work in progess. Really we are so lucky that Todd has a hobby, or what else would we post about?!

We got a new member of our family...

and we named it Po, after the panda in Kung Fu Panda. It is a Dragon Warrior in training and it's pretty big so we thought it was perfect!

We just got it about a week or so ago and we love it. We had never really driven an Excursion before so it's actually pretty lucky that we like it so much. But since we are now a diesel family and this is the only diesel SUV ever made, we pretty much didn't have a choice!

It's got nice interior and has been well taken care of. It's a 2004 and we got it from Phoenix.


It has captain chairs in back and then a full bench. It has a DVD system too and it's so roomy. Todd can sit in any chair in the whole thing pretty comfortably. So yeah, needless to say, we love it! - Oh yeah, if you are wondering why it's a Dragon Warrior in training, you can just ask Todd!

Sleeping - It's a big, big deal!

Savannah just got into her very own toddler bed and is doing great! This is her first night in and when we were feeding Nate in the middle of the night Todd went in and checked on her and couldn't help but take a picture. We decided that she was probably trying to get out but got too tired and gave up!

Nate is getting pretty chunky and growing like crazy. He is so adorable with his super soft, chubby cheeks.

Savannah is learning how to pose for the camera and is getting that cheesy grin. She found one of my shirts and made Todd put it on her. He thought she looked pretty funny.

And of course, a little pink and a little blue!

Oh So Sweet!

Earlier I couldn't get this picture to post, but I finally got it working! I, of course, think this picture is pretty cute! Nate is 7 weeks old now and such a chunkers. We are already starting to get concerned about our future grocery bills!

A Little Update!

We had some family come down for the baby blessing and some friends show up too. It was a beautiful day of celebrating!

We feel like we have a for real family now, we have 2 kids! Beyond this could get pretty hairy!

It's hard to get over how sweet they are when they sleep, but all in white, you don't hardly have a chance!

His little tux was so fun, Thanks Grandma Carter! And the blanket was made by Jodie, my co-worker's wife. It is absolutely beautiful, I felt so lucky!

And really, could you have forgotten the star of the show?! And yes she is sporting BOTH of her parents cell phones! That girl can talk.

We have all been able to spend some 1x1 time w/ Nate now that he has been here a while.

Although this picture doesn't show it well the room is pretty much all dark. He's been more of a mamma's boy than Savannah was a mamma's girl. It's been actually kind of nice to have a soothable baby for me though!

Well 1x1 time for Savannah is very closely monitored, but she loves him and loves to point out his eyes and nose!

My sister had a baby 14 mins after midnight the day after Nate was born, so the boys are a day apart. Anyway, she bought both of them this cute Monkey onesie for our little Monkeys!

This is Nate's favorite sleeping position, even though he really doesn't get to sport it very often! (We believe in the wrap!) This as he is about to get wrapped up. We tease that he is telling Dad a new position he would like to try instead of the wrap!

And the first bath! Always a must do photo opportunity!

Helping?

As Todd was picking some weeds out of our Strawberry Patch Savannah was certain that she could be of some assistance. So Todd finally scooted over and let her kneel on the pad beside him. I could not believe how cute it turned out that I just had to grab a picture. She, just like her Dad, hates kneeling on the rocks, so I think she thought the pad idea was as good as Todd does! And yes, this is July and our July jacket weather this year. It finally decided to warm up this past week and we are all grateful!

Baby Nate Is Here!

It took him 3 1/2 hours and 3 pushes, but he finally made it! We scheduled for me to get induced on Monday, June 29th as my doctor's wife was scheduled for the 30th and I didn't want to have to compete with her for his time! So we went in at 4 AM got all hooked up and started at 5 and by 8:31 he was here! It was intense for a while, but it all went well. I feel great, so much better than with Savannah, and I thought I felt good with her! Things are good and he's a great eater. So much different than Savannah on that one too!

He's totally boy and we're going to make sure everyone knows that! He's got a baseball shirt a sports hat and Air Jordan socks on! We dress him similar to this everyday so far! He weighed 8 lbs 3 ozs and was 20.5 inches long. A whole pound heavier and an inch and 1/2 longer than Savannah. Guess that's a boy for you!

One thing that is so different about getting induced is that you really know when your last day of pregnancy is! So for all of you who didn't get to see me closing in on those last days, here you go. This is Sunday night about midnight! The absolute last day I was pregnant! I couldn't even believe how funny I looked. No wonder everyone was stopping me in Walmart asking when I was due!