The Zoo!

Last summer I wanted to take Aiden to the zoo, we had such a blast with Rose and Bear the year before, but for one reason or another we never made it. Spring break was coming and so Michael and I decided to take a day off work to go to the zoo. I ended up having to work most of the day on an emergency project, Michael and Aiden were in pretty good spirits about it. Finally we made it to the zoo! Apparently every other parent had the same idea we did about the zoo because it was really crowed!



It was fun to watch the elephants eat, the zoo had the hay hanging from a rope up high so they had to stretch out their trunks to reach it.



We got up close and personal with the giraffe’s in the giraffe house.



Aiden’s top two favorite things at the zoo were “riding Marty!” and riding the train.





Many of the animals weren’t out this early in the season so we will have to venture back again this summer!

Easter in Utah!!

Easter in Utah couldn’t come soon enough. I thought that Easter was in March this year and told Aiden all about Easter so for several weeks he kept asking if it was Easter yet! Finally it was Easter eve and we were ready to dye eggs. Michael showed Aiden how to dunk the eggs in dye. We had a blast!





Aiden didn’t sleep a wink Easter eve and had me and Michael out of bed at 6 am! I had my heart set on having an Easter egg hunt outside but it was a cold weekend and snowed so we did the hunt in our living room.



Aiden got a Spiderman helmet, Harley sunglasses and a Harley watch in his Easter basket, all of which were big hits!



Aiden enjoyed finding eggs, especially the plastic ones!

Happy Easter Saint Louis!!

This year Michael celebrated Easter a little early with the Thomas kids. When he picked up the boys they were both running high fevers and were not feeling well. Poor Danny threw up in the car twice on the way to Grandma and Grandpa’s. Michael had to give Matt Tylenol every 4 hours or his fever would spike again, needless to say Michael didn’t sleep much. By 5am Matt had soaked his cloths with sweat. To cheer the boys up, Michael gave the boys their Easter bags early.



Matt clenched onto his Easter bag and bunny and didn’t let it go the whole weekend.



Samantha and Dawson also enjoyed their Easter gifts, particularly Dawson who got speakers for his iPOD. Michael had to keep telling him to turn his music down.

More Aiden-isms…



The other day Aiden brought home a baby doll from Grandma’s house. He swaddled him in a blanket and took him into his room for bedtime stories. He explained to me that his name was Ryan. After the story he told me “Ryan loved it mom!” Then he showed Ryan how to be reverent for prayers. I tucked them both in Aiden’s bed , kissed Aiden and said “good-night, Aidy-Baby,” to which he responded, “I’m a big brother now mom!”

Are you Kidding me?!



April showers bring May flowers, what does April snow bring??? Ruined Tulips?! We’ll see if they survive the snow fall we received today....

My bump, my bump, my lovely baby bump!



I am 24 and a half weeks pregnant now and towards the end of the glorious second trimester. The second trimester is the best part of a pregnancy in my opinion. You are over the morning sickness and starting to look cute and pregnant. You also start to feel the baby move and it is so much fun!

My most recent cravings are Oreo’s dunked in milk, hot fudge sundaes, banana splits, and French fries. Total weight gain so far is 15lbs! I haven’t been eating the best and I’m not exercising so I am starting to get a little (a lot!) nervous.

I am sleeping in a sea of pillows now to prop my belly up, one between my legs to support my hips and one behind my back for back support. I am really missing Michael! We are used to cuddling all night!

The baby seems to favor my right side and usually sleeps in the morning. He starts to get active in the afternoon and plays around until I fall asleep. He likes to stretch his arms under my rib cage and kick his legs into my lower abdomen. He doesn’t seem to like it when I lay on my back, he’ll kick me pretty good until I roll over onto my side.

We still haven’t fully decided on a name but we are currently down to Ryan Michael or Michael David. We just haven’t seen any other names that we really love.

Aiden is getting really excited about the baby. He often kisses my belly and talks to the baby. He tells him that he is going to teach him how to fly and how to wrestle slowly (but I think he means softly). He also tells me that he has a baby in his belly too. Anyway we are getting more and more excited for our new addition!