Date Night

Jeremey and I make a point to go on a date every week. It's done wonders for our relationship - especially after having four children! Even though he has an 8 to 5 schedule, he has to work late a lot and sometimes over the weekend. But we still find time to go out - even if it's only for an hour. A few months ago, Jeremey had worked for 3 weeks straight so we hadn't had a date night out in a few weeks. Not wanting to miss any more, I got a babysitter for the 3 olders kids, took Connor to the hospital and had date night with Jeremey (and Rusty) in their office until 11:00 pm! I bought ice cream and brought it to them, then we just sat and talked while they dealt with the current crisis the hospital was having. It was actually pretty fun!

Jeremey and his co-worker, Rusty, had to work all weekend getting a new doctor's clinic in Kenai ready to be opened the following week, so Sonja and I met them at Acapulco's for date night.

Aw, what a cute couple!

We're always looking for new ideas for date night (we DO live in podunkville), so if you have any, we'd love to hear them!

Sleeping Monsters or Sleeping Beauties?

Don't let them fool you - they only look this cute while sleeping!

Izzy - waiting for it to snow inside...

Connnor - he played a little too hard

Gavin is SUCH a daddy's boy. He wanted to help Daddy with his homework but couldn't quite stay awake long enough.
Connor is a very determined thumb sucker. He will even suck his thumb while his binky is in his mouth!

CPGH Winterfest Family Fun Day

On February 7th, we went to Solid Rock Bible Camp for a Winterfest Family Fun Day put on by the hospital for employees and their families. We went tubing, sledding, did arts and crafts, and ate lunch. Jeremey's mom watched Connor for us so we could both spend time outside with the kids. It was a blast! Izzy even went down the tubing hill all by herself!

Izzy going down all by herself!
sledding with Rusty and his kids

Connor - 3 months

Connor is 3 months old already! We weighed and measured him on Wednesday. He is 17.4 pounds and 27 1/4 inches long. Gavin was this exact size - when he was 6 MONTHS OLD!!! That's just so crazy! Everyone asks if Connor is 4 or 5 months old. He's my biggest baby. He's such a good baby too. He smiles and coos all the time. He loves to suck his thumb. I've never had a thumb sucker before. He's pretty good at it. Of course, we'd rather he take a binky since you can take that away. You can't lop off his thumb. We moved him out of our room this past week. He's on his own and we've got our room back - yeah! Not that we were any quieter or turned the lights off when he was sleeping in our room. We just pretended he wasn't there and he slept through everything. Such a good baby!

Will You Take Me Home?

Me and my dog - Boof
This is our dog Boof. He's a very obedient dog, loves to play catch and have his belly rubbed, doesn't dig in the trash, comes when called, is more potty trained than my 4 year old, but he's almost 8 years old now and just can't take all the love and attention that our 4 children give him. They like to lay on him and give him hugs, but it hurts him. So we are hoping to find him a home with loving adults - no children. He likes teenagers too, just not young children. He pretty much just lays around the house all day. He's a really good dog. We don't want him to go, but we want him to be happy. If you'd like him to come live with you, or know anyone who would like him, please call us or email us and let us know.

First Family Picture

This is actually the first family photo we've taken with all of us - and it only took 2 months to take! We were visiting some friends in Soldotna and they wanted a picture of our family, so we're not dressed all alike or posed perfectly, but it works. :)

Random Photos

It's been a few weeks since I posted so I thought I'd put a few pictures on here. Connor is two months old now. We tried sitting him in his bumbo chair. He can't quite hold his head up by himself yet, so he didnt' really care for the chair.

Connor - two months old

Izzy, Connor and Savannah

I've been trying to get good pictures of Jeremey and I lately. It always seems like one of us is behind the camera while the other one is in the photo. Looking back through our old photo albums I realized that we have very few pictures of the two of us together.

Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009

Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008

Lynzie, me and Connor

Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008

at mom's house