April Fun!

April has been such a wonderful month that has just flown by! Ben is now on his way to Alaska, where he will be practicing Dentistry for 3 weeks! He is going to a beautiful place called Bethel, Alaska. Im grateful he gets to go but I have been really emotional having him gone! I think it will be nice to go home to California while he is gone. We love and miss you tons Daddy. California here we come!!!

Aeden's First Haircut

It was about time to get a haircut for this little boy. I believe that I have even been a little resistant to get it cut just because I still feel like he is still to young. Anyway, Ben and I decided it was time and took him to a local Ann Arbor Barber. Barber Bill was very kind and had toys, cartoons and a treat for him. It was a great first haircut. Now my boy looks like a young Man!

Happy First Birthday Pictures

Thank you to a wonderful friend with an extremely talented gift, we were able to capture some of the tender moments of Aeden's life. To see more of these pictures, go to http://annmariephotography.blogspot.com/
Enjoy. Thank you again Ann-Marie!

Happy First Birthday!

Happy Birthday to our wonderful boy. Aeden has brought so much joy into our lives. He is such a sweet, handsome, thoughtful, caring, kind young man. Our lives have been greatly blessed because of him and his amazing spirit. We love you Aeden. Happy Birthday!

Dinner for Art and Sierra

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We are having a.................

GIRL!!

Yesterday, Ben and I went to the doctors office just to hear them say that we were having a "boy" and to check the baby. I was sure it was going to be a boy. I did not have any sickness, I felt the same as I did with Aeden and I just thought I would have two boys. A majority of my friends have two boys so I thought that I would just join in their little groupie. As we were looking at the baby, and yes, there is only one baby, we were just waiting to hear the "boy" word. About 20 minutes into the visit, the lady asked if we wanted to know the gender of our child. Of course, the whole time I was making comments about our "he" child. So the lady casually asked us and we said yes. Well, you are having a "GIRL." I thought she was joking even though they don't really joke around. She then proceded to tell us that she could tell it was a girl almost the second she started the ultra sound. She said the baby had her legs open and it was very obvious it was a girl. Anyway, we are both very happy. A little surprised but we could not be any more content. We look forward to getting ready for this girl and meeting her sometime in June!

More snow!

Wow, I woke up this morning to another 4-6 inches and it is still snowing. I drove Ben to school and it took us 40 minutes. A drive that normally is about a 7 minute drive. The roads are just crazy and it is freezing outside. I can't believe that it could ever snow so much.
Now, some things I love about Michigan:
1) The snow makes it really beautiful
2) People speak with accents
3) We have a warm, cozy home that I love
4) We have a great car that gets us here and there
5) The just love the buildings here and Ann Arbor
6) Cardinals are here
7) My sister and her family
8) We have the Big House and we get to watch the box seats go up everyday
9) The food is cheaper than California
10) Ben gets to go to school and learn a great career

OK, I do love it here. Im just longing for the warmer weather and the sun.