The Big Cat Habitat

We took the kids to The Big Cat Habitat in Sarasota last weekend. It is a small zoo that specializes in cats but has a few other types of animals as well. I have never seen so many tigers in one place before. It was pretty cool, although one tiger was eyeing Johnny the entire time during a show! The kids loved it and were actually able to feed a Kodiak Bear and a Tiger (on a long stick through fences of course!). The Kodiak Bear was ENORMOUS. You can't really tell in the picture how big he really is cause he is sitting down.

Pumpkin Festival

We took the kids to a pumpkin festival this past weekend to try to get in the Fall spirit despite being in Florida. It wasn't quite like being in Wisconsin but the kids had fun anyways!

Alexandra's First Stitches

On Monday Alexandra had a terrible fall off of one of our riding toys and split her chin open on the tile floor. When I saw the cut and the amount of blood I knew immediately that she was going to need stitches. Two hours later we returned home from the hospital with 5 stitches in Alexanrda's chin. Parts of the hospital visit were a bit scary for her but overall she has been a trooper. She gets her stitches out on Monday.

Johnnycakes is good. He was just staring at Alexandra on Monday when she fell. He had absolutely no idea what was going on other than she had a boo boo. Nick works only 5 minutes from our house so he rushed home when it happened to go to the hospital with us. Johnny kept telling Nick in the car that Alexandra had a boo boo but he didn't.

Hello!

My sweetheart

My cutie patootie

Our scientists - we took the kids to the Museum of Science and Industry this morning.

20 Weeks (4 1/2 Months) Pregnant

I am halfway through my pregnancy already. I am 20 weeks which is 4 1/2 months pregnant. Time is flying by! I think I have started to feel the baby move but it is hard to say for sure at this point especially when it seems the only time I am not moving with two kids is in bed at night when I am sleeping.

Alexandra and Johnny are doing great. Alexandra just finished her second week of school and is loving it. Johnny is enjoying his 'mama time' at home in the mornings with me.

Alexandra's First Day of School

Alexandra before we left for her first day of 4 year old preschool. She was so excited for school to start and had a great first day!


Johnny didn't want to be left out. So I had to take a picture of him with a lunch box!

Wisconsin!

The kids and I just spent two wonderful weeks in Wisconsin with my family. Alexandra and Johnny had so much fun playing with their cousins. Wish we lived closer so they could see each other more often. Can't wait for our next trip home at Thanksgiving already!

Here is a slideshow of all the pictures I took while in Wisconsin.

Brittany and Walt's Wedding

Brittany and Walt's wedding in Dallas.

Trying to dress up like Baba!

We just spent a very fun weekend in Dallas at my cousin Brittany and Walt's wedding. Brittany was a GORGEOUS bride and the two of them looked so happy. Walt is a great catch and an awesome addition to the family.

The kids are doing great. Johnny is finally adding new words to his vocabulary at a more rapid pace. He is on his way to talking! Last week we moved him into a regular bed. He is so proud of it and so far we haven't had any issues, thankfully. Alexandra is turning into me more and more everyday. It seems she is always either planning something for her baby or stuffed animals or organizing something. She seems to think she is Johnny's mom. I have to remind her that she's not! She is obsessed with the new baby in my belly and has even asked me if she can come the next time the doctor is going to show me pictures of the baby.

We are now counting the days down til we go up to Wisconsin next week, can't wait!

3 months pregnant

I am now 3 months pregnant! I have had a little belly for about a month now. I thought I showed fast with Johnny but this baby gave me a belly right away. I have been feeling good this time around again, just tired which is starting to go away since I am getting out of my first trimester. We still have not decided if we are going to find out the sex of the baby. Nick wants to know but I want it to be a surprise. So we'll see if I change my mind as the day gets closer that we can actually find out. If you ask Alexandra and Johnny, Alexandra will tell you that she wants a sister and Johnny will tell you that he wants a brother.

Field Trip to Train Station

Last week Alexandra had a class field trip to a train station and got to ride on a real train. She loved it! Next week is her last week of school, hard to believe her first year of preschool is over!

Mother's Day

 Me and my babies on Mother's Day.

Alexandra and I are her Mother's Day Tea Party at school.

Happy Anniversary!

Today is our 5th Anniversary! We celebrated a couple of weeks ago. The kids' wonderful Uncle Steve babysat for us so we could go out and have an early celebration. While we were out he took this video of the kids and sent it to us on our phones. It was so cute that I had to share it with you!

Easter

We had a great Easter last weekend.   When the kids woke up in the morning they immediately searched for their Easter baskets the Easter Bunny left in the house.  Johnny was very confused what they were looking for when Alexandra was searching for the baskets.   He was getting mad that they weren't watching their cartoons.  But when Alexandra found his basket and Johnny saw what was inside he got very excited!  Two minutes after finding their baskets they ran outside to look for Easter Eggs.  The rest of the day was spent with Nick's family as well as a couple of close friends and cousins over brunch and dinner.  Can hardly believe May is almost here!

DinoQuest

At the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa they are having a special dinosaur exhibit that we took the kids to this weekend.  Alexandra liked it but Johnny was scared. Although he roared in the car all the way to the zoo and was running with excitement to the dinosaur area, once he took a look at the first one he ran for me to pick him up and wouldn't let me put him down. Nick, the big kid that he is and the tourist that I am loved it!

Grandma's Visit

We just had a wonderful, long visit with my Mom. We did soooo much, the pool, the beach, Busch Gardens, the zoo, the Childrens' Museum, took the kids out to dinner, went out to dinner ourselves and even got to get in some quality time together shopping, eating and walking while the kids were at school a couple of mornings. We miss her and my Dad already! My Mom's trip down here was the end of my Dad's 7 week Florida stay.

(There is album with more pictures from my Mom's stay to the right.)

Silly Days

My babies playing dress up! I don't think Johnny could get any cheesier in this last picture! He did this pose all on his own.....