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johne has been letting the secret out so i thought i would post. he is so excited he can't contain himself!!! :) i wanted to wait until i was 12 weeks, but that didn't stand a chance! i will be 9 weeks on friday and yes, i've been sick. not only with morning sickness (all day), but with pneumonia. i've managed to make it through the last month with super daddy's (johne) help. he has taken over all my responsibilities~cooking (well we had a lot of take out), cleaning, taking care of the boys and more~ as well as take care of me and he even managed to work a little. a big thanks to melissa who took the boys for an afternoon, to kimber who took the boys 2 whole days and to the madrishins who took the boys several times!! i probably would have landed in the hospital or the nut house without everyone's help!!! i'm starting to feel a little better partly due to the magic pill (zofran, i don't know why i didn't try it with my last 2 pregnancies) and partly because the pneumonia is starting clear up. thanks again to everyone who helped, especially my sweet hubby!!! oh yeah, and i'm due september 10th!

what to do if your stuck with a costco sized tub of cottage cheese

green fluff (pink fluff in todays case) is what i make when my parents leave behind a whole tub of cottage cheese! i used strawberry jello this time and it is SOOOOO yummy!! you can even use sugar free jello if your counting calories! i'm a little weird and even like to use marshmallows that are little hard. at first they make it chewy, but by the next day the texture is just the same as fresh marshmallows. thanks mom and dad for not eating all of your cottage cheese! and thanks ra for the yummy recipe!!

our first christmas

we had a blast celebrating our first christmas ever in our home! my parents flew from cali, tj and lauren drove in from kentucky and rhett and monica flew in from utah!! we had way too much fun together and it didn't last nearly long enough! thanks everyone for making our christmas special!!

choo choo train tracks from santa, the boys will still play with them for hours!

this pic is for my brother nate and one the few pics johne was in!

projects

while my parents were here they helped us with a few projects (really i wasn't much help, they did it all)!! they painted our master bedroom and sitting room, helped re-model our laundry room (paint, crown molding, chair rail, put up cabinets and tiled the countertops, marble tile no less!), put up crown molding in our master bath and laundry room and i'm sure would have done more if they had the time. (we still have a few finishing touches to do, but probably won't get around to it for a while.) thanks mom and dad for the wonderful additions to our home and for the fun christmas memories!!! we love you!

happy frosty

we had almost 2 feet of snow saturday, which set a december record for the DC area. my parents are here to enjoy it with us. we built a snowman and nate named it frosty, happy frosty. we are very excited to have a white christmas and are especially excited to have my family here!

jack did a great job decorating our tree and really got into it. nate helped too, but mainly just wanted to climb the ladder and fall onto the tree. jack was really sad that he couldn't put the big star on top. we told him someday he would be tall enough, maybe even taller than daddy (he liked that)!

turkey day

we had a wonderful, relaxing thanksgiving and didn't even eat any turkey! we went untraditional and had ham and crabcakes. we didn't do anything but eat, relax, hang out and watch movies. the kellers were great company and made our holiday weekend very enjoyable! jack and katelyn couldn't get enough of each other and they loved playing monster with nate. nate was a good sport and played the monster role well! thank you dave, chantel, katelyn and carson for making our thanksgiving wonderful!

the kids watched dora while they ate so we could enjoy our yummy food. i had the table set for them to eat with us, but it was much more enjoyable this way!

jack and katelyn loved each other (and loved watching videos too)!!!