Sibling Preparation Class

St. Luke's offes a wonderful class to help Big Brothers prepare for the arrival of Little Sisters. Here's Trenton learning how to swaddle his TeddyBear that he names Pooky.

Look at him focus!

Oh, he really is a cutie!

Congratulations! Trenton passed and received his certificate.

Look at that silly face. We love you, buddy and are glad you are excited to be a Big brother.

Easter 2010

The cousins (Trenton, Chris, Dylan, Maxx) attacking Uncle Brett. I'd like to say that this doesn't happen all that often but that is not the case. The kids love to 'play fight' with Brett. He's a good sport!

Trenton collecting eggs at the Cloverdale Easter Egg Hunt.

Buddies Cole and Trenton.

William and Trenton. Chesse boys!

What a sweet smile!

Baby Shower

Sweet little Debra enjoying the party.

Thanks formaking me drink out of a baby bottle!

My sister-in law, Kellie threw the party and it was fantastic! I received more pink items than I ever thought possible.

Tylee and I had a wonderful baby shower on May 1st. I can't believe that before long she'll be here. It's a little weird to think this will be my last baby/pregnancy ever! Thanks to my wonderful friends and family. You truly are the best!

Trip to McCall

We decided to schedule our last family of three vacation and headed to McCall for the weekend. We stayed at the Wyndham resort again and had a great time. I had been having a lot of contractions so a weekend of relaxtion was just what I needed.

One year ago

One year ago, I received the call that Trenton had a tumor in his chest which lead to a 6 hour surgery, multiple days in PICU and weeks at home in recovery. Looking back, I thank god we made it. Trenton is healthy and doing well. We're still running tests on his thyroid but nothing that is life threatening.
One year ago, Brett was unemployed. We thought this was the end of the world. Funny how things are put into perspective. I guess we needed a reminder that things happen for a reason. He now loves his job and it is so much better for his stress level and for our family.
One year ago we weren't even thinking about adding to our family. Now here I am almost 7 months pregnant and awaiting the arrival of our baby girl, Tylee Lynn. Trenton is ecstatic to have a baby sister and I couldn't be happier. A couple more months and I'll be holding that sweet girl in my arms.
I wonder where we"ll be one year from now...

So I've been busy painting as you can see and it is now finished. I'm quite happy with how it turned out. I still have some work to do but we are well on our way.

Vatoo thinks this room is his. Before long he'll be kicked out (of the room that is)!

I just love the way it turned out. Being a bit of a perfectionist, I did start over several times but I'm gald I did. The flowers weren't easy but they turned out great.

The blanket on the changing table was my baby blanket. I plan to pass it on just as we did by giving Brett's baby blanket to Trenton (which he adores).

The bedding is adorable. It's hard to tell but the pattern on the lamp shade is flowers just like I did on the wall. So fun! Tylee we're just about ready for you!

Sledding in McCall

We took a mini vacation over Spring break to McCall with friends. Trenton loved how fast this sled traveled down the hill. He's become quite the dare devil.

There's my boy!

Come on Tori, pull me up the hill.

Kassidy all decked out in matching gear.

Hey, I've fallen and I'm still smiling!

We love Tori!

Smile Cole!

Thanks girls for a lovely trip!!