Goodbye/Hello

These books have been our life in this house that past two months



UNTIL...

This past week Jaren found a new love. I've never been the biggest fan of this book, but when the little old lady says "hush" and then Jaren says
"HHHH u SHSHSHSH" It is so darn cute, I'll read this book over and over and over. Thank you Puetz family for the book - Jaren loves it!

Comforter

Here it is folks our new babies comforter. I will clarify why I'm posting this now. Mark and I have picked this out as our non-gender specific comforter. While we believe this to be perfect we know some will believe it is more boy than girl. I am posting this now BEFORE we have our sonogram so that NOONE can try to say that we really know what we are having when we don't.

Our sonogram is a week from today and we are both VERY excited to get to see our baby. The last time we had a sonogram was at 5 weeks and it literally looked like a peanut. Which is the closest thing to a name or a nickname the baby has at this point. At my work that is what the baby is called "peanut" because of the sonogram.

Anyway here it is. We are getting excited to paint the new room using this as our inspiration. We have bought a new desk "office system" (pictures to come) and are in the process of cleaning out the bedroom so we can paint.

Christmas

Here is a not so brief slideshow of our Christmas activities.

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Dec. stuff

Here are some random pictures from December. Aside from battling my rash on my bottom and cheeks we had a WONDERFUL month.

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random pictures

Here are a few pictures to share.

Our family


My Whole Family


The original 6


Mom and Dad


Jaren in the Whea


Another in the wheat

New Years

A friend from Marks work had us and a few other people over for New Year's and we had a FANTASTIC time.

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KC trip in October

In October Mark, Jaren and I took a trip down to KC to visit Kelsey and Marshal and take in a Cheifs game. We had a great time and it was extra exciting to see Michael carrying the flags at the Cheifs game. This was Michaels second year to try out for and make the team.

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Well Baby

Jaren's appointment went well today.

He got two shots, but passed everything else with flying colors.

He is only saying verbally 6 words and they were hoping for 7, but Doc said that the 19 words he is signing count so we are well above where we need to be.

The only concern is that Jaren does a lot of breathing through his mouth and that he snores. This means that his adenoids are probably to big and will require surgery to remove, but NOT at this point. Thank goodness, not sure I could do that.

Just wanted to let you know.

Oh, and he lost weight - he is only in the 76th percentile for weight now, but his head is still in the 95th percentile!!!

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What a date huh???

Yesterday was a neat day not only because of the date, but because it was Jaren's 1/2 birthday. That is right my baby is one and a half. I can't believe how fast time has grown and him. He is so big and can do SO many things. Now if only we can master the art of verbal communication. I put it that way because sign language is pretty well mastered. Now we just need him to say those words as well. He does say some words: Momma, Daddy, Yeah, night night, bye bye, but can sign MANY MORE. Just to name a few: in, out, on, tree, milk, all done, more, please, thank you, up, momma, daddy, and more. Jaren's well baby visit is tomorrow so we will see what they have to say about his development and how concerned they are or aren't about his verbal communication.

Cute story. I was not feeling the best last night so retired to bed before Mark and Jaren. Mark told me this a.m. that during night time prayers last night, which we are all three normally a part of, about half way through Jaren stated signing mommy :) That could break my heart, because as you all know, Jaren is a HUGE, that is an understatement, Daddy's boy, so for him to be with daddy and asking for me is pretty special.

And, of course we can't forget about my other baby - yesterday was my 17 week date. We are really trucking along.


Here is a little picture overview of Jaren's first year and a half via the pictures from my cell phone.

1st birthday cake


Sleeping away


I love hanging out in my stroller and have for a long time.


Just a happy boy


Daddy was on a road trip and I was talking to him on the phone.


Playing with mommy


Getting some sun for my jaundice


Doing to splits


Shopping with mommy


Playing on mommy and daddy's bed


I'm such a big boy sitting up.


And people wonder where I got my nickname hause - a - potamus (I'm sure I spelt that wrong)


Trying on a new sun hat

baby update

I had a doctors appointment on Thursday and here is the news.

I now weigh more than I ever have in my life. :)
I am measuring two weeks farther along than we are :)
The babies heartbeat is GREAT!!!
I am healthy :)

All good news.

We have scheduled the sonogram for Feb. 3rd and NO we are NOT finding out what it is.

Random pictures

Monica and Hayden playing games on Thanksgiving.

Alli at Thanksgiving

Bri and Jenna hanging out at Thanksgiving

Ava and Jaren taking advantage of the adults being distracted by a game!!!

Jaren just looking cute one morning in his gear!

Whitney's wedding

This slideshow is from my cousin Whitney's wedding this summer. It was a great time!!! We have no volume on our computer currently so if they videos are no good sorry and they aren't the best color anyway, but still wanted to share.

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