Sarah Palin Video

A good friend of mine from UCSD recently traveled to Wasilla Alaska to help create a documentary of sorts about the life of Sarah Palin. Here is a clip; its pretty interesting. I have friends with great talents!
http://wasillaproject.typepad.com/

The seasons are changing...

........and so are we!!!! Here are some
pictures from our fun sick free weekend!

Avalinea is growing up so fast!
She will be 9 months old this week!



Joshie would rather take pictures than be in them,
but I got a smile out of him a time or two this
weekend for the camera


He was enthralled with Uncle Ron's Bow and arrow....


....and Mom's Cheshire cat visor

Our House! (sort of) ;-)

So below are some pictures of our up and coming house! We got to go to the design center today which was so much fun! It was like being on a shopping spree (within our small budget of course). Here are some pics of the stuff we chose!



Here is our carpet, paint color for the walls and
our wood flooring for the dining room, kitchen,
and half bath down stairs.


This is our Vinyl flooring for the bathrooms, and
laundry room. The countertop for the bathrooms
and Kitchen is on the top and the cabinet sample for
the whole house is on the right.


This is our master bathroom layout. Our walk
in closet is behind Josh. it is the size of a small
nursery!


Other side of master bath. We do not have the
window above the bath in our home.


Kitchen cabinets


Layout of our kitchen- I am really excited about
have the bar to eat at. (the post wont be there
it is just holding up the counter while the glue dries)


This is actually our same model, though we have a smaller porch. These are also the colors we chose.

I hope you all will come and visit when we finish at the end of February!!!

Shameless Plug

If you want to see greats thing happen in the next 4 years; then you all know what you need to do in a short two months time.....
Obama for President!!!!!

House and Joshie updates

Well yesterday we took the plunge into home ownership! We bought the house! Although, it is NOT the one on our previous blog, we decided to go with one floor plan up, so it is actually a little bigger :) You can go to this website to see the floor plan: http://www.bigghomes.com/concord.php

On a not so great note, Joshie had more tests at the hospital yesterday that revealed that he has Vesicoureteral Reflux. Basically meaning that his urine is being pushed back into his kidneys instead of leaving his body. This is why he had the massive kidney infection recently. Over time, it can cause kidney scarring, and with enough scarring can cause kidney failure. We are waiting on the doctors phone call to tell us where we go from here. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

Recent Kid pics

Both kids are doing well- Joshie is finally recovering from his bout of hospital visits and illnesses, we have some diagnostic testing this week to complete but hopefully after that we will have some answers on why he has had his most recent problems.


Avalinea is 7 months old already! And just recently learned how to sit up! She is also babbleing Da-da-da all the time. Why do babies always say that first?!? She is a very happy baby, except at around 9 pm every night when she is ready for bed. I can't believe she is 7 months already, why can't pregnancy go this fast?

My babies (well one is not such a baby anymore)

I'm so grateful for my beautiful babies! They bring joy to my life everyday and even though being a mother is the hardest thing I have ever done, it the most rewarding as well. I love seeing Joshie learn new things everyday and become more of a little boy. (with quite the attitude at times! - he must get that from his dad ;) ) And Avalinea is just such a happy baby, she is all smiles for us and loves to play. We have been greatly blessed to have such even tempered and loving children!