well it’s official.  we signed the lease and got the keys last friday.  we’re moving into a house for the last two years of phil’s residency!  now, the house itself won’t be winning any beauty pageants any time soon.  it’s old, not updated, and is pretty much the ugliest house on the block. but!  it’s located in a cul-de-sac in a great neighborhood, is across the street from a huge park, has proper washer/dryer hookups, an attached garage, and IS A HOUSE!  our very first one to live in.  everytime phil and i are there, we end up smiling and saying to each other how much we like the place.  and…

so my birthday was a couple of weeks ago, but we weren’t able to celebrate until this past wednesday.  phil managed to plan a little date night for us (hooray!) in the midst of his busy work schedule.  he even arranged babysitting so we could be kid-free (thanks esther for watching the kiddos!). as always, phil managed to keep his plans a secret so i didn’t know where we were headed until we arrived in front of a steakhouse called “flemings”.  mmm, meat. ok, so it could be because it’s been a while since we’ve eaten at a grown-up restaurant and been able to eat our food while it was…

so now that i’m feeling more like my old self, i’ve been on the lookout for some type of exercise class for mikey to burn off some of his boundless energy.  the idea of mikey getting to run around while someone else kept up with him– very appealing.  a couple friends suggested a program called “soccer for tots”, a 45-minute weekly class that introduces the basics of soccer to 3-5 year olds.  perfect!  except that i signed up a bit late and it didn’t look like we’d get a spot until the summer.  but then i got a call last week saying they had a cancellation and mikey was first on the waiting…

this is a bit out of order, but i still wanted to post pics anyway… we were able to go with my brother’s family to big bear for a weekend ski trip.  actually, only johnny and phil ended up hitting the slopes, but we had a great time together just hanging out, watching movies, talking, eating deeelicious food (is it just me or is food eaten over the weekend in a cabin especially yummy?), playing games (after the kids went to bed- yahoo!), and enjoying the snow.  the time went by far too quickly. we didn’t go skiing, but phil found a place nearby for us to go tubing.  here are…

well, i’ve made it to the halfway point with our little one.  been feeling muuuuch better ever since week fifteen, though the extra energy never did kick in.  i’m still exhausted most days!  but that could very well have more to do with a certain 3-year-old and an almost 2-year-old since i’ve been tired even before getting pregnant. i’ve been feeling lots of kicks and bumps in there.  this one could be our most active one yet!  yikes.    my dad predicted about a month ago that we’d be having a little boy, or in his words, “a very wild boy, just like his grandpa” based on a dream he said…