I'm Twooo-rific!

I have finally finished Jonathan's yearly video...from age 2-3. What a year! He is such a funny little...I guess I should say "BIG" kid since he is in the 95% for height and weight. (I finally made it in to his 3 year old check up....6 months late!) What a beast! I love having such huge kid. He has really livened up our family. We are very grateful for him and are looking forward to what the next year brings. It is always a surprise with our Jonathan. :)

Jonathan's DVD

I have gone where I have never gone before....into the world of a dvd slideshow. My friend's daughter made one for Christmas and it inspired me to make one of my own, with the help of a program of course. So...here is one of them that I created for Jonathan. It is from his 1st- 2nd birthday. It is 10 minutes long, and Nathan says it is the longest 10 minutes of his life. So...it is more for me to document it than for anything else. Jonathan loves to watch it...so that is a bonus!

The Best Day Ever

What was "The best Day Ever" according to Nathan? It was his 9th Birthday. Trents sister Sherida and her family (4 kids! and one on the way) made it into town for Christmas. They came over in the morning and played. We visited Grandma Kunz. We went to Wendy's where he ate 4 orders of chicken nuggets and a Frosty. (We love the $1 menu) Then we went bowling. Sherida's kids had never gone before so it was a real treat. Here is Nathan showing off his bowling moves.


The bowling alley had a cool little ramp thing that the ball went on so Trent could bowl. Trent beat everyone..."humbly" of course. Not! I wonder where Nathan gets his competitiveness from?

Grandpa Kunz gearing up for his turn

Sherida aka "The Pregnant Lady"Ross and ChristianMe and Jonathan. Notice all the wet spots on my shirt? I had just wrestled with Jonathan as he was throwing a ROYAL fit out in the van while I was trying to change a massive poopy diaper. My left hand had his ankles like a calf holding on for dear life as he arched and tried to roll, and poop was flying everywhere. He was hysterical, his cheeks are still red from the fit in this picture, and his head it all sweaty. The wet spots were where I literally had chunks of poop on my sweater. grrrrr! Even though I gave it a thorough washing in the bathroom it still smelled like poop, or maybe it was the poop underneath my FINGERNAILS! Poop and Vomit...story of my life I tell ya.

Eleri crashed on the floor. I wish I could do that

The final scores. Trent won with a score of 91. I had to remind him that he played with the kids so he beat a bunch of kids. Save the victory dance. :)Grandma's house for tacos.Opening presents. Trent always hated getting books for any holiday, so we had him open them first. Nathan was "gracious" and "acted" grateful.
Now this is what we're talkin about. He was much more excited about a Wii gameAnd yet another Wii game! Oh yeah! I found out my brother in law works for EA sports so we got great deals for birthday and christmas. Hallalujah!

Root beer Floats

Trent "showing" off.

Grandpa Kunz and his little hop kick type of bowling.

When I asked Nathan about his birthday, he told me "It was the best day ever". It doesn't get much better than that.

Older and Wiser?

I feel so different today. (Not) I am so much older, AND wider...I mean Wiser. :) Yep...it's my birthday. Here are some facts about that day, other than the most glorious one of all...that I was born.

# 1 song "Me and Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul. Never heard of it (Frankly I like the#1 on December 9th. "I am woman!" Yeah...much better. Even the song after my birthday is "You're so Vain". I'd take that one too)

Headlines: U.S.S.R performs Nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk. I KNEW that the earth shook when I arrived. Thought it was my magnetic personality, or gaseous abilities. heh heh.

It was a good day today. Robin had a breakfast for me with a couple of friends. Bacon, french toast, fruit salad, coffee cake, orange juice, cranberry juice AND for dessert she had her husband make me this absolutely TO DIE FOR chocolate flourless cake. Oh my. I am eating it as I type this. I can literally feel the yummy fat finding its way to my thighs. Bring it on baby! Trent and I went to the mall over the weekend (I am so NOT a mall girl...they drive me crazy. Shopping is of the devil) to buy some new jeans. I have been wearing my fat girl jeans and feeling like a total frump girl (My Big Fat Greek Wedding). We found some cute ones that look good (as good as they can over my "volumptuous" figure) and are a little bit tight. There is a price to pay for lookin good I guess. I think I'll only wear those when we go out on a date or something. Frump girl by day, Trophy Wife by night.

Nathan said to me, "You were born in 1972? That is like so 80's" I guess I need to work on some addition with him. That is his new quote though. All the kids say it around here for anything that is "old" in their eyes. "That is so 80's" Wow...I loved everything about the 80's. I'd take my stretch pants, big sweaters with a huge belt over it, and leg warmers any-day baby! And not to mention my BTH (bangs to heaven). Aqua Net was a staple in my house. Those were the days....

I'm "One-derful"

Jonathan is one! OK...so he turned one in June, and I have been planning to do a wonderful blog post with lots of pictures (one from every month, but some months I didn't even take a picture...too zombie like I guess) and graphics....well...that ain't' gonna happen folks, so I just better write about it and add some pictures, before he graduates from highschool. :)

I can NOT believe that a year has gone by. Jonathan is such a little character and has really changed the dynamic of our family. I did not realize that Trent and I were acting like old farts, until Jonathan was born and it whipped us back into shape REAL quick. He has kept us on our toes, and has brought a lot of love and laughter (and tears sometimes) to our household. The best part of all though, has been to watch Nathan and Jonathan interact this past year. In the beginning, Nathan was wondering if this little thing would ever stop crying and could start playing together. It warms my heart to watch them chase each other and wrestle, and laugh, and read, and spend time together. Jonathan adores Nathan, and Nathan adores him. It is so fun to watch at the window for Nathan to come home. Jonathan jumps up and down and squeals with delight. He is just a wonderful little guy, and we are grateful to have him in our family. Here are some pictures from the past year.

8 hours old!




3 months




4-6 months

9 months

One year old!