Nolan rats out Grandma. "Shoot Mommy!"

Wow, it's been almost a whole month since my last post. I'm so much less motivated to blog when I can't include any of the pictures that I've taken. My computer is completly disassembled and we are still living at my parents house until the wood floors are finished. When will that be? We're hoping before Gabby is due in April. Yeah, depressing, I know.

In the meantime, Nolan has been introduced to a whole host of new movies at Grandma & Papa's house. I headed out to the store to deliver dinner to Martin and get some grocery shopping done so my mom stayed home with Nolan and put on a movie. My mom had been dying to show Nolan Bambi and this was her opportunity.

After some very nice alone time (even if it was at a construction zone of a house and a grocery store) I returned back to my parent's house. When I asked Nolan how the movie was there was a funny pause and exchange of looks between my mom and Nolan. My mom explained that it was all going just fine but when Bambi couldn't find his mommy Nolan got very upset and ran to the door crying, "I go with mommy!" My mom explained to him that I had left quite some time ago and would be back soon. He would have to just wait for me. "He was fine until Bambi couldn't find his mom" she repeated. Nolan looked at her and then back at me with very big eyes, "Shoot Mommy!" he insisted. My mom shrugged and admitted that yes it was the fact that Bambi's mom was shot that had gotten him so upset. "No Grandma, No find" "Shoot Mommy"

He seemed to get over the trauma fairly quickly and it was actually very funny to see him ratting out Grandma and her soft version of the events that had happened that night.

....And We're Outta Here!

Yes, Nolan and I have officially moved out of the house and into my parents house. Martin is still there swimming in cloud of cement dust as he preps the concrete to lay the hardwood floors. Nolan and I miss him TONS!! It's so hard not to complain about him being gone but I have to bite my tounge because he's making such awesome progress and baby Gabby is only 68 days away from arrival. I'm trying to remind myself that it would be much tougher if all this was going on after Gabby arrives. He's even speding his birthday laying floors...poor guy.

Speaking of birthdays....
Apparently the birds and the bees of spring = lots of January birthday's. Nolan and I have been filling the daddy void with birthday cake and ice cream every weekend, sometimes twice in one weekend.

Happy Birthday Grayson & Dixson, Grant, Papa Joyce, Scarlett and Loralai. Not to mention Daddy this weekend!

...and we still have Kennedy, Makena, Mommy, and Grandma Fletcher next month

....followed by the March Monkey Gang!

Let me tell you, Nolan is going to know how to spell C-A-K-E by the time this is all said and done!

Sun and Snow

It has been crazy warm around here lately. We're talking high 70's to low 80's at the beach! Nolan spent Thursday morning in a swim diaper playing with the dogs and his water table out in the courtyard. When I finally put him down for a nap we stayed with the "naked Nolan" theme and he just went to sleep in a diaper.

Funny enough, Thursday was also Snow Day at Farmer's Market. They shipped in something like 15 tons of snow and made play areas for different age groups to frolic in the snow. Nolan equipped himself with gloves and got to spend a whopping 5 minutes in the snow before the next group of kids moved in.

Even though the snow play didn't last as long as we had hoped, there was no shortage of things to do. Nolan spent some time exploring an art gallery that had a designated spot that he could make his own art work on the wall. Unfortunately, the markers were permanent colored Sharpies but not to worry, I'm sure his skin cell will shed and so will the marker on his face ... eventually. Then we were off to Puppet Theater with a storyline very similar to Little Red Riding Hood. Nolan joined in with the "yeah's" "boo's" "yes's" and "no's" and really enjoyed himself. After sampling some fruit, he got to explore a real live fire truck. All in all, it was a pretty fun day for it just being Thursday!

Mommy & Nolan at Puppet Theater

Nolan & Daddy exploring the fire truck

Under Construction

Wow.. It's been over a month since I've last posted in my blog, and with good reason! We are in the process of replacing all of our carpeting with wood floors. The dogs had an accident in our bedroom while we were out of town and I think that was the last straw for us. Dogs, kids and me (the biggest culprit) do not go well with light colored carpet. We're just so tired of cleaning something that is always dirty...even after a good scrubbing. Martin's brother replaced his carpet with Pergo and gave Martin a chance to get his hands dirty at his place before giving it a whirl at our house.

Martin has made great progress on all the prep work. We are now down to just concrete throughout the entire house with the exception of the stairs (for comfort) and our bedroom (for now). Furniture is randomly all over the house and we've had our computer disconnected for a couple of weeks. And I thought caffine withdraw was bad, that ain't nothing next to computer withdraw!

We are motivated by the fear of baby! I am due in just 10 weeks and the floors aren't due to arrive until late January. The wood has been on backorder and the arrival date pushed back twice. Martin is doing all the prep work and installation so I am continually reminding him of the baby countdown. I think I pushed him over the edge when I told him that technically I am full term in just 6 weeks. He threatened to just throw epoxy?..poxy? down on the concrete and call the job done. I think I'll just shut my mouth from here on out.

He's done a great job getting the baby room ready. He did all the painting complete with a highlight wall, blue sky ceiling and crown molding. Wow! Nolan is excited about the changes and loves running around the living room with his baby doll stroller and playing ball with Cody. I think he's going to be the only one bummed about the wood floors going in.

I'll be slowly posting pictures of all our holiday adventures.

Ida-who?

Hannah, Jennifer, Riley & Brenden

Martin, Nolan and I drove all the way to Idaho for Thanksgiving this year to celebrate with my sister's family. We did the drive in one day; 16 hours. My sister bragged to a friend, "My pregnant sister and her husband drove here from California in one day with their 20 month old son." To which he replied, "Are they superhuman or just crazy?

It actually wasn't as bad as we thought. We had some very good travel advice and rest stops recommended by our good friend and neighbor (thanks Steve-o!). The worst part was the meltdown that Nolan had during the last 2 hour stretch. He decided that the only movie he wanted to watch in the car was Nemo. When we said "no" because we had just finished watching it and had a slew of other movies to chose from, he went ballistic! Now we couldn't say "yes" for fear of rewarding such a response, so instead we listened to him cry about Nemo for two hours.

It was so awesome to see my sister & her hubby and all the kids. We were thoroughly spoiled by my sister's gourmet cooking from breakfast to dinner. My parents flew in as well so they all had their hands very full. I'm sure Nolan must now think that his home is sooooo boring after all the fun he had with his cousins. They were all so amazing with Nolan and he couldn't get enough of them. They are all growing up so fast it is amazing. I love them and miss them so much! When we left I did the "ugly cry" in the car for a good 20+ miles. Here are some pics of our amazing trip:

Nolan and Brenden going on a walk. Nolan insisted on going for a walk despite the freezing cold, he cannot stand to stay inside. I, on the other hand, would have been happy to stay inside.


At the Children's Museum: Jennifer, Nolan & Martin blow gigantic bubbles.

Okay, so it may be cold but the colors of fall were beautiful!.

My sister's family is very cool about just sitting around as a family and doing "family things". For example:

Brian with Nolan doing "Old Fashioned Daddy Night", a series of events that Nolan is tossed around with amusing sound effects. This is "shotgun baby".

They also make homemade ice cream by putting all the ingredients in a ziplock bag and then surrounding it with ice and wrapping it up in a series of plastic bags. Then they spend 15 - 20 minutes chucking the bags at each other's heads until the ice cream is thoroughly mixed and then put in the freezer. I was honestly waiting to have to explain this one to the doctor at the E.R. As you can see, even Nolan got into the action.

After Thanksgiving dinner everyone participated in a Talent Show. This was Nolan's final proof that the Weaver family was officially the coolest family he had ever been around. I think this dance was choreographed to a Veggie-Tales song.

Nolan and Daddy playing in tunnels at the Kid's Zone

We also decided to celebrate Christmas while we were there in order to save on the cost of shipping presents to each other. Nolan's favorite gift was his Baby Gigi, his baby doll that we are using to help him prepare for the arrival of baby Gabrielle.

Auntie Fur-Fur & Nolan (Nolan's name for Jennifer)

Turbans and Thriller...Does it get any better?

Ok, so earlier I posted about my best friend's Indian Wedding Reception and mentioned the very cool dance that 10 guys performed for them and how badly I wished I had a video of it. Well guess what just popped up on You Tube!? You really haven't lived until you've seen guys in turbans dancing to an Indian version of Michael Jackson's Thriller. So so super cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ofpO-jtMg

And The Ultrasound Reveals....

It's a foot! Yes, a very cute and adorable foot followed by.....


a spine... as though any child of ours will ever have to prove they have a backbone!

Oh, this is the best part ...

the top of the baby's head with the hand on top. Can you see the little fingers?



Okay, okay ... so the suspense is killing you. It's a.....

smiling tadpole with huge teeth!
No really the big circle in the middle is the the body, the small black hole that looks like the tadpole's eye is the stomach and then if you move up and to the right you can see the Skeletor face with the nose part and and two big eyeballs.

And finally...


a picture of the baby's "girl parts"! At least an 80% chance according to the ultrasound technician. She was very cautious to explain that nothing is 100% but she feels pretty confident that .... It's A Girl!