Lemons

Wednesday morning a week ago we got a great big welcome to homeownership in a word; WATER. There was lots of it too. The hose on the back of our fridge burst and leaked enough to saturate the sub-floor which means that, "everything has to come out." What new homeowner wants to hear those words? You can see the water stains in some of the pictures as well as the piles of debris from tearing out the floor. They did try and save the tile, but it had to come out too.
It is kind of hard to tell, but plywood shouldn't be that dark. So we got to move everything back out one month after we just moved it in.

A little Bit of Sugar
On the other hand we do get to pick the flooring that goes back in so there is some truth to the afore mentioned statement by an enviously optimistic person.

Then there is the kids who make life the sweetest. I noticed in the other pictures that Eleanore looks a little angry so I wanted to post some where she was at least not scowling. You all know how cooperative infants are for picture taking so I did my best.


One More 'Sweet' thing
Since there is a gecko living on our kitchen table who leaves no room for plates we decided to have dinner outside on our deck. We moved an end table out there and threw together a surprisingly nice Sunday dinner. Steak on the grill, potatoes, and sparkling cider. All in all I thought it was rather picturesque. I didn't even have to worry about dirty little hands afterwards.

Welcome Home

Hello again everyone. It has been a crazy month between a new baby, moving and unpacking, and a baby blessing. It is surprising what good motivation having company is to unpacking. Still I wasn't able to get everything done, but at least it was livable. This is our new home.
I don't have a picture of the front view, but the porch goes all along the front of the house. It is a 3 bed 2.5 bath. We have a small back yard with a fence to keep Wyatt in. The front yard has tiny little blades of grass finally, which we are excited about. It is so nice to be out of an apartment, and most importantly off the third floor.

It was great to have everyone here for Eleanore's blessing. Grandma and Grandpa Hill came and my mom and dad. Also Uncle Craig and Aunt Jana. Our little house absorbed all those people pretty well. Josh's sister and her husband, as well as some family friends were able to come to dinner afterwards so our house was officially the fullest it has every been. It is so nice to have family and friends around for special occasions.

Eleanore is getting bigger by the day. I don't know if they measured her correctly in the hospital because at the 2 week visit she was 20 and a half inches long. I've never seen a baby grow 3 inches in 2 weeks, but hey who am I to say? Here is a picture of her in her blessing dress and a picture of Wyatt standing on the big rock in the front yard.
An updated family picture in front of the star on our porch. (I really like the star)
Playing with family. Wyatt had a lot of fun playing with "nonnen" as he calls Jocelyn.

Survival of the Trenches

Emma Eleanore Werner

Born Saturday, March 29th at 4:22 A.M.

She is a whopping 17.5 inches long and weighs 7 pounds 15 ounces

Well we all made it out of the trenches alive, and we have a baby and only a few battle scars to show for it. She has a purple beanie in stead of a purple heart but hey, I'll take it. Maybe she'll get her purple heart for valor in battle with Wyatt who can't quite decide if she is a doll or a real baby.


Right now everyone is sleeping and after I eat something, and take some pain killers, I'll join the ranks. This is a picture of my squadron doctor and nurse included.


Enjoy everyone and please excuse the cheezy references to battle survival. The sad part is that they have their place. Oh p.s. were going to call her Ella

Easter Fun for the Future Acupuncturist

Easter came with a blizzard so it didn't feel too much like spring, but it was still nice enough to go outside. A few days ago Wyatt got into my sewing stuff and pulled out all of the pins. I knew that the quiet was too good to be true. So he had all of my pins sticking into my mattress. I'm lucky I found them all without having to sit on them.












As for Easter, we got a kite for the family and have enjoyed being outside.

It has been a lot of fun.
Wyatt even got to fly it. He was a little distracted by all of the people playing soccer and basket ball, but he had fun.









Speaking of balls, Wyatt got a basket ball for Easter and I thought that he would be very excited, but he walked up to his Easter bowl chucked the ball over his shoulder and had three pieces of candy in his mouth in the next second. It was pretty funny.Wyatt didn't think his new suit was funny. He kept pulling at his tie and saying, "hurts". I personally thought THAT was pretty funny. His tie only lasted 10 minutes into sacrament meeting, but he looked good for the picture. Anyway it's been a good Easter and I'll be glad when I can chase the kite without a baby in my belly. Only 2 weeks to go. YEAH!

A little early for the Beach

We all needed an outing on Saturday so we went to the lake. It was really pretty warm even though it was cloudy. The lake is really low. I guess I was expecting the spring run off to have it full, but spring isn't quite here yet. Every time I think spring has arrived it starts to snow. Grandma Hill sent some early easter toys so we had to go try them out. I think Josh had just as much fun as Wyatt. Especially when I quit taking pictures. Wyatt ended up with sand everywhere and wet feet. He kept running out in the water to throw rocks in the water. He is getting to be quite the little boy and thus a big handful.