Travel Tip, Please

So, exciting news this time is that Kevin has an interview in Hampton, Virginia. We're hoping to make it a family trip because I have never been out there and it is a perfect excuse to see Auntie Jenni. The question this time is related to travelling with a nearly 2 year old. Of those of you who have travelled with little tykes, what works better for long flights, through the night or daytime flights? It will be AT LEAST 7 hours on a plane with at least 1 plane change. Do I gamble that she will sleep some if we are late at night, or am I asking for trouble. I hadn't even considered the night option (leave here around 10 pm and get there around 8 am) but there are some cheap flights and...well, let me know what you think. I haven't ever flown with a kid for more than a couple of hours. Help! :o)

Good News for the Day!

Kevin was invited for his first Pharmacy School interview!
We're excited at the idea of someone giving us a chance! :o) We'll be a lot more excited when we get an admission letter, but we're working on enjoying the ride. Challenge is, how do you go to interviews for less than a thousand dollars? Sheesh. We're trying to make plans and I don't know how people afford to go to a ton of interviews. Speaking of cutting costs, does anyone have family or friends in Laramie, Wyoming? or even tips on cheap rental cars in Denver or anything at all, maybe someone owns a personal jet? Anyone? Well, we'll figure this out...let us know if you have any tips.

Enough Suspense Already!

It's a BOY! We're so excited!
(But let's be honest, we would have been either way.)

That's our news. Here are a few pictures...nothing more to say today.

(3D Ultrasounds are kind of freaky to some, amazing to others. If you are one that hates them, reserve your comments for another day.)
This ultrasound was amazing and we saw so much more of this baby than we did with Madi's ultrasound. Unfortunately, the regular shots were not very good because this baby was snuggled into my sides and would not move for more than a second at a time. Poor kid, we were literally poking and prodding to get him to move just enough for one picture. He was moving and kicking almost the whole time, but his face was in it's place and he did NOT want to move it.
I love this next one...enough pictures already, I was taking a nap!

My New Years Resolutions

In this season of New Year's resolutions, personal improvement and self-mastery I would like to personally admit that I love elastic waist band pants. Yes, only at certain season, but this is one of them. I also love chocolate and naps during the day (I bet I could nap more than Madi if it weren't for the guilt). Many of you are thinking, "how dare Kristen remind me how great naps are, I need to be on my elliptical" and to that I say... I have no remorse. I just love naps. I too should be on an elliptical, but my goals are different than yours. You are probably making some goal about losing weight, or eating better, right? Well, I should too. But I'm not. My goal is to gain weight. And eventually lose it. So that you don't think I am anti-ambition or anti-new years resolutions, I too will publicly make one:

In 2010 I will gain weight. I will gain weight until May. In mid-May I will lose approximately 8 pounds (hopefully a lot more, but let's be conservative). By October I intend to weigh what I weighed in October of 2009. I think that is fair, ambitious for me, but I need goals.

So why would anybody be dumb enough to admit liking elastic waist band pants and planning to gain weight...well, you probably know by now. I'm pregnant. Yep, number 2 is in the oven. Half baked in fact. When I am at the other computer and not delirious because I am so tired I will post a picture and tell you the gender, but I think you deserve a little suspense.

Congratulations to all of you who have real resolutions, I do have some more serious ones too, I just needed to let you all know about the impending bundle of joy. I've been trying to think of a cleaver or cute way to announce, but as you see, I've given up. I'll just blog-ramble until the truth is out. Check back later for an ultrasound picture update...until then I will be sleeping.

What do your kids do first thing in the morning?

Well, ours started a new routine today. Madi started her day off by putting on her princess life jacket and playing Mario Kart. I noticed it was really quiet and wondered what kind of mess she must be making but when I found her in the living room happily driving the Mario Kart demo I was relieved. I'm not a video game type of person, but boy was her dad proud!


And yes, I still know I never wrote update part two...sorry. Maybe I'll get to it some time, maybe not. I hate writing updates, so maybe I'm better off just writing random posts without thought for accurate history.