Albuquerque's International Balloon Museum

Yesterday Brandon and I were feeling a little bored and needed to get out of the house and do something fun. We decided since it was too cold to go to the park or for a walk why not go to the Albuquerque International Balloon Museum. Neither of us have ever been there and we found out that the 1st Friday of every month is free admission. We had a great time looking around and learning some interesting history on all different types of balloons. Owen had a great time running around touching everything he could get his little hands on. All in all it was a very nice afternoon and a great way to spend some spare time as a family. Here is Owen and Daddy flying a balloon. Owen and I building a hot air balloon out of Lego's. My little climber.Brandon chillin in a balloon. Don't worry, Owen can't do any harm in this picture. The fire extinguisher is just part of the props for the display. I wouldn't let him touch it otherwise.

Owen was dancing to the back round music of this balloon video, but of course he stopped when I was trying to get a picture.Owen had so much fun touching everything there was to touch. I think Owen thought he was "ready to fly"!After this very embarrassing Break-Down in the middle of the floor we decided it was probably time to head home for the day. The joys of toddlers!

My 1st Sewing Class

Some of you may think I am a big nerd, but o' well. Brandon got me a very nice sewing machine for Christmas since sewing is something I have always wanted to learn to do. I enrolled myself in a 4 week sewing class at one of the fabric stores here. Here is a picture of me heading off to class. I know I look like a huge dork, but really I had a blast! I am learning how to make a purse and pretty soon we are going to have curtains in every room of my house! Brandon has no clue what he is getting himself into by letting me take these classes. Look back in 3 weeks to see my completed purse.

Takin' a Bath in the Sink...

Since I have been extremely paranoid lately about getting Owen's ears wet after getting his tubes put in, I have been bathing him in the kitchen sink. He looks very confused every time we do it, but I think he is starting to get used to it! After his 2 week check-up this coming Thursday he can head back to the big boy tub, but until then this is what we will be doing...

Owen's Surgery

Sorry I didn't have a chance to let everyone know when Owen's surgery would be, but the doctor called us on Tuesday saying they could either do his tubes on Thursday or in late March! We chose Thursday so we didn't have to battle another 3 more ear infections until then, so needless to say we didn't have much time to prepare for this! We went in at 6:00 on Thursday morning to have the procedure done. It was so cute cause they made us take him back and put on a little hospital gown on him before his surgery. He looked adorable in it! He had all the nurses in love with him in the pre-op waiting area. He was running all around, dancing and flirting with all the nurses since we had to wait 1.5 hours before his surgery started. The saddest part was at 7:30am when we had to hand Owen over to the anesthesiologist to have them put him to sleep and start his surgery. He was reaching and crying for us and of course I lost it. I spent my time in the waiting room crying my eyes out while Brandon kept reassuring me that God was right their with him on the operating table. They called us back about 15 minutes later to go see Owen in recovery, it was a super quick procedure. He did rather well waking up out of his anesthesia. He cried for about 5 minutes because it was such a strange feeling and he had no clue where he was. We stayed with him in recovery for about half an hour and then they released him to go home. It was a long draining & emotional morning, especially for a prego lady, but everything went great! We brought him home, put him down for a nap to wear off the medicine and he was pretty much back to normal by the time he woke up. My heart really goes out to those people with sick children in the hospital. We are truly blessed this was such a minor procedure, but even this drained me emotionally, it breaks my heart to pieces seeing sick children, but it really hurts when its your own. The reassurance of God's promise in Philippians 4:6 & 7 really guided me through this entire process, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, be prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to the God. And the Peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Jesus Christ." Thanks everyone for all your prayers!Here we are getting his gown on him. All dressed and ready to go.His cute little ankle bracelet.You don't normally see patients so happy to be in the hospital!Keeping himself entertained.The hospital staff was so nice and gave us lots of things to play with while we were waiting.Here he is in the recovery room with his oxygen tube. He looks super out-of-it, poor baby. He sure loved his oxygen and cried super hard when they had to take it away

Happy Birthday Brandon!

Yesterday we celebrated Brandon's 28th Birthday. His actual Birthday was Thursday, but unfortunately we were in the hospital with Owen getting tubes put in his ears, so we postponed the celebration a day! We went to dinner at Red Robin with my parents, grandma, and our very good friends Paul, Colette and their son Zach. We figured Red Robin was super kid friendly and loud enough to handle our 20 month old son! Anyway, after dinner we came back to our house for Presents, Ice Cream Cake and Games. Brandon got so many wonderful bday gift that included, a couple new winter sweaters, a video game he has been dying for, a new shirt and tie for work, a couple ipod accessories, and tons of Broncos apparel including; shirts, pj pants, a hat, a tie, and a cover for his ipod! He was so happy with all his gifts and wanted me to send a BIG THANKS to everyone! After his presents we ate an ice cream cake I made for him and then played our new favorite game, Mexican Train! It was a great night and Brandon really enjoyed his special day.

Babysitting Abby

So I am super behind on my blogging once again so here we go. Last Saturday night our very good friends Jon & Jess decided it was long overdue for a date night. So since Owen and their daughter Abby play together all the time we decided to watch her while they went to dinner and a movie. The kids had a blast together! They played very well together and didn't even fight over toys, which is amazing with these two. They ate dinner together, played their little hearts out and then we put them both to bed. It turned out to be a great night. Here are some pics from the evening.If one wants up, so does the other! Boy, my hands are gonna be full when the next one comes. O yea, Abby's mom is expecting another baby too six weeks after me! It is so fun having each other to raise our kids together.Here they are shooting hoops!Now on to racing cars on the tile.Then peek-a-boo in the tent.

And then on to the slide. Wow, these two are busy bodies!And finally a little quiet time before bed. Here they are watching an Elmo movie for 15 minutes before we laid them both down. So cute!