Classroom visits

T has had a great time visiting my classroom this year. Every once in awhile, Brian will bring him in as I am still wrapping some last minute school work. Here are some pictures and videos of the fun times he's had after-hours in 1A!!

Fun times in Mom's classroom!

Birthdays

We went to celebrate Ali's birthday at a fantastic, family-friendly bowling alley. To say that it's a bowling alley doesn't quite explain it well enough. It's basically an adult and child friendly entertainment extravaganza! There's an arcade, a few bars, a restaurant, along with the actual bowling alley that are laid out in a huge, two-story building. Upon pulling up to the ginormous building, Brian questioned whether we were at the right place, or had just stumbled upon a casino in Beaverton. I've never seen anything like it!


Dad & T practicing their bowling skills


Seriously love this cheesy smile!

Then the next day, we all got the very surprising news that Erin had her baby a month early!! It's a pretty crazy story, as she was scheduled to have her on April 3rd with a repeat C-section, but Quinn decided she wanted to enter the world a little earlier than expected and without surgery! We were all quite surprised, especially since we were all bowling together the night before and talking about people going into labor early and not having a C-section as originally planned. Maybe Quinn overheard our conversations and decided that is the way she wanted to come instead!
Congrats to the Conaways and their new little Quinn!!

One month to go...

It's official! We only have one more month until we meet our sweet little girl. My due date has changed a few times, but now the doctors are set on it being April 16th. So, that means that our repeat C-section will be about one week before - on April 10th! We've met with the doctor who performed the surgery before, along with the help from our family care doctor, and now have the date set! Now let's see if the both of us will make it that long... :) My maternity/spring break begins in two and half weeks, so let's hope we hold out until then! And then it's time to start the nursery (or rather the office/junk room right now). But since this is a crazy time with an unbelievable amount of school work to finish before maternity starts, the nursery will have have to wait until my mind isn't preoccupied with work 9-10 hours a day!

Wow, I am a brave woman for posting this pic of me in my final weeks...this may be my last side shot - yikes!

Grandpa Danner's visit

Grandpa Danner came in for a quick visit this week and we were excited to hang out with him for a few days. Here are a few pics of us at one of his favorite BBQ places - sooo yummy!

So much fun to visit with Grandpa Danner! He knew exactly how to spoil the boys and brought them little toys each day we saw him, plus a soccer ball for Lincoln and T's first baseball glove and ball! Thanks G'pa Danner!!

First haircut!

Today we (finally!!!) went to get Tristan's hair cut for the first time! I tried for months to get Brian to agree to this, so when he finally realized that T's Donald Trump mullet was as bad as I had been saying, he agreed to set up an appointment. I can't believe the difference and how old it makes my big boy look!

Before pics - these do it no justice!

Getting closer!

SO much better!

Cheeeeeeese!!!

Super cool with the sunglasses and new 'do.

Later that night, we went out to the Grand Lodge to see Lincoln's favorite kids' band, Uncle B, Aunt E & J-Dog. T got to show off his new cut there, too!

Grama's birthday weekend

This past weekend, we went up to Seattle to celebrate my Mom's birthday with the fam. As always, it was good times!

The boys love playing together, especially a good game of Foosball! Although I'm not sure they quite get all the rules yet :)

At a great park near where Uncle T went to college. Stunning views!

Trying to spot some wildlife in Grama & Papa's backyard. T doesn't quite get the concept of binoculars yet - you have to look through the lenses, not above them :)

30 weeks

I can hardly believe we have less than 10 weeks left! We are getting closer to meeting our little girl! Tristan is is so sweet with my belly and can point to where the baby is and will give it a kiss, although not sure if he really understands there is a baby in there or if Mom's belly is just called, "baby" :) Either way, it's pretty sweet! My goal is to get a video of this before she makes her arrival!

I'm not a huge fan of this picture, but since I'm trying to document this belly growth, thought I should share. And yes, it looks like the same thing has happened as did with Tristan - my face becomes puffy toward the end of the pregnancy - yuck!!