Friday, February 26, 2010

Baby News

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29 weeks with Jonas

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30 weeks with Jonas


No pic for 31 weeks. :(

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We leave on Monday morning for a week's vacation in France. We're driving through Dijon, Lyon, and Valence. Spending night in Valence. Driving to Monaco. Spending the night in Beausoliel (very near Monaco). Driving along the Riviera (Nice, Canne, Marseille, Monpellier). Spending the night in Beziers. Driving to and spending the night in Barcelona, Spain. Driving to Limoges, and spending the night in Bellac. Driving to Versailles and spending the night in Paris. Then home. Hopefully it won't take me forever to post pictures. We are all VERY excited!! We'll be on the road a lot. Pray for safe travel and well behaved children!

Ezra's 3rd Birthday

Ezra and Jonas enjoying birthday tacos for dinner.












Ezra's dinosaur cake. Yes, I made it but I got the idea from the internet.












Present opening. We did the ones from Mike and I that evening, but the ones from Nana and Grandpa came a couple days later.







Some Snow

Mike recently won a bunch of awards. Actually, they were all kind of for the same thing, but he kept "competing" at the next level and wining. He won Non-commisioned Officer of the Quarter. He was the winner for the squadron, the group, and the wing. We're very proud!

This winter, Germany (like most of the US) recieved much more snow than usual. Jonas with his teddy bear stuffed into his jacket.












Ezra trudging through the backyard.


The boys welcoming Daddy home from his trip to Spain. Mike brought Ezra some cars and Jonas a puzzle.


Story time on the couch.










Silly boys.



More snowy pictures of the backyard.

Our good friends Travis and Susan invited us out one afternoon to go sledding. They live about 15 min from us, but it's up in the hills and at a higher elevation. So they had more snow and lots of good sledding places. It was lots of fun, but we headed home (walking distance) about 10-15 min too late and got caught in a snow storm that dumped a several inches in just an hour or two. This is their Great Dane, Bella. The boys love her!

The snow storm. Yes, Susan was pulling Jonas and I on the sled. Travis had carried Ezra back through a short cut.








Ezra and me at the bottom of the hill after our run.

Ezra and I before our run.










Jonas and Travis.

Ezra and Jonas. Notice the dark sky in the top right? That was the edge of the storm that continued to get darker and closer.











Travis pulling the boys through town to get to the hills.

It was lots of fun, but I'd forgotten how much work sledding is. You have to climb up those hills if you want to slide down again. Thank goodness for Travis and Susan. They did most of the work with the boys. I just had to concentrate on getting MYSELF and the baby up the hills. :)