Notes...

Jack and I went to Valleyfair last week with my mom. She takes her class every year, so we go to keep her company. I was surprised we were able to do as much as we did.

Other miscellaneous happenings in Jack's life...balls and cars - that's where it's at!

First big boy haircut with Grandma Douglas...a wonderful lady who has adopted Jack as her church grandchild. Here's before and after...

We are getting a new camera soon. So then the pictures will be better hopefully!

Jack golfing

Well when it rains, it pours. Three blogs in a day. But here is Jack in his first golfing experience at 15 months. Remember this when he is like Tiger someday, and we are living off his winnings! HA We're still trying to figure out - is he lefthanded? HMM

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Why do kids always get the sickest on the weekends when nothing is open except for the emergency room? After calling the nurse line, we ended up taking Jack to the emergency room around 9 pm Friday night for his cough and wheezing. He had shortness of breath, and it scared me. But of course, he loved every second of it. And the doctors thought he was pretty funny, too. They have lots of tools and "toys" there. We found out the breathing was just related to his Bronchiolitis (baby bronchitis), so there's no asthma or pneumonia. And thank the Lord for drugs that clear things up pretty quickly. So he and I are both on our way back from nasty colds. But I'm glad Matt took some pictures.

Jack and his girlfriends

Jack, Lexi, and Lindsay were all born within a month of each other. So the moms and I have bonded through our pregnancy issues - and did we all have them! It is so fun for me to watch them together since they are all so close in age. They're all doing the same things!

Here's Jack and Lexi hugging.


Me babysitting! HA! Actually they don't have that long of an attention span, so the TV wasn't on that long. They can sit through Elmo, and that's about it. This is right after Elmo's World.

Even though this is blurry (we need a new camera), he is trying to put her pacifier in her mouth.

This is Jack and Lindsay. These two are too quick to catch in the hugging action.

Thanks to Dad and Mom Hanks we got new living room furniture - a chair, a couch, and end table - beautiful! And thanks to the President Bush economic stimulus package, we got a new ottoman. Definitely coming along! I love it all! Couldn't be happier!

So we get new neighbors this week in the downstairs apartment - John and Kristen Ball - missionaries to Uruguay, and their two kids Elli and Jake. We will have so much fun with the kids and of course John and Kristen, too. So we're very excited to have them close and to watch their progress as they make their way to Uruguay.

Open House

We are gearing up for an open house so that the church can check out what's been done to the house. Also we have our downstairs buddies moving out. The Harmons are at 100% and going to Uruguay. How exciting! But we have really enjoyed this little time that we have had with them here in the house. And then we will have the Balls moving in - also missionaries to Uruguay. They will be living in the downstairs apartment while they are on deputation. It's kind of comforting to hear other people moving around sometimes when you're alone in this big house. So the house is as it is. Still a work in progress - still need curtains and living room furniture. OK those are just things I really want but not necessary to live, I guess. But we really love living here. It's so peaceful and such a nice, large open room for company. We have been inviting the church people over little by little; and I am slowly getting over my fear of cooking for large groups. Of course, Matt is a huge help!

So we have been busy. May might be a little quieter for us than April. Here's hoping! We definitely picked up in our busyness since moving over, but it's church stuff and that's what we wanted and love.

Vacation

Well, we are back from sunny Florida. Sorry we didn't bring any sun back with us, but glad that at least it is in the 50s now! Here is a picture of Jack's first time at the beach. He didn't start out this happy, but ended up loving it.



We did lots of fun things, but mostly just enjoyed being outside in the warm weather. We were able to stay with Uncle LA LA and Carol which was more beautiful than a hotel. They live on 2 golf courses with everything you can imagine to do. We went to Sea World, Busch Gardens, and Cypress Gardens. And then shopping and the beach, and of course Matt got some golfing in! How fun! Nice that we missed the 10 inches of snow here and that it's mostly melted now. Hopefully that will continue, and we can have green here ourselves soon!

Happy Easter!

Here are some pictures of our new place. We still have some things to do, but at least we are in and it's a start.

And here's our little Easter Bunny!