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I'm in the paper! You can read the article here... I'm sure this page will change so if you don't see a story about Photo Card Cafe' that's why. :)

My friend Sara and I were hoping to get in a newspaper so we could drive traffic to the website. So yay! It's a first step hopefully to getting into some bigger publications.

Speaking of driving traffic to the website, I thought I would ask my friends and fellow blog stalkers to add Photo Card Cafe' to their links list if they want. Absolutely no pressure but if you feel like doing it it could help us get a few more hits. Here's the link: Photo Card Cafe'.

We've got some new photo Easter cards and also some new photo wedding save the dates....all of which were designed my some of our friends. Good work people!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We hope you all have a happy love day!

Yesterday we had has some friends over to make valentines. I think we learned that 2 and 3 year old boys are WAY more interested in playing in the back yard than making 12 valentines for the kids at school! haha. So the mom's ended up doing most of the work! Oh well!

Here is a video from Chase to all the people that he loves!

Baby Watterson Photos!

So we have an AWESOME friend who is a sonographer and she took us up to have an ultrasound of baby Watterson. Well guess what! IT'S A GIRL! Yay pink! You may now start refering to baby Watterson as Ava! She was very squirmy while we did the ultrasound. I loved watching her little legs kick! Chase was more interested in all the cool equipment in the room than looking at a boring black and white screen of a blurry baby....but hey he's 2. What do you expect. Preston and I are both really excited. After the initial excitement Preston actually said, "oh man, we need to start a wedding savings account." haha. What a dad!



Here are a few pics of her:

In other news, Chase spent a night with Aunt Wendi and Uncle Wade (read more about that on Wendi's blog) and then a week with Mimi and Papa. Here are some pics from that:

Pregnancy Update....and other things

1) Second Trimester Here we come!
That's right! Twelve weeks and into the 2nd trimester. I'm starting to show more and more....even if I'm still one of the only ones that can really tell. Though someone did ask me at the gym if I was pregnant...so there's proof that I have an official baby belly going on! (And they were really brave to ask me that at this point....what if I had said no?) I'm still having some really bad days but I'm starting to have more and more good days. I haven't thrown up in 5 days! Woo-hoo! (Although yesterday was a little shaky after I very stupidly ate some guacamole....NOT a good idea.) The baby is about 2 inches long now and growing very fast!

I know I've had lots of requests for a baby blog like last time but the truth is I just really don't have time to keep it up like I should....I'll post updates on here though as often as I can. Last time I was working away from home and like any good employee I updated the blog at work....now I have a home business and a 2 year old.

2) Hockey

So Chase likes to go to hockey games! We went with some friends this weekend and had a great time! Chase is very serious as he watches....you might not think he was having fun....but then he talks about how great it was for days!

Here he is with his friend Alex:

3) Where is Spring?

The only thing worse than getting out in 18 degree weather is getting out with a kid in 18 degree weather. We can get all bundled up and get in the car in the garage which isn't that bad but then when you get where ever you are going you can't just get out and run in. Like today for instance I took Chase to Son Shine School. I get out and have to go around, open the front door and get the bag and lunch, open Chase's door and unbuckle him, put his gloves back on him because of course he had to suck his thumb in the car, get him down with one hand and drag him across the parking lot while he's saying "I hold you, I hold you." "No, Chase just run it's warm inside....lets go fast it will be fun." " I hold you, I hold you." "No come on look how fun this is!" Is that considered a lie?....I mean it WAS NOT FUN. :) But once we were inside all was well and he made a bee line to his class and started playing with his friends.....and I ran back to the car and got right in....no car seat for the next 5 hours!

4) New Look

What do you think about the new look for the blog? I had this whole other design done that I was not able to use. Blogger has changed a lot since I first started posting. I thought I would be able to just add the HTML that I needed to be able to have my own design.....but no I was only able to use the top banner. It was very humbling as a mediocre ex-web designer to realize, "Wow...this is way to complicated for me."

Fun Times at Christmas

We had a super Christmas. It was great to see both of our families. Chase had fun and really understood about Santa and him bringing him presents. It was great. I have to admit that I spent a lot of time being sick...man this pregnancy is different than the last one....but I had a good time just relaxing a lot and having other people around to take care of Chase while I wasn't feeling great.

My dad is evening out the yard at their house and decided to keep the "dirt mountain" (as Chase called it) so Chase could play. He loved climbing on it and getting dirty....very dirty.
Aunt Leah even joined him on the summit.
Here is Chase and Mimi coming down on Christmas morning to see what Santa brought.
Chase got a Diego rescue center!

Preston and Wade got matching underwear....nice.
Chase opening his stocking.
Preston and Chase both got new sleeping bags!
Chase and Lucy in LuLu's dog cage. I don't think Lucy is having as much fun as Chase.

Wade and Wendi
Mimi and Papa
New Years Eve Party!
We had a party at our house for new years. It was really fun! We played a lot of Rock Band!

You may think we're crazy but some of the kids, including Chase, actually stayed up until midnight. Here's a video of three of the boys at 12:00. I told them to hug and say Happy New Year. This is what I got:

Catch up

Here are a few random things that I have been meaning to post.

This is a pic from Chase's friend Ethan's birthday party. I wonder who won the race?
Preston and I at Preston's work party.
Even if you don't live in the area, I'm sure you heard about the major ice storm around here a few weeks ago. We lost power for a day and a half (some of our friends lost it for like 9 days! wow!) Here is our house with ice coating the trees....the green bush is weighted down.

A branch fell on the hot tub and poked a hole through the cover....nothing a little duck tape couldn't fix!
Here's Chase taking a nap in his coat....man it was cold in our house!
It was so dark at night. If you looked down the street it was so dark and quiet...and a little creepy!
We all three slept on a mattress in the living room...Chase and Preston had fun running and jumping on the mattress!
Here's some video of the fun!

The removal of the facial hair:
Step 1: pre-removal

Step 2: The Handlebar Mustache Step 3: The Hitler Mustache

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My last entry had 11 comments! People really do read my blog! yay!

Oh and by the way, I looked back at my pregnancy blog for Chase and realize that i'm already the same size now at 9 weeks that I was at about 15 weeks with Chase. I mean....how sad is that!? I had to use a rubber band on my pants today b/c they were a little too tight!

Message from Chase...

Guess what! I'm going to be a....




That's right folks. Chase is excited to announce that Baby Watterson number 2 is on the way! I'm 9 weeks today and am due July 31st!

I'll have some Christmas updates soon (hopefully ;). I've also been meaning to post these family photos for a while now. Our friend Judson took them and he did a great job!

The Contest

So at Preston's work some of the guys had this brilliant idea to have a beard contest. If you don't know, Preston works with a lot of our friends so over the last several weeks I've seen some really...well...interesting faces. Some guys kept a clean cut beard...some just let it go even down the neck (I mean...gross)...and some, well, they aren't able to grow much of a beard. This last type of guy, the one that can't quite grow a beard, they call their ever-so-talented-graphic-designer-type wives and ask her to "Photoshop" a serious beard on his photo to put on his voting box. haha. Such a guy is so lucky to have such a wife!

November Photo Update

"Please mom, not again."
Here are the antlers this year:

Here's last year:OK maybe I'll smile once...but only because I'm taking it off.

Chase and Lucy have started playing together a lot lately. It's really cute.
Chase and daddy hiding from mommy. I found you!Chase making a mess with Lucy's treats. All those crumbs at the bottom of the box??? Oh yeah, they are on the floor too. (Notice how he's putting all the green ones back. He's so organized. haha.)
Our Sunday school class was in charge of Children's Bible Hour this month. Here is Preston and a bunch of his friends singing "Father Abraham".
Our heater went out while we were gone for Thanksgiving. Poor Lucy had to stay home in the cold so I put a sweater on her. She was so pouty and mad at me all day. (Editors note: before you think that I'm one of those pet owners that buys their dog a lot of clothes please know that Amanda got it for her dog but it was too small so she gave it to us....and she IS one of those pet owners. ;)

Here is Chase and a few of his friends. mmmm cookies!
Preston playing Rock Band (fyi it's a video game) with some friends. It is a way to put on a concert without having any real talent. haha. OK, some people are better than others...the game gives you a score for the instrument you played. I think Preston did OK. I gave it a try on the guitar and drums and I think I managed an all time low score for both. I ROCK!