Patiently waiting

Still . . . .

At least we have a name picked out.

Picture Day at School!

Moose and Hailey, Patiently waiting for the Baby to be Born

2 Weeks to Go

Melissa is due in two weeks on Saturday, December 3. She is a real trooper, dealing with discomfort, and getting at-best average help from her husband around the house. Donovan and Hayden are still excited which is a good thing. Its hard to judge how we are doing with preparation and patience. We are new to this whole waiting for "water to break and hoping it doesn't happen in the new van" kinda thing since Donovan and Hayden were born early and at an unexpected time. Either way, it is exciting, we have to finish off the nursery and wait . . . impatiently.

Big News!!! Watch the Video and Find Out!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVPvwcEsplI

Gulya, Party of 5, Your Table Is Ready

Come December 2011, this blog will not just be about Hayden and Donovan. Melissa is almost 13 weeks pregnant and due December 3. We are really excited to have a new baby in our family. Donovan and Hayden were really happy when we told them. Hayden says if the baby is a girl, then we should name her Zoey. Sorry Hayden, but you can call her Zoey if you want.

Hayden and Donovan are now 4. They are really turning into two good-natured people which makes us happy. Playing nicely, less tantruming, and just all around happiness is a fine situation.

Fun with the Pedal tractors and Parks

The boys and I went to the parks today near the house. The pedaled to each park in their pedal tractors and were really good about stopping at intersections and pedaling all on their own. They were really fast. At one park, Donovan was really good about sharing his pedal tractor with a 2 1/2 year old boy was really excited by it. He helped the little boy pedal it and also use the lift and dump feature. I was very proud of him with how well he shared. Hayden also helped out too!
They ran a lot at the gym today, walked the mall with me, and rode their tractors all over, so they had better sleep like rocks tonight.

Character Breakfast!

Donovan on Stage for the Golden Mickies Show with Snow White and the Dwarfs

Dinner at the Animator's Palate on the Disney Wonder

Gettin on the Boat

More Disneyland and the boys' first limo ride!

More Disneyland

Disneyland

More Disney vacation photos

Disney Cruise

Yes. We just ate the entire time.

sledding in preparation of the NFC Championship Game

I, however, am not allowed to sled or ski for the rest of the season. Instead, I am making ham bone soup. We will find out if the boys like ham bone soup, Sam I am.

Good news for all. What has four thumbs and can wipe their own butts?

skeletons

I showed donovan and hayden an x-ray image of my broken collar bone. the bone now goes upward as well as side to side. while it has only been 24 hours since the ski accident, they are having difficulty understanding why daddy's broken arm is not healed already. they keep asking me if it is ok now. they are also a little scared that all of us has a scary skeleton inside of us. I have to convince them that skeletons are actually fun and they should be happy they have one. I have a feeling they will be watching some movies tomorrow with me.

Dinner with Hayden

Hayden and I went out to dinner at Babes and then to the mall to play at the play area. We had a great time!

Christmas Tree Slaughter 2010!

We went out and hunted our Christmas Tree. Before we went into the forest, we took our picture by a giant wreath. It's Cold! Found it, now let's kill it!



Oh no, Grandma succumbed to the cold!


Get something warm to drink fast!