Big News

We got some Pretty exciting news last week. Camie and Juan went in to get an ultrasound and they found out that

I'm going to have another Niece!!! Girls are so much fun!!! Congrats you guys.

The other news we got is equally exciting and sad at the same time. Since I was 6 years old and we moved to Bakersfield, my parents have been saying that "we'll move to Utah in 2 years" It's actually become something of a joke in our family...We've been here for 18 years now...well, on Friday my Dad got the news that He's finally going to be moving to Utah. He leaves in March and my mom and siblings will follow in mid July. While it's very exciting for them, I'm selfish and feel sad for me. i love having my family near us. Alaura loves going over there too. This will be the first time that I wont have them near. I jokingly told Eric that I'm going to have to be a big girl now and let go of my mommy and daddy...I know that it's going to be a great move for you guys and it'll be great to go and visit you during the year. Congrats Dad!!!

My husband Robin hood

Eric went target shooting with his Dad during lunch a few days ago and He got a "robin hood" shot. He shot an arrow right into the back of another one. He said that it took him a little while to get excited about it because arrows are so expensive. But once he got over that he realized how cool it actually was!!!

Girls will be girls...

We watched Daphne the day after Christmas while Amberly and John went out on a date. Alaura loved playing with her.

Alaura waiting to get her present from Mimi and Papa opened. It took Eric and i 30 min to blow it up. It's still in out dining room because it's so much fun for Alaura and any kiddos we have over.


Daphne

Alaura

This seems to be the only way kids can get out of the jumper!!!

Don't you love the hair?

Daphne had a good time on the slide too!!!

They had a good old time, Alaura still asks when Daphne's going to come over again...luckily she doesn't understand how long a year is.

Just For Fun

One Word

1 word QuizYouCanOnlyTypeOneWord
Not as easy as you may think.

1. Where is your cell phone? Pocket

2. Boyfriend/girlfriend? Married

3. Your hair? Boring

4. Your mother? Caring

5. Your father? busy

6. Your favorite thing? family

7. Your dream last night? forgot

8. Your favorite drink? water

9.Your dream car? BMW

10. The room you're in? office

11. Your ex? gone

12. Your fear? spiders

14. Where were you last night? home

13. Favorite Food? pizza

15. What you're not right now? relaxed

16. Muffins? yummy

17. One of your wish list items? Photography...

18. Where you grew up? Bakersfield

19. The last thing you did? clean

20. What are you wearing? pj's

21.Whats on tv? Einsteins

22. What's love? Eric

23. What do you want to be? Happy

24. Who do you want to be? Myself

25. Who knows all your drama? Eric

26. Oldest friend? Denise

27. Biggest regret? misscarriage (out of my control, but I regret it)

28. Biggest accomplishment? Alaura

29. Family time or friend time? Family

30. Role Model? lots (I have different role models for different aspects of my life)


the mommy survey

1. Age(s)? 22 months

2. Name(s)? Alaura Lynnea Olsen

3. Birthdays? 3/11/2006

4. Time of birth? 8:41 am

5. How long did labor last? 23 hours

6. Who was in the room when baby was born? Eric, me and lots of nurses, and the doctor

7. How long did you push? 45 minutes (way to long)

8. Weight? 8lbs 11oz

9. Length? 21 1/2 in.

10. Any hair? yes lots

11. Who does baby look like? When she was born she looked like Eris, but she's starting to look more like me. She still looks alot like Eric too.

12. Be honest...how much weight did you gain while pregnant? 40 lbs

13. Was baby early or late? 10 days early (I think she was actually right on time...)

14. Who drove you home from the hospital? Eric

15. How many baby showers did you have? 1

16. When did baby start sleeping through the night? 7 hrs at 7 weeks

17. Did you breastfeed? yes, for 14 months

18. Who takes care of your baby the most? Me (Eric works alot :( )

19. When do you want to have another one? ASAP (The Dr said we can try to get pregnant in 3 moths or so)

20. How did you pick the name? Alaura- Lawrence (Papa) Lynnea- Lynnette (mimi) Lyn(n) (Mamma, Babba and me)

21. How did you know when it was time to go to hospital? The contractions were 4-5 min apart and I couldn't walk very well (they Hurt)

22. Anyone spend the night with you first night home? no

23.Did you cry the first time you held your baby? Yes, I think it was part joy and part relief to be done

24. Where was the baby born? Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield

25. Did you video tape the birth? we weren't allowed to, but we videotaped right after she was born. (After the Dr reminded us...)

SCATTERGORIES

It's harder than it looks! Copy and paste as a comment or on your own blog. Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following... they have to be real places, names, things...nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

What is your name......................Brooke

4 Letter Word..............................Bite

Vehicle.........................................BMW

State.............................................(I don't think there is one)

Boy Name....................................Brett

Girl Name....................................Brittany

Drink...........................................Beer (I don't drink it)

Occupation..................................Barber

Something you wear....................Bra

Celebrity......................................Brittany Spearse

Food............................................Burger

Something found in a bathroom......Bathrobe

Reason for Being Late...................Bad Hair day

Cartoon Character.........................Bart

PossibleSomething You Shout..........Boo-ya

Animal...........................................Baboon

Body part.......................................Bum

Word to describe you.................... Bubbly

Now you have been tagged! Play the game see how you do!

We got some great news a couple weeks ago...my hcg levels are finally down to 2 which is about the same as them being zero!!! We thought that we might have to wait for another year before we could get pregnant again (which was a heart breaking thought) but it's only 3 or 4 months!!! So we might be having a baby next winter or spring!!! I'm finally done with weekly blood testing...and we get our health insurance in a couple weeks too...hows that for bad timing ;)

The week before christmas

Christmas

We had a really busy Christmas morning planned, so we opened our presents on Christmas eve!!!

Alaura loves her first remote control car!!!

Alaura's present for Daddy

Eric got his Bow!!! He was so surprised and excited!!!!

I got my Nikon D40 digital slr Camera!!!! I was so surprised and I LOVE it!!!

Eric also got me a Pink MP3 player!!!!

Look what Santa brought!!!
(The kitchen set said "some assembly required" I wish I would have thought to take a picture of us putting it together...There were soooo many parts it's not even funny. It took the two of us an hour to put together!!!)

I Got a new flash for my camera from Mom and Dad Olsen

Eric got a bunch of excessories for his bow

Daphne playing with alaura's present

Alaura playing with daphne's present

We made a shirt for Eric's Dad...

Alaura and Daphne goofing off

Christmas at my parents house

The hat and scarf Courtney made for Alaura

Camie's little belly, she's 4 months along now

Caiden

Everyone at Denny's