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Nolan and Papa

I had to share this adorable picture my mom took.  Nash and Nolan spent the night with them and Nolan unfortunately had a coughing fit in the middle of the night.  He and Papa ended up camping out on the couch.

HIccup's Gender Reveal Party

Jason picked up the cupcakes yesterday from the bakery.  Everyone met at our house at 3pm to find out if Baby #3 is a boy or a girl.  This is new for us because we waited to find out with both Nash and Nolan.  We thought it might be fun to try something a little different this time.  

We skyped in Grama Jo so she could also be a part of the fun.

We counted to three then everyone took a big bite of cupcake...BLUE FILLING!

We are having another boy!  I think the news is still sinking in but I can't wait to have some crazy fun raising three boys!

I opened the envelope just to double check

Big, Big Brother Nash

Big Brother Nolan

Daddy sharing his cupcake with Mommy

We celebrated for a while then Nini and Eggroll had to head home.  Great Grandma Phyliss, Nana, Papa, Claire, Will and Daniele stayed to grill out and enjoy the warm weather.  

Uncle Will and Nolan

Nolan 

Nash, Daniele, and Baby Claire

Baby Claire

Nana and Papa 

Four Generations

What a great way to share such big news with our family!

Happy 60th Birthday Nana!

Nana turned 60 on March 21st.  Her sisters came to surprise her and we met for lunch.  But she didn't know that we had many more surprises in store for her.

Happy Birthday Nana

Friday two of her friends and I went to the Casting Crowns concert together.  Her friend Carolyn picked her up and brought her to the restaurant where Mom's friend Lynn and I were waiting for them.  Mom didn't know Lynn and I were coming.  Her friend Judy surprised her at the concert too.  We had told my mom that Daniele, Whit and I were taking her to Galena on Saturday.  She was super excited to find out the next morning that Judy and Lynn were also joining us.  My two aunts also came back to surprise her and join us on the trip.  

Once we arrived in Galena, Mom's friend Marie surprised her and met up with us.  We ate and shopped and laughed all day.  

We had set up dinner reservations for 5pm and had another surprise waiting there.  My dad, my brother, Claire, Eggroll, Nash, Nolan, and Lynn's husband Al were waiting for us at the restaurant.  Mom was SO surprised!  

Nolan, Nana and Papa

It was such a fun day and my Mom was so happy to have so many of her friends and family together to celebrate with her.  Happy 60th Birthday Mom!

Baby W #3 - 20 Weeks

Half way there!  We are at 20 weeks now.  In some ways I can't believe it's here but on the other hand, we still have 20 weeks to go.  It's OK though, I'm feeling good.  Big, but good.

We had our ultrasound and asked the tech to write down the sex of the baby and seal it in an envelope. 

 Hiccup was moving around quite a bit even though I wasn't feeling a lot of movement so that made me feel better.  The heartbeat was 145 beats per minute.  

foot

We've decided to take the envelope to a bakery and have them fill a dozen cupcakes with either pink or blue, depending on what the paper in the envelope says.  We will have a party with family to find out the sex of the baby this time.  

A Sea of Green

We took the boys to the St. Patrick's Day Parade this year since the weather was SO nice.  I think it might have hit 80 degrees.

The O'Wentlands

Eggroll

Me and Jason

Whit, Mom and Me

Nolan giving Aunt Nini some love

Kids..big and small

Open wide!

Nash and Nolan had dentist appointments with Dr. Chris.  Nash did great and got to pick out a new blue dolphin toothbrush when he was done.  It was Nolan's first visit so basically they just wanted to get him used to sitting in the chair and count his teeth.  He sat in the chair before Dr. Chris came out but then wanted nothing to do with it when it was his turn.  I had to hold him and he cried the whole time.  He has 16 teeth but his four, 2 year molars are very close to popping through.  Nolan picked out a bright pink toothbrush when he was done.

Nolan waiting for his turn

Showing off their pearly whites

Dr. Chris said neither boys have any cavities but we should probably start an orthodontist fund.  Sounds about right since Jason and I both had braces when we were younger.

Meeting Baby Claire

The boys finally got to meet Cousin Claire at our March Birthday dinner at Granite City.  When she arrived, both boys ran over the see her.  Nash absolutely adores her.  He kept commenting about how cute she is.  "Mom, you were right.  She is SO cute!"  He wanted to sit by her at dinner and be right next to whoever was holding her. 

Nash and Nolan meet Baby Claire

Papa, Nana and Nash loving on Baby Claire

Proud Aunt Nini and Aunt Megan with Baby Claire

Early Spring!

The weather has been crazy warm lately and we are loving it!  I'm talking about record highs in the 70s and low 80s in March!  It is so nice to open up all of the windows and get some fresh air circulating through this house.  We are spending lots of time playing outside and we've already used the grill a few times.

Nolan

Nash

Look out!

Nash's 4 year checkup

Nash had his 4 year checkup yesterday.  Dr. Bob was gone so we saw his nurse practitioner, Gina.  She was great.  Nash weighs 35.4 pounds and is 40.5 inches tall.  He had to get one vaccination and I decided to wait on the other two since he doesn't need them right away.  It was more traumatic for him than I expected it to be.  His pain subsided when we went to Toys R Us so he could spend his birthday gift card from Grandma and Grandpa Wentland.  He picked out a 4 pack of transformers, a gel skin for his LeapPad, and a pad of paper to practice writing his name.

Waterlogged

Last weekend we kidnapped Nana and took her with us to Omaha for Titan Family Weekend.  Actually, it's a tradition to take her along with us and she came willingly.  It was a pretty long drive but we stopped in Des Moines to break up the trip a little bit.  We ran into a little bit of snowy weather on the way but not too bad.  Titan has a family weekend at three different locations and there were about 2000 people just in Omaha.  Pretty big.  Friday night we went to dinner and to the ice cream social.  Saturday we spent the whole morning at the water park inside the hotel so the boys were loving life.

Nash

Nolan

Nash and Nana in the lazy river

Nash and Nana

Blurry but I think you can tell how much Nash loved the big slides

 Saturday night Jason and I went to the employee awards banquet and dinner.  They had a comedian magician for entertainment and Jason received an award for Market Share.  Yay!

 While we were at the banquet, the boys and Nana stayed back in the room.  The boys had a blast playing in the big tub.  They had a pillow fight with Nana before crashing for the night.

 Nash loves to draw and write.  This is a picture that he drew of me while we were at the banquet.  So cute.

Sunday morning we ate breakfast and hit up the water part again for an hour or so.  We had such a fun time and of course it went by too fast.  Unfortunately, we ran into more snow and ice on the way home. We saw about 30 cars in the ditch and lots of emergency vehicles out helping people.  At one point we were at a dead stop on the interstate for about 45 minutes because of a semi accident.  We finally made it home around 7pm, exhausted but safe and sound.

Post It Notes and Quotes

**I finally felt Hiccup move for sure on Thursday, March 1 at 17.5 weeks.  I kept thinking I should be feeling movement earlier than that but maybe I was just anxious.  It's one of the best parts about being pregnant in my opinion.  I still don't feel the baby move a ton, but every once in a while I can tell there's some action going on in there.  This week Baby Center says baby is the size of a green pepper weighing 7 oz.  I feel big compared to where I think I was with Nash and Nolan.  I'm blaming the Girl Scouts.  And I have candy cravings again like I did with Nash.

**I have to share some cute quotes from Nash recently.  He comes up with the funniest stuff...

Nash:  Mom, Nolan calls me Dash
Me:  I know, isn't that cute?
Nash:  Mom, it's not cute.  Baby animals are cute.
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Jason and the boys were playing Hide and Go Seek in the house the other day.  Jason found the boys pretty quickly one time.
Nash:  Dad, you are a really good finder.  Did you smell us?