I was right!

After talking to Krista yesterday, it sounded like the baby's name would be Dylan. I see my mom has Brady written on these pictures that she sent.

Baby Gundberg

It's boy number 3 for Krista and Brent. I'm not going to write his name yet because knowing Krista and Brent it will change tomorrow. Everyone is doing well, and I really wish I could be there! CONGRATS!!!

Crazy weekend

Friday- I had a doctor's appointment at 9:00 and found out I get to have my gall bladder removed on Thursday. We left our house around 11:00am, fed the kids in the car, stopped at Krista's to pick up Zach and Drew, dropped them off with my mom, and got to Craig and Jen's around 6:00pm (poor Noah didn't get out of his carseat once). Saturday- Joel and I met with our realtor and looked at several houses. Of course the only one we really liked was one we had seen many months ago and never got out of our heads (it was also the most expensive). We spent Saturday night swimming at a hotel with my whole family (minus Brent and Krista who were supposed to be having a baby which never happened). Eli had a blast!!! Sunday- We decided to put an offer on the house, so we went to meet with the realtor at 11:15 thinking we'd be on the road in time for kids to nap. WRONG!!! We spent 5 hours in the realtor's office doing something that should've taken an hour tops. We finally got on the road at 4:15pm. The original plan was to leave Monday, but we decided to leave Sunday to avoid a snowstorm. After driving through terrible fog and only stopping for food once and gas once, we finally got home at 11:45 pm. Noah did get out of the carseat once but it was only long enough to get a diaper change and pajamas. We are very thankful for our good little car riders and very scared, nervous, and excited about our new house and new location. I am also excited about my new baby niece or nephew who should be here sometime tomorrow as Krista is being induced in the morning. I'm sad that I will not be able to go visit this weekend!!!!!

not much new here

Noah still likes to be naked (I found him like this at 7:15 this morning). Then, when we came downstairs he was very upset that we couldn't find basketball on TV.

oh Noah!

So, Noah was MIA for a little while the other night. I knew he had gone upstairs, but I waited a while before I went to see what he was up to. I found him laying in our bed with Joel's glasses on just watching a little TV.

birthday party fun

The boys had fun on the treasure hunt at Tyler's party last night. Well- Eli had fun. Noah got distracted by Don's bike on the porch during clue #2 and then was very mad that we didn't let him stay on the porch and play with it.

"A Hat"

Someone thought he was hilarious during breakfast this morning!

REINACTED FOR BLOGGING PURPOSES

I just happened to be upstairs and heard this little voice saying, "mommy, mommy", and this is how I found Eli. I let him take a book to bed at naptime which obviously fell on the floor somehow ( I can't imagine). Anyway, Eli will not get out of his bed, so he was stuck like this trying to get his book. My dad thinks this invisible fence around beds is great for kids!!!!

Auntie Krista

My sister made a last minute decision to ride down with a friend who had a wedding here Friday night. She was under strict rules from her husband not to go into labor (due on the 20th). I haven't heard from her yet, but I'm thinking she must've made it back home! We went and saw the movie Juno which I really liked. It made me laugh; it made me cry.... my favorite things in a movie. It made Krista nervous that she was going to go into labor.

sweet dreams

I just had to post this picture of Eli reading to his teddy bear tonight!

learning how to bowl

Joel went bowling tonight for the first time in how many years? Anyway, he was trying to teach Eli his awesome form before he left. Of course Eli wanted to go bowling too, so I had to explain why a 3 year old can't go to a smokey bowling alley at 8:30 on a Tuesday night.

learning how to dribble

Noah went in the basement to play this morning. I thought it was a little quiet, so I went down to check on him. I found him in the store room with his ball. I said, "What are you doing?" He said, "dibble".

back-e-ball pease!!!!!!!

I was seriously getting yelled at because I couldn't find the sports section when I brought the paper in this morning.

bribing mom

After saying "no" to several requests for candy before 8:30 this morning, I was telling Eli to get dressed so we could go run some errands. He said, "Mom, I'm not getting dresesed until you give me candy!".

a new fashion trend???

You saw it here first!

18 months old today

yeah!!!! Noah won't watch a Baby Einstein movie, but we had to watch basketball instead of American Idol tonight. He was even jumping on the couch saying, "go, go, go".

shoo hoops... pease

That's what Noah says when he wants help making baskets. Jake's and Chase's love for shooting hoops must be rubbing off on him. All Eli ever wanted to do with this thing is hang animals from the net.

They're all in there!

The boys love Noah's new fire truck. It looks like I need to give the drinking and driving lecture already. The pop isn't open; he just thinks he needs to carry one around all the time.

Birthday party fun

We celebrated Grace's 5th birthday tonight. The boys had fun trying to break the pinata. Eli is pretty sure that Grace will be sharing her new makeup with him. Thanks for the pictures Cathy!

Friday night sleepover

We went to Jennifer & Rich's for supper last night, and Eli begged to sleep over. I don't know what time this picture was taken, but guessing by how fast Eli fell asleep for his nap today, it probably wasn't very early!

poor Noah

He's trying so hard to get the phone. He sure can yell when he doesn't get his way!

I can't believe...

I didn't take any pictures of Joel spending his whole morning taking Noah's crib apart (I must've been too busy trying to keep Noah away from the power tools). No, Noah is not getting a big boy bed. After trying to figure out how to make Eli's room look bigger, we decided to have the boys swap rooms. Now, Eli's full-sized bed doesn't take up the whole room, and the other room makes a cute little nursery. I think we've watched a few too many episodes of "Sell This House".

bored already??

So, today was the first day back with all my boys. Jake and Eli went to preschool although it was a little hard to drag them away from the new toys and get out the door. After preschool, it was lunch and nap time. Once the boys were up from their naps (around 3:00), they bounced around from new toy to new toy. At 4:00 Eli looked at me and said, "Now what should we do?"

Christmas pics

This is as close as Noah would get to Santa
Grandpa Jim was able to come spend Friday afternoon and Saturday morning with us. He got in on the Santa visit and some card playing (he was amazed with how much we eat. We didn't even finish the bag of chips that was on the card table.) Thanks for making the long trip!

the cousins

Eli playing Pretty Pretty Princess with Jen and Katelynn. He didn't want to put on any of the jewelry.

more Christmas celebrations

Christmas #2 was at my aunt Connie's with my Dad's side of the family on Christmas Eve. We weren't planning to head up north until Christmas day, but we left early and my parents at the get together. We stayed at Krista and Brent's for two night. Somehow, Santa found my boys at Krista's, so we had Christmas #3. Then, it was off to Craig and Jen's for two nights. On Friday, we went to my parents' and the kids had a nice visit with Santa. Noah wouldn't sit on his lap, but he didn't scream either. We waited until Saturday to open the rest of the presents. New Year's Eve was spent playing cards, and then we drove home yesterday. We tried to get organized today, but that didn't work. I did however get a bathroom painted.

Christmas #1

Thanks Grandma, Don, and cousins for all of the great gifts! Eli couldn't wait to get home and tear into his new castle. He sat and played with it for an hour before he had to go to bed, and he loved it!

Happy Birthday Hubby!

We had Joel's birthday party and our Christmas celebration at Grandma Cathy's tonight. Notice Eli in the background by his toys. We told him that we weren't going to open anything until we got home, so he didn't really want to stick around for birthday cake.

pajama day

Since it's storming outside and everyone inside is still trying to get better, we pretty much just laid around in our pj's today. Noah did get dressed this morning, but he was pulling his pants off and asking for pajamas before noon.

more food pictures...

much better than pictures of what was coming OUT of him a few hours earlier. Yes, nothing like an ice cream sandwich at 10:30am after a night of puking. He had already eaten a banana, two pieces of toast and a little cereal (In the Christmas letter, I forgot to mention eating as something you can find Noah doing when he's not on my hip). I guess he was feeling a little better although that's pretty much all he ate all day. He took a 5 hour nap and went to bed at 6:45. It's been a fun week with strep and the flu at our house. Needless to say, I was cleaning and disinfecting today.

yummy...

squash and chicken noodle soup- what a combo. Out of the blue today, Eli decided he wanted squash. I already had to go to the grocery store to get a few things to make my sick husband some chicken noodle soup, so I picked up a squash too. What child requests squash?

As you can see, they both loved it!

peek a boo

Nevermind all the stuff he had to take out of there in order to fit. This poor little guy isn't feeling very well I'm afraid. He went to bed last night with a little fever at 6:30. It is 9:00am, and he is still sleeping. I guess it's a good day for a snow day. The roads are covered with ice, and MORE snow is on the way.

snow much fun!

These are the snowfalls I love (when I don't have to drive). It started around 11:00am and stopped around 6:00pm leaving a few inches of fluffy snow. It wasn't cold or windy, neighbor kids were out, and the boys were so excited to play in it! I think Noah could've walked up and down the sidewalks all night.

Christmas card pictures

Why oh why didn't I order Christmas cards when we had family pictures taken????? Oh I remember why. I had this great idea for a picture that of course Noah will not let me take. I have spent the last week trying to get one normal picture. Obviously, it is not working.

cream puffs

Eli was reading one of my recipe books on Friday night, and all of a sudden he decided that we needed to make cream puffs. I'm not sure why he picked cream puffs since he has never had them, but they are one of my favorites. We didn't have time to make them on Friday, and then Eli was sick all weekend. We finally made them tonight. What a treat!

just like big brother

Eli had the stomach flu on Sunday and has been laying on the couch for two days straight. Noah kept trying to crawl in with Eli today, so I had to get him his own blanket to lay with in the chair.