Hello Again!

I am officially the worst blogger on the planet! Not that anyone reads my blog anyway, but I have not posted anything on here since before Ryan was born! He is now 2! Life has been a little crazy for us, and my blog was just swept under the rug for a while! Hopefully I will be able to keep up with it a little better this time around!

We are so excited for the arrival of Summer! I am obviously not looking forward to the heat (since I am big and pregnant), but I am looking forward to the arrival of our baby girl in August! The boys are excited to go to Hawaiian Falls and be able to sleep in past 7am!

I am 26 weeks pregnant, and pretty miserable this time around! It might be the fact that I am already giant and uncomfortable...or maybe it's because I have 2 other little monkeys keeping me VERY busy! i'm not quite sure where they get all of their energy, but they never stop!

Let's see, what have we been up to over the past few years...I'll keep it brief so this post doesn't go on forever!

Ryan was born on April 30, 2009.

Two days later, my stupid cat ate a disposable bottle liner and had to have a bowel resection surgery (idiot!!)

Jason finally gave in and bought a new truck! For all of you who know Jason, it was very difficult for him to let go of The Animal!! He still lives and breathes (I believe he lives in Lubbock with Justin and Cody), but that truck was a death trap and we couldn't put a carseat in it...so it had to go!

Jason, Matt and I took a trip to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico last May! It was very relaxing! We met a fun couple from Canada, and just hung out on the beach ALL day while we were there! It was fantastic!

The boys are both in preschool 2 days a week, and they love it!! I get a much needed break for a few hours on Tuesday and Thursday! Thursday is their last day, and I know they are going to miss it (but not as much as Mommy!!)

Last October, we took a trip to Yosemite National Park in California. Yosemite is my favorite place on the earth, and I am so glad I was able to share it with my family! Mom and Dad were there, and Erin and Nick as well! The boys had such a great time! It was a little difficult with ryan being so young, and the travel time to get there was pretty terrible...but once we were there it was fantastic! Definately a trip we will take a gain...when the kids are a little older!

Hmmm, lets see...my Mom and Dad came out for a visit the day after Christmas this last year! It is so great having them here! The boys love hanging out with Grammy and Grampy! They will be coming out sometime in August to stay for a bit when the little one arrives! I can't wait!

I will be celebrating my 30th birthday in July this year!! I can't believe it! I'm getting so old!! Actually, I think maybe I will celebrate my 29th birthday again, and celebrate my 30th next year when I am not 9 months pregnant!!

Jason is super busy with work these days! He's still at Huguley Hospital in Burleson, building his practice and working his tail off! He has also been busy around the house, keeping our yard beautiful and slowly fixing the little things in the house that we haven't yet taken care of since we moved in! Owning a home IS EXHAUSTING! Sometime this next year we are going to try to tackle our master bathroom (which is carpeted...yuck) and our kitchen. We'll see!

I think thats all I have for now! I will try to be better at posting on here, atleast a couple times a month! I really admire all of you out there who can keep your blogs so up to date and fantastic!

Almost Spring!

I can't believe it is almost Spring! Jason, Luke and I worked out in the yard this weekend (Jason did most of the work since I can no longer bend over!) and tried to get the flower beds ready to plant our Spring flowers. Luke gets really excited to help now that he has his new Diego gardening gloves. Our next 2 big projects will be putting in a patio in the backyard before the rainy season hits (if we have one this year) and finishing up Ryan's room. For the most part it is done, but we need to hang a ceiling fan and some pictures.

Everything is going well around our house. Luke is growing like a weed and amazing us everyday with his new words and phrases. We have been trying to prepare him for the arrival of his baby brother, but I am not sure if he really understands. He does love to put his baby (a stuffed bear in a rabbit suit) in the cradle and cover him up and say "night night baby!" He is too cute! Jason is busy with work and home improvement projects around the house. He is getting very good at patching holes and building things. He built a shelf in the garage that hangs from the ceiling to free up some space since we have ALOT of junk and toys out there.

Jason and I made a trip down to New Orleans at the end on January for a wedding...and it was not quite what I was expecting. You see New Orleans on TV all the time and all these cool little shops and buildings, but it wasn't really that exciting. I think it is more for the college crowd. It was nice to get away for the weekend though. We don't really get a chance to do that very often.

We are taking Luke down to Houston next weekend to visit Matt and go to the Houston Rodeo. Hopefully I will be able to get some new pictures up on the computer after that.

Wow! I am really bad at this blogging thing!!

As you are all aware, I suck at updating webpages and blogs, and sending out pictures, ect.... I really am going to try and keep this going!! I just need to find all of our recent pictures on our newly rebuilt computer. Hopefully it will be before my kids all graduate from college!!

Luke's 2nd Birthday/ Baby Neef

Aunty Ali, Uncle Chris and Cousin Ava suprised us and came out for Lukey's 2nd Birthday party! We were so excited to have them here for the weekend!! Luke and Ava played so well together! We can't wait to see everyone again in about a month!

Luke's Birthday party was alot of fun! We had it at Town Park in Mansfield, and it went very well. All the kiddos were able to play on the playground and eat pizza and cake, so everyone was happy. We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day for the party!

I went to the doctor on the 7th, and Baby Neef seems to be doing well...and growing so fast! I actually started losing a little weight, which is no concern to the doctor for now, but something we are going to need to keep track of. And I am super impatient, so Jason did another scan on the 14th...and it is still too early to tell for sure, but he seems to think it's boy! I am not even 12 weeks yet, so we have alot of time to tell for sure, but Jason really thinks it's a boy.

We are getting ready for the Fall Festival and Halloween, but nothing else really exciting is going on around here. We are trying to enjoy the outdoors and the beautiful weather now that it is not 1,000 degrees out.

Fall Fun at the Pecan Festival

This last weekend we took Luke to the Pecan Festival in Mansfield. He had his first pony ride (which he LOVED) and visited the petting zoo. He ran back and forth to the hay pile about 50 times to make sure all the animals were fed! It was really cute!

Luke is also doing very well at Mother's Day Out! Yesterday, he walked into his classroom all by himself and started playing with the other kiddos. This was a first...I usually carry him in kicking and screaming and then leave the room crying myself because I feel bad that he is upset. But he actually did very well. He ate lunch and took a nap, and he was very happy when I picked him up. This is very important to me because it's so important for him to be around other little kiddos, but it is soooo hard for me to leave him.

Today we are going to go out and enjoy the beautiful weather! I'm sure it won't last long, since this is Texas!

Neef Family News

Jason and I moved into out our first house in Mansfield, Texas back in March. Within the first week it snowed twice (not alot of snow, but pretty exciting for our area in Texas)! We are absolutely loving it...but there is much work left to be done. We finally have the yard in pretty good shape, and we are going to move on to the backyard as soon as the weather cools off a bit. We will be adding a patio and an outdoor fireplace so we can sit outside and enjoy the beautiful fall and winter here in Texas before it heats up to 1,000 degrees again!

Lukey started Mother's Day Out at the beginning of September. It was a little rough for both of us the first week, but now he seems to be doing well and having fun. And I get a few hours to myself a couple days a week. Luke will be turning 2 in a couple of weeks, and we are so amazed at how fast he is growing up!

Jason finally finished his residency at Parkland Hospital in June, and is now out on his own! He opened a practice at Huguley Medical Center in Burleson and so far is doing very well. It's nice to have him home most weekends and at a normal hour during the week. Besides the occasional call in the middle of the night, things have been going very smoothly.

Jason and I are also expecting another baby in May 2009! We are very excited to add to our little family...and Luke is also very excited to have a new "brudder". We obviously don't know the sex of the baby yet, but he really seems to want a brother. I had my first appointment on September 11th and everything looked good according to the doctor. I go back for my next appointment October 7th, so I will keep you all posted!