FINALLY! I get a new phone. Jumping on the wagon and getting a Droid 2.

So excited. It comes tomorrow!!

Our new car. It was much needed, especially when this new little boy comes.

I was (and never wanted to be) a soccer mom...but I have to admit, I LOVE my new car.

After this van, I could never go back to a car.

Honda Odyssey...I'm in love.

It's been all about butterflies the last few weeks in this house.

We had fun making paper towel butterflies.

My mom got us a butterfly habitat for Christmas. We could not wait to use it; it's too bad we had too as we could not get larva in the winter.

After waiting a few weeks after we ordered them, they finally arrived.

5 little caterpillars. They were so tiny. It took a few weeks for them to grow and by that time they were huge. The kids had fun checking on them and seeing how big they were getting. They would not wait to see what would happen next.

They finally made a cocoon and attached themselves to the top. I had Zion then attach them to the habitat...nasty job.

After a while they finally hatched, one by one. The kids got so excited to be able to see them come out and finally walk around and try and fly.

They were excited to be able to let them go, too. So after a day or two, we took them outside to let them fly.

This is the third one they let go. They were so excited as it flew around for a minute then came back and rested on the ground. We originally had 5 of them, all but one turned into a butterfly. It was a fun experience and we can't wait to do it again next Spring. Thanks mom!

My little butterfly!

Cute Tia, every time she sees a butterfly outside, she calls it "her" butterfly.

Aiden had to get in on the action, too.

I got Tia a new bed about a month ago.

She loves it. :)

Her new favorite thing is raspberries. She loves to put them on her fingers.

Aiden and I put these together for his teachers at pre-school.

Aiden walking in to "graduate" from pre-school.

Aiden and his teacher Miss Nancy.

She wants to be just like her big brother.

Aiden also finished his first swimming lessons and is now on his second class.

Doing great! I wish I had more time and energy to swim with him at the beach.

Feeding the animals at the strawberry festival.

Aiden took his training wheels off one day and within minutes was riding around with no problems. He has taken one good fall (the second day of riding) and scraped his elbow up pretty good, but is doing great!

He can stop, ride, and go all by himself. Gives me a while to sit and relax without helping him.

So proud of him!

They said they wanted to paint something and I asked them what they wanted to paint. This is what they chose. :) (the baby).

Playing the guitar.

We went with some friends to a rare animal showing. This was a huge python. Also saw a kangaroo, porcupine, legless lizard, parrot, and a few other exotic things.

Went strawberry picking. I am not going to lie, it was rough. Being 34 weeks pregnant and having a 38 week stomach was a workout to say the least.

It as fun, though. I can't help but think of my dad whenever I am cutting up strawberries.

I remember my dad stopping at fruit stands to get a flat of strawberries and spending a ton of time and effort to cut them up and make strawberries for eating, shortcake and waffles or his famous strawberry pizza.

If only he would have had these little handy tools when he was cutting up strawberries it would have saved him a ton of time. These two tools are a life saver.

Daddy showing Tia what to expect when we go and see the fireworks that night.

Excited to do sparklers

Tammy and Stewart were in town from NY. They had some fun with sparklers, too.

Waiting for the show to start.

Zion enjoyed them, as well.

I won some tickets to water park. Whales Tales.

Not sure what to expect as I have never been there before.

It was not bad. The kids had a ton of fun.

My favorite thing was this little water park for the littler kids. I could sit on the edge and watch them play. The lines were long for the other big slides and rides, and since Brooklyn was too little to ride them, and I was too big, we stayed here a lot of the time. We all had fun, though.