Baby Hannah has arrived!!

Caroline officially became a big sister on Tuesday, April 21 at 3:39 pm when baby sister Hannah Kay Von Gunten was born. She is beautiful and Mommy and Daddy and Caroline couldn't be happier. We are home from the hospital now and trying (and I say that very loosely) to try and catch up on some lost sleep. Caroline is in love and always wanting to see "Baby Hannah" and touch her and change her diaper and kiss her all over. Enjoy the pictures! (Thank you Sonia for the video idea!)

Happy Easter!!

Easter was a beautiful Sunday here and we started the day with an Easter Egg Hunt at home. Caroline loved looking for the eggs and kept asking for more! We went to church where I got sympathy seating for my 39 week pregnant belly and carrying my 2 year old (part of our plan)! Then we came home and had a little Easter egg hunt in our front yard with our neighbors -- it was very cute. Caroline did not quite get that there were things inside the eggs but the other kids did. We ended the day with dinner at Laurie and Crispin's. It was a great day!

I got the Golden Egg....!!

This past weekend we took Caroline to an Easter celebration at the local harbor. She was a little hesitant at first but then she decided that it was actually fun. She rode the little ponies (which is a huge step since she seems to be afraid of animals lately), did the sing along and participated in the Easter Egg Hunt. I wasn't sure how she would do with this concept either but I knew it wouldn't be a problem as we stood at the starting line and she kept saying, "Ready to hunt eggs, ready to hunt eggs". And ready to hunt she was. She was so excited picking up all the eggs she could find including finding the big Golden Egg that Mommy and Daddy didn't even see hidden. She was so proud of herself and apparently it showed as she got her picture featured on the front page of our local paper. What proud parents we are!! Enjoy the pictures we took and the link to the newspaper article. http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/apr/05/nxxwcnpcottontail05/

Oh, no news on Baby #2 front yet -- 10 days till my due date and no sign of an early arrival -- will keep everyone posted as I am getting anxious also!!

Alice in Wonderland or Caroline?

We had professional pictures taken recently and Caroline wore one of my dresses from when I was little. The photographer called to ask me if anyone had ever commented that Caroline looked like Alice in Wonderland -- these pictures prove it!

Keeping Busy...

We have been keeping busy this month getting the baby room together and working on last minute projects we had wanted to complete before she is born -- the yard, the office, etc. Caroline is very inquisitive about "baby sister" as she has felt her move in "Mommy's belly" quite a bit lately. Though she still doesn't understand why Mommy can't hold her whenever she wants or sit on the floor with her or jump or run or all the other things that are difficult to do when you are 36 weeks pregnant!! These are some cute pictures of Caroline in one of my old dresses with daddy in the front yard and the others are of her and I going to see some baby horses born at the local humane society (also a rare picture of me in a very pregnant state!) Caroline has developed a new fear of animals constantly repeating, "You're OK, you're OK" whenever a dog or cat comes our way. No idea what is causing this but hopefully it will go away soon because she wanted me to hold her the whole time at the horse farm!! We will keep you posted in the next couple of weeks!

Tea anyone?

Caroline got a tea set and a kitchen for her birthday and she LOVES them!! We have regular tea parties / birthday parties every morning and she is a very good hostess. Today was baby's birthday party and I was invited so we had a nice tea time. These are a couple of pictures and a little video. Enjoy!

California baby

What can I say? Like father, like daughter.... Caroline turned two this month so the first thing Trent said was "I think she needs a wetsuit" as any California surfing father would say. So we found the smallest wetsuit we could and she absolutely loves it. We tried it on and she didn't want to take it off. Nevermind that she was completely sweating in it running around the house!! So we took her to the pool a little later and now she is sold. So let's hope Mommy can still get her to wear a cute little bathing suit every once in a while but I will have to admit that she looks pretty darn cute in the wetsuit!! Let's hope that Daddy doesn't think she will already be on a surfboard this year -- I don't know if Mommy is ready for that -- we'll just test out the ocean first!