He's here!!!

Lil' Kohen finally got here on Wednesday the 12th and we got to bring him home on VALENTINES DAY!! It was the best and hardest Valentines Day ever!! Trav and I are so blessed to have this little man in our life! He is amazing. Trav is such a great dad (let me say I was very worried that) but he is a natural. He doesn't love poopy diapers but he is more than willing to change them and it is super cute!! We fight over who loves him more, but I guess we have to declare it a tie. He was 7 pounds and 12 ounces and 21 inches long. He is the cutest lil guy ever. On our way home from the hospital he got to stop by and meet his uncle Justin... He just can't wait to meet Uncle Dallas, Cade and Grandpa Erickson!!

8 days and counting...

Oh my! Only 8 days left and I can't stand it. I hurt in every part of my body and can't wait for this little fella to get here!!! His nursery is finally almost all done, I just have odds and ends left so I feel a lot better and I'm not stressing out as much. Well, hopefully lil' Kohen Justin gets here sooner than the 8 days, Trav and I can't wait to meet him and squeeze him!! (sorry rack no pictures, I can't bring myself to post fat faced pictures! It disgusts me.)

Ahh, arent' they the cutest dogs ever? We took Blade and Missy to the doggy spa to get cleaned up!! They were not happy about it but they got the cutest matching bandanas for New Years. We tried to keep them on as party favors but Blade tore his off and Missy was body slamming into things to try and rub it off so we ended up letting them be party poopers. Meg, Dave, Peyton, and Carson came over for a little New Years party. The boys loved the dogs and the rocking horse! It was a blast.

Girls

Yay!! Us girls finally got to get together in a long long time. Raquel moved away to Ohio while her husband finishes school so haven't seen her in what seems like forever!! It was so much fun getting together and catching up on all of our gossip!! (that's what we do best) I love these girls so much, they mean the world to me, and I am so glad that we still get together when we can. We'll all be forever friends! Love ya girlies!!

Merry Christmas Yo!!! You are not mistaken, that is a real mustache!! Trav thought it would be great to finally shave his sick-o beard he had been growing for weeks and when he came out of the bathroom he came out with a highway patrol-man stache. Ewh!! Of course no matter how much I complained he got to keep it for ONE day. He thought it was so funny we took a few silly family pictures in front of the Christmas tree for memory sakes. Next thing I know I come home from work and Trav had turned the pictures into Christmas cards and was ready to send them out to all. I had to monitor who got one of these priceless pictures because it could be used as blackmail!! Me being 7 months pregnant with our crazy dogs and an old man husband that used a snowman teacup as a prop for our picture perfect Christmas photo. Oh what a Merry Family. Feliz Navidad to all!!! MWA-HA-HA.

So as you all know I have the greatest family EVER!! My mom and dad are serving as Mission Presidents in the Peoria, Illinois mission. Those have to be the luckiest missionaries out there!! They love it and are so super busy. Trav and I got to go visit them back in September when they had time to get settled in (okay I only gave them about a month before I missed them so much I had to go out and see them) We went to Nauvoo with them and got to go through the temple out there. It was amazing. We went to Carthage jail and tour a lot of the sights the pioneers traveled including the huge river. It was insane, truly breathtaking to see it in person and imagine what they went through. It was such an amazing atmosphere everywhere there. We met quite a few of their missionaries from their area at a picnic they were having. They all couldn't stop telling me what awesome parents I have!! (They love to have a mission pres with such a wacky sense of humor) They are so loved out there and are changing so many lives. It still doesn't seem fair that they get to have my parents for 3 years but it doens't look like my say has any toll in the matter so I have learned to deal with it. I plan on going out there as much as possible and taking my dad to da BEARS game!!! (hopefully next season) GO BEARS!!

look at our little tyke growing...

Trav and I are expecting our first baby in February (wow) I never realized how hard it would be to name the little guy so if you have any suggestions or likes let us know...