Happy Birthday Trustin!

The landmark has come and gone, and Trustin is officially old and wise. I asked Trustin how he feels about reaching the big Three Zero and his only thoughts were "Well it's nice to be legal to play on our soccer league"(we've both been playing on an over-30 league, with permission, but with Trustin looking about 22 and me about 16...we've gotten some comments).

Celebrating this year was really fun and relaxing. Trustin requested pizza with breadsticks and Little Caesars was glad to oblige. Then Trustin made us mango smoothies, mmmm. We rented a movie, which wasn't a big hit, but good enough and just relaxed.

Then came the presents:

We've discovered that we may never have to open a present alone again. Zeke was very willing to help. The only presents he didn't unwrap were the ones he carried to Daddy and that weren't wrapped.

Ironically the first present Zeke opened was actually for him. We didn't read the writing on the paper so we didn't realize it was for him and were laughing at how he was going to town on Daddy's present when he suddenly pulls out a pair of Zeke-sized gloves. Perfect. And then matching gloves for Trustin.

That calls for a high-five!

Gramma and Paca aptly labeled this gift "a treasure." Zeke was quite thrilled by it.

Trustin was too!

(In case you can't tell, it is a watering can. We really need one and now we have one that is both practical and entertaining)

Zeke and I bought Trustin a laser-level... I know nothing about buying such things, so who knows what we got.

Then the "berry" on top: blueberry bushes and a grape vine. We didn't get a picture of it but we also bought a big trellis for the grapes to grow on. When we dream, we dream big, and I'm sure our grapes are going to flourish enough to need a giant trellis.

Happy Birthday Trustin! Zeke of course wanted to help blow out the candle and he requested to do it again after the first time. I love this kid. The cake, as you can see, well, it tasted good. I made an ice cream cake roll last year and it turned out really good. This years model certainly won't be pictured in any recipe books but luckily you just can't go wrong with mint chocolate chip and it tasted wonderful! I kind of want to try a fondant cake for Zeke's birthday this summer just for the fun of it and because "its all the rage" but I realized I'll be 39 weeks pregnant, or better yet, in labor, so we'll see about that cake ambition.

Now the really important stuff. To say how much we love Trustin. If Zeke could talk:

Daddy is the greatest. He is so silly and so easy to scare when I say boo. He is fun to tackle and chase, just like a dad should be. And he's fun to climb; his face is one of my favorite stepping stools! He is so strong, he can throw me so high, and whoa he can throw a ball even higher (do it again, do it again). Daddy is the best at making me laugh! I am always so excited for my daddy to get home from work I run to the door the second I hear the garage opener so I can jump out and scare him the second he comes in. I love Daddy so much that I don't even like to take naps when he's home because I don't want to miss a minute with Daddy (true). I love love love my daddy!

From me:

Well there's too much to say and I'm sure you don't want me to go all mushy...but, I do have to say that I am certain that I'm the luckiest wife ever. I love my wonderful husband so much. Happy Birthday Love!

Waitin' for July and my little GIRL

Well, most of you have already heard the news, but its fun to say it again. We're going to have a girl! Trustin and I have both suspected that this one was a girl but its so exciting to know for sure. I confess the ultrasound wasn't the greatest. We got really spoiled with Zeke since my doctor's office had to send me to a fancy high-risk pregnancy ultrasound office (because my insurance didn't cover it in their office). We got two ultrasounds each with about a million pictures each and the second time we got a bunch of amazing 3D images. This time around we only get the one ultrasound and she printed three pictures, one to show that it's a girl and two practically identical ones of her face. Well she's adorable but those front shots never look like anything so much as an alien. But aside from the lack of incredible ultrasound pictures, it was definitely a good day. I'm so excited to have a daughter! July 15th can not come fast enough (or July 8th when I'm really optimist or July 24th when I'm realistic...). This is going to be a long 5 months because I am already aching to hold that little girl!





Trustin and I already went out and bought her 9 outfits/jammies. We just couldn't help ourselves! (and a plug for why I'm proud to be DI junkie: 9 outfits for our little lady plus a pair of shoes for Zeke: only $15, wahoo!) I'm trying to restrain myself from going crazy buying girly things and fabric to start sewing quilts and curtains and anything I can think of.





And as for my little boy, who I know is going to be the best big brother ever, well he's as great as ever! Of course he doesn't really understand what's going on, but he likes to examine my belly to find this baby we keep telling him is there. I wonder what he thinks (oh silly Mommy, that's just a belly button, not a baby).





As always he keeps doing new things that crack us up. Last night he wanted to play ring-around-the-rosies with me and here is how our circle went: Zeke holding Woody's hand on one side and a football on the other and me holding onto the other side of both toys. Then this morning he wanted to color (by the way, Zeke thinks that the printer is synonymous with Toy Story Picture Creating Machine). He held a crayon in Woody's hand and made Woody color the picture. Where did this little Toy Story nut come from?





There were a couple other funny things he started doing this week, but alas I've already forgotten. I guess that's why I'm grateful for when I do blog, because chances are I'll forget about the ring-around-the-rosies and the coloring Woody by next week.

This is not a picture of me today, but I wish it was. This is me the day Zeke was born. I'm ready for the fast forward button.

Some Assembly Required

Grandma and Grandpa Brockbank came to visit us a couple weekends ago and I think it is safe to say that we worked them to the bone. To begin with they brought down Trustin's Christmas present that I bought on KSL. My dad and Trustin had quite the time setting it up with nothing to go by but a couple of pictures on a cell phone! But it works!

We did a family workout on Monday night and man are we out of shape, we need this thing! Zeke likes exercising with us and is pretty cute, although it does require some diligence to keep track of this little guy to protect his little fingers.

Then I really slacked on the camera for the whole of Grandma and Grandpa's visit. These pictures of Zeke and his Grandpa are literally all I took. But Zeke LOVED having them here. On Sunday when he woke up from his nap he went straight in to their room to try to find them. He was not happy to find the air-mattress deflated and no grandparents in sight.

And for assembly number two: We bought Zeke a swingset/playground. (Another great Craig's list deal). So Trustin, my Dad, and Uncle Kalani spent most of the day unassembly, loading, unloading and reassembling (again, with almost no pictures and no instructions---we like to keep it interesting). We didn't get any pictures of the whole thing yet (our camera has this habit of following Zeke around), but Zeke is quite the fan! In the last week he has added two new words to his vocabulary: "Wheee!" and "Push"

You can't tell from the picture but this slide is quite steep. Zeke totally flies off the bottom. We put some artificial grass at the bottom though so now it is perfect. Who wants a slow slide anyways?

And here is our little soccer star. He loves to kick and throw balls around the house and he's getting so good at it.
Trustin posted a video of Zeke's victory dance on facebook.

Zeke recently started requesting to wear a pair of my socks. They are hot pink. So in an attempt to change Zeke's fashion choice Daddy pulled out these socks covered in basketballs. They were a hit, and quite cute!

Whoa, what do you say to that studmuffin?

Here is Zeke helping me dig in the yard. We are so excited that the weather has gotten so nice (sorry to all you Utahns and even more to you Nebraskans, but our weather is lovely!). We are hoping to put in sod in the next couple weeks since our grass seed experiment failed miserably...We also have plans for a vegetable garden (we'll see how that goes in this heat) and trees and eventually eventually to finish the patio.

This is the accompanying gesture for "To infinity and beyond!" Zeke does this when talking about Buzz and occasionally when talking about Jesus...well I guess that makes sense too.

And here are Zeke's prized jammies (I wonder why?). It is kind of ridiculous how much he loves Buzz and Woody. He used to always pretend to call Daddy or grandparents on the phone but these days every time he grabs a phone (or calculator, or credit card, or anything rectangular...) he is always saying "Buzz Buzz, woo-y"

In other news, my ultrasound in on the 15th! I can't wait.