Signs Joan is pregnant......

*Napping more than usual, for me that's a lot.

*The smell of girly soaps that I usually love, now make me want to barf.

*Songs on the Country station make me cry.

*Joe asks me why I'm crying and I have no explanation.

*I forget the usual things.....like to take my purse with me if I'm going out.

*I miss my family more than usual.

*I wish Amber would come hang out and watch Max and Ruby with me.

*I miss going to the Bienz's, letting the kids run wild and have Laura taking care of me. (I actually miss this one all the time.)

*Ezra tells me I better do laundry soon because the hamper is about to tip over, and I think to myself, I should teach Ezra how to do his own laundry.

*I make dinner and then don't want to eat any of it.

*I don't make dinner, because everything sounds disgusting.

*I wonder why we don't have Ramen and grilled cheese for dinner more often, because it is really delicious.

*Ice cream doesn't even sound good.

*I wish I had some of that spicy pickled cauliflower. (I think it's a Martin thing)

*I think laying on the couch watching Spongebob with River is a good activity.

*I wonder if I'm drinking enough water and eating enough vegetables.

*I have to go pee all of the time.

*Joe tells people I'm expecting.......expecting to have morning sickness and be grumpy.

Sorry for the pity party, I just thought I would share some of the things that have been going on. I know all of you are sad that you are not here to enjoy me in my pleasant state. I do remember when I was pregnant with the boys, I felt better after twelve weeks. So, I've got that to look forward to.

Baby #3

If you didn't know I was pregnant, you do now! We haven't been telling people, because we wanted to wait until my first appointment. We did get to tell our families while we were in Arizona that was pretty cool. I had my first doctors appointment today. I have been a little nervous since we found out and it was a relief to go today and find out everything looked good. Since this was planed I have been taking my vitamins, the doctor was very proud and said I was his first patient in over a month that had been taking her vitamins before she got pregnant. They gave me a little ultrasound and the baby looks like an alien/peanut, but that is normal.
I am 9 weeks along and due on August 19. Do I know where we will be living on August 19? Not really, but that is the fun of it, am I right?

Really long post about Christmas in AZ

We had such a wonderful Christmas visit to Arizona. It was so great to see our families. We got there on the Friday before Christmas and totally surprised Joe's mom. She had no idea that we were going to be there. It was so great. We want to say a big THANK YOU to our friend Mary Johnson for putting it all together.
The plan was to surprise Pam (Joe's mom) at the new Mimi's Cafe in Casa Grande. While we were waiting for her we decided that it would be a good idea to let everyone around us know what was going on. We knew Pam was going to freak out when she saw us. She hasn't seen Joe for over a year. It was a good thing we told the people because when she saw Joe she screamed and started crying, asking Joe what he was doing there. She was so excited to see Joe, the boys and of course me. It was so great. Sorry I don't have any pictures. We tried to get it on video, but she came in faster than we thought. The people around us were very nice and congratulated Pam when they were leaving. A nice lady told us that she wasn't feeling the holiday spirit and we made her Christmas and cheered her up.

On Saturday night it was the Martin Family Christmas Party. This year it was at Kyle and Elyse's house. It was so nice of them to let everyone come over. We had such a good time and it was so great seeing all of my family. Every one was able to be there this year. We had delicious Mexican food and a great program. My favorite was the puppet show by David's family. We almost forgot to take a picture of all of the grandkids. I think there is 28 grandkids, 29 including Jill Bienz, Danny wife. That's right Danny's wife. Here it is, pouting, crying and all.

So, if you are Ezra and River and you are staying at Nannie's house there are some things that you are definitely going to do:
1. Make a "palette" to sleep on and watch boomerang.
2. Eat Nacho Cheese Doritos.
3. Go to IHOP for breakfast, at least one time.
4. Have spaghetti for dinner, unless mom and dad are there, then then you get delicious Tacos.
5. Get surprises from Nannie on Saturdays
6. Play outside, if it's too cold for a pool, then dig in the wash with metal spoons and buckets.
(they dug all day on Saturday, boys and dirt.)

Here is their spiderman palette.

Here are Ezra and River playing in the dog cage, they don't need much to have a good time.

Since Pam didn't know we were coming she took her tree decorations to work. Mary supplied us with some ornaments to decorate the tree with. They turned out to be real keepers.

On Christmas Eve we opened one present. It was a Nintendo Wii. It is so much fun to play. Here is a picture of Pam and Joe playing baseball. It can get a little crazy, Pam was sore the next day. When Pam and Joe play together (against each other is more like it) it gets competive and the trash talking starts.
I'm pretty sure Ezra said something like, "Nannie what did you just say to my dad?"

Christmas morning was fun, the boys were so excited. We left some tacos for Santa, he ate them. The boys got pajamas, clothes, pokemon, and digital cameras for kids. The best present was being able to be with our family for Christmas.

Oh, you know we went to In-N-Out Burger. Here is a picture of Joe's "double, double, animal style" with his fries. Plus the boys fries too. It was so delicious. When we were almost done eating Joe said to me, "Do you realized we haven't said one word to each other since we got our food?"

We also got to stay a few nights with my parents. Here is a picture of Ezra and Grandpa lighting the fire. Was it cold enough to have a fire? Not really, but that never stopped my mom from being cold or my dad from building a fire.

When we got to town the boys were desperately in need of haircuts. I asked my dad and he said yes. It brought back memories of brothers and nephews getting their haircuts. We had a good time with my parents.

Ezra requested that we go see Jed before we leave. We had a good visit with Kyle and Elyse. Joe and Becca stopped by with their cute baby. All kids ran around having lots of fun. When it was time to go Ezra was very sad. He cried for a bit on the way home.

We did get a picture of this awesome Arizona sunset, on our drive home.

Here is a picture of Joe playing Guitar Hero and Ezra playing along on his indestructible Brazilian guitar. I never thought I would hear my kids say, "I think dad's playing Slowride." and then run in the room singing along.

It was good and busy visit. We didn't get a chance to visit everyone in my family before we left, so I was glad I got to see them at the Christmas party. We also got to see Joe's dad and step-mom who were in town for Christmas too. We had a great time, and made it home with only minor complications (lost luggage, that we got in a few days.) Now we are home and it is back to real life.