Christmas blizzard

Dad's helpers.

Our car is in the big drift. We were stuck in our house for two days before the plows made it to our house. Thank God I didn't go into labor!

Christmas 2009

Gary & Dee Ann came over Christmas Eve, we ate chili & grilled cheese and then watched the boys open their presents. They were so excited and wanted everything open so they could play with it. Christmas morning the boys got their Santa gifts and all the goodies in their stockings. Dee Ann made a wonderful turkey dinner & then they braved the blizzard and drove back to Upton to spend the rest of Christmas with Mary Ann & Homer.

Baby Shower Pictures

Four of my wonderful girl friends threw a pedicure/baby shower for me. There was 11 of us girls & we got our toes done, ate yummy brunch food, played games and visited. I got a lot a cute girl clothes and some other baby necessities.

2009 in review

Every year we've had a Christmas card with pictures to send out to family & friends. Well, this year we wont be sending out Christmas cards since there will be a new family member joining us... possibly any day now. So we will send out a Happy New Year (or Valentines) card and baby announcement together. I would like family and friends to know how our year went so I thought our blog spot would be a great place for that.

We started off 2009 with a holiday get together in Lander with my parents, Audie, Gregor, Drew & Kim. It was a full house for my parents... my Uncle Gregor ended up sleeping in my Dads shop on a cot! Burrrrr! We really enjoyed all the family time, playing cards and eating LOTs of great food.

May we made the loonnnnggg journey down to Santa Fe, New Mexico for Audies college graduation. On the way down we stopped in Denver, stayed the night and went to the Denver Zoo the next day. The boys had a great time. I also shared some great news with Greg while we were there. I had found out before we left the day before that I was pregnant. I made a sign that said, "Another baby on the way". I handed it to Greg when I had him pose for a picture in front of the monkeys. I took the picture right when he read it. His face was priceless. So after our visit to the zoo we hit the road again. Our time in Santa Fe was a lot of fun. We were able to see Roxanne & Ty and grandpa Ted, Audies graduation went good and we enjoyed all the art work around Santa Fe. My parents were staying at a camp ground and our last night we went there for dinner. While we were there Graden fell in to cactus... wow, poor little guys was in so much pain and hated us holding him down to get it all out of his leg and foot.

July we went to Cody for Matt & Christine's wedding. Christine's parents have their own water skiing lake & they were going to get married on the dock. We stayed in a camper with Gary and Dee Ann which was a little tight but we enjoyed the family time. The boys did good for the first few days and then after that they were tired and ready to go home. They were the ring bearers and looked so cute in their suits. The wedding was beautiful and we were glad to be a part of it.

August is Sturgis Motorcycle rally time. We rent out our home to some bikers who have been staying at our house for the last three years. The boys and I leave and stay in Lander with my parents for the week and Greg gets to stay with a friend in Lead since it's a busy time at work. No vacation for Greg. The boys really got to work on their potty training while we were in Lander... a lot a space outside to pee and Grandma supplied the M&M's as a reward. They are now fully potty trained (few accidents now and then) but Greg and I are surprised how excited about it they are & how little we really did.

There is so many more stories I could tell you. We have been busy with something every week. With two, two year old there is never a dull moment, always something going on and so many memories to share. But along with that I also have them here wanting to help me type... so I will leave you with these memories of 2009.

Update on the Baby. I went into preterm labor at 33 weeks, contractions 3-7 minutes apart and strong. The doctor was able to slow them down with a shot & sent me home on a medication to do the same. I am still having contractions but they are under control and haven't turned into labor contractions. The baby has dropped and is head down, which is very uncomfortable. The doctor hopes we can keep they baby in until after Christmas... Greg and I are hoping for after the New Year. We will keep you all posted.

We hope you have a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

Lots of love- Greg, Jessie, Graden & Cael

November

Fall Festival in Sturgis... the kids had a great time in the jumping castle, pony rides, face painting and music.

Here is a picture of the babies room before we painted...

After Painting. Together Greg & I were able to create the vision I had in my head.

A few weekends ago Greg & I were able to have a kid free weekend (Thanks to Gary & Dee Ann)! We went out to dinner with a group of friends that also have kids... so it was nice to have dinner without kids & be able to visit a little more. Then we all went to Put-n-glow. It's been forever since I've been mini golfing & we all had a blast! The next day Greg & I were able to sleep in & relax. That night we went out to dinner at our favorite place, Coco Palace (yummy sushi) and a movie! Greg & I haven't been able to enjoy much time with each other so this weekend was much needed!

Fall???

Cael William & Graden James Glodt 2 1/2 yrs old

Best Buddies

Oh, I have been slacking on blog posts. The boys, work and everything else seems to consume my days & before I know it September is over & now we are over half way through October!

Graden & Cael are doing good... just getting over a little flu. They started out with temperatures of 101 and then the next day the temps were lower but they were throwing up. So we called the doctor to make sure it wasn't anything too serious. The doctor said it didn't sound too serious, but they probably were throwing up because we were giving them too much fluids. They seem better today, just a lot of drainage going on.

The boys moved into their new room downstairs last week & love it! They helped move stuff & put stars on their ceiling. I don't know what it is but they seem to sleep better down there & don't wake up so early... should have moved them along time ago! The new baby will be in their old room & the boys seem excited about that too. They like to go in the room & look at the baby stuff we have in there & talk about all the baby stuff. They seem to be excited about getting a baby sister, as much as two year olds can.

We are just coming up on 7 months along in this pregnancy. I'm feeling GREAT! The baby moves soooo much right now, it actually is getting to the point it hurts sometimes. She's a strong one! I've been going to the doctor every month for checkups & starting next week I will be going every two weeks in November & December and January I will be going every week.

Greg's doing great. He was super Dad while the boys were sick. He was home with them yesterday & spent the whole day cleaning puke up & taking care of sick kids. What a great guy. He will probably be ready to go back to work tomorrow.

I'm still working & plan on working right up to the end of the pregnancy. Then I plan on staying home for 6 weeks with the baby before I go back.

I hope everyone is doing great!

At the Roo Ranch

Ashley & I took the kids to the Roo Ranch (kangaroo ranch) that's by Deadwood. The kids had a great time. They were hopping around like kangaroos most of the time. They were able to pet a few of them. The white one in the pictures was a wallaby.

For those of you that don't get to see me on a regular basis, here's a picture of me at 5 1/2 months.

I've been feeling really good, I can eat just about anything & I have a lot of energy.

Here's a picture of Cael holding our friends new baby Addison. Good practice for the boys :0]

20 week ultrasound

We went in for our 20 week ultasound today. It was really neat to see the babies heart, brain, stomach, toes & fingures. They measured everything to make sure that the baby is growing and healthy. The ultrasound tech said that everything looked good!

We also decided to find out the gender of our baby~~~ and it looks like it's going to be a GIRL! We deffently are excited. She will be the perfect additon to our family. I'm not going to be so out numbered any more.

Lander vacation

We rent out our house for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. During this time the boys & I head to Lander, Wy for a relaxing week with Grandma & Grandpa Cunningham. We were lucky enough to have my sister Audie join us this year. She was happy to take a break from the Santa Fe heat and hang out in Lander. The pictures below are from the lake. We enjoyed a day on the sandy beach & putting our feet in the freezing water (only Audie & Grandma were crazy enough to go swimming!).

We had a Baby doctors appointment on Friday. Everything is going great, the heart beat sounds good, I'm gaining the right amount of weight. Our next appointment will be September 2 & we are having a ultra sound done. We are so excited to see this little baby & how it's doing!!!

I will make sure to post a blog after out appointment.

Matt & Christine's Wedding

The Glodt family

Me & my new sis-in-law Christine

The beautiful Bride Christine & Groom Matt

Graden, me & Cael before the wedding. They were the cutest ring bearers I've ever seen!!!

We had a great time out at the Phipps lake. We camped, played in the lake & enjoyed all the friends & family time we had!

I hope to get more pictures on here. Our computer is out of commission right now. We are using a friends laptop... Thanks Dan!!! We are most likely going to be buying a new computer!!!

Other things we've been up to:

We had a baby doctors appointment on Wednesday. Everything is going good. We got to hear it's heart beat which is really neat! It makes it seem real.

Yesterday Greg & I took the boys over to Old McDonald's farm. We all had a blast. Cael rode a horse for the first time and called the horse his horse. He didn't want to leave it at the end of the day. The whole way home they talked about the horses, and the goats up on the bridge.

We've started potty training. They are doing pretty good. We put the potties in the living room so they are reminded to sit on them the second they have to go. Well, last night Graden decided that he wanted to pee like daddy & stand up. Not the best idea for a little guy who doesn't have any control and is trying to pee in a little potty chair.... it was messy but kinda cute.

We leave this Friday to go back to Powell, Wy. Our friends Nick & Amy are getting married & Greg is singing in their wedding. It will be a quick trip but fun.

Then our next adventure will be leaving for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Greg stays in Deadwood since he works the whole time & the boys, myself & our cat go to Lander.

I think that's about it for now.

Have a great week~ Love the Glodts

4th of July

We had a great 4th. Laurie & her boys came from Wright, Wy to spend the day with us. We meet in Belle for the parade, then went to the Spearfish park for a pic-nic & let the boys play at the park. Then we went to the fish hatchery. It was a very fun day but very exhausting... the boys didn't make it to the fireworks. I ended up watching them from our deck after putting them to bed.

Boys Birthday Party

The kids sitting nicely & eating cupcakes!
Graden have a blast in the pool

Natalie getting a drink

Cael, Natalie, Graden, Brady & Grace... what great friends!