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Life in the fast lane...

It seems like it's been forever since we posted... I guess it kind of has. Things have been happening like crazy! My mom always said that as you get older and have kids, time keeps going faster and faster- she was so right. The last few months have been pretty full: Zander is about 14 months old and running so fast my pregnant body has trouble keeping up with his energy sometimes, I am 36 weeks pregnant now with our little girl, Greg is keeping busy at work, and... we bought our first house!

We closed on our first house in the middle of June and we got to move in about a week and a half later. The house is pretty good size with 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms but it was a foreclosure so we had quite a bit of work to do before we could move in. Thank goodness for such a wonderful family! Since Greg was working most of the time and I'm so pregnant, we had family in the new house almost every day cleaning and painting and I never even had to pick up a paintbrush. Zander and I did all the running around and picking up supplies while everyone else cleaned and painted and all that good stuff. Greg would come up after work and do anything else that needed done. We needed to clean, paint, and carpet the new house, move out of the apartment, clean the apartment, and move in to the new house all within 2 weeks... There is no doubt in my mind that without our family we couldn't have done it. They were so great and it was just reinforcing how thankful we already were to have them around.

Now we are just trying to get totally settled in before the new baby gets here- due August 14th. It's all coming together and it has been so nice to have a place we can call our own home.

We are so excited for the coming weeks... it will be fun to have a new baby around and for Zander to have a sibling- he seems to love babies right now so we'll see if that holds true in a couple weeks. :)

36 weeks pregnant- Getting close!

Helping make belgian waffles... mmmmmm....

Playing in the water at Grandma and Grandpa Nulphs

The New Nulph Residence

What a cute boy!

My boys swinging

Playing in the sprinkler at the new house- SO MUCH FUN!

He got his own Buzz Lightyear cell phone for his birthday- it makes lots of noise so it's perfect for him, but no off button.... not so perfect for mom and dad.

Looking at Grandma and Grandpa Corrigan's chickens...

We went to Challis and played at the Hot Springs for Zander's Birthday- He loved it! It was a giant bathtub!

Happy Birthday Zander! He got some new tractors to play with.

The Happenings for the Nulphs

So I know its been awhile.... I'm using my in-laws computer because we got rid of our yucky internet. But... here goes:

I can't believe Zander is going to be a whole year old in less than a month! On the 21st of May our little man will be the big 1 and its crazy. He is getting so big: 23 pounds and 32 inches already. He isn't walking around yet but he sure tries. He tries to stand in the middle of the floor and pulls himself up on everything. As long as he's got one of your hands, you better hang on for the ride because if it's up to him, you're cruisin'. He is so busy! I'm excited for him to be able to walk because then he'll be more independent but I'm afraid because what if I never find him again?! If he's awake, he's getting into something. And he loves to wrestle- if you lay on the ground, he's coming to get you.

Life with Zander has been amazing. I'm so thankful every day to have him- I can't believe our little family's unbelievable luck.

I don't know how excited he is about it but Zander is going to be getting a little sister in August. That's right! I am going to have a baby and we found out a few weeks ago that it's a little girl. At least that's the word for now... the big ultrasound is tomorrow so I guess we'll see for sure. :) We are so excited- it's going to be great to have Zander and the new one so close because they should be best friends (either that or I guess we'll have fights on our hands all the time; it'll only make them tougher, right?) Remember how I said he loves to wrestle? Well one of his favorite things to do is wrestle my tummy... This new baby will probably have to be tough from the beginning!

Greg is just busy at work all the time. I can tell you, I didn't love the adjustment period when the busy season hit. I missed Greg but it was nothing to Zander. From about 4:30 to the time Greg got home (usually around 8:30 or 9) Zander was fussy and just kept looking at the door. When he hears the doorknob start to turn he gets so excited! But... hopefully the busy season is on the downhill slope.

As for me... just being busy and feeling pregnant. I keep track of Zander all day and that wears me out enough. We've been looking for a house now for a long time and still haven't found "the one" yet but we're hopeful it will be soon. :)

Oh and Happy Easter! Having our own baby for Easter was alot of fun this year. I'm not sure how much fun Zander had, but I had TONS of fun dying eggs yesterday and hunting eggs with him this morning. He was probably wondering why we were doing all these crazy things and why I was so happy about it but oh well, right? He seemed to really enjoy it... especially the candy part.