Last summer Abs took a face first fall and knocked her front four teeth loose. The bottom two came out right away, but she was really good at leaving the top two teeth alone, even though they remained quit loose. So 7 months later we had a small incident involving Syds head and Abs mouth, needless to say there was no going back. 
I went with Ry on a field trip to the botanical gardens in Denver. My favorite part of the trip was watching her take a picture of EVERY flower until her memory card was full.
It is official, we will no longer be a house full of girls! I made them prove to me that it was not an the umbilical cord, and it is true, defiantly a BOY!! Turns out agreeing on a name was not as hard as I thought it was going to be. So as it is scheduled now, Eli Aaron Petersen will arrive August 25! 
We decorated Easter eggs Friday night. A special packet let us sparkle some eggs, the girls loved it! We enjoy all the Easter bunny festivities on Saturday. Finding Easter baskets at our house and then on to an Easter egg hunt. The forecast was for rain, and the clouds led us to expect the worst, but it turned out to be a very nice Easter egg hunt, A big Thank You to Anika for putting it together for us!
We stopped in for a day with Aaron's family on the way home. A few wind chilling moments at my niece and nephew's soccer game, and then back to the house for a day filled of cousin love'n fun! The adults were a little under the weather, but it didn't stop the kids from enjoying every minute of play!!
We said our goodbyes to my sister and decided to try our luck at my parents house. We did fare a little better. We made homemade strawberry jam and the kids enjoyed grandmas fun box of crafts and activities. 
The morning Aaron's parents left, my sister and her children came. Unfortunately the anticipation of my sisters stay was better than the actual visit. The first day Sydney and my sister were sick and the second day I found myself sitting at the hospital until 3:00 in the morning with my niece who for the second time while staying with us, had pneumonia. So needless to say it was an uneventful week, with LOTS of movies. The girls had spring break the next week, so the plan was to caravan back to Idaho and enjoy my sisters company even longer!! 
Again the anticipation was greater than the visit! We did manage to make it back for my nieces 1st birthday, though the Denver blizzard was not to thank! All of my siblings were able to make it, and we managed a picture of all the grand kids on my side. It was a treat to see my youngest brother and his new little one, only 4 weeks old!! This was to be the highlight of our stay, because a stomach flu hit, and everyone (parents, siblings, spouses and children) took their turn. So the rest of the stay was uneventful, this time the kids had their share of the wii, instead of movies!
We know how to treat company at our house, Put'em to WORK!! Aarons parents, sister's husband and baby were here for the weekend and we cracked the whip, hauling 12 ton of rock from the street to our backyard. Don't everyone call and sign up today for a stay at once!! We truly appreciate their willingness to drive so far and help us! The girls got a little fun in loving on his sisters baby, good practice for them!! 
