A little bit of Spring....

My very thoughtful, kind, sincere husband brought me

home a little piece of Spring.

I wish I could take better pictures,

so you could really get the feel of how

gorgeous these flowers really are! Aren't they pretty, and isn't he sweet?

He knew I'd been having a bit of a rough day/week,

and he knows just what will cheer me up!

Like Father like Son

Will in Scott's glasses.... need I say more?

Easter Weekend

Our little family had a wonderful Easter this year. It was a lot of fun with Will actually knowing what was going on... sort of. We like to celebrate all the commercial reasons for Easter on Saturday, so that morning, we hid eggs and Will got to "hunt" for them. He was ecstatic! He found an egg at the top of the stairs, just outside the room, and loved it. Then when he realized there were more, he got even more excited!! THEN, when he found out there was candy inside, he went NUTS! He didn't want to use his basket, or mom and dad's help in holding the eggs, so he kept walking around dropping them, trying to pick them up, dropping more as he bent down, and did this the whole time he was hunting. Will was also really excited about his Easter basket. He got spoiled, thanks to Papa and Gigi Mortensen. The easter bunny brought Will a dvd "101 Dalmations" (which he has watched every day since... and guess who his favorite is? Yep, Cruella! - What a boy!), a book about Peter Rabbit, two things of bubbles, playdough eggs, and of course, candy! He really had a fun time. For about 2 or 3 mornings after Easter, he would wake up and ask if the Easter bunny had come. It was pretty funny.

These were some really cool dinosaurs from Grandma - you put them in water and they transform -this was BY FAR Will's favorite thing from his easter basket. He played with these most of the day!Talking so nicely to his little dinosaurs!Opening Peter Rabbit, he wanted Daddy to read it right away!Do you think he liked the bunny ears? Me neither,

but I know he loved the mouth full of candy he had!Kicking the snow looking for buried eggs.... good luck Will

Can you see how happy he was after his splendid egg hunt in the snow?

Our Sunday Easter was really great too, we had a great church meeting, and a very yummy meal. We did a little devotional talking about the real reason we have Easter. Of course we talked about Jesus and how he was resurrected and came back to life after he was nailed to the cross. Will thought that was very special, he even reminded us about Lazarus being raised from the dead (we learned about that about a month ago in FHE)... he scares us with his memory! It was a wonderful, SNOWY day, spending time together and remembering our Savior and his sacrifice for us.

Let the fun begin!

Now that we are all private and have the place to ourselves.... welcome! We can finally put up our Easter pictures. Actually, that will have to wait until tomorrow. Sorry to get you all excited. I hope you will continue reading our blog even though now you have to sign in to do it. I promise I'll make it worth it!

See you soon! Happy Monday to everyone!

PRIVACY

Hey all ya'll. It has finally come to that time, we decided to go private. Drop me a comment with your e-mail if you'd like an invite to keep reading our blog... I know, you'll have withdrawls if you aren't able to read about Will everyday! We'd love to stay in touch with everyone, so please let me know!!!

And for all you out there who are reading my blog without me knowing it, time to come clean :) You can still read it, I just need to invite you first. If you don't want to leave a comment, e-mail me: kara.mortensen@gmail.com

THANKS!

Big Boy Bed Update

I know you are all curious, so I just thought I would tell what an awesome little boy we have, and update you on our latest sleeping arrangements. Will is doing GREAT!! When I posted about his bed, he was crying himself to sleep, locked in his room. Well, that was it!!! He only did that once, and now I'm proud to say he goes to sleep beautifully (even for naps!) and sleeps like a charm. He does usually wake up around 3 ish, sneak into our room and crash on the floor, but he doesn't even cry or wake us up, I just wake up and there he is, like a little puppy. Somehow, he seems to always find our little decor pillows, snuggle up and make himself comy. I know he should be sleeping in his bed ALL night, but honestly, we are ALL benefitting from the quiet nights of sleep. Will is going to bed around 7-7:30 and not waking until almost 8 most mornings.

One of these days, we'll really crack down and make him stay in his bed all night, but for now, I'm just counting my blessings, and my hours of sleep! For those of you who have the toddler bed to look forward to, best of luck!

Happy St. Patty's

A very happy St. Patrick's day to you - from the Mortensen clan! We hope no one got pinched!! We sure didn't, we were all very festive. Will even chose green to make his "new" bookmark. Must be "luck-o-the-irish" because Will got TWO smooches!

The Big Boy Bed

Yikes... we were hoping the bed would over a bit smoother, but as you can see from the pictures, Will isn't as thrilled with his new bed as we are. He did have a lot of fun helping us take down the crib, and put the new bed up, loved his new dinosaur jammies, and loved jumping and playing on his bed.... all until it came time to sleep in it.

The first night, he went right to sleep, slept until midnight, then spent an hour running back and forth from his room to ours saying "Sleep in mommy's bed!!!" Finally, Scott slept on Will's floor, with Will, NEXT to the bed, that would have been a great picture. Father and son cuddled up together, NEXT to the brand new bed. The second night of the bed went a bit smoother, he slept this time until 2 am. Then, he insisted on sleeping in our bed, or us sleeping in his bed. We resisted, and felt cruel, and finally he just layed down on our floor, without pillow or blanket, curled up in a little ball, next to my bed. When he first did it, I got up and put a blanket on, then about 10 minutes later he woke up and proudly said "All done sleeping mama!" I said "No, it's not time to wake-up, you need to go sleep in your bed or lay back down and go to sleep." Of course, there were some tears, but he was still there in our room at 6:30 this morning... that's when I finally gave in and let him sleep in our bed for a few hours.

Now, as we speak he is going on 30 minutes of screaming in his room "Open door mommy! Mommy hold you!" And of course, my heart is breaking, but I can't find a better way to make him go to sleep in his own room, in his own bed. Poor little guy, we all learn to sleep in a bed without any traumatic memories, right? Somebody please tell me he'll still grow up to be normal!

YAY for Tax Returns!

This year, with our tax return money, we decided that we should finally buy a better a table. Our other one was great, we really enjoyed it, but there things that we needed to change. We debated a long time about what to do, but finally broke down and just bought a new table.

Here we are "toasting" to our new table! The table....
It has a leaf that is hidden inside, underneath and when put in, the table is HUGE. I don't think we'll ever out grow this table. Of course looking at the table in the furniture store, it looked really small, but now that it is in our tiny kitchen, it's not so small. We love it!

Our trip to DC

Sorry for the picture overload! Here's a few tidbits from our trip to DC. We had a blast!

Will and Reagan holding hands - while going for a walk

Will was so excited to get outside and enjoy some fresh air!

It was wonderful!

Reagn is a little climber - this is what she does a lot, I think she is going to be a gymnast!
RUNNING!
Family picture at the air and space museum - it was way cool. There were tons of planes suspended from the ceiling!

THE space shuttle. This thing is HUGE, it doesn't look it on TV, but it is!

A giant turtle skeleton at the museum of Natural history.
Will couldn't resist saying "totally dude!!"

More turtles and more "totally dudes"

Will and Reagan again - what a cute couple!
Kisses....


You can't see it very well, but we are standing in front of a giant Mammoth. Will LOVED the museum of Natural History - it was very cool, I would go back anyday!

THE T-REX!!!

The Stegosaurus
Waiting for the metro - ready to party

On the Metro
The Mall

We just had a fabulous vacation in Virginia. Will and I packed our bags and tagged along with Scott to his Mayo Conference in Washington DC. We've got some great friends (the Healy's) that live just outside of DC in Reston Virginia so we stole one of thier beds, and took over their house. Will took over all their little girls toys and soon learned to say "don't take it Reagan!" It was pretty funny. We had tons of fun playing the Wii (ending up with very sore arms) and exploring some of the sites in DC, eating great food, and shopping (of course!). Hope you enjoy the pictures!!