Snow 2008

We drove to Seattle for the weekend to have Christmas with my family on Saturday. Well we got snowed in there and decided to brave the drive home today. Things went well. I was sweating and screaming while Todd drove. Baby Lucetta slept the whole time. It took over 5 hours to get home. We have over 2 feet of snow! The bamboo in the yard is leaning so far over that part of the fromt fence is coming down!!

Lucettas guard dog!

Lucetta and cousin Sophia

She recently learned to suck her thumb at night!

Merry Christmas 2008

This is my sexy look!




grandma making me smile!

Bath in the sink at grandmas.

Drip!

My new Christmas dress!

My new cousin Sophia!

you want me to pose in this candy cane outfit!

Merry Christmas from the kroger's! It has been a busy fall. We ended up spendin Thanksgiving weekend in Yakima. My grandpa passed away and the funeral was the friday following. I feel soooo far behind on Christmas stuff this year!

I am still looking for a job. I am supposed to have a working interview on Thursday but the weather here has been snow and Ice!! We are spending Christmas here at home and my sis Carrie who lives in NY will be joining us with her new baby Sophia for the holiday. We are excited to be at home this year! It has been a tight year in this economy but so many wonderful things have happened. We hope everyone has a magical Christmas and New Year!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We took Lucetta to her first Portland Blazers game. We took the MAX over with her in the bjorn and she loved it. She did great.

Hi ya'll. I am finally getting time to post. Lucetta Mae is 10 weeks old already. She is growing so fast. She had her 2 month appt already and weighed in at 11 lbs 14 oz! She had her first round of shots. I think mommy cried more then she did.

We spent Thanksgiving with Todds family in Covington (Tacoma area) then we had to drive that night to yakima. My grandfather passed away and the funeral was on Friday. The week was spent on the phone trying to get ahold of my parents who were vacationing in Italy. We were trying to get them back in time for the funeral. They made it but unfortunately had to end their trip early. My sister Carrie and her new baby Sophia were able to make it back as well. It was wonderful to be able to see them even though there were other reasons for her trip home. It was an emotional long holiday and we are glad to be home.

I am still on the search for a job. There is not much out there. So un-employment is my new best friend. Hopw you are all well. I will try to be better at posting more often.

Love you all!

Hope you are all well as we head into Christmas.

Lucetta Mae Kroger is here!

Proud papa!! He is smitten!

Man that was tiring!

Lucetta in her homecoming outfit. This was my mother and my homecoming outfit as well!

Finally!! I went into labor early Saturday morning the 20th of September. My contractions were almost immediately every 5 minutes! I labored until 3pm without meds then started triple contractions!! I then decided to go with the drugs. I got to 9 1/2 cm at 2am, finally the pushing would begin. Then my cervix got swollen and we realized that the baby was posterior or in a face up presentation rather then face down with her head and neck best backwards. (made sense I had back labor all day) So after a LONG day of labor I tearfully agreed to a C-section. It was safer for me and the baby!

Lucetta Mae was born at 2:44am on Sunday September 21st! We are so happy she is finally here. She has been a joy so far. She sleeps great, we have to wake her to feed! She has also taken to breast feeding very well. I think I will need the patience for that! Here are a few pics!

Labor Day weekend!

Ajay racing his new bike!

Todd andI with Ajay and Ethan after the race.

My nephew Ethan and I waiting for Ajay's race!

We went to Washugal where my sister and her family were for the weekend. They camped at the motorcross track and my 5 year old nephew Ajay has been racing this summer. He is doing quite well for his first year! He seems to be one of the younger ones racing in his class!

My mom and dad the last day on the beach! It was sunny and 70 degrees! We didn't want to leave!

The sunset!

We went to Manzanita beach with my parents and my sis Anne and her family at the beginning of August. One last get away before baby! We are 36 weeks and counting! The babies rooms is nearly done. Just a little more organizing to fit all this new stuff into our small house! I am done working till December! I am very excited to be able to spend some time at home with the baby! I will keep you all posted of any action and baby pics when the baby arrives! Enjoy the rest of the summer!

33 Weeks and counting!

I am growing by leeps and bounds it seems. We have had a few baby showers. One in Yakima July 9th. My sister Carrie was here from New York so that we could have a double baby shower. Her little girl is due just 4 days after our mystery baby. I had a shower here in Portland last weekend with all my local girlfriends. Next weekend in we are headed up to Olympia for a shower with the Kroger clan! So this weekend we are off to Manzanita beach for some R & R!! My sis and nephews will be there. We areexcited for Hot dogs and sand castles!

June Camping Trip

We went camping at Hood Canal on the Washington coast and stayed at the Dosewallips State Park with Todd's parents, sister and her family. We had a blast. We had 3 camp site all next to each other. Todd sister and her husband and 3 kids stayed in one of the local Park Tents. The kids thought this was great. They had never been camping before!

We took the kids clam digging at the beach. Yum steamers for dinner. My favorite are the oysters, but being pregnant I could not eat them!

The pregnancy: I am 28 weeks now and growing!! We are picking up the baby furniture and starting to get the room set up this weekend. We have had to be creative about were everything is going in our small house. We have decided not to build a new house this year. The economy, Todd's business and building loan market are not in a good state, so we decided to wait. Todd's business is still busy, but landscaping is an x-tra so Todd is holding his breath this year in hopes that he will stay busy! I will work until the baby is born in september then take a few months off. I am planning on going back to work full time in december!

I will post more prego pics later! They are downloaded on a different computer.

Have a great summer!

1st Trimester SUCKS!

Sorry to all those who have been looking for new NEWS! I have been sicker then a dog in the 1st trimester and pretty much go to bed as soon as I return from work. I am 14 weeks now and starting to feel better day by day! Thank god! We are still working on the construction loan and may be faced with not being able to build the house this year! We should find out this week! If we can't we will stay where we are at and hope that the housing and construction market improves in the area. I don't have any ultrasound pics! Our scanner is not working. I will post ASAP! P.S. We are not finding out the sex of the baby! It will be a surprise!

Snow shoeing at lost lake, Mt. Hood

My parents bought us some snow shoes for christmas. We recently go to use them at Mt. Hood! It was actually sunny that day! It was beautiful!

More Jan.

The house project is coming along... We are in final design and engineering etc...The problem is the currently loan market is not good as alot of you know. We may have to buy the land and wait on the house for a year or two, but we are still hoping everything is a go! It is difficult with Todd being self employed! I will keep you all posted. Keep youf fingers crossed because we need to a bigger house. We decided to add another member to the family, Yes we are PREGNANT!!! Due in september. We are very excited! So needless to day we have figured out what to do with one of the other bedrooms upstairs!!

Jan 2008

We began the year with a bang and at 80's themed New Years Party! What a flash from the past. We played Ski ball, Miss Pacman, Frogger and other games you may all remember.