Happy Happy New Year!!

Now these are going to be short and sweet posts due to the fact that I have things that I know I should be doing and first on my list is get my Christmas decor put away!! But thought I would give a quick update that Dakota WANTS to go back to pre-school tomorrow and I think that is because he is sick of to much mommy time:)

Sadi is wearing her monkey undies right now and has been for he last week:)

AND Dalton sat up this morning with no assistance from Mommy for a good minute before he reached for a toy that was a little to out of reach and toppled over:)

Yesterday we went to the movie Tangled with Dakota and Sadi and they literally ate popcorn the entire movie:)

Have a good one and I will be posting sooner then later, I know I say that every couple months but this a new year and I will be keeping them short and sweet!

Back to Tennessee ...

Well, we made the big trip back to Iowa to see family and friends and we had a blast! So great to see everyone!! We were so happy you all set aside things to see us and make time for us, the kids loved it! Dalton got to meet a whole lot of people for the first time and he has changed so much since you saw him last:(

We made the big 12 hour drive back home by ourselves but the kids did fabulous! We only stopped twice and made it home in 11 hrs. 45 min.!!!! Daddy flew the next day, he was able to get on an earlier flight so it was such a great time to have everyone back together:)

Dakota started pre-school on Monday. Sadi was quite sad, in fact she cryed because she wanted to go too! And for the next 10 minutes asked "where Tota go?"!! She loves her big brother. Dakota had lots of fun and go to bring his blue bear to his first day which made it even better!

Sadi started dance Friday and did ok in class until the end and started crying with 3 other little girls and they got kicked out of class because they were disrupting:( So we tried it again on Saturday and she loved it and her teachers so we switched to Saturday now, that way daddy can watch her too:)

We have visitors coming this weekend, Sarah and Dan come for a week starting friday so we are very excited for that!! But other then that keeping ourselves nice a busy!! Enjoy the pictures:)

Where has the time gone!!!

Wow, so let's just say that it has been a very long time since I have logged on and updated my blog. BUT, I am making it a personal goal to update with a quick entry every two weeks, starting this week:) OK, now that I have my apologies out of the way what have we been up to???

Well, on June 15, Dalton Jeffrey Pattee was born at 7 lbs 12 oz 21 inches long! He is perfect, black hair, big square face, butt chin, outtie belly button, huge feet and a super cute smile:) Everyday is does something new but for the last 5 nites he has slept from 8-9 pm till 6 am!!! Woo Hoo! He will be 2 months old next week so we are excited to see how big he has gotten because he sure feels huge:)

Sadi turned 2 on June 12, little brother was born and her whole world changed:( She has take the newest addition a little harder then we thought she would. She loves Dalton very much, but she is a little mad at mommy for not giving her the attention that she thinks she needs. So I lay with her for nap time and bedtime until she falls asleep otherwise her hawk eyes catch me trying to leave and she screams:( But, other then my time, she has been having a blast with all the company, playing with Dakota, etc. She started dance in two weeks, so she is super excited about that and has been wearing her little leotard around the house all over:)

Dakota has his last t-ball game this Saturday and uncle Kendal gets to see him play! It has been an interesting season watching a bunch of 4 year olds try and wrestle for the ball! But he starts soccer again for the fall season in 2 weeks and is excited to play with his buddy Kenner. Dakota starts pre-school in 3 weeks, he will be going 4 mornings a week which I think he is really going to enjoy (so will I, it is hard stuff trying to keep him entertained lately)! AND, he is counting down the days till we go home to Iowa to see all our family and all he talks about is doing chores:) Still a farmer at heart.

Nolan just stays busy busy busy! He goes to chicago and dallas in August so I am going to come home to Iowa for a little vacation with the kiddos while he is gone. It is hard stuff, but he really enjoys it.

I have been busy too with the kids. My pregnancy with Dalton was a little tougher on me then the past two c-sections. I had a longer surgery because they did a scar reconstruction ( cut off all my scar tissue on the inside of me and the outside) so that I would be able to possible have another baby some day. But in the end, I got a huge hematoma above the cut and it layed my up for the first week. I still have it, but it has gone down quite a bit in the past couple of weeks. Can't wait for it to be gone completely. Other then that, not two much excitement on my end, looking very forward to coming home for a little bit:)

Enjoy the pictures, there are alot more on my link below!!
http://s822.photobucket.com/albums/zz142/bpattee/July%202010/

Sadi turns 2!

Well, we are still pregnant and our little girl got to have a very special day with all of our neighbors at the pool. Sadi woke up and got to put on her princess crown and then came downstairs to her new John Deere Gator:) Don't ask, it was all daddy's doing:) Dakota of course was right there with her! I made her favorite breakfast, french toast and bacon then we hung out in the house because it is so HOT here until her party. We had a pool party with all our neighbors, pizza, watermellon and cake and it was perfect!! The kids and parents had a good time. My angels are now napping and I think I might do some last minute cleaning before my mother comes tomorrow.

We are still on schedule for baby on Tuesday morning at 9:30 so it is officially around the corner now. We can't wait and feel truely blessed right now.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SADI!!!

We are getting closer:)

So lately I felt really busy, or just trying to keep myself really busy so that I don't have time to think about the 3 weeks that I have left until Little Boy Pattee joins us. Yesterday Dakota had his last soccer game of the season and had a soccer party in the park afterwards:) He was so happy that he got to take home a trophy and is very proud of it in his room! On a sad note, he fed his fish to much food this week and Sparky & Bandaid went to heaven:( Dakota promised to not touch the food again so I told him we would get him two more fish because Kota & Johnny are a little lonely.

Dakota will start T-ball next week and is really excited for it:) There is not a whole lot of running involved in t-ball so maybe this will be his sport! He seems to hit the crap out of the ball both ways and loves to play in the yard so hopefully he loves practice. We were able to get him on the same team as Kenner so he is excited about that.

Sadi can almost talk as well as Dakota right now. She is for sure our little spit fire and full of energy. She has done great moving into the big girl bed, it is just the process of laying her down to sleep that is a little long so we are working on it:)

Nolan is still really busy with work, which is going really well for him. He just went on a work trip to Phenoix last week, but that should be his last trip now until the Baby comes so that will be nice.

Baby is doing great, I have weekly ultrasounds and weekly stress tests which I have passed with flying colors. He had a nice growth spurt around 31 weeks and they were thinking about letting me go at 38 weeks, but since has slowed down and so have I with growth so they have decided to keep him in until 39 weeks, June 15th!! So Sadi will turn 2 on the 12th and this little guy will join us soon after! And then on the 18th Nolan and I will be celebrating 5 years of marital bliss:) Hard to believe it will already be 5 years.

I am doing great, keeping myself busy with the kids. I feel a bit older now that I drive a mini van but it has been such a nice vehical with the kids that I soon got over that feeling:) But, hope to update soon, Papa Huinker celebrates his 50th Birthday next week on the 27th so be sure to wish his a Happy Birthday!! Take care and talk to ya'll soon:)

Oh yah, hope you enjoyed the pictures, there are more at
http://s822.photobucket.com/albums/zz142/bpattee/May%202010/