Family Pictures

Here is a picture of me holding Ethan a few days after we came home from the Hospital.

                               Here is a picture of Spencer holding Ethan for the 1st time

                                                        Here is our first family photo

Ethan Thomas Pike

All the walking at the zoo worked. Ethan Thomas Pike was born May 23, 2012 at 10:25 AM. He was 7 lbs 4 oz and 20.5 inches long. My camera batteries were dead so there aren't a lot of pictures of us in the hospital. Mom and Dad stayed with Spencer so Jared could stay at the hospital with me. We went home on Friday May 25th so it was a shorter stay and Ethan was healthy and didn't need to be in the NICU. We didn't even have the camera for when we were taking him home. I took a picture with my phone but it was damaged so I took a picture of him later in the outfit that we brought him home in.

Zoo with Grandma Shelley and Grandpa Corey

While mom and dad where here waiting for the baby to arrive we decided to go into the National Zoo. We went on May 22nd. Spencer just loves the zoo. He loves to point at the Orangutan's that go across the O'Line. He also really liked to sit on the statue of the Red Panada and smile for a picture. We had a fun time with Grandma and Grandpa at the Zoo. I was pretty wore out but we were trying to do a lot of walking to get the baby here.

Birthday presents!

Happy 2nd Birthday Spencer!

Here is a picture of Spencer's 2nd Birthday Cake! It turned out way cute!

More Pictures from National Zoo-May 12, 2012

Here are more pictures from the Zoo. Spencer loved the turtles and frogs. He wanted to stay and watch them forever, he cried when we took him to see something else. The Dinosaur was Spencer favorite at the Zoo. When we walked in and he saw the Dinosaur he yelled Osaur, Osaur and ran right up to  it.

National Zoo-May 12, 2012

We decided to take Spencer to the National Zoo before the baby is born. We just let Spencer tell us or rather lead us where he wanted to go. He had so much fun and walked the whole 4 hours we were there. He didn't want to be pushed in the stroller. Here are some pictures we took of him at the Zoo.

Happy Easter 2012

Spencer looking at all his gifts that he got for Easter. Grandma and Grandpa Pike sent out a horse for him. He loves to push the ears and make it sing while he rides on the horse. We decorated eggs and Spencer loved to put them in the dye, he really wanted to keep dipping it in different colors instead of leaving it in one color.

March 2012

On March 11th mom called and said that Grandma Miller had a stroke and wasn't doing very well. I told mom I wanted to talk to Grandma on the phone. (I was thinking that she would pass later that night). Mom said that she wasn't alert and that she would call back and when she became more alert. I received a call later that afternoon and mom put the phone up to her ear and I told Grandma that we loved her and we were thinking about her and to just rest. mom said that she opened her eyes and tried really hard to talk back to me, but that she recognized my voice. Not even a few hours later while I was making dinner Nichol phoned me and told me Grandma had passed away in her sleep. I thought that she was going to pass through that night. Jared found Spencer and me a flight to Utah on Wed the 13th and we would be back on Mon the 19th of March, which was Grandma birthday. Jared had to stay home to get the keys to our new place. I'm so glad that I was able to be there for the funeral. I would have regretted it, if I wouldn't have flew home. It was good to see my family again and I even got to see my new niece McKenna. Jared's parents were out of town and didn't get back until Sat night. We went over for dinner and a visit on Sunday so it was nice to see them. We flew back home on Monday and had to spend the next week getting ready to move.

Update on Pike Family

The last few months have been very busy. On January 25th we found out that we are having another boy. I think Spencer is getting excited. He gives my belly kisses and say's baby. It is cute. Also in Feb we decided not to buy a house and to find a rental. Jared found out that when he can hotel he will only have to come to the office 2 times a year so we decided to rent for a couple more years and than decide where we want to be. We found a rental at the end of February and we took possession on the 15th of March, we figured we could take small loads and we would move the furniture (with the ward help) on the 24th of March.

More pictures of the family

I wanted to take more pictures of Spencer and all of his cousin's but I kept forgetting to have it done. We did get one of Bethany, Rebekah and Naomi with Spencer. We also got one with Grandma and Grandpa Pike. We had a great time going to Utah for the holidays and it was hard to say good-bye but we enjoyed spending time with our families.

Pictures of the Family

Here is a picture of Mom, Dad and all the grandson's. They are getting a their 1st granddaughter in Feb, well probably January. This is the 1st picture with all of the boys and Boston.

The other picture is of Spencer, me and Spencer's Great Grandma Miller.

Christmas Parties

Jared's family decided to do the Family Christmas Eve party on Monday Dec 26th in the morning. We ate breakfast then we exchanged gifts with everyone. It was really fun to get to see his family and breakfast was really good. Then later that day my family had a party and we ate dinner then opened more presents. We had a fun time spending time with both families.

Christmas

We spent the day with Jared's family. We were going to go to church with them but Spencer woke up throwing up. We decided to stay home with him and we took our time opening presents. Then later on Jared's 3 sister's and their families came over to celebrate Christmas and have dinner. It was a lot of fun getting to see them and how much the kids have grown. Here are a few pictures of Christmas.

Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve with my family. We went over early for breakfast and stayed until the Christmas Eve Family Party was over. Everyone came over so the kids could decorate Christmas cookies, it was fun to get to see every for most of the day. Spencer and Boston found some bells at my parents house that they loved. It was our 1st time meeting baby Boston. He was born in March while we were in Virginia. We took a picture of Boston and Spencer on the stairs trying to get the bells down. Then we headed over to the Christmas Eve party where Santa came to visit and brought a present for each children.

Spencer's 1st time Flying

We flew out of Ronald Reagan Airport on the 23rd of December. Our flight didn't leave until 11:50 Eastern time and we were there by 9:00. While we waiting for flight, Spencer was so excited, he kept seeing the airplanes take off and land and would call them helicopter's. We told him over and over that it was an airplane not a helicopter but there is no reasoning with a 19 month old. They were helicopter to him. When we boarded the plane and found our seats he was so curious about everything on the airplane. He loved to put up and down the tray and he even found Kermit the frog on the front cover of the magazine that the airlines had. He kept saying frog the whole time. When the plane started to move he got excited but when it lifted off the ground he had to look over and me and Jared to make sure we weren't scared when he saw us smiling he smiled and enjoyed it. He loved to watch the clouds out the windows and then he got drowsy and fell asleep for most of the 1st leg of our flight. He woke up just as we were descending to land in MN where we had a 45 min layover. Just as we landed he looked out the window and saw all the airplanes and kept saying helicopter. It was pretty funny. We had to hurry over to so we could get on our connecting flight to SLC. He stayed awake the whole connecting flight, luckily we had brought some toys for him to unwrap and they kept him busy for most of the flight. I felt really bad he spilled water on our neighbor right before we landed in SLC. I was really embarrassed but the guy didn't seem too onry about it. It was so good to see the Mountains as were landing in Utah. I kept telling Spencer what we were flying over and was excited. The baby really liked flying too because I felt it for the 1st time while we were flying. It was really active. He is a picture of us on the airplane.

Seeing Santa at Potomac Vista

Our apartment complex had Santa come and visit the children. We took Spencer over to see him, he wasn't so sure about a man in a red suit. We got picture with him and Santa and a picture with Santa's hat on his head.

Putting up our Christmas Tree

Spencer and I put up the Christmas tree will Jared was at work. As you can see Spencer thought that the branches needed to go down not out. I thought it was pretty good that he figured out that they went in the slats. It was quite funny so I had to take a picture. I didn't take a picture after we got it all decorated and it didn't last Spencer kept redecorating it and so the ornaments ended up on the top half of the tree.

December 2011

I can't believe it is December already. This year really has gone fast. We are getting exciting to spend the holidays in Utah. We leave on the 23rd and get to stay until the 2nd of January. I'm a little nervous about the plan trip with Spencer. I have been hearing that horror stories about traveling with a toddler. We will see how well he does. Well Spencer is getting so big and learning things each day. He loves helicopters and anything that has wings he calls a helicopter. He also loves to elephant and say's it so cute. He is full of energy and keeps me busy. I'm feeling like I have more energy and I'm not as tired as was. I'm into my second trimester and we will find out what we are having in January. We are super excited to announce that we have decided and are qualified to purchase a house. We were going to start looking before we go home for Christmas but with the timing of everything it will have to wait until we get back in January. It will give us something to look forward to after the holidays.