Must be puppy love

We said goodbye to Hershey and hello to Boise. One of our first weekends here, we went to a new friends house that had just had puppies. But as cute as they were, I wasn't tempted since I had my own baby cooking.

Our little Fish

During the winter months of Pennsylvania, there is NOTHING to do, so I decided to put Owen into swimming lessons, and I think he is a better swimmer than I am. (this particular day was the cat in the hat day at school hence the whiskers.)

 Owen and his "brother" Blaze

Kindergarten come and gone just like that...

I figured I REALLY needed to update the blog, so here we go, yet again!
Seeing these pictures makes me so nostalgic! I can't believe it's only been a few months since these were taken. BOO! For growing up.
Liam went to South Hanover Elementary School in Pennsylvania and had the sweetest teacher Mrs. Nowlen. He tells me that he misses it all the time.

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No longer a Kindergartner.

 Liam and Mrs. Nowlen

 ShaQuesst, Olivia and Liam. (Not sure if you can tell or not, but Liam is a little embarrassed about this picture. Olivia was one of his best friends, but he didn't want anyone to know it, because she was a girl!)

This is one of my sweet friends little boy, Connor.

The last Shoot

I had many a talented friends in Hershey many of whom were photographers and I took advantage of them whenever I could!
I decided I needed a few pictures of the boys around Hershey before we finally said goodbye to that sweet place and my awesome (other bff Wendy) took these fab photos!  We were hoping for the Kiss mobile and we got a lot more, there happened to be an antique auto show happening that night, which made for a great backdrop!

But if I am being Honest, these are my favorites!

(Notice the Spidey-webs and the Ssss coming out of those lips!)

Another Farewell

My awesome friends threw us a going away party just before we left. It was full of fun, food, kids and a huge rain storm. Thanks to Andrea and Wendy for throwing it together and for the rest of you who came! We love you all and miss you like crazy!

The Crazy's!

Some of the gents

Some of the ladies.

(we didn't pull out the camera until after people had left, these were those that got stuck there during the storm!)

The whistler

Sorry this video is grainy, it was taken with my circa 1998 phone, but it was too funny to pass up!
One day O, was making these funny noises and I asked what he was doing, and he said whistling. It is just too funny not to post!

It still makes me laugh!

My B.F.F Beth

Ok all my other bff's, don't be mad, I have more than one, and wouldn't know what to do without a single one of you!
However on this particular day, she got the title!
Beth and I met through pim, and became fast friends. She had a sunny happy personality from California and said she always makes friends with "Mormons" and doesn't know why? Well whatever the reason, I am glad that her theory held true and we spent many days, hours, weekends, you name it together!
I actually ended up watching her son {B} the last year we lived in Hershey so she could help other kids with speech therapy. I love her little guy and me and my boys miss him like crazy!
Back to spending time together...As a birthday gift/thanks for watching my son, she took me to the INFAMOUS, Hershey Hotel Spa for a little R&R. we are both pregnant in these pictures. Me in the middle of my pregnancy and her at the end. We deserved it right??? (Beth always says right? after many sentences and it is a habit that I picked up on, and I love it cause it makes me think of her!)

(Love you Bethy!)

Baby #3 It's a...

OK, don't get too excited this, is not a "current" post, I am catching up at 3:05 in the morning two weeks before I deliver said baby and can't sleep due to the overall un-comfortableness and frequent trips to the bathroom, so I thought I would catch up before HE gets here, (That's right another little he Poulson. To be honest I am ecstatic. I love my other two boys and can't wait for the little man to get here. I am scared to death of jumping from man to man defense to zone defense, but know it will all be worth it when they place that little guy in my warms!. Now if we can just figure out a name...)
Here are some pictures and videos from the ultrasound:

The Ultrasound tech said she NEVER gets photos of both their feet together! So sweet already.

It goes along perfectly with the picture we sent to tell our families he was going to be coming.

A grand Farewell

Last I left off, Owen had swallowed a quarter, and we'd just found out that my current age was 18. (Thanks to Liam and his thoughtful Mothers day card!)
Now lets jump to the end. Not the end of the blog, but the beginning of the end of our time in Hershey.
While living in Hershey I was part of a group of resident spouses called P.I.M (Partners In Medicine) it was the best thing that I ever did while in Hershey. I made a lot of lifetime friends and friends that helped me, (and I hope helped them,) get through the last four years!
Here are a few pictures of the graduation dinner that we hold for each other! And our other halves get to join us at this event since we are celebrating them as well.

Wow I miss these girls!

The Silly pose!

(Not sure who that guy in the corner is, but he seems to like us too?)

Home Sweet Home

Ok so I have major catching up to do and not the time to do it, but wanted all to know we have made it to Boise where we hope to call "home" for a long time. In fact we planted some serious roots, and bought this beauty of a dream house.
Once I actually get furniture to decorate it with, I will post pictures of the inside. Until then...

ok just ONE sneak peak of the kitchen:

This is not our furniture it was the staging furniture, but you get the idea. DREAMY!!!

The other angle:

A nickel for your thoughts

Remember a few posts back when I said how Owen was our "trouble child?" Well here is MORE proof!

That would be a foreign body aka a penny to Owen and what the Dr. thinks is a Nickel.

I was driving to my church for a night of enlightenment on dutch oven cooking when I got a phone call from Nate asking me what our pediatricans number was. THAT IS NEVER A GOOD WAY TO START A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR WIFE. Especially when said husband is a doctor himself.

He told me Owen had possibly swallowed a coin while playing with Liam's piggy bank.

I turned around, so I could help with one of the kids and Owen decided he wanted me to take him to the hospital after the ped. office said we needed to get his chest x-rayed to make sure the coin was in the stomach and not stuck along the way.

After a 2.5 wait, one X-ray later, you can see that he really did swallow a coin, and now it's the wait and see game, but was told that kids can pass quarters even.

My favorite part of the story was when Liam asked me when he was getting his coin back and I told him that Owen was going to poop it out and he might not want it back. He started to cry, so I made him a deal. He could have one of my coins as a replacement.

Anyone want a sweet but active, mischievous little 3 year old for a few days???

He knows now that coins are to be in his hands and pockets only!

Here is the phone video we took while in the ER to let Liam know that he was ok, and said quarter was ok...

Mother's day

Sometimes it's great to be a mom at 18!

Anyone up for a game of hide-n-seek???

Easter 2011 in Hershey

Hershey LOVES any reason to give chocolate away...So Easter is a big time event in this little town with hundreds of free egg hunts most sponsored by the Hershey company. It is SO not good for my hips, but the kids love it!

We dyed some hard boiled eggs with our friend V

Being oh so careful not to spill the dye!

Now those are some good looking eggs.

I totally didn't get pictures of the boys in their Easter clothes this year, nor them searching for their baskets. The Easter bunny got really tricky and hid Liam's in the oven. He thought that was really silly! Then asked Nate and I why we don't ever see the real Easter Bunny, just adults dressed up in bunny costumes? I don't know how I answered that one. Suggestions?