Lots of big news...again!

Once again we have waited too long to update our blog and there is tons to report! The latest would be Joseph's last doctor's appointment. Their measurements weren't accurate for some reason, but we finally got it all figured out. Joseph is about 30 inches tall and weighs somewhere around 24 1/2 pounds. He's a big boy!

Joseph and Julie were able to go to California Adventure, a theme park next to Disneyland. Joseph had a lot of fun watching everything and it was a nice outing for Julie too.

Joseph's newest accomplishments are eating table food and crawling! It took him a long time to finally get his groove with crawling but once he did, he started taking advantage of it. He's already ventured into the backyard on his own. He's going to be getting into tons of trouble now that he can move around and he loves every minute of it.

Lucky for us, when Aaron had spring break from Carter High School, his mom also had spring break and spent the week with us! Her first full day in California, we took her to a portrait studio for Joseph to get his picture taken as well as some family photos. Joseph ended up with a very adorable photo. We also took a family photo with us three and a few with Diane as well. It was tons of fun!

The next day we all went to Downtown Disney. That's an outdoor shopping area located right next to Disneyland. It was a lot of fun. There was an entire store for Legos and we got a great picture of Joseph with the Lego grandpa.

The next day we went a bit farther and headed to the coast. We ended up at the Santa Monica pier. It was an overcast day although Joseph still managed to get a small sunburn on his face! We're much more careful now. It was still beautiful and Joseph loved to stand and look at the ocean. We all had a nice time despite the somewhat cold weather. All in all it was great to have Diane spend the week with us and Joseph definitely loved having someone in the backseat to entertain him everywhere we went! He even started a new laugh while she was with us, just for her!

Joseph has officially had his first haircut. The back of his hair was just getting a little too long, verging on the mullet look. So Julie sat him down with a big biscuit to keep him occupied and went to town with the buzzers and clippers. It's not the smoothest haircut you've ever seen, but considering he's only 9 1/2 months old, it's not bad!

Before we forget, Julie's sister Heidi is due May 16th with their baby boy Athen Wilson. Julie will be attending the birth, giving Heidi and Ryan support and tending to nurses, etc. We are all so excited for this new arrival and will inform you when there's any news!

In way of baby news, Aaron's brother Tim and his wife Anna have some! They are expecting their first bundle of joy this year. We believe it's around the beginning of December, end of November. We are so excited for them and know they'll be fabulous parents!

Other news, Julie's brother Justin is graduating from Cal State Fullerton this Sunday. We are all really proud of him and know he's got great things ahead. Congratulations Justin!

So, our biggest news would be that we're moving to Montana! We should've put this first, huh? We finally decided to head to the University of Montana for Aaron's masters degree. We are very excited to be moving onto the next stage and are eagerly looking towards seeing his family again, since it has been two years since we've been able to relax and spend time with them. We're planning on moving about June 9th or so. We're going to go up and spend two weeks with Aaron's family in Kalispell camping and relaxing, and by then we're hoping to have an apartment lined up.

We hope we didn't forget anything and you were able to get the latest and greatest. You are all in our thoughts often. We love you, if you are far from us we miss you and if you are near to us, it's great having you around! Take care everyone!