Hallie or Micah?

Everyone asks who she looks like, and my answer since the moment she popped out is Micah!  One of these is Micah moments after delivery and the other is Hallie moments after delivery.  Pretty similar huh?

Answer... Top is Micah bottom is Hallie!  It will be interesting to see how much alike they will look as they grow up!

Our Hallie Grace

The Family of 3 is now a family of 4!  We are so proud to welcome:



Hallie Grace Matherne

Born 6.27.12 at 1:34 am

7 lbs 4 oz and 18 in

Our lives have changed in the most wonderful way as we welcome this precious baby girl to our family.  Mommy, Daddy and Micah are all in love with our newest tiny addition. More to come on sweet Hallie!

Easter 2012

Well Easter is just a lot more fun as a two year old than it was a one year old or a newborn for that matter.  Micah really got into the spirit this year and enjoyed the holiday to its fullest!  We tried to balance the commercial holiday traditions with the real reason for Easter and began reading Micah the Easter story a couple of weeks ahead of time.  Since one of his books about Christmas remains a favorite and regular bedtime story he knows about baby Jesus.  The concept of Easter proved to be a little harder to explain for his age.  He did however grasp all the fun Easter traditions this year!  We did our first Easter egg dying which was a big hit!  He also wanted to eat them, but we held off on that.  On Easter morning we got up and went to Church early.  Then when we got home The Easter bunny had come and hid all the eggs!  It didn't take him long to figure out that it was a big game of hide and seek and he did really well finding them.  He was less excited about the plastic eggs until he realized that there were candy inside!  Still to this day (at the end of June) if he sees a plastic egg he asks where the candy inside is! We finished the morning by having brunch with friends.  It was a wonderful meal and a wonderful Easter!

Mini Vacation Part 3

We spent our last morning in La Jolla beach before we drove out and headed back to hot Las Vegas. It was cloudy and overcast but I am so glad we made the trip. It was such a neat place.  Even though we didn't go down to the sandy shore because it was still a bit damp, we enjoyed walking along the sea wall and watching the waves and surfers along the beach.  Micah really wanted to go down to the beach but we managed to keep him clean for the drive home.  I am sure we will be back to the beach on a warmer and sunnier day for him to play. One of the coolest things we saw was a little cove that was just covered in seals!  You don't see that on the East Coast or the Gulf so we thought it was a pretty cool sight.  We finished the morning with a long drive through the town looking at some of the homes built in one of the most coveted zip codes in America.  It was impressive!


On our drive back to Las Vegas we made a small detour through a town called Poway, CA.  The entire trip since the model train museum Micah had been asking to ride a train.  Of course the one at the zoo ( a little mini kiddie ride) was only opened on weekends and not Thursday or Friday which were the days that we were there. So I consulted google and found a small town not far off our path home that had train rides. I am so glad we stopped because it could not have been more perfect.  It was an old historic real steam train that just rode around a little park for about a 5 minute ride and then dropped you off where you started.  Micah was so excited about every part of this, even just holding his ticket.  We waited in line, got our tickets punched and rode the train, not once, but twice around the park. After the ride was over Micah loved it so much he even convinced Daddy to do it again with him.  A great little adventure to finish the trip for our little man! One last stop at Chick-Fil-A by the highway and we were on the road again!

Baby Girl's Nursery

Well we finally finished up the nursery.  I think there are and will always be a few details left I want to add/change, but for the most part it is D-O-N-E.  So I got the camera out and took some pics for you!  It is hard to get everything you want in the frame in such a small space but I did my best.  I am sure you will notice the nice monogram above the crib.  Yes, we have very recently picked a name, and no, we aren't going to tell you.  I feel okay putting the monogram up because we are fairly certain no one will guess it.  It is a name that most everyone has heard but it is not common.  There is your clue! Enjoy the pics!