Easter Sunday

This picture turned out blurry, but it's still ok. Here we are! I am in my sixth month of pregnancy.
This year we decided to have my family over to our house for Easter. It's only the second time we have had any holiday celebration NOT at my parents house. It was a nice change and a lot of fun! We had a delicious meal and wonderful desserts!!

Second Stage

Here is the second stage of decorating in the baby's room. We are having so much fun getting
everything ready!!

Baby's room

Today Dan and I got ambitious and painted the baby's nursery. We went out to Home Depot, picked up some paint and began working on the room. Before we could even get started, however we had to remove a border which was SOOOOOOOO annoying. We finally finished that and started laying on the paint. It was a mint green and we darkened it up. This is not the finished product, but I am not going to give you any further details, so stayed tuned for more pictures.

Lunch

In February Dan and I moved over to a new place. We are renting the main floor of a house. It has two bedrooms and an office. It's great! After moving in, we had my parents, Jane and Steve over for lunch (Steve's wife couldn't come). Fun times!

We celebrated our friend Koki Zenniya's birthday out at my parents house a few weeks ago. We also had Joy and Gaylen Mathison with us too!

Last month my aunt Ruth came to Fergus Falls for the weekend. She stayed with my parents for a few nights, so we had some time to make some fun memories. Jared came out a few different times too. My mom and Ruth found their way to the piano and started singing and playing together like old time. They sounded beautiful in harmony!

Those Floridians

I gotta keep all the love in the family...just so no one forgets....WE MISS OUR FLORIDA BUNCH!!!!!! LISA and steve
RICK and Steve
THE FOUR CUTIES!!!!!!!!! Brett, Holly, Eric and Ingrid

Baby Lawson

Introducing our little wee one. We had the ultrasound done on the baby yesterday and didn't find out the sex. We want it to be a surprise. Were also keeping the names a surprise, only because I have 17 people in my family and we don't want to hear all their opinions. The doctor said the baby was looking normal for size, weight and all that good stuff. We were so thrilled to be able to see him/her. The first picture is of the baby with it's feet up over it's body by it's mouth! The second one is of his/her hand waving hello to everyone!! All five fingers were there too!!

Birthday's!

On Sunday, January 27th some of my family got together to celebrate my 26th birthday. I had a hankering for chili, so my mom fixed up some great chili and a nice birthday cake. Then 4 days later on January 31st, we celebrated Dan's 30th birthday!! Since his NY Giants are in the Superbowl this year I made him a football shaped and decorated GIANTS cake. He loved it!

Gundersen Clan

All the Gundersen kids were home for Christmas this year and we were lucky enough to all get one big picture! I thought I had to share it!!! I just love all my siblings and in-laws!

Just thought you needed a little update on how the pregnancy is going. I am now about 4 1/2 months along and am showing some. Seeing a small belly make everything seem much more real. I haven't feel the baby kick yet, but it should be happening in the next few weeks.


A week and a half ago Dan layed a new wood floor for my parents in one of the sitting rooms in their house. It took him about 20 hours and now it looks beautiful!! He did a great job!

Here is my parents backyard today! It looks very different from the sunny wedding day we had a year and a half ago! Still, it looks beautiful with the frosty trees.

Eric & Sara's Wedding

Sara and Eric Ronnevik at their reception on Dec. 29th. Isn't Sara's dress beautiful!


Oh la la!!


Me and Dan Naoka Kawamura and me

Christmas with the Family

We had a wonderful Christmas with our WHOLE family. My oldest sister, Lisa, and her family came from Florida and one of the twins, Julie, came up from Colorado. It was so much fun to have all 17 of us together!My niece, Ingrid, under the Christmas tree.
Jane, David, Betty, Steven and Julie all wearing their Plumbers Inc. sweatshirts from brother Dave.
Me and Dan in our Plumbers Inc. hats.

Jodi, Me, Liz, and Jane. SMILE!!
Steven and Elizabeth...so happy!
Jodi and my niece, Holly
Liz and Ingrid
Me and Julie

Freezing MN weather

Welcome back to freezing Minnesota temperatures!! Dan and Rick, our brother-in-law, had to unload a bunch of things from their trailer.

Sledding in MN

One of the best surprises about coming back to MN was that my sister and nieces and nephews drove up from Florida for my mom's birthday. These past few days have been so much fun hanging out and playing together. It had been over a year and a half since Dan and I had seen the kids.

Holly, who is now 9, climbed up in the tree and perched herself up there.
The line of sleds GO!!!
All four of the kids joined Holly in the tree, Brett, Eric and Ingrid.
Me and my favorite little squirts!!!

Overdue Update

It's been much to long since I have blogged...there is sooooooo much to catch you up on. I will do my best. First of all, pregnancy is going well, the baby is healthy and doing well. The more immediate news in that Dan and I moved to Fergus Falls, MN this past weekend. It was a big decision that weighed on us, but because of various circustances we ended up leaving New York. The biggest reason for leaving NY was that in November I lost my nannying job because the grandma of the kids was moving into the home to take over. After that happened, we found out that Dan's grandmother, who we were living with, was diagnoised with colon/rectal cancer. Since we would be undergoing chemo/radiation treatment, it would impossible for me to be there being pregnant and her being radio active. So....in the end, we decided it was best to move to MN, so I could be near my mother and family while being pregnant.

Here are some of the pictures from the last month...

Kenny, me and Dan at our early Christmas with Dan's sister and family.

Dan and his nephew, Ryan.

My last day of work as a nanny for Braden (the baby) and Max (3 years).

Our good friends, Jesse and Karessa Arbuckle, were married on Sat, Dec. 15th in Jamestown, ND. We had a wonderful time celebrating their marriage!

Dan and I at Arbuckle's wedding.

Pregnancy Update

I went to see my OB/GYN and she told us that I am about 6 weeks along. I am doing well. The due date is July 5th. I have been a bit upset in my stomach this past week and haven't been able to eat a whole lot, but I still haven't been sick! I am very thankful for that! Thanks for all the notes of congrats! We'll keep you updated!

BIG NEWS....

I'm pregnant!!!!!!




Hurray!!!!
Hurray!!!!
Hurray!!!!

Today, I taught a group of 12 church ladies how to cook 3 different Japanese meals. We made somen, gyoza and tonkatsu. It went really well! I set up three different cooking stations and the ladies chose where they wanted to go. At the end, we ate all three meals! It was so fun and everyone really enjoyed it.

On Saturday Dan and I decided to go down to the beach and have a picnic. We went to this great place called Captree Park and found a little secluded area and layed out our picnic. It was so romantic! Here are some of the pictures.