Easter 2010

Dying Easter Eggs

Decorating Easter Eggs

All dressed up for Easter morning Service at Church

Easter Egg Hunt #1 in our backyard

Mommy 26 weeks preggo

Easter Egg Hunt #2 at Jason and Rachel's house

It rained during our Easter Egg hunt so we fled for shelter

We loved learning all about Jesus and how he died on the cross and rose again for us. We memorized the story and LOVE to tell it. On Easter we told everyone, even random people at the store, "Jesus is Alive!"

Random pics from Dec '09 - Feb. '10

San Francisco Zoo

The Heymans at the zoo
On the Puffer Railroad at the SF Zoo with Grandma and Shoshi


Faylen feeding crazy aggressive goats

Valentine's Day!

Yummy sprinkles

It's now become a tradition to help make big Valentine's cookies on Valentine's Day

Another Tradition: Mommy fills our Valentine's mailbox with candies and toys

We also spent the day at Casa De Fruita for Valentine's. It was beautiful weather and I got to ride a carousel

We also road a neat train. I love trains!

To top it off we met up with some old friends for dinner. In the middle is Dana Pink who set up mom and dad on their blind date when they first met. If it weren't for Dana and her husband Jay, you wouldn't be reading this blog. ;) They were in town for a few days from the East Coast. Mom use to teach with Dana in San Diego.
All the Puffers and the Pinks

Puffer and Pink kids

Bed Head

First poop in the pot......even though she wasn't even potty training yet!

A big train near our house

daddy carrying us off to bed

snuggles and warm milk :)

snuggles with G-pa

Life in the Fast Lane....

Well, It's my parents 4th Anniversary on January 8th! Here is a quick, fun recap of their full life together as a married couple thus far:

*Sept. 10th 2005 John proposes to Anna on top of Half Dome, Yosemite

*4 months later they get married at the little red chapel in Yosemite Valley (1/8/06)

*6 months later they get pregnant with Li'l John (me;) (7/06)

*6 months later John changes careers from being an animal trainer to a land surveyor, Anna quits teaching in the classroom, they pack up and move to Santa Cruz from San Diego. (1/07)

*4 months later they have their first child, John Dickenson Puffer V. (5/07)

*less than 3 months later they get pregnant again
AND Anna starts a new career at a new school as an Education Specialist, while still learning to be a new mom and training for her new job. (7/07)

*3 months later they move from Felton (750 sq. ft. house in Santa Cruz mountains) to an apple farm in Watsonville to be closer to Johns work and to have bigger house for quickly growing family. (4/07)

*6 months later they celebrate Li'l John's 1st Birthday! (5/8/08)

*12 Days later they have their second child, Faylen Tovah Puffer. (5/20/08)

*2 months later John passes his LSIT test to become a highly qualified land surveyor. (7/08)

*8 months later (after a long search) they buy their first home, a dream come true by the Grace of God. (wow, can't believe they went a whole 8 months with no major changes in their life! must have been relaxing.....) They pack up and move to Prunedale. (that's 3 moves in 2.5 yrs) (4/09)

*1 month later they celebrate their beautiful daughter, Faylen's, Birthday, and Li'l john's 2nd Bday (5/09)

*4 months later they get pregnant again! (10/09)

*4 months later celebrate their 4th Anniversary! (1/8/10)

Seems like they've been married for 10 years. They are happily in love and wouldn't trade one moment of their crazy life for anything else. God has blessed us all in so many ways in such a short period of time. We have more to be grateful for than we ever imagined God could bless us with. Thank you Lord!

A Special Christmas Present from the Lord

Well, we have some special Christmas news! God is adding another little blessing to our family. Yes, WE'RE PREGNANT! We found out just before Thanksgiving and told our family and some friends. We sure had a lot to be thankful for at Thanksgiving. Mom is about 3.5 months along now. The baby is healthy so far and we are so excited for it to come around July 13th. (the due date is the day after mom's bday!!!) Mom wanted to apologize for not calling some of you or getting this news on the Puffer Post sooner. Things have been really busy for her for work and she has been VERY VERY sick. In fact, so far, she says this has been the most difficult pregnancy yet. She got so sick and dehydrated that she had to take a little trip to the hospital. Thankfully lots of family came to the rescue and helped with us kids. (Thanks Jason, Rachel, Grandma and Shoshi!) Everything is fine now. Mom's midwife prescribed some anti-nausea meds that have been working really well. With her throwing up 5 or 6 times a day, for a while there my sister and I were getting quite worried about her. I did such a great job taking care of mom always checking in on her and saying, "Mommy, your tummy hurts??? You Ok? You need Medicine??? Want a cracker???" (She lived off saltines for about a month) I often copy mom and mope around saying "My tummy hurts", "I need medicine". I think mom, not quite being herself for a while, has been affecting me a bit. I even point to my tummy and say, "my baby hurts". (like I'm pregnant too). Isn't it suppose to be daddy who experiences the sympathy pains????? :) Speaking of Dad, he's been like super dad lately. Since mom's been pretty unable, he's been doing all the cooking and cleaning and laundry and taking care of us kids when he's home. Mom would just fall apart if she didn't have such a loving, caring, and hard working husband.

Here is a pic of Baby number 3:

We have decided not to find out the sex with this one. That is, if mom can be patient enough to wait to make is a surprise. Give us some name ideas if you have any. Please keep our family and new growing baby in your prayers. We love you all and hope you have a very blessed Christmas!

Love,

Li'l John