Big News from the Carlsons

So we've been absent from the blogging scene for about a month now but for the first time in the Carlson's " we're running late" life, we think we have a really good excuse, or two. Really!

Where to start? Maybe sticking to a chronological time line will make the most sense. So, backing up to January... No, let's take it back another month to December. Here it is in a nutshell:

December: Another little Carlson baby is conceived.

December: Tim and Erika don't know it.

January: Tim and Erika still don't know it. I mean, really.

January (later on): Erika gets suspicious. Tim flies to Vegas.

January (continuation): Suspicions are confirmed. Tim is still in Vegas. Erika wonders if he'll come home now?

January: Yeah! Tim comes home and we celebrate! We are thrilled (and stunned and shocked and thinking "how did this happen?" By the way, this is a rhetorical question, we know HOW it happened thank-you very much).

February: Realities of our living situation set-in. We need to move!

February: We see a house. We fall in love with the house. We buy the house!

March: Settling into our new home March 27th! Yeah!

So, we indeed have alot going on right now, which of course is pretty typical of us, I think. Just when things start to get "normal," we have to go mix things up a bit. Erika is almost 14 weeks and we're all so excited about our next little addition. Our two "babies" will be a mere 23 months apart but we anticipate them to be close friends as they grow up together and we're so excited that they'll be so close in age! Chinese calendar predicts this next one is a boy so we'll just have to wait and see until the big day (yes, we're waiting until the birth to find out the sex)!

Here are a couple of pictures from the past few weeks.....!

Sharing our big news #1 with our family: Ella dons her new "Big Sister" shirt

No, this is not the case of Benjamin Button. But look at the difference! Ella LAST Valentines Day.....

.....and Ella THIS Valentines Day! Amazing, isn't it?

Our little Valentines sweetheart. This smile says it all.

Yeah! Finally a REAL snow day! Daddy, Ella, and Coop get ready for the snow! Bundle up!

Ella's first sled ride and loving it. Just out the video, too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JUWm6cs-OQ

Close up.
Whoa! This snow is pretty deep!