We Made It!!!

Hey guys, I just wanted to let everybody know that April, Emmet, Weston, and myself made it back here last night in one piece. Everything turned out awesome. Thank you guys so much for helping us out. We would have been in a huge hole without a ladder if we didn't have help from everyone in our family. Having an extra child "REALLY" does make things 10 times harder. Try going through "Miami Airport Security" with a stroller, a Wolverine 1 year-old, a newborn, and 3 backpacks full of baby stuff. It was a complete nightmare, and I almost gave myself a brain bleed when the security officer instructed me that I had to take my son's sweatshirt off and put it in the screening machine. I was grabbing everything with one arm, while I held Emmet and had to fold up the stroller with one arm and put it through the screener. I am sooooo glad that Grandpa Moberg flew with April to Miami to meet up with me. He was such a huge asset and help for us at the Miami airport. The beginning airline only would check the bags in to Miami, so we had to pick them up from baggage claims in Miami and get them checked in to Grand Cayman. There is absolutely NO WAY I could have had both kids, plus a stroller, plus a moving box full toys, plus a car seat, and plust 2 huge suitcases on my own, even with April helping, because she had to hold Weston. Especially since we had to walk all the way to the opposite end of the airport to check in. The flight was good from Miami to Grand Cayman, Emmet sat with me and loved staring outside the window. When we went through Immigration we had something awesome happen. The Immigration lady was really nice and was asking questions about how I liked Med School, etc. I told her that the only bad thing is that it cost us 1400CI ($1600US) to pay for the visa's for April and Emmet to stay here on the island with me. Her jaw about hit the floor and called her Supervisor to come over. They both couldn't believe that the dependent fees were that much, but luckily whenever I leave the country I always keep every important document with me. So I showed them the receipt. The immigration officer who was also really nice called the "Head Guy" that's in charge of Immigration Visa's "AT HOME" last night and asked him how much the fees are. He then told her that it only costs $200 per dependent, and to call him on Tuesday morning so that I can get a $1000 ($1200) refund!!! WHOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!! Looks like we get to swim with the dolphins, etc after all..... We also had another luggage problem. Somebody mistakenly took one of our bags. But the Customs official thought she knew who it was and called them up at the hotel, and sure enough that person did have our luggage. The airport wouldn't give him his bag until he paid for a taxi for us to get our bag, so last night they brought us our bag and apologized nearly a thousand times. Also.... it was so cute..... we walked into our condo, I let Emmet down on the floor and he started to laugh and sprinted from our door all the way to the living room sliding glass door, and immediately started to play with the huge stuffed basketballs that I bought for him. Then he started to play with his toys that play songs and started to do his right legged foot stomp to the music. It was awesome to see that he was happy to be here. Right now, I'm up writing this post, while April, Emmet, and Weston have been sleeping for the past 2 1/2 hours... so they are getting refueled from yesterday.

So everything turned out awesome with the help of all of our family, and we get $1000CI back. LOL.... that's 500 loafs of bread...or 400 gallons of milk....

April Looks Great!!! (and she's going to kill me for posting this)

I just had to post this picture of April and Weston, because I know that April would have never done it herself, and they look so cute together. April had Weston only 1 1/2 months ago and I think that she looks GREAT! There is no way that you would have ever known that April just had a baby. I finally get to be back together with April, Emmet, and Weston this weekend. I'll be flying to Miami in the morning to meet up with April, Emmet, Weston, and Grandpa Moberg and then we'll be flying back here to our condo that same night. Its going to make for a very long day, but it will be worth it once we get here. I'm so excited to be back together with my family, it definitely isn't the same here without them. As you can see by the picture, Weston is HUGE and is gaining ground on Emmet. They both had their doctor appointments on Tuesday. Emmet weighed in at 23lbs and Weston weighed in at 13 lbs!!! LOL......

Just a quick update!

I'm posting just a few new pictures of the boys for all to see...mainly for the daddy since he's clear across the ocean! We finally will be all together this coming saturday and I'm so excited! I know Weston has changed so much...it will be fun to see Ryan's reaction and Emmet misses his dad so much! If only I could get passed the feeling of doom clouding my thoughts....that day of flying back is going to be the longest day of my life. Thankfully Grandpa Moberg will be there to help me out! That and I hate packing!!!

Weston is getting more and more animated all the time. I managed to catch a small grin! He is still such a sweet baby...if only he would sleep :) The little nut wants to be held ALL the time and just snuggle. As soon as I lay him down he wakes up. I know rough...but I have things to do!

He's almost 2 months old...time has flown by so fast!

Emmet woke up today from his nap (note the crazy hair) so so happy! I love it when he's in such a good mood. He is getting an even bigger personality then he had before. Throwing his pacifier on the ground and stomping when he doesn't get his way...hilarious! Tapping just one foot when he hears a good beat and running and yelling around the house!

He loves to share everything. While I was taking pictures he was trying to feed me his goldfish crackers...for some reason he thinks it's so funny to feed people...who knows why?!

Posing sweetly for the camera (yeah right)...right after this he smacked the camera out of my hands...stinker!

Emmet's First Birthday!!!

Yay! Emmet is one years old! I honestly have to say he had the best birthday a one year old could possibly have. From the moment he woke up to time he went down he was all smiles! Ryan was so cute, Uncle Scott and Ryan went and got party supplies and after that Ryan spent the entire night baking a cake (we both don't really like cake, but we had to have one to decorate for the party!), making a cheesecake, and a personal cheesecake for little Emmet. After that he blew up balloons and a punching bag (I'm surprised he didn't pass out!) and finally got to bed around 2 am! What a great dad! The next morning I'm sure was all worth it though! When Emmet saw those balloons he hit the ground running at maximum speed! He went crazy hitting them and jumping on them, it was hilarious! After that we got him ready for the day, putting him in his very special "Birthday Boy" outfit, (Thanks Grandma Moberg!) and played and played. That night we had a special birthday Dinner at Michael's that just about everybody attended(I was sad my family couldn't come, but they were all sick)! We had planned on going to Uncle Scott's basketball game because he LOVES them, but it got canceled due to bad weather...bummer! After dinner we opened presents, sang "Happy Birthday" and let him tear into his birthday cake! He was laughing and yelling all the way! I really couldn't have imagined a better birthday for him...he loved to open the presents and he got so into the birthday cake...it was picture perfect! I'm so happy that we came back to Washington just to see him have a birthday party that more than just mom and dad could be at. I mean how boring! I can't believe that he is one though...time sure flies! And what a fun little guy he has turned out to be! He really is exactly what we pictured...so funny, full of energy, and the loviest little guy you could ever imagine! We love you Emmet and Happy Birthday!!!

Emmet's first birthday morning!

He had a ball playing with all these balloons!


Emmet and Aunt Tay wrestling with the punching bag!

Everyone who attended Emmet's first birthday dinner!

Emmet's buddy cousin Conner...what a cutie :)

Dad, Mom, and little brother Weston

Emmet had a blast at dinner eating and yelling like crazy! He must've known it was his special day because he didn't hold back!

Time for presents!!!

After Aunt Taylor showed Emmet how to rip the presents open he got really into it! What a fun Aunt!


Emmet got so many fun toys and cute clothes for his birthday. Thank you so much Grandma and Grandpa Moberg and Uncle Jess and Aunt Kellie! We love them all!

Emmet LOVES his toys, but he had almost as much fun with the colorful wrapping paper...what a nut!