Baby Sean

Introducing Sean Roark Poulsen 8.5 lbs, 22.75 inches born March 1, 2011. Everything went well with the delivery, the epidural wasn't so great. But, it was better than nothing. I have to say this time around was so much better because we weren't quite so crazy nervous. And, the delivery was only 6 hours verses the 12 hours we spent getting jack here. Jack didn't want much to do with the baby at first but now he just loves Sean to pieces. Maybe a little too much at times. He just loves playing with him and he always has to kiss him and hug him goodnight and tonight he kept asking me if Sean could sleep with him in his bed. I don't think so!

We feel so lucky to have two amazing, healthy little boys. And, of course I also feel so lucky to have such a great husband and father to my children. People seem to ask me a lot how we do it with me working and Jared in school. Life is a little chaotic at times but everything works out just fine because I have such a great husband that I can depend on.

Snow day

It finally feels winter in Boston. The last couple of weeks we have gotten some pretty good snow storms which is pretty fun. Now if only we could get Jack to enjoy sledding. The other day he and Alisa played in our backyard for a good 45 minutes and had a good time. Alisa is Jared's cousins daughter that lives here in the Boston area. They have a ton of fun playing together. She calls him "Guack" which cracks me up.

Disneyland

We went to Disneyland with the Poulsen family this year. We were supposed to leave the day after christmas but a storm came through Boston so we didn't get to leave until three days later (stupid wussy bostonians). Anyway, I'm over it now. So we spent the first day in California catching up and just hanging out then the next day we headed to Disneyland. It was super crowded but a ton of fun. One of the first things we did was head over to Splash Mountain (after pirates of the caribean and the haunted mansion) and being the mean mom that I am I made Jack go it twice because we couldn't see him in the first picture.

waiting in line the first day

The haunted mansion was all done up as the nightmare before christmas, very cool.

waiting in line for the Buzz ride, Jack has a scary grin

It's a small world was all done up for christmas too, Jack turned to Jared and said "this is great Dad". So sweet.

We waited in line for over an hour to see Mickey Mouse and then Jack got scared and wouldn't hug him.

It's a small world at night.

Jack loved the carosel

Safari

Saturday we headed down to San Diego (about 30 minutes outside of San Diego) to the Safari zoo which was pretty cool. We took a tram around the park that had roaming rhinos, zebras, giraffes, etc. and it was pretty fun but I think the best part about the ride was the tour guide. She sounded really excited about her job in a very saturday night live kind of way. What do I mean by that? Well her voice was very monotone...I don't know how to explain it, you just had to be there.

Jack looking at the Cheetas

Jack throwing a fit!

And then acting sweet!

Big lazy lion.

My Lion

My Gorilla

Jared making a face like a Gorilla

Wade, Kali and Miles, we miss you guys. Maybe you should move back to Boston!

Scott and Kristy, thanks for that awesome trip!

Jack had fun in the petting area, he was a little nervous at first but he thought they were pretty cool.

Jared and Jack near the elephants.

Bowling for the first time!

On our last day in California we headed to the bowling alley to kill sometime before heading to the airport. Jared's family was flying out several hours before us and we all had to check out at noon so this was a fun distraction for us on a rainy day. It was really fun watching Jack bowl for the first time, although I think I had more fun watching him than he had playing. The first couple of times I helped him roll/throw the ball down the alley then we used the metal guide that they provide for kids and of course we had the bumpers for him too. He really liked laying down on the ground after he rolled the ball so he could watch it hit the pins. What a big boy!