It's a BOY!!!

It was SO exciting to see our newest little addition yesterday.  I could have layed there all day starring at him.  Watching his little heart beating, watching him flipped around, suck on his little hands, smile at us and give us a thumbs up.  He layed with his little feet crossed for a good portion of the exam.  That was until the tech said she needed him to uncross them so she could measure them.  Such a good little boy, he uncrossed them and she was able to get her final measurements.   Everything is measuring right where he should be and  looks really healthy.  We are so blessed!   Oh and his feet measured out to be just about 1".  So teeny, tiny!! 

The kids loved being able to see their newest sibling on the giant screen in the ultrasound room.  I am SO glad they were there because as soon as they saw him it seemed that all their desires for a little sister just faded.  They were really excited when the tech announced it was a boy.  It was such a fun experience! 

And now unto naming this little guy.  There is one of the top 3 names we both still really like that was on our list with Bryson and that is Kaden.  The other one was Cole but I think we have both crossed that one off.  We also both like the name Jackson.  Those are the only 2 in the running right now unless you ask Bryson who really wants to add Squishy, Lady and Bugs Bunny to the list.   Or if you ask Carson who today told me he thinks the baby should be named Miniature Carson.  Maddy really wants to name him Kaden so any other name we suggest she will veto.

Off to go check out baby names now...

Teacher Appreciation

This week is teacher appreciation week so to show our thanks to Maddy's teachers for all they do we (o.k., I) put together some little cards.

For her classroom teacher I used this idea from Eighteen25:

And then for her specials teachers (P.E., health, music, library and computers) I used the same type of design and came up with these:

I guess I was really into the green/yellow color scheme that day :)



Maddy has been out of school these last 2 days with croup but hopefully she will make it back by the end of the week to hand these out to her teachers.  It's always fun to show her teachers how much they are appreciated!

Easter Weekend: Part II

Sunday started out spending time with 30 of my favorite little pre-schoolers and then heading over to "big church" to celebrate the awesome gift we were given through the death and resurrection of our Savior. 

After a fun egg hunt at church where the kids baskets were loaded with more candy than they get on Halloween, we headed out to my parents for an afternoon of eating delicious food, enjoying another massive egg hunt, shooting off rockets and making great memories. 

One word to describe the day is blessed.  Blessed with an great church, blessed with a great family and humbled by the reason for the celebration of the day.  It was a fantastic day. 

Easter Weekend: Part I

We joined the H's this year to color our Easter eggs.  The weather was just warm enough to do them outside, which was nice.  Chrisanna had 2 kits (a glitter one and a tie-dye one) she had bought on sale last year and we brought along our traditional coloring kit.   I was a little apprehensive about doing the tie-dye one.  Seemed really messy, didn't seem like there was enough paint and I honestly didn't think it was going to really work that well.  I was so wrong.  Those ones turned out the coolest!!  The colors were so bright.

I loved watching the kids have at all the eggs.  It was especially fun to watch Yemi who was doing this for the first time.  I often wonder what she thinks of all these traditions we have.  I mean dipping eggs in colored water?  It is a little odd if you think about it.  The kids had a blast though and it was a fun Saturday afternoon with great friends!

When we got home that evening we noticed we had been EGGED.  The kids hopped out of the car too fast for me to grab the camera but they had so much fun finding eggs spread throught our yard.  And then of course coming inside and opening their new treasures.  It was such a fun idea from my awesomely creative sister, Kelly.  Thanks G, C and G2 for EGGING us!!

Celebrating 8

• blue & orange
• family & friends
• cupcakes & ice cream
• minute-to-win it games
• presents
• getting a real american girl doll
• one small fire
• family bbq after the party
• lots of fun

(Adorable cupcake holders and flags along with juice covers made by Kelly.  Pictures taken by Chrisanna.  Thanks for the help girls!!)

The Best of Me

Maddy brought a worksheet home today called "The Best of Me".  It was a fill in the blank type activity and I just had to share what she wrote.

1. I like the way I look
2. I feel important when my mom comes for Art
3. I am very good at jump roping
4. I like myself when I am funny
5. My best subjects in school are P.E. and Art
6. The sport that I'm best at is cheerleading
7. I can show my friends how to cheer
8. I did a very nice thing for someone.  I prayed for them

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Yes, a new post.
Here it goes.

Alright those 2 sentences have been sitting there for 7 hours.  Goodness gracious.  I don't know if this blogging stuff is my thing anymore.  I'm going to try though.  Really, I am going to try.  The memories written down are so fun to look back on.  So...

Yes, a new post.
Here it goes.

We left off, holy cow a month ago.  Let's get caught up.  Most of March was spent enjoying track break!  The weather was stinky for most of it but we tried to make the best of it and enjoyed a day at Bounce with some friends, a few hours at JumpTime with other friends and a theme day (Bugs).  I had another theme day planned but the weather turned b.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l so we spend it soaking up the sun at some parks and never got around to it. 



We also did a few crafts on those rainy days.  Here's one of them.  Little bunnies made from old socks.

During the 2 nice days we did have, B finally mastered riding his bike without training wheels.  He pretty much had it at the end of last summer but the confidence wasn't there.  Now he takes off with speed and is SO proud of himself.  It's pretty cute. 

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That picture was taken 2 weeks ago at the 12 week mark.  I have been feeling quit huge and really believing that it is true that you show quicker with each pregnancy.   I was thinking that I wasn't even showing with B at 12 weeks (with M I know I wasn't showing.  I didn't show with her until closer to 20 weeks.  But that was a first pregnancy so we won't talk about that:).  But, I looked back on pictures of my pregnancy with B and I was showing.  Not quite as much but there was still a little bump there with him.  

It has also been said that you will feel the baby sooner with each pregnancy.  I remember I was 18 weeks with M, don't remember what I was with B but I am 100% positive that at almost 14 weeks I have felt little flutters of this baby squirming around in my belly.  I was even more certain about it when our OB found it's little heartbeat this week in the exact area I have been feeling flutters.   

I get asked quite often whether I think it's a boy or girl.  With the other two, I was pretty certain what they were from the get go.  With this one, I am not so sure.  I always thought (years before we got pregnant) that if we were to have anymore kids that we would have a boy.  Don't know why, I just always thought that. Now that we are pregnant I have been thinking this one is another girl.  But, then I don't know if I am just thinking that because that is what the kids want.   Doesn't matter to me either way honestly.  On May 12th we will find out for sure. 

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This week this little miss turned 8!  8!  I can hardly believe that it was 8 years ago that she was born.  Crazy.   I've put together a little picture timeline from her newborn stage through year 7.

(click on any of the images to enlarge)

Man, she's growin' up.

I don't have any medical stats on her yet.  She didn't go in for her well check until June last year (made the mistake of calling for an appointment too late).  Our pediatrician is keeping an eye on her growth because she was starting to fall from her already low point on the growth chart.  So, I wanted to make sure we went closer to the year mark to give her all the extra months I could to get some growth in before they measure her again.   She's finally pretty much outgrown 5T clothes so we are hoping to see positive results at the doctors too.

Darn it, all those pictures are looking pretty dull and blurry.  Jeff recently "rebuilt" the computer so everything had to be reloaded.  That being said all the defaults I had made in Photoshop were gone and I accidently edited and saved all those pictures under the wrong format.  I am too lazy to go back and redo them so they are just going to have to be dull and blurry.

OK, I think that is it in a nutshell.