May 2012

 We spent our "May the 4th...be with you" at the Murray Library where they had a bunch of Star War's guys to take pictures with and a couple of activities. We arrived early but the library was still packed with people so we didn't stay too long.

Another season of soccer is over. Kaleb did really good this year and you could tell he's more aggressive at going after the ball than past seasons. We might sign Ashton up for the preschool age division in the fall so he can get out there and run around but I'm not sure if it would be worth the money. He likes watching his brother play and says when he gets bigger he wants to play.

 After soccer ended we enjoyed our evenings of no games and practices by being outside. This was outside enjoying our Coldstone treat one night. We've made many trips to the park and the boys love playing in the backyard and with the neighborhood kids.

 

Ashton had his preschool graduation (until it starts again in the fall) last week and in pairs they had to say a poem that they had memorized during the year. Ashton knew every word but you could barely hear him because he was talking so quietly in the microphone.

They sang a bunch of songs they had learned and it was cute to see them do the actions. 

 

Here's part of a song from the program. It was cute because a couple of the girls would sing/yell really loud through every song.

 And here he is with his certificate.

We took our first snow cones of the year over to Wheeler Farm to check out the animals. The boys never get sick of going to Wheeler Farm and I'm glad we live so close.

When we have been at home we've been working on getting the house organized. The boys had been begging to move their bunk beds together for months now so we moved them into one room and made a toy room in one of the basement bedrooms which moved the guest bed to a different room too. So as if everything wasn't already a mess from that shuffle we added bi-folding doors to the upstairs closets instead of sliding doors since they're hard for the boys to open and with sharing a closet they'll get used more. The opening was too big so we had to add a 2x4 and drywall/mud everything to get the correct height. So for a couple of weeks our house was a disaster. But the nursery is now painted with furniture and the boys room is organized and put back together.

For some reason the last month of school always seems to be the busiest of the school year with so many field trips and things going on so I'm ready for summer to begin and enjoy the next couple of months before the baby comes.

Ready or Not...Here She Comes!

For my birthday Matt took me to Fetal Foto's to find out if we were expecting a boy or a girl. I couldn't wait until my 20 week ultrasound with having 2 boys I had to know what I was having. Plus, I didn't start sewing until after Ashton was a baby so I can finally sew things for my own baby and I was so anxious to get started.

Matt and Ashton voted for a boy and Kaleb and I wanted a girl, but we all thought it was a boy. I was so excited to find out it's a girl, still a little in shock though. Not as much as Matt, he had already bought a couple of boys things last week at D.I. he was so confident. 

I found out the beginning of February that I was pregnant. I had a really bad cold at the time and missed a day and a half of work and after a couple days of being late and being home sick I had Matt run to the dollar store to get a pregnancy test. I took the test and didn't expect it to be positive but it was.

The official due date is October 14, 2012. Kaleb was 2 1/2 weeks early and Ashton was 3 1/2 so I'm hoping this baby stays in until October.

This is from my first Ultrasound at 8 weeks. The little blob in the middle of the big blob to the left is the baby. You could see the heartbeat and that was about it.

With Ashton I took a test called the Intelligender. It tells you as early as 8 weeks what you're having. I took it at 11 1/2 weeks and this is what the results said.

With Ashton it said boy and was correct. This time it wasn't. Looking through most reviews it seems to be more accurate if you're having a boy but with girls it's not as accurate. So I wouldn't buy the test again but it was fun to try it again just to see.

This is me on Easter. We told our family when I was 11 weeks along and we didn't tell the boys until a couple days before that because I knew they wouldn't be able to keep a secret. It was hardest not telling them.

 

And here are some of the ultrasound pictures from today.

The "I'm a Girl" shot.

Front view of the baby with her hands by her face.

We're really excited to welcome a little girl in our family and since I had to buy a baby shower gift today for a girl baby I couldn't resist buying stuff for our girl on the way.

As far as gender prediction I thought this was kind of interesting:

Kaleb: based on heartbeat doctor predicted BOY

Chinese Gender Calendar predicted BOY

Ashton: Intelligender test predicted BOY

Chinese Gender Calendar predicted BOY

Baby Girl: Intelligender test predicted BOY

Chinese Gender Calendar predicted GIRL

So apparently the Chinese Gender Calendar is right on, at least for us 3 of 3 predicted correctly.

Easter

 Easter weekend we enjoyed the sun. We spent the morning trying to teach Kaleb to ride his bike and then had a picnic at Wheeler Farm and figured the slightly sloped grass was a good place to practice on his bike.

Kaleb's getting close but we still have to keep practicing. We've been trying to teach him since kindergarten and it's been really hard for him. Anyone have any tips or tricks?

Ashton hung out on the grass as Matt and I took our turns running around with Kaleb on the bike.

Ashton was worn out after a long day on the playground.

Easter morning came and the boys had fun looking for eggs and checking out their Easter baskets.

Then it was off to Sunday dinner at my aunt and uncles house. It was hard keeping the kids out of the backyard until after we were done cleaning up dinner. There are only 4 little kids but my aunt hides 300+ eggs with candy, money and toys in them.

Ashton ended up with 3 buckets of eggs and I think Kaleb had 2. Unfortunately Easter didn't have such a great ending as my cousin Bryce was hit on his motorcycle but a guy that ran a red light. It was the first light out of my aunts neighborhood and luckily his sister was driving right behind him. So a bunch of the family ran down to help Bryce until the ambulance got there. So the night ended up at the hospital but I'm glad he wasn't hurt more than he was. He spent a week at IMC and has a long recovery.

Ashton wanted to take pictures of us, he loves playing with the camera. Although I finally had to hold it because most of his shots had just my nose or mouth in them.

I love all the hair tips I get from pinterest and have tried alot of them. One of my favorites is THIS hairstyle. It takes along time but gives you tons of volume. I had a really old curling iron that didn't get very hot so I bought one at Sally's that gets over 400 degrees hoping it would make it faster but it still took over an hour. So now that I had a hot curling iron I used it like a curling wand (although I didn't bother removing the clamp, no need to) and it only took me 15 minutes to do my hair. I love the loose curls and it was faster than using a straightener to curl it (which is my usual method) because I could take huge sections at a time. 

(My hair doesn't really look this red.)

 

This week Kaleb's soccer has started and my sister has been in the hospital because of a hip replacement she had. The boys love going to visit her and not just for the cookies and treats they supply although that's part of it. She's been a trooper even though she's been in quite a bit of pain. Hopefully she'll get to go home tomorrow and get some rest. She hasn't had much sleep with nurses and doctors coming in almost every hour even at night.

Next week is my birthday and I already know what Matt's getting me.  I get it on Saturday and I'm really excited so I'll have to post about it then.

Alligator's Are Cool

 Matt and the boys went to Colorado for most of Spring Break last week and they had a great time. They went swimming and this was one of their adventures at the alligator farm!

While at the alligator farm they held different lizards and snakes and one of them was a lizard gecko. Kaleb's been begging for a pet for years and we've failed at the fish thing so now we get to attempt lizard geckos as two of them came home with us tonight. They're just babies right now and in 9-12 months they should be adult sized. (Let's pray they make it that long, they live about 10-20 years) I'll try to take a picture to show you Deigo Change (Ashton's name, he wanted just 'change' since he changes but we convinced him to also come up with a first name and that could be his last name) and Spencer Snell (Kaleb wanted to name his Fast since he scampers around but then remembered Snell in German means 'fast' so Spencer Fast).

I missed them while they were gone but I stayed really busy and even planted a bunch of raspberries that I transplanted from my grandpa's garden in our backyard. (And I have the farmers tan to prove it!) I'm hoping for lots of raspberry picking this summer.

I can't believe it's April, I'm excited for:

• warmer weather
• dinner's outside
• grilling
• camping
• s'mores
• longer days

...not as excited for:

• weeding
• mowing
• basically...yard work

 

March

After not being able to find my camera charger for the last month I finally ordered a new one. I'm sure the old one will show up any day now that I don't need it! But at least I can take pictures again.

The beginning of March Kaleb came home with a sign-up sheet for wrestling and begged us to let him do it. Out of all of the sports out there I never imagined Kaleb would want to wrestle. He's pretty sensitive and I wasn't sure how he would handle it since sometimes you do get hurt. Matt wrestled in high school and so Matt showed him a little of how to do it and what you do and Kaleb was ready to start. 

Matt took Kaleb and Ashton to sign-up since we figured Ashton would love to wrestle and they allowed preschoolers to sign-up. Surprisingly, the kid who loves to beat up and wrestle with his dad and brother said he was too scared so Matt didn't sign him up. Why spend the money if he doesn't want to do it.

Kaleb has really improved and his last matches at the tournament yesterday were his best. He does great getting out of holds and is learning how to move quicker. We only had tears at one practice when the kid smacked him across the face pretty hard but other than that he's been handling it pretty good knowing that sometimes you get hurt but that's the nature of the sport.

It's been a crazy month with wrestling 3 times a week and in between we're helping my dad remodel a condo. Actually, I haven't been much help but Matt's tried to help where he can. Tonight we'll go pick-up the kitchen cabinets from Ikea and hopefully get them all installed tomorrow.