Pinewood derby

Jon and I are in charge of the cub scout pinewood derby. We are doing spare tire donuts for dessert. We have some cute decorations. And we made  fun award certificates for all of the boys cars last night. Jon's car is a speed racer from Star Wars. It has a lot of metal in it and he painted it to make it look dirty. It is a pretty cool car. Calvin designed his own car and picked his colors.

Baby girl's profile

Look how cute this little face is; I can't wait to hug and kiss her.

20 weeks pregnant

Our family come August 2014

Oh my

The other day Ava walked into my bathroom and I said, "Hi monkey."
And stubborn little Ava said : I am not a monkey.
Me: well then what are you?
Ava: I am a person, a girl person, with all the parts. Except I don't have a kickstand because those are only for boys. Cause dad says kickstands are for boys.
Me: do you know what a kickstand is?
Ava: yes, it's that thing boys have to hold on to, to pee. Mom, how do boys poop?

Oh my, she is so matter of fact and it cracks us up.

It's a ....

I am 16 1/2 weeks pregnant and we found out what we are having. We were all so excited, I picked the kids up from school and took them to the ultrasound with me. Calvin and Lily really wanted a brother and Ava really wanted a sister. It was the joke around here that Jon would ask Ava if the baby was going to have a kick stand and Ava would say "no, kickstands are for boys." We were talking about the name Ezra for a boy and Ava said "well, it will have to be Ezri because it's a Girl." She was so convinced, she would always hug my belly and say I know I am having a little sister, I know it was a girl up there." She was referring to heaven and Jon would always say Ava was the last one up there, maybe she knows. So, today was the moment of truth. It was so fun to see the cute little baby wiggling around and see it's cute little hands and feet. And the baby happily showed us the Ava was right. She is a GIRL!! Calvin was a little sad but then he remembered that he gets to hang out with dad all the time. And they can escape the girls by going into their Lego man cave or going on a bike ride. How fun it will be to have another pretty little girl. I can't wait to snuggle her.

 

Mommy squish

Ava loves giving me squish hugs. She always runs up and says mommy squish and squeezes me as tight as she can. Even when we are in the car she asks for my arm to squeeze. I have to say I absolutely love that she loves to squish me so much. Now that I am pregnant she talks to my belly and says, "do you want a squish too baby" and she hugs my belly real tight.

Pregnant with #4

I am pregnant with baby #4. I am 12 1/2 weeks along. I always want to jump ahead and say 13 weeks, or whatever week is ahead of what I am :) I already have a little bump. I don't know if that is exciting or a little depressing. Oh well, I exercise at the gym 4-5 times a week and I eat healthy, so it doesn't really matter, right? This is actually my 6th pregnancy, so I think my body is just poking out faster. We have had 2 miscarriages between Ava and this pregnancy. One was this last June and one was the June before. That was a very hard thing to go through, both babies were around 9-10 wks but we never heard the heartbeat with either of them. We have had several ultrasounds with this baby. It has a good strong heart beat around 170 and at the last ultrasound it was moving around like crazy. I have felt it move a few times already. I have felt all of my babies at 12 weeks. I am due Aug 17, 2014. I am hoping it comes a little early like Calvin and Lily did because it is going to be a hot summer being big and pregnant. Ava is going to be 4 in May and so it has been a little while since we had a little baby in our house. We are all so excited. Everyone is kind of hoping for a boy except Ava, she wants a little sister. Of course we would be happy with either but Calvin really wants a brother. We will hopefully find out at the ultrasound on March 5. I am starting to feel better. I was really sick for a while. Of course I didn't throw up, I never throw up. I was just soooo nauseous all the time, and headaches and tired. I have been on a high dose of progesterone and so I think that was making me feel worse. This was the first pregnancy that I had to take anti nausea medicine. Zofran helped quite a bit. I am looking forward to the 2nd trimester, I always feel great and love watching the little bump grow.