Just as I suspected...

weak abdominal muscles!

(refer back to previous post)

and one very well endowed bundle of joy!!!!

half way there!

I'm pretty big for being only 20 weeks.

Tomorrow we'll find out if it's a lack of abdominal muscles (most likely) or if there are two (I doubt it).

I'm kind of hoping for the latter.

We are still arguing about whether to find out or not.

Chris wants to know and I prefer being surprised at the birth.

We've both had our way twice each.

We'll see how tough I really am tomorrow at 4pm.

It's great to have great neighbors!

Last weekend we had a bbq with some neighbors at our good friends house next door.They bought an awesome waterslide from Costco (you may have seen it on display).
We had tons of fun and yummy food!

I'm so glad we have somewhere fun to go this summer to cool off that doesn't involve loading up in the car!

*These same great neighbors and the ones next to them surprised us and mowed our lawn, weed eated and trimmed our bushes yesterday! They are the best!*

insomnia at it's best (or is that worst?)

9:55 pm- bed. toss and turn for a bit and fall fast asleep.
11:02 pm- wake up and pee. SO thirsty, get a drink.
1:00 am- wake up, pee, SO thirsty, get a little drink.
2:01 am- Ellie comes in crying because she peed a little. I help her change and find out it was not just a little. Lay towel down over pee spot, get new blanket, tuck her in and call it good. Go pee (didn't even really have to go that much this time), go back to bed.
2:24 am- roll over to check time.
2:24-3:34 am- toss and turn wondering how much longer it will take to fall asleep this time. Lots of topics/people enter my mind. I have scenerios and conversations running through my head until it all comes to a hault when I feel very impressed to get up and write a letter. Hmmm, seriously? No. I'm going to fall asleep any minute. Toss and turn. Reluctantly get out of bed. Grab pen and paper and any magazine I could find for my lap desk. Write out what needs to be said. Read it over twice. Wow, that actually sounds pretty good. Tuck into my top drawer plop back down into bed. oh yeah, and I peed.
4:30 am- last look at the clock before I fall asleep while thinking, "I'm so proud I got something important done instead of lay in bed and cry and feel sorry for myself, cuz here we go again." (my insomnia has gotten progressively worse with each pregnancy. This time it started 2 months earlier than usual. boo-hoo for me.)

6:30 am- wake up to alarm clock. I slept so comfy and sound that it felt like only 20 minutes. Pushed snooze.

7:07 am- Peyton comes in and climbs in on Chris' side. Tell Chris about my sleepless night. Get out of bed, hating 8:30 church, and take a much needed shower, ahhhh.

8:37 am- walk out the door for church. Made it in time for the sacrament, yes!

9:50 am- tell Chris I'm going home and taking a nap.

10:00 am- strip and crawl into bed.

10:43 am- last look at the clock before I fall fast asleep, ahhhh.

11:15 am- wake up. What already?! I still have 30 minutes before everyone comes in fighting and being obnoxiously too loud! Oh, well, Tylenol PM will be my friend tonight.

December 2005

These are the last professional pictures we have had taken of our family. It's been over 2 years! I am the worst when it comes to getting them done. It's definately a "mom job" and I am seriously slacking! I'm having trouble deciding if I should just go ahead and get new ones done soon or if I should wait until this next baby is born. We will definately be getting pictures done in the fall. I kinda want to do both.

I love how little and cute they all look! They just grow up way too fast and change so much! Thank goodness I at least have thousands of candids!

Everybody needs a bath some time.

It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it.

Fun in the sun.

Trampolines are so much more fun when you add water!

I remember as a kid adding soap to it as well.

Shhh, our little secret.

Tuesdays and Fridays.

Every Tuesday and Friday Peyton waits patiently at the kitchen window for the garbage man.

Tuesdays are extra special because he comes twice, once for recycle and once for yard clippings.

And if we are really lucky, on Fridays we will see garbage fall on our sidewalk.

drawbacks to blogging

My last onion bagel down the drain.

sniff,sniff.

While I was having fun blogging, Peyton was having fun washing my last bagel down the drain. And I just thought he was washing his hands...I know, I should know better by now.

Easter

Better late than never.

This year Easter came about 3 weeks too early,in my opinion. Really it should've been this Sunday so I'll consider myself posting early. And the rest of you who posted already were really really early! Anyway, the Easter Bunny is so considerate, that he brings our baskets to us while we are at church on the years that we have 8:30 church. The kids dressed in their best. The girls even picked their dresses out themselves with very little persuading from me. And every year the boys get a new tie. We came home to fun baskets, the kids dyed eggs and we relaxed until it was time to go to dinner at Grandma and Grandpas. Dinner was absolutely wonderful! And the company divine. There's nothing better than a house full of family on holidays such as this!

Happy Birthday Heather!!!

You are such a wonderful friend and I am so grateful that we have managed to stay in touch for so many years!

Did you know that we have known eachother for over 18 years?!

That makes us sound SOOO old!
*Thanks for being the only one who wanted to play with me on the playground when I was the new girl at school!

*Thanks for all the laughs in Mr. Bones class!

*Thanks for sticking up for me whenever Vernee was rude to me! (she probably just thought I wasn't good enough to be your best friend)

*Thanks for the all expenses paid to summer camp with you and to your mom for a card in the mail EVERY single day!

*Thanks for not laughing at me when I was hanging out at your house when my mom called to tell me my hampster died and I bawled my eyes out!

*Thanks for not getting mad at me when I dropped a huge bowl of water all over your parents nice wood floors!

*Thanks for being I think the only other girl to skinny dip at one of your birthday parties!

*Thanks for being the friend that got their very first bra with me!

*Thanks for letting me eat at your house even when you weren't hungry!

*Thanks for letting me spend the night all those bazillion times!

*And for not calling me a baby when I brought my blanket with me every single time!

*Thanks for daring me to slide down the water fall at Riverside park in my clothes so that I would always remember how embarrassing it was to have a wet muddy butt and your mom yell at us for wondering off!

*Thanks for telling me how beautiful I was all growing up even though I didn't really believe you, coming from one of the most talented beautiful girls I've ever known!

*Thanks for all the memories and so many more that I didn't mention!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love you so much and will forever and ever!

I am so happy that you have such a wonderful family and a happy wonderful life!

Oh, and so so sorry for busting a gut laughing when you did that front flip off my trampoline onto your stomach and landed on the brick steps! It really did look quite amazing and funny!

Good thing my mom was there to comfort you since I was clearly not in the right state of mind to do so myself.

fat.tired.grumpy.

A week ago we went to the park on a family outing.

I didn't want to go. I wanted to stay home and enjoy some peace and quiet.

Chris thought that was lame since it was a "family outing".

So I sat there and pouted. With my big gut hanging out.

(I swear there is either 2 in there or I grew more organs)

Chris was happy and played with the kids and took some pictures.

I on the other hand was very irritable.

Especially when Chris thought it would be fun to take pictures of my cleavage.

(yay! I have boobs again!)

So I confiscated the camera and took some pictures of my own.

Preston did a really good job flying Grandpa's kites with hardly any wind!

I didn't stay grumpy for very long when it was mentioned that we could go to Rosa's and get a beef stuffed quesadilla and chips and salsa!

MMMM! Pulls me out of a bad mood every time!

the new swing.

While Chris was working on enclosing our chicken coop,

Preston made himself a swing.

Great idea, but not quite the right location.

"Wook mom! A airpwain!"

(those are Preston's shorts he's wearing, silly kid)

We've had our eye on a particular branch in our pine tree for a few years now.

Kid tested.

Mother approved.