Little Miss Sunshine

Well, we have had quite a few weeks with this little angel.  So much for the terrible twos.  It is the tantrum throwing, twisted, terrible, tattle taling, threes.  I have to say, though, that her cuteness helps her cause.  She is a spitfire with great personality.  She just needs to learn who is the boss.  Or, maybe I have it all wrong. Maybe I need to learn who is boss.

So long, summer salsa

Well, here are a few reasons why I am sad that summer is coming to an end. Our garden was extremely abundant this year. We had more tomatoes, peppers, brocolli and herbs than we could consume. We are very lucky that the kids love to eat fresh foods, but our neighbors were even luckier because we could not keep up with the garden. There are a few straggling tomatoes that are hanging in there. For the most part, though, it has become a weed infested mess. I am finally beginning to feel hot, tired, and irritably pregnant. Funny, since i am just about 32-33 weeks. I think I did pretty well considering it has been the hottest summer since I was pregnant with Trevor. I am still very active, though. Just starting to get a little miserable by late afternoons. This tiredness is not keeping me from riding about 3-5 miles a night on the bike with the kids, or walking with the family on most evenings. I think I will probably continue to run and weight train until the day I deliver this baby as well. I am just starting to feel more like I should at nearly 8 months pregnant, I suppose. I will post a new belly picture soon. I keep telling Aaron I want to get a couple of pictures one night when we go for our nightly family bikeride. I am sure I am a sight for sore eyes. Between pulling the trailer with 1-2 kids (depending on who is riding at the moment), the puppy running beside me on the leash, and my fat belly hanging out in front, I get a lot of funny looks. It won't be long before I am pulling the new baby in the trailer as well. Anyway, I am sad to see the summer come to a close because this has been a great summer to remember. I will miss the boys. They start back to school over the next few weeks and I am not sure what to do with my time with only one at home. Well, one at home until October that is...

Water balloon fun

Been a while

Well, I figured it has been forever since I posted on here. Things have been a little crazy-er...We have been enjoying our summer. We have taken several "mini" staycations. Taking long road trips aren't exactly easy these days as I have hernias and vericose veins that are extremely painful when sitting or standing for long periods of time. Not to mention the faxt that I am almost 8 months pregnant and still puking about once a day. So, we have limited ourselves and taken a few 2-5 hour road trips. We have also enjoyed hiking around a majority of the summer. I think it is probably one of our favorite things to do as a family. I still have many, many pictures to organize and post and hope to get to them soon. As summer comes to a close, I have many mixed emotions. Although I am ready for a break from the boys, I miss them dearly about 2 weeks into the schoolyear and wish they could stay home and read, do crafts, and play with me at home. I am also mixed about the upcoming birth. We still have no names. We had a scare this summer when the kids and I contracted fifths disease. Because of the exposure, I have to have ultrasounds every two weeks. This has made it extremely difficult not to find out the sex of the baby. For those of you who know me well know that this is no easy feat for someone as impatient as myself. What makes it more difficult is that I found that I gave away many or most of the baby items we used for the three other kids. So, we are starting over and will need to buy new clothes when he/she is born. So, knowing the sex would be great because I could do that shopping now, have it all cleaned and ready so when the doctor says, "It's a ..." we will have clothes to put him in...her in...whatever. But, I am not about to find out now since I waited so long. But, trust me, when I see the sonographer every two weeks, I have to remind myself that it was SOOOOOO much better not knowing with Caleb and that everything will fall into place.
So, I will have more pictures to come as soon as I find a few spare moments to download and organize them. Please continue to keep the new baby in your prayers. Everything has been looking good on the scans, but we are not out of the woods yet. They ARE saying,however, that the baby is large for dates. This is not a real shocker because Trevor was almost a 10 pounder. However, with me being so sick, I have only gained about 3-4 pounds. So, I guess everything I amkeeping down is going right to the baby. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer and i hope to make more of an effort to keep this blog updated...

Lake Norris Take 2

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