Rambling

So I"ve decided my blog entries have been really boring, mostly due to the fact that no one really comments anymore. I usually get more comments when I post about food and since I love it when people comment I just might have to post more about food, but food isn't that exciting either. Oh well. Anyways, I also wanted to thank my family for a great weekend (yes I know its Wednesday)
Bethy for getting me drugs so I could stop getting annoyed with my kids every two seconds, letting Caroline sleep over and spoil her for a day, and for providing a fabulous b-day party for mom with some rockin' good food. Ryan and Nanni for letting us come see the newest and cutest addition and making Caroline feel so big by letting her hold Asher. And of course my mom for hanging out, spoiling us a TON, letting me make my favorite chicken for her, and validating my concern (or observation) that Caroline really does talk a lot. If you'd like to see for yourself come on by, I"m sure she's in bed talking in her sleep right now.

Tired

This pretty much describes everyone in our house today, except Devin. Caroline picked up the cold I had last week as well as my ability to cough for hours on end. Needless to say no one got much sleep last night. It was a pretty sad sight when she came in our room around 10:30 and kept making excuses trying to stay with us. Finally she said, "I want to snuggle with daddy." Shawn of course can't say no so she stayed in with us for a while until I convinced her to go back to bed. I thought we were out of the woods but sure enough about a hour later she came in again and I didn't have the heart to put her back in bed, so she had a camp out on our floor. She was pretty excited at first and wouldn't stop talking. After telling her she needed to try and sleep or go back to her room she got pretty quite except for the coughing. That went on for what felt like hours, poor little thing, finally at about 6 Shawn took her downstairs to try and let me sleep some more. Anyways, we're all pretty tired today and all looking forward to nap time!

Latest Project

So this is what I"ve been up to as of late. I"m really excited to make one for Devin and our newest addition. This is probably one of the easiest projects I've ever done but I like the finished product. I can't decide what to do for Devin though, I'm thinking a brown bunny on a blue basket but I don't know or maybe a monkey. I'd love any suggestions. Also we got to go to the temple to day and it was so great to get away for a few hours just me and Shawn. I think Caroline would love for us to leave more because she got to go watch a free dance show at Miller Outdoor Theatre and has talked about it all day long, and play with her friend from nursery. We are indebted to Emily for watching our kids at the last minute and making sure they had such a great time, thanks! I"m really excited for my mom to come this weekend and see me new little nephew! I can't wait.

Just Me and the Dentist

Today the kids took their first trip to the dentist. Caroline got to go first in the big chair and did really well. She was really excited about getting a new pink toothbrush and some toothpaste. I was most excited that she doesn't have any cavities and due to the nice spacing in her teeth she probably won't need braces like me. Devin did ok actually. He didn't really like having the dentist put her hand in his mouth but only cried a little bit at the end. They also got stickers and a toy. I had no problem hearing how healthy their teeth are so we're all excited to go back in six months. Except maybe Devin.

Ahhh

That's how I feel about today. I got to exercise this morning which is always great. When I got home Shawn took the kids to the park for over an hour while I got to stay hang out by myself. It was GREAT! I got tons done (not as much as I should have) and even got to do my hair! By the time they got home it was lunch then nap time. Ahhh more quiet time! Then I went with the kids to a friends house and started a new sewing project. I'm really excited about it! Anyways then I got the best news of the day. I'm an aunt again, my first nephew! I'm so excited for my brother and Asher is a stud! So all in all an awesome day and very relaxing. Now I'm excited to fall asleep reading my book. Ahhh.

The Happenings

After the big baby news there really isn't much to report but here are a few things that have happened in the past week. The above picture is Devin's first real sick day. My kids are not the type to sit down and well just sit but all he wanted to do was snuggle with his blanket and buddy. It was really cute. He was better the next day so nothing serious.

Caroline and Devin have a new favorite game Go outside get really dirty and stinky then come back inside and have me give them a bath. Really they just love playing with the chalk but it makes a mess so if we did it everyday Devin would constantly have streaks of blue, green, and pink in his hair. I do love that they (usually) play really well together, they're buddies.

Here is one of about 3 pictures we took Easter morning. And yes that is a picture of Devin with a PINK bucket. Devin wasn't really into looking for the easter eggs he just wanted to eat the candy inside and then sit and drink his morning cup of milk (he's really into his routine) luckily Caroline was nice enough to find them all and share them with Devin. What a good big sister. After church we were able to head out to Katy and hang out at Bethy's and eat a really yummy dinner. It was fabulous!

I didn't really mean to put this picture up but it made it somehow so here's a picture of our new van. We love it more than words, well I do, and Caroline. Shawn and Devin are of course more cool about their feelings towards the van. Just kidding. I can't wait to take a nice comfy road trip in it. Now we just need a place to visit.

Opps I did it again...

I just can't resist using song titles as my blog entries, it makes me laugh. I' m sure most of you have either figured it out or have heard whisperings because we started most of them. We're expecting out 3rd kiddo November 1st. It was a little earlier than planned but oh well, I think I'm finally over the shock. We've been slowly telling people but I didn't want to post anything until my first appointment which was today and every thing looks peachy so I figured it'd be ok to post about. I'm really excited for this kid to have tons of cousins its age; literally. I have a sister-in-law due any day now, my older sister is due in September and my little sister due in October. Yup we're trying to populate the Earth all my ourselves, that's just how we roll. It's been a very easy pregnancy I'm one of the lucky ones that doesn't get sick, and keeping up with Caroline and Devin is tyring enough so I only feel a little more tired than usual. I do have the WEIRDEST dreams ever though as I posted about earlier. Last night I almost got eaten by alligators, which is probably why I don't like going to Brazos Bend so much, and then was hiding from some secret government agency. Crazy I know but they are entertaining though. The highlight of this pregnancy so far was seeing the stubbly little baby arms flying around during the ultra sound, it made me laugh and think that this kid will fit in very well!

Did we really just do that?

Any one need a ride, because we have plenty of room to spare. We bought a car today, well a van to be exact. We went out looking today and the second place we stopped had exactly what we were looking for as well as price! Its a 2007 Toyota Sienna, certified, 8 passenger, automatic door, and tan, not my favorite but we're not in the market to be picky. And although I said I didn't want to be a minivan mom, I'm eating my words now. Now all I want is space and you can't get anything with better space. Funny how priorities change. I now can't complain about being stuck at home anymore! I"m really excited but I think a little more proud that we don't have to make a car payment because we saved enough to pay outright for it. Go us, so if you wonder why we never do anything its so we can save up for stuff like this and be boring responsible adults. I'll post pictures later, seeing as its too dark out now. By the way Caroline is loving it she's already told us, that she doesn't want to use the blue car anymore, she wants to use the van. So I'm still riding the high of having a new car and trying to forget that it means more oil changes, registration, insurance, gas and the list goes on! Lets focus on happy things! Oh and this is NOT an April fools joke!