Back to School

I remember thinking at the beginning of the summer that the two months were going to fly by.  I was right.  Devin and Caroline had their first day back at school last Wednesday.  It was only a half day and kind of nice for them just to get all their first day nerves out.  Every year Caroline gets really nervous, I can totally relate.  I hated the first day growing up and never really wanted to go back to school.  If Devin was nervous he didn't really show it, he's really quiet and goes with the flow.  They both love their teachers and are excited to get working again.  When I asked Devin how his day was he said, "It was easy! I wish we did math."  And Caroline told me every detail of her day which I can't even remember now.  But to simplify she had a great first day too.  This is their first full week of school and I"m taking advantage and sleeping as much as possible because its been a LONG time since I've had a newborn and I'm pretty sure I need to get some extra rest.  Really I just want to take naps and I feel like I have a good excuse to take them so there.

Here we are walking to school with our buddies.

And you can see that now that we are actually in the school Caroline is getting a little anxious. 

And I decided it was about time to learn how to do some cute hairdos.  Caroline will actually let me do her hair now, and its been fun looking up new dos for school.  I can't believe they are in 1st and 3rd grade already!  Thank goodness I'm having another baby because my kids are growing up way too fast!  

Nesting

Its getting close people!  Only 12 more days and I will have a baby.  A BABY!  I'm in-between the holy cow this is surreal and over the top excited.  Last week it hit me that I will have a newborn soon and I kind of started to panic.  All I could think of was how much needed to get done before he comes and I don't want to do anything.  So I mowed the lawn, steam vacuumed the carpets, washed all the couch coverings, got rid of half of Caroline's old wardrobe and made about seven freezer meals, and bought anything I could think of that we would need (just blankets remember how I don't like spending money?)  I was a maniac.  And my body really hurt afterwards, but I do feel more prepared and I'm pretty sure the world wouldn't end if he came early.  Don't get me wrong I'm still a little worried he may come before my mom gets here, but I'm probably worrying for no reason.  Its been almost 5 years since I've done this so I"m a little out of practice.  Hopefully I'll be posting about the kids going back to school before a new baby.

#5

This is getting pathetic.  Today started out great.  I went to a church activity that went really well came home baked and then decided we should have some family time.  For us that means going to the grocery store together which sounds lame but I had a  blast.  So we came home and were excited to start our dinner of champions (hot dogs and french fries) and watch a movie.  Then while I'm getting dinner ready I hear Graham thundering down the stairs, which I have told him to not do about a 1000 times.  The end result was a little different this time though.  About half way down the stairs he just started rolling down the stairs and started crying.  My first reaction was laughter, and Shawn told him what he just did was stupid.  Yes parents of the year right here.  Graham is crying holding his wrist and me and Shawn don't seem to care.  To be fair I did run over and made sure he was still alive before I started laughing.  I knew he wasn't hurt too bad.  So Graham goes over to Shawn who in about 5 seconds decided he needs to be taken to the hospital for X-rays.  Awesome.  I was in hysterics at this point.  I could not stop laughing.  Crap like this just seems to happen right when I think things are going really well.  I was crying and laughing at one point because I knew his wrist was probably broken and we would have yet another thing to deal with right before I have a baby.  But since I'm such a positive person there are lots of things to be grateful for, like...

1) Shawn was able to tell within a minute if Graham was actually hurt and needed further attention.  Very few people can do that.  My husband rocks.

2) Shawn is on a pediatric service right now and is in the thick of stuff like this. 

3) In an an hour and ten minutes Shawn and Graham had gone to the hospital, gotten X-rays, and a cast on, then came home.  In 70 minutes, that has to be some kind of record.

4) He doesn't need surgery which is the best thing ever seeing as we get to pay for a baby pretty soon.

5) I won't even have to take Graham in by myself because three weeks from today I will be in the hospital having a baby so Shawn is just going to bring Graham in at the same time and take the cast off. Again, Shawn is Superman.

All things considered it wasn't so bad mainly because of Shawn's job.  I don't think there has ever been anyone more suited to do what he does considering their clumsy family. 

Graham had fun meeting the other residents at the hospital and was very concerned I was at home pining for him.  This kid is hilarious.  And just a few minutes ago I was reminding Graham to never ever agin to run down the stairs and he said, "At least it didn't fall off." He was taking about his arm.  Just a normal day in Funk household.  

He thought he was pretty hot stuff when he came home.

Of course Shawn made sure to make his cast super hero colors.  Its either Captain America or Spiderman, take your pick.

And enjoying a late diner after their trip to the hospital. 

4th of July

Yup I'm behind again. I don't think anyone cares though!  I'm having a hard time wanting to blog, or really do anything these days.  Our 4th of July was awesome this year.  Caroline even woke up earlier than usual because she was so excited.  We started off the day with pancakes and bacon, yum!  Then the kids and I headed to our favorite 4th of July spot, the Pegram Parade.  We even saw the weinermobile, and Devin saw his kindergarten teacher.  Oh and did I mention the weather was incredible?  At one point I was actually cold, weird right?  I was 32 weeks pregnant in July and chilly, unheard of!   We got a nice shady spot under a tree talked with friends, and the kids loaded up with candy from the parade.  We spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out at home and then headed over to our friends for dinner, smores, and fireworks.  It was so fun.  They were even brave enough to set off some of the bigger fireworks.  The kids loved it and were so tired the next day they slept in until almost 8, which never happens around here.  I'm so glad we'll have one more 4th of July celebration here before we move, because some our best 4th of July's have been here! 

Grabbing as much candy as possible!

The weinermobile! 

They hand out some pretty random stuff at the parade, but the kids are always excited.

I can't tell you how often Graham makes this face.  

Caroline roasting some marshmallows.

Now Devin's turn.

And we were even brave enough to let Graham have a turn.  As you can see he wasn't great at paying attention to it!

Devin enjoying his creation.

I don't know why Graham looks so sad in all these pictures, he really had a fun time.

Yes, Shawn even had the day off and it made the day infinitely better.

Caroline being very careful with her sparkler.

We had to follow Graham around so he didn't light anything on fire!

Not to sound to sappy but it really was a perfect day.  Brother and I do have big plans in the future though.  He's going to smoke a brisket and I'll cover desserts, it'll be amazing.  I can't wait.  

Ouch!

I guarantee  that Shawn is tired about hearing this but I'd just like to write it down for memories sake.  Or maybe it would be better to forget about it completely.  I've had a pretty easy pregnancy so far.  I really didn't have any complaints until about a week ago.  I have no clue what has changed but recently if I sit down for too long and then try and stand up I am in a WHOLE lot of pain!  It feels like by pelvic bones are being crushed by this kids head!  I actually stood in a bathroom stall at church for a few minutes and cried it hurt so bad on Sunday.  So instead of sitting I've bee trying to stand more, which works pretty well except for the fact my poor feet aren't used to holding up so much extra weight and my I unless I'm wearing socks and tennis shoes my feet hurt after about 20 minutes.  See the problem?  I can't really sit or stand for too long without hurting.  Granted the pelvic pain is WAY worse than sore feet so I've been trying to suck it up but I'm not going to lie, I've been pretty whinny lately.  I've also a little bit stopped caring how crappy I look as long as I'm comfortable.  Like yesterday I exercised in my swim suit top and running shorts and then proceeded to answer the door like that.  I didn't realize how insane I looked until afterwards so I'm hoping people will give me a break.  I still have over 5 weeks to go so this may not be the last of my complaining.  I really thought I had a fairly high tolerance for pain, but this baby is making me rethink that.

Dreams

I thought I'd write down some of the crazy dreams I've been having this pregnancy and just give a short little update on how things are going.   Nothing too exciting but I need to keep writing on the blog and I'm kind of procrastinating preparing my lesson for Sunday.  So dreams, I haven't had a ton that I remember but last night I had one that I do remember pretty well.  I had already had the baby it was a girl in my dream and she had all of her teeth!  Yes a newborn baby girl with all of her baby teeth in.  It was weird and right after that I woke up probably scared to nurse a newborn, even in a dream, with that many teeth.  
In general baby news, the baby is fine.  I kind of forgot how uncomfortable the end is.  I get up at least twice a night to go to the bathroom and then wake up another two times to try and get comfortable.  It also seems like the walls are closing in on me.  Not a depressing kind of thing, I just want to be left alone for a while and not talk to anyone.  We have had a really fun summer but I'm getting really worn out and I think I get asked a question at least every 10 seconds.  I'm getting really excited to sleep and snuggle a newborn and not worry about anything else for a while.  I'm pretty sure its not going to be like that but I'm going to tell that to myself anyway.  Only six more weeks to go!