easter

egg hunt, car racing and a movie.

lot's of quality family time!

just what we all needed.




and kason showing how much he LOVES my growing belly and changing body! yummy!

{26 weeks}

boy's

i really like having these two boy's to pal around with.

they like to do all the things i like to do.

i am a get dirty, get sweaty, run outside kind of girl. always have been.

i used to play with all the boy's in the neighborhood when i was a kid. riding bikes, rollerblading, you name it.

but obviously, i am a girl. not a typical girl, but girly enough.

i feel like i "get" boy's and i understand how their minds work. or i think i do.

lately, griff has really been throwing me off!

the other day i was talking to him about being nice to nolan and that they are brothers and buddies and will be for a long time. this chat was going on as i was pushing them along on our nightly walk.

griff was quiet and listened very carefully to what i was saying. i was thinking, Oh good, it must be soaking in.

he then said to me: Mom, let's throw nolan into the road and let him get run over. i like to play by myself and he bugs me.

so in a split second i went from thinking he was listening and understanding to thinking he might be murdering me in my sleep when he's a teen. lol. could he be that kind of kid???

i really thought that. cuck-oooo!

of course i scolded him and he listened but that was that. not another word was said about it.

for the next few day's i sat and worried about him possibly having "issues", or lack of compassion or love. believe me, i thought of everything.

i remembered a book that my mother in law gave me and i decided to read it. it's called wild things.

i hurried and read it in one day.

basically it made me feel 1,000 times better and gave me a clear understanding about why boy's do what they do and most importantly, say what they say. the book describes parents who have been in similar situations raising their boy's. and that what griffin said was kind of normal. eeek.

the book explains what kind of parenting works for each age group, all the way to the teenage years. i read the section for griff's age group and it described him to a "T" and gave ideas on how to parent that age.

for those of you that have a boy/boy's you need to read this book. i can't even tell you how amazing it is.

by the looks of my weight gain and the sheer size of my belly (i look like i am 30 weeks, for reals) i can only imagine that i must be having another boy! or a huge girl. seriously, the belly is big. looks just like my other two bellies! three boy's would be c-c-crazy!


but fun fun fun! and a little girl would soften the edges around here a little bit.

score

i have a love-hate relationship with craigslist, but today i LOVE it!!

i have to admit that i do get on there and check things out every single day.

first, i check the lost and found to see if my in-law's dog is going to show up in there...ever :(

then i check baby and kids just in case

sometimes i check antiques (if i have time)

and i always check furniture.

so i was browsing furniture the other day and came across a bunkbed for the boy's at a ridiculous price and i thought, No Way. had to be a typo.

the ad said that the bed had hardly been used and was purchased from a high end furniture store.

i called and was the first of 4,000 calls, of course. i told her that i wanted it without asking any questions or even seeing it. yikes.

so it started with us only buying the bed (long story, but a good one!) to us coming home with: a twin over full bunkbed with a pull-out trundle underneath, one mattress, pottery barn everything for the room (sheets, decor, quilts, rugs) a dresser and a nightstand. holy.

i assure you, she practically gave all the extras to us. it was ridiculous. she was so sweet. she thought we were nice people, thought the boy's were darling and would love everything, and she wanted it gone asap.

and everything matched the paint on the walls already. crazy.

so it was a huge craigslist score for us! we are all happy and feeling a bit more ready for baby 3 to arrive.

favorite things {pregnancy edition}

these are so great! i really don't like drinking soda but honestly, sometimes i need a pick me up and these do the trick! they are tiny, they give me a boost and they satisfy my soda craving. yum!

i can't live without this thing. it gets me my much needed exercise, gets me out of the house and the boy's love it. not sure what i will do when there's three :( wah.

i am sure this stuff is a waste of money but it makes me feel better when i put it on. not my favorite kind of belly lotion but this one is the cheapest!

i love this video. it did contribute to my little back injury but i was using s resistance band with too much resistance. oop's. so i replaced it with a lighter one and i am back to doing my favorite video.

this is all i want to wear and honestly, i don't care. i have ONE pair of normal jeans that still fit me. the maternity jeans are...meh. they just aren't attractive.


all this yip yap about my jogging stroller and working out just cracks me up. my doc was a little surprised at the amount i gained in the last month, oop's. so obviously the working out isn't exactly keeping my weight in check. ha. but the way i eat is sort of hideous. liiiiike eating an entire cafe rio burrito....you know, big portions of not so good stuff? believe me, i get a bunch of healthy, good things in there but i am not afraid to indulge in my cravings! my weight gain is the same as it was with the boy's at this point so i am not too worried.


24 weeks