Tuesday, July 10

doctor appts

Just thought I'd pass on the info that I am progressing along in the pregnancy ( I should, I'll soon be 39 weeks!) My body is definitely preparing itself for that little boy's escape! I've been having some pain around my bellybutton-- Or what used to be my bellybutton. The doc said that it's just everything is so stretched. He said he would feel fine and would recommend (If I were his sister) an induction on Friday am. I'm not sure if I am ready for an induction-breaking my water and giving me Pitocin. But we will see what happens by Thurs- we will see him again and we can discuss the best course of action.
It's one thing to want to be finished with the pregnancy and another to plan the date... Some part of me thinks as long as everything is ok, I should be patient and wait... but I don't know how much more of this "stretching" I can take.

I'm praying for some nice regular contractions to start working so I don't have to make the decision to induce labor! I know walk, walk, walk, and some other things! Today I did mow some of the grass with the push mower. T was against it- saying you'll break you water or go into labor... Exactly what I was thinking!

Sunday, July 8

Sunday Funny

Well this morning we were rushing as usual to get out the door for church. As is our usual custom, I get boys and myself some breakfast then lay out their clothes then T gets the boys dressed while I get a shower. Then I put the finishing touches done while T takes a shower. Then we race to get out the door!
This morning it seems the boys jumbled up the clothes and took them to Daddy! Each boy had a pair of khakis with a blue (one darker, one lighter) polo shirt. When I came out the boys were wearing the other's shirt. Zack's was a little snug and Sammy's a little big. Apparently, they picked out the shirt by the color they wanted.
Their shirts are pictured below...

Happy Birthday

To Daddy!
Sammy helps unwrap

As you can see the boys were so excited about the birthday presents!
Surprise, surprise a new fishing pole!



A family shot and then we can go try out Daddy's new fishing pole. Or Sammy can try it out- It's too big for our little creek. Zack's is a better size for our little creek!


Daddy had to cast and then the boys could reel in the line...

We celebrated with a cold watermelon after our fishing expedition.
Tim's only disappointment is that his son didn't make an appearance. I guess we have about 3 hours left- but I'm guessing not tonight...

grapevine


We were very pleased to find some grapevines that were planted by the garage. Apparently, they didn't have any support to grow on so they never produced much fruit. However, T put up a fence for them to climb and this is what happened.... We have so many grapes, now we have to
figure out who is helping eat them!


Saturday, July 7

Zack takes the Cake


So tomorrow is Daddy's birthday. The boys and I went to get a gift for daddy yesterday. I told the boys how we needed to keep his present a surprise, let's not tell daddy, etc. Zack is hiding the present in his closet...
So this morning, Zack reminds me that we need to wrap Daddy's gift. After wrapping, I remind him to not tell Daddy. Let's keep it a secret. Zack assures me that he is not going to tell. I pretended to be dad and ask him what the present was, Zack just smiled...

So after all that he runs out to T and announces that we just wrapped your present... I'm sure not going to tell you what it is... "but it's long and you use it to catch fish!"

So I asked Zack , "did you tell him what his present is?" Zack just shook his head no and grinned with a sparkle in his eye.

Happy Birthday to Aunt Christy!

Friday, July 6

long night

Zack woke up at 1:3o am crying-well screaming because his throat hurt, and he had a deep cough. So after consoling him and giving him some medicine, we went back to bed. A little while later, I was awakened with some nice contractions. I thought for a while that we would be going to the hospital soon. Unfortunately, they just kept me up for a couple of hours, they never progressed to labor-quality. Today I've been a little tired, along with Zack. We went and got some medicine for his cough/cough so maybe we can get him well before his little brother comes along.
Daddy's birthday is on Sun, maybe we could have some birthday sharing like our cousin Lily and her mom! (plus, T pledged some $ if I hit his birth date, today is Karl's birthday so I'm guessing I won't be able to collect on his wager!).

38 weeks today!

Some good news, T called me and said that the new flight commander (the one relieving him) was sitting in his office. So hopefully T can get him spun up and ready to take over Flight Commander soon. There are things that the new guy will have to do before he can take over, but it's definitely a good thing at this point. And a bit sad for T I think, it's a lot of hard work as flight commander, and he has done such a great job with his students (he was flight commander of the quarter) and it's rewarding to see the student's progress. With the new guy here it' s finally settling in that he will soon not be doing this full time-- and exciting and scary when we look forward to the next chapter.
Once the baby comes, he will start using leave -- not all at once, but working a few weeks here and there until October, when he can start flying with the Reserves. He will be doing programming while he is on leave, hopefully getting that ready to so when the end of Sept hits, he can be off and running....

Keep us in your prayers!

Wednesday, July 4

Happy 4th

Happy 4th. No baby yet so here's some pictures of the boys having fun with sparklers.


You can see the excitement in Sammy's eyes... We may have sparked an interest in fire with this guy! We better watch him.


Zack was excited to announce that he could write a 7 with his sparkler.


Sammy loved sparklers... and bottle rockets.. he wasn't afraid even after he burned his little finger on his sparkler. Just a small burn nothing that some ice didn't alleviate.

Monday, July 2

colds

Well, it was quite a week of VBS. We all came down with colds and started out the weekend pretty miserable. I guess it actually hit us Sunday. I have so much pressure in my head that I'm hoping that this cold will run it's course before the baby gets here. The boys (including Daddy) are pretty miserable too.

This morning I decided to take the boys to the pool, since we may not have too many more days of freedom. Knowing that they had energy- I did not- I thought that they could swim and I'd just have to watch. However, Sammy decided to start breaking the rules- running around the pool, jumping off the side into the baby pool. So after being there for about 30 min I had finally had enough of "time outs" and threatening that we would go home. Not to mention that my head felt larger than my belly! So as Sammy jumped into the pool again, I lifted him out and decided we were going home. Sammy was very upset and Zack seemed fine.
On our way home Sammy said "I'm sorry." Zack said, "I'm glad we are going home, I ran out of energy."

Hopefully we learned some good lessons.
If I'm to tired, maybe it's not a good idea to add more to my day- They know when I'm tired and my patience is limited.
2. If Sammy is tired or sick, he is not going to cooperate very well.
3. Sammy hopefully learned to obey the rules so we can swim at the pool.

It has been a rough day so far, however, I made pudding for the boys for after lunch,that was a special treat. Now it's naptime, I think I will partake- Who knows what the afternoon will have in store for us.

Thursday, June 28

Zack's new career

modeling/riding miniature cows...

Falster Farms

Wednesday, June 27

A date?

T and I are going to go out tonight. His class finished their training and will be splitting off into different tracks. This evening they have Track Select where they announce who will be training on what type of airplane: fighter/ heavy/helicopter/ c-130. I found a babysitter, so we should be able to go out to eat and make a date out of this. I'm guessing this will be the last time that we will get a chance to go out(for a little while anyway!)

Yeah, Zack

I am very happy to announce that Zack had a very fun and good day at VBS. His teacher said he didn't cry--just a little sad when I left story time. Then when he came to crafts he was all smiles and was actually playing with another boy in the class. He colored and decorated his craft. Two things that he would not do in previous days. Also he said his Bible verse to Ms. Gloria and was able to get some candy. (he said his verse the other day with me by him.)

It just takes him some time to warm up to new situations and new people.

Tuesday, June 26

VBS

Well for those that know Zack, you know he is very timid in new situations, Sammy however is a social butterfly...

On Monday, I went to the opening assembly with the boys. Sammy went right to his class once I got a worker to hold his hand and take him. Then, I went with Zack to his first activity- story time. Then I left him to help get the crafts ready. He comes to crafts at the end of the day, so it works out great. He made it through most of the activities until the recreation crew decided to do indoor activities-- Zack was not too impressed and cried when his teacher left. So she brought him to me. I took him back to recreation to evaluate the situation and knew it would be pointless to try to get him to stay. So he came back to class with me. I talked to some folks about letting the kids go out to the playground for recreation ( our last class the 4's and 5's were really wound up!)

However, this morning upon getting ready to go. Zack announced "I do not like VBS- not one little bit!" "I'm gonna hide from you momma and you will not be able to find me."

Well, I think the fact that I had an appointment and he know I was going to leave prompted some of his reluctance. I did make it back to find both of my boys in the class room (during Zack's craft time). Apparently, Sammy started fussing about wanting me and the girl brought him directly to my class and left him with the other ladies!
Zack however, had made it through the day (all activities including Recreation-playing on the playground!) Just before Zack's class came in Gloria was walking Sammy back to his class when he saw Zack in the hall.. He just ran to Zack and hugged him. So he ended up sitting in the chair next to Zack and they worked on crafts together...

Gloria told me that after most of the kids had finished the craft she was asking them some of the First Catechism questions,
Q. Who made you? A. God (most knew)
But when she asked
Q. What else did God make?
Sammy was the only one who answered "All Things!" Way to go, Sammy.
Needless to say he shone in the 4's and 5's class.

I am happy to report that Zack had a much better day and our last group for crafts was much easier to handle. Mostly having to do with the playground being used!

I did get to have a hair appt today! I felt a little guilty, but I didn't intentionally plan it for VBS week. This was the last hair appt until baby # 3 comes and then some!

Sunday, June 24

Rub-a-dub



In the sink! What fun!

here's some backyard wildlife


We're over run with these rabbits

Picture in the clouds


The boys at the park


This is Daddy's plane a t-6




When we went to the park these are some pictures we took. Zack thought this cloud looked like an Eagle's wing, I thought it looked more like an angel's wing and a feather. What beauty.

Laundry

I have been doing laundry all afternoon. It seems I'm sort of behind. I didn't think there was that much until I asked T to bring the laundry to the laundry room for me. When it was all combined it ended up being more than I thought.

My laundry job has been made a little more interesting. 36 weeks pregnant tends to make the carrying laundry/ baskets a little uncomfortable. So I've been having to get help unloading the dryer and bringing clothes to the laundry room. I'm not looking for ways to solve this problem--I'm appreciating the extra help. I think that 36 weeks still doing the laundry is a feat in itself! (wink, wink)

The laundry rush is caused by the fact that I realized most of the boys clothes were dirty and it's going to be a long week VBS... so I guess I'm working with a deadline. No, not nesting!

oh, Boy


While washing the van the other day, the boys were "helping" me get all the supplies together. So I hand a bottle of car soap to Sammy to take to the van. I also gave them two of those plastic bottles one contained window wipes the other car interior wipes. Before I got the buckets of water to the van, Sammy decided to coat the back bumper of the van with the entire bottle of Turtle Wax soap! I am trying to get his attention to put the top back on. We had about 1 1/2 caps full left of the whole new bottle- we at least had enough- well we made due with what was left.
Then I notice that the boys are floating the plastic bottles of wipes in the bucketof water! I cannot imagine that water in either of those bottles can help the wipes do their job...
Eventually the boys helped clean the license plate and some of the bumper- yes where Sammy enjoyed pouring the soap!

Oh, and to top it off. You know boys and water/puddles...well, the excess water that pooled around the clean van, well, I bet you can guess... I find them jumping into them and dirty water is splashing the van with all sorts of filth!

Well, I guess that's the sort of thing I should cherish! At the time it's quite frustrating, but looking back, there will be a day that Zack and Sammy will be out there trying to wash a vehicle and maybe their little brother will be the one causing them frustration. Who wouldn't have fun splashing in puddles--maybe next time I'll make some puddles for them to jump around in while I wash the car.

Friday, June 22

Airplanes

I'm 36 weeks today! I keep thinking that I'll be pregnant forever. It just doesn't seem possible to go back to the newborn stage at this point. I was watching Sammy as he carried his lunch bag while climbing the stairs all by himself into the house. And it hit me that he is growing up so fast. He is still in diapers, but otherwise, he is so independent. I guess in two more years I'll be back to this stage, (maybe not pregnant?):-)

Zack and Sammy and I went to church today to help decorate the craft "gate" for VBS. I am hoping that Zack is a little more prepared and accustomed to being with kids and playing etc. since we were there most of the morning. The theme is an airport and planes. So Zack is very excited. We have 4 moms in our craft section. Our combined 9 kids mostly 5-2yrs and the 4 moms decorated the room and then cleaned after we left! Two of us are pregnant.

It was an interesting morning, but I think our room is pretty cool. Cool enough for preK-2nd grade. I'll have to get a picture to post at some point.

Thursday, June 21

Airplanes make the day better

We made it out of the house and Zack took his binoculars to look at airplanes. We had a nice time getting out then came home and made a pizza. So after a "How it's Made" episode, and a few books we are turning in for a nap. Sammy was very adamant that he would not take a nap(which means he's probably out), Zack will rest and I will definitely nap. Then we may wash the van, but will definitely fill the pool.

Blue

Well, the boys and I are pretty bummed today. I'm trying to wrack my brains on a fun outing. We need to get out and do something fun. The baby pool is still closed apparently it should be fixed today, just in time or us to be busy with VBS. The Farmer's Market will close in a few min (10 am). We'll probably end up at the base park and watch airplanes take off and land. They love that. We wave to Daddy's planes and say " That could be Daddy up there" and watch for something that would mark the time (so we can ask Daddy if he was flying then). It's so hot that going outside to the van takes all my energy...
Well, if we're gonna do something I'd better go! Have a good day.

Wednesday, June 20

upgrade on the sippy cup


The boys are loving their new coolster tumblers... Although theirs are just a solid blue and green. Zack calls it his coffee cup...just like daddy's. Hey, they are spill proof, wonder if T would go for it? Probably not!

our week

We are doing well. T is just about to finish up his last? (well maybe) flight of students. They should be finished with their check rides by next Monday. His flight alone has been flying 18-20 flights per day and will continue on that break neck speed until all the students take their check rides. That translates into 3 flying periods per day. Most instructors are flying 3 times a day. T's replacement is in San Antonio, hopefully to return soon and then T's responsibilities should be minimal. Right now we are getting ready for VBS. The boys both have a class and I am going to be helping with the crafts for little kids. We have a really fun group of craft gals, so it should be fun.

I am 36 weeks this Friday so am getting down to the last little bit. I have been feeling pretty tired, but all in all, it's flown by. Next Thursday I have a doc appt then it's every week till his birth.

I went to the store today with the boys and Zack wanted Chicken wings for dinner. So that's what's on the menu for tonight.

We finally got some much needed rain yesterday, it rained almost all day. Our phone went out, as usual, the phone company cannot seem to fix the problem permanently. So we are looking at some different options for phone/internet. T will be depending greatly on the internet when he gets out of the AF so, we need to have something more dependable. He is going to be doing some programming and flying for the Reserves here. He'll go on terminal leave end of July or early Aug (depending on when the baby comes). So he'll see how much programming work will provide while on terminal leave. We are looking forward to the transition... God has provided for us and will continue.

Wednesday, June 13

picts

Here are the picts of our trip to the wedding in San Antonio. The time has really seemed to go by quickly. On Friday I'll be 35 weeks and a baby is in our near future. I've been taking the boys to the pool for the last two weeks- the baby pool that is, and they have been having a blast. Today we got ready and when we got there we found out that the baby pool was closed, seems they are working on it and don't know when it will be fixed. Sammy was in tears. Zack took the disappointment well.
So we went to K-mart to buy some water guns I thought that would be a pretty good trade off for the pool, which will be closed for who knows how long! (we also found some more Matchbox airplanes-the last ones on the shelf and we didn't have those either) and a hot dog. K-mart "snack mart" hot dogs, I wouldn't have touched one of those with a ten foot pole before I had kids- but it's amazing what things change when you have kids! The boys had fun and then we had fun in the water at home with the water guns.

rehearsal

The introduction to the "pillow"

Let's practice informally (daddy is sitting in his seat with a dollar bill waving in the air) all he has to do is walk directly to daddy in the front row to claim the prize!
He gives us some hope of completing his task, but once the "formal" rehearsal starts nothing will entice him away from Daddy.
Breaking the news with the bride's family... He is not going to be very cooperative... but who knows what a new Matchbox airplane will do? We will see...

As long as Daddy is there, Zack will do whatever. But he's just not ready to do it himself with all these people he doesn't know. Now Sammy on the other hand- he might have.

more wedding picts

Zack working out some pre-wedding jitters

Daddy and Zack are getting ready.
The boys

Just one more layer to go!


Tuesday, June 12

The Ringbearer


Apparently, Zack thought they needed a little weed eating done before the wedding. Yes, the flower girl kept asking him why he was picking up sticks and rocks. Sammy was befuddled when she threw a rock that he had given her. GIRLS! They just don't understand....



family picture

Sunday, June 10

The result


This is how it went down.... Zack told us he would not carry that pillow, but he would walk with Daddy. So Zack had a military escort down the isle... Sorry the pict is not angled right...

Friday, May 25

wedding funny

Zack was the ring bearer at a friend's wedding in San Antonio. We stayed for part of the reception and they had a toast from the maid of honor and best man. Afterward Zack said, "hey, when do I get toast?"

I'll try to get some pictures uploaded soon.

Tuesday, May 8

Baseball

Zack and Daddy have been watching a good bit of Braves' baseball.
Who is your favorite player?
Z: Andrew Jones.
Why?
Z: "He's battie"
What does "battie" mean?
Z: "It means he hits a lot of balls."

Friday, March 30

Kindermusic



The boys had a good time at the 1st annual Kindermusic Easter Egg Hunt and picnic. We had a good time, although it was a little bit too hot! All the chocolate melted in the Easter eggs.
Happy Easter!

There are more pict of the egg hunt/picnic on the Kindermusic blog