Anyone else think this looks like a disaster waiting to happen?

As snug as a bug

Couple of karate kids

The boys LOVE the original karate kid movie! They watch it as much as
they watch Star Wars. I found this t-shirt for Jonah's birthday and I
know he'll love it. And he'll look adorable in it too!

Birth weight

Baby Eli weighed 6 lbs 12 oz today, so he needs to gain 4 oz over the
next 3 days to get back to birth weight by 2 weeks old and make his
pediatrician happy. Gain Eli, gain!

J&E

My 3 sons

Last day of 1st grade

I can't believe Trey is going into 2nd grade in a few short months! I
can't imagine a kid who loves school more.

Tired boy falls asleep on the way home from a birthday party

Happiness is....

2 boys climbing into our bed in the morning and having an arm fart
contest with Daddy.

And this is what a food coma looks like!

Trey, author

Trey's latest favorite activity is writing stories on the computer.
We have a STACK of stories he's written by hand with illustrations.
He's a prolific writer. One of my maternity leave projects is to get
some converted to hardback books by scanning in the pages.

1st stroller ride!

He wasn't too sure about it at first, but soon fell asleep.

I can't say he looks super comfortable...

beautiful boys in bedtime blue

Awake time!

Raise your hands if you love cuddling with daddy!

He's awake sometimes, I promise!

Jonah is a doting big brother

You can never have too many pictures of sleeping babies

Sleeping beauty!

Please mommy! No more pictures!

Warning: too cute!

Sleepy sleepy baby!

Eli sure loves sleep! We had a good night. He doesn't cry much
(yet), and he's making a good effort to nurse, although that tires him
out.

Good morning!

Best text ever from Joe

Jonah is a little confused on breast-feeding. He thinks we cut your booby off and put it in a bottle.

Last day before baby boy arrives!

I woke up craving my favorite breakfast place, so we snuck in a visit
before school.

Lazy Memorial Day at the pool!

A swimming milestone

Trey hit a milestone at swim class yesterday. He swam 100 strokes in
a row of backstroke. That's basically the length of a pool. We
decided against doing swim team this summer because of the early
mornings (meets are every Saturday at 7am), and parent volunteer
commitment (many many hours), but I think we will do it next year!

Too stinkin' cute!

First pool day of the summer!!

Some last cuddles with the baby before he arrives....

Jonah is going to miss my belly!!

A glimpse into the mind of a 4 year old

Jonah: can I get a toy from Target?

Me: probably not

Jonah: (very excited). That means maybe I can!

Who is the parent here?

Jonah: trey I got mouthwash tonight!

Trey: mommy did you give it to him?

Me: yes.

Trey: did you read the label before you gave it to him? It says ages
6 and older.

Me: I read it after I already gave it to him! But I watched and he
was very careful not to swallow any.

Trey: (heavy sigh) ok. Just don't do it again. And you should really
read the labels more carefully.

Me: (feeling sheepish) ok, I won't do it again. I'm sorry.

This child is so ornery

Me: Jonah what did I say to you right before you went outside?

Jonah, looking up at me with his big blue eyes trying to look all
innocent: ummmmmmm.... Be sure to put on my shoes?

Me: no. I told you not to go outside.

He is now spending some quality time in his room alone.

My nutty child

8am, riding his jeep with a life jacket and mismatched socks. Love this boy!!

Me: isn't it so exciting the Parkers bought a house?

Trey: we should be excited for things happening in our OWN family, not THEIRS!

Kindergarten orientation

Jonah was so excited for kindergarten orientation. He got to meet his
teacher, Mrs. Graham, and they had a scavenger hunt set up where the
kids got a sticker on a map for finding certain rooms. He wrote a
note all by himself for his teacher that said I love you. It was so
cute when he gave it to her! She bent down and hugged him.
When we were walking out he suddenly stopped and said "wait! Aren't
we going to stay until they announce who won the scavenger?"

I can't believe my baby is starting kindergarten in a few months!!

No one ever accused him of being modest

Me (trying to be encouraging): nice job with that math problem! You are so smart!

Trey: yea. I know. My teacher gives me harder math problems in class because I'm too smart for all the regular math problems.

Jeez! Note to self - cut back on the "smart" comments and try to teach the kid some modesty.

He does have a point...

Me: where is Daddy?

Trey: He's at Jayce's house having a beer with Jayce's dad. Its like
he's on a grown up play date!

Being a dog is hard work!

Poor Blackie - he's so pooped by country living that he can't even get
all the way on his bed. That can't be comfortable!

My 2 and 9/10ths boys!

A finished project!!

Mari came over to put up the hallway of pictures just like I've always
wanted!! It looks perfect. Now I just need to get all the photos in
the frames. I should be able to get that done sometime this year....

Snack date with my lil' man

Savoring my youngest before he becomes the middle.

Jonah graduates from speech therapy!

Yea! Jonah's speech therapist feels like his treatment is done.

Now that we're in the new house, maybe I should turn my focus to this
baby that's coming in a little over 3 weeks! I should probably pack a
bag for the hospital, get a carseat, get new bottles, diapers, wipes,
etc. It's crazy how time seems to have both crawled and flown by!

What a relief!

The boys are definitely at goldrush elementary next year, even though
we moved out of the district. Yea! This has been up in the air for a
few weeks so I'm glad to know for sure.

Joe makes some good pulled pork on the big green egg!

Ouch

Me: Jonah you are my favorite 4 year old in the world

Jonah: you are my favorite 39 year old

Ouch

Jonah ready for his spring sing concert!

Welcome to May!

Updates

So many things going on....

We moved into the new house last Monday. It's still in a state of
disarray, but we're slowly making progress. I do more laying in bed
and pinning decorating ideas than I do actual decorating, but some day
I'll have more energy...

The boys have made new friends with the neighbor kids. There is a 5
year old boy on 1 side and a 7 year old boy on the other, so
immediately they all became friends. We have a little culdesac gang
here. They run in between our 3 yards at will. Both neighbors have
trampolines and playsets, but we are the home base because of the dogs
and the dirt pit where they dig for worms. Poor Blackie and Riley -
they aren't used to this much attention and the neighbor kids love
playing with them!

We closed on the old house on Tuesday. Yea! We left the basement
swings there with the old futon mattress (aka crash pad) and the buyer
said his kids were beyond excited. It's the little things in life,
right?

Baby is scheduled to arrive 4 weeks from tomorrow. I cannot wait to
meet him! And I'm so ready to not be pregnant! I've been having a
lot of Braxton hicks contractions over the last few weeks, and some
are really uncomfortable. I'm "allowed" 4 per hour as long as they
aren't getting stronger or more frequent. But they are hard to
ignore, so at least once an hour and several times a night I'm
reminded that I'm really, really pregnant and really uncomfortable.
All worth it in the end of course, and at least the nursery is the 1
room in the house that is close to done!