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!

Jonah: mommy will you watch me ride my bike in the driveway?

Me: buddy I'm really tired right now... Can we cuddle on the couch
and watch whatever you want?

Jonah: no. I really want to be outside.

What has the country done with my children??

Got a batch of sun tea brewing because that's what us country folk do

Dinner al fresco on the new sun porch

please tell me this isn't the start of the "girls stage"

Last night at swimming the boys and I were in the changing room after class.  A girl in the next changing room heard us.

Girl:  Trey is that you?  It's me, Ellie!

Trey:  (smile) Hi.

Girl:  Trey I can't wait to see you next Tuesday in class.

Trey:  (bigger smile)

Girl:  I think you'll do really well in class next week like you did today.  You are a good swimmer.

Trey:  (smile, looking at me with eyes wide)

Swim lessons

The boys are in swim lessons at a new place. I really want Jonah to
pass the swim test at the gym this summer (swim the length of the pool
unassisted) so he can earn the wristband that lets him go all around
the pool without a parent by his side. He's pretty good at swimming
short distances already.

At this new place they have TV screens so you can watch them from
above. Jonah is on the left, Trey on the right.

I love love love the reading nook in the new house and it's awesome to
see that Trey inherited my love of reading. Look at him snuggled up
in there!

Jonah keeping busy in the middle of the disaster zone

Aka the new house on moving day.

Best quote of the week!

Trey: mommy there are 2 things that make me smart - school and you.

Me: oh yea? Why me?

Trey: because you teach me a lot of stuff.

(Tears...)

This is how much I know about soccer

(I'm giving joe updates from Trey's game)

It's ours!

We closed on the new house today. Yippee!!

Florida/Disney trip 2013 - Trey is a champion fisherman

Florida/Disney trip 2013 - the boys LOVE the ocean!

The boys LOVED the beach!  They ran from the waves for HOURS and made recipes from the different kinds of sand.

Chickens

Trey: daddy I really want you to get chickens so I could name the hen
Qui Gon Hen.

Jonah is rocking his summer do

Jonah sings Star Wars

Flashback Friday

6 years ago, Trey loves his binkie, Easter and his big belly.

5 years ago, we move to Colorado!  Trey has his first lung related issue.

4 years ago, the boys bathe, Jonah's first loves, and Trey uses his imagination.

This is the result when the Orthodontist tells Trey "don't smile!"