It's official they are ready!

It's official they even have the certificates to prove it, they are ready to be a big brother and big sister. We signed the kid's up for a sibling class and they learned how to feed the baby, change diapers, watched a movie on how they should not be jealous of new baby and took a tour of the hospital. It was so fun to watch them in the class, I got a kick out of watching them raise their hands to answer questions. They are so excited to meet their baby sister now that they are official, it looks like we will have help changing diapers :)

First day of school

Poor Riley at the Dr. the night before school started, doesn't he just look happy!
This is the only picture he would let me take, hence, the holding on with dear life to good old Mom!Kalli, Mrs. LaDawn and her friend Jerzi on the first day, she is the happiest girl in town!

On Monday the kid's both had their first day of school. Riley is going into 2nd and Kalli's last year of pre-school. We knew it was time to start because the kid's were fighting and getting sooo bored all the time, we just needed to have that set schedule again.

So, we went to my parents for dinner on Sunday and my parents were talking to them both about starting school. Kalli was really excited to go and see Mrs. LaDawn again but Riley was super quiet about it. As we were driving home Riley just started to cry and told me his ear hurt, he would just cry out in pain. Needless to say we ended up in the instacare that night and sure enough he has an ear infection (and it was a pretty good one). So of course he is already freaking out about starting school and now he is worried about his ear hurting him.

Monday comes and I take Riley to school and walk him around back to where his class lines up as soon as we turn the corner most of his buddies from last year are all in the "other" D-track class. He goes and stands in line with the rest of his class and as soon as the teacher comes out he immediately turned to me his eyes filled with HUGE tears and runs toward me and hangs on for dear life. The classes all start going in but Riley would not let go of me, so Kalli and I have to walk him inside to his classroom and he has his head buried into me. The cute teacher came out and was trying to talk to him but he just kept yelling out "take me home Mom!" so she told him tell your Mom good-bye and I am counting to 3 then I will take you into class so she did and she had to literally pry him off of me and I just walked away, it was horrible. I saw some of my friends outside and I just had to walk right on by and go straight to the car and called Jett and just started to bawl. In the back of the car Kalli says to me "I knew you were going to cry when you talked to Dad".

Now, I have it pulled together just hoping he is having a great time so now it is Kalli's turn but she has already told me "Don't worry my I am not nerbous", I take her to school she grabs her little bag and darts out the car door before I can even open my door. So I walk into class to get pictures and she is telling Mrs. LaDawn "You should have seen Riley he was having a huge meltdown, but I am so excited". I grabbed some pictures and she says "okay Mom you can leave now see you in a little while".

All went well with Kalli at school she loved every minute of it and was just so happy to see all her little girlfriends again. Riley survived the first day he told me that he cried for a bit but then he says "I looked around and just decided I better just have fun!". All is well and they both enjoy school.

Swimming lessons

Okay so the kid's started swim lessons on Monday, they have been looking forward to going for a couple weeks now. I am going to do a quick rewind to last year, Riley was in a class with one of his good friends and Kalli had a HUGE meltdown because she had a boy teacher (oh! no) and would not go so they had to switch teachers to a cute little teenage girl.
So back to present day, we decided just to go it alone this year because their friends were all going out of town. On our way Riley kept teasing Kalli that she was going to have a BOY teacher and she was freaking out. We show up and let's just say MELTDOWN from both of them Riley was losing it becaues he was the ONLY boy and Kalli got a BOY teacher, again, ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
Here I am trying to reason with them both and they are both visibly upset, one is crying the other holding on to my leg for dear life. I am pretty sure the whole place had their eyes on us, and were thinking "wow and that lady is having another one, good luck to her".
I finally got them both to go to class (yes, I threatened them that they would both be grounded) they both did great and Riley said "that really wasn't that bad Mom and it went so fast" and Kalli said "I really like my teacher, Trevor, he is so not scary". Let's just hope it stays that way keep your fingers crossed we have until Friday :) My Mom took them today and said they did great!

The things pregnancy brings out...

So I just wanted to take a minute and do a quick update on the pregnancy. You all have been so cute with your emails asking how I am surviving. Things are going great, I am just hot and growing bigger everyday. I am no longer going in monthly to see the doc I have and appointment on the 6th then I start my 2 "weekers". We are so excited to meet our new little one, but are in no hurry to get her here considering what are friends have been through with their sweet baby boy, who decided to make his arrival sooner than expected. So I promised Allison she would never hear me complain NOT once. I just thought I would post some things about pregnancy that does crazy things to me as well as what it does to others.


The things pregnancy brings out:

1. What is it about perfect strangers who like to think it is OK to feel your stomach? Seriously!

2. I can't stand in one place for to long or else when I move you might as well whip out the good old oil can to lube up those hips.

3. My kid's are constantly asking how I am feeling or if they can help me do something, Kalli is always saying "Mom you can't do that your are "preg-a-nant" (as she calls it)". Riley will just come in randomly and check on me when he is outside playing. I love it!

4. I swear you see a side of your husband that just makes you fall that more in love with them, they just want to take care of you, it's the sweetest!

5. EVERYTHING I eat some how ends up on my shirt.

6. A perfect stranger will strike up a conversation asking about when you are due, how many this will be, etc. so it has been fun to talk to someone you may not just passing by or standing in line.

7. The cravings... right now I have to say it is 'world class chocolate' at Baskin Robbins (thank heavens they built one at The District)

8. Wearing what feels like the same outfit day in and day out, who makes these maternity clothes anyway? the cute one's are so hard to find.

9. What is it about sneezing anyway? I'm sure you all know what I mean :)

10. The best part is being able to feel the baby move everyday!

I know this is it for us so I am just trying to take it as slow as possible and enjoy. We can't wait to meet her, but in the back of my head I just keep thinking the quicker she gets here the quicker she will be 1 before we know it. Thanks so much to everyone for thinking of us.

4th of July weekend

The kid's and their favorite drinks
Just taking a break and being silly
Riley putting Bostynn to sleep, it was the cutest!
Riley and the slide
Grandpa and the kid's

We went down to Mesquite over the 4th of July with my family and had such a great time. We spent the majority of each day at the pool with the kid's to let them swim but also because it was 113 degrees! It was such a fun pool with a little waterslide which Riley took full advantage of and also became quite the swimmer. Kalli just wanted to show us her tricks (which consisted of her dunking her head under water), this is such a huge turn of events from last year when she hated every minute of swiming lessons. They had so much fun and NEVER wanted to leave the pool. Thanks Mom and Dad for a nice, relaxing weekend we had such a blast!

She is our "Superstar"!

At the top are some pictures of Kalli's year end dance performance. She had such a great time this year and loves going to dance each week, the girls named their class the "Superstars" (hence the name on their shirts). Jett was a blasted mess as soon as she turned around and started to dance, he said he almost had to put on his sunglasses. Trust me if I would have had another camera that is a video in itself but I thought it be much more important to get her dancing her little heart out and still have a husband who would speak to me (don't tell I am sharing this story over our blog ;). Can't wait for next year!

We had a week with our Kalli so here are some moments I would like to share. I took her to my doctor's appointment last Wednesday, so she could hear the baby's heart beat, and of course obviously his OB day. I noticed her keep looking at the door every time someone would walk in, which should have made me realize she would say something because she just had that look in her eye. Sure enough as loud as she can out popped "Mom, why is everyone that comes in here NOT skinny?" Luckily there was a cute couple sitting next to us just busting a gut but I was mortified...love her!

Finally, she decided to comb out her own hair and got it stuck and I mean STUCK! It took us 2 hours to get it undone (thanks to Jett and his patience). I really thought we were going to have to cut it out and I was loosing it because it has taken forever to get her hair to finally grow but through all the tears and screaming her Dad saved the day and her hair :)

An end and a beginning.

It has just been such a weird month for us. We have had health scares with family and I swear I have heard the saddest stories from friends and what they are going through with their families but then we got the news a friend of ours passed away suddenly. Let's just say all of these have put life back into perspective again, isn't it just sad that something like this has to happen in order to realize what is really important?

We went to the funeral yesterday and I will never forget the feeling I had standing in line at the viewing before the funeral. You could see our sweet friend Kelli whose husband passed away, greeting friends and family standing beside her husband in his casket she just looked beautiful but heartbroken, overwhelmed and humbled by the support. I remember thinking how grateful I was to be standing in that line hand in hand with my husband, I could not imagine losing him and going through what those sweet families have had and will endure. It was a beautiful funeral such a wonderful tribute to Dave. Jett and I were saying I don't ever remember leaving a funeral and feeling like you just want to be a better person, he and Kelli have such a great families who you can just tell are going to help Kelli and Kennedy through this life. We are so glad we had the opportunity to know such a wonderful person like him. I have to admit we were supposed to meet up with them for dinner after the holidays and it just never worked out I feel so horrible about that now. I will always make much more of an effort to keep in touch and keep plans, because you just never know what will happen.

I do not want anyone to feel sorry for us, we are sad but make sure you keep this family in your thoughts and prayers - I do not want to take anything away from them. I just hope this is nothing but a 'do not take anything for granted' post, as I think as we all go through life we tend to forget what is truly important.

I do want to end on a much happier note. Our friends Allison and Cameron had their sweet, baby Dillon yesterday, as well. He came a bit early (33 weeks) but is doing well. I had the opportunity to go and see him last night, he is in the special care nursery and will be there for a week or two just until he is a bit stronger. Dillon is just a tiny guy weighing in at 5 lbs. 4 oz. and just as sweet and beautiful as they come. Congrats to Cam, Al and Mason!

Just thought I would share this poem I received from an email, I think it is a great reminder to us. Cherish everyday and don't assume your loved ones know how you feel. I love you all and am so glad you are part of mine and my families life, thank you for being you!

IF I KNEW

If I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you fall asleep,I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.
If I knew it would be the last timethat I see you walk out the door,I would give you a hug and kiss and call you back for one more.
If I knew it would be the last time I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise, I would video tape each action and word, so I could play them back day after day.
If I knew it would be the last time I could spare an extra minute to stop and say 'I love you,'instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.
If I knew it would be the last time I would be there to share your day, Well I'm sure you'll have so many more,so I can let just this one slip away.
For surely there's always tomorrow to make up for an oversight,and we always get a second chance to make everything just right.
There will l always be another day to say 'I love you,'And certainly there's another chance to say 'Anything I can do?' But just in case I might be wrong,and today is all I get, I'd like to say how much I love you and I hope we never forget.
Tomorrow is not promised to anyone young or old alike,And today may be the last chance you get to hold your loved one tight.So if you're waiting for tomorrow,why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,you' ll surely regret the day,That you didn't take that extra time for a smile, a hug, or a kiss and you were too busy to grant someone,what turned out to be their one last wish.
So hold your loved ones close today,and whisper in their ear,Tell them how much you love them and that you'll always hold them dear.
Take time to say 'I'm sorry,' 'Please forgive me,' 'Thank you,' or 'It's okay.'
And if tomorrow never comes,you'll have no regret s about today.