Only ONE MONTH to go!!!

Yeah, I finally only have a month to go!! These last few weeks seem to have dragged on and on, I was so busy during the end of August and beginning of September doing canning that it flew right on by. But ever since then it seems that some weeks go by really slow, and others do go a little quicker. Things are going good, feel o.k. somedays, and not so good on others, but manage to make it through. I had my dr. apt. yesterday and that went great other than having to wait over an hour to be seen. My apt. was scheduled for 10:45, and right before I got there the dr. had recieved the H1N1 vaccines, so she started giving them to her patients. This ended up putting her behind, they finally called me back at about 12:15, then after I saw the dr. I had to wait about another 10 minutes to get my H1N1 vaccine. So, I finally left the office a little before 12:45. But then I had to go back at 2 so they could monitor the baby's heartrate and movements for 20 minutes or so. But once I got back there, they must have forgotten about me, and I ended up being monitored for almost 40 minutes. But the dr. said that the results were great and she (the baby) looked like a million dollar baby. So it was a loooong day!!

The kids are starting to get a little impatient with waiting on the baby to arrive. Usually at least once a day, Kayla has to tell me that "It is taking a long time for her baby to get here!!" --Yesterday when I got home from my apt. she said "The dr. poke the baby out?" and I was like, "No, not today." and she just sighed a disappointing sigh!! Then, the other night she was telling me that when the baby pokes out of my belly that she will give her blankie to her and will hold her. Waylen then told her that she had to have mommy help her hold the baby, and she was like "yeah". Then she went on to say "and I can put her in my dolly stroller." and we were like "No you can't do that." and she quickly responded with "Yeah, it not too big. She will be little (holding her hands cupped together showing us how little she will be!!) --Boy, we won't be able to turn our backs for a second with her around!! --Hayden doesn't really say too much about the baby, but you can tell he is getting anxious for her to get here. When I told him the other today that I had a dr. apt, he got a big grin on his face and said, "And they'll give you the baby then!!" (If only it were that easy!!) So, I had to remind him that we still have a few more weeks until she'll get here.  So hopefully these next few weeks go by fast, so we can get all this waiting over with!!

--Thought I would post a picture or two (the only pictures I've taken) of me (well, my belly).  I only took one with Hayden, and I don't think I ever took one with Kayla. Not sure why, just not my thing to do I guess!!!

And aren't those the sexy pants ever?? They are some of the more comfortable ones here lately and that's all that matters at this point, right? --And I don't even get big boobs when I'm pregnant!! What a bummer!!

Look at me....I'm now 3!!!

We celebrated Kayla's 3rd birthday yesterday, and she had a great party. Grandma Debby, Papa Larry, the Snuffy's, Aunt Melody's family, Aunt Jacki's family, and Uncle Ben/Aunt Kaley came to celebrate with us!! --A few months ago, she had said that she wanted a Dora party, but when we went to the party store to get supplies, there was so much to choose from she wanted everything: Dora, Hello Kitty, CareBears, Princess!! But we got Dora, then two days before her party she said: "I don't want a Dora party, I want a Kitty Cat party!!"  But she ended up loving her Dora party and all of the Dora presents that she got too!! (A Dora doll, Dora backpack, and Dora blanket) 

She was a little shy when we started singing "Happy Birthday" to her. She wouldn't look at anyone, or even blow out her candles, and that morning when we had sang to her she said "and then I blow out my candles!!"

But after everyone left and the cake was pretty much all gone, she decided she wanted us to sing to her. She even sang along this time and blew out her candle.

She loved all of her presents, which along with the Dora presents included dress-up clothes, ColorWonder markers and paper, plus Color Wonder fingerpaints, coloring book, and art supplies, and an art desk.  She had plenty to play with and keep her busy the rest of the afternoon, and she didn't want to go to bed last night. She had to paint one more picture before going to bed. And now this morning she is already in her dress-up clothes and pulling her Dora backpack around, and carrying her Dora blanket. 

Here she is showing off one of her dress-up outfits and Dora backpack:

 Our little artist:

And that is about it for her little celebration. It's hard to believe that she is 3, and will be moving out of the nursery at church to Primary in January, and that this time next year she will be able to attend Pre-school.  She just isn't our little baby anymore, and I know she'll seem really grown up in just a matter of weeks when the baby arrives. --She is such a blessing in our lives and is our sweet little princess!! We love you Kayla (even though you love to literally kick at least either Mama or Daddy out of bed every night)!!

**For more pictures of all the fun -check out my facebook page.**

Sleeping Beauty

Just thought I would post a few pictures that I have taken recently of Kayla sleeping. Not sure why I always want to grab the camera when she is sleeping. Maybe it is because it is the only time that I can (any other time I want to get a picture of her doing something, she usually runs away!!) plus it is the only time that she is not busy getting into something and being so bossy!!!

That is a great idea, Mom!!

Tonight when I was looking at Hayden's papers from school I noticed that he had written his "d" backwards in all of them.  So, I was asking him about it, and so he explains to me how he just can't make them since he learned how to write the number 6. --I had him try to write a d, and every time he would make a 6. It is just the weirdest thing, because he has been writing them just fine up until the last two days.  He was getting a little frustrated and I told him it was o.k. he would just have to keep practicing. --So anyway- we were looking at his papers, and he is telling me- we did the letter b a long time ago (which was on Tuesday) then the letter c today. So, I asked him -so what letter do you think you'll do tomorrow? and he said "d". I said - "Well, there you go, you'll be able to practice writing the letter d tomorrow." He got this big grin on his face and said "That is a great idea, Mom!!"-- I thought it was pretty funny, just because of the expression on his face, and he sounded so excited.  So it will be interesting to see how he does on his letter d tomorrow. 

Speaking of Hayden and school, he is doing good.  Some mornings he says he doesn't want to go and it's not fun, etc. but his teacher has said that he is doing really good and that she wouldn't even guess that that is his attitude.  --He doesn't seem to be too thrilled with P.E. -we were asking him why he didn't like it and he told us "It uses all my energy!!" Of course, Hayden wouldn't like P.E., but he always comes home singing songs that they have learned in class or either in Music (which I think he likes a lot more than P.E!!) --I think deep down he really likes school because he loves to show us all of his work and tell us about things from school, but I think it's just the whole concept of getting up and going every day.  By the end of the week, he is just completly worn out (and so am I!!!)

2 months to go...

Just another update on how things are going with our upcoming addition. I am feeling good, much better this week than I did the last few weeks. I had been pretty busy for about two weeks helping Waylen's mom do a lot of canning, which I think wore me out. Then I had to take Kayla over to Pueblo one day last week for a dentist appointment, so I just haven't done too much of anything this week. I did have to go on Tuesday and have another ultrasound done because when I went in for my appointment last Tuesday, I was measuring at 26 cm instead of 30 cm. So, my doctor wanted to do an ultrasound to check the growth and anatomy of the baby to see what she was measuring. And thankfully (which I was pretty sure of) everything turned out fine. I had to go in today to my doctor to discuss the results and she said everything looks good. The baby (which is for sure a GIRL) is measuring 29 wk., 6 days and I am like 31 weeks and 2 days. She said that is just fine and not a big deal, my amniotic fluid levels are good, and when she measured me today I was measuring just right. So who knows what the deal was last week when she measured me-the dr. said that sometimes it all depends on how the baby is positioned. So has of now- everything seems just fine!!! -

During the ultrasound, they weren't able to get a good picture of the face b/c she kept covering her face with her arms, and playing "peek-a-boo". But we were able to see her stick her tongue out at us!!! Kayla went with me to my ultrasound, and didn't really care too much about watching the screen (as if she can tell that it's a baby), but she gets a kick out of telling everyone that the baby stuck her tongue out!! Before we went to the appointment, she told her daddy: "I going to see the baby and I get to hold her!!"" So I think she was a little disappointed when she didn't get to see and hold her. Then she was excited that she got to hear the baby's heartbeat today at my appointment, and loved telling Hayden the fact that she got to hear the baby's heartbeat and that he didn't!!! --Last month, it was that she wanted a baby "like J.D's" (her friend from church, who has a little baby sister), well, this month it is that she wants a baby "like Papa Night's" ("Night" is Mike (my dad), who has a new grandbaby in GA too!!). Not sure why she started saying that, but she said it one day a few weeks ago and says it all the time now!!


Hayden (I think!!) is starting to get a little excited about the baby. He has been able to feel her kick a few times and thinks it is the neatest thing!! And tonight, she was kicking around a ton while I was reading him a bedtime story, so I told him to feel her kick, and he said: "Whoa!! She kicks pretty good!!" --Anyone who knows Hayden knows he isn't a very patient kid, so he often asks what is taking her so long to get here. One day, I told him: "Oh, she'll get here sometime soon after Halloween" and he said "Halllllooooweeen (imagine Hayden's voice) that's so loooooong from now!!!" --But if October goes by as fast as September is (I can't believe it is half way over) then it will be here in no time!!! --So, it will be interesting to see how he acts towards her when she finally gets here. He might surprise us all, and actually like her a little bit more than he does Kayla!!!