24 Weeks.......

(lame picture I know....)
It's hard for me to believe that I am over half way done with this pregnancy. It's gone by faster than I thought. I am feeling pretty good these days.....seriously if every day could be like the second trimester than I would stay pregnant forever!!! Although I am still seriously lacking the energy to keep up with the craziness of three boys plus the holidays!!


I feel huge!!! Thank goodness leggings and boots are in because it is seriously ALL I wear!!

This little guy moves a TON! Especially if there is music playing. A new thing is every morning around 6:15 he starts moving like a mad man. Which is fine because that is when the other boys start stirring.....he already wants to be apart of the action.

Being pregnant with #4 has forced me to let go of a lot of things......life is just too busy. My house is never going to stay as clean as I would like, my boys my not always have the perfect spikes in there hair and most weekdays I may not have clean hair.....I know TMI. But really it is doing some good for me to realize I can't always have control......even though I HATE to admit it!!!!

It's even harder for me to believe that if things go like Ryder's pregnancy this little guy could be here in as little as 10 weeks.....INSANE! The plan is to go on "modified" bed rest at 30 weeks. So far my blood pressure is staying down....(but it always has until about 30 weeks. So we will see)

For journaling sake.....
Last month I had my big 20 week anatomy scan. We found out early on that it was a boy...so I wasn't expecting anything different but when I sat down the Dr. immediately said it was a girl.....I was like shut up are you serious......she went on to do all the other things she needed to check for. Then right at the end she got this look on her face and was like "oh no" I immediately thought something was wrong....thankfully everything is fine it is actually a happy healthy BOY. I am not going to lie I was devastated for a few days. Not because it was a boy but I kind of had to mourn the loss of a girl. Hard to explain. But the more and more I think about it a girl really wouldn't fit in here. I mean really the poor thing would be tortured with three big brothers. And I do enjoy being the queen of this all boy castle.

Yes it is crazy....yes they are BUSY but I like the no drama and easy going boys I have. Even if they do run me ragged.

Spider Dog and Troy....

Last week I took Sawyer ona little mini date. WEll I had a Dr. appt he was so sad so he came with us. Grandma Jody watched the other two and was so nice and told me to take Sawyer to lunch and spend some time with him. So we headed to the mall after the dr. He got a happy meal at McDonalds. As we were leaving I remembered about this great sale at Build a Bear and that I had a gift card. So I thought it would be fun for us to do......

Build a bear was having an awesome deal where you get any stuffed animal any outfit and any pair of shoes. For 30 dollars. If you have been in that store that is a STEAL!!!
Sawyer picked out a PONY after making him he gave him an air bath. It was so fun to just focus on him. He picked to name his Pony Troy from high school musical he named him and picked out his Basketball clothes. He was so excited walking through the mall with his new found treasure.


Noah was a good sport about it. We have been working really hard on behavior we have started a new system that is working very well. We are doing marbles in a jar and once they fill up there jar they get a prize. So Noah has been doing really well so I took him before the sale ended to make his animal. He chose a black puppy who he outfitted in a spider man costume.






They have had so much fun with there new stuffed animals they are now a good bargaining chip at night when they are trying to leave there beds.

Lake Visit and a Birthday.....

Uncle Aaron came home last weekend for a visit, we haven't seen him since Christmas so we headed out to the lake to take Grampy's boat out! The boys loved it! When we got there Noah threw on his life jacket and literally jumped in the water to catch the boat. It was hilarious!




Ryder decided to eat the dirt....it was so nasty!



Aaron was so good to play with the boys!


Leslie and her friends spent the afternoon floating...lucky for them they have Evan to pull them around.


Ryder loved being held.....

Lathering on the sunscreen poor utah boy.....

Me and Noah on the boat.....

Noah was such a fish he would barely take the second to pose.....


Jeff and Sawyer....Sawyer kept requesting to go faster!


Aaron Wake boarding.......

Mommy and Sawyer......

Jeff giving his try at wakeboarding......




Yesterday we spent the evening celebrating Aunt Lisa's Birthday.....

Ryder is Army CRAWLING everywhere.....he is following me around the house it is really cute....

Aunt Patrice, Sawyer, Nana, Aunt Lisa and Noah.....


Me and Noah.....


I couldn't resist....you better believe if we EVER have a girl she would be decked out in big FAT bows!


Birthday tickle......


Ryder loved dinner tonight...he went crazy!


Jeff, Aunt Lisa and Our Boys.....We love you Lisa and hope you had a great Birthday!


The boys were so excited to take pictures tonight after dinner. They are such cuties. I am so lucky to spend time with them each and every day. I am so lucky!!!

What we do when you are sick????

WE START A FAMILY BAND!!!!



Let's just say it was kind of a LONG weekend. My Saturday started of great I went with Jeff's Mom and Sister to a make-up class at Nordstroms. It was a lot of fun and I am so excited for all the new tricks I learned. And plus Bobbi Brown has some great make-up with one step eye shadows and things that last ALL day! I am so in love!!!
As we were winding up our afternoon Jeff called to tell me that Ryder was running a temp of 102. Poor baby. We were supposed to go meet some friends at the beach....but sick baby trumps fun. Noah was so sad about missing the beach so Jeff told him we would take him to Grandma's for a swim. While there Noah almost fell asleep in the pool....which turned into a FULL on fever.

It was a LONG night. And a VERY LONG day! Really this was the highlight watching all the boys play guitar hero....thank goodness for Tylenol and Motrin.
They are still feeling yucky....I hope this passes quickly!

Hippity Hoppity

Yesterday Grandma Jody and I took the boys to the Mission Viejo Mall to see the Easter Bunny. They did very well they waited for almost 45 minutes. They were very well behaved. Sawyer was scared to death but Noah held his hand....he was trying so hard to make an escape.


ALSO...I just bought a new book at Costco....It is Dr. Laura's new book called "In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms" I am so excited to read it. You better believe there will be a post on it to come!!! I love her books they are always so honest and right to the point and I can't wait to hear the praise for the most selfless job in the world.....I know you want to borrow it when I am done!

Opening Day!

Yesterday was better than Christmas....at least according to Jeff. Baseball started officially yesterday which means LOTS of entertainment for Jeff and LOTS of scrapbooking for me. Like I said in my last post I was having the grumps yesterday. But I decided to have fun and make a baseball themed dinner. We ate dodger dogs with all the yummy fixings I had peanuts and red vines. It was a fun way to ring in baseball season with all my boys.I know I need to start liking baseball soon all my saturdays will be consumed by it. Baseball will always be Jeff's first love....actually the Dodgers, he is the most loyal fan I know!!!

Thankful Thursday....part 2......

I almost forgot about this today....really doing this blogging thing once a day is kind of a pain. At first I thought it was great but it is harder than I thought. BUT the month is almost over!! However I am enjoying thankful Thursday's and I may continue this one after November.

1. I am thankful for parents. Jeff and I very blessed with great parents, parents who are wonderful Grandparents, our boys enjoy each of them and get so excited about seeing each of them. They are always helpful and supportive and we are very blessed.
2. I am thankful for hand prints. It seems like every where I turn my boys are making messes upon messes but I grateful for those cute little hand prints and I am sure some day I will miss them.
3. I am thankful for Jeff. It has been a busy week around here and he is so helpful allowing me to get out and knowing how happy it makes me. Just like my cute earrings he let me buy because I was feeling down. LOVE THEM. LOVE HIM.
4. I am thankful that Noah gets to go to preschool. Not only for the obvious reasons of me getting five hours a week with just two kids but he is learning so much. I feel like he is making good friends and loving it all. He loves to sing and do sharing they are his favorite things. Or so he tells me.
5. I am thankful for cookies....It was the ONLY way I was going to get a shopping trip this morning with my firey red Head. (Seriously his hair matches his sassy attitude these days)
6. I am thankful for a clean house....although that is rare and almost impossible, I love when it looks nice!!

7. I am thankful for my blog....it brings me great joy and I have so much fun keeping this journal. I love looking back and reading over our journey!!!

Today while I was on the phone with the bank Sawyer TRIED to share his fruit snacks with Ryder he shoved an entire fruit snack in his mouth. I am thankful, that I got it out, turning him upside basically, I am thankful for not panicking and lastly thanks to the personal banker for not calling CPS really I am not a bad mom....things happen right?
This is such a great reminder.......ENJOY and if you feel so inclined try yourself you won't be sorry.