The Day After

So my due date has come and gone (that would be yesterday for anyone who doesn't know). My house is looking better and better. I'll post pictures after we finish putting everything back in the proper place. We've crammed a whole lot of home improvement projects into the last few months, and Tyson and Rex really stepped it up during the past month.

My fabulous sister Jenni took both of the kids for the entire weekend, so I'm trying to balance my massive to do list with equal parts rest/putting my feet up so that the swelling in my ankles goes down. I have decided to go private with my blog. I've been thinking about it for some time, but do to some recent developments, I'm going to do it within the next few days. Please leave me a comment or email me if you'd like an invite to the new blog. I'm actually exporting this blog to the new place I'll create, so that I can leave this current one running and use it if I decide to do any more scrapbook designing in the future. I want a place to be able to discuss the kids and put up baby announcements without using code names etc.

I'm OK with whenever the baby decides to come now, but I honestly don't mind waiting a few days longer, as it will give me a few more days to put my house back in order. I'm a little nervous about finally being outnumbered by my children, but I think everything will go great. I've already designed the birth announcement, I'm just waiting to fill in the details and the picture. Now we wait...

Tonight after dinner I retired to my room to put my feet up. My left foot looked as though it was about to explode (still does) and I just needed to relax. BittyBit came into my room after she finished her dinner and cleared her plate. "Are you having a fun time?" she asked. I told her that I was just resting and was about to begin reading a book. She asked if she could join me, but I pictured her getting bored quickly with just sitting there next to me, so I asked her what she would do while she was there with me. "Why don't I rub your feet so they don't hurt so much" she suggested. And she did. What a sweet kid.

35...

We went to Jenni's to celebrate her birthday (several days late, but the first time we could get most of us together)

In the car on the way home, I asked BittyBit to take her feet off the seat of the car, as it had been raining and her shoes were dirty. She said, "If the car gets dirty, we'll have to buy a new one". I replied by telling her that cars are expensive and we can't just buy a new one if this one gets dirty. We'd have to try and clean it, but if the mud didn't come out of the upholstery, it would be ruined and we'd be stuck with it. She asked if we could get a new car in 35 years, and I told her maybe when she is 35. Then she said the kicker, "Thirty-five is when you die". Which is bad news for Tyson as he will turn thirty-five this year.

LittleMan's 2nd birthday

Our weekend was packed and LittleMan's birthday fell on a Sunday, so we just had cupcakes as a family and let him open his presents. We sang "Happy Birthday" to him before every meal and by the end of the day had him trained to say "I'm two" while holding attempting to hold up 2 fingers. He didn't quite have the dexterity to hold up only two fingers on one hand, but he tried. After cupcakes BittyBit brought him each gift to open, which he promptly abandoned after unwrapping in favor of watching the video of himself opening presents. BittyBit was only too happy to play with the presents though, so all was not lost.

Pioneer Day

We had a fun time at our Stake's Pioneer Day celebration at church. They had a ton of cookies and breads, along with lemonade and water to drink. I heard that there was a pie eating contest, but I didn't join in that particular event. I talked with some friends I hadn't seen in a while and Tyson took the kids around to the different activities. We were running out of time for the craft activities, so I went into one of the rooms and made rag dolls for each of the kids. They thought those were pretty cool.
When I tucked the kiddos into bed, BittyBit asked me what my favorite part of the day was and I told her that it was when I was able to make dolls for her and her brother. She said her favorite part was the parade (where they got to walk around the parking lot and pretend that they were pioneers crossing the plains). Then she asked LittleMan if he had a favorite part of the evening. He said, "I eat cookies". There's a man for you, give him some cookies and he's happy. Tyson told me that LittleMan ate so many cookies and drank so much water that he lost it all during the parade. A minute and a half later he was back at the dessert table trying to cram his mouth full of more goodies.

More Conversations with BittyBit

My friend Jessica has taken to calling the baby Sam (for Super Awesome Man), since Tyson and I won't tell anyone the baby's name until he is born. Well tonight "Sam" was wiggling around like crazy in my tummy and during one particularly uncomfortable moment I might have gotten an incredibly uncomfortable look on my face. BittyBit noticed and asked, "Mom, is the baby about to come out?" "No", I replied. "Then why is your face sour?" she asked.

On another note, happy birthday to my big sis Jenni!

Family Pics

About a month ago my friend Jessica came to the Botanic Gardens with me and the family to take some pictures. We didn't make it out there until almost noon and apparently it was a sweltering 106 degrees. All I know is that I was hot and my ankles were swollen and she is amazing for getting any decent pictures of all of us, especially considering that LittleMan fell asleep on the car ride to the gardens. These are the result of our hour in hades. I left my wedding ring on the bathroom counter, so I'm not wearing it in any of these pics. It doesn't matter as I probably would have had to cut it off at the end of the day if I had worn it because it was so hot and I swelled up like a blowfish. I love pregnancy during the summer in Texas. These are all posted w/permission from Jessica.

Rest assured that I am now twice as large as I was when these were taken a month ago. :)