Happy Birthday to me

So here we go to a very long post....
Thursday was my bday and I turned 29. That's right, 29 years of age. And how did I spend this glorious day you might ask? Well, the same way I do every other day of the week basically. Sounds great huh? Woke up tired, had to get 3 cups of warm milk at 3 different times. Had a fussy 3 year old with a white tongue and complaining of it hurting, so I took her to the dr and turns out it was strep. Nice. Then I had a slight fussy 5 year old in the morning from shots the day before, and slightly fussy 15 month old with 2 teeth trying to come in. So far, loving the day! Took the kids to the aquarium which was fine and then headed up to my parents house. No one there, no biggie. Tried to keep all 3 in the same room to make sure they didn't destroy anything and then when it got too dang hot in the tv room, made an escape outside. When I got tired of getting up and down and up and down to keep them in the back yard, inside again. You get the idea. My Mom did make me dinner though and a cake so that was the best part of my day. Brian got caught up at work an hour late. He came over for dinner and then we headed home. He stopped at the redbox to get us a movie, turned out it was horrible. Fell asleep. Well, love birthdays. At least Bri and I got to go out the night before for dinner and a movie. That was nice. So, a few pics of cute little me...








Fourth of July

So how about the 4th huh? Couldn't have been much better. Cloud cover all day, wind to cool us off. We went up Provo Canyon and took a lunch. Let the kiddos play in the stream up there for a little bit, then headed off to my Grandparents and hung out in the pool for a little bit. After that, we headed up to Sandy for the parade and fireworks. The 4th is my favorite holiday, and it turned out pretty good for the most part. My favorite picture is on my photo blog if you wanna check it out.

Baby

Since I keep getting the question, (apparently no one really listens to me. JK) I've posted this ticker on when we are having the baby. We've planned to be induced with this one because Brian is working so far away and if it were to happen in those almost 13 hours he's gone a day, I don't know if he'd make it home in time since the last one came in 40 min! Plus, since I have that lovely Group B Strep, they want me on the antibiotics for several hours. Same issue, I go too fast, so there ya have it. Next Friday is the day.

Help me Moms

So.... for all the millions of Moms who look at this (k, not millions), what are you doing for fun with your kids. I feel like such a lame-o. I can't even think of fun things to do. Well, some, but need more ideas. Thanks.

What is it about mud?

While I was inside trying to move dinner along, I thought my sister was keeping an eye on the kiddos. Well, this is where they ended up. Of course they loved it. Cooper tried to get some mud off his tongue but since his hands were all covered in mud, he just kept putting more mud in there. Yuck!

Parade pics

Just a few pics from a parade the girls were in, well, and Brian. Eventhough he hates parades, he was a good daddy and pulled them in the wagon since I feel like my stomach is going to squeeze me to death when I walk even a block. It was 1.4 miles, so good thing I didn't have to do it this time. The extra wagon buddy is one of Elizabeth's best friends Hannah. You're the best babe for sticking it out! :)

A day to play

Today we went to Sugar House Park with 2 of my sisters, Jill and Caroline, to feed the ducks. Unfortunately someone had dumped out a ton of bread and so they weren't interested in ours, so we took them over to the playground for a bit. Bri decided to take them over to the stream and while I ran to get my camera, they were already shoeless and getting wet. I then realized that I am a lame parent. I would have probably said no because I didn't want them to get wet, or muddy or whatever lame excuse I could have come up with, but lucky for them, Daddy was there to let them enjoy being a kid. I mean really, what do they care if they're wet. They had a blast and it was fun to watch them having fun. I'm glad Brian was there to let them get in before I could have said no. Anyway, here are a few pictures for ya.

Not much new

Not much new going on here around these parts. We haven't sold our house yet, but we've had a few lookers which is always encouraging. It's amazing too because I found out I can actually keep a house decently clean almost 24/7. Brian was out of town the past two weekends for Youth Conference and their Priest activity. I also learned during this time that I could be a single parent. It wasn't as bad as I had thought it would be, however, I don't want to do it all the time. I sure appreciate having Brian around and for all the help he gives me. It's good to have him home. I guess it wasn't too bad 'cause I knew there would be an end to it. I thought it was going to be a lot worse, especially once I got the kids in the car to go get some dinner and found out that Brian took our only car key, so I was carless for those 4 days, but we managed. My Mom did let me borrow their car for the last day. Anyway, down to 3 1/2 weeks 'til this baby comes. We're just in a waiting game for just about everything in life. At least it's warm and sunny out! OH, and just because I didn't know what picture to put on here, I threw one together of Coop.

Here's me...

I don't know why I keep posting things since it seems no one looks at our blog anymore (a soft tear rolls down my cheek). But, for those who care and don't say anything, we're down to less than 5 weeks 'til this baby is due, so here's an updated picture. The face shots were this challenge we did on this photo website so I thought I'd put them up. It was just for fun. Hard to take a good picture of yourself. Try it sometime. It's like you get all the weird angles that make your nose look big or your fat show up on your neck. Anyway, there ya have it.

I see the LOVE

I wasn't sure if it was there or not, but got a few pics of it, so it must be in there somewhere! :)