Pregnancy #3 at 31 weeks

This facial profile ultrasound is from 29 weeks. It's a boy!(...though we have known that for a few weeks now.) Currently his nickname on facebook is "Lem" or "the lemon" as I once reported his current size at the time and friends kept the name for him. It flows better than "the butternut squash" at other stages. It's cute. :)

It's hard to believe that little sweet baby is in this tummy!!

This pregnancy has been pleasant. As opposed to months and months of morning sickness with my girls' pregnancies, I only "got sick" twice within 24 hours and had a nauseous 2-3 weeks from 10-12 weeks. Though I did at the time, I will NOT complain as this really has been a good pregnancy!

I took all of these pictures by myself...I haven't gotten up the guts to ask anyone to stare at my belly with a camera at this point...I am nearing the weight I ended Riley's pregnancy with and I am afraid that this little boy might give me stretch marks this time around...and so, before that potentially happened, I decided to memorialize my belly while it still looks decent. :)

The girls are super excited to meet their little brother. They couldn't ask for more, except time going by a little faster. Cailen is quite a little day dreamer when she pauses at my belly and thinks or talks about her brother. She loves him already. It's very sweet. The girls keep reminding me that they used to be in my belly. As hard as that is for me to comprehend it's even funnier to me that they can fathom it to whatever degree they do!

Well time is ticking away and I can't wait to meet this little guy. Kris having a son will certainly make this family feel that much more complete. I can't say that this is the LAST baby we will ever have...but at least while we own a Honda Civic it better be!!!

Either way, we are incredibly blessed!

Cailen's 4th Birthday Party TINKERBELL

Of course, my red head fairy loving daughter would choose to be Rosetta for her Tinkerbell party. Even her cake had to be adorned by Rosetta, NOT Tinkerbell. She was very excited about this party, for months...and once it all came into effect she was kind of overwhelmed. Grammy made the girls fairy costumes, (we can't thank you enough Grammy!!! THANK YOU!!!!) and I think even dressing up in them at the start of the party was just too much for Cailen to handle. Riley didn't wear her Tink dress until much later in the party

She got ready and then hid under the table as guests started to show up! Eventually she warmed up, played with friends and enjoyed her party, but her tunnel vision included presents and the cake!

It was a nice little party. Afterward, Daddy

took her on a special date to Walmart where she picked out her own presents with some of her b'day money. She wore her flower in her hair, a new purple leopard print tutu, sang through the store and got many compliments from passers by about how cute she was. She bought 2 puzzles and a Little People Fairy Tree house. I was afraid she'd want to come home with Barbies in hand...but alas, my little girl is still a little girl. :) She had a wonderful time out with daddy and sang about it on the way home...I thought for sure that was the highlight of the day, but when I asked what her favorite part of the day was...she said "my cake"....That blessed me so much. I put so much into those cakes and that one frustrated me as I had to pull apart the original design (at 11 pm) and start over, but in the end, I was happy with it.

Cailen's friends made for great company at the party. We were blessed to have each and every person there and she was blessed with lots of wonderful presents. Thank you all for making Cailen's 4th birthday so special. :)

Best buds

*saturday*

My girls and I wentshopping yesterday, we went to Joanne fabrics. The girls chit chatted the whole way through the store about everything they saw. A lady stopped me and said "I just love hearing their little voices throughout the store."They were really good, just chatting nonstop!

So we carried on to Target, and as we walked in holding hands in the parking lot, I asked "Isn't it nice to go out by ourselves?" (as if the THREEof us were actually alone!) You know girl time! I said "just the three of us friends" Cailen said "best friends!" I said "Bestbuddies!" She said not "best buddies, best BUDS!!"(referring to her new toy box pun.)

I love the fact that she gets the pun, she knows it means flower buds, but more importantly she realizes it is describing a very special bond she has with her sister.[Image]I hope they will always remember to love each other and treat each other as the best buds that they are right now. I hope the toy box is a constant reminder of their special relationship. They are so sweet.

We bought Tinkerbell fruit snacks amongst a few other items and walked out happily. On the way home, we sang together at the top of our lungs. The first tune was Dora the Explorer. We sang that through about 3 times. Suddenly Riley said "Dora to abwore makes me happy!" Cailen and I both had the same thought at the same time...(Last month's nursery theme was "Jesus makes me happy") While for a second I was sad that Riley would use that phrase regarding Dora (not that other things can't make us happy, but I felt like she knew the phrase from church.) Cailen jumped in and corrected her saying "NO!! Jesus...loves ME...." (I am certain she meant to say "Jesus makes me happy") Suddenly regardless of her correction, she burst into song with "Jesus loves me" and we belted that song out on the way home as well...The jokes, the giggles, the smiles, hugs, laughs, kissies and songs today were just so extraordinary. I had such an amazing day with these girls right down to snuggling at bedtime. They are just wonderful little blessings to me. I am so thankful for every day with them, but this day was particularly very special to me. :)

*sunday*

Cailen collected acorns today, she just told me she is going to feed the squirrels in the morning with them. :) ♥ And she can make them into "nice new plants...like acorn trees!!...for squirrels!!" :) "I'm just going to leave them in a safe place, right in this pocket"....She's KILLING me with how cute she is!!!
Today in church, during worship, we were singing "Desert Song" and I was holding Riley and rocking back and forth a little bit, I leaned my head down and realized that she was kind of having her own worship moment as I heard her sing "...the Bible tells me so..." while the rest of the church was immersed Desert Song. :)*

Best buds

*saturday*

My girls and I went

shopping yesterday,

we went to Joanne fabrics. The girls c

hit chatte

d the whole way

through the store

about everything t

h

ey saw. A lady stopp

ed me and said "I just

love hearing their lit

tle voices throughout

the store."

They were really good, just chatting nonstop!

So we carried on to Target, and as we walked in

holding hands in the

parking lot, I asked "I

s

n't it nice to go out b

y ourselves?" (as if the THREE

of us were actually alone!) You know girl time! I sa

id "just the three of us

friends" Cailen said "best friends!" I said "Bes

t

buddies!" She said not "best buddies, best

BUDS!!"

(referring to her new toy

box

pun.) I love the fact th

at she gets the pun, she knows it means flower

buds, b

ut more importantly she

realizes it is describing a very special bond she has with her sister.

I hope they will always remember to love each other and treat each other as the best buds that they are right now. I hope the toy box is a constant reminder of their special relationship. They are so sweet.

We bought Tinkerbell fruit snacks amongst a few other items and walked out happily. On the way home, we sang together at the top of our lungs. The first tune was Dora the Explorer. We sang that through about 3 times. Suddenly Riley said "Dora to abwore makes me happy!" Cailen and I both had the same thought at the same time...(Last month's nursery theme was "Jesus makes me happy") While for a second I was sad that Riley would use that phrase regarding Dora (not that other things can't make us happy, but I felt like she knew the phrase from church.) Cailen jumped in and corrected her saying "NO!! Jesus...loves ME...." (I am certain she meant to say "Jesus makes me happy") Suddenly regardless of her correction, she burst into song with "Jesus loves me" and we belted that song out on the way home as well...The jokes, the giggles, the smiles, hugs, laughs, kissies and songs today were just so extraordinary. I had such an amazing day with these girls right down to snuggling at bedtime. They are just wonderful little blessings to me. I am so thankful for every day with them, but this day was particularly very special to me. :)

*sunday*

Cailen collected acorns today, she just told me she is going to feed the squirrels in the morning with them. :) ♥ And she can make them into "nice new plants...like acorn trees!!...for squirrels!!" :) "I'm just going to leave them in a safe place, right in this pocket"....She's KILLING me with how cute she is!!!

Today in church, during worship, we were singing "Desert Song" and I was holding Riley and rocking back and forth a little bit, I leaned my head down and realized that she was kind of having her own worship moment as I heard her sing "...the Bible tells me so..." while the rest of the church was immersed Desert Song. :)*

Facebook statuses about the kids I wanted to keep. ;)

Ri: "I just ate all my candy" Me: "It's all gone in your belly?" Ri: "Candy doesn't sleep in our bely mom!" (she's recently realized that our baby sleeps in our belly...) I love the stuff she comes up with!

‎"Pink lemonade...comes after PINK LEMONS!" Cailen's epiphany...I had to tell her there were no pink lemons...Did I just destroy her youth?

my girls are running in circles, throwing themselves on the ground and saying "i'm okay!" repeatedly...

I think I've created a little neat freak in Cailen. She is still making her bed every morning. I left a shirt on her bed one day and she said "mom we can't leave this on my bed! where can I put it??" And today she said "mom, I want to pick up the toys." and so she did. :D

I am awake with a little girl (Riley) who didn't eat much of her dinner, fell asleep before her bed time and now can't sleep...She's having a snack. The tiny little voice that kept mumbling "i just need a rink" or "I need sumpin' da eat" was too small and sweet to ignore. So we came back down stairs and here we sit in the dark, trying not to wake up too much. I knew her early bedtime was too good to be true. :/ She just said "Mommy you have a baby in your belly right? and you have to sleep with him in your belly right?" The things that she is talking about in this dark house are so cute. I'm loving this little midnight snack moment with her. ♥

‎"the baby doesn't crawl in our house mom...." ‎"you just have a baby in your belly, he just have to be in there....and the baby will crawl and crawl on the wall..." I ask Riley: "are you done eating or do you want to go to beddies?"

She wraps her arms around my neck and says "i yuv you mom"

Ri took her bandaid off, I said "it's all better" she said it "is all bedduh but it's just a little bit ouchied" as she noticed a small amount of skin still looking peeled...so naturally, upon it looking "ouchied" it hurts again.

Every time "Be careful Riley!" Ri: "I won't."

Cailen picked up a random piece of paper and said "that's my name" and it was. :)

‎"I just have ta pway voweeball at the zoo Cawen!" -Ri

Good morning. Cailen hopped out of bed today and INSTANTLY went to work making her new bed and Riley's bed. :) Handed Ri the stuff she needed to take downstairs, grabbed her stuff, closed the door behind her and we were off....She's becoming such a big helper. :D I love it!!!!