3 WEEKS!!

This week, I have 3 weeks left. Which finally doesn't seem so long! Its great knowing that I could have him any day, which in reality I most likely won't until my due date, but still I am so excited. I still haven't gotten around to taking a pregnant picture of me which is okay since I look miserable everyday. I put makeup on one day last week, went to check on the girls in their afterschool art class, they didn't see me, but when I picked them up, they ran out to the car asking why I had makeup on. I guess the word got around. We are pretty much ready for the baby to get here. Well, I guess as ready as we are going to be. We bought all the baby things a few weeks ago and yesterday we stocked our pantry and freezer. There is a store going out of business by Jason's work so we have a huge supply of baby lotion, they were pretty much out of diapers by the time we went over there but Jason was able to buy a few packages. We were also able to stock up on non food items. After being too tired to go to the store for groceries for the last 2 months, it is SO nice to finally have food in this house again!
I am waiting for something to be shipped from Walmart and I want to get a digital camera still but we have time.
So lucky me I get to wait for the next few weeks, trying to keep up on housework and homework for me and the kids. Crossing my fingers that pretty soon my baby will be here!!!

Suprise I am Reading!

While I have always loved to read, I don't do enough of it, I have been reading this good book called Princess of the Midnight Ball, by Jessica Day George. She came to Dixon and signed books and Jason bought I think one of all hers and that is the one I started reading. Its a different version of the 12 dancing princesses story.
Today though I have been reading an old Ensign that was near the computer, its Feb 2007 about Temples. If anyone hasn't read that lately, it had really good article and I am glad I found it today. Here is the online link (hope it works!!) http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?locale=0&sourceId=933b3c7842470110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&vgnextoid=ccb1d48fa58db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD

Harley is 7!!

These last week has been beyond hectic. However, Harley still turned 7 and had so much fun! She is such a fun girl! She is such a loving girl and is getting to show more and more personality lately. We love her so much!! We went to Classic Skating on Monday which was so much fun. Only Novalee and Harley went out and used scooters. Daddy and Gunnar went a little wild with the Deal or No Deal game on the side to earn tickets for prizes. She got a Disney Polly Pocket castle that we have been keeping hidden since last year with 2 princess sets to go with it from Jason and I. Also thanks to some wonderful grandparents, she also got a creepy doll that won't stop making noises and a Hannah Montana microphone. Don't you love loud toys? I don't have a lot of pictures since I forgot my camera at everything we did but even though tears came and went and then came again, she loved her birthday!! To end it all we ended her birthday celebration on Wednesday by finishing up their room and going to our new favorite place for dessert.

Things I Have Learned Watching Jr Jazz

I am sitting at Dixon watching 4th grade boys playing basketball. We came to visit Jason and he gets home in a little over an hour so I am not going to go home and then come back to pick him up. Its so interesting sometimes to watch these how these parents talk to these kids playing basketball. I used to come with Jason all the time but as our kids have gotten older and don't just sit and watch anymore. The first year Jason did this I think was the hardest for us to get used to because the coaches would not only yell at Jason because he used to keep score and supervise the gym but they would just be so mean to the refs and the kids. Fights break out between adults watching and refs have quit because of the parents being so mean to them. Now Jason can take it all under control no problem. There was this guy who coached for a few years and I guess after he was kicked out of the games so many times, he wasn't allowed to be a coach anymore for that neighborhood. However he would still come to the games to "help". One family that we saw for a few years had a really mean dad. I would have thought it was just during basketball but, when I was working at Dixon as an aid, I worked with one of his sons and his sons friends that didn't know that I knew the family would tell me how mean his dad was all the time. Talking to Jason about it at home, he told me how they had discussed the family at a school meeting.
We have gotten to know a lot of nice people through this job and while I sometimes wish Jason would tell them he can't work, he does a great job at it.
The game just finished and we are waiting for another game to start. one thing I am sure of right now, my kids will never be in a sport where the coaches act the way they do.

When Gunnar Grows Up!

(He wasn't really asleep in this picture, I told him he had to take it off around his neck but he wanted a picture first)

Today while we were waiting for our ramen noodles to cool down at lunch Gunnar was telling me what he was going to do when he grows up. The majority of it was about Jason and I.

Gunnar: When I grow up I am going to slap you and Daddy.

Me: Why we don't slap you

Gunnar: I am going to slap your faces

Me: We don't do that to you why would you do that to us?

Gunnar: You are mean and put me in time out

Me: Well you don't make good choices and have to go to time out

Gunnar: You and Daddy are mean and I am going to slap you and Daddy and Novalee because she tattles.

Aren't I a great parent

So maybe

So maybe I have been up since 3 this morning, I felt fine, just couldn't sleep. It may be the messy house that we are trying to get back to normal, it may be because I am 33 weeks pregnant but it most likely is that even though I had a Spicy Chicken sandwich from Wendy's yesterday, I still am craving one, so maybe I will take Jason to work today just so I can go get another one.

Christmas spoiling and other things

Some of you might want to see a post about Christmas, being woken up at 2 am I took one close up picture of each of the kids and blurry ones too. From then on until about 6 we were putting things together and taking things out of boxes.
We have spent the last 2 weeks cleaning and putting things out in the shed. We still have more to do. We are getting Gunnar a "fort" bed which is a loft bed with space for his new playsets underneath, however to do that Jason is going to have to put it together and buy 3 new mattresses since the girls need that also. We told the girls that they can get new sheet sets too since Gunnar is getting one. That means no more toddler bed for my getting bigger boy. This project will take a whole day to get set up not to mention the time to shop and wait for the kids to pick out what they want on their beds.
I think it should go with out the pictures though that my kids had a great Christmas, the girls each got dolls that need diaper changes, numerous barbies and a new Snow White cottage. They got things for their dolls like a playpen and a stroller and high chairs. They got little princess playsets that haven't been played with. Novalee was lovingly given a microphone from Grandpa and Kathy. Still don't like that we were woken up Christmas morning over and over from Novalee telling the other kids what to do. Gunnar got more Bakugans then we can count in case you don't know what those are, we called those monster balls at first, its supposed to be part of a game but we haven't figured that out yet Gunnar just wants to have his monsters attack us and if we want to win we are told thats not how you play, he got a batcave, a dinosaur castle and a toystory playset with figures for all those different playsets with them. Luckily we got those ones last and they came with the figures so we didn't have to buy any extra. That is only a small portion of what they were given for Christmas. Maybe I will take pictures of the kids playing with their new toys later, maybe not. I still have a lot to do to get ready for the baby.We finally got the carseat this weekend and now I need to go buy some clothes. We didn't save much from Gunnar but thats okay its just the matter of having enough energy to go shopping.
Jason took the girls to get their nails done last night and they had so much fun! They can't wait to go to school tomorrow and show them off. I wanted to get a mani and pedi but since I am pregnant that wasn't an option. Gunnar and I went and got ice cream and Jason sat with the girls and helped them pick out their colors and all that fun stuff.
School starts tomorrow Jason and I are both going to only go part time this semester. It will be nice to have a chance to clean the house without my kids following us pulling stuff out as we clean. I have loved having Jason home but time is up and he needs to go back to work, and the girls get to go back to school.