It's A Girl!!!!

Caitlyn is happy to announce that she is "finally" getting a sister.  Caitlyn has been hoping this baby would be a girl.  The other day she said, "I just know it is going to be a girl because I know Heavenly Father knows how bad I want one."  We took her to the ultrasound with us.  She was so excited.  She was practicing her happy dance in the waiting room.  She told me before we went in that she would be happy and love our baby no matter what.  She is such a good, sweet girl.

I have had a feeling that it was a girl all along.  Of course I didn't trust myself enough to be positive, but I was pretty confident it would be a girl.  When we were told it was a girl Caitlyn said, "Yes, finally I will have a sister."  The baby looks healthy and is developing right on schedule.  We are all excited and can't wait to meet her in July.  Now we just have to agree on a name!

Long Weekend

Caitlyn had Friday and Monday off of school.  I love long weekends.  I love having her home and I love not having to get her off to school in the morning or wait in the horribly long pick up line after school.  I ended up being really sick this weekend.  I must have some kind of cold/flu thing.  I felt horrible on Thursday. I literally couldn't stand for long, my whole body ached and my head was pounding.  I think my immune system is really weak when I'm pregnant because I seem to catch everything.  I took some Tylenol because I had a fever and that helped a little, but I pretty much just laid around as much as I could.

Keith offered to come home from work, but I knew he was swamped and I figured I could muddle through the night.  The kids were so good.  We watched a movie and then they just ran around and played and entertained Wyatt.  They were having a great time and I was so grateful that they were being so good so I could rest.  I love watching the three of them play.  They have so much fun running, dancing and chasing each other. 

Caitlyn and Jonah will do anything to get Wyatt to play with them.  This leads to one spoiled little boy.  He was pointing where the kids needed to line up so they could race and he was the leader as far as when they started.  It always amazes me how little kids who can't even talk still seem to rule the house. 

Friday I still felt awful so we had another day at home.  Wyatt was mad at me and only wanted Caitlyn.  He wouldn't come to me to get him out of his crib, he only wanted Caitlyn to lift him out.  Caitlyn was thrilled to take over the mother roll.  She was so helpful with him.  It was so great because I had no energy and couldn't do much.  We made it through another night without Keith.  Saturday and Sunday I was still sick, but feeling better.  Keith was home so I was able to get a lot of rest. I'm still feeling a little sick, but nothing like last week. 

I found these rain boots really cheap at Kohls.  Wyatt wanted to wear them all morning.

This is very common for Wyatt.  He sits and looks at books all of the time.  He is constantly bringing books to us to read to him.  Now he waves his arm to say, "come on" and he will lead you to the couch with his books.

He likes to say "hush" when we read Good Night Moon.

Do you ever look at your kids and think, wow they grew up over night!  Jonah looked so old the other day before pre-school.  He has really matured over the last year.  He has such a fun personality and really loves to make people laugh.  He loves attention and will put on quite a show.  He always keeps us laughing.

Valentines Day

I am a total slacker when it comes to making cookies with my kids.  Especially sugar cookies, I love them, but I hate all the work.  I decided I wanted to make some with Caitlyn and Jonah for Valentines Day this year.  We had fun and they sure tasted good.  I thought I better take a picture because it doesn't happen very often.

These were waiting for me when I woke up on Valentines Day.  The flowers were so pretty, but I was really excited about the mambas.  I have been craving them like crazy and they are hard to find.  Keith always goes out of his way to make me feel special. I really appreciate that about him.  Since he is gone at night we had a lunch date.  He brought home some take out after school.  Wyatt was down for a nap and Jonah was busy playing so we had a nice peaceful lunch and even got to play a few games. 

I love any excuse to give my kids a present.  I had a few things I have been waiting to give them, but I was just waiting for an excuse.  Caitlyn was really excited with her rub art set.  I actually had these all wrapped for Christmas and forgot about them. 

Luckily she got ready quickly that morning so she had some time to color before school.

That morning they had an activity at Caitlyn's school.  I asked Caitlyn who she wanted to take her and she said, "I don't want to hurt your feelings, but I want Dad to take me."  I explained to her that didn't hurt my feelings at all.  She doesn't get to see Keith very much so I'm glad they could do this together.  Not to mention, I didn't have to be up and ready to go before 8 AM!  They had fun reading books and eating breakfast at school. 

We gave Jonah some bendaroos.  I have always wanted to buy these when I see the commercials and I found a good deal on them so I was excited for the kids to have them.  They have both enjoyed them.

Jonah wanted me to help make Keith out of them so we could surprise him when he got home from Caitlyn's school.  It was a hit. Both the kids had fun parties at school and got overloaded with treats.

Wyatt had fun opening his present.  I think this is the first time we haven't had to force him to open a present.  I caught him opening a present I had wrapped for my niece the other day.  I wish he would have enjoyed it that much on Christmas.

Wyatt was happy with his book.  Keith was able to come home and eat dinner with us.  It was a fun day.  I love any excuse for presents and eating out!

Grandma Betty

We were all so excited that my Grandma came to town last week.  We all love Grandma Betty.  The kids have been really excited to see her again.  They always tell everyone that they have three Grandmas and that  Grandma Betty lives in California.  Last weekend my cousin was in a play at BYU so Grandma and my aunt and uncle flew in to see it.  Last Saturday I went down to Provo with my parents and spent the day with my extended family.  It was such a fun, relaxing day for me.  We met for lunch and then went and saw the play.  Jenna was amazing.  No one can believe that she is only a freshman with the lead in a play.  Later we spent the day just visiting with family.  I left the kids home with Keith.  It was so great, I went out to lunch and dinner, did a lot of visiting and didn't have to worry about anyone but myself! 

Grandma stayed in Provo for a few days and then came down to my mom's.  On Thursday my sisters and Grandma came over for lunch and we just sat and visited all day.  It was so nice.  I have always wished I lived closer to my Grandma so I love any chance I get to spend time with her.  Wyatt warmed right up to her and had fun sitting with her and reading books.

Later my mom came over and her and Jonah had a puzzle race.  The kids loved all the attention.  In fact Jonah got a little carried away during lunch trying to make everyone laugh.  He will do anything for a laugh! The other night at dinner he asked Grandma Betty, "if you saw your husband come down from heaven would you run and hug him and kiss him?"  She told him she would and he said, "would you just keep kissing him and kissing him?"  The kids thought it was funny when she said yes.

I love that my kids know my Grandma so well.  Caitlyn spent all Wednesday night cleaning her room because she wanted it to be perfect for Grandma Betty.  They loved showing her their rooms and all of their toys.

We had fun going to lunch, shopping and a lot of visiting with Grandma.  Keith was so great and kept the kids a lot so I could have plenty of time to spend with Grandma. 

We were all sad to see her go home yesterday.  Caitlyn has the hardest times with goodbyes.  I'm so glad that Grandma came for a visit, it has been a great week.

Number Four!!

I found out just before Thanksgiving that I was pregnant.  I haven't written about it because I know so many people who are struggling with infertility, miscarriage and adoption right now.  I feel guilty that we are having another child when so many are struggling.  I know that is a little silly, but the small struggles that we have experienced in getting our children here give me so much sympathy for those who go through so much to bring their children into their families.  I hate to see people I love go through what I consider to be one of the hardest trials out there.  With that being said, this is my journal and this is a big event for us so I need to record it. 

I had my annual check up scheduled for the beginning November.  This is the same thing that happened with Wyatt, but at that point we had been hoping and praying for him for about 16 months.  This time we had only been waiting 6 months, but I decided to talk to my doctor about it anyway.  He said there was no need to wait.  We started with some blood work and we would move on from there.  I told my doctor that I was hoping that just seeing him would be enough, it worked with Cailtyn and Wyatt.  Sure enough I got pregnant that month.  He thought I had a fibroid tumor in my uterus because my uterus was swollen.  When I went in for my ultrasound at 6 weeks they confirmed that I do have a fibroid (these are very common in women).  They also think I have polycystic ovarian disorder.  Both of these can cause infertility.  He doesn't think the fibroid will be a problem. He said if it grows that they will just remove it when I have my C-section.  We feel pretty confident that this will be our last baby.  I never say never, but we both feel like this will be it for us.

We decided to tell Cailtyn and Jonah on Christmas Eve.  We put the ultrasound picture in an envelope and had them open it.  It took them forever to figure out what it meant, but they were so excited when they did.  Caitlyn is really hoping for a sister. 

I am due July 29.  I have already talked to my doctor and we will probably have the C-section on July 19th.  He does C-sections on Thursdays and the Thursday before the 29th is the 26th, which is Wyatt's birthday so we will go the week before.  I'm so excited to welcome another baby into our family.  I'm a little nervous about having a 2-year-old and and a new born along with two older children, but I'm sure we will manage.  It will be interesting to see how Wyatt handles not being the baby anymore!