Catching Up

Holy smokes Batman! It's been 2 weeks since my last post, I have so so much to catch up on!!  A 2 week hiatus can only mean one thing...we have been on our midwest tour visiting family.  It was crazy, so fun but very busy!  I thought I would stay caught up on blog and even brought 2 books thinking I would finish them.  Ha!  I didn't even start either! :(  I will be catching you all up on our fun soon.  In the meantime, here's some random pics leftover from June.

 Cousin Cash introduced Cooper to tic-tac-toe a few months back.  Since then, it's been a restaurant fave while we wait for our food.  Adam took this pic (and prob sent to my family and his :)) because Cooper had just legitimately beat me!

 Last month Laney had her first ice cream cone from McDonalds.  Think she enjoyed it??  This girl usually misses dessert because she goes to bed early. Poor Doodles.

 Creepy ice cream cone eater

 Laney loves to crawl in our bed, specifically Adam's side.  She smiles real big and says, "daddyyyyy."

 First of many bloody noses I am sure.  This girl is always climbing on something and usually falling down as well.

 These 2 occasionally dine on their own.

 Laney got these blocks for her first birthday from our friends, the Stauffers.  She still plays with these almost daily.  Lately she really concentrates on building and is so proud of what she accomplishes.

These 2 are wrestling all.the.time.  And now sister has joined in!  Tonight Adam and Cooper were at tee ball practice and all she wanted to do was tackle me.  Clearly, a girl with an older brother.

A girl and her dog

I am almost certain I have posted something similar to this in the last 6 months, but I don't have the energy to track it down right now.

Laney adores Lola just as much as she adores her Dad.  She wants to be right be her side all the time.  She wants to be hugging Lola, giving her treats, laying in her bed with her, sharing her food with her...you name it.

Lola often crawls under our bed to escape her very loyal big sister.  Well, this doesn't stop sister.  Yep, she now crawls under the bed to love on her Lola!

 On a rare occasion Lola gets to run errands with us and the kids just love it.  Laney calls and calls for Lola to sit on her lap and occasionally Lola obliges.  she is wearing a dress even though she appears to be naked!

 She really wanted Lola to wear her sunglasses the other day.

After nap hugs!

Oh dear Lola, thank you for being so patient with these kids.  We know they have turned your world upside down!!!

Father's Day - part 2

Well, this post doesn't hold quite the surprise as the first Father's Day post, but it's still blogworthy!

First of all, Adam and I feel are so thankful to have great Dads in our lives.  They were very forgiving when I mailed their Father's Day gifts to the wrong Grandpa and they had to re-mail it to the right one ;).  I blame pregnancy brain!

 Adam has the best memories of being on a boat and on the water with his Dad.

I have the best memories of attending KU basketball games and sharing our love for the game.

Know how these are our best memories?  Because Adam is certain we need a boat in our life and I am certain that we need season tickets to KU games in order for our children to have happy and fulfilled lives ;).

Our Father's Day was pretty laidback.  I offered to make Adam breakfast and then realized we were out of eggs and really anything else other than cereal.  Oops.

 We headed to the park before lunch.  Then we realized we live in Texas and it's June which means our kids would have gotten 2nd degree burns on 90% of the playground.  The swings were safe :).  Cooper is swinging is friend Robin ;).

 Despite the face, she was really enjoying the swings and her Dad.  This girl absolutely, 100% adores her Dad.  She asks for him the minute she wakes up in the morning, if any door opens-she is yelling, "Dad-deeeee?!"  And when you ask her who she loves, the answer is always, "Daddy."  

Think he's a bit big for that?  The other swings were practically melting from the heat.

 We went to a 'paint your own pottery' studio and Coop picked out and painted something for Dad.  After talking him out of the giant frog, I was able to steer him towards this candy/pen holder for Dad's desk.  Here's another Father's Day fail...we did this on Monday, thinking that would be plenty of time to pick up before Sunday.  Oh no, not until the next week!  No big deal since he told Adam what we did the minute we got home.

 Coop created these for Dad and his Grandpas...this is what I incorrectly mailed to the Grandpas!  

With the finished pottery project, ready to grace Dad's desk!  

Happy Father's Day Adam!  We all love you and so appreciate how hard you work for us.  You definitely make our house a fun place to be!

Last years Father's Day post is here.  Everyone has much less hair!!! ;)

Our Sunday

Minus a 24 hour pit stop back home, Adam has been gone since Sunday and arrived home today.  Amen, Alleluia.  Cooper had a random fever and headache a few days this week so we were stuck at home.  I think we played with every toy we own this week! 

Today we got outside, despite the blazin' temps!  After breakfast, the kids and I walked Lola and then spent the rest of the morning in the backyard.

 Coop practiced his golf and then we brought out the tee for some batting practice.  Adam got this to practice his swing and he was so excited to try it out with Cooper.

 We were playing Power Rangers out back and Coop had a sword.  Not to be outdone by her brother, Laney disappeared in the house and came back out in this.  The bunny ear wearing, sword yielding Power Ranger.

 We quickly turned from Power Rangers to taking care of babies.  I was in charge of getting their babies to sleep ;).

 Adam got home at lunch.   After naps he took to the kids to the pool to give me an hour to myself, thank you Adam!  I cleaned our office...somehow the floor had disappeared in the last couple months.  Guess who had something to do with that, her name starts with L and she has 2 legs not 4.

 Adam is an awesome pool parent, much better than I.  In fact he is the only one who has actually taken them to the pool this summer!  

 I picked up pizza for dinner and took it to them at the pool.  In fact I think this should be a new Sunday evening tradition! Dad takes kids to pool, Mom cleans for an hour and picks up pizza for dinner to eat poolside.  Sounds perfect, right?

We feel swimming lessons has officially paid off.  He has much more confidence in the water, which was our number 1 goal...last year he was a serious clinger.

Here's the main exhibit on his confidence.  I really couldn't believe it!  If you have seen him in the pool, you will know what I mean.

This on the other hand didn't surprise me one bit!  This girl doesn't have much fear.

Hope you all had a good Sunday!

More Backyard Summer Fun!

Have I mentioned how much I love our backyard since we expanded our patio??  ;)  Best decision ever.  

We have spent many hours out there despite the high temps.  I am so happy my kids are not to an age yet where they ask to go to the pool.  Is that bad?  Ugh, it's just that putting sunscreen on them is like putting it on wild pigs and it's all for about an hour at the pool.  And let's face it, I am petrified to be in a swimsuit.  So, I am ecstatic that they are just as content with the baby pool in the backyard with some toys and popsicles.

 One day Cooper requested the sprinkler after naps...easy enough.  However, once I got that sucker going, neither one of them was so sure about it.  They were glued to my leg for a bit.  Sister warmed up and this may just be one of my favorite pics of her!

 He wanted to run thru that sprinkler and just try it out so bad.  Especially after seeing his sister having fun.  But he just couldn't muster up the courage to do it.  

It's Summer time so our freezer always  has popsicles!

 Laney still hasn't figured out this whole popsicle thing.  She would drop it in the water, play a bit and then pick it back up. 

I told them I would add bubbles to it next week, it was like I promised them ipads. :)

Another sign it's getting hot here, lazy squirrels.  This guy kept us entertained, he laid there for quite a bit!

Smile Fridays - week 40

Ok-another few weeks passed since my last Smile Friday!  How did that happen?

Love this article/blog about minimizing all the distractions in our daily life.  In our house we are guilty of many of these and it makes me so sad.  I have been working on Adam to cut cable, I just think it's totally unnecessary (until college basketball season is in full swing :)).  He isn't on my bandwagon quite yet.  Here's the link, http://www.becomingminimalist.com.

And this is my favorite KU article of the week, http://www2.kusports.com/news/2013/jun/19/opinion-dick-vitale-loves-life-wife-and-andrew-wig/.  I adore Dick Vitale as much as most despise him.  I sure hope Andrew Wiggins has a good head on his shoulders because wow, this kid has some incredible pressure on him for basketball season.

 Cooper occasionally wakes up and asks what project we are doing today.  In the beginning he caught me off guard and I was scrambling to find something.  I have since pulled together some weekly themes...will post more on that later.  I just can't tell you how happy it makes me to get to tap into my teacher resources!  And he really enjoys doing it and is so proud to show Adam at night.

Who doesn't love a Nutrigrain bar naked after bath??  This girl is something else, she is making us laugh full time.

Ad and I celebrated 8 years of marriage this week!  He was going to be out of town on the actual day so we got a sitter last weekend.  We went to dinner and a movie, saw The Intern.  For a pregnant lady it was a pretty perfect night out and lucky for me, Adam was totally fine with it.  We thought the movie was hilarious!
 I would like to point out we did not have those wrinkles on our eyes (they have a name, don't they?) 8 years ago...how did that happen?

Last but certainly not least....I have a new niece!!!!!!  Bryson and Tara had a sweet baby girl, Landree Michelle this week!  I will post more on her later.

Baby #3 Update!

Our baby's first pictures

 8 weeks.  I was actually really impressed with the sonogram, it was so clear and easy to see!  

We will see him/her again around 20 weeks. 

We told the kids after my 12 week appointment.  Cooper has asked me a couple times if I have a baby in my belly.  I have responded no and asked why.  His response, "then why is your belly getting so big."   A response from another time, "well, i think there will be a baby in your belly in 4 weeks."  He didn't have much of a reaction when we told him. However, later that night while saying prayers, he prayed for baby Colton.  Yes, he has decided it's a boy and we will name it Colton.  A friend on his teeball team has a little brother named Colton ;).  Funny thing is, Colton was on our loonnnggg boy name list with Laney Faith!  Laney was crawling all over me tonight and Coop told her, "watch out, you are going to smash that baby in Mom's belly."  Obviously Doodles is clueless about the whole situation.

I have felt fine.  I was so super tired the first trimester with Coop, couldn't keep my eyes open past 9.  With Laney, I felt like I was living my worst hangover everyday for 3 months.  I haven't been too tired but have napped a few Saturdays which I never do.  Can't complain!  Oh yeah except for the fact that I am already in maternity clothes and look about 20 weeks preggo instead of 14.  Other moms of multiples say your body 'just knows what to do and does it early.'  It's either that or the insane and I mean insane amount of chocolate/ice cream/any sugar related items that I eat on a daily basis.  Oops.  Absolutely no will power and I make really good chocolate chip cookies ;).  And Adam makes really good milkshakes.  

Here's some answers to most popular questions we have been asked...

Yes, this baby was planned.  

Yes, we know we will have 3 kids ages 4 and under.

No, we are not finding out the sex.  Why now?  

Yes, we have a few names on our list already for each gender.

I am 14 weeks along, due date December 17.

My initial guess on sex is BOY.

   

Keep this sweet baby in your prayers that he/she continues to be happy and healthy in its home for the next 6 months.