The Sickness that is Star Wars

Ethan started getting into these Star Wars Galactic Heroes action figures a couple of years ago, much to his Dad's delight, then kind of got out of them for awhile. Now with the Lego Star Wars Video game that Ethan asks to play almost daily he has gotten back into his Star Wars figures. When he is not allowed to play Star Wars Lego the video games he plays "Star Wars Lego" with his action figures. He is playing, talking, or watching Star Wars ALL the time. The only time he is not is when I make him practice writing his letters and numbers and writing his name as a review before he goes back to school.

Ryan loves that Ethan is into Star Wars, he has even started looking for figures for him. I asked Ryan to find a couple of packages of figures for the baby to give to Ethan when he is born. We do that so that the kids don't feel left out with all the excitement surrounding the baby. Anyway Ryan has found some but keeps finding more and then ends up giving some to Ethan early. Ryan is as big of a kid when it comes to toys as Ethan is!

But now I'm getting some pay back. Ethan is so into Star Wars and talks constantly about it he is starting to drive his Dad crazy!! I so love just looking at Ryan and saying..."you created this monster, now you have to live with it!" Ryan was so excited to have someone to share this Star Wars sickness with and now he is having to deal with a taste of what his parents must have gone through when he was Ethan's age. Sweet revenge...

New Hair Cut

Wow - have we had a busy weekend! Holly did get her very first hair cut on Saturday. It's about time she is over two years old!! Anyway she put up a little bit of a fight before we even left but we had a talk about "just the girls" going to the "salon" and getting her a new hair cut to make her all "pretty". After that she was up for it. I could kick my self though because in all the hurry to get Holly ready and then getting her excited for a new hair cut I forgot my camera. Then I forgot I had a camera phone and didn't even take her picture with that. Duh!!! At least I got some pictures of her that night.

Holly was so good...she held still for the most part and it went fast because her hair is so fine and it's still coming in. She looks so much better and she likes it, she ran up to her Dad and said "hair cut - pretty!". Ryan made a big deal about it and Holly was so proud she smiled all day.

Well anyway I should get back to getting everything ready for this baby to come. We had dinner with our friends Jen and Craig and their family last night. We settled all the arrangements for Holly and Ethan to go to their house while we are at the hospital. Ethan is getting really excited and continues to ask how many more days till his baby brother will be here. Now we can at least tell him 8 more sleeps....

The Almost Death of Holly

Holly has been into everything lately. Today she claimed up onto the bathroom counter and figured out how to plug the sink and turn on the water, both of which she had not done before. She found playing in the water very fun and left Mommy with the mess.

We also, almost lost her today. I was taking some laundry down stairs and didn't hear anything because of the running water until I came out of our laundry room to hear blood curdling screams coming from the kids room. I ran upstairs to find Holly with the kids dresser pulled over and on top of her leg. One of the drawers was partly open so the full weight of the dresser wasn't on her leg, thank goodness. Talk about scared to death! I checked her out from head to toe and there are no broken bones, no blood, just a couple of scraps. We were very lucky!

I have no idea if she was on top of the dresser or she was opening all the drawers to climb up or what but I'm just so grateful that she wasn't crushed and/or killed by the whole thing. I have heard of kids being crushed by dressers falling on top of them and we almost became one of those stories today.

All is well for now but I don't know what to do with her. You would think that falling and being trapped under a dresser would have been enough of a scare for her today but NO... the moment I got the dresser back on its feet she was trying to climb right back up.

We will have to see what she gets into tomorrow...

Baby Update

I just go home from my doctor's appointment, and we have not made any progress since last week, we actually have gone backwards if that is possible. The little stinker decided to go back and got himself nice and comfy under my ribs!!! So I was a little disappointed, but I talked to my mid-wife and she looked at Ethan and Holly's records and we discovered that Ethan came on his own when I was 38 weeks and 3 days along, Holly came with very little help at 38 weeks and 4 days along so... I got my mid-wife to agree to start me on the 28th of August. I will be 38 weeks and 3 days along at that point and I can at least have a date to look forward too. Her nurse even called the hospital and "made an appointment" for me to go in an get started so, we have to be there at 7:30 am which is kind of early but I will be really ready by then.
I am trying to look at the bright side... this way we will be able to go down and see Ryan's Dad for his Birthday on the 25th, we don't have to deal with any surprises and have everything set up for Ethan and Holly to go and stay at our friends Jen & Craig (Thanks again). Hey the 28th is even a full moon!! The only down side is that is the day for Ethan's preschool open house to get him all registered for preschool. I'll have to see if we can go the day before but I'm sure it will work out.
So everyone mark your calendars, that is if I don't go sooner but with the way things work out for me it will be the 28th. Now I can just start counting the days...14 to go.

Sunday Surprise

Well yesterday morning we woke up to see peacocks, yes peacocks in our back lawn. There were four of them. The kids and the cats loved watching them and we even got a picture.

Holly then decided that the peacocks needed a "ug", or a hug and ran after them, well peacocks took off as fast as they could. We then had to take the next 10 minutes trying to console Holly. It was a lot of fun trying to explain to a two year old that the "birdies don't like hugs".

We figure that the peacocks came from the ranch that is located behind our condo development and they just decided to take an Sunday morning walk some place other than with the horses.

It was a nice Sunday Surprise to share with the kids. Just thought I'd share.

Ralph the Night Time Hair Dresser

I just had to post this picture! Holly woke up this morning with this wild hair. Now, she wakes up almost every day with wild hair but this was really bad. It took me a few minutes to figure out what had happened... I put my kids to bed with some milk in a soft tipped sippy cup. Holly gets soy milk because she has a little bit of a sensitivity to the regular stuff. Now if you have ever had or seen soy milk it is stickier than regular milk. Well Holly feel asleep with her milk cup right by her head. I usually check on the kids after they fall asleep and take their milk cups to the kitchen but Ryan checked on them last night for me and forgot to get the cups, I didn't think it was any big deal so I just left the cups. Well Holly rolled back and forth over her milk all night and the milk total soaked her head.
You can see the result! So Holly got a shower this morning, which she hated, to wash her hair out.
That is our Holly...she is into everything!!! Yesterday she got into the Tums by climbing up on the bathroom counter and getting them out of the medicine cabinet, she was playing in the toilet, and figured out that if she pushed a kitchen table chair up to anywhere in the kitchen she could climb up onto the counter and get to anything she wanted.
She has already got her arm stuck in our change bottle this morning (see picture). You have to watch her all the time. She is driving me crazy. Ryan just doesn't understand about how fast she can get into things but at least he will have his turn when he is home for two weeks after the baby is born. I just can't wait....

Almost There

I just got home from my doctor's appointment and it looks like we are almost there. I was dilated 2 cm, almost 100% effaced and at -2 station. Which means that we need to get ready for a baby. My mid-wife said not to go into labor this week-end because she was going out of town, but said to take it easy because we needed to get me to 37 weeks to make sure the baby's lungs were fully developed. I'm at 35 weeks and 3 days now so I'm just at the point of being really big and uncomfortable, (as you can see in the picture) but I don't want any problems with the baby.

I just hope that we can make it till Ryan's Dads Birthday on the 25th of this month but I don't know if we can but we will know more at my next doctors appointment on the 15th. I hope that Jim (Ryan's Dad) might except a new grandson for his birthday rather than our attendance at his party.

Ethan and Holly are getting excited to have a new baby brother. More Ethan than Holly because I'm not quite sure Holly really "gets it" even though she will point to and kiss my belly and say baby. Ethan on the other hand asks me if the baby is coming out today almost every day. He loves the idea that he will have a boy to play with and that they can "gang up on Holly". He already does that with his Dad now so I guess I'm really going to have to stick up for Holly once the baby is born.

We are thinking of other names too, Mason just doesn't feel right yet. SO....I have left it up to Ryan to name the baby. He knows that I am putting a lot of faith in him!!! I told him the names I like, the ones I can live with and those I can not, so at this point I don't even know what this baby's name with be. We have just agreed that his middle name will be William, after my grandfather and that I would like to give him two middle names like Ethan and give him a second middle name of John after my Dad. It looks like that is going to happen although Ryan has not said yes for sure. Anyway we will see how well my husband knows me and if he passes this very important test.

I will keep everyone up to date and will let you know of any new developments as they happen.

Sweets, No more...

Just an update on the baby and I .I had my meeting at the Diabetes Center to learn all about Gestational Diabetes with the two kids in tow, now that was an adventure...anyway, it was interesting and a little bit of a bummer. I have to prick my finger and take my blood glucose reading four times a day with one of those meters. Ethan has to watch me every time, to "see Mommy's blood". I'm glad someone enjoys it.
You never really know all the things that you miss once you can't have them any more. Like carbs, I love them and yes, they are not that good for you. I'm having to drink and eat as much diet and no sugar as I possibly can just to save up my carbs for something good, like rice!
I also came across the receipts for the sweet pork, dressing and rice in the Mexican salads at Cafe Rio here in Utah. I crave them all the time and was so excited when I found the receipts so we could make them at home. We made them last week and I was in heaven!!! BUT now with sweet and rice and fat(dressing) a big no no, I can only have really small portions and I have to be really careful all day so I can have just a little.
Do you realize how hard it is to be aware of everything you put in your month when you are following two kids around all day...like one french fry? WOW - I'm really getting an education of what I eat and how it effects my body. I'm glad to learn now though because if I can make some changes I can live with now, then maybe I won't have to deal with the real Diabetes latter in my life, like my Grandma and now to an extent my Mom.
Anyway - I am going to see my Mid-wife on Tuesday and we will know more about possibly when this little one will make an appearance. I'm hoping only three more weeks, if he follows in his brother and sisters footsteps. I will keep you posted.