Spring Program 2014

Have I said how much I LOVE Addison's Preschool?  She has the most wonderful teachers---loving, spiritual guiders, strict, great at teaching and FUN!  Last week Addison had her Spring Program; they sang a song from each month over the past school year.  They were all so quiet singing....stage fright :)  Matthew was able to come as well as our dear friend and her little boy--about 15 months younger than Caleb.  Addison felt very special she had some family and friends in the audience.

Here they come!

Waiting for directions!

Praying before they begin

"skittle marinky dinky doo...I love you in the morning..."

"skittle marinky dinky doo....I love YOU"

They took a picture when school started and just before the program--Addison grew 2-3 inches and gained a few lbs. She was the tallest, tying with one other little girl!

One of her friends who came to watch :)

Good Morning Birthday Girl

Happy 4th Birthday Addison Joy!!!!!

Birthday Crapes for my FOUR year old!  I made Crapes with mini Chocolate chips and Whipped Cream and Sprinkles--gotta have fun on your birthday!!  She LOVED it...and so did her brother!

She sees the special breakfast

She blinked in every picture...darn flash

Even Caleb blinked in every picture

Caleb could NOT wait to sing her Happy Birthday---he was singing it as soon as they woke up!

Of course he eats the whipper first

Trying to figure out how to eat it

"I am FOUR now" She says!

Always eating!

Thespian?

As my mom said----do we have a Thespian on our hands?!? :)  He did this all without prompting, HAHA!

Date Night

I love a good date night!! We had a nice long date last Saturday--might be the last one before the baby so we relished it!

First we played a game of putt putt since it was finally not miserably cold out.

Then we ate at Crescent Moon which was a pub---it has all sorts of beer, local and from Belgium. Unfortunately it was se beer fest so Matthew couldn't do a beer flight. Oh well---next time. We also wanted to go there to eat their Reuben and it was worth it. Yum.

On a whim we walked to a movie theater where you can watch a movie and eat (Matthew was still hungry after sharing a Reuben with me lol). So we watched Noah and he ate more :). Super fun and super thankful for my babysitting co-op watching my kids.

Always a selfie!

Watch out....pregnant lady on the green!

We shared and they even split it on separate plates for us....cute!

36 Weeks with Rhema

36 weeks with Rhema; we are in the single digit count down---even if I go late as I have in the past!

I was too lazy to change into my normal jeans this time.

How's Rhema:  Rhema is about the size of a head of romaine lettuce at about 6 lbs and over 18.5 inches long.  All the major development is complete and baby is just packing on the pounds---YAY!

How's Mommy:  I am having an issue I wont go into, but I was told to stop running--BOOOO!!!  It is pretty painful and no real treatment except delivery.  We can handle it for 4-6 more weeks I think though.

How's big sis and bro:  They still love kissing on my tummy and feeling the baby move.  When I wake the kids up in the morning the first thing Caleb says is " OOOOHHH  Rhema moving Mommy??".  And whenever I say OUCH because Rhema kicks me hard, one or both the kids will come up to my tummy and instruct Rhema to "Be nice to Mommy" :)

Doc Appt Summary:  HB in 140s (is this thing a boy or a girl, AHHH), bp 112/70, head down, super low, spin running along MY right side of my stomach and butt at the top.  All seems well.  I will not have exams for progress until 39 weeks at the earliest, but more like 40 weeks so the only noteworthy news until birthday will be when I am about 40 weeks.  Next week I have the strep B test, hoping for a negative result!

The baby room is coming along slow and steady.  I cannot wait to finish it and post pictures---hopefully I will have that done before too long.  My mother in law made everything and it is BEAUTIFUL and PERFECT and special!!!!  Addison turns four next week (sniff, sniff) so the party has me a little distracted from organizing and finishing up the room :)  It is ready enough for a baby, but I want to post pictures before the room is christened with the baby!