Catching Things Up!

I'm just putting a little post together about some really random pictures I've got lurking in my folders that I never did anything with!

Let the randomness begin!

Matthew had the most hilarious hair after we left the splash pad a few weeks ago!  It actually stayed like that for quite awhile!  I guess it looks like Elvis or something!  I love his curls.

John Michael had his big boy 3 year check up and got to stand on a real scale and get his blood pressure taken and everything.  That was a horrible day and I was so glad Jordan met me to help me!

 

It was a long wait and John Michael and Matthew both had meltdowns!  Not fun.

We celebrated John Michael's friend Sarah Kate's birthday party!  Don't all the kids look so precious sitting there?!

He drove Harper around the back yard in SK's Jeep!  JM is just like Daddy, he looooves Jeeps!

At the party Matthew just drove this scooter around.  It was HOT that day but I know they had so much fun!

And for fun, this is how I caught Matthew watching Elmo the other day.  Just hangin' out in his rocker!

Summer sure is fun!

Father's Day 2011

We had a pretty uneventful Father's Day yesterday!  We went to church, came home for nap (it's impossible to go out to eat after church, they fall asleep!) then had dinner and opened presents!  I left at naptime and told Jordan to enjoy the peace and quiet of the house and sit and do NOTHING!  Also, I told him to catch up on a bunch of man shows I didn't want to watch!  I think he enjoyed a few hours of peace and quiet!

Aren't all my boys so handsome?!!

Proud Daddy with his two boys! 

I could go on forever about what a good Dad Jordan is.  I'm no dummy; I picked quite well thankyouverymuch!   He has had to do so many things toward the end of this pregnancy and I feel so badly for him.  It's like he works 3 jobs.  He does so much for and with the boys when he gets home from work.  I am so happy and blessed that he wants to be with them and spend time with them!

I am so thankful for a Godly husband and father for our boys.  I am so glad he is the spiritual leader of our household, like I knew he always would be all those years ago.  I always think how I'm sure I've messed up a lot in my life, but I made one perfectly awesome decision in marrying this guy!  Jordan, thank you for being such a great dad every single day of the year!  We love you so much!!

The boys made Jordan some pottery at a local pottery place and John Michael was pretty excited to give his to Jordan!  He painted it all on his own, with some help from Matthew!

 Matthew did NOT want to give his to Jordan at all.  He kept it to himself for awhile and then decided to finally give Jordan his gift!

 Jordan was excited to get some gifts made directly from our boys!  He also liked the gardening tools I got for him.  He was in desperate need of good tools for our garden!

It was a nice day to spend together!  My dad will be in town in just a few days so I know it will be nice to spend some time with him too!  I cannot wait for grandparent help to get here!  We definitely need it!

A Fun Weekend!

We are still in baby-waiting mode around here.  I'm feeling especially contraction-y tonight so I'll divide my post up into 2 different ones.  My dad will be up in a few days so it will be nice to see him somewhat close to Father's Day and I think Jordan had a nice Father's Day today also.  I'll do my Father's Day post tomorrow!

This weekend I got some things done that are hard to do after a new one comes along: I got my brows, toes, and nails done!  I need to pack myself and the baby's things this week!  I can't wait until my parents come on Wednesday.  I am realizing I really need the help right about now!

Earlier in the week I decided I wanted to see if any of our friends might want to come over after dinnertime on Saturday to have dessert and let the kids play and adults talk!  I made tea and lemonade and we had our big bucket full of waters and drinks outside on the back porch. 

Jordan worked hard at getting all of the kid's water toys and tables out and he got the yard looking great for our company!  I'm glad we had a few people over one last time before the baby comes.  I'm not sure how the rest of our summer is going to go, so this was a nice way to have a casual evening together!  Everyone brought a dessert and we had a great time.  Most importantly, everyone's kids played HARD and slept great (except for Matthew!)

While Jordan mowed the lawn John Michael and Jack watched his every move!

John Michael is learning a lot about watering the garden, dirt, and worms so far this summer.  He's been doing a really good job of watering our blueberries.  We figure it will be a few years before we really see many blueberries on our bushes!

Even Jack enjoyed hanging around out back while we got the yard ready for our friends to come over!

Matthew also wanted to be like Daddy, so he helped Jordan pick weeds!

These boys love their Daddy and want to do all the things that he does!  Matthew has proven to be our "in the dirt" child.  Not at all surprising.  He has loved getting in the garden and moving all the soil around and getting totally dirty!  He's all boy!

This picture just makes me laugh because he looks so big perched on top of the slide!

I love having friends over, especially when we can all just hang out in the back yard!

I laughed so hard when I saw this next series of pictures.  Matthew had his first rice crispy treat and sweet, sweet Luke apparently wanted one too! 

 

 

Sadly, Matthew doesn't look very concerned that Luke wants his treat pretty badly!

Matthew didn't really like his rice crispy treat all that much.  He gave it to me right after this!

On the other hand, JM looooved his rice crispy treat!  He kept trying to steal one off of my plate.

 

 

We all had a great time and after Jordan finished the boys' baths they came into our closet and climbed into Jack's kennel.  If you don't know our crazy dog, I have to tell you we have to crate him when people come over because he's so crazy and wants to lick everyone and jump on them!

I have NO idea why they love playing in this crate, but they do!

 

 

Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful...Beautiful Boys

My multi-talented friend, Bethany, over at The Big Red Pot took the boys' pictures a few weekends ago.  Little did I know that Matthew had an ear infection and both boys had a bit of a cold and ended up with a little fever that weekend.  Woops!  Either way, they still did pretty well getting their pictures made!

It doesn't hurt that you can see Bethany's love for photography in each picture that she took.  I just love the pictures and even though I'm a little biased (they are my boys after all!) I think my precious boys look so beautiful and sweet in all of these pictures.  I am so glad she captured a moment in time with just the two of them before they have another brother or sister to welcome into their clan!

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It wa so hot that day and this was really the only good picture we got of the two of them together!  We're going to try again later this week or next to see if we can get them to pose and BOTH smile at the camera!

Making Progress

We've been making some progress around here.  I am now officially in week 37 and I have a check-up on Thursday.  I had John Michael at 37 1/2 weeks so it's always been my rule to have most things done by now.  Not so much this time!  The nursery isn't done and there seems like TONS of stuff still left to do!  Our washer is having issues so I'm having a hard time "nesting" right now since I can't do the usual 2-3 loads a day. 

I AM uncomfortable, miserable, tired, hot and all that but I am really trying hard not to complain about it because I know so many people would do anything to carry a baby full term.  We are blessed and I know it.  But, I would like for this baby to not take its sweet time.

We'll know more about baby's size next week when I have an ultrasound.  If you don't already know, Matthew was near 11 pounds so we're trying to get a size on this baby to see if I have to have a c-section or if I can have a regular birth.  If we can hang on until next week, I feel like we'll know what to tell our families about when to come and all that good stuff!

So, while I've been progressing right along, John Michael has been making some progress of his own!

 We've had issues with the new splash pad...my boys LOVE it and they want to go, but they don't want to get IN it.  It's so odd!

 

 Some friends let us know they were going last night so we thought it would be a good opportunity to have JM come out of his shell a little bit and see his friends running through the water!  It worked!!

 




 ***Matthew changed the font and we can't change it back, so now I have a different font.  Oh well.....moving on.  Anyway, I was glad Jordan was there to "help" JM into the water and make him see it is FUN!

 As you can see by the pictures, he finally got really wet and had a really good time!  He didn't want to leave!

 Smiles all around!  I hope he wants to get in next time we go!

As for Matthew, he generally just walks around the edge, randomly touches the water, and just hangs out! 

 He was in love with Jordan's water bottle and he had the best time playing with it!

 Matthew also likes to play with the little leaves and dirt around the splash pad.  I love my little roly poly!  He's so cute in his swim shorts!

It feels so odd to be so close to the end of a 3rd pregnancy.  The boys haven't had the best behavior as of late so it makes me a little worried about how in the world I'm going to handle 3 children.  I have to keep telling myself "I can do this, I can do this!" I hope they adjust well to a new little one!  Needless to say, it's going to be an interesting summer!