Family update

OK, it's been awhile since I wrote anything, and I really want to keep up with this, but it never happens... so here is what we have been up to lately.
Matt's office is finished and he is still working on getting settled into not working at home, and we miss him very much! We all cherish every minute we get with him! He's busy but we know it's for all of us that he works so hard.
E turned 4 last month and is getting so big. He is going through a fit through faze right now... but we love him in spite of it. He is a big help when he WANTS to be and he is obsesses with writing and drawing pictures. He would do it all day everyday on any piece of paper he can get his hands on. He played fall soccer and loved it! He didn't get the whole concept very well, (he was on the wrong side of the field most of the time, while the rest of the kids were far away) but he really loved it and looked forward to the games every time!
A turned 3 last week (Matt and I can't believe that our baby is 3 years old!) He is very kind and the best snuggler. He comes and gets in bed with me every morning for a little while and snuggles and goes back to sleep with me. This morning I layed there away for a long time just enjoying the moment, knowing that I won't be able to do that much after the baby comes, which could be in as little as 9 days... Andrew is so kind hearted and gives into his brother every time, but watch out if you start a physical altercation with him, he will get out his claws... which is a habit we are trying to break.
Alex (I) am almost 36 weeks prego and it seems like that is a factor in everything that I do right now. Some ladies in my neighborhood and I were doing a neighborhood preschool where we switched off who's house it was at and who was the teacher. It has been so much fun, but I am just too tired to teach anymore and so it is on hold for now. Hopefully it will be at someone elses house for December and we will see if we keep it up after that. My boys have learned so much and I have seen them grow... I really hope that we can work it out to keep going. I have been trying to get all my Christmas projects done before the baby gets here, but I have only begun, plus we need to clean out the baby's rooms so we have room for her things here. I have so much to do and so little energy to do it with... but hopefully we will be able to work together and get it all done soon.
We all had a fun Halloween and I have a few pictures, but there not on the computer right now, so I will have to post them later. I promise I am trying to keep up with the blog, but as all of you know, life happens, and there seems to be a lot of living going on over here!

A's concern

The other night I was cooking dinner and A was helping me to prep things in a chair next to me. He started asking me questions about our baby that is coming soon. I told him that the baby had to grow for awhile longer in my tummy. He looked at my tummy then at my back and with the deep compasion and concern that he often shows he said "Mommy, your back SNAP." I giggled and gave him a big hug and kiss and told him that I would be alright and my back wouldn't break.
I have defenately felt very pregnant the last few days as all my maturnity clothes no longer cover my tummy all the way and my back is beginning to ache... but I'm feeling great on the whole and can't wait for our baby girl to come, (but not too soon)!

Bunkbeds

I got the urge to finally work on the boys room, Alex awhile (about a year) ago put in curtains and shelves in their small closet (after I reframed a section of wall that was torn up at the time that they rewired our main electrical panels). However we still lack doors on the closet to be able to keep most of their toys contained in their plastic tubs. So as some of you may know when all of the toys are available to kids they all come out of the tubs and the mess is complete. Maybe the answer to clean kids rooms is to have very few & easy to clean up toys. So this weekend amid all of our activities and pukie kids (A) I decided to buid a cool set of bunkbeds. Its build from pine and stained a dark mohomany. The wood is also distressed to add a rustic feel to it. I especially like to stairs (not ladder) -a special thanks to Big Al who taught me how to lay out the treads. The room is a construction theme and someday I hope to add some storage and or other construction items just below the stairs and at the end of A's bed. E sleeps on top and A on the bottom. The boys love the room. "its a cool jungle gym", they say

Baby news

Ok, so I can't get to my scanner and I can't get the movie to work, so I am just going to spit it out without photo evidence, for now anyway...
IT'S A GIRL!
So she was so cute, she moved around and kicked me the whole time. The tech had a great time with her being photogenic, so we got like 30 pictures along with the normal DVD.
We are so excited to add a little girl to our home, and E is almost as excited as I am to go shopping for baby girl stuff!
(According to him "It's soooo cute!")
I hope everyone is well, we love you!!!

Trips, trips and more trips

Ok, so after we got home from Washington we went to Colorado to visit my grandparents (on my mom's side) and a bunch of aunts and uncles and cousins. The boys had a great time meeting everyone and I had a great time catching up! Matt was in Arizona at the time for training so he missed out, but we had fun without him anyway :). The boys spent most of the time outside. My grandparents watch my cousins' kids one is two and the other 5 months old. The two year old is a little boy named Corey and my boys got along great with him! They played on the swings, in the blow up pool, the sand box and with the bubble machine (my grandma has a great yard for that age!) I got to meet my little cousin who was given Danica for a middle name after me... what an honor! She was so cute and she inspired me to start scraping again after a dry spell. The last pictures is 4 generations, my grandparents, my mom, me and my boys... what a fun memory!

PS. I don't have most of the pictures on my computer, so here are the best ones I have, I'll have to get more from my mom.

PPS. We have our 20 wk ultrasound tomorrow, so stay tuned for a baby update! (any guesses, boy or girl?)

fun game!

My favorite website is having a fun contest that is tied into the Olympics. So here is the torch and if you are interested in playing along, here is the link to the forum.

Washington

So the boys and I came back from Washington early Monday morning. It took a few days to get back into things, and now we have caught an awful cold, but we had such a great time! We went with my dad, my sister Jenni and my little brothers. We went to see part of my dad's family. The Moore family was so great! We all felt so loved and appreciated! I spent a good portion of the weekend on laying on the couch, cause Jenni broke my toe on accident (no one's fault, but at least it wasn't my fault this time!). But they had a huge party for one of my Dad's cousins one night (they even had a DJ!) A was a dance freak! He really had a good time with it! Here is a picture of him doing the Macirana (sp?) with some of the older girls.