Negotiation Letter

Lexi presented me with this letter the other day. Go ahead. Read it. (You may have to use your imagination as she was very creative with some of her spelling ;)

Isn't it sweet? I was laughing as I read this. She has been begging for a pet guinea pig off and on since her friend got one. I said no. I told her they were stinky and I don't want one in my house and I definitely don't want to have to clean up after one. I know. Mean mommy. She told me her friend keeps hers in the closet. I told Lexi her clothes would stink if she kept it in the closet. Which is why in her "negotiation letter" she tells me she will hang up, not only her clothes, but mine as well. Smart girl! But I still won't cave. Poor Lexi will have to hold her friends guinea pigs forever...........

Nothing Much

Spring Break is over. We went back to school today which means I had to get up when my alarm clock went off and then drag myself downstairs to make breakfast (which is only cereal, so I'm not sure if that even qualifies as "making"), and fix Lexi's lunch for school. There are many other things that occur in the time that we get up for the day to the time that we pull out of the driveway and head to school. But if I listed it all you would want to tear your hair out. It can be very redundant and I would end up sounding like a broken record that says,"Don't forget to make your bed." "Eat you breakfast." "Stop playing around." "Get your toothbrush." And on, and on. And on. These phrases (among others) are said no less than 10 times every morning. See? Redundant. Anyway, we made it through the morning and Lexi got to school on time. .......We had a very nice day today. So we went out to play in the afternoon. Kyson loves to be out riding his scooter or his bike. As I mentioned earlier, he is getting faster. I foolishly let him get on his bike this afternoon. I even more foolishly thought he might actually listen when I told him to turn back around. He was halfway around the block before I caught up to him. I gave myself Braxten-hicks which reminded me that I am not as young as I was when I had my first pregnancy. But I don't recall chasing a 2 year old demon on a bike either. Perhaps I am in better shape now than I was 8 years ago. Hmmmm? At any rate it was a nice day and I got a lot of cleaning done. Now my back is aching and I have no good book to read, so I am rambling on my blog instead. I don't even have a picture to put with this post. But it is April so I think I should write something, so Happy April! We hope spring decides to stay around for this month!

Student of the Month

Lexi was the Student of the Month this month. The theme for March was Honesty. Her teacher called to tell me that Lexi would be getting an award so we could be sure to be there for it. Way to go, Lex! We are proud of you!

Bike Rides

It is official. Kyson can now ride his bike! (with training wheels, of course). He got the bike for Christmas, but his little legs were too short. (Definitely from his father. Because Lexi and Kendri have never had that problem!)

I've been taking him outside to play this week and naturally he wants to do what his sisters are doing. So we've been teaching him how to ride! I was pretty impressed with how fast he picked it up. By the end of the week I was running after him. (Well. "Running" is perhaps a little generous at this point. It would be a more accurate description to say "jogging" or perhaps"hobbling". ) We went for our first official bike ride a few days ago. We went all over the neighborhood and he did great! By the time we hit the home stretch though, he couldn't go any further. His poor little "bum" had had it. He kept trying to get back on his bike and pedal but as soon as he'd start he'd scoot off the seat and say, "Bum. Hurt." Needless to say we walked the last block home! Way to go, Kyson!

Big Sleepover

The other night we heard Kyson wake up at 8:30 and come out of his room. That never happens. He did not, however, call for either of us but Ryan went upstairs anyway. Kyson was trying to sneak into his "Sissies" room. Ryan caved and let him crawl into bed with the girls. As you can see, he dragged his pillow pet in there too ;)



He slept through the night with his sisters and I heard him wake up at 5:30 am.......and knew I was in trouble. I tried to be fast enough to get him before the excitement of finding himself in a new bed hit. There was no way. He was giggling and yelling "Sissy!" before I even had the blankets thrown off. But still I tried. I grabbed him and took him into his room. He cried. I didn't care. I kept thinking that there was no way I wasn't getting back into bed. I finally got him to stay in his room only to hear Lexi and Kendri whispering to each other. It was hopeless. Ten minutes later Kyson was back in their room and I was back in bed. I never did go back to sleep. And we did make it to school in plenty of time!

And The Verdict Is.......

We went to have the big ultrasound last Monday. Everyone was very excited. Lexi and Kendri had talked about this appointment for at least a month. I had talked it up telling them how awesome it would be to see the baby in 3-D and all the fun things they would get to see. Well. The appointment was still fun but I will say it was slightly disappointing. And not due to the gender. I call this baby my "lazy baby". There just isn't as much activity going on as there was with my other babies. And possibly I am forgetting. But I don't think so. Anyway, the baby is very low in my pelvis. So low that the ultrasound tech couldn't get any measurements until she had laid the bed down at an incline so my head was lower than my feet. Rather uncomfortable even without a baby nesting inside you. And then she couldn't get the head measurement until she repeatedly shoved on the baby in an upward motion. On my full bladder. She finally got the measurements she needed. So we called the rest of the family in for the big reveal.

But the baby's back was to us and it wasn't moving. With a little more prodding we finally saw the defining aspects to our little baby but the umbilical cord was right there so we couldn't say what we saw. After about 4 different glimpses (each on less certain than the last) the umbilical cord finally moved and we could "safely" say it was a girl! Unfortunately, we didn't get to see her in 3-D because of how she was positioned. We also never got a good profile shot. What a little stink! With Kyson, we had a full face shot. It was amazing. I thought he looked just like Ryan when I saw him. He wasn't camera shy at all. But I guess that's just the way it is! We are excited about our newest little girl coming and Lexi and Kendri are convinced that she should be in their room. Too bad there isn't any room in there for another girl.....I think it would so fun to have a huge girly room that they could all share. You know. Like the ones in Pottery Barn............

Winter Wonderland

Last week was the Daddy-Daughter dance at the elementary school. Kendri was heart-broken when Lexi told her she couldn't go because she was only in preschool. Kendri insisted she was "a daughter and they could share their daddy" during the dances. I thought she argued her case well. So I let her go. I decided if anyone was mean enough to send a little girl home because she loves her daddy then I would deal with it in a nasty-pregnant-hormone way. Luckily that didn't have to happen ;) Both girls went and had a ball! The theme this year was Winter Wonderland. Apparently there was a "snowball fight"......girls against Dads. They threw crumpled up paper. The girls won, although Ryan insists it was rigged! They also did the limbo, ate snowball cakes, and ran around until they had blisters. Another successful dance!