Star Wars Boys

Adam, Alec, and Aaron's new favorite thing to do? Play Star Wars on Adam's computer! I guess the boy stuff had to start ganging up on me at some point, and looks like this is where it starts. I have absolutely ZERO interest in computer games and my interest in Star Wars is not much better. I guess this is just one more reason that God gave me Ashley to play with! I am going to start buying Barbie Dolls now!!

Gettin' wet!

It had been getting so warm that when I came accros these swimming pools at Babies-r-us for $4.99 each, I could not resist getting them for the boys. Since they were so small I thought that two would be a good idea. I also figured it would save some arguements!

Alec's favorite thing to do in the water is to cook. Here he was making a white cake with green frosting. I of course had to tase it when it was done. I have to say, it was the absolute BEST pretend cake I have ever tasted!!

Aaron just likes to copy whatever Alec is doing at the time. Who knows what he was making??

My boys playing happily in their little pools. Life is good!

A late mothers day

For Mothers Day Alec's school put on a program for all the mommies. We met up in the church and then the kids came marching in. They stood on risers and sang songs for us which was very cute. My son, of course, just stood there waving at me or with his fingers up his nose the entire time. Go figure.

Alec is of course standing right next his main girl, Carly.

After the program we went outside to the grass area and the teachers had all set up different blankets for the mom's and kids to sit on. In class that morning the kids had helped make us a lunch of cookies and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. We ate our lunch and then the kids presented the mom's with a special gift.

Alec is such a special little guy and I am so proud of him. I am wearing the gift he made for me in this picture. I have also worn it quite a bit since. Alec gets so tickled whenever he sees me wearing it!

Surprise!!

Adam came into town earlier than expected so we were able to get an appointment a week early for a gender determination. We went out to the place in Diamond Bar and I was quite nervous. I sat down in the chair and the tech started looking around. We could hardly believe our ears when we heard her say, "Yep! It's a GIRL!!" WHAT!?!? Seriously?! I made her check 4 times before the ultrasound was over and there was no denying it. We were thrilled!

The only person that knew we changed our appointment to a week earlier was Allie so I called her and told her the news. Everyone else was told on Saturday as a surprise. Right after we left the ultrasound place we had gone down to Target and bought two cute little dresses. On Saturday morning I went to my parents house (Adam was at school) and I gave my mom a gift as a early mothers day present. She opened up the bag and saw the little dress and looked at me. I told her that we had a ultrasound the night before and she just went NUTS! She and my Dad were so thrilled for us. We told Adam's parents that night in the same way and they were also thrilled.

As much as I hoped and prayed that I would have a daughter, a small part of me just never thought it would happen. I can't wait to meet this little girl and see what a different dynamic she brings to our household. She is certainly going to have to hold her own with her two big brothers!

We can't wait to meet you Ashley Marie!!

Field Trip Time!

For Alec's school they do a field trip every year down to the tide pools at Laguna Beach. I dropped Aaron off to spend the morning with Grandma and Alec and I made a day of it!

This was Alec's first bus ride and he LOVED it, despite his face in this picture. It was an old school yellow school bus so you can guess how a 6 foot tall pregnant lady fit in there....

Alec at his favorite part of the tide pools. He liked this spot because he could get close enough to the water for it to lap up over his feet.

We saw some crabs, lots of shells, and some other really slimy stuff. After the tide pools we went up to a grassy area and had a picnic lunch with the rest of the school. It was a wonderful day and I look forward to going on many more field trips with Alec!

Third time around...

It is interesting going through this pregnancy for the third time around. Not that I would ever expect pregnancy to be boring but I suppose I thought there would be a sense of, "I have done this two other times already, how exciting can it be?" Pretty darn exciting actually! We had our first ultrasound at 13 weeks and my heart just melted all over again when I saw that little heart beating along with arms and legs moving around. Absolutely NO sense of been there, done that.

We had our "big" ultrasound this last Friday before Adam left for his training up in Sacramento. We of course wanted to make sure that all the important parts of the body were working properly but we were also looking forward to hopefully finding out the sex. The ultrasound is usually done at 20 weeks but because Adam would be out of town for almost 3 weeks we decided to do it early. Thankfully everything showed up as being healthy with the baby but unfortunately they could not tell the sex yet. The ultrasound tech said that according to her measurements the baby was about 17 weeks 4 days instead of 18 weeks 2 days. That means that my due date has now been pushed back to October 1st! I guess 4 days does not seem like a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but it sure sounds like a lot right now!

The boys have been so wonderful with me and this pregnancy. Aaron is vaguely aware of what is going on. He will come up to me, lift up my shirt, and say, "Baby!" So cute!! THEN he will lift up his own shirt, pat his own tummy and say, "Baby!" Still cute, but not quite accurate! :) Alec is the one that is SO much fun to watch this time around. For the first few months he was convinced that we were having a girl but the last few weeks he has changed to a boy. It will be interesting to see what we get! Alec loves coming over, putting his hand on my tummy and saying that they baby moved and that the baby is giving him hugs and kisses. I love seeing him get so excited about it. I just hope the enthusiasm stays as high when the baby is actually here!!

I am starting to pop out much more and actually look pregnant instead of that weird in-between stage where non one is quite sure. Despite a little heartburn things are feeling really good and hopefully it will stay that way. Adam gets back into town on the 17th of May so I have scheduled a outside ultrasound for Friday the 18th at 9:00 a.m. I will be 21 weeks at that point so there should not be any issue determining if it is a Ashley or Anderson...we hope. I will keep you updated!