All Out In The Open!

I know we told most everyone that we weren't going to find out the sex of the baby, but we did. Our plan was to make everyone think we wouldn't find out and surprise everyone later. Some people got a card in the mail, others got a surprise cake (that didn't go so well because some people can't keep secrets), and others we just flat out told.


Here she is! Our little Lily Starr!

Sweet Little Baby

Today we got to see our little baby again. Baby is healthy and looks good. Now what are we going to name it?

Memorial Weekend Camping Trip

We went up to 5 mile pass. Of course I forgot to bring a camera. As you can see the kids were pretty tired when we went home.

Hollywood Connection

Decided to go to Hollywood Connection one Saturday with Jason, Ender, and Lexi. The kids had lots of fun. There was a small roller coaster, roller skating rink, bumber boat things, a carousel, and a couple other things. Micah really loved the carousel. She would get off and instantly want to get back on to ride a different animal.

Half Way There

I can't believe it. There are only 20 weeks left until Baby Bailey is born! The nursery is a mess. Most of the girls toys are still in there so of course they have been playing in there making a huge mess. I have been really really exhausted lately and feeling very heavy and weighed down. Some days I don't think I'm going to make it to the end.

Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel — the length of a banana. (For the first 20 weeks, when a baby's legs are curled up against his torso and hard to measure, measurements are taken from the top of his head to his bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, he's measured from head to toe.)
He's swallowing more these days, which is good practice for his digestive system. He's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in his bowels, and you'll see it in his first soiled diaper (some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery).

Happy Mother's Day

Today was a great day! I got to sleep in until 9 and took a long well needed nap. Plus Alyssa gave me a homemade (well, really school made) card and read me a cute little poem. All of which Micah took credit for too. I really loved the poem. So, here it is:
Hats Off To Mother
My mother's job is sometimes hard, and I have hear her say,
'The hours are long, and if I could, I'd like to change the pay.'
Her profession has variety, and I will tell you now
About the many hats she wears-and why and when and how.
1. My mommy's a nurse who fixes and patches
All of my hurts and my sores and my scratches.
2. My mother's a chef who fixes each dinner
Fit for a king-a blue-ribbon winner!
3. My mom's a chauffeur who drives pretty slow
But gets me to places where I need to go.
4. My mom's a detective, and no one is greater
At getting the truth from me sooner or later.
5. My mommy's a gardener and works really hard.
Planting and weeding and grooming out yard.
6. My mother's a maid-at least that's what she said-
'Cause she cleans up the house and makes everyone's bed.
7. My mother's an angel-a queen in disguise-
Who teaches me with love in her eyes.
Today take these hats off, and please wear no other.
Let me do your work, to show I LOVE YOU MOTHER!
After that cute poem with all the cute little cut-out hats on sticks, I asked if Alyssa was really going to wear all my hats today. She replied with silence, but Micah said that she'd wear my hats. I don't think she really understood what I was asking.

The Sun Is In The Sky Oh Why Oh Why Would I Wanna Be Anywhere Else

These past couple of days have been Amazing! The sun has been out and it's been warm. Today feels just like another Saturday. The girls slept over at Nana and Papa's last night and when I went to get them this morning, my mom had made them breakfast. When I was growing up that was only something she would do on a Saturday morning. I guess that's what first started the Saturday feeling. After we got home from running a few errands I think the girls caught some spring fever. They jumped out of the car got on the scooter, ran around, and wanted to eat yogurt outside. Silly kids. After all that I made them weed. Alyssa did a pretty good job, and Micah just sat there watching Alyssa. I really need to get our vegetable garden started before it gets too late in the season. So, once Zachary comes home from work I am planning on a trip to Home Depot. They're having some good sales that are only good today, and I really don't have any other time to go besides today.
Zachary has gotten a new VERY EXPENSIVE toy.

I'm never going to be able to be a stay at home mom, but whatever he's happy.
A couple things have happened since the last blog. Micah turned 3!!! On her birthday day we went to Chili's for dinner, and she got a free ice cream. She wasn't eating any of it, so I asked why she wasn't eating it. She told me that she wanted Alyssa's corn. So, instead of eating ice cream she ate Alyssa's corn on the cob and Alyssa ate the ice cream.

Easter was good. The girls got new dresses and a bunch of candy.