16 weeks

Today I am 16 weeks along. Baby Center says that Baby Gummy Bear is the size of an avocado and is about to have a big growth spurt. I can occasionally feel him moving around in there. I have to be positioned a certain way (usually lying down) and it is just random times. I can't wait for the kids to finally be able to feel the kicks!! This past week I have felt pretty emotional. Today, I read about a lady describing her pregnancies. She said it just feels like she is pms-ing all the time...grumpy and craving junk food. I think that accurately describes mine too. I would love to crave salads and veggies. However, chocolate, chips, or anything bad for me sounds perfect!! Even at 11:00 at night. I guess if this is my last pregnancy, I better live it up. I might end up as big as a house before this is all over with!


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A Quick Comparison

First day of four year old preschool

Last day of four year old preschool…notice that she is still holding her dress out like a princess

First day…look how tan she is coming out of summer break!

Last day

First day

Last day…silly as can be

And just because…first day ever of preschool

Last day ever of preschool

Relay For Life

As promised, here are pictures from Relay for Life 2012. It was a beautiful day, a little warm but not too bad. When we arrived my parents, Becca, and grandparents were already there waiting on us. We got our chairs set up under the tent and then started walking around the campground to check everything out. It is always so amazing to see what the schools do to raise money. This year my mom’s school had a little putt-putt green set up. If you got a hole-in-one, you were entered in to a drawing for a round of golf at a local course. They seemed to get a good bit of business when we were around.

While walking around we found this huge slide that Reese wanted to slide down. It was SOOO fast that it scared her and I am pretty sure she will never want to do that again.

We ended up running in to my aunt and uncle after this and I totally forgot to get their pictures. We were so focused on finding face painting that we couldn’t think of much else. We passed a couple of people doing face painting but they were always high school girls and I knew there would be someone better out there. I am so glad we waited and found this lady. She was a professional face painter (I don’t know if that is a real title or not but she was amazing).

Waiting in line to turn in to tigers.

Sam went first. It was his first time ever having his face painted and he was so good. I really think he loved it.

My little man cub

Up next was Reese and after seeing Sam she was so excited to have her turn.

My little tigress

They couldn’t wait to show Granddaddy and Papa what they looked like. They roared a lot!

Sam was such a ham. By the end of the night most of his paint had sweated off, been rubbed off, or eaten off. Ha!

While we cheered on the survivors during the survivor walk, tons of people would point to them and say how cute their painted faces were. They really were amazing.

One school had a big cut out of Rapunzel and Flynn Rider. Reese wanted to get her picture taken in it. We were about to walk over for the pictures and she stopped me and said she wanted a “clean face” so she could look like Rapunzel. So we had to wipe all of her face paint off before having her picture made.

We walked around again once it was dark. It is such a neat event and we had a great time once again this year!

The Bug Guy

Sam is very interested in “the bug guy”. He always asks questions about him when he is at our house spraying. And when he is not here, he asks if “the bug guy” is coming. It is too funny! One day he pulled out their little vacuum cleaner and was walking around with the hose part out. I asked him what he was doing and he said, “I the bug guy”.

Last Week of Preschool Review

Here is a review of Reese’s last week of preschool.

Monday and Tuesday they had their end of the year show. It was “A day in the life of a preschooler”. The songs went through their days at preschool. They sang a hello song, letters song, Spanish song, library song, and church songs. My favorite song was the last one they sang called “Jesus You’re My Superhero”. It was so cute. We all went on Monday to watch to show and then Sam and I went on Tuesday to watch too. I tried to record the song on Tuesday but my camera died almost right away.

Wednesday they had awards day. The teachers gave each of them an award from the year. There were lots of cute awards. Reese received the “Best Leader” award “in recognition for always following directions, rules, routines and taking initiative to help others do the same”.

Thursday was the last day of school. I took the traditional last day of school picture. They didn’t turn out super great but here they are…

They had a pizza party and watched Tangled for their last day. Reese was very sad that it was her last day of school and did not want to be done with it already! She kept telling me that she was “very sad” to not get to go to her school anymore.

Thursday night was graduation night. We tried to get some great pictures before hand in the backyard but once again they didn’t turn out that great. Oh well! Some are really cute.

When we arrived we got great seats…or so we thought. Unfortunately Reese was in the exact place where a microphone was in the way of getting pictures of her. They sang several songs to start the show and then they each received their diploma and a “read with me Bible”.

I did get teary during the show. I just can’t believe my baby girl is starting Kindergarten this fall! When the pianist started playing the graduation song it really got to me. This little girl has had so much fun in preschool. She has loved every single minute of it.

After they received their diplomas and Bible they had a second where they got to stand in front of everyone and have their parents take their pictures. On the screen behind them they displayed a baby picture. Reese was super quick standing there so this is the only picture Lance got of her. Instead of gowns, they wore their daddy’s white button up shirts backwards.

After the ceremony they had a little party. There was cake, of course, and all kinds of kids running around. We tried to get a picture of Reese with her teachers and friends.

Mrs. Janel and Reese

Reese and Mrs. Cyndi

Reese and her best buddies, Sydney and Hallie

Micah and Reese…these two little monkeys have been in school together since two year old school

And we got a family picture!

Last Day of School

Today is Reesey Baby Girl's last day of preschool. She was sad that she would not be going to her school anymore. I think she will have a great summer though!




I have spent the morning snuggling on the couch with Sam since it is our last day to hang out alone for now.

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Little Fish

Yesterday Sam was promoted in to a higher level class in swim lessons. This means he was in a class with out Mommy! When he first was in the pool he was very shy and had a huge frown on his face. The teacher was very patient and sweet with him and he quickly warmed up. By the end of class he had a huge smile on his face. He did so well and followed directions great.









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Playing in the Rain

Last night Lance worked late and I did not want to cook. The kids and I headed out to eat at one of our favorite little places that serves breakfast all day. Turns out they recently changed their hours to just breakfast and lunch so we headed to IHOP instead. After a yummy breakfast for dinner we headed home. On our drive home it started raining pretty hard and when we got out of the car Reese wanted to play in the rain. Sam took a little longer but then decided it looked fun. They both ran up and down the driveway while I stayed dry in the garage. They were soaked but had a blast.






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15 weeks

I am 15 weeks today. I can't believe how big my belly is already. I know with Reese I was not this big yet. However, my belly with Sam popped out pretty early too. According to Baby Center, the baby is the size of an apple this week. I have been getting several headaches lately and I think it has to do with sleeping problems. I am having a hard time getting comfortable on my side at night and I think that is causing headaches. Other than that everything is going well right now. I tried to get Reese to take my picture but her pictures were a bad angle and blurry so I did one myself in the mirror.



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Preschool Graduation Picture

This has to be the cutest picture Reese has taken in all of her preschool career. I can't believe she is almost done with preschool!!



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Big Boy Room

We got Sam's big boy room set up today and he is sleeping in his big boy bed for the first time tonight. He was super excited until bedtime and then he got a little nervous. However, he was asleep with in five minutes of laying down. I think he is going to love it.



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Face Painting

The kids wanted their faces painted Friday while we were at Relay for Life (I will do a post about that once I have a working computer). This was Sam's very first time getting his face painted and he went all out. From the start he said he wanted to be a tiger. Reese decided she wanted the same thing so we had two cute little tigers running around all night. Sam sat perfectly still and was so funny getting painted. He ran around all night "roaring" at people. They were too cute!






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