Now all we need is the baby to go in the bed. Last night Jeff got the bassinet together for us while I attempted to hang curtains. No peeking please, the are not done right but it works. He has a sheet on his bed and bassinet, diapers out and ready, clothes washed and toys cleaned. Today I will put batteries in all of his gadgets and then we will just wait. The kids are so excited. I already have a few ordereds in for due dates but it's not up to me guys so you will have to take it up with Timothy. It won't be long before I get to see that sweet face and I can't wait.

Beware of the sunscreen stick

I tried to get a picture of Kati's silly looking sunburn but it didn't quit come out. This has never happened to us before but she ended up with no sunburn where I "stick"ed her and burn all around it. I know you are thinking I sound like an idiot and of course that would happen but it never has before so I'm stumped. Oh well, sunburn or not she is still the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. I may have to put her to work because she put sunscreen on my face and I'm burn free. What a kid!

Memorial Day

Sorry, no pictures to go with the entry. We went out to Jason's house today and spent all day fishing. Yes, they got sunburns again but it's not as bad this time. They had a blast and I even caught two this time. This will be our last trip out there for a while considering I am having more and more contractions. Pretty soon Jeff will have another fishing buddy.

Funny Bear

• While peeing the other day he noticed the bubbles he was making "My not drink bubbles!"


• This morning he pushed on my thigh and said "quishy".


• Brendon failed to see me give an item to Jeff but when he did notice he tried to take it back and stated "Mommy had that first"

someone just thinks he is ready for his brother to get here

Brendon is constantly banging, kissing or talking to my belly. He loves to tell Timothy about toys in the room or things that they hear outside. He also loves to tell me what he thinks Timothy is doing in my belly and if he thinks he is crying he croons to my stomach "it's okay baby". He likes to bounce toys around my belly and tell me he is playing with Timothy. The other night at church he and Kati covered my belly with rocks from the playground claiming it was all for Timothy. And last night Bear sat next to me on the couch just patting my stomach and saying "Come out baby, come out Timfy". I can't wait to see how is going to react when he actually gets here.

Just three weeks left

Well, just three weeks left theoretically, you never know when the little guy will really show up. I am as big as a house but I actually lost one pound this week which is amazing to me since I have just packed it on this pregnancy. Oh, before I go I want to brag on my Jeffrey. I was napping during nap time only to wake and not find the family. The kids had woken up and he went to their room and read to them with the door shut so I could get so more sleep. Thanks babe, growing babies is tiring work.

Just some ramblings

I am very excited, Jeffrey was able to eat at the dinner table with us for the first time on Tuesday. This is a picture of Bear with chip face. They were hot chips and even though he didn't really like them he thought he had to eat them since I don't allow chips often (Kati did the same). My kids are so deprived :) The bug guy was suppose to come this morning so I got the house all ready only to have them cancel, no fun. And the mysterious smell continues. We have no idea what the smell is coming from the bathroom but it is driving me nuts.

My big girl

This morning was the award ceremony for AWANA's. I am so proud of our girl.

What a beautiful day

The weather was so pretty on Saturday that I threw on their swimsuits and sunscreen (I won't make that mistake again) and we went outside.
I later made the mistake of getting out water guns

I guess I forgot who their Dad is, but at least I know that Grandpa can appreciate all the fun Jeff got out of it.

Reward

AWANA's awarded any child that completed their book a free trip to a bounce house place.
This is the husband of my friend Elaine taking a trip down the slide with Kati so I didn't have to waddle my big self up to the top.

Kati had a blast and wanted to stay longer.

Thank God for insurance

A bill came the other day. Just the apparatus, not the hospital stay, or food, or drugs, or Dr charges, just the apparatus was over 39,000 dollars. Thank God for insurance. Jeffrey is doing lots better with the pain but I'm sure he would love to drive again and not have to endure mine any longer.

Mommy's first try at a hair cut.....and probably my last

Jeffrey always cuts Bear's hair for us but I decided to give it a shot this time....
can you tell it was a bad idea. This Brendon covering his eyes saying "owie, owie, owie".

I guess all is well that ends well.

My kids are dorks

After emptying a large tote my kids began filling it with pillows. This is them watching Sesame Street.

Kati goes to big sister school

I know what you are thinking, "Kati is already a big sister what does she need to go to school for?". Well she was practically a baby herself when Bear was born, she doesn't even remember any of it. I thought this would just be a really fun something for her to do and she has been waiting for months. She loved it. She was her regular shy self at first but then she warmed up thanks to a wonderful teacher.

on a tour of the hospital

Kati looking at newborns in the nursery

She couldn't wait to get home and have show -n- tell with Daddy

Thirty-five weeks

I went to the Dr today. Timothy looks good and is about five pounds. And surprise surprise you can see he has chubby cheeks on the sonogram. Just five weeks left........

Jeff's Apparatus

We went to the Dr on Wednesday and they removed all of the gauze cleaned the pins and stitches, added sponges etc, etc. They also added a kind of shoe for Jeff to begin putting some pressure on while he walks. We go back next week to get the stitches out.

Grandpa takes a short break with the kids. He wouldn't let poor Uncle Jared in.

The kids just couldn't stand that Grandpa and Uncle Jared were here and not playing with them.

I love my kids.......

This snail who found his way into our door way kept the kids entertained for a while. Even after I put it out they stood at the door for a long time. He has been there two days in a row, I wonder if he will make another appearance. He is very lucky my kids like him or it would be salt for him today.

Great friends and family

Monday night our friends Jon, Brandy, and Lan brought us dinner, that's was wonderful I might add, to help with me out with Jeff's foot. It was an extra blessing because we just started having plumbing problems in the afternoon and I was in no frame of mind to care what anybody ate at that point so it was so nice not to have to worry. Thanks guys! The plumbing drama continued into the next day with Grandpa and Uncle Jared coming to help this time (Uncle Jason came the day before) and they worked for hours but still no relief, although all they did will be great for our pipes. Then Grandma E came to bring dinner while I messed with a pipe, I wasn't much help I really just created another job for one of the boys but I just can't stand feeling useless. Then it was off to Home Depot again at 8 o'clock at night. Grandma kept the kids entertained while I talked to a wonderful plumbing guy who gave me an idea of what the problem is. We may have a vent clogged on the roof. I feel so sorry for the boys working in those nasty pipes and the vent may be our only problem. Grandma G would say "that's what families do", well you all are wonderful and we really appreciate it. THANK YOU to everyone.

My big boy

With everything that has been going on with Jeff's foot I have forgotten to post about Bear's two year check up. Of course everything was fine, we have no doubts about the health of this little boy who is always on the go. His head is 19' putting him at the 50%, his weight is 27lbs & 9.5oz putting him at 50% (that is much better than the 25th% we were at before) and his length is 36' putting him at the 75%. The Dr thinks he will be 6 foot as an adult but with all the uncles at 6 feet or over and one uncle topping out at 6 foot 4, I think he will be taller. It looks like I will have to do a lot of finger shaking above my head in the coming years.

diaries of an ouchie foot part two

My second screw up.......
Tonight was an important night in Cubbies and I really needed to be there. Jeffrey said don't worry about him that he would be fine. I filled his cooler for his ankle, his mom took care of his drink and he would not need any medicine while I was gone. I had everything all set, or did I. I left him on the couch and his crutches leaning against the wall in the hallway. My poor baby had to crawl to them. By the time I get this all figured out he is going to be healed.

Special thanks to Brandy for taking over with the Cubbies so I could leave early.

diaries of an ouchie foot :)

I feel horrible. We went to bed and I didn't think about setting an alarm to wake up and give him pain killers so now he is hours over due and just waiting for things to kick in. I guess this is something where I will just have to learn by experience but I wish I knew it all right now. I am getting better though, I now have pillows in each room ready to go for when he moves from one room to the next. He is so uncomfortable and I can't make it better. That is such a helpless feeling to see my love in pain and I can't instantly make it better. And selfishly for me I miss sleeping with him. We obviously can't both fit on the couch together so that is out of the question so you would think the bed right?............WRONG We have this mattress that makes you roll to the middle so to keep that from happening Jeff has to sleep right in the center. Now there something that you must understand about me, I just have to be touching Jeffrey when I sleep. Even on hot summer nights when he is irritable and doesn't want to touch I wait.............I wait to hear soft even breathing and then my toes silently and softly creep across the bed to find the back of his calf and then for me all is right with the world again and I can drift off to sleep too. Nights slept without Jeffrey, three and counting.

My poor baby

This is Jeffrey's foot with his new apparatus. I am kind of glad I have a chance to get use to this before I have to see the actual foot. He is using crutches (or in the words of Kati "crunches") to get around and Wednesday we will go to the Dr for a spell shoe for him to walk in and the Dr will remove all the bandages. His surgery went well, he is just in pain and really tired. That blue cord coming from his ankle area is really neat. Under his bandages is a cool pack attached to the blue tube, the tube is connected to a cooler with ice that blows air on his foot to help with swelling. It's really neat. And as in all things Jeffrey I have been really blessed again, he is a great patient (nobody could ask for a better husband). And between me and you, I'm enjoying getting to take care of him so much. That sounds really awful, don't get me wrong I would rather he be all better and not need any help. It probably wouldn't be so nice to take care of him if he was a meany but he is not. Things with the kids are good so far, neither one has bumped it or climbed on him yet, but I say just give them time, they're only kids right. Please keep him in your prayers for a speedy recovery I just know he is going to go stir-crazy in this house. Oh, I have to tell you one more thing; One of the very first things he said to me when he woke up was "Are you okay?". What a great husband, he gets cut up and he wants to know if I'm alright.

One last trip to the zoo

Jeffrey took the day before his surgery off so we could all go to the zoo. What a nice surprise for the kids!

Is it snowing in May? No, this isn't Wyoming; that would be cotton wood....lovely (I hope you caught the sarcasm).

The zoo has a new addition of a tiny baby Gibbon since the last time we came

Kati and Jeffrey really enjoyed watching them

Then the kids got to watch the baby elephant playing with some balls

a kiss for the Komodo