Our 4th Of July

We had a really fun weekend. To start it off we took the girls to the Oakley Rodeo and they had a ball. They loved the clowns the most and afterward they even got to go down and take a picture with them for Greg's work. They sat Chandler up on the barrel and she was holding on for dear life. I didn't take a picture so I hope I can get a copy. When we were walking out to the car, she said "that was a nice barrel".


On Saturday all the girls were in the parade for dance. Even my baby rode in it! It was kind of weird with just me and Greg sitting and watching the parade with no kids.





Then after the parade we always go to the Crandall's afterward and spend the whole day. The kids love playing with all their cousins and we love hanging out and eating way more than we should. You can see the fireworks from Oakley from their house and we usually do some of our own. The girls loved the sparklers and pop-its even though in this picture Hayden looks scared to death. Then after all the excitement of the weekend was over we had our ultrasound on Monday and found out we were getting another girl. I have to say everyone was a little disappointed it wasn't a boy but now we're all getting excited and can start fighting over a name. Of course everyone has their own favorite so it will be interesting to see who wins. I'll admit I was a little worried. After 3 girls I'm not sure how we would handle a boy. Plus I have a basement full of girl clothes and we would have to start from scratch. Greg did already mention his concern over the hormone level in our house in about 10-15 years. Everything looked good with the baby and the due date stayed the same and because it will be another c-section the doctor even said we can plan on going in on the 11th of November unless something comes up. And believe me nothing better come up.

I almost forgot. We got pictures of our little munchkin. This is her little face and large Averett Cranium. They said she almost weighs 1 pound which is weird. I feel like theres at least a 4 pounder in there already. Oy! I've got a long way to go!

Announcing!

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Halfway!

Today marks the halfway point of my pregnancy! 20 weeks down and 20 more to go! I'm happy to be done with the really tired, nauseated, grumpy part and move on to the really tired, uncomfortable, grumpy part. I've been having really strange dreams lately but last night was my first baby dream. It was a boy and a pretty gorgeous one. For those impatient followers, our ultrasound is scheduled for Monday at 4 and we will definitely post what we find out.

Last night the girls played their last T-ball and coach pitch games. 2 or 3 of them were rained out this year and they only had one make up game but the girls really had a good time and at this point in their ball playing careers it's really all about the snack they get afterward anyway. There still may be hope that one of them might take after their mom and play sports. It's doubtful though because in their spare time they put on song and dance shows instead of playing catch like I did as a kid. A mom can always dream though. Here are some pictures of the '09 season.

This is Hayden on the "Oreos"

She couldn't bat without pounding the plate with the bat 4 or 5 times. Not sure where she picked this up but she sure looked tough doing it.

This is Gracie on the D Backs

And I couldn't post without including their number one fan! She is a pretty good sport about sitting and watching games for 2 hours. Give that girl a lawn chair and some "scumscreen" and she's good to go.

Somewhere over the Rainbow

We've been having the stupidest weather lately. Cloudy then sunny, cloudy then sunny. Yesterday morning it was pretty nice so I hurried out and started my little garden but really had to rush because the sky just kept getting darker and darker and of course the wind was blowing. It looked like a doozey storm was headed our way. I guess it blew over because it never really rained. Later in the evening it did a little and I looked out the back window and saw a double rainbow. One was super bright and they weren't very long because we could see where they started and ended. I couldn't resist a picture. Although it doesn't really show how bright the colors were it was still cool. Try to ignore all the redneck junk at the bottom.

The Graduate and the Bug

Last night was a busy one for us. First we had Hayden's preschool graduation, and then it was Gracie's 2nd grade play. They were only an hour apart and we had to tag team it so Greg had to leave graduation a little early to get Gracie to the school but it turned ok and I got to see all of both of them.

Hayden has been excited for graduation all year. She has loved school and her teacher Miss Shari. She has really learned a lot this year. She is reading already and loves to do her homework and is so excited to start kindergarten. She goes to take the pretest tomorrow and is really nervous but I think she has some pretty unrealistic expectations about it. We are really excited to get it over with and find out who her teacher will be. At graduation they did a bunch of songs and nursery rhymes and then stood up to answer some questions about themselves. They all did really well and I'm surprised at how none of them were really shy about getting up in front of a room full of people.

Gracie's class has been practicing for this play for quite a while and I think it turned out great. She brought a paper home about a month ago that said what they were doing and that she needed a caterpillar costume that turned into a butterfly. ???? What the?? How was I suppose to do that?! So we came up with a plan to make sort of a cape that looked like a caterpillar on one side that she could flip around and had a butterfly on the other. I bought all the stuff a few weeks ago and of course put it off until the last day thinking I could just whip it out in a day. Wrong. Little did I know that one thing I bought wasn't what I thought it was, and didn't discover it till 8:30 Sunday night. Luckily it was only the dress rehearsal the next day and she took her cape half finished and I still had time to go to walmart and get the right stuff to finish. If I do say so myself it turned out pretty cute. Too bad when it came to performance time there was a breakdown in communication and she didn't take it off and flip it over she just opened it up and let it show a little bit. All that hard work and you really couldn't even see it. I admit I was a little disappointed but the play was great and she did a great job with her part. They sang quite a few songs and danced and they really all looked adorable. I just wish she would have chosen the maggot costume!Here's the finished product that no one really got to see. It has sequins and everything. Someone is definitely being a butterfly for halloween next year! I can't get a clip of her to upload so I'll keep trying and post it when I figure it out.