Friday the LUCKY 13th!!

We had THREE items of big news yesterday......


1. I drove to Utah ALL BY MYSELF. I hit a massive ice storm in Wyoming. It was so scary. I drove 15 miles an hour for an hour and a half. My back hurt so bad when we arrived. But we made it here safely.

2. Something else really good happened...but I can't say what yet....hopefully soon.....

3. We got another peek at our baby. And after much guessing.... it is official..... Olivia is going to be a big sister.


IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!

{ cry me a river }

I'm just here to vent.

No one is answering their phones so I can wine to them.

Katie, Kim, Dode, Whit, Mom where are you?

I am 17 weeks 4 days pregnant.

And I am still NAUSEOUS!

It is soooo frustrating.

I have forgotten what it feels like to feel normal.

July was such a LONG time ago.

I lay on the couch and wonder if I will still feel sick after I have the baby.

What if this pregancy changes my hormones forever and my body forgets how to feel good.

Normal.

I know cry me a river.

Some are probably thinking I have no right to complain since I go off the pill and get pregnant 13 days later.

But I just want it documented.

That I'm STILL sick.

And zofran is crap.

It does nothing to help.

I need to read this post in case I am ever tempted to get pregnant again. Which I'm pretty sure won't happen. We feel pretty confident that this is our last.

But just in case.

Although it's not like my horrible terrible sickness in my past pregnancies has ever stopped us from getting pregnant again.

Of course I don't think I would be done with our family just cause I feel lousy for 4 months.

Great rewards {babies} require great sacrifice {lots and lots of puking}.

Sorry for being a baby.

But isn't that what blogs are for though sometimes?

To say how you REALLY feel?

I feel naseous.

And it is miserable.

{ Florida and practically 18 WEEKS }

Just so it is documented here are a few pictures from our trip to Florida.

It was SOOOO NICE to get away.

I am one lucky girl.

I love my husband soooo much.

We did nothing exciting. Just relaxed, layed out, read books, ate, laid around in our robes, and relaxed some more.

The picture of the red car probably does not mean much to anyone. Unless you were one of the lucky members of my family {you know who you are} to a get a few phone calls from us.

Lessons Learned on Renting a car:

1. ONLY ONLY ONLY go with big name companies. Even if you are saving $40 by going with the little guy.

2. When they pick you up from the airport and drive you to a train yard and pull into an old ghetto chop shop.... just ask to be returned to the airport.

3. When the first car they give you is a blue pontiac grand am that has no air conditioning..... Don't go return it to them because they will in turn give you a red pontiac grand am.

4. The little bubble on the dash board is a hidden camera. I SWEAR

5. When the "service car immediately" light comes on because your tire pressure is unseasonably low.... Don't call the company, they will only tell you that sometimes they forget to re-set some of the buttons.

6. Write your WILL before you leave on vacation without your kids so that when you get into the death box aka red car... you don't start crying to your husband because you don't think that anyone would be good enough to hand over your kids to if you both died. No one could love them as much or the way that you do.

7. And definately don't call your sister in a panick telling her she and her husband have full control of our children and to please love them the way their Mommy did. Seriously, it might throw her into a PANICK ATTACK {sorry whity and chris}

8. Just rent your car from BUDGET. Seriously, Learn from our mistakes

9. The one good thing about our little red 95' beater is that we got A LOT of really really good laughs out of it. That was of course after I stopped crying about how we were going to die every time that creeking thudding noise happened.

The ocean

Our hotel, in the background. Aka TRUMP INTERNATIONAL. It was SOOOOO nice to just walk out of our room and go to the BEACH or the BEEEOOOCH as my Mom accidentally called it:)))!



17 WEEKS

Here is me in all my pregnant glory. Please dis-regard the THARM.... aka my thigh arm.... the baby is not growing in there. Nor is is making it's home in my butt or thighs...although looking at me from certain angles might cause you to think this....

I am 16 weeks and 6 days....Which in my world means I am practically 18 weeks... Remember {that is how I roll}

p.s. sorry for the lack of pictures from Florida, but you can imagine what a body like this might look like unclothed. It's not pleasant. Trust me.

{ It only took 26 days....}

Dirk had a school carnival on October 4th.

That is when we purchases our pumpkins.

Every single day/night the kids would beg to "curve" the pumpkins.

It has been so crazy with visitors, and travels, and baseball games, and parties, and soccer, and Chris working a lot.... you get the idea

But we finally got around to it on Halloween Eve

The kids loved it

I hope it was worth the wait

Chris told the boys they "HAD to use their hands to get out the goo.... But we told Olivia that girls don't get dirty and so she could use a spoon:)

There are some things that husbands are in charge of... Like taking out the garbage... The one time I tried it it nearly tipped over on the driveway {in my defense our driveway is steep}. And brushing the kids teeth... I just don't care the way Chris does to do an excellent job. Mine is mediocre/horrible. {I really just use this as an excuse to get out of it each night...but it has worked until now so I'm keeping it up.}

And of course pumpkin carving. The kids were getting impatient so I tried to help coby with his. I managed to get the lid all cut pretty and perfect and then the lid was stuck. So I did what any human would do and I pulled on the handle really hard.. It broke.

So then Chris said to jimmy it with the knife. Apparently I jimmied to hard. The knife broke off inside the pumpkin and Coby had to continue waiting patiently for Chris.

But it was worth the broken knife. Me and Chris got a good laugh out of it:))

Maybe next year we will get around to "curving" them a little sooner. But probably not.

{ Coby Dean is 4!!! }

Sweet Little Coby turned 4 on October 25th.

He was super lucky with a fun pirate party. Of course I managed to forget to take pictures but we all had swords and eye patches and coin bags and Coby had a captain hook. My family was in town so we all went bowling and had such a fun time!

He got a skinny bat {from Dirk} A batters helmet, a skateboard and a spider-man doll. It was a pretty awesome day.

These picture's speak for themselves.....

We are So blessed to have sweet little Coby in our home. Me and Chris sometimes feel bad because Coby definately has the middle child sindrome. He is easy to forget, because he is so easy going and chill and easy to please. He has the sweetest little heart. He is so good at sharing with his brother and sister and going with the flow. He is the funnest busiest cutest 4-year-olds ever. We love him sooo much! Here are a few fun facts about Coby.

1. He is busy

2. He loves to snuggle with Mom

3. He is so sneaky {at getting what he wants, when he wants it}

4. He isn't a huge meal eater, but he loves to eat snacks

5. He loves to copy his brother Dirk

6. He wants to be a big boy sooo bad

7. He has the most tender little heart

8. He is such a good brother to Oliva

9. He is so athletic

10. But he is also soooo clumsy {can those two mix?}

11. He LOVES to play baseball

12. When it's cold outside he finds any sort of round toy in the house and hits it around until I get mad:))

13. He is not very long winded. {at soccer this season like every 3 minutes he would run over to the side because he needed a little break or a rest}

14. He is our BEST sleeper. He would still take a nap if I let him. But he crashes about 3 seconds after we put him to bed each night.

15. He is very brave, and likes to try new things

16. He repeats himself a lot {especially in prayers}

17. He LOVES LOVES LOVES to change his clothes... it's so annoying

18. He is our facemaker. If you just watch him sitting on the couch watching cartoons you will see his face change from a smile to a frown to a scowl to a squint. It is soo cute.

19. He likes to do what we call "the joker"... just ask him to smile for you

20. He loves to tell jokes and make people laugh

21. He is a horrible cleaner upper. He just fiddles a lot until I eventually get mad and help:)

22. He loves to be noticed and get special attention

23. He LOVES to wear his baseball uniform {just ask grandma} she is nicer than me and she washed every day while Chris and I were gone so it would be clean for him.

24. He would live outside if we let him.

25. He loves to wrestle with dad.

Since the day he was born Coby has been easy. My labor with him was about 20 minutes {going from a 4 to a 10 and pushing him out}. And he probably cried 2 times his first year of life. I know I say a lot how he loves to get into things and be "naughty" but he is just the sweetest little boy around. He is sooo easy to love and loves to have little talks and snuggles with Mom and Dad. The simplest little things make him happy. I would die without my Coby. He is the perfect middle child in our family. As he always says..."Mom I love you more than the whole wide world." And We love him more than the whole wide universe!!!!

{ fried }

We are currently in Miami.

It is 86 degrees.

Dirks school got cancelled this morning in Colorado because there is 8 inches of snow on the ground.

We don't miss home.

We only miss our kids:)

CONVERSATION AT THE BEACH:

Chris: Do you want some sunscreen for your legs

Me: Of course not, legs don't hurt if they get a sunburn.

Chris: Oh really? Why not?

Me: Because they just get super tan and then you feel good about yourself because the tanner you are the skinnier you look.

Chris: ummmmmm... O.K. {whatever}

4 hours later....

My legs are FRIED!!!

And they hurt!!!

But don't tell Chris.

{11 more hours}

{ I'm still working on the ginormousness of my pictures. Sorry }

Until my parents, my sister, and 2 brothers will be here to play with this little ensemble!!! {if they drive fast...if not it may be 12 hours..sigh....}

Our plans are to:

Eat a lot. Cause that's what we do.

Go see WICKED.

Go to the Trunk or Treat.

Go bowling.

Hit a pumpkin patch.

Laugh.

Eat Panera.

I'm making pumpkin pancakes. Oh my they are delicous.

And when we are done playing in 4 days we TRICKED my Mom into staying and playing with our kids for 4 days while Me and Chris take a trip to Miami. ALONE. with no kids. Just me Chris our sunglasses, sunscreen, smiles, and lots and lots of romance.