Scriptures

Last week we got The Book of Mormon out to read one night for our family scripture reading, and Hayden immediately repeated, "And it came to pass, and it came to pass, and it came to pass."  lol  For those who haven't read The Book of Mormon, this is a very common phrase in it.

Look what I bought for the baby!

Aren't they adorable!?

Yep, we're going to need a lot more pink around here.  Can you believe intuition can be wrong?  And boy was I wrong!  I guess I've been right 75% of the time, but when you figure you have a 50% chance of guessing the gender correctly, 75% isn't all that great.  ;)  I was certain we were having all boys, but we are excited for the challenge, fun, shopping, etc. of a daughter.

Ketchup

Someone has discovered the joy of dipping in ketchup.  And he didn't even make a big mess.  (He also really likes to point at things).

Tradition

Perhaps someone can enlighten me on this tradition.  Maybe I'm not thinking clearly, and I'm sure I must not be seeing all view points.  But when/why has it become improper to throw a baby shower for someone who is having their 2nd boy or 3rd girl, or whatever?  Why do we only throw baby showers for the first boy or the first girl?  I don't really understand this tradition.  I promise I'm not bringing this up just because I feel sorry for myself for not having a baby shower every time.  It just seems like all babies should be celebrated.  I mean, we don't avoid throwing birthday parties for our 2nd son or 3rd daughter just because they weren't first, right?  So why are baby showers any different?

I know this seems like another whiny vent post, but I woke up at 2:30 a.m. thinking about it, and I couldn't go back to sleep.  Hello, pregnancy insomnia.  LOL  I'm really curious as to why it is so taboo.  I'm sure it's partly on my mind because I'm missing my cousin's baby shower today.  :(  (You miss out on a lot of stuff when you have a husband who works evenings and weekends and no budget for a babysitter).

16 weeks.

If only this "bump" were all baby.  (Sorry, you get no face/head because I don't feel so beautiful these days. LOL).

I have my appetite & energy back and I have stopped dry heaving all the time (except when I have to clean up cat puke--but who wouldn't gag when they have to do that?!)  I have an appointment with Gretchen tomorrow.  Hopefully, we'll get to take a peek at the baby on an ultrasound and maybe find out the gender.

Just look for the boy wearing stripes.

Wait.  Or will everyone else be wearing stripes too?  Kohl's was having a big sale online last week. (Though, I think they're one of those stores, like Children's Place, that is ALWAYS having a sale.  Basically, they mark up their "original" prices so that people think they are getting a huge deal on stuff.)  Anyway, I have decided that when it comes to shopping for clothes it's best to plan ahead.  My new plan is to buy the boys' clothes, coats, shoes, etc at the END of the season (or during the off-season) when everything is on sale.  So instead of waiting until August to buy all of Hayden's school clothes for next year, I bought them now.  I also got some really nice down jackets for the boys for next winter (hopefully the next two), and because it's almost spring, they were 50% off.  Why didn't I think of this sooner!?

Here are the shirts I got for Hayden.  I guess stripes are the big thing right now because it was either stripes or some sort of sports theme.  Apparently, I am drawn to stripes over the sports logos.  And it's a good thing my boys don't care about what they are wearing...yet.  It just means I get to do all the shopping for them without having to drag them along.  It also means I can lay out Hayden's school clothes the night before, and there won't be a fuss or fight about him not wanting to wear that.  Maybe that's one of the easy things about having boys.

It's in the air.

It's been warmer lately and we are so excited for spring.  The boys have been outside riding their bikes more and they'd rather do that than anything else most days.

Torrin started soccer Tuesday.  It's his first season and we are looking forward to it.  He is one of the smallest/youngest on his team.  So, even though he is pretty quick for his age, he may spend a lot of time trailing along behind the other kids, and that's fine!  It was the same thing with Hayden for his first season.  They group the kids in pre-K/K (in Kindergarten and going into Kindergarten), and then they do 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, etc.  It's through parks & rec, so I'm sure it's different than AYSO.

One of the kids on Torrin's team is in Hayden's class at school, so I probably could have signed both boys up for the same team, but Hayden decided he wanted to do swimming this spring instead.  He'll start that at the end of the month, so it'll be M/W-swimming, T/Th-Soccer.    I'm starting to see how moms with older kids do so much running around.  Add Cub Scouts at age 8, and music lessons or whatever, and I may never be home once my kids are all school-age.

Last spring I spent a lot of time studying about how to make our lawn thick and green, and how to prune and take care of roses & grapes (we have a ton of them).  I also spent WAY too much time trying to manually thatch the front lawn with a thatching rake (Talk about back breaking work!).  Having limited resources, a baby, and a very busy husband meant I didn't get to spend as much time as I wanted to on the yard.  We didn't get to plant a vegetable garden (probably a good thing because there was just no time), but I was able to plant a few bulbs in the front yard.  I'm looking forward to having more time for yard work this spring; and there is  a LOT of work to do.