Friday, June 3, 2011

Pizza Night

Lately I've had close to no motivation to cook dinner...and all of my excuses are lame, so I'll save you from reading them. haha Well, yesterday I saw these pizza scewers and figured the boys would love them. http://bakedbree.com/pizza-skewers-with-garlic-butter-dipping-sauce#axzz1O9NYWFNN
I had seen these before and totally forgot about them until a friend posted this link. They turned out great and the boys had fun with them. I think I need to use scewers more...maybe they'd eat their dinner better if it was on a "stick"!




Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Michael's First Swim Lesson


Lately, I feel like I have almost been obsessing with the fear of the boys being around water. Grant took lessons last year and can actually swim pretty well, but Michael would be in serious trouble if he fell in and nobody was around. I am really cautious when we're near a pool and never let them out of my sight, but there's always the "what if" that freaks me out. My family has a pool, which is too high to climb and has a lock and everything, but "what if?"...
Anyway, even though I am due soon and busy with all of that, I decided it needed to happen now...and lucky for me Chris' aunt teaches at her home! It went better than I had anticipated, but he still got pretty grouchy toward the end. He never got out and ran to me, so that was a plus! He has his second lesson today, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed! I've enjoyed watching him interact with someone else and not paying attention to me much- he's such a funny little boy!
I'm excited for this, for him to learn some basic survival skills...then maybe I will be able to calm down, just a little.






37 Weeks & 5 Days

Well tomorrow I will be 38 weeks! I can't believe it!! No really, I can't....it seems like it's too soon sometimes! haha Don't get me wrong, I am so excited to see this little munchkin...but I am also starting to get a little nervous about adding a 3rd child (and a boy at that) to our family. :)

I have been getting ready (don't love the work "nesting") for his arrival for the last while now and still feel like I have some things to do before I'm "ready".... is that ever possible? I know Chris must think I've lost it and am totally irrational when it comes to me cleaning out the cupboards and wiping down the doors and light switches, but these are the things I stress about at night. haha I need to stock my cupboards in the next week so my boys have food to eat and there's the endless laundry that I'm always swimming in. :) I have asked myself (and Chris) "what happens if I just go into labor tonight?" and he always replies, "that would be awesome!" but all I can think about it how embarrassing it would be to have his mom see my dirty bathroom or microwave. Silly, I know!!!

Things will be fine, and in all reality, none of this really matters. I think it is just my way of being nervous before another baby. We are so excited to see what Benjamin is like- what he looks like, how big he is, if he's more of a Grant baby or a Michael baby....and how we can't wait to smell that sweet baby smell!! I'm also anxious to have the boys meet him. Grant is SO excited and asks me every day when baby Benjamin is coming. He's thrilled to be able to help with feeding and changing, which I'm grateful for! Michael, on the other hand, is a bit in denial. haha Ready or not! He's sweet and kisses my belly and says hi to the baby, but I think he'll have a hard time sharing me. We shall see!

I have a doctor's appt. tomorrow and should get my scheduled induction date, so I will try to update again soon (unless he comes on his own) and then the next post will be pictures! :)