Mother's Day

I must be so incredibly loved. Today is Mother's Day and I have been totally spoiled.

Wes began the day by making Bo pancakes (or a plate of syrup is more like it) and the rest of us waffles. He & Bo then surprised me with a homemade card (the best kind) that read, "Happy Mother's Day to the best mommy in the world" which was adorned with both Bo & Sam's hand prints, and some trademark Bo scribbles. It is perfect and hanging on the fridge for me to read everyday.

They also gave me a Pottery Barn Picture Frame engraved with "Mother's Day 2009" on it and filled with the most beautiful picture ever. EVER I TELL YOU!!

And they did it all by themselves!

Wes "arranged" for me to be out of the house yesterday for a couple of hours so he could do it. He's so sneaky. And even more amazing, is that the picture is awesome. I have no idea how he did it. Both kids have combed hair, are looking at the camera and Bo is smiling. He even claims it only took 2 shots. I don't believe it but I can't stop looking at it. I love it.

Then to top it all off, Wes tells me we have lunch reservations and Randi would be here at 11:45 to watch the kids. Are you kidding me?! There's more?

We went to Lavelle's and stuffed our already stuffed waffle faces with yummy rich brunch food and then waddled home to find that Randi and Bo had decorated the house with pink streamers and a "We Love You Mom" sign that they made while we were at lunch. She also had a vase of white tulips on the table surrounded by all the fixings for strawberry shortcakes (what a sweetheart) and a bowl of pink jelly beans.And as if things couldn't get any better, I just woke up from a 2 hour nap. 2 hours! And it felt great.

What a day!!

Thank you Wes. You are the best hubby in the world. I love you.

Sam's A Walkin'

Up until last weekend Sam had only been taking 1, maybe 2 steps at a time and then all of a sudden it just clicked this week. He is up to 9 or 10 at a time and gets so excited when he does it. He's hilarious.

I took some super cute video of him doing this yesterday but can't for the life of me get either of our computers to recognize our video camera. I am beyond frustrated. I want you all to see how cute and funny he is.

But instead, you get some random pics from yesterday. Enjoy . . .


And one picture of a cool thing our baby sitter made for Bo last week. She taped pieces of construction paper to our coffee table and made a parking lot for all of his cars, a road, and an airport with runways for his airplanes. She is always so creative. She's awesome.

Sloppy Breakups Are Always The Best

This time of year in Fairbanks is referred to as "breakup" - when the snow starts to melt and the ground becomes a slushy sloppy mess. It sucks for keeping your car clean but is awesome for boys with mudboots and trucks.

8 More Days

I had an OB check up yesterday, the first one since our ultrasound to "date the baby", and despite what Wes & I were told at the ultrasound, the doctor has our due date as October 10. Ugh. I am so frustrated. Not that 8 days is really that much of a difference when it's all an educated guess anyway, but still. I have had October 2 in my head for a month now and as far as I'm concerned, that's the due date.

But no, now I have to "redo" my 17th week. It's almost like having to repeat a grade in school (not that I really know what that would be like but just stay with me). You did it once, you thought you wouldn't have to again, but then someone tells you to go back and start over. Seventh grade again? Not cool.

And because I am a week behind what I thought, now I have to wait 4 weeks until my next appointment before getting the referral for the big ultrasound. Again, not cool. I was really banking on getting the referral yesterday and hopefully finding out the sex of the baby in a week or 2. Now I have to wait a good 5 more weeks to do so and I'm not happy about it.

But I really should shut my mouth; I have nothing to complain about. I am happy everything checked out yesterday. The baby's heart rate was strong, my blood pressure and weight on track, and all labs have been negative thus far. The baby appears healthy and he/she will decide whether Oct 2 or 10 is the right day, not the doctor.

I Just Ate A Day's Worth of Calories In One Meal

Carl's Jr Original 6 Dollar Burger - 890 calories (with the mayo and cheese)
Small Diet Dr. Pepper - 0 calories
2 mini Reece's Pnut Butter Cups - 88 calories

How disgusting is that?! I may be pregnant but I don't need to get fat, too. But it sure was good. Then and still. I am burping it up like no other. Bring on the Tums and the aerobics, or just some more Reece's and a nap.

3 Year Old Hugs Rival WWF Smackdown

I finally FINALLY got some pics of the boys together tonight for the first time in months. Bo is usually the uncooperative one, but tonight he was all game. A little too game, but game.

My new favorite pic

Poor Sam. He's such a trooper. Bo was so into the pictures and hugging him that Bo down right smothered him at times and Sam just took it like a champ.

I keep telling Bo that one day Sam will be bigger than him so he better watch out but that doesn't seem to stop him. Boys will be boys.

Quick Updates

Blackberry mess

1. Sam is doing much better sleeping through the night. About once a week he'll wake up crying in the middle of the night, but other than that he goes down around 7:30 or 8:00pm and sleeps until 6:00ish. I can tell he's not done sleeping, though, so I give him a bottle and more often than not he goes back to sleep until 7:30 or 8:00am. It's been really nice (especially since Bo didn't sleep through the night until he was almost 2 and still to this day, wakes up more nights than he doesn't) but now I need to break him of the 6:00am feeding because by golly I don't want to get up that early. 2. Bo has finally stopped constantly whining for a binky. Actually I don't think he has mentioned it at all in a few days. YAY!! But he is still fighting sleep and throwing temper tantrums every time he has to take a nap or go to bed. It's really frustrating and all started when we took his binky away.

Last night he was in bed by 9:00pm but up until after 11:00pm. At one point Wes & I were in bed watching tv when we noticed the living room light was one (no idea for how long). When we went in there, Bo was on the floor playing quietly with his race track. The kid hates to sleep and he by no means got this from me. I am not a night person at all. Thanks, Wes.

Showing us how fast he is