The countdown

Well here it is folks!! 8 hours until I hit 36 weeks. Almost there! It's amazing that I got to this point! It's been a haul. I'm tired and exhausted. But i can do this as long as I need to! We have had a rough couple days. Wednesday night I had contractions. Thursday they were worse and along came nausea and diarrhea (which is a big sign of labor) my parents came rushing down. My mom spent the night just in Case we needed to leave in a hurry. 

Friday I went into the hospital for my scheduled stress test. I passed with flying colors but dr Hoggard knowing my history wasn't sold on it. He asked me to come in. I was checked and there was progression and he told me it would probably be that night or Saturday. With that in mind we had my mom stay Friday night also. Dr Hoggard wanted to make sure I wasn't progress still so I went in on Saturday and we were all good. No change inbetween Friday and Saturday. Now it's Sunday and I'll still going strong!  Good job baby number 3!!! 

I have dropped and now we will see what happens!

The blue shirt was Sunday and the white shirt is Friday. Definate change. Well here we go!

1st day of school!

It has arrived!! The first day of school! School started august 19th! It seems so early! Monday before school started we had a family dinner, family home evening, and fathers blessings for the kids. Growing up I got a blessing from my father before school. It was such a comfort to me as I would go into school. I love the tradition and have continued with it in my family. Shaylie was so sweet,  she feels deeply so spiritual experiences bring her to tears. Love her sweet spirit. Briggs was happy to be big enough to receive a blessing for preschool. He won't start until September 2nd. He misses the cut off by a month for regular preschool. The 3 year old preschool is only 2 hours twice a week but I think it will make him a little more social. 

She was so happy to go

Back to school. Unfortunately she didn't have any of her friends in her class. It doesn't seem to bother her, she is a social butterfly. Briggs was sad until we went to hangout with grandma. Then he thought it was awesome. At this point I'm going to the doctors twice a week. Having contractions is normal. I just have to make it to 36 right?!

Shaylie had a new outfit for every day but Friday, she was disappointed then. 

Even though the school year started with rain everyone was happy. I was super happy to see her off to her first day. She has a 1st year teacher this year. I was nervous but I think she will be great. Miss Forsyth is excited to do some new things! Well till next time! 

Pioneer Day and beyond.

Well here is where it gets rough. Poineer day started off with me in the hospital. Wade got home Wednesday night from his very last buisness trip. Thursday morning I started having contractions. Regular contractions. Not good. 31 weeks and 4 days. They put me in the hospital to find out was what's going on. 2 cent dilated and 60% effaced. Once again not good. The good news is they have me steroid shots for his lungs and brain and I had a negative fedal fibernectin. Don't know how to spell it. It means that I wouldn't go into labor for two weeks. Giving him more time. This means bed rest. 

After getting out of the hospital we went to bishops house to watch fireworks. Tears and fears led me to a blessing that night. It's been hard to stay down with little kids. A lot of electric carts. 

We went to the specailist at 33 1/2 weeks and she told us there wasn't really anything we could do at this point. She thought I was an amazing person and was perplexed at how my body works. I have faith in our heavenly fathers plan and I have faith he will be healthy and strong. It was amazing to get another look at him! He is getting big and filling out. 

We can do this! I have to see doctors three times a week! It will all work out. 

New addition in the peacock clan

ONatalie had little reed! He's adorable! Her water broke at 36 weeks and 5 days!

The kids were so happy to go meet their new cousin! He is strong and healthy. They come when they want to!

This made my kids really excited to have their own baby at their own house! 

My mom has made so many things for this baby. A car seat cover, nursing cover,  burp cloths, dust ruffle, and an amazing baby quilt! 

I'm so excited! Now we wait

Bumps and bruises.

The kids had so much fun this summer but it came with a lot of ouchies

We will go from the top down. 1. Briggs smacked his head on the molding on the bottom of the wall. We thought it was going to need stitches. 2. Briggs got bit a lot and was swollen bad. And got a bite on his forehead and had an allergic reaction(awesome) 3. Shaylie got a bee sting that stayed for 5 days! It hurt her a lot 4. The grand finale! A black eye! Briggs hit shaylie in the eye with a plastic bat and gave her a bad black eye.

Other than injuries they got to play on big water slides!

Youth conference

I had the awesome opportunity to help out with youth conference. They did something awesome. A while back they decided to do an efy  for the local youth. As a teen I went to efy every year. It was a great time meeting people, learning the gospel, serving, and gaining a testimony. The one problem is efy is expensive, there are so many kids that can't afford to go. So the stake decided to make one for themselves. They had committees for all the different activities and they combined with 2 other stakes. So many kids and so much fun. On Thursday they had games outside. It was hot. But thankfully someone had the hook up with the fire department and they came and hosed down the kids

July in utah is hot but all that water cooled everyone down! I was there most of the day on Thursday and Saturday. Saturday I helped out the group show, service project, dinner, and fireside. Baking 800 bread sticks was a challenge but everything was a success! The short skits by the groups were awesome. There was a group that did a skit that they were synchronize swimmers, another that danced with glow sticks, songs, and dances. It was great to watch! 

So many people worked hard to put this on and it turned out amazing.

The kids had a great day with dad. Movies, Provo beach, sushi, shopping at the mall. They didn't miss me at all! Lol

Sunday fun day?

We have dinner at my parents house on Sunday, it's nice to not have to cook. It gets pretty crazy with 5 kids under 7 in a house but we have some good times. Wade had been gone for almost two weeks and came back for 24 hours just to leave for another 5 days. Wade left to go to winnemuca and we went to grandmas to eat dinner. Shaylie all the sudden realized how much she missed her dad. And out poured the tears. I couldn't help because I totally felt the same way. My sister felt so bad for her that she wanted to do anything to feel better. So this happened....Yep that's right face paint! And of course she couldn't just have shaylie have face paint. Briggs, Connor, Millie, Blake, chad and Michelle all got their faces painted. They all were so happy. 

It turned the night around! Thanks aunt Brooke!

Brucey pants

Bruce was in town. The day after 4th of July my parents called us up and asked if we would go to af canyon up to the reservoir up there. It's absolutely beautiful up there. The down side is everyone in utah has the same idea. We go up to American fork canyon once or twice a year. Usually in the fall when all the trees have beautiful red orange and yellow leaves. Funny fact, a week before wade and I got married wade took me horse back riding all though that area. It was beautiful and romantic. We had a wonderful time and it's still one of my favorite memories of just the two of us. 

Any ways I'll get back on track. We brought sandwiches and were planning on roasting marshmallows. Instead we stayed by the lake and had the kids swim. Bruce never gets the opportunity to do those kinds of things so it's always fun for me to have him experience things with us. Up at the reservoir there are lots of really tall trees. Some built a plank on the top of one of these tall trees and steps to get up there. There was a group of people that went up to jump off. Some came down screaming for their lives but most of them thought it was the best ever. I would have done if I wasn't prego for sure! Briggs loved playing in the mud of course and shaylie wanted to sun bathe. My girly girl and my dirty little boy.

4th of July 2014

This year Cori hosted the 4th of July party. Wade made it home late on the 3rd. We bought lots and I mean lots of fireworks. I've realized that being pregnant is hard for me and I can't keep up with my pace of life when I'm prego.(that's hard for me) my mom bought my kids cute outfits for the occasion. 

I can't help but think I have beautiful kids. These were great photos of them! It's amazing how much they don't look like eachother. Make me wonder what this next one will look like. I have a blue eyed blond boy and a hazel eyed brown hair little girl. It's a toss up what the third will be like. 

Well this is how the fourth turned out. We had all of wades family and all of my family including Bruce and Jacque. We had a lot of fun and ate lots of food. We started out with the small fountain fireworks. My dad was handing them to wade and he lit them up. After a couple smaller fountains wade lit another one but what was suppose to be a 5 foot firework ended up being more like 10-15 feet. Everyone went running and poor Millie got burned. Learning our lesson we put the fireworks out further. We started with the big ones. But after a couple we had one tip over and shoot at the spectators! The big ones that explode! Everyone went running and screaming and laughter(after no one died). No one got hurt and nothing set fire! Totally worked out! At the end everyone had a good time. Next year I'll go back to hosting. 

Old friends

I was so happy to hear that Danny Beall was coming through town. Even being almost 7 months prego I still wanted to see him. It's funny because you get married and have kids and your identity is that. Mom and wife. With that being said i love to see old friends because it reminds me that I'm still a person. I know sounds wierd. I've been talking to old friends a lot lately. My beautiful Meghan friend had a a baby girl! She is beautiful. It's awesome to see her experience that for the first time. I've talk to Vanessa lot about life. It's great.

When I told my mom that Danny was coming to town my mom jumped in the car. So me and my mom took my two kids and big baby bump to downtown to take Danny to lunch. Ps he's traveling with the van's warp tour. He's doing great. We've been friends since the 6th grade so it was awesome to see him.

Day camping

So wade hates camping. But the rest of us kinda like it. So Kirby and Whitney put together a camping trip at yuba lake. I had never been to yuba lake which is 2 1/2 hours away from our house. The trip was a success. 

We left to go in the morning and made it there by 11. The kids got to play and make bracelets. Kj, shaylie, Briggs, and Oakley all got along all day. After a nap in the camping chair we went down to the lake. 

My handsome little man by the lake. This kid is 100% boy. Dirt, sand, water, anything that he can dirty in he loves! It was a warm day it was a good thing there was a breeze or I would have died. We bought the kids fishing poles. They don't actually want to fish they just want to cast the line. 

Grandpa loves to have the kids out camping. Bart loves to have the family together camping. Wades idea of a good family activity is going to a nice dinner. Everyone in wades family camped for 3 days, we stayed til 6 and took off. Ate dinner at night and watched a movie lol. That's how we camp.

The kids make sand castles, made survival bracelets, "fished", went on a hike, and got a little sunburned! Awesomeness. 

Manti temple pageant!

This was the first time we have attended the manti temple pageant. I was excited for the opportunity to go. I know I've said a hundred times that wade has been gone a lot, so this will just be another time. With all the trips I thought this would be a great time to have some family time. The youth in our ward were planning on going to the pageant and we volunteered to drive and help out. So we took our kids and made a day out of it. We left early because it takes two hours to get there. Grabbed snacks and headed out. The reason I love road trips is because it's the only time wade and I talk about stuff. Lol. We always learn something new about eachother. The kids were great and didn't throw fits. They had toys and snacks so the are champion travelers. When we got there we hung out with the youth and ate a sandwich. We then decided to take some time for the family. 

We don't have much more time being a family of 4! We went and got ice cream at the local ice cream shop it was delicious. Shaylie and i took a minute to go to the craft fair and Briggs went with his dad. Shaylie and I had some bonding time. We girls have to stick together. We watched the show which was great.

The kids loved it. Briggs fell asleep during the last 5 minutes because it was 11:30 ish. We got home a little after 1 am. It was worth the once in a lifetime experience. 

The funny part came later. We are in the car with my mom the next day. Briggs told grandma that Joseph smith was shot at the temple (he saw the scene at the manti temple pageant and thought it was real I guess) is not knowing that he thought it was real kept listening. Then he said "grandma where were you?" 

Grandma " that was a long time ago"

Briggs " no it was at the temple!"

Grandma "um ok"

Briggs " were you watching soccer?"

The whole car "hahahaha"

It was a good time 

 

Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming!

Swimming lessons have been my saving grace! The kids have absolutely loved it! 40 dollars for 1/2 an hour every day! Best deal ever. I decided to have them take lessons the last of June. It wasn't too hot for me to sit under the umbrella and watch. It gave them something to look forward to every day. I wish I would have signed them up for more sessions

Two weeks of swimming didn't make them pros but there were so many things that they improved on. Briggs hates to wash his hair. He screams and screams because of the water in his face and ears. Ever since swim lessons he doesn't mind as much! He still doesn't like washing his hair but he doesn't scream! It sounds lame but it's huge for me!

Shaylie has learned out to jump in and try it. She has been scared of pretty much everything. She struggles to try new things. I never had this fear of failer but my poor baby girl does. 

Well I've learned that new experiences are always good for my children!

Wade's roots

Every summer we love to go to the parades. Coming from San Jose I never saw a town parade before. So when I moved here I thought it was the best thing ever! All summer long each town has a week where they celebrate. It usually comes with a parade, carnival, craft boutique, rodeo, and fireworks. I love fireworks. I got that from my mom. Shaylie loves to watch fireworks too as long and we aren't too close. Briggs has really gotten into them this year. This year briggs and wade went and helped grandpa with the horses and wagon in the pleasant grove parade. Briggs was so cute all decked out in his cowboy gear.

Shaylie and I got to sleep in! we need our beauty sleep. We went to the parade to watch all of them and see at the floats. Because it was just shaylie and I sitting together, everyone wanted to throw candy just to her. Shaylie didn't mind at all. She was happy to make it to the parade. They always want to go. I realized when I was sitting there that I was way to big to be sitting in the heat. This baby felt huge and I was sweating like a pig. It was nasty. The second the parade was over we were in the car turning the ac on full blast.

Sometimes I forget that wade and I come from such different backgrounds. Briggs is taught by his dad to pee outside like a cowboy. something us city folk never did. Also rodeos, horses, small town justice. But our kids will know both these worlds. They love to go shopping and to the movies but also can stay at grandpas farm all day with no complaint. Our friends the Roden's wanted to go with us to a rodeo, And it my book that means the pleasant grove rodeo. It's the best. Strawberries and cream, good entertainment, good cowboys, and fireworks. It is a great show. We took the kids and they loved it. The firework show was amazing. They asked wade tons of questions about rodeo and wade loved it! he felt like a pro. It was a great night. Gotta love wade's roots.

Summer in full swing.

Summer is in full swing! Sleeping in and watermelon! This year I had to miss out on going to girls camp. I was so bummed. Everyone understood but was pretty disappointed. I did get the opportunity to go to the ycl late night and share a spiritual thought. These youth in my area are absolutely amazing. As members of The Church of Jesus Chirst of Latter-day Saints these girls are faced with some hard stuff. Society tells them they dress and act wrong. They stand for truth, strengthen, moral integrity, and God.  All things that don't hold in today's world. I was so glad to be able to speak to them and hopefully they were able to feel the love that I have for them. 

I also got to go up to the 4th year over night hike. I of course didn't hike but I got to hangout with the girls and listen to their stories and learn more about them. 

We live in a beautiful place. The mountians are beautiful. We aren't a big camping family but we love to go up for the day and come back to our own comfy bed. The clouds next to the mountainside during the sunset is a piece of heaven. Nature is amazing. The girls went off to girls camp. I got them on the bus and cried on the way home. They got snowed on the first night and froze but everyone came down at the end of the week saying it was the best year of camp ever. 

While wade has been away a lot we have spent a lot of time with grandma. She has been busy building things for the baby. She has made a car seat cover, nursing blanket, super cute burp cloths, and Baby #3s whole crib set! Gotta love moms

Shaylie has been a huge help. She loves going shopping for the new one. Anything my mom needs, she will go get it. She has been in tumbling which she loves. Briggs has loved having her home. Most of the time they are best little friends. More adventures to come!

Let the summer 2014 begin!!

School is out! Shaylie loved school year and loved Her teacher mrs Robinson. 

She was a great experienced teacher that really worked on shaylies confidence. She struggled at the beginning which trying out words. Her reading is awesome but she was scared to try out new words in fear she would get it wrong. By the end of the year she can pretty much read anything. 

Briggs is so happy shaylie is home. It's getting hot so we decided to go to the splash pad in Provo. Ps it's the best thing  ever invented. You don't have to get in the water completely but you can still get cool and everyone is happy. 

Everyone is happy win win. 

I figure while I'm still able to do stuff i will. Well we couldn't let the fun stop there. My mom has a grandparents pass to all things thanksgiving point. The best for me for sure. Grand kids get in for free and us adult half price. We thought it would be brilliant to take all the kids 5 under 7 to the brand new musesum of curiosity. Did I say it was brand new. Also known as the busiest place ever. I get a little up tight it places that lots of people. 

The kids had been dying to go since they have been watching it being built from grandmas house. I knew it was only a matter of time before they would become unbearable to live with without taking time. Ps all the kids act like siblings so it's not always easy. 

They had so many things to look at and play with, they loved it. Thanksgiving point was brilliant when they decided to build that place. They will make billions. They have so many great family activities there. All the kids had a blast. They were so beat by the time we left they pass out before we even hit the freeway which is about a mile away from the museum. 

So all in all we have had a great start to the summer. I'm personally loving sleeping in! 

Fun with grandma.

It's been not secret that I've been cranky this pregnancy( hopefully he will be sweet) so with that being said grandma has helped in more ways than one. I was feeling better than normal so we decided to go to Togos. Because we have one in utah!!! A little piece of home. It was awesome. I did sneak a little piece of turkey in my avocado sandwich. (Big step for me) so that was my treat. The kids wanted to go to scheels. I had never been so I wasn't too opposed. It was huge! The kids were amazed at the Ferris wheel inside. But neither of them wanted to go on it. Too high. Briggs got a fear of highest from his dad. Wade has definitely grown out of that good thing. 

The best part was all the photo spots

They had a bear, a jeep, and other stuffed creatures. We took lots o pictures. They can be the best of friends and the worst of enemies but they love eachother. I'm so glad they have eachother. My kids have been such a blessing for me and now I get to have one more. Wade has been traveling and while he does I've been trying to have new adventures for them. I hope they stay close. As close as they are in that picture. Love those people. But here is the funniest part of the day. We were walking around and there are these soccer short dudes and someone had panted them all! I was dying laughing.

So I asked the guy in that department if that was normal and if it is then I wanted to work there. They all laughed and reclothed them. Someone has a great sense of humor!

 

Hogle zoo time

School was out and it wasn't too hot so Brooke me and mom decided we would take the kids to the zoo! I hadn't been to the zoo for at least two years and they had expanded it a lot. I grew up with the San fransico zoo so anything else is kinda weak but the hogle zoo is really coming up in the world! They got lions! 

We first went on the train that takes you around the safari park(brand new) we are out numbered by boys so the train was first lol. Briggs loves trains. Every time he sees the fronterunner train he screams. 

Believe it or not it wasn't too packed. But I had forgotten how many hills there are at that zoo. And when you look like this.....

It's not super fun. Something in me was telling me I better do fun stuff now because I'm going to lose time later. Shaylie loved the elephants. Most of all I think she wanted to eat icecream but the elephant exhibit was pretty good. The kids got to pet some animals and a little show. Everyone got along! Success! My favorite part would have to be gaining the trust of baby girl shaylie. She is scared of a lot of stuff right now. Anything that is unknown is scarey for her. She pretty much terrified of reptiles. Especially snakes. Poor thing freaked out when we going to go into the smaller animal exhibit. She can read so it's not like you can lie and tell her there aren't any snakes in there. So I talked to her and told her there is no way I would put her in harms way. I told her how much I love her and I would hold her hand hand the whole way through. It took a whole but she caved. It's been deferent since then. I can talk to her and she listens(at least when it counts) I feel like we have a stronger bond. Briggs on the other end is fearless and makes me nervous because he is really independent. 

It was a good day

Spring break

I'm trying to catch up on posts. I got so behind so now I'm trying hard. I try to be a fun mom sometimes lol, so I decided we would go to waffle love. Now if you haven't been you need to!!! It's probably the best dessert waffle in the world. My kids can eat a whole waffle by themselves. By the way they are huge. 

So I had a craving and the kids totally benefited! Wade has been gone a lot so we play a lot. I figure we need to do fun things before I can't be fun anymore. I'm getting bigger by the day. Still haven't been able to eat meat. Lots of Mexican food. 

I had an opportunity to help with the shaylies schools spring carnival. I had to organize the volunteers. I'm amazed at how many people won't help. In school, church, and anything else people don't help. It's always the same 10 families, at any place or time.(small rant) anyways the carnival was an amazing success, it brought the whole neighborhood together and made a ton of money for the school. I know we won't be here forever but I definitely need to be involved  in our neighborhood.  If everyone decided to jump in and make where they were at right then a Better place it would make a huge deference! My mom took them to the carnival and they loved it. Briggs really like the petting zoo which surprised me because Briggs is kinda scared of all animals right now. 

Shaylie got to perform with her after school jazz and hip hop after school program. Shaylie was great and had all the moves down pat. She had missed the last practice to go to center stage's company tryouts. Which by the way she did awesome and wasn't even scared. I'm not a huge fan of competing at this age but in utah if you don't start now you'll be behind and won't even be able to make the high school dance team which in my mind is the goal. Shaylie is blessed with the dancing talent and I hope I can let her go as far as she wants to but unfortunately it cost a ton! 

Lastly shaylie wanted to have a lemonade stand sooooo bad. I finally caved. It's just hot and I feel like I have to be out there the whole time. Call me over protective. 

They decided to be out there all day long. Believe or not she made $20. She thinks we should just do otter pops next time. That's what everyone wanted anyway. I don't blame them. All that money was put in the Disneyland jar. We are on jar two. Hopefully we can go in February. Take all three babies! Well that's all for now! 

Costa Mesa!!

So when I was about 13 weeks prego my parents got tickets to this benefit concert that Mike Garson was having in Costa Mesa California. Mike told my dad to feel free to bring the family. Wade and I jumped at the chance! We asked wades parents if it was okay for them to take the kids for a couple days, bought tickets, and booked the hotel! Double date vacation with the parentals! It was one of the best weekends ever! 

I didn't have much faith that the trip was going to go well when the morning of our flight the flight was cancelled and we had to take a flight a little later. But we got there, a little late but we got there. 

We got is la and when to downtown Disney and got lunch at the rainforest cafe. It was awesome and relaxing without little people. I missed them terribly but I thought it was awesome to have an adult conversation. The concert was later that night. It was amazing! Mike Garson is an amazing artist. It was about healing though music.  

We had a prefect view from the balcony. My parents sat on the floor. Bruce did a terrific job of composing the music for the concert. He was so funny, when we got there he wanted to introduce us to all his musical friends. He loved having family there. By the time we got dinner at 1230 at night my body was toast. On came the sickness. 

The next day we went and had an amazing lunch at the beach. I had a carving for clam chowder in a bread bowl. It was the best meal of my life!!!! Wade and dad had chapino(?) wades new favorite seafood. There is something about the beach. It calms my soul. Everything is right and awesome. It was perfect weather and with the smell of the sea I was heaven. It was exactly what I needed. Being sick for weeks and then I get there and I feel good. It was so nice to be able to hold wades hand and walk along the water(cheesy I know) we never get to do that anymore. 

After the beach we drove by knots berry farms. I haven't been there is years. I don't even remember going. So we saw it was half price after 4 and so we went in to ride some rides! It sounds crazy and it kinda was. Wade rode all the big coasters while I waved and screamed back at him. It felt like dating again. In that moment I said out loud, "man I love him" my mom said " well I hope so" Walking with him hand in hand though a theme park I remember that there is just a me and him. Yes I was carrying our third and we had two at home but wade and I have a relationship. It was a much needed reminder. We get so wrapped up in our lives. Kids, church, work, school, dance.....they all come before our relationship sometimes. So I think we need to go on a weekend date at least twice a year. Lol. Having my mom and dad with us made it fun. Acting like teenagers and playing around with out responsibilities. It's a good thing they are super young at heart. The last day we spent some time at downtown disney and we were super tempted to go in. Knowing my kids would never forgive me we decided not to. We went to a really expensive mall and ate more clam chowder in a bread bowl.(best ever!) and we had to head to the airport. I was so happy to hold my babies when I got home. Having a great best weekend ever but also coming home to realize that my life is amazing with two amazing kids, a husband that I love, and a baby on the way. Life is good. 

Easter oh Easter

So Easter is my least favorite hoilday. Not that I'm saying I hate it or anything but it's just not my favorite. Sundays are always crazy for us and Easter is on Sunday. Plus it's a hoilday that we either have to split the day between two families or just go to one house and only see one side of the family. This year my grandpa Hamilton came out to spend the holiday with us which made the holiday a hundred times better. The Saturday before Easter we spent time with wades family where we ate and did a Easter egg hunt. 

So pretty much the kids were super happy. The Easter egg hunt at the peacocks is always nuts because it's such a big space. You have eggs at the barn, in the field, the backyard and front. The kids love it. 

The kids also loved dying eggs. Unfortunately wade wasn't around but we got to do them with grandma and grandpa so it was ok. 

My kids love to eat hard boiled eggs. We had lots to eat. Shaylie likes to eat them plain with salt and pepper. Briggs like ôthem in egg salad sandwiches. So no eggs go to waste at my house. 

Easter was chill. Which is always needed. Egg hunt, dinner, and hanging out with family. I got a great family picture. 

So in saying all that... Easter was awesome and we all had a great hoilday !

And then there was 3

Last time I wrote I didn't know what we were having but now I know!! It's a...,,,,boy!!! I know I'm super surprised too! I thought because of how sick is been that it was a girl but nope it's definitely a little boy. Briggs is thrilled to have a little dude to share a room with. 

Oh course shaylie is a little bummed but she quickly said, " you can have a baby girl next time!" Wow so much easier said then done. I can't think of the next one when this one is still not born. Poor little bug wanted a sister so bad. 

After we found out he was a little dude, wade left to go out of town and we went shopping. I got really cute outfits for all three kids! I'm so excited to dress them all up

I can't believe how big my kids have gotten. I'm glad there is space between my kids because they will be great helpers. Shaylie is already a huge help. She helps me clean and get things ready.  Briggs is still learning. Patience is not a skill of mine but I'm trying hard to teach him to help and be nice. 

Well here he is!!!!

Half way

Tomorrow I will be officially half way. 20 weeks! Everyone says it going by quickly. I will be excited to find out what it is next week! Only a couple more days.  I'm trying to enjoy the time i have with my awesome two. At the beginning your tired and sick. Now as you get bigger it's harder to move and sleep. It's a funny cycle. I've been sick for a week! I have a bad cold. It started with a fever and barf gross now on with a cough that won't quit. I wish I could something to stop coughing but not so lucky. 

I'm hoping to get the kids into some fun stuff over the summer. Swimming, dance, baseball! I'll just get bigger. 

The kids are getting antsy for the baby to get here but the summer will move fast it always does. Summer is awesome with the sleeping in and hot weather. I just wish wade had a summer break too. 

Im nervous that we will be out numbered! The two I have are super pack and play always up for a new adventure. I'm crossing my fingers this one will be up for that also.

Shaylie is doing amazing on her reading! She scored highest in her class for the end of the year reading test. She loves to read. It took me years to find a love of reading but she loves to read. Wade says she got the reading skills from Crystal. 

Briggs is beyond ready for organized sports and classes. He is ready. Poor thing gets bored with me at home all day. That boy will be an amazing athlete one day. His heart is already set for BYU football ( thanks grandma). I'll have more to say next week!

Here we go again!

  We so long you ask? It's because I'm 16 weeks pregnant and I've been to sick to do anything. Lol. 

We asked The Lord and got answer, our family was not yet complete. It was time to add on so here we are. Pregos with the third. We are excited and the kids are beyond excited. It's going to be so hard to be patient for those little kids of mine.

We had decided to not tell people for a while. We told my parents at 9 weeks with a video of Briggs saying "there's a baby in mommys tummy!" We showed it to her when we took her out to lunch for her birthday. Of course she thought it was the best present ever! We waited till 12-13 weeks to tell our close friends and I probably won't post on Facebook until the little one is here. We will find out soon what we will be expecting soon! 

To say I have been sick is an understatement. From the day we found out I have been ill. After 4 weeks of not eating  and 10 pounds of weight loss I got some much needed medication. It has helped a lot. Unfortunately I still can't eat any form of meat, pasta sauce, peanut butter, and a few other things(most of which I have thrown up).

I'm glad to be only throwing up a couple times a week.

So many changes heading our way and I'm excited to face them. School will be out in a little less than 2 months and then summer starts! Gotta love summer. I'll be happy to sleep in. I know I'll get pretty big during the summer but I still love summer. Well that's all for big news. Have a good day!