Welcome to the world

Ethan was born this morning weighing 5 lbs 3 oz and 18.25" long!

Put me in Summer and I'll be a...happy snowman!

Okay, yes I'm totally quoting Frozen.  I'm still making sure Michael only watches it once every other day.  Since he saw it twice on Sunday he has to take a break from it until Thursday.  He normally watches it every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday.  You can imagine how frustrated he was this morning, luckily his days are a little confused since yesterday was a holiday, but tomorrow might be a nightmare.

So I've taken some ridiculously adorable pictures of my kids lately, but I haven't uploaded them.  I could right now, and leave you with some fun, cute posts, but the thought of getting up right now and moving away from my fan is killing me.

Like most of my neighbors, my AC is not currently working, and won't be until Friday.  You can imagine how joyful I am about this when it's over 90 degrees outside.  Seriously, I'm about ready to punch our contractor.  Mostly because there was enough coolant in the AC for it to work until Saturday.  Of course no one responds to anything that happens on a Saturday, or on a holiday weekend.  So now we have to wait until Friday.

Seriously though, put a 9 month pregnant me in summer and I'll be a puddle.  I never want to be pregnant in the summer again.  Josh once said we can't have all of our kids birthdays in the winter, imagine how expensive that would be with Christmas.  I just don't care anymore, I never want to be more than 5 months pregnant in May ever again.

I'll stop my rant now.

To cool off yesterday we took the kids to 7 peaks.  Michael loved the water slides just as much as he did last year.  Elli probably would have done better but the water in the kiddie area was freezing.  We ended up sitting in the wave pool for a good hour.  No complaints here!  Michael was asking to go to the pool today, so being the clever mom I am I filled up the tub with cold water and let them go to town.  I read out loud to them as they splashed each other and got all wrinkly.  It was so relaxing for all of us I think we'll do it again tomorrow.  Then probably the next day and the next.  At least until Friday when the AC works again!

More Elephants

Josh and I have this running joke that I can never finish anything.  He knows that I inherited a little of my dads perfectionism.  I have anxiety when something is close to being finished, but if I ignore it and never finish it the anxiety goes right away.  This would explain why I have so many half-finished craft projects.  So this post is dedicated to proving Josh wrong, I can finish something!

There have been a few babies born recently and I've gone to a couple of baby showers.  This has led to making more elephants.  

I love these little things because they end up being a great teething toy.  After getting one tooth I would throw it in the washer and wait for my kids to get the next tooth.  Plus, who doesn't love elephants?

Elli's Words

Elli has been saying anything and everything lately.  Just like her brother she talks all the time!  Here is some of the things she's been saying:

Mama, Dada, Michael, baby
rock, dirt
poop, diaper change
car, go, fast
ball, toy, play, bubble, bike, puzzle
shirt, pants, shoes, socks, dress
night night, bed, book
watch, let it go (seriously, Michael is constantly singing it)
Jesus, church
teeth, nose, eyes, hair, belly button
wa-wa and water, apple, bread, eggs, cheerios, chicken, butter
the animal noises of horse, dog, cow, frog, monkey, and duck


There is a lot more but I can't remember right now.  She repeats almost everything she hears but doesn't usually say it more than once.  On top of this she points to letters and tries to make the sounds because Michael does.  It's been fun hearing so many new words from her lately and we're excited to hear more!

2 1/2

I have been horrible at remembering milestones with my kids lately.  I'll just blame this on pregnancy brain.  The only reason I remembered Michael hit 2 1/2 was because I remembered last Mothers Day I took him to nursery for the first time.

Here are a few fun things about Michael:

• He knows his ABC's and loves to point out all of the letters in a book.  He'll stare at signs so he can tell us all of the letters
• He has two obsessions, his hat (in the above picture) and blankets.  You don't mess with his blankets
• He loves Frozen and Super Why, he's starting to get out of Good Luck Charlie
• He says prayers and always prays for Grandmas', the temple, and that he can be a good boy
• He loves singing, he will sit at a piano and play random notes while he sings.  He has started making up a few songs of his own
• His favorite toys are his train (which he refuses to let Elli touch), his puzzles, and his tractor
• He loves Arthur books.  I got a few of the chapter books at the library and he likes me to read those before bed
• He likes to ride his bike around the neighborhood and to the park
• He still loves animals and going to the zoo
• He points out a tractor whenever he sees one.  A big tractor is a mama tractor and a small tractor is a baby tractor

There are a thousand more things I could say about this little guy, but most of you know some of his funny quirks already.  It's hard to believe he's getting so big.  I was looking at baby pictures of my kids the other night and when I got to Michael's I honestly couldn't remember him being that little.  Once he hit a year I remember a lot more, but the first year is a blur besides a few cute memories.  It's a good thing I've recorded things on this blog and in a little journal.  Like the saying goes, the days are long but the years are short.

Random Tidbits

So there are a lot of things going on in our lives that just don't seem like enough to write a whole post about.  Actually, I'm just being lazy.

Josh graduated last Friday!  Instead of walking we decided to go to Tucano's, and he loved it!  Then we went and saw the new Captain America.  People keep asking if he's sad he didn't walk, and I don't think he is.  Honestly, he just wanted to be done and not think about it.  On top of that he's been so busy lately with his senior project that he didn't have much time to think about ordering anything.  We're so glad he's done!

Instead of homework we spend our nights doing yard work.  We have a lot to do.  We're really annoyed at our builder right now because they did a horrible final grade on our yard and then they took down our stake, so we have no idea where our property line is.  We have to fill out warranty stuff to get them to come put a stake up....when they are building 4 houses down the street and are here every day.

We attempted potty training Michael again, but it didn't work.  He would hold it on the potty and then as soon as we put his underwear back on he would pee.  We bribed him with everything imaginable.  Including Grandpas truck, a trip to Lowe's, a candy cane, and his Easter candy.  All at once, and nothing worked.  After a few major meltdowns we decided maybe it isn't quite time.  He also seems to be scared of the potty, or at least he is now.

Elli is finally done teething for now, meaning she has been the happiest little thing ever!  We've missed her happy little self.  She has a doctors appointment this week, so we'll see if she's growing.  I weighed her on our scale a couple of weeks ago and she finally hit 20lbs, but now she's running everywhere and burning everything off.  We finally put her in 12-18 month clothes.  She's finally growing!  She's started saying more and more little words, like milk and Michael.

I'm 33 weeks pregnant!  All I can think is 4 more weeks and then I can go running and get this baby out.  I've had a lot of contractions lately.  Sunday night I had them consistently for a few hours.  I'm so excited to have another baby!  Or maybe I'm excited to not be pregnant anymore.  Either way, I'm happy we're getting there!  I have an appointment with my midwife on Friday, the last one at her clinic.  After that it's one home appointment and then I just wait for the baby.  Can you tell I'm getting excited?