"Stay at home" Mom

I love being a mom, it really is everything I ever hoped it could be. I'm so glad that I don't have to be the one going to work each day. The only thing about being a stay at home mom that caught me by surprise, is the staying at home part. I know that sounds stupid, what am I talking about!? Well, before we moved to Boise we sold our giant red van instead of getting it fixed, so for about the last 5 months I have literally been staying at home. There are no parks near our apartment, Collette lives just a little too far away for us to walk over often, and I haven't really made any other friends since we moved in. It gets a little boring sometimes, and I really started to despise our tiny, little apartment very quickly. Well, yesterday was different. I had a doctors appointment and needed the car, so scott was forced to hitch a ride with Russell. It was so GREAT to pack up the boys and leave the house. When I sat in the driver's seat I realized that it was the first time I had driven in over a month! I was so excited when my appointment ended just 20 or so minutes after it started, because it meant I would have the car the rest of the day to do whatever I wanted. I went to the post office to send a birthday gift that I have been procrastinating doing for a while, and also to Walmart where I was able to pick up a gift for Scott's birthday. These things sound like your everyday, boring activities for most people, but for me it was just so nice to be out of the house. I can't wait to be a "stay at home" mom when we live in a home that has nearby parks, a pool, and even walking paths, that way I won't actually have to stay at home all the time.

Mother's Day and Other Pics

So, I am well aware that mother's day is long over, but we just uploaded the pics to the computer so here you go. These are the roses Scott picked up for me for mother's day. I was totally surprised, mostly because this is the first time in our 8 1/2 year relationship that he has ever bought me flowers, but also because he picked them up before he got home from work one day and so I had no idea he had even gone to the store. He also gave me a movie. Also here are the boys and I after church. Corbin is incapable of smiling on cue, he actually thinks he is smiling, so instead he always makes some crazy face. He drew me a picture that I should have taken a photograph of, but haven't yet. He says it is a picture of me, but I think it looks more like a squirrel wearing a baseball cap, it is really cute and made my day.

Here is Dexter, lounging like a couch potato, if you'll notice he is holding the remote in his left hand. That's right, we train 'em young. Next we have Daddy and Corbin playing with our brand new (slightly used for the last 30 years or so) light bright. We got it at a garage sale on saturday and Corbin was very excited, he kept saying "It's just like grandmas!"

Here is a finished picture that corbin made me do, he was so excited to see his and dex's names spelled out in lights.

We also have a picture of Corbin's barney book that teaches how to write letters, this is his practice work, have I mentioned Corbin is a genious?

Here we have the boy's sunscreened up and ready to make the long trek to Russell and Collette's house. It doesn't seem far when you drive, but the walk ended up taking about 50 minutes to get there. I thought, I better not wear my flip-flops, or I'll get blisters, so I wore my tennis shoes and ended up with blisters anyway. They were actually bleeding by the time we arrived, but it was so worth it just to get out!!

Now here is Dex playing in the bathroom cabinets, he is so photogenic and adorable.

Random updates

So I just thought I'd update on a few things, since it has been a while. As everyone already knows Corbin is the smartest kid ever, but still manages to amaze me. He has been practicing the sounds of letters lately and playing spelling games on the pbskids website. He has known how to spell his own name for a long time, but on saturday he typed his name into the computer when he played a game. I was so proud and told him good job, and then he said, "I'm going to type ball's name B A L L." He then proceeded to type ball into the computer next to his name, I was totally shocked, I had no idea he could spell ball. Being so amazed I asked him what else he could spell. He said he didn't know, so I decided to ask him some of the ones we actually practice together for fun, which are just our names, So I said "what about mommy?" and he says "M O M" Daddy came next, "D A D" then the most amazing of all Dexter, "D E X T E R". How freakin' cool is that?!
The latest news on Dex is that he is sleeping through the night now, and also takes super naps during the day. He used to only take several short naps a day, we're talking like 20 minutes each time it was so annoying. Now he takes 1 to 2 naps a day and they run anywhere from 2 to 3 hours long. I love it!! I need to enjoy it for the next six months until the next baby comes and takes away any chance of a good nights sleep for at least a few months.
And to update on the upcoming bundle of joy, its getting bigger, and I'm already having a hard time fitting into my clothes. I have to wear pajamas pretty much all the time cause they are the only pants that don't hurt, scott is probably so sick of seeing me in jammies, but what elxe can I do? I'm hoping to get some maternity clothes soon, but until then, jammie time.
And here is the really awesome news, we get to move out of this tiny little apartment in less than a month into our new huge house. Hooray!! I can't wait to have a little room to spread out. Dexter and corbin each get thier own rooms, which mean Dex doesn't have to sleep in the closet anymore, unless he wants to I guess. Plus we have an extra room for the baby, which in the meantime will be a guest room for all those people who want to visit! It is soooo great! There is a huge master bedroom with a giant bathroom that I am so excited about. And the absolute most exciting news about the house, the fully fenced backyard!! No more riding corbin's bike in the common courtyard with other annoying kids that knock him down and try to teach him swear words. Oh how I miss having our own yard!

Pictures of Baby #3

These are pictures of the new baby taken last week at my doctor's appointment. The baby is small and the doctors pushed back my due date by one week to Corbin's birthday, November 16. I am still holding onto the original due date since with my previous two pregnancies they pushed back the due date when the ultrasound was done, then moved it to the original due date when it got closer to delivery. I just have small babies.

This is a profile picture. It's a little blurry, but it's head is on the right facing down, it almost looks like it's sucking it's thumb.
In this one you can see the hand a little bit better.
This one is cool, if you look really hard you can see the baby's face. The circle at the top of the head is the brain, and right below that is the eyes. It's a little creepy, but cute.
And also just to update you, Scott and I have decided once again to let the sex of the baby be a surprise, so cross your fingers for that girl and we'll let you know in November when it's born.