Maxwell's 6th Birthday - August 19, 2017

This was the first week of knowing about my 3rd pregnancy (I took the pregnancy test on 8-11 and it was positive!)... mentally I'm all over the place.  It's a struggle to get moving... dealing with weight issues - - I've worked so hard to lose weight I don't want to gain it again.  I think the kids will be excited... feeling too old to have kids - no one is this old when they have kids!

I've been nauseas all day but no throwing up.  I'm just so tired - I yawn all day.  I just want to sit on the couch.  I feel sore and don't want the kids crawling on me.  

Today is Maxwell's 6th birthday though!!  He's excited for the house to be decorated and get his birthday presents.  We decorated the night before and I put streamers on his door.  When he woke up this morning, he immediately came in and said that when he woke up and went outside of his room he was totally surprised and then he said thank you and kissed me.  He's been so sweet on his birthday.   He was excited to be the boss but has been really sweet - - giving hugs and kisses and happy.

Sweetly sleeping

Breakfast burritos were his choice

He chose Top Golf as his birthday activity with family (since this isn't a year for a friend party)

It was fun having Britt and her boys along with us

He also wanted to have a lemonade stand for his birthday.  We went through a lot of lemonade!

Note to self... big solo cups aren't the best idea for a lemonade stand - you go through too much lemonade too quickly!

Some Independence cheer leaders stopped by and were so cute with the kids.

Her friend Michael stopped by for some lemonade 

He wanted mac n cheese and salad for his dinner.

At his 6 year well child check appt was really talkative with hi doctor.  He said that he didn't learn anything last year in school because he already knew it all.  HAH!  He said his favorite vegetable was salad - with "cucancumbers" and he also likes apples.

Stats for my 6 year old:

Height - 43 1/4 inches (14th percentile)

Weight - 45.8 lbs (51st Percentile)

He's been into wearing sweaters this weekend.  Love this kid!

Second week of October 2016

We sure do a lot of fun things in the fall!

Maxwell creating a drawing with a shape template.

Big girl playing at the mall on the toys while the boys were in school.

Melissa and I kidnapped Mary Ann one night and took her to get a reflexology massage.  She was totally surprised and clearly nervous as we were driving there and she had no idea what we were doing.  It was Melissa and her first time getting this type of massage and they loved it (of course - they are great!).

Pumpkin painting!

Maxwell was very detailed in his painting this time  (he puts a date on everything now).  He kept saying he was "doing more details" as he'd paint other things.   That must be something he's hearing in Kindergarten.

Ditching the paintbrushes

Emmalyn had her 30 month check up with her pediatrician.  She was so excited to see and talk to Dr. Nail.  She let him check everything with no problem.  pin prick to check her iron and she said ouch that tickles :) it was awesome. He thinks she will be 5 ft 3-4 inches tall when she grows up. 

The results of the questionnaire

She had her finger pricked so they could check her iron levels in her blood.  When they pricked her finger, she said "ouch, that tickles". :) It was awesome. 

Emmalyn's 30 month stats:

Weight - 26 lbs 7 oz 32nd %

Height - 35.3 in 39th %

(huge jump from 17th at 24 months.  I doubt this will last)

Head Circumference - 19 in 58th %

Playing at the park

Maxwell made friends and rode his bike around.  Now that he's in public school, he always seems to know someone at the park.

Emmalyn touching a butterfly (I hope that doesn't really kill them)

Aunt Tammy was so kind and sent the kids a Halloween card.  They were VERY excited.

Cool glow in the dark stickers

I got a little adventurous with her hair

At Kindermusik, they were doing a song about cleaning up and so we were "scrubbing" the walls.

We had a play date with a bunch of the boys from Maxwell's class at Castle Montessori and their teacher Mrs. Cynthia even came.  They were ALL so excited to be around each other.

Dylan, Preston, Joshua, Mrs. Cynthia, Maxwell, and Lucas

She was the best!  I can't wait for Emmalyn to be old enough next year to go to school and be in her class.

Me wearing Maxwell's glasses.  Yes, I have a child size head. (but yet oh so round...yuck - not a good picture!)

I got out all of Maxwell's winter clothes to get them washed and ready for cooler temps that will be here eventually.  This kid has quite a lot of clothes.

Blowing bubbles

She loves pretending to be a doctor.

Emmalyn still wants to nurse, she asks for milk each morning or will point to my boob and say "it works momma" and I tell her it doesn't  Sometimes she's okay with that and other times she loses it.

Peter bribed Emmalyn with a sticker for going pee in the potty and a sticker AND a sucker for going poop.  So she pooped (at night!) two nights in a row!  The next day I got her to pee on the potty. But she still doesn't have it all the way because then the next day, she peed in potty then came over and peed on the floor, showered, and peed on the floor again.