It's Almost.....

Spring is right around the corner...tomorrow! This week has felt very spring-like. I've enjoyed the sun and have been trying to enjoy the weather. Although, I admit, certain days I have almost felt hot! I should not even say that, especially beings that this will feel quite mild compared to the 30 degree warm up that will soon happen! I am a wimp in the heat, and being pregnant makes it ten times worse.

Today the kids decided it felt good enough outside to put on their swimsuits and play in the water. They each had a hose and had lots of fun, except when Lyric thought Paxton would enjoy being squirted on the belly with the hose. The water still feels chilly, so he was not thrilled! I need to buy a huge hammock that I can just lay my huge belly in and watch the kids and absorb some rays!

Hair

Sometimes I get a kick of seeing how big Paxton's hair can get. This was taken before his most recent hair cut and before his sister played beauty parlor with him.

I am constantly amazed at the comments I get about his hair. The other day at Costco, this lady asked if his hair was real! That gave me a good laugh. His hair is such a part of who he is, I can't picture it any other way.

Obedience

Earlier this week, Jamie made me this adorable obedience chart. I've been wanting to try this concept out for a while, and had no reason not to when she brought it to my house! Lyric was so excited and Paxton gets the concept as much as he can for a two year old.
Once she reaches thirty, Chuck E. Cheese will be the "prize." Some days I wonder if we will ever make it that far! She gets so excited to move forward spaces, but sometimes her attitude gets the best of her :) Just proves to me time and time again, that she is a full blown girl!
At dance class, they are learning their routine for the recital in June. It's a spunky little song that goes pretty fast. The teacher is always telling them that they need to be "sassy" for the routine. I often have to remind her that the sassiness gets left at dance and is not allowed to come home! It comes a little too natural for her. It scares me sometimes when I think of her getting older!

Birthday Boy

On Sunday, Mike had his 29th birthday. Only one more year until he's thirty! Dang, he's getting old :) We had a yummy dinner with cake and ice cream at my mom and dad's to celebrate. According to Mike, life ends once you turn thirty, so he better live up this last year of life!

Softball

This was taken at their first game. So cute!

Up to bat at her game last Saturday

Waiting for a ball to come her way

Paxton spotted Mike at first base, so he darted right in the middle of the field during the game. Once again, pink helmet in tow. We got a good laugh out of it!

High-fiving the opposing team after the game

Striking a pose. He's so ready to be on his own team!

Back in January, we signed Lyric up for softball. It was the first year she was old enough to play. She was very excited. Mike practiced in the backyard with her for a few months.

They started official practices in February. She had her first game and opening ceremonies on March 6th. She was a little nervous, but loved it once it started. She is on a 6 and under team. Her team is called the Rugrats with pink shirts. She recognized a few of the girls on her team from this year and previous year's dance classes. Her cousins, Jordyn and Lexi, are also playing this year, except they are in the 8 and under group.

Each Saturday they will have two games through the end of April. Paxton absolutely loves going to her practices and her games. He brings his own little bat along to it all.

This past Saturday, her games were back to back. We were eating a quick lunch, and then crossing back over the field to where her next game was going to be. I thought Mike had taken Paxton with him across the field. When I realized he hadn't, I got a little panicky. I started scoping out the huge field with lots of other games going on! Soon enough, I spotted my little boy in his sister's bright pink helmet and bright pink glove. He had spotted pink shirts and thought it was Lyric's team. It ended up being older girls. Thank goodness, a nice lady was walking him back over.

I should probably just get the kid his own glove and helmet that aren't pink! He doesn't seem to mind though :)

Laundry Man

This boy is obsessed with helping out with the laundry. It all started at the beginning of my pregnancy when I was sick and he and Lyric would go to my parents'. He would help my dad do the laundry just about every time. He became known as "wash" because that's all that he'd talk about with my dad. It was a deep rooted passion! He still loves to help and cleans out their dryer lint every time we are there.

At home, he loves emptying the dryer when he hears the buzzer go off. This is good motivation for me to make sure the clothes aren't sitting in the dryer too long! He also discovered the fun of crawling into the dryer. A little scary if you ask me, so I don't encourage it much!

I sure won't mind if his interest in laundry carries on throughout the years!

Life

Lately, I've been following that saying, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." Therefore, I haven't been doing much blogging. I've got fun stuff and cute pictures to post, but am lacking what it takes to do it!

My memory could very well be failing me, but I don't remember the other two pregnancies feeling THIS challenging. I actually feel like someone took a hose and sucked every single thing out of me, and now all that's left is a shell. I "only" have three months left, and really, that's not too bad. I'm not in a hurry for her to get here. I know the reality of it. I'm excited to meet her, but this is also my third, so it's no longer a fairytale of wondering what life will be like with three kids. I've got plenty of things to keep me busy these next three months, softball, dance, Harmony, appointments, Lyric's little surgery, Mike's birthday, my birthday, Jordyn's baptism, starting swim team, the dance recital, and the list goes on. I'm grateful for these things that help me stay a little distracted from my brain.

I'm not to the point of feeling way uncomfortable yet, although I think I look ridiculously big. Everyday just feels so taxing to just exist! I feel like it takes everything in my power to make it through the day. I'm past the physical sickness, so I can't really complain about that. It's just now more mental and emotional, I guess. I would like to avoid human life at all costs for the next three months! I despise the phone, I struggle getting to church and doing my calling, I struggle going to the grocery store! I just want to be a hermit, yet that doesn't make me feel good either!

I think the most challenging part right now is being a good mom. Some days I feel like my kids are reverting a few years! Granted, Paxton is only 2 1/2. On Monday, Paxton got my laptop and decided to take about ten keys off of the keyboard, just for fun, not cause he's interested in how things work! Then he found my Weight Watchers calculator and thought it'd be fun to break it into about four pieces. Then, that evening they were getting ready for baths. He ran into Lyric's room and peed on the floor. When I asked him why he did that, he said, "Cause I wanted to." Alrighty, then!

Tuesday morning my FIVE year old found a pair of scissors and decided her and her brother needed a haircut. I almost lost it! She cut off enough hair to make a wig for a little kid! Thank goodness Paxton's isn't too noticeable, because of his curls. Unfortunately, Lyric's makes me want to cry! She cut the sides so it cannot go into a ponytail. All I can really do is put it half up. If I left it down, it'd look a little like a mullet on the sides! But hair grows, right!?!?!

I know all of those things feel twenty times bigger than they really are to me right now. I know I'm not the only human on this earth to feel this way while pregnant. I know all of these things logically, just somehow, right smack in the middle of it, it feels really hard to remember that! I feel like putting an "Out of Order" sign on my forehead for the next while! But, life goes on, this is a phase, and I will make it through the other side, hopefully :)