Boys will be boys....

***WARNING*** If you are easily offended please skip this post - it was too funny not to post. Don't judge me :)

Since I have gotten home from the hospital the boys have been completely obsessed with my boobs and the fact that they produce food for Baby Sophie. Luke will just walk up to me and say "show me your boobs mom". Don't worry I don't. If they know I'm in feeding the baby they come in the room and talk about the entire process. Tayson asked me why she has to eat from both sides. He asked if one side was the food and the other was the drink. When I told him no it was all just special milk he asked if I could poke my boob and tell it what to feed Sophie ("like mac-n-cheese or spaghetti" he said). It's so funny to me how their minds work. Hopefully the excitement will wear off soon and I won't have to be entertaining the kids every time I feed Sophie.

Sophie Jane

We picked a name and didn't even have to do rock, paper, scissors this time. We all got sleep last night and are feeling great! I thought I would post some better pictures.

Claire and her new sister Sophie

Our happy family. I can't believe we have 4 kids!!!

It's sad that the best family picture we took was the one with silly faces.


Our Kids


Sophie and Glen - they are just under 3 weeks apart in age and he looks so much bigger already.

It's a Girl!!!

We had our baby this morning at 6:48 am. Today was my goal date because I think the birthday is cool 07/08/08. Things went great with no complications. Labor started around 1:40 in the morning and poor Todd got no sleep last night. He just woke up from a nice long nap on a very comfy hospital pull-out bed.

She was 7 pounds 10 ounces and 20 inches long. We haven't decided on a name yet and we will get better pictures posted as soon as we get our cord brought to the hospital.

It feels good to be done!!! Although I know this is only the beginning of the work, but man is it good to not be prego anymore.

Swim Lessons

All 3 kids are in swim lessons right now and they love it. Thank goodness Chelsea was willing to do the mom and tot class with Claire. I don't think I would have been much fun at this point in my pregnancy with her. Hopefully by the end of this week Tayson will be able to swim without his life jacket. He's well on his way and this is the first time in his life Luke hasn't been scared to put his head under the water.


Claire and Chelsea


Luke


Tayson

Happy 4th of July - Flashback

I couldn't find many pictures of old 4th of July celebrations so I thought I would put a few in of the kids from 2006.

Most of my favorite 4th of July memories are of the VP Fair in St. Louis. We had so much fun going downtown and watching the fireworks show and the air show (of course my dad made sure we knew all the planes since they were all from where he worked). They would shoot the fireworks off a barge in the Missouri River and you could lay under the Arch watching them up in the sky. It was amazing and free (unlike the Stadium of Fire here). The last time I went to the Stadium of Fire was the month before Tayson was born. It was over 100 degrees, and I was hot and uncomfortable and now I have no desire to ever go back. Maybe when my kids get older I'll change my tune. We always do a fun family bar-b-que and fireworks in the street now. The kids love it!


Claire's first 4th of July celebration - 2006.


Tayson and Luke lighting sparklers - 2006.

What's in your purse?

Yesterday I took Claire to the doctor's and she has yet another ear infection...tubes here we come! But the best part of this visit was that she brought her purse with her. She doesn't like to go on outings without her purse.

What's in my purse? my wallet, my sunglasses, my phone, keys, pepcid AC, lipstick, lip liner, powder, frequent diner cards, a few bills that need to be paid and a pack of gum.

Nothing exciting...but when I opened Claire's purse at the doctors office yesterday I was amazed at what she had in it.

What's in Claire's purse? A Pirates of the Caribbean compass (happy meal toy from ages ago), 2 star wars galactic heroes, a headband, her sparkly cellphone holder (her plastic cellphone wasn't in her purse), Todd's bike tool, and about 50 goldfish (which she kept reaching in and snacking on).

She makes me laugh so hard with her purse. She fills it up with anything she sees and takes it everywhere she goes. I need to get some pictures of her carrying it around it is just adorable. I love that my little girl is such a girly girl. I really thought with having 2 older brothers she would be more of a tom-boy but she is an absolute princess.

Supersized

During my lunch hour yesterday I went to the mall to pick up a few items. Lately nothing sounds appetizing and my tiny squished up tummy can't take a whole lot so after a yummy pretzel for lunch I thought a strawberry shake sounded good. I ordered the "mini" size shake from Iceberg and holy cow!!! I seriously can't believe they call it mini. It is ridiculous that they expect 1 person to be able to eat a shake that size. Normally I have Kami with me to split the shake so I've never really thought about just how big they are, but I was on my own yesterday. After eating about 1/4 of the shake my craving was completely satisfied .... but I had paid $4 for the shake so I should keep eating and it really was a delicious shake. It's just so wasteful to throw it away. I almost made it through half the shake we I threw in the towel and just chucked it in the trash. I don't get why places don't give you any real size options anymore. We all would have been better off had I paid $2 and gotten 1/4 of the size of the shake. That's all I really wanted in the first place. No wonder we all have portion distortion ... that was no mini shake!