My Baby

My Guys on Easter Sunday
Smiling for the camera
A man and his tools

Seriously trying to get a mint
Bad hair day

At the park

Project "Baby Bake" is Now 25% Complete

I am now 10 weeks pregnant and anxiously awaiting the end of the 1st trimester. Things are pretty typical for me right now-I am extremely sick and extremely tired. I think my boys are ready to have the old me back.

I had an appointment with the midwife yesterday and thankfully we were able to hear a strong heartbeat. That was very reassuring! Other than that, I am on my usual early pregnancy weight loss program. I haven't lost that much, but still. I'm wondering where the weight is coming from because my waist certainly isn't getting any smaller. As a matter of fact it's getting pretty round.

As soon as I get some of my energy and brain cells back, there is something special I want to share with you about this pregnancy. I know God is always involved and new life is always a miracle, but the hand of God in this pregnancy is just undeniable. Hopefully I will be able to get to that soon. A word of caution to all men and any ladies who may be uncomfortable discussing G-rated reproductive issues-this will not be the post for you.

If I'm not able to get back on here before Sunday, I want to wish all of you a wonderful Easter. Remember, it's not about bunnies, candy, ducks, or any of that other stuff. It's about the free gift of Salvation made possible by the shed blood of Christ. If you don't know for sure that you are going to Heaven, what better time?

Exercise, Exercise, Exercise

Three words you do not want to hear just as your precious baby is about to be given his immunizations. But, such was my day.

Tyler is very behind on his immunizations (on purpose, by the way) and I decided that today would be a good day to get caught up on a few of them. We had just gotten checked in when that loud voice from the sky announced "Exercise, exercise, exercise. This is a tornado warning. All occupants must immediately report to the tornado safe location." The boy and I were quickly ushered down what seemed like 50 flights of stairs into the basement of the clinic where we spent the next half hour shoulder to shoulder with about 400 airmen, and about 99.9% of them were in uniform. Yes, they boy and I were quite noticeable. Oh, it was a fun time. It felt like it was 100 degrees down there, people were sitting on boxes and crates and whatever else they could, and there the boy and I stood. The poor boy was desperately searching for his "Daduh" in the sea of camo and becoming a little irritated when he couldn't find him. Finally some very nice young airman must have noticed the look of despair on my face and went to find me a chair. Bless him! As we sat there, the stress of it all combined with it being nap time became too much for the poor baby to handle. He started desperately trying to nurse and that just couldn't happen. I had no blanket, no space, and absolutely no privacy. I was somehow able to appease him until we got out of there, praise the Lord! What seemed at the time like and eternity later, we were released.

After all that, I sooooo wanted to just leave and forget about the shots today. But I couldn't. I remembered the man from the immunizations clinic still had my ID card. So, he got 3 shots. :(

No More Homeschooling in CA?

I just read an article on the Christian Examiner that a judge in California last week ruled that homeschooling in the state was illegal. Scary! Click here to read the article.

Going Fishing

This weekend we went to the Bass Pro Shop in Kansas City. Tyler had such a good time looking at all the fun things they had in there. There boats were his most favorite though. He wanted to sit in every single one of them.
This particular model costs $27,000. A boy (and his daddy) can dream!

I thought Boo was brilliant

But then I saw this video. This little girl is only 16 months old, same as Tyler, and can read all kinds of stuff. Watch the video. It's very interesting.

A Little Man Funny

This morning as I was changing Boo's diaper I asked him if he was Momma's stinky little boy.

He said "yeees" and started laughing.

Oh well, it was funny to me.