Jumping

Jack: I'm doing jumping-jacks

Lucy: I'm doing jumping-lucys

Space Travel

One of the best parts of having a preschooler/child is the field trips.

Not necessarily the part about surrounding myself with one hundred twenty other preschoolers but having one on one time with Jack.

Recently we went to the planetarium with Jacks school.

It was so fun to have him show me all the things he had been learning in school.

Not to mention, Jack is hilarious.

    

 While visiting the moon Jack though he would test out his many feelings. (You know just in case the gravitational pull adjusts your facial expressions while floating through space.)

Jack was happy, sad, mad, angry, and scared all while visiting the moon.

He is so stinkin' smart. Telling me all about the gas giants and the rocky midgets

All about Saturn's rings and why Mars is red. 

I promise I learned more than he did. And had so much fun doing it.

Stubborn

Lucy is 

sweet

funny

adorable

an extreme Daddy's girl (she was born on Fathers Day for heaven sake)

and 

stubborn.

Many of our conversation's look like this.

I talk. She makes this face the whole time.

Last night was one of the those "I'm going to put you on the front lawn with a free sign around your neck." kind of nights.

Matt and I don't get out much, but occasionally it does happen. 

Last night Matt got to go out with one of his friends to a concert. This concert didn't start till 9:00 pm which meant he would be out late. 

That was all fine.

I was able to get both the kids to bed and even have me asleep buy 11:00 which is an amazing feat in and of it self,

until 

1:00 am rolls around. 

Lucy comes in crying and shouting, "where is he?"

I knew she was talking about Matt. 

(If Lucy could compact her Papa into blankie form and carry him around everywhere she would do it in a heartbeat.)

I tried calmly to explain that he wasn't here but she just wouldn't listen.

She began to turn on all the lights and open each door of each room looking for her Papa. All the while yelling "where is he?"

Now this 50% breaks my heart and 50% makes me want to pull out the reserve FOR SALE sign out of the closet. 

This continued to Jacks room, the kitchen, the family room, and ultimately the garage. 

Lights being flung on an doors being opened and slammed closed.

She was just shy of opening the front door and taking off down the street.

Finally after about 15 minutes of this I was able to not so calmly this time tell her that he isn't here. I didn't have any other answers for her and she needed to stop or I was going to put her in her room and leave her there. 

Reasoning with a 2 year old is hard. 

Reasoning with a 2 year old at 1:00 am nearly impossible.

But giving her choices helps. And giving her a blankie and bottle helps more.

Eventually I convinced her to let me rock her in the chair and she was out cold in approximately 2 seconds. 

Me, not so much it took a lot longer than that.

Lucy is

stubborn

A Daddy's girl

hilarious

so sweet

 guaranteeing me sleepless night's for years to come

and 

one of the best/craziest things that has ever happened to our me/family

 (not that this story highlights this fact exactly) 

Just remind me not to ever pray for patience. I can't imagine what would happen if the Lord knew I need practice in that department. 

Graduation

When Matt and I met we were crazy. Young, not so smart, and crazy.

 I was 20 and he was 25. 

We were immediately infatuated and quickly fell in love. 

This led to a pregnancy 3 months after we met. 

We were now young, in love, not so smart and terrified.

Jack came in November 2007

and

We were married in July of 2008

Neither Matt or I had degrees at this time. We were both working full time and raising our sweet little boy (thankfully by Gods grace with our best friend).

We found out in October of 2009 that we were pregnant again.

This time not as terrified, we decided a plan was needed desperately.

Matt decided to go back to school and finish up his bachelors degree through 

The University of Phoenix    

He did all online courses. This means that during the day Matt worked full time providing for our family. He then would come home and we would play with the kids, live our crazy busy lives and help me put the kids to bed. And then stay up to 1:00 each morning doing homework. 

Then wake up and do it all over again.

He did this for 2 1/2 years straight with incredible discipline and pretty good grades to say the least. 

This past Saturday after much determination, amazing focus, and an incredible amount of hard work Jack, Lucy and I got to celebrate Matt graduating from the University of Phoenix with a bachelors degree in Business Management.

Proud does not begin to describe our feelings.

I had to really focus to try not to cry my eyes out watching him on stage. Partially because I am pregnant and incredibly emotional and partially because I don't think any wife could be more proud of her husband than I am right now. 

  

Boy or Girl?

Boy or Girl?

We are just not sure. 

We didn't want to know. 

There are so few surprises in this world. 

(Plus it's fun to drive everyone crazy)

And there is nothing like meeting your little boy or girl for the first time and being able to hold, kiss, and snuggle the dickens out of them. It's kind of amazing.

We do know,

• We have a healthy baby. 10 fingers, and 10 toes. Everything in working order.
• That this sweet child in stubborn. We were in the ultrasound for almost an hour and he/she slept almost the entire time. With he/she's little back towards the screen. We weren't able to get a great profile view, but I love the one we got.
• I have gained 15 lbs now. Which is not too bad for my pregnancy history. Most of it being water which makes me feel like I am related to the Michelin Man

• Pregnancy is hard. And even more difficult that I don't remember it being this hard the first 2 times. This time around if it is pregnancy symptom I have it. Bloody nose's, crappy digestion (nice pun huh), swelling, and fatigue to name a few. I am slightly miserable.
• We are blessed. There is nothing like seeing my sweet baby's heart beating. Seeing their little ears, nose, and hands. To see this sweet life on a screen in front of me and to hug and kiss my sweet Jack and Lucy reminds me that I am the luckiest lady in the world to be there mommy.
• Everything I am going through is worth it.