It has been a long, hot summer! Actually, the hottest summer in about 20 years (I think). Too hot to play outside and some days are even too hot to be at the pool!!! The kids are doing great for being cooped up in the air conditioned house. They have been "camping out" under the dining room table, racing cars, playing My Little Ponies, playing board games...but now, it is time for them to go back to school. I have learned that they do not function well without a firm schedule. Not being in school has thrown them off a bit.
We are experiencing a cool down, so yesterday we spent most of the day outside and it was great. The kids were able to play on the swings, ride bikes, and shoot hoops.
Our babies start kindergarten next Wednesday!!!! I can't believe it. I will be an emotional wreck when they get on that bus! We have talked to them about it and they both seem excited and say they aren't scared or nervous. Ryan and I get to meet their teacher tonight and then the kids will meet her on Monday at the Ice Cream Social. I hope they have a teacher who is kid-centric and will challenge them....otherwise it will be a loooooong year!
This summer, Caitlin has become the "toothless wonder"! She has lost 5 teeth so far! Her current look involves the two, top front teeth missing and it is my favorite by far! The other day she was trying to tell me the name of this boy at church. His name was Seth and she was having such a hard time saying it! It was cute as can be!!! Poor Austin hasn't lost any and none are even wiggly! He is being patient, but I think it is starting to bother him that the tooth fairy is only visiting one room so far...
Baby Girl Carr has decided she is content in my tummy. I am 38 weeks pregnant as of today and am scheduled to be induced next Friday (August 19). I pray she waits until then to make her entrance. Dreading the thought of missing any kindergarten related things with Austin and Caitlin...but excited to meet this little lady too! She is very active (especially at night) so I think we might have a little squirmy night owl on our hands! :)
Today Ryan and I are celebrating our 11th wedding anniversary. Have to say that I never imagined we would be welcoming another little baby after 11 years! Yet another example of God's love and faithfulness in our lives.
Hoping to post some pics next week of the first day of school and a new baby...WOW....busy, life changing times ahead...
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Love 'Em!
This morning I got to go spend time with the kids at school for a special Mother's Day program! They were adorable! All the kids presented their mommy's with a cute (HUGE) wrist 'corsage' made out of tissue paper and pipe cleaners. I was rockin' one on each wrist and A&C were so proud that they gave me "flowers"! They sang a couple cute songs (that made me tear up!), we made a craft together, they had a snack and then we all headed out to the playground. Austin ran from one end of the playground to the other about 50 times with about 3 other boys in hot pursuit. Caitlin spent most of her time on the swings, not really playing with anybody. The teacher says she usually plays with a couple little boys but they were both absent today. There is only one other girl in the class & she has special needs so sometimes it is frustrating for Caitlin to try to get her to play. It made me even more concerned about sending her to kindergarten next year. She has become very shy...just what this paranoid, worried momma needs, one more thing to worry about. Hoping she will have plenty of girls to play with once school starts in August.
Speaking of school....kdg round up was fun. The kids did a short assessment and aced it (she says with extreme pride!), then we got a tour of the school, and a little ride on the school bus. They LOVED the bus ride!!! Caitlin was pumped...it was the part she was most excited about. Austin thought it was good but was concerned about missing the tip of the Pacers game! We made it in time, to his delight! So, we learned that school doesn't actually start until Aug. 17th and Aug. 11th is a parent/teacher night. The perfect way to spend our 11th anniversary...if we are not spending it in labor and delivery!!! LOL The 17th is a little close for comfort to our due date of Aug. 25th. I want to be here to see the twintastics on their first day of school. Praying that this baby comes either the week before or the week after so I can be here for them.
We are planning on getting a 3d/4d ultrasound in the next couple of weeks. I am soooooo excited to see this little baby again and we are hoping to find out 100% is she is indeed a she! Ryan and I got to spend some quality time together last weekend...we went shopping for baby furniture and other miscellaneous baby items. We didn't buy anything but we know what we are going to get and BONUS...it is now on sale! YAY! Now to clear out the guest room which has become my "catch all" room over the years....makes me exhausted just thinking about it! Anyway, we capped off the day with lunch at BW3...sooooooooo gooooooooood!
Looking ahead to Austin & Caitlin's SIXTH birthday! OH MY! Planning will be underway shortly....
Speaking of school....kdg round up was fun. The kids did a short assessment and aced it (she says with extreme pride!), then we got a tour of the school, and a little ride on the school bus. They LOVED the bus ride!!! Caitlin was pumped...it was the part she was most excited about. Austin thought it was good but was concerned about missing the tip of the Pacers game! We made it in time, to his delight! So, we learned that school doesn't actually start until Aug. 17th and Aug. 11th is a parent/teacher night. The perfect way to spend our 11th anniversary...if we are not spending it in labor and delivery!!! LOL The 17th is a little close for comfort to our due date of Aug. 25th. I want to be here to see the twintastics on their first day of school. Praying that this baby comes either the week before or the week after so I can be here for them.
We are planning on getting a 3d/4d ultrasound in the next couple of weeks. I am soooooo excited to see this little baby again and we are hoping to find out 100% is she is indeed a she! Ryan and I got to spend some quality time together last weekend...we went shopping for baby furniture and other miscellaneous baby items. We didn't buy anything but we know what we are going to get and BONUS...it is now on sale! YAY! Now to clear out the guest room which has become my "catch all" room over the years....makes me exhausted just thinking about it! Anyway, we capped off the day with lunch at BW3...sooooooooo gooooooooood!
Looking ahead to Austin & Caitlin's SIXTH birthday! OH MY! Planning will be underway shortly....
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Round 'Em Up
Tonight is Kdg Round Up and game #3 of the playoffs (Pacers v. Bulls). We are going to do it all...hopefully we can stay awake and in good humor. :)
I think I am nervous about the whole kdg thing. I'm starting to get a migraine just thinking about it...these 2 will always be babies in my eyes and they are growing up (quickly!). Ok, getting way too emotional thinking about it right now. While they have been in school for several years now, this seems very different to me. Bigger school, bigger classes, my little ones thrown in with a bunch of older kids, riding the bus...will they fit in? Will they adjust? Will they be successful?
The other night we had a tornado warning so we had to wake the kids around 10:15pm and head to the basement. It was all for naught as the storm that passed certainly didn't warrant all the hysteria the weatherman was exuding. Caitlin has quite a fear of storms so I had the bucket in the basement so she could puke if she needed to. (Yes, the last storm she puked from being so scared. Thus, the bucket this time...) She was being very calm and brave though this time. I think it helped that she had her daddy there with us. The next morning, PBS had a flash flood warning icon on the screen. She refused to watch any channel with weather related icons!
Austin loves his Pacers. He is already asking how many hours until "7pm"! He loves to "pronounce" all the players like the player intros. His favorite one to say is "Daaaannnnyyyy GRRRRRRRannnngerrrrr". He is also a big fan of "Pacers Live" (pre-game show)...especially the female broadcaster whom he just calls "Stacy". lol We are going to be cutting it close tonight because of KDG round up, so it is possible we will miss the tip. OH BOY. He is devastated to miss tip off (in person, on tv, wherever!). Fingers crossed we make it on time....
Time to bathe the kiddos and maybe get them to nap a bit.
GOOOOO PACERS!
I think I am nervous about the whole kdg thing. I'm starting to get a migraine just thinking about it...these 2 will always be babies in my eyes and they are growing up (quickly!). Ok, getting way too emotional thinking about it right now. While they have been in school for several years now, this seems very different to me. Bigger school, bigger classes, my little ones thrown in with a bunch of older kids, riding the bus...will they fit in? Will they adjust? Will they be successful?
The other night we had a tornado warning so we had to wake the kids around 10:15pm and head to the basement. It was all for naught as the storm that passed certainly didn't warrant all the hysteria the weatherman was exuding. Caitlin has quite a fear of storms so I had the bucket in the basement so she could puke if she needed to. (Yes, the last storm she puked from being so scared. Thus, the bucket this time...) She was being very calm and brave though this time. I think it helped that she had her daddy there with us. The next morning, PBS had a flash flood warning icon on the screen. She refused to watch any channel with weather related icons!
Austin loves his Pacers. He is already asking how many hours until "7pm"! He loves to "pronounce" all the players like the player intros. His favorite one to say is "Daaaannnnyyyy GRRRRRRRannnngerrrrr". He is also a big fan of "Pacers Live" (pre-game show)...especially the female broadcaster whom he just calls "Stacy". lol We are going to be cutting it close tonight because of KDG round up, so it is possible we will miss the tip. OH BOY. He is devastated to miss tip off (in person, on tv, wherever!). Fingers crossed we make it on time....
Time to bathe the kiddos and maybe get them to nap a bit.
GOOOOO PACERS!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Expanding The Family
We are excited as we prepare for the arrival of baby #3 in August. It was totally unexpected. This is going to be a looooong post....
Around Christmas, I started feeling very dizzy and unbearably tired. I chalked it up to a new medication for my migraines. Then I decided maybe it was early menopause! lol :) After a few weeks of this, for some reason I decided to take a test. So, on Tuesday, January 4th, I woke up around 6am and did the test fully expecting to see the stark white test strip staring back at me after the allotted time (as is usually the case). I about fell over when it immediately started to show up positive. I looked at it several more times and then went to wake Ryan up to show him. I woke him up and he was completely out of it...he kept asking me "What's wrong??" because I was making him walk with me to the bathroom. He told me that he thought something was wrong because I'm not usually up so early! HA! I showed him the test and he just started smiling and couldn't believe it. After that, there was no hope of us falling back asleep! So we laid back down (with Austin in the middle because he snuck into the bed in the middle of the night) and just kept grinning and saying we didn't believe it. A blood test the next day confirmed it.
The next week we went to the doctor for an ultrasound to confirm...and we saw a beautiful little flickering heartbeat. I was 8 weeks pregnant at that point! We went home and told Austin and Caitlin. They were very excited and I think a little confused! But they got to call the family and tell the good news. One day, before we told the kids, Caitlin walked out of our bathroom holding a pregnancy test in each hand and asked in an annoyed voice, "Why do I keep finding these EVERYWHERE?!?!" So funny!
On Friday, April 1st, our whole family went to the BIG anatomy ultrasound. They do a thorough check of the baby with all sorts of measurements and can tell you the sex of the baby if you are interested. OH, we were interested! Austin wanted a brother and Caitlin wanted a sister....naturally. The tech did all her measurements first and then asked if we wanted to know if baby was a boy or girl. We all said yes and she revealed that we are having a girl! Poor Austin was crushed. He put his head down on the exam table and cried a little. Then he was in denial....saying that he would still call it a boy! Prior to his big letdown, he was quite a talker and was cracking the tech up! He heard the printer printing the pictures and said, "MOM! What do you say?!" I was totally clueless as to what he was talking about...Ryan explained to him that the noise was the printer. And he says (LOUDLY) "OH. I thought Mom had gas!" Then, out of the blue a few minutes later he asked, "Mom, when the baby comes out of your buns does it feel like a poop?" After I stopped laughing, I answered, "Kind of..." He followed up with, "Like a soft poop?" At least the tech started her day off with a good laugh! :) That boy...
So, today we are at almost 21 weeks...halfway through the pregnancy. Starting to think about actually buying some baby things....
Next week, we take Austin and Caitlin to Kindergarten Round-Up. They get to meet all of the Kdg. teachers and take a little ride on a school bus. I can't believe they will be Kindergartners soon!!! Their first day of school is on our 11th anniversary! They are feeling nervous but I am so thankful that they will have each other. We requested that they be in the same class which will be great. Mommy is terrified of them riding the bus. Nothing good ever happens on the bus....imho!
Uncle Clint & Aunt Sarah flew out here for a short visit a couple weeks ago. It was very low key. The kids were all over Clint and since Sarah is pregnant as well, we didn't do too much. Hit a Pacers game, went out to dinner, took the kids to swimming class...nothing exciting but it was very nice to see them! Who knows when we will be able to get together again?!
Told you this was a looooong post. Gotta stop and nap now!!! More soon!
Around Christmas, I started feeling very dizzy and unbearably tired. I chalked it up to a new medication for my migraines. Then I decided maybe it was early menopause! lol :) After a few weeks of this, for some reason I decided to take a test. So, on Tuesday, January 4th, I woke up around 6am and did the test fully expecting to see the stark white test strip staring back at me after the allotted time (as is usually the case). I about fell over when it immediately started to show up positive. I looked at it several more times and then went to wake Ryan up to show him. I woke him up and he was completely out of it...he kept asking me "What's wrong??" because I was making him walk with me to the bathroom. He told me that he thought something was wrong because I'm not usually up so early! HA! I showed him the test and he just started smiling and couldn't believe it. After that, there was no hope of us falling back asleep! So we laid back down (with Austin in the middle because he snuck into the bed in the middle of the night) and just kept grinning and saying we didn't believe it. A blood test the next day confirmed it.
The next week we went to the doctor for an ultrasound to confirm...and we saw a beautiful little flickering heartbeat. I was 8 weeks pregnant at that point! We went home and told Austin and Caitlin. They were very excited and I think a little confused! But they got to call the family and tell the good news. One day, before we told the kids, Caitlin walked out of our bathroom holding a pregnancy test in each hand and asked in an annoyed voice, "Why do I keep finding these EVERYWHERE?!?!" So funny!
On Friday, April 1st, our whole family went to the BIG anatomy ultrasound. They do a thorough check of the baby with all sorts of measurements and can tell you the sex of the baby if you are interested. OH, we were interested! Austin wanted a brother and Caitlin wanted a sister....naturally. The tech did all her measurements first and then asked if we wanted to know if baby was a boy or girl. We all said yes and she revealed that we are having a girl! Poor Austin was crushed. He put his head down on the exam table and cried a little. Then he was in denial....saying that he would still call it a boy! Prior to his big letdown, he was quite a talker and was cracking the tech up! He heard the printer printing the pictures and said, "MOM! What do you say?!" I was totally clueless as to what he was talking about...Ryan explained to him that the noise was the printer. And he says (LOUDLY) "OH. I thought Mom had gas!" Then, out of the blue a few minutes later he asked, "Mom, when the baby comes out of your buns does it feel like a poop?" After I stopped laughing, I answered, "Kind of..." He followed up with, "Like a soft poop?" At least the tech started her day off with a good laugh! :) That boy...
So, today we are at almost 21 weeks...halfway through the pregnancy. Starting to think about actually buying some baby things....
Next week, we take Austin and Caitlin to Kindergarten Round-Up. They get to meet all of the Kdg. teachers and take a little ride on a school bus. I can't believe they will be Kindergartners soon!!! Their first day of school is on our 11th anniversary! They are feeling nervous but I am so thankful that they will have each other. We requested that they be in the same class which will be great. Mommy is terrified of them riding the bus. Nothing good ever happens on the bus....imho!
Uncle Clint & Aunt Sarah flew out here for a short visit a couple weeks ago. It was very low key. The kids were all over Clint and since Sarah is pregnant as well, we didn't do too much. Hit a Pacers game, went out to dinner, took the kids to swimming class...nothing exciting but it was very nice to see them! Who knows when we will be able to get together again?!
Told you this was a looooong post. Gotta stop and nap now!!! More soon!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Play Doh
Ahhh. After a rough morning we are having a decent afternoon thanks to Play Doh. These 2 would play with the stuff for HOURS! Apparently it is my "fake birthday" and they are making me a "rainbow cake" with candles and everything! They were also playing hotel and KFC!
On a personal triumph note....I have cleaned 90% of the main living area! THIS IS HUGE NEWS!!!! :)
On a personal triumph note....I have cleaned 90% of the main living area! THIS IS HUGE NEWS!!!! :)
Monday, January 24, 2011
Blog? What blog?
Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!
Here's the latest....
Austin and Caitlin are growing like crazy. In a couple months we will be enrolling them in Kindergarten!!!! They are such sweet kids.
Last weekend Austin got to go on a business trip with Ryan. They went to Kentucky to see a game at Moorehead State and Austin was pumped that he got to help daddy scout. He was excited to sleep in a hotel and it was classic when they skyped us. Caitlin held her foot up to the webcam and Austin (without missing a beat) said, "tickle, tickle". Pretty funny! Despite his excitement, he was a little apprehensive about being away from his girls. It was sweet to see the huge hugs and excitement when they returned the next evening. Austin even brought us postcards that he signed! ADORABLE!
While the boys were traveling, Caitlin and I caught a movie...Tangled. Very cute. She cuddled on my lap the whole time! After the movie, we did mani/pedis for each other and ordered pizza for dinner. The thing she most looked forward to was having permission to sleep in our bed all night. She was so cute and snuggly and only kicked me in the head once! lol The next day she had swimming lessons and we had lunch at Olive Garden (her fave restaurant). Then we came home and she was impatiently waiting for her Austin to get home. :) She was sooooooo happy when her boys walked in the house!
We signed Austin up for some more bball "classes" and Caitlin will be starting gymnastics soon.
Other than that, we are anxious for the snow to go away and for Ryan's busy travel season to slow down. It has been a loooooong winter! :)
Hopefully I will keep this thing updated a lot better!
Here's the latest....
Austin and Caitlin are growing like crazy. In a couple months we will be enrolling them in Kindergarten!!!! They are such sweet kids.
Last weekend Austin got to go on a business trip with Ryan. They went to Kentucky to see a game at Moorehead State and Austin was pumped that he got to help daddy scout. He was excited to sleep in a hotel and it was classic when they skyped us. Caitlin held her foot up to the webcam and Austin (without missing a beat) said, "tickle, tickle". Pretty funny! Despite his excitement, he was a little apprehensive about being away from his girls. It was sweet to see the huge hugs and excitement when they returned the next evening. Austin even brought us postcards that he signed! ADORABLE!
While the boys were traveling, Caitlin and I caught a movie...Tangled. Very cute. She cuddled on my lap the whole time! After the movie, we did mani/pedis for each other and ordered pizza for dinner. The thing she most looked forward to was having permission to sleep in our bed all night. She was so cute and snuggly and only kicked me in the head once! lol The next day she had swimming lessons and we had lunch at Olive Garden (her fave restaurant). Then we came home and she was impatiently waiting for her Austin to get home. :) She was sooooooo happy when her boys walked in the house!
We signed Austin up for some more bball "classes" and Caitlin will be starting gymnastics soon.
Other than that, we are anxious for the snow to go away and for Ryan's busy travel season to slow down. It has been a loooooong winter! :)
Hopefully I will keep this thing updated a lot better!
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