Michael's Many Moments

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Kate's School Picture

I'm usually not a fan of the flower background school pictures, but I couldn't resist purchasing this one of Kate.

Underwear, Gymnastics & Kissing...

Last Thursday Michael started gymnastics. He LOVED it. It took him a few minutes to warm up, but eventually he was having a ball. He has asked everyday since if he gets to go today.

After class I took M & K to Chick-fil-a for lunch. When we got there I needed to use the ladies' room & Michael informed me that he needed to go potty too. Kate & I went in one stall & he went in another one. Then in a VERY loud voice he shouted from the other stall, "Mommy! I'm not wearing any underwear!" It was so funny, especially when I realized another lady was in the bathroom, laughing quietly to herself. Michael has been getting dressed by himself in the mornings for a while now, but this is definitely the first time he has forgotten underwear.

Another humorous conversation he & I had the other night - I was tucking him in bed & he said, "Mommy, I want to give you a kiss." I turned my cheek towards him, but he put both hands on my face & tried to turn my face towards him. "I want to kiss you on the mouth." he said. I told him that I would rather him kiss me on the cheek. He asked why of course. I told him that moms & their kids kiss each other on the cheek (at least we do anyway :) So he said, "Well, can I kiss my friends on the mouth?" I said, "No, that wouldn't be a good idea. You can hold hands or hug your friends." (Or not touch them at all! is what I was thinking :) Then he said, "But why? I like to kiss on the mouth!" Ummm...you do? At age four? And you know this from experience?!? It was quite funny...I had to work really hard to keep from laughing.

Garage Sale!

We had our first ever garage sale last weekend. It was very successful on Friday - beautiful weather, lots of people & we sold a lot as well! Saturday was cold & horrible garage sale weather - we did manage to have a few customers and sell a few more things. Michael was my little helper...and Matthew too - he's in the background. He helped by being my guard dog:) Overall, the sale was a success and I will do one again - but not in the near future & never again at 33 weeks pregnant :)

Magical Moments

I have come to notice that Michael & Kate have moments of playing that I will term 'magical.' They disappear and quietly play together so well that I almost forget they are in the house. And no, so far it hasn't meant that they are up to no good - but I'm sure that day is coming :) Last night after baths & getting ready for bed, they sat down at Michael's little table in his room & played & played & played - for at least 20 minutes. I have no idea what they were doing or what they were talking about...but it was so cute. I really hated to end their fun & put them to bed. Now if they will just have lots of these magical moments in May...and June...and July...!!

33 Weeks! 3/28/11

Sweet Baby David has not received near enough blog time! I think this is only the 3rd tummy photo I have taken this whole pregnancy. And it's with my phone in a mirror! Oh well :) Michael wanted to be in the picture too - love that he is wearing his construction hat & using his toy tractor as his "camera." I love his little imagination. This pregnancy has been so different from the others - harder in a lot of ways. I guess that's what happens when you are keeping up with 2 other kiddos! We are so excited to meet David in 6 short weeks! Andy's & my biggest question - will he look like Michael?? When Kate was born we thought she was Michael's twin, she looked so similar!

At 30 weeks we had an ultrasound just to make sure everything was on track. Our Dr. was very pleased and even said, "I am a happy camper! He looks perfect!" What a blessing to hear those words! Here is a pic of his little profile. I think at the time he weighed 2 lbs, 9 oz. We also put his delivery date on the calendar - Wednesday, May 11, 2011.