Mommy's Lil Fish

Saturday, Kyler started his 6 week coarse of swim lessons.  I went in this time with him (to get Kolton off my back) and since I will be having Kolton soon, I will be missing out on being in the water with Kyler.  The water was FREEZING!  They forgot to turn the heater on.  Mom and Chris were both pleased they got to miss out on this turn and Kolton was none to happy with me.

Kyler did great! His poor chin quivered the whole time but he was having fun. There towards the end of class he was getting over it, but I was still pleased with him.  Hopefully this Saturday will be better for him and for my mom (meaning they'll have the heater on).

This is me and Kyler trying to get our ankles used to the coldness.. HA!:

We started off getting the kids (and us) used to the water by singing The Wheels on the Bus (we would twirl the kids round and round, up and down, honking the horn was splashing): 

Waiting on the instructor:

She brought out toys for us to throw and have the kids swim to. Kyler had 3 ducks and a penguin to chase. He had his hands and feet going like no tomorrow:

The lady to my left is also preggers.  Her 2nd child is due in 2 months:





My water bug swimming:



The instructor asked Kyler if he could blow bubbles (or give it raspberries as he calls it) and he didn't hesitate:

Circus Fun

OK, I'm still not liking this format now and can't seem to figure it out.. (especially after being up ALL night long). But I figured it would occupy my time by attempting to upload another blog.  So please just bare with me.

We were given free tickets back in December by the Adopt A Family to attend the Shriners' Circus this week.  I definitely needed to get out of the house and we figured it would be something fun for Kyler to enjoy.  It was on a week night which made it difficult for the boys as we didn't get home until 11:30 that night, but it was well worth it.

As we were approaching the entrance, there was this tent that had a petting zoo. Kyler went CRAZY once he saw the giraffe inside. He was off to a run to go see it. We bought him carrots to feed it. This things tongue was HUGE and purple. Kyler kept laughing because every time he would hold out the carrot this giraffe would bend its long neck down and grab it from him. It was too cute.

*** my pictures are all out of order and I can't seem to get them in order, so I will just tell you about them and you'll have to accept and enjoy them as they are...Sorry

Next we found the pony rides. There was NO stopping this kid. He found the one he wanted and climbed on board.  The lady was offering him a pony in trade for his baby brother and to my surprise he actually said "NOOOOOOO" (with a cute little giggle). One of the pony pictures I actually got him saying this (evidence for later) HA!

After the pony's we started making our way into the building when we were stopped by a clown (Kyler..not such a fan of them) but the clown gave him a nose and he seemed to like that and to my surprise even wore it.

Just as we found some good seats and sat down, out came the elephant for rides. My son who I didn't think would want anything to do with it, actually cried when we told him no...they wanted $10 / person to ride this thing. We were thinking something reasonable like $5 / person. I wasn't allowed on the elephant being so hugely pregnant and all and Chris didn't want to ride it. After a major meltdown and him climbing the stairs anyway to mount this thing, I didn't have a choice but to put on my big girl panties and let him ride this thing by himself.  With that, I mean without anyone he knew up there with him. Before we could even pay he was mounted and ready for his tour. Luckily there was a lady that was taking her small child on it so he wasn't completely alone up there. And how I didn't go into labor with him touring around the place I will never know.  He smiled the entire time and didn't even cry when his tour was up.

We ended up losing our seats, but that's OK, we found even better ones on the front row.  We had a great time. There were a few times all 3 of us were bored with the show at the same time and Kyler would lay stretched out between Chris and I but as soon as something interesting came on he was back up in his seat watching intensely.

The very last picture is my favorite picture.  It was the last picture I was able to take of the night as they had a policy about video taping / taking pictures while the show was going on.  As soon as the gentlemen in their kilts and bagpipes came out playing our National Anthem, Kyler stood up and placed his hand over his heart. It was a true proud Mommy moment for me and I knew then that we chose the right school for him.  He sure is proud of our flag even though he is too young to know the meaning behind it, he knows it's something very special.

Maybe by my next post (I doubt it) I will have figured this new format out.

38 Weeks

Just 8 days to go!!! C-section is scheduled for Friday, May 4th!

Fetal Development:
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The baby may be gaining an ounce a day now. His/her intestines are accumulating lots of meconium (baby's first bowel movement). The circumference of the head and the baby's abdomen are about the same size. <><><><> <><><><> <><><><> Maternal Changes: <><><><> <><><><> <><><><> <><><><> False labor contractions are irregular and can be very painful. These contractions may be felt in various parts of your body (back, lower abdomen, pelvis). True labor contractions start at the top of your uterus and then spread over the entire uterus, through your lower back and into the pelvis. True labor will become stronger and more painful and won't be alleviated by changing position.

This Little Piggy

My SIL knows someone whose momma pig had piglets.  She Knows how much I Love pigs, so she came over and captured Kyler and I and took us to go see the babies.

Kyler was helping Daddy work on the car when we got the phone call about the piggies:

My SIL got first hold.  This little piggy was a squealer and high pitched at that!:

Isn't she so cute?!!:

Look at her face! Don't you just want to kiss that face?!:

Zachary got 2nd turn:

 Kyler getting his turn:

 Me next!! As my SIL said, "you are just too Happy to be holding a piglet":

 They were looking at Momma Pig and her 4 babies:

 Mr. Ken went in and got another baby out for us to hold. Momma was not happy since the first one was squealing so badly.  This one was calm and EVER SO CUTE with her stripes:

 Kyler was so nervous holding the piglet that as he was saying Cheese for the camera, his voice was shaking and my SIL was giggling SO hard. It was too cute and ever so funny:

 Nicholas finally took a turn, but he was so not wanting to:

 What a happy girl!

 Kyler slam dunking with help of Kenny:

 We cleaned up from the pig pens via the outside shower and Kyler was hot so he went all in, clothes and all. It was too cute. He was drying off in the sun while swinging. A boy in heaven:

And as long as the 4 wheelers were NOT running, he was all about them:

More Pictures and Updates

Here are a few more picture updates from the past few weeks.

Kolton Chase at 37 weeks:

Me suntanning as Kyler plays outside:

 

 

I took Kyler to the movies to get us both out of the house. He found the motorcycle:

 Kyler fixing Daddy's VW Buggy:

 

Ok, so I'm NOT liking the new format here.  I'm having MAJOR issues adding captions to the pictures or getting them to line up with the proper picture.  So above are of Kyler fixing Daddy's VW Buggy; fixing his bike (he saw the neighbor guy laying on the ground working on his car and figured he needed to mock him and do it on his bike); he and Daddy fixing the sprinklers or running thru the water hose.  Daddy drew a guy on the ground with sidewalk chalk and Kyler plopped down and was pretending he drew it.. priceless!  Another picture of Kyler's BIG little brudder, Kolton. And last week at school, Kyler's class was doing Medieval themes and here is my King with his crown.