A New Baby is on the way!

We are expecting baby number 3! We are so excited! I am around 19 weeks and I am really starting to feel pregnant! I don't fit into anything and I am so at that "I just look fat and not pregnant" stage! I am feeling the baby move alot and it is just the neatest thing. With every pregancy, I am just amazed at what a miracle it is! I am thinking that it has to be a boy because it is just soooo active. I am going to find out what it is in the next week or so and it is probably a boy but of course I am still hopeful that it will be a girl. Either way I feel so blessed to be able to have another addition to our family. My boys are so excited. Shaun is at a really fun age. He is just as excited about the new baby as Tommy and I are. I was telling him that the baby is big enough that its ears are developed and the baby can hear us talk and so he loves to pat my stomach and talk to the baby. I also told him that it is getting strong enough that it can do summersaults in my stomach. Shaun must have laughed for 10 minutes. He thought that that was the funniest thing! Now everyone that he sees he has to tell. Bryce just keeps saying that he wants me to go to the doctor and get the baby out. He wants the baby right now! Anyway, we are so excited about our new addition that is on the way!!!

Thanksgiving Fun :)

We had a really great Thanksgiving! It was just a small group of us but it was was kindof nice, we were all able to sit around the dinner table together. We did miss the family that was out of town but we had a nice day. The food was great as always and I was going to be try to be "good" and only eat one slice of pie, but of course that didn't work. The pie is my weakness!!! I justified it because I went to the gym Thanksgiving morning :)

This year we decided to be alittle crazy! Walmart just had the best stuff on sale this year and we wanted to be sure that we got everything that we wanted so we got in line at 9:00 pm on Thanksgiving. (Yes, we are those crazy people that you see on the news the day after thanksgiving frantically grabbing things off the shelves....this is the only day of the year that I allow my claws to come out :) The earliest that we have ever gotten in line is at 12:00 so this was a new record for us :) Anyway, we were prepared this year and brought a tent and two heaters. We played cards, made lots of friends with the other crazy people in line and we really had a great time.

Summer and I were a bit short handed this year so we recruited Toddie to come with us! He was such a good sport! He got our big things that were hard for us to get and really looked like an old pro! He said that he would NEVER do it again, but I think that he had a good time. Thanks Todd!!!

At 5:00 am the madness began! We had a game plan in the works and as the doors opened we went crazy. We were out of the store within 25 minutes with about 4 carts full of stuff. It was total insanity but also alot of fun! I know that it sounds crazy but I really look forward to this day all year long. In fact I am already counting down the days!!! (Not really :)

After all of the shopping we rewarded ourselves with a nice breakfast at IHOP. We met up with Kim, Bettie, Erin and Chelle. After a well deserved breakfast we went home and took a nice long nap. It was heavenly! It was definately a day that I won't forget!

Kids say the cutest things :)

Normally I would be posting something cute that Bryce said. Bryce is at such a fun and cute age and just about everything that comes out of his mouth is just so cute. But the past couple of weeks Shaun has said the funniest things and I wanted to be sure to write them down somewhere so that I would not forget about them....and where would be a better place than on my blog :)

So a few weeks ago Bettie and Steve bought a travel trailer. They were really excited because they got a really good deal and Steve was saying that he stole it from the guy and that they got a steal of a deal! So later that night, Shaun comes in and says "Mom, I think that grandpa stole that trailer from the guy"! "I heard him say that he stole it from him"! It was so cute and innocent! We of course had to explain to him that Grandpa didn't steal the trailer and that that is what people say when they get a really good deal. I'm not sure if he fully understood but it was so cute and we got a great laugh!


The second thing happened a couple of days ago while he was at school. He told me that they were learning about firemen in their class and his teacher was telling them that being a fireman was a really good job. She then went around the room and asked each child in the class what they wanted to be when they grew up. When she got to Shaun she asked him if he wanted to be a fireman and he said no. She asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up and he said that he couldn't think of anything right away so he told her that he wanted to be an elf! He said that the class started to laugh....including him and his teacher. He just comes up with the most off the wall things sometimes. Another too cute moment!

Shaun is such a joy to have in our family. He always keeps us on our toes and he is really trying to find himself. I love all of the cute things that our kids say and do. It really makes being a parent the best job ever!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. Besides Christmas, Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I love being with my family, cooking, of course eating and shopping the next day :) This year we will be at Bettie and Steve's house for Thanksgiving. I am looking forward to the yummy food and scoping out the ads for hours! I have so much to be thankful for and that is really the best thing to me about Thanksgiving. I love that a day is set aside for us to just think about the things that we have been blessed with. I hope that you all have a great Thanksgiving!!!

Our week in Oceanside

As most of you know my digital camera broke a few months ago so I haven't been able to post any pictures. Anyway, my cousin Tara had some pictures from our trip this summer to Oceanside. The third week in June we spent a week in a condo at Oceanside. We had a great time! It was a vacation that was much needed! We had a blast just hangin out at the beach and relaxing. Shaun and Bryce spent all day everyday in the water...between the ocean and the jacuzzi. Our last Saturday there, everyone came out and we had a bon fire and barbecue on the beach. I wish that the week could have lasted alot longer. Its crazy how fast a week flies by when you are having fun.

I'mmmmm Bacccckkkkkk!!

Ok...so I have to laugh! In my last post (that was forever ago) I was talking about how not a whole lot was going on. LOL...life has changed!! With Tommy starting a new business we have been trying to think of ways that we can cut our expenses and be able to put more money into the business. About a month ago we decided to put an ad in the newspaper to see if we could rent our house. Two weeks had gone by and we had gotten very few calls and no one was very interesed. Then the last week of our ad the phone was ringing off the hook and we had two people that were really interested. So anyway, we rented our house to a nice couple with three kids. Their son and Shaun have actually have been in the same class in school since the 1st grade (small world) so as you can imagine life has been crazy. I have had about 2 weeks to pack up my house. I feel like we are NEVER going to be finished. I think that child birth is the most painful thing in life and moving is a close second :) Steve and Bettie are kind enough to let us crash their house while we save up some money and hopefully get Tommy's business going. I do have to say that I seriously miss the blogging world! I miss keeping in touch with everyone! Hope you are all doing well!!!

Slacker!!!

I have been a complete slacker! I have probably clicked on my blog over 10 times this past week and everytime I just can't think of anything to write about. I am also so stumped because my camera is broken, so it's hard when you can't post pictures. Not a whole lot has been going on so I guess that's why I feel like I don't have a lot to write about. I know that I am setting myself up because whenever I say that I don't have alot going on, I seem to get bombarded with stuff. On Tuesday we had a baby shower for Erin. We got together at Mimi's Cafe and ate. It was a fun night out. I hardly ever get to get out on a week night so it was a fun night. Today I am planning on going to the girl's weekend that Summer put together. We are going out to Dana Point and spending the night in a hotel out there. I am excited....it should be alot of fun. Other than that life is pretty uneventful :) I am so excited that it is Friday!!! I love Fridays!! Fridays mean date night with Tommy (except for tonite cause I will be at the girls weekend) and I don't have to help Shaun with homework clear until Monday......yahhhhoooooo!!! I swear, I think that I get more excited about no homework then he does :) I do have to say that I don't ever remember getting as much homework as he has when I was in school. I am sure that alot of you can relate....it really is crazy! It's not just the homework packet but also the reading, math facts, and ect. ect ect. Anyway it's Friday and I excited!!! Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!