Crazy Days!

On Saturday Brady and Easton decided to go outside to mow the lawn with "papa". I was upstairs and all the sudden heard the boys screaming and crying. I came running downstairs to find out that they had both been stung by wasps. Oh you would have thought someone had died. It was so traumatic. We googled what to put on it to make the sting go away. Here they are laying on the couch with the paste. Did I mention they had the flu at the same time?!?Kelsey's boyfriend (who is basically a part of our family) got his mission call last week to Campinas, Brazil. We are so excited for him! He is such a great kid!Here are the boys eating pizza at the opening of the mission call! This may look like dirt to you but to us it is a big deal...this is our hole for our HOUSE! They finally dug it and we are so excited! They are telling us we will be in the middle of November and we are hoping they are right! It should be a fun few months for our family!

Friends Forever...

My good friend Heather was in town from Texas so we planned a get together with a bunch of our high school friends. Usually when we plan this there are at least a few who can't come but this time pretty much everyone made it! It was so fun to get together and hang out for a few hours. Luckily my parents house is huge and the kids played all over. There were 23 kids under the age of 6 and 3 of us are pregnant. Can you say crazy!!! I am lucky to have such great friends new and old! I love these girls to death and I am so glad we still stay in touch and see each other every once in a while.

Potty Training

This is what we have spent the last week doing. It has been kind of a headache but Brady and Easton have done better than I thought they would. I am so proud of them. We are still working on it and wearing pull-ups when we go in public but we are getting there! My goal was to do it before the baby comes and I think it is going to happen! I am just glad my parents have been out of town this week while we have been working on this and had a few "accidents" on the floor!! Let's just hope it sticks!

Summer Fun!

We have had a great summer! I signed the boys up for private swimming lessons. The first few times were horrible. They screamed and cried the whole time and it was so sad. They finally started to get the hang of it and loved it. We would have the same conversation on the way there every day and they were so excited to get their stamps at the end! I am so glad I did it and will be doing it again next year. They can't really swim but they are great at flipping from their tummy to their back and floating. It is great! They loved their stamps!Brady and Easton loved to show off their stamps when we got home so if Austin was at my mom's when we got there Renee would have to get a marker and draw a smiley face on Austin's hand so he had one too. One day all the girls were upstairs cleaning and Ryan was downstairs with the 3 boys. They got into the drawer with the markers and tried to give themselves more stamps! They colored all over themselves and got a little on their clothes. My mom was trying to get them to do "hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil" She thought it was hilarious. Good thing she has a good sense of humor!Renee's older kids were at Grandma camp so Renee brought Austin and Summer to my mom's and stayed a few days. We decided to take the little boys bowling and they loved it! It was so fun! We even let the boys eat dinner there which they thought was pretty cool! I love these boys! They are so fun and make me laugh all the time! We have loved the summer but we are excited for fall, the cooler weather, and football season!

Relieved...

Thanks to Renee and to all those who wished me a happy birthday! Today started out rough but ended great! Let me explain...

I had a doctor's appointment this morning. I have had a rough time with this pregnancy and have had lots of pain, pressure, and some other issues. I told my doctor about what had been going on and because of my situation last time he decided to check me. I am dilated to a 1 and 50% effaced. No big deal except that I am only 29 weeks and this is exactly when I ended up in the hospital before. He decided to do a test called fetal fibronectin. They did this when I was pregnant with Brady and Easton so I was familiar with it. If the test comes back positive it indicates a good chance you will deliver in the next 2 weeks. It came back positive with the twins. The doctor told me if it was positive today he would admit me to the hospital on observation and give me steroids. You can imagine my horror when he told me this because last time this happened I ended up in the hospital for 3 weeks on the most miserable medication. We waited all day for the results. I went and got a pedicure and went out to lunch with my family. We finally got the call telling me the test came back negative and I don't even have to go on bed rest. They will repeat the test every 2 weeks until 36 weeks and hope it continues to come back negative. Needless to say we were thrilled, it was great news!!

Tonight we went to Ryan's Grandma's house and had a swim/pizza party for me and Kylee! It was a great night surrounded by the people I love most! Thanks to all of my family and especially my mom, sisters, and hubby who made this a special day for me despite all the drama! I love you!

Happy Birthday Sarah...

I decided to take advantage of the fact that I know Sarah's password and let you all know that today is a special day. Today is Sarah's 26th Birthday and what an amazing 26 years it has been! Happy Birthday to a wonderful sister, wife, mother and friend! Anyone who know's you is lucky...you are an amazing person! We love you!

Stroller Advice

I am in the market for a new stroller/car seat combo. Since I did things in reverse, I own 3 double strollers and no singles. At first I was just going to get a sit and stand and have the boys share the back but when I took them to look at it they hated it, fell out, fought, and would not stay in it. I have decided to just get a single stroller. I am leaning towards this Chicco but I am not totally sold yet. Any advice from all you experts out there would be greatly appreciated! What do you have? Do love it, hate it, wish you had something different? I am hoping this one will last me through the rest of my kids and I won't have to do this again :)

On a side note...Congrats to my brother Geoff and his beautiful wife! They just found out they are having twins...a BOY and a GIRL! We are so excited for them! They will have 4 kids under 4! It is going to be crazy but fun! Two sets of twins (naturally) in 1 family...what are the chances? We are thrilled for them!