Mother's Day

Mother's day... Mother's day is interesting for me because it is always fun to see what the kids make or come up with for gifts. Last year, Maddy wrapped a dr. pepper from the fridge and gave it to me. I also got little buttrflies that the twins made. Myah gave me a picture of herself that she's posing in. The kids have been so sweet at making me feel like part of the family. This year, the presents were interesting. I got self portraits from Maddy and Dawson. I am gonna have to have the other kids do one too so I can hang them up. I got a pot for planting that Myah painted and it had kisses in it. Colby gave me a card and a picture of him in his costume for the play coming up. Brady gave his to Tina, I guess one picture of a set of twins is good enough. : ) It is funny because I don't really think he was supposed to give it to me but oh well. The card is the cutest. Mason accidently put "Happy Mother's! Love you lots!" and then an inch below Myah wrote the exact same thing. We celebrated on Saturday after I got back from my massage and facial with Missy. Shout out to my friend Missy who is also pregnant after trying for 2 years! We ordered Barro's pizza and relaxed. I also went to lunch with my mom and sisters on Saturday where they told me all the bad stuff about labor : ) Dustin had told me to have my mom stop by the house after lunch because he had something for her. I had no clue what he was talking about but I did as I was instructed. Later that night I asked him what he gave her. All by himself he had gone to Costco and got a picture of the kids framed and matted and had all the kids write a message on the mat and then gave it to her. I love my husband. I want my mom to know how much I love her and I am glad that I have pretty much turned out just like her : ) I often try to ask myself how my mom would have handled situations when we were kids. I never remember disliking my mom but I always knew what was right and I hope that is the kind of mom and step-mom I can be. Happy Mother's Day to all the mother's that may be reading this!

my pregnancy pic

Here I am today. I haven't been very good at taking pictures of myself pregant but here I am.

I know it has been a while...

Sorry that I haven't updated this thing in a while. The longer I went without posting, the harder it is to come up with something because it all seems insignificant but I am gonna try to do better. One important thing is that the BABY SHOWER IS GOING TO BE ON JUNE 20TH. The TWINS BAPTISM is also going to be on that day. For all of you who don't know, Dustin and I have been trying to get clearence to get sealed. We thought it would have been March but we are hoping that it will get processed soon and we will let you know as soon as we know. We will be on vacation in San Diego from June 11th to the 19th or 20th. ALL THE KIDS EXCEPT MYAH did the Hershey track meet this last week (Pictures to come). MASON is going to be on Student Counsel next year. HAYDEN has a dance concert for the junior high this weekend (picture hopefully to come). MADISON has her last dance competition this week and will be having her recital... information to come. MADDY sold her homemade clips at the school Mercado and made 400 fake dollars (it costed 1 real dollar to get 1 fake dollar). DAWSON and MADDY are the most interested in the baby and ask me everyday how big it is. I think they are the only ones that have felt it kick. COLBY AND BRADY are really growing up... they are now doing their own laundry. MYAH has kindegarten graduation in a few weeks and she is very excited. We just bought her an outfit last night for this event. OVERALL, we are looking forward to school being out and the fun events of the summer. DUSTIN AND I HAVE SOME SURPRISES UP OUR SLEEVES.
UPDATES ON BABY...
I am 28 weeks along tomorrow. I had an ultrasound last week and I am where I should be to the day. It is still a boy. I have a dr appt tomorrow for the Glucose test and then I will be going to the doc every 2 weeks. I can't imagine that in 12 weeks we are going to have a baby. We have pretty much everything we need for the baby just have a lot going on this summer and it is gonna go by fast. Baby is very active when he is awake and kicks a lot. You can now see his kicks from the outside. My back is hurting but other than that I feel great. I have had to take my engagement ring off because my hands are swelling a little bit... I will add some pics soon! I will try to update everyday.

Myah funnies

On Sunday, we were finishing up dinner and Dustin was rattling off the list of what he needed the kids to do to clean up dinner. He was telling Mason that he needed to clean up the table because it "was herendous". Myah then said with attitude"that bar counter top is hinderous!" We all laughed very hard. Dustin told Mason to wipe the bar off earlier in the day and the little kids had looked at it from the side and saw all the crumbs so she felt compelled to enliten us. Our little Myah is always saying funny things. On Saturday, we were buying stuff for the baby room and I bought a clock. Myah said "That clock only goes to 12!" She was so disguisted. Also, we got Myah's ears peirced 4 weeks ago (just before her 6th birthday) The furniture store lady asked how long ago she got her ears peirced, I said 4 weeks and then Myah said "No, it was when I was 5". I am excited to have a blog to keep these memories fresh!

Pinewood Dirby

On Saturday Dawson had his last Pinewood Derby. He was defending his first place title from last year. Dawson took much time in designing his car, painting it, putting decals on and helping Dustin put it all together. There were many races and even a guest appearance by the "cub sub". The leader made a really bulky, non airodinamic car called the cub-sub and everyone loved it because it barely made it to the finish line. Dawson only lost 3 races and we found out later his car was faster backwards then it was forward. He won an award for most wedge shaped car. Drumroll.... He took 2nd place overall! Good job Dawson! Next year it is the Twins' turn!

It's a Boy and he's kicking!

We found out on Wednesday that we are having a boy! We had all of the kids there except Hayden (who was on the phone) and Mason (who was at his track meet). Grandma Phillips #2, as we refer to her, was there too! The kids were so excited to see what the baby was but there were a lot of things that the tech had to look at first. The baby was moving sooooo much she had to keep waiting for him to cooperate. We saw the head, the brain, the heart, the embilical cord, the kidneys, the feet, the legs, the ribs and the heartbeat. We saw everything while he was squirming. Then, finally we got to see the baby's parts! There was no doubt that it was a boy. Myah said "Ahhh, I wanted it to be a girl". My setiments exactly : ) I was so amazed by how active he was and seeing him in there moving around and seeing his face. The tech said that everything was healthy and that was all that was important to me. Now we start with the planning for our baby boy! Also, I felt the first official kick that I could differentiate last night.