update on the previous posts

curtis made it threw lessons without getting kicked out. he didn't pass to the next level though. which doesn't really surprise me. but the last day he did go down the slide on the teachers lap and then thanked her for it. but he insists he will never do it again. thats ok at least he tried once.

this week makes 24 weeks pregnant... that makes 3rd trimester right?? i cant remember but anyway its getting closer!!! she is moving a lot, although today not so much yet.. theres only one name that feels like it might stick so far. we don't know how long it will sound right to us. we both came up with macy. curtis will tell people now that hes getting a baby sister, or that he will have two little sisters. he always wants to feel the baby. he likes it, ari not so much. she wants nothing to do with a new baby of her own. at least not yet.

last week, me and the kids took a trip to arco. its a little tiny town out by craters of the moon. (its a little bigger than picaboo) anyway, my bro and his family live there. i decided it was a good time and good idea to take a short trip before this baby comes and makes traveling harder. we headed up friday morning once curtis was done with the last swim lesson. it took 3 1/2 to get there. not so bad. we stopped in boise for a toilet break and then in carey; only an hour left of the trip. after we got there and got lunch, we all went to idaho falls cause john (my bro) had a meeting and davian (his wife) was still at work so i had 4 kids to watch at the park where he dropped us for an hour. i'm not used to watching 4 kids so it was a little bit of a challenge. plus when i'm at the park with my kids, they don't usually get an hour to play. but it was all ok. the trip to idaho falls was another hour drive... the next day up there was atomic days, its a huge deal over there. they have a huge parade and fair and stuff. its pretty cool. just before the parade started, an airplane flew over the parade route and dropped a whole bunch of ping pong balls. each worth 50 cents if you took them to the sheriffs office. i caught one, a few minutes later a kid walked by and gave me two more and at the end of the parade one of the police cars in it gave us two more. plus lots of candy from all the floats. it was pretty great! i took my camera to get pictures of our little weekend over there but didn't manage to remember to pull it out. maybe if i go back again in a couple weeks like the kids want then i will take a few pics..

the new baby is...

A GIRL!!! our third is a girl. we don't have any names yet. probly not for a little while. shes very active and looks like shes developing just fine... other than that i don't know what else to say about it.

curtis is in swim lessons now and hes really not doing so great. hes afraid of the water and won't listen to a thing the teacher says for him to do. i'm hoping they dont kick him out of the class for his resistance.

curtis is growing up!!

there has been so many times during the last couple weeks curtis has really shown me that he is not a baby anymore. he is a big boy now.

he has decided he likes a clean house and hes trying to keep his room clean. he has been wanting to take the garbage out all by himself and usually we walk down to the dumpster with him to lift the bag in. i didn't go with him yesterday. the bag was full but not heavy and he carried it to the dumpster and lifted it in all by himself. i was so surprised he could reach! he also decided he likes showers. both curtis and ari got sooooo muddy and dirty. they found a mud puddle to play in. i put ari in the shower first and she screamed the entire time. curtis told her that he likes showers. hes a big boy. i left the shower running while i got her diaper on her and curtis climbed in and got right under the water to start getting rinsed and wet. after getting wet enough he stepped out of the water so i could wash him and then stepped back under to get rinsed. all without the slightest hint of fear of the water. he even rubbed his hair to get some soap out. he decided he was done so he got out and dried and dressed.

it may not seem like a lot to most but its amazing to see how my little baby has grown.

ari's "surgery"

ariana had her 2 year check up shortly after her birthday in may. it all went well she is growing like she should be. then the dr looked in her ears. he said it looked like she had a piece of plastic next to her ear drum. one of the nurses brought in a bottle of water and sprayed it in her ear to try to get the "thing" out. didn't work so he told us to make an appointment at the ENT (ear nose throat) place down the hall. when that appt came, the dr looked in her ear and asked if she had an ear infection lately. i told him it had been a couple months. he said her ear drum probly burst and in healing it left a piece of infection that mineralized and became basically an ear booger but it needed to be removed anyway. he prescribed ear drops so we used those and went back for a check up a week later. it was still in her ear so she was scheduled for "surgery". the 12th we went to the treasure valley hospital and they got all the paper work done and finally took her back to give her laughing gas and put her to sleep so they could safely pull the booger out without her squirming. it ended up being just a glob of wax and she was out for about 5 minutes and then allowed to wake up. the nurse said usually kids cry coming out of being asleep. not ari, she smiled and looked around and within a couple minutes i had her back and gave her a glass of milk since she was so hungry and theres been no problems since then. she still doesn't listen so the ear wax wasn't the problem with her listening to me ;)

may and early june updates

wow its been awhile. lots has happened since the end of april. ariana had a birthday which makes her 2 already! i can't believe shes already 2. her birthday was may 19th. we had a little birthday party for her. my dad came over that morning and brought her a couple gifts, a little later we had her cake decorated by jen. it was awesome, we looked at a picture of "my little pony" and had it drawn on the cake. vaughn got called for a job interview so he got up and left for that. a couple hours later i got a call and he told me that he has a job and is going to take a drug test and then off to work. kind of put a damper on her birthday to me a little. but a couple hours after that he called again and said he was on his way home and said he will start work in the morning instead. works for me. that evening my mom came over to see ari, didn't have much for her then but just to say hi. a little after that vaughns family came over to see her too plus have dinner and cake and watch her open presents. i think she had lots of fun.

so vaughn got a job as i mentioned earlier, its another pipe laying company. bodiford construction... hes been laying pipe for 3 years. he likes it i think. the only thing with this company is that hes getting so many hours that he may not be able to go to school during the summer. if thats the case he will try for school again this fall.

we had been hired to mow the yards at our apartments and to keep it looking nice around here. this year we got tired of spending 3 hours pushing a mower around. so we bought a riding mower from campbell tractor. its a john deere dealer. we finally had it delivered the 2nd of june. its so nice. we can get done mowing in about 2 hours now without being sooo tired. in the deal to mow, it makes is so we only owe 5 a month for rent! as long as all the mowing money goes to rent.

right now i'm about 17 1/2 weeks pregnant. almost half way!! but i feel the baby move now. vaughn can even feel it move once in awhile. its great. we will hopefully find out in a couple weeks what it is. pretty sure its a girl but i still wanna know for sure.

where do i start?

so curtis has one more day of school. may 1st will be his last day. he has loved it and i recommend that if any of you want to put your 3 to 5 year old in it that you email the lady asap and let her know. he spent lots of time at school learning about animals. he learned about stars and space and aliens to go with it. he learned about a farm and sports. they used lots of paper plates to make their crafts. they painted with their fingers and brushes. they put bracelets and necklaces together. they learned about trains. the students that were taking care of the little students read lots of stories to them.

i had an ultrasound to get a due date. the official due date they wanna use is november 12th! it was a little closer than i thought. i thought it would be about the 19th. i'll take the 12th though. there is definately one baby. i was kind of hoping for two just so i wouldn't have another pregnancy. most of the time i feel pretty good now but sometimes my hunger gets out of hand and i start feeling pretty sick.

the mowing season has started. vaughn mows the yard for our apartments and gets paid for it. we are not professional but it gets the job done. if anyone wants to help us out, you could hire us for your yard mowing. we are trying to come up with a riding mower since we have an acre and a half to do with a push mower. it takes 3 hours to mow then to go around to weed eat.... its a long job. but its gonna pay our rent for a few months.

curtis is in sumbeams at church as most of you know or could have guessed. he gave his first talk a month ago or so and has been so incredibly anxious to do it again. he gets another chance on sunday. he wants to go up during fast and testimony meeting.

well anyway i cant think of anything else right off hand. hope your days are well!

curtis starts playschool

i heard from shelly from church that two different high schools were putting on a play school for kids ages 3-5 or 6. i signed curtis up for the one at colombia(?). anyway its on amity. today is his first day. we found the room without too much trouble and we walked in and took his coat off and handed the permission form to the teacher and went to see what the other kids were doing. didn't even look back to say bye. i think the confidence of walking in and not looking back comes from his years in church classes. in nursery they walk into class and after awhile don't look back. thats what this class reminded me of. i think it had the whole set up of a good preschool. i went to pick him up today and he didn't wanna come with me. he wanted to stay and play a little longer. lots of other little kids there were excited to see their moms. curtis didn't come running or say hi when i walked it. its crazy how other kids reaction is so much different than curtis. he excited to go back tomorrow.