Really... what is going on???

I know I have complained about being soooooooo tired before, but this time I'm wondering if any of you have also had this so far into your pregnancy. I honestly can't believe that it took me 10 minutes to get up enough energy to get out of my car and get my kids in the house this afternoon. I'm really wondering if this is normal or if something is wrong with me. I am also soooooooo emotional (that may be an understatement)... I really just called my husband crying because I didn't know what to make for dinner and the kids are hungry. Then the food-aversion thing is back. I will be 27 weeks pregnant this Friday, I should be feeling good. Have any of you experienced this? This is all so new and weird to me (I wasn't like this with the boys). I'm wondering if I need to call my Dr?!?!?!?!!?

99 days...

I just noticed this morning that I have 99 days (almost 26 weeks) on my baby counter left... lots of mixed feelings. For one, I can't wait to hold, cuddle and dress this precious little GIRL. Second, I'm scared to death about the time of year she will be born. With all the weird flu's and colds(H1N1, exceptionally strong and early normal flu, then RSV, etc.) that come along with having a December/ January baby. I have only had summer babies, so this is freaking me out. Then all of the sad and scary things that have happened lately with babies that I know. I don't know... we may just stay home for 3 months strait and enjoy our new baby. I have definitely been feeling "pregnant" lately. Moving much slower, eating lots more, and still extremely TIRED. I'm wondering if I will ever get the energy to do the "nesting" that I usually do. I was never this exhausted with the boys, but I did get sick with them so I guess this is the trade-off. Overall, we can't wait (especially Ammon). Yesterday the baby kicked both Ammon and Carters head and they felt it. They were laughing so hard and kept trying to get her to kick again... I love it. We can't wait...

Mr. 6 am...

is out. On his brothers back. At 11:45(am, like before lunch). While watching Cars. Son, you really can sleep in longer. You don't have to get up everyday before Dad leaves for school. Mom can handle making him breakfast (and packing his lunch) alone. I promise...

Yo-Ho, Yo-Ho a Pirates Life for Carter!

{Yes, that is milk about to drip off his chin from his cereal.}

Carter saying "Captain Jack Sparrow". He is obsessed to say the least. This kid wakes up in the middle of the night singing yo-ho, yo-ho a pirates life for me. Seems cute, but not so much at 3:00 am. He is at such a (hard) fun age. We sure enjoy his funny personality. Here are some funny things he's done lately.
*He threw the ball to the picture of Jesus and said, "Jesus, catch".
* Aunt Jaci gave him a new nickname, Carter-sauce! He loves it and calls himself it all the time.
* A couple nights ago Ammon and Carter got in trouble for pouring baby powder in all of our shoes in the closet. Dad gave them hard spankings because mom had had it. Later Carter said "That's mean to me, Ammon did it." He just kept saying it. We ended up laughing so hard because he was so cute. And, Ammon had to clean it up all by himself. We felt bad that Carter got punished for something he didn't do.
* Everything ends in "All day long" now. He wants to eat it, all day long. He wants to wear his Angels baseball shirts, all day long", the list goes on. He is so fun, we sure LOVE this little Carter-sauce! He really is pretty "saucy".

So Smart!!!

I sure miss this little guy when he is at preschool (3 hours is a long time). So does Carter!

Ammon is learning sooooooo much in his new preschool. I think his preschool in St. George was just a social hour. Anyways, here they teach the sounds instead of the letter. It's totally effective with Ammon, he is catching on so quickly. I just had to show you (especially grandma) how good he can write his name. This is on his "mmm" homework. Good job Bud!

Disneyland Pictures...

My kids didn't want a picture with Minnie... Ammon is into "she's a girl" already. Too bad, but this picture is adorable and we didn't even have to wait, we happened to run into Minnie.

Two days at Disneyland with no husband was hard, but because of lots of help it definitely made it easier. Mason (as well as Jaci and Grandma and Kenbra) was awesome to help me keep track of my kids and this picture is so cute.

Can you believe it, we got to see Woody. My kids were freaking out!

Carter was playing peek-a-boo with Woody, but he didn't even know. It was so cute!

Yummy.

Just chillin, eatin grapes, waiting to go on Soarin' Over California. Which was such a cool ride, I can't believe I had NEVER ridden it before.

Here Jaci, this is a good picture. I love it, you both look so cute. My niece Eliza got me sooooooo excited to have a GIRL. She is the sweetest thing. She can't go to sleep without holding her baby, I LOVE IT. Boys and girls are soooooooo different from birth.

It's impossible to get 4 kids to look at you when they are around Lightning McQueen and Mater.

I know I look goofy, I usually do.

Is that Ammon or a BUG? I love watching the bug show with Flik in California Adventure, it never gets old seeing Carter swat at the 3-D butterfly, I love it.

Carter or a BUG?

Just waiting to ride Buzz...

After a long, super fun weekend, we were all totally exhausted. Sunday after our family had left (sniff, sniff) we all took a long nap- except for Mike. And, those of you who know Ammon know that doesn't happen very often.

We sure missed Daddy and can't wait for the day that he will be able to do "fun stuff" with us again!

Fun weekend at Disneyland with FAMILY...

Here's proof that my little Ammon is a dare-devilen, thrill-seekin kiddo. He had his arms up for most of this ride and he wasn't even with his mom or dad. Way to go Dude! I stole lots more pictures from my sis-in-law, so more to come. Top to Bottom; cousin Kenbra, Grandma Watts, Uncle Mason, lil Mason, Ammon, and Aunt Jaci. We had a blast and wish they could have stayed FOREVER!!!

Traveling ANTS...

Frustrated. Last week in Ammon & Carters room on the top bunk?!?!? (Did I mention their room is upstairs.) Next day in the guest bedroom and garage. Yesterday kitchen. Today... coming out of the top of my mirror in the master bath. These ants are NOT very smart. They are not getting into food (which is good for me) but what the HECK do they want? Frustrated. I HATE ANTS. I'm off to buy some more ant bait, I've used all that I had and all the spray that I had. F.Y.I. The spray doesn't work very well, it only kills on contact and then they just keep appearing. But the bait is WONDERFUL!

Our after church excursion...

Newport Beach Temple & Newport Beach Island Check out this small house on Newport Beach Island, the smart car is almost as wide as the house.

How cool would this be...

Finally a happy face!

Carter too!

We were trying to take a picture of Mike and I and Ammon really wanted to be in it.

Fun with Daddy!

Our little family picture. Taken by Daddy. (Carter would not let us take out his binky... he usually doesn't have it all day and we never take it anywhere with us, but he had just got woke up from a 20 minute nap.)

Grouchy.

Look! It's the angel.

Sooooooo grouchy!

Ammon found a stick!

The grounds were so BEAUTIFUL!

What kind of plant is this???

This is over the front door.

We had so much fun! The Temple was beautiful and it was awesome to spend some time with Mike. This Temple is actually pink like a salmon color. I think it's because Newport City has codes and a big WHITE BUILDING doesn't fit into that code. So that was very different but it was still beautiful. You can check out the info here http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/newportbeach/. We drove around after seeing the Temple I was soooooooooo claustrophobic... everything is soooooooooooo tight. I can not see how anyone would ever be able to move in or out of a house there. CRAZINESS!

Baby Peyton

Here's the inspiration for our baby's name. I had my camera yesterday and snapped a picture of the street sign while I was driving. We decided we loved the name even before we knew we were having a GIRL. So yesterday when I was getting the boys' room ready to get the crib out. Ammon was talking to Carter and here's how it went. "Carter, can you believe we are going to have a baby sister on Christmas Eve. I'm so excited, we'll get to hold her. I can't wait. I miss her."
He really is so excited to have a little sister. I have no idea if she'll be here on Christmas Eve, but that would be great if she were already home on Christmas Eve. He has big plans to hold her and turn on our fireplace. I think it sounds like an awesome way to spend our first Christmas Eve without family parties and family all around us.

and... Carter's Big Boy Bed

So BIG

Carter had outgrown his baby crib and hasn't been sleeping well the last week, so we decided to get the top bunk down and set both their beds on the floor. He slept well last night, so hopefully it doesn't change. He loved that he got a Lightning McQueen bed and Mater is on his pillow. This kind of makes me feel old to have both my kids in "real" beds. I remember sleeping on these beds when I was little, it wasn't that long ago... right?!?!?!

What an EVENTFUL day!

gotta love this "fake smile"

Ammons First Day of Preschool... So to start off with Ammons first day of "Patchwork Preschool". He LOVED every minute of it and couldn't wait for me to leave him there. Carter and I went with him for the first hour and a half, they had a water party while the parents had a meeting. They even let Carter go to the water party, so that was nice since he had been acting like he was a little jealous. The lady who has the preschool is LDS and lives in Chino Hills which is really close to us. They are very nice and I feel comfortable with Ammon going there. Originally I didn't think I would send him to preschool here because it's so expensive. But this school is reasonable, still a lot of $$$ that we don't have, but I think it's important for him. So we will sacrifice a little more to make it work. I always get a little emotional when things like this happen and yesterday wasn't any different. It felt really weird leaving him here, in California, by himself. I really haven't been away from him at all for a couple months. But he is really excited to go to school again, so I guess that means he's happy there. When I picked him up he gave me a big hug and said " Mom, I love you. Thanks for taking me to school." How sweet is that!