This Week....

                                                                               I turn 38 weeks large..ahem..Pregnant

I ventured out of the house for the first time besides doctors appointments sense getting sick and went to a memorial day parade and pool party.......

                                                                                                                                   I discovered my  girl can easily play in the shallow end of a pool and jump off the edge so brave!

Elijah vanquished The evil uncle monster                                                                              

                                              the worlds now a safer place..trust me

     And my Titus is learning to be oh so helpful..sweet boy

Its been a fun week!

A Note to Asher

Dear Asher,

In less than 2 short weeks i get to hold you in my arms. To kiss your nose, smell that sweet baby smell and start discovering who you are. I can not wait to see who you look like. How you will fit into our family, and see how your siblings adjust to their new roles. I can not wait to fall in love with you. Only two weeks! Two very long weeks! I wonder if your eyes will be blue like Titus" or Hazel like Elijah's? Or will i finally get my brown eyed child? Will you have blond hair? brown hair? How big will you be? Of all the family, who will you resemble?

My pregnancy with you has been pretty normal. I was the most nauseous of the 4, but nothing so awful i couldn't deal with it. I didn't start getting tired until the end, when you started to really grow fast. But that is a fair trade off. At first mommy and daddy thought for sure you were gonna be a girl. The symptoms of this pregnancy were most like Julias pregnancy, but to our shock (and mommy's delight...she was rooting for another boy) you are definitely a boy..modesty will be worked on at a later date. I never thought i would be the mommy of three boys, but am so excited to.

Your Daddy can not wait to meet you, he talks about it....CONSTANTLY....asks how you are and wants to know if there are any signs of you coming. Mommy is a tad surprised, you think after 4 pregnancy's he wouldn't be so excited, but he says its like Christmas and he can not wait! Now that we have done this a few times i already know, daddy will hold you to sleep every night for the first year. I wasn't to happy when he first started this tradition a while ago, but its something he loves to do..and my baby's seem to love their daddy's arms..so i let it go. And I love to see that special bond between daddy and baby. I also know on the weekends he will wake up with you at night so i can sleep some..or at least while i lay in bed and try to sleep while i listen to him take care of you and tell my self to stay put and not inter-fear. I can not wait to watch your daddy fall in love with you, like i know he will. You are a blessed little boy to have the daddy you do.

Your clothes are all washed, your car seat is installed, your swing sits in our living room waiting to swing you. Daddy has his shirt that says "daddy of 4" packed for the hospital. Your siblings have their "big sister/brother shirts packed too.Our bags are all packed, We make sure we have tolls in the car for the long ride to buffalo. I have diapers and wipes and burp cloths all ready. Like some how being more prepared will make it come quicker and be more real. You, my little boy are just that final piece to the puzzle that we all can not wait to meet.

So i will continue to crave cinnamon candy's, watch my belly grow, dream of you, and long to hold you. But soon my sweet boy, you will be here and Mommy is so excited! We already love you,


Your Little Family

37 Weeks Today

37 Weeks Today!

Thats right..full term! yay! Getting so close to holding my sweet boy. This pregnancy has flown by in some ways, and in some ways not so much :0) Having 3 littles to take care of does help take my mind off of "how much longer" but now we are so close to holding Asher its ok to dwell on it..and panic! lol, i feel so behind. I had pneumonia and a middle ear infection this past week that knocked me off my feet. I am still recovering, but getting there, and so i feel my nesting is the most behind its ever been! I am trying so hard to not let it bother me, but it just is so hard to see my house messy and know Asher can arrive at any minute..but i promised my self not to be to crazy and to pace myself slowly. I am very thankful my my sweet husband who took care of my kiddos so well.  He stepped up to the plate big time, and he is my hero for it *sigh* i gotta do something special just to thank him, because i know it wasn't easy..one day he took the kids to the playground once in the morning, once in the evening and the library and to the "pizza store" for lunch just to get them out of the house so i could be miserable in peace and quite! I was so smart when i married him...his mommy did a good job!

So i just had to jump back here and let you know i am still alive. And i will post some belly pics soon..if we are all up for it, we are hoping to make it to a park ..so if that ever happens i will post some. Hopefully this weekend! But i am 9 months pregnant and have 3 small kids, so dont hold me to it! lol

A Talent Show..that included showing some underwear :/

My Little girl can be quite shy, so when she had to do a talent show for her class at church, well I was a tad nervous. But then I thought, hey what can happen?! Its a bunch of k-2nd  graders! What can go wrong? (insert scary music) ..hahaha..well My shy princess surprised me as she eagerly rose her hand to be chosen to show off her talent. And when she was pick she went up front all smiles! And then she realized where she was, and then, she grabbed the hem of her skirt and started rolling it up, in a nervous absent minded way..not realizing what she was doing...and yes, at my daughters kindergarten talent show she flashed her underwear to the class. So proud! haha!

So after we all started yelling, put your skirt down Julia and we got over that small snaffooo..she then went on and suprised me! 

She loves animals, and bird watching, and drawing, so she drew a peacock and did a small presentation on the Pea Foul Family...Because if you were there she would have explained only boys are Pea Cocks..and Girls are Pea Hens and The family is called a Pea Foul...also, boys only have the pretty feathers and girls have the brown ones...She remembered it all really well! I was really surprised.. pleasantly so!

Her cousin came and and watched her. And i could not resist posting my nutty children attempting a pic with Him..at least he looks good!