First Soccer Game

Alex and Blake are playing soccer this season. We wised up and put them on the same team this time though. One practice and only one game on Saturday makes for happy parents. Alex is number 10 and Blake is number 9. They are having a blast playing on the same team and are loving soccer this season.

I'm only how far along?

Well I can officially say that I am pooped. I am so tired lately with this pregnancy that it's unbelieveable. I go to work and sit there while Mandy does everything...I come home and am happy when I manage to throw in a frozen pizza with a side salad. I know I know..mother of the year award with that one! I sleep in on the weekends and then also take a nap. A lot of food grosses me out and smells pretty much make me want to vomit. I make this weird loud gagging sound that Alan makes fun of me..but a preggo has to do what a preggo has to do.

So I would like to give a big shout out to Alan who took over the house this weekend. I am not ashamed, though a little embarassed, to say that the laundry and dishes were beginning to over take us. I woke up and he was doing laundry, had the kitchen cleaned and had picked up all the other living areas! I was so suprised and so shocked. I feel blessed that he is understanding of what I am going through right now. I feel blessed that while I am so tired and nauseous that this means that my body is doing what it is supposed to be doing...making a healthy baby! I will however probably not make it to April with work. It is looking more and more like I will be taking off so that I can rest and be able to be a mommy and wife when the boys and Alan get home.

First Day

Well today I am home alone....both the boys are off at school and I am just here....Not sure what I will do with myself when they are at school but I am sure that I can find something. They did great this morning. Alex was showing Blake how to put on his backpack and was telling him to make sure that he got his lunchbox. He is such a big brother and is so proud to show Blake the ropes of Big Boy school. I am still in shock that they are both old enough to be there!! I am just happy that they were both excited to be there and happy for school to be back in session.

Playground Fun

After running an errand this morning Chris and I decided to take the boys, including Hayden to the park to go play. The only bad part about living in south Texas, other than your yard in always brown during the summer months, is the fact that unless you go to a playground before 9am during ther summer you wont be playing long. Everyone was hot and the metal slides were scorching.

13 days and counting....

It's so hard to believe that in 13 short days the boys will be going back to school and our summer will be ending. What is even harder for me to believe is that in 13 days I will be sending BOTH of my babies to "big boy school" and will be by myself while they are at school and Alan is at work. I have yet to decide if I am ready for this next step in our life. The one where the years run together as Alex and Blake race through elementray school and before I know it they are entering middle school and then high school and then they leave the house. I dread going to work without them in tow...without them racing ahead of me to go hide beside the vending machine in the break room at work and me pretending to not know where they are. I dread not having them there at work where I can see them throughout their day and see what fun they are having or to be there if they get hurt. I will miss seeing them and hearing their little voices yelling "Mommy!" while they run up for a hug...

This year they will both gain new independence that they didnt have already. There will come a point when both of them will tell me that they dont need me to walk them in to the school anymore and I will cry as they walk together into the big school and while I pray that they made it to the right spot. Alex will relish in his new role of being the big brother at his school and show Blake where everyting is. Blake will do great and will love to learn new things, while Alex will do great, but will constantly be wondering when the weekend is or when it's his turn at the computer center.

So my countdown begins...13 days...to relish their laughs, their smiles, their personlaities and even their fights...because in 13 days I will walk them to school and they will forever be my little boys in big boy school.

Swimming at Aunt Sarah's

Today we headed down the road to Sarah's apt pool to go cool off and have some fun. She made hotdogs and we had a picnic poolside and swam. I love to see the boys brave new things in the pool and to practice swimming. They had a lot of belly busters and lots of fun!

Six Flags Fun

The boys and I headed out to Six Flags one day to beat the 104 degree heat we have been having. They enjoyed the slides and I enjoyed watching them from my lounge chair! :) Then two nights ago we met Alan there after work to enjoy some of the rides. You have to go after 5 when the crowds arent as bad and the heat might be a little better!