Such a Pretty Boy

As you can see, Cade likes to dress up in his sister's dress up clothes. His favorite things are her beads. He takes as many as he can and wears them around like Mr. T without the gold. He has recently taken interest in this hat and her apron. Matt detests this practice and refuses to believe that it's only a phase. I try to tell him Cade just wants to play with his sister and this is the best way to be included. This is not a sufficient answer. So in order to appease him (and reduce fighting) I made Cade his own apron. Instead of the purple with lace he sports his red and white check apron while "grillin'," or as they say in Cali, "barbequing". It's so cute!!!

Speaking of sewing . . . . I have a favorite new blog! Check out secretstitchclub.blogspot.com. They have so many ideas and great tutorials. I've found how to make "Hooter Hiders" and links to make headbands and diaper/wipes pouches. Their favorite thing is aprons and they are really cute! The tutorials are awesome and very easy to follow. Check it out . . . even if you're not a big sewer . . . it's easy and fun!

It's Another . . . .

GIRL!!! We had our sonogram on Friday and found out that we are expecting another little girl. We got a few 3D pictures and even some 4D ones too.

This is of her footprints. The sono tech must have known how much I love little baby feet to take this pic.

The top photo here is in 4D. Those things are so awesome! She was being a little stubborn and wouldn't turn so we could see her face. This is as close as we got. The gold ring on the top of her head is from the little wand the tech used. I like to think it's her little halo. I told the sono tech that we could come back at 9:30 some night and she'd be happy to wiggle. . . . . that's her favorite time to dance.



Here's a good profile pic.


They said everything looked good and normal. I have to go back in 4 weeks because they didn't get any good pics of the heart. We saw it several times but just not at the angle that allows them to see what they need to see. She was laying across me with her back to outside and the spine was blocking a good view of the 4 chambers, etc. They should be able to see it all when I go back. Maybe she'll roll around by then.

Beauty From Rashes??

Remember that old contemporary Christian song, "Beauty from Ashes" by Crystal Lewis, I think. Anyway, it's been on my mind lately but a little differently . . . you see I have this weird red rash-like thing around my mouth and I know it's totally from pregnancy. I asked my doctor about it and she has no idea. At least it's not pregnancy mask. I've heard that is awful. I'm hoping this will turn into Beauty from Rashes.

I know God can do beautiful things out of the ugly. . . i've seen it personally twice now and I'm sure he will surprise me again. This pregnancy has been quite different from the last 2 but God is the same God. He will do beautiful things when we are least expecting them. I'm betting that includes precious babies from ugly pregnant women. Let's hope so!

. . . the darndest things . . .

You know we all have those hillarious things our kids say and do. Well, here's a couple from our 2 comedians:

On Monday at the grocery store Jayci had an accident. Since Cade's had a little issue with that lately, I was concerned Jayci had caught the bug too. Off we raced to the bathroom! Well, if you could have been a fly on the wall in there!!! I had to get Cade out of the cart since you aren't supposed to take those things in there. (Don't worry. Since then I've decided that rule is meant to be broken.) So here I am - one kid, poop all over herself, and the other, paci in mouth freely walking around in the handicap stall. Ok, we start shredding Jayci's clothes, shoes, etc. and put her on the potty. But before I can get that done I hear her say, "No, Cade. Mommy look what Cade did." He has put her shoes in the potty! EW! Then I realize someone's going to have to reach in there and get them out . . . yes, that's the Mommy's job. EW! EW! It was a crazy 20 minutes in the bathroom but all's well that ends. I washed J's shoes in the sink (She refused to wear them until I did) and we finished our shopping. I guess I can laugh about it someday but I'm still grossed out!

And then . . . .Yesterday, Jayci was playing with some toys and something wasn't working out like she wanted it to. She said, "Why am I having such a hard time with everything today??" It sounded so familiar that it scared me but I did take time to laugh and write it down. She is growing up too fast!!!