Fairy Frenzie

Well, we've finished the 2nd of the 3 birthday parties-only 1 to go this Saturday. Ally's "Fairy" birthday party was this Saturday and was a success-I'm not sure any 6 year old birthday party could fail-it's always magical for them! All the little girls came dressed as fairies and earned their wings by jumping Lilly pads and water lilies. The boys became fairy kings-I couldn't come up with anything better but they didn't seem to care one bit! We painted faces, decorated wands, ate "fairy" food, and opened presents. It was a super fun day!!

The Plan

Ok, so I am just about 37 weeks. I went to the doctor on Tuesday and I am at a 2 & 50%-which really doesn't mean all that much for me! My actual due date is on the 19th of May, but of course I can't wait that long-my doctor pretty much induces whenever you want beyond 37 weeks. Since we have a ton going on these next few weeks, I decided that I'll go in on the 11th (the night of Mother's Day) and plan to have her on the 12th-that is unless she comes on her own before then (which I DOUBT will happen!). I feel really good-probably better than I ever have before at this point-not incredibly uncomfortable yet or no major pains. I'm not sure if that is a good thing or bad? I am however getting bigger by the minute-but that is expected, right!? Just thought I'd let everyone know what our plan is, we'll for sure keep you updated!!

6 years-gone too fast!

April 23rd is a very special day in our house! It's Ally's birthday and the day we became parents!! Today she turned 6!! I remember when she was born and someone told me to make sure you enjoy every moment-even the hard ones, because you'll never get them back again. I can honestly say that we have LOVED every minute of being her parents! She is the sweetest, kindest best daughter anyone could ask for and we couldn't love her any more! It has been the highlight of our life watching these little kids grow and learn and what a perfect example she has been to her younger brothers and now will be soon to her new sister. She is a special little girl and we love her so much!


This morning at 5:30 I was woke up by a whisper in my ear, "Mom, am I six yet?". I snuggled her right in bed with us and tried to get her to go back to sleep for an hour-at no success! We then got up and had her favorite breakfast-German Pancakes and sang Happy Birthday! Since we were all up early we put on some of her favorite dance songs and had a little dance party before it was time to go to school-it was a fun morning.



This afternoon we all went to her school to eat lunch with her and stayed and played at recess. We all ate school lunch-very fun!





Then, since Jonathan had mutual tonight, we decided to celebrate at a poolside party with our family right after school. She opened her presents and loved everything. While she was opening her presents she lost her second tooth-we couldn't believe it! How lucky to lose a tooth on your birthday! It was such a fun day! This Saturday she is having her real party and can't wait. We'll post lots of pictures! Happy Birthday Allyson, we love you!!

She lost her tooth!!

Yep, we can hardly believe it either, but it really happened!! SHE LOST HER TOOTH! After watching a few of her cousins and some friends from school lose their teeth-she has been SO excited for this day to come. Well, on Sunday, April 13th-it finally came out. I've been dreading this moment-not only does it mean that my little girl is getting even bigger, but I hated the feeling of losing teeth. It turned out to be quite an emotional moment for her once it actually came out. Right as it came out she cried for a minute and said it was because she was just so happy, then she skipped around and had to call everyone-so funny! Isaac keeps saying, "Ally, your smile is broken!".

Jonathan+Home=No Blogging

Well, April has proved to be another fabulous month with Jonathan's schedule which means all my time is spent with him and not blogging. I love it, but at the same time feel so out of touch with everything-kind-of funny! We of course have spent a TON of time getting ready for this little baby (rearranging/organizing/cleaning out garage, repainting furniture, painting and redoing our bedroom, cleaning like crazy, lots of repairs, yard work, shopping, etc. etc...), but we have also go to do lots of fun stuff. A few weeks ago Jonathan was able to go on a feild trip with Ally's class to the zoo. She obviously was in heaven! He also took the boys camping in the back yard-which they LOVED! There was no way I was sleeping in a tent being very pregnant and Ally (bless her heart) hated that I was going to be "by myself" so she insisted on sleeping inside with me-she is so sweet! He has even had time to rock tired kids to sleep! On top of this being an awesome month schedule wise-he has this entire week off-which has been so much fun and we both have bran new sunburns from the 90 degree sun! The best news is that after this week he only works 3 days and then has the entire month of May off for paternity leave-I'm telling you, this is the BEST residency program possible!! We are loving all of our time together as a family and trying to make the most of every second!

Yep! I'm still here!

It's been forever since I've posted anything!! I've just been trying super hard to get every little thing done before the baby gets here. Not too much longer now!! I'm hoping that I'm just about done and then I can sit down and write a real post and catch up with everyone!!