Baby Update

Next week I'll be in my 3rd trimester. The baby is due the first week of November but it's measuring a week or two larger so I'm hoping for a late October baby. We had our chance a few months ago to find out the gender of the baby but we opted for the surprise. It would be nice to have another boy, a brother for Coby, but we'll be happy with either. I do have a TON of girl clothes and a cute girl name picked out. I've been feeling great, thanks to Grandma. The kids and I have been here for 2 mos, so I've been getting plenty of sleep, and help with the kids. I've also been able to go swimming 3x a week which I love. This pregnancy started off rough, I was SO sick the first 3 mos, but it's been easy ever since.
The girls talk about the new baby every day. Chloe is very excited and I think Taylor may be a bit jealous. Every morning Taylor says "Hey mom, is there still a baby in your tummy?" And when I say "yes," she says "when comes out I only want Grandma to hold it and maybe daddy." I don't want you to hold the baby because you're my mommy." Chloe LOVES babies and she says things like "I'll be so happy when I get to see the baby." Taylor on the other hand says "I don't need another baby, I already have Coby." My little 2 month old niece Sophia was visiting about a month ago and I held her for a few minutes. Taylor burst into tears when she saw me holding Sophia and Chloe said "Oh she's so cute and little." If this is any indication of how Taylor will react to her new sibling I think we're in for a rough couple of months.

Here are a few photos from our last visit to the childrens museum. Don't be fooled by the pictures, it was a total disaster.

Little Shoppers

Coby's like "yeah I know she's a dork, but she's my sister so I put up with her."

The Rules

Chloe and Taylor have been sharing a room for about 5 months now. When we first put them together in the same room we came up with 3 rules that they had to obey at bedtime.

1) No walking around
2) No talking
3) No loud noises

They are pretty good with the loud noises and the walking around but the no talking is hard to enforce. One day I put Taylor down for a nap. Two hours later I went to get her up. She was totally naked. I said "Taylor what happen to all of your clothes?" And these were her exact words.... "Don't worry about it mom, I wasn't walking around, I wasn't talking and I wasn't making any loud noises."

Here she is licking her chewy. Strange strange child.

Summer Pictures

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We had the kids pictures taken last week. They turned out pretty cute even though no one was behaving. I'll post a few more later when I have faster internet service. For now here's a preview of the cuteness.

First trip to the Dentist!

Chloe and Taylor had their first trip to the dentist. It went pretty well. They thought the dental hygienist was really nice. She let them check out all the tools and ride up and down in the chair. Then the dentist came in. To be honest he frightened me so I'm not surprised they freaked out a little. He looked like a dentist from a horror film. 6'4", 100lbs, giant ears and he had a huge band aid patch over his eyebrow that just added to the all around creepiness. And he had the scariest voice ever. So they both freaked when he tried to look in their mouths. Can you blame them? The good news is everything looks good and we don't have to go back until next summer. Phew!

The Mommy chewy

Taylor and Chloe have both slept with a cloth diaper since they were about 9 months old. They call these chewy's. We have about 2 dozen of them. It is so much nicer than having a special doll or blanket because I can always find one when I need one. Chloe will take any cloth diaper, Taylor on the other hand has special chewy's she calls "licky chewy's. A licky chewy is a chewy that has a ribbon down the center of it. The ribbon is only sewn on one side so it sticks up. She likes to lick in between the ribbon and the diaper. This is how she gets herself to sleep at night. I have tried to find more of these, but I think they must have been a mistake because they don't sell them anywhere. We originally had a dozen of them but now we're down to about 6. A few months ago she started identifying one of her licky chewy's as "the mommy chewy." She would cry and cry every night until we could find the "mommy chewy." She had to lick each one of her licky chewy's until she found the right one. Jake and I have tried for months to distinguish the mommy chewy from the rest of the licky chewy's with no luck. AND finally I figured it out!! The mommy chewy is the filthiest and dirtiest of all the licky chewy's. My question is is it called the mommy chewy because she loves it the most out of all the chewys or is it because it's dirty and stinky?? :) Below is a picture of her mommy chewy. It is supposed to be all white. Eww, gross!!

Summer time

We have had a busy summer. The kids and I had to move in with Grandma and Grandpa for a few months. We found out in June we had a problem with lead paint and dust in our house. It's kind of long process to find out where exactly it's coming from and then remove all of it. The kids are really loving life at Grandma and Grandpa's house. It's also been really nice for me to have the extra help from my mom during the day. We're hoping to move back home sometime in August.

The girls have been taking really long naps lately so we let them stay up one night and see some fireworks. Chloe loved them but Taylor was a little scared of the loud noises. She kept covering her ears and saying "Too loud for me, I need to go inside!"

Sprinkler fun

My kids know how to have fun!

Taylor and abc's

Here is Taylor about 3 mos. ago. I tried to get her to do the whole alphabet but she never cooperates.

The Vacuum

Here's a little clue as to why my house is such a mess!