LET'S GET MESSY!!

Today Carson asked me if he could paint and of course Tahirah didn't want to miss out on the fun. They sure have a lot of fun making a mess. And honestly, the huge smile on their faces is worth the clean up afterwards!

Some of you may have noticed that I still have a diapered 3 1/2 yr old and this is certainly not from lack of his mother's efforts. He is definatly set in his ways (hummm....could he get this from his...father?) Anyway, I've pretty much decided to wait until that glorious day when he finally decides that going in the potty is not that bad afterall because I certainly wasn't getting anywhere by deciding for him.

Sorry, it's been a while. Dayv's dad had a heart attack so I went up to stay with them in Canada for a little over a week to see what I could do to help out. He is doing fine now. The kids had a lot of fun getting to know their other Grandma and Grandpa. I'm a little annoyed with myself because I took absolutly no pictures the whole time I was up there. It's been pretty uneventful since we've gotten back home. Everything is still going well with the pregnancy. I'm just always achey and tired (and hungry!) . My house is still a mess from when we got home so I guess I'd better take advantage of Tahirah's naptime and do something about that!

THE ZOO!

Today we went to the zoo with my parents and my brother Ben. It was quite busy being labor day and all but we had a lot of fun, especially the kids. Tahirah got to enjoy a little more than last time (when she was about 9 months old). The black bear ended up being my favorite this time because he was just so darn cute sleeping on his little log. Carson said the Tiger was his favorite and Tahirah just about liked any animal she saw. Carson picked out a little squishy leporard to take home and Tahirah got a little plastic baby elephant (now she finally has her own animal so she doesn't have to keep taking Carson's, which he does NOT enjoy).

IT'S A BOY!!!

Well, I had my ultrasound today and we found out it is a boy. Everything looked great and my due date is still January 13th. Carson was telling his nursery leader that he was having a brother (before we found out) and so I asked him if he'd be ok with a sister too. He told me he didn't like baby sisters. I said but you like Tahirah and he said well, I don't like ALL baby sisters. So, he is very happy it is a boy. He says he's going to play with him and sleep with him (he's really excited about eventually having his brother as a roommate - we'll see how long that lasts). It's nice to finally know what we are having so I can get somewhat prepared in the next 4 months.