23 weeks and counting

I've been putting off having a prego post for a while, mainly 'cause I get big fast. Unfortunately most of my friends are too far away to share in our excitement of the upcoming baby. So without further ado..

Yes, I'm wearing my pajamas...so comfortable and $1 at K-mart

Future Fireman in the making.

Teancum's favorite pretend game is to playfireman, dressed up or not. He loves having me yell that something is on fire and running around the house putting them out. That said our preschool fieldtrip was his dream come true.

perplexing plants

Ryan and I found these growing in our backyard, anyone know what they are?

Paying it Forward

I recieve the gift from commenting on my friend's pay-it-forward post last week, and although I haven't gotten around to taking pics of my wearing the cute headbands Jolena made for me I thought I would do a Thank you post for her...especially because she is so awesome and I absolutely love wearing these bands...I've worn them three times since last thursday. You can see the gift on her site, though the pictures don't nearly convey how cute I feel when I wear them. Thanks Jo!



Oh, and my girls can expect their gifts by the end of May.

Easter Hit

I love Teancum's age because he is finally enjoying all the excitement of the Holidays. This year the Easter Bunny wanted to help emphasize that Easter is about Jesus, so after hiding all the eggs and candy the Easter left scriptures for Teancum along with a scripture pencil and pencil sharpener, and some pictures of Jesus for Jacob...also thanks to a great sale at K-mart he was able to leave a game for each of them.

It was funny to see the boys come out. They were so stunned by the candy and eggs all over the living room that for the first while all they would do is walk around and point at everything. Teancum was excited for his game and told us over and over and over that the Easter Bunny got him Candy Land, (it helped that he played a life size version yesterday at the children's fair).
After trying lots of coaxing I finally took each kid and showed them that they were supposed to put the eggs and candy in their basket...Teancum was still too stunned by his gifts to do much but Jacob caught the hang of it and managed to gather most the eggs before Teancum woke up from his shock.

To my surprise and delight Teancum's wonderment with the game transferred to his Book of Mormon after he played a few rounds, I helped him find Jesus' name in it and highlight it, he took it to church and kept looking at the pictures and showing it to his friends...and my proudest moment was the following:

Primary Chorister: Why do we celebrate Easter?
Teancum: I KNOW! Jesus
Primary Chorister: Right, Do you know what Jesus did?
Teancum: He died then lived again.

Score one for the Easter Bunny and Family Scriptures! Teancum is still flipping through the book every few minutes.

Eternal Families in the Making

Alright, the wedding trip in my book was a blast. Full of romance, adventure, family and fun. Teancum looked oh, so handsome in his tux...he was the "ring bearer," at least for the pictures. Ryan looked dashing, both at the actual wedding and when he was dressed in his tux for the reception. Jacob needed hours more sleep on both days (actually we all did), but was cute as always. I found the easiest way to keep Teancum occupied at the Reception was to hand him our digital camera and let him take pictures...and he took some decent ones, so here is the wedding from his point of view, followed by ours.

Girl Stuff

So I'm a little late posting what we're going to have, I wanted Ryan to have a chance to tell his family. So take a look at all the cute girl stuff that will be going back into storage until next time (hopefully).

Smart Alek Kid

Yesterday I told Teancum he was smart and silly. He responded with "No mom, I smart, you silly." He's said it few times since...his new favorite phrase.