Happy St. Patrick's Day

For Saint Patrick's Day we all headed out to watch the Parade down town. I have to admit that it was pretty boring and very, very long. But it was nice to get out of the house and enjoy the sunshine. The kids had fun catching the candy and best of all we got to spend the whole day with Blake since it was spring break. Later that afternoon we went to the roller skating rink. One of Paige's friend had a birthday party there and so Blake went skating with Paige while Rylee and I hung out and watched them.

Blake's Trip

Over Spring Break Blake got to go to Washington, D.C. for a Moot Court competition. We were very proud of him. He had put a lot of work into his brief and oral argument. Here are a couple pictures of his trip.

Hair Affair

The other day we had to go do some running around and so Paige wanted to take the scissors in the car so that she could cut some pictures out for her friends. I ran in to get a package from the clubhouse and came out and found that she had cut more than the paper.

I asked what would posses her to cut her hair and her reply was "I asked Rylee if I should do it and she said that I should"

Oh well then that makes it all better.





Luckily when I took down her hair and assessed the damage it wasn't to bad so I am just going to let it grow out.















So later that day the girls were up at the table coloring and Rylee was cutting paper (her new favorite thing to do). And she snipped her hair. Unfortunately she got it to where it was in the front and it stood straight up. So I had to give her dreaded bangs. I am not a fan of bangs and worked really hard to grow hers out. So now she has dorky bangs and we are not sure how we feel about it. She definitely looks different.

Reflections

We put a stool in the bathroom so that Rylee could wash her hands. As soon as Blake put it in there she stood up on it and pulled a face.

I went shopping today

I went and did a little shopping today for the baby and this is what I found. That is right we are pleased to announce that we are having a baby Boy!!!!! His name is Eli Marcus and currently weighs 11 ounces. We are so excited and I can't stop smiling. The ultrasound went well. I have never had to do one with a full bladder and never want to have that experience again. I about died. The tech took the 2 pics she needed and then let me go potty before she resumed. We saw him chewing on something, sucking his thumb, holding his hands up by his head, and crossing his feet. We got a ton of pictures and will post them when Blake is here cause I have to scan them onto his computer first. She gave us a little scare at the end. She said that my fluid looked low so she had a doctor take a look. He wasn't concerned. The baby has lots around his head and feet, they were worried about around his abdomen. But the doctor said that my placenta was bulging a little, probably from a contraction, and so that was probably the reason for it. Anyways we are so excited to finally know so that we can plan even more.

Boston Trip

So this is going to a picture overload pot but there where to many neat ones to leave any out. So this is of our trip to Boston. We had a blast. It was really cold and we didn't really dress for it so we didn't get to see as much as we wanted but Casey and I had a great time relaxing and loving having a vacation from the kids. We were able to read a lot and just vej.

On Thursday night after we got there we thought we would brave the subway system and head to the CheeseCake Factory. It was so yummy. We all ate way more than we should have and then got cheesecake to go and ate it later that night as we played games.







The whole reason we went was so that the guys could attend a JRC conference which they really enjoyed. We joined them for meals and a couple speakers and thought it was good.










The conference was held at Harvard University. What an amazing campus. It was absolutely beautiful. The architecture in Boston is amazing.

























On Friday night the conference took us for dinner at a place called Ned Devines. It is located on the top of Quincy Market. It was a really fun night. The crab cakes were amazing. And supposedley the meat on a stick was really good to but the guys forgot to tell us that so we missed out.













Because of time and weather we didn't quite make it to Cheers the Bar that we on T.V but we did find a replica of it at a shopping place that we hit.










At dinner on Friday night they had these Tap dancing girls performe. They were amazingly good. Check out their dresses. They were gorgeous.










After dinner that night we went to the Old South Meeting House in downtown. It was a really neat building.











I am not really good with details but I do believe that this is the museum that was on National Treasure that they run through.











This is the Old Trinity Church. It was stunning to be up close and see all the details in the building.












And of course we had to finish up the trip with racing on the Tortiouse and the Hare.

Uber slacker

I know that I have been an uber slacker on this blog. To catch you up I posted about Paige's birthday under this one. Other things that have been happening is that Blake and I are going with some friends to Boston in 2 days. We have a sweet friend here that is taking the girls for us. So we get to go by ourselves. Wow what will that be like. To be able to sleep in, not have to ask them to stop fighting, feed them, and worry about naps. I am so excited to go find out.

Then on next Friday, the 20th we get to have our BIG ultrasound and find out what this little gummy bear is. I really, really think that it is a boy but I guess we will just have to wait and see. This pregnancy has been different from the other ones. I have been craving lots of Mexican food and sweets. I can't get enough. Also with the other 2, by now I was done with the all morning sickness. Now don't get me wrong I am feeling waaaayyy better. But I still throw up in the morning. But as soon as I throwup I feel better. And usually feel great the rest of the day. I am still down 12 pounds but am starting to get a tummy. Oh and the best part of all is that I started feeling the baby move this last week. Blake is so anxious to be able to feel it. Hopefully soon.

Well I think that catches us up and will hopefully do better at updating.

Party Weekend

My baby is 5!!! On Feb 1 our little one turned the big, huge 5. Man do I feel old. She had a great birthday weekend. Because her birthday was on Sunday we did a lot of it on Saturday.

No this is not a torture device. It is an ear piercing thing. Paige has been asking me for about 6 months if she could get her ears pierced. Well we thought maybe that would be a great birthday present and it was only $6. So after pleading and bribing her with many, many things I finally had to sneak up behind her and pierce them. She freaked after the first one but was fine after the second.
When she freaked out the first time I started crying and thinking what did I do to my poor baby. It was sad.

When we were all done I asked her if she was glad that I had just done it. She got the biggest smile on her face and said "Oh ya I am mom" I am glad because then my guilt was alleviated.






And what is worse than getting an ice cream as a consolation prize?








After the torture session we headed over to Chuck E Cheese's and had fun playing around. The girls loved it. We rounded out the day by going to McDonald's and then home to watch a movie.






I think Rylee's favorite part was getting to hold her own cup of tokens and putting them in the games.







On her actual birthday we just had 2 friends and their families over for dinner and to help us celebrate.


It was a great end to a great birthday weekend. Oh and somewhere in there she got to open some really fun presents from her parents and grandparents and aunts.

Dinner Conversation

Paige is not a huge fan of Zucchini but I still make her eat it when it is the only vegetable that we have with dinner. Following is the conversation we had last night at dinner.

Mom: Just eat the 2 zucchini and get it out of the way then you can eat the pasta and chicken and
not have to worry about it.

Paige: We have a very serious problem here mom!

Mom: Okay and what would that be?

Paige: You keep trying to convince me that the green things taste good and they just don't!


Where do they come up with these things? I laughed so hard. And in the end she ate her zucchini.

Spin Art

For Christmas Paige got a Spin Art thing from Grandma Sherri. So after an amazing dinner (raspberry tilapia fish, scalloped potatoes, beans, and corn) we brought out the spin art for some family time and had a blast.





It is fun to see what comes out after you squirt a bunch of paint on something that is spinning. The girls were so excited to squeeze the paint.






And of coarse we had to top off the evening with a vanilla milkshake. I really had to talk myself out of making one for breakfast this morning so I thought it would be appropriate to do them tonight. Thanks Grandma Sherri for the wonderfully fun game.