20 weeks pregnant with my third baby :)

late august 2011

been over a year since i last posted so thought i'd go back a bit now that the baby is 9.5 months old

lol

Before i forget i had to write this down somewhere...

I am rushing to get myself and the boys ready the other morning and I am in my underwear when Zane comes to me for assistance, because he is stuck in his shirt. (backing up for just a min) Zane has always had a thing for my brightly colored bras and whenever i do the wash he will grab one, put it on, and run to find Jordan so they can have a good laugh. So back to my story...kneeling in front of him i fix his shirt and he immediately notices i only have a bra on. He proceeds to put both hands on my boobs and bounce them up and down. I say " Uuh excuse me what do you think you are doing? Those are mine!" To which he responds, "No they're not" I say, "Yes, they are!" He says "No they aren't Mom!" I said "OK well then, whose are they?" He gives me a look, "They're Dad's!"

"Best day of my life!"

Lately we have been trying to do at least one fun outing a week as a family. (Going hiking, walks on the beach, going for ice cream etc.) On Sunday Nate came home at 3pm and canceled all our plans for the evening and decided we were going places! He woke Zane up from his nap we grabbed snacks and off we went to the Game Farm! I had never been there before so i was kind of excited.:) Jordan on the other hand had been there with one of his aunts about a year ago and was not as excited as i had hoped. As we drove i told him "You may have been there before BUT you have never been there with Mommy and Daddy!" He grinned from ear to ear and then looked a little worried and said ' Oooh k.. it should be fun..." Jordan is our more cautious child and now that he has been with us for 8 years he knows that when mom and dad get together things can get crazy fun and sometimes more crazy than fun(for some people ;) And as we drove thru the Game Farm we did not disappoint. We drove thru seeing many awesome animals and feeding the peacocks along the way. As we neared the Buffalo field i heard a click come from Nates side of the car and i knew the "fun" just got turned up a notch! He had locked our windows in the rolled down position! You can guess what happened next. Man those things have bad breath!! The boys were laughing hysterically in the back as i tried to feed the nasty things as fast as possible to keep them from moving the Jeep with their very large neck. To my surprise once Jordan had read all the warning signs and cautioned his parents as to what horrible things could happen if we didn't do what they said he had a lot of fun. I wont tell you every thing we did because then you will think we are bad parents :) After our little excursion we went to IHOP for dinner. Right before what our family calls IHOP sickness set in (getting sick from eatting to much IHOP food:) Jordan looked up from his plate and said "Mom and Dad the was the best day of my life!" :) Later that night Nate and i were talking about how in our families when we were the children always doing crazy things and being told to be careful. (i learned from some of my other siblings:) We both thought about what would happen "if" ... and then would do the crazy thing no one else would do. So now we found each other... and they say opposites attract... Now that we are older we think a little harder before being too crazy but still wonder how our children will turn out. Jordan is already proof that you are who you are and even your crazy parents can't totally take that away. I love the way he is and he seems to be the voice of reason sometimes as well..right before joining in ;)

Rated M

Jordan, the good son :) Not that Zane isn't but you know he is 2 at the moment so that alone tells you pretty much everything...

On this day i was taking a nap with Zane and Jordan was playing a new Tony Hawk x-box game in the living room. When i got up he says "Mom I need to show you something. I found something really bad on my game. I think it is rated M (the rating they give Mature games for adults only)."
At this point i am very confused because i thought his uncle gave him a skateboard game, but okay. He says "So mom, i will get it to the part I'm talking about and then i will leave so you can look at it. See, it says 'choose your sex' and i know that is a thing for adults only so i did not open it. You better look at it Mom. Why would they put that in a kids game!?"

*smiles*

Boys vs Girls

Since most of my stories are about Zane i thought it was time for one about Jordan. (since it is almost his 8th birthday:) Recently i became an aunt again...this time to a baby girl. After many boys being born on my husbands side of the family there was finally another girl. Since Jordan hangs out with his cousins for my husband side he hasn't been exposed to diaper changes of little girls since he was to little to remember. So when his aunt was over the other day and changing the baby he stared in horror and silently whispered "Mom, can i talk to you in the hall?" Very silently so no one else would here he said "Mom! She is missing her penis!" I said "Honey no, she is a girl, remember boys and girls are different." He says "I know that Mom, but she is missing her penis!" I say "No Jordan girls are different, they don't have one." Jordan looks at me with a grossed out face and slowly says "So that is what girls look like down there...gross....I don't want a little sister anymore I will take another brother!"

Zane has been sick for weeks now. Right when i was a my whits end (im sure he was too) yesterday he woke up from his nap smiling! Everyone is so much happier now! While he was sick he was the worst version of himself! I don't think i have even seen this version before. He would obsess over everything!!! One afternoon he FREAKED out because he just HAD to wear his boots to bed! Every little thing was a big deal and he would not sleep! At times it was even hard to feel bad for him he would be so evil. It was like having a newborn that could sling insults at you while contemplating how he could make everyone feel as bad as he did. He pretty much tried everything once and brought extra pain on himself at times for being so bad. Most days right when i thought it would be a nice little adventure if i just jumped over the embankment and go for a swim in the freezing water he would come around and say or do something super sweet. (i have to add he was having so much sinus trouble his ears were mostly plugged and we started having trouble understanding him when he would talk which didn't help a bit) So last week he came up to me holding a pen and paper. He asked me ,in a voice that sounded like he was plugging his nose while talking, "Mommy will you draw me a picture". I said "What do you want me to draw?" Zane says, "The letter B" "huh?" Irritated that he had to repeat himself he growls "The letter B....PLEASE" "ok ok" I draw the letter B and he looks at it proudly and says "The B says Buh" I say, "Now should i draw you a bunny Zane?" "No! How 'bout the letter L" It went on for about 15 min. He would ask me to "draw" a letter and then he would tell me the sound it made and ask for another:) 2 yrs old going on 5 i guess.

Jordan tries out a grumpy face

Proof that my well mannered child can attempt a fit that he forgot to throw when he was two! For some reason Jordan decided to be out of character and try to tell me he was not going to do what i said...so this picture came about. Notice everyones face. Mommy just said 'you will stand here for one lousy picture if it kills you'. Notice Zanes face...wondering how mom can go from shooting fire from her eyes to smiling before the camera flashed. And Jordan...! :) Well he asked me to delete this photo and cried and said he was so sorry he ruined the picture! Now that is the Jordan I know and love :P But im mom i can't delete it i have to document it because someday (even right now for me) we will all laugh at this funny picture. With its beautiful background, mommy at boiling point, Jordan trying out his stubborn face and Zane,well im sure he is just thinking of what he can get away with while im focused on Jordan :) I love my kids!