Getting Bigger

32 weeks, 8 more to go.

It's getting huge. I waked it with the frig door the other day. The doctor tells me I am messuring right on but I feel HUGE! 8 weeks left and counting.

It's a Girl! Now we need a name.

A few days ago I had another Ultra sound. I scheduled it after school so the kids could be there too. It was so cool to see how much the baby had grown. This time the kids could see things much clearer because the baby was bigger. This time the baby was much less active and we learned it was defiantly a girl. We also got a good photo of her face. She has a little turned up noise like Taydoma and Vilate. She will blend right it. Now to come up with a name. We have not found one we love. Any suggestions? Remember our other kids names are uncommon and so I need some unique ideas.

Our first Zucchini, FINALLY!

We finally got our first zucchini from our garden. It has not been a good year for gardening. Tons of rain and hardly any sun. Many people have had a hard time with their garden this summer, and then others say they have had a great year. I think it depended on when you planted. Most people I have talked to that planned the same time I did are having trouble but those that planted just 2 weeks early say their gardens are doing great. I am sure it was all that rain we got late May and early June.
Note to self....Plant earlier next year.

First day of Scool

August 18 was the first day of school. Believe it or not both kids were so excited to go back. Nana and Papa took them shopping for a few new close. They choose that they wanted to wear for they first day.
Taydom wanted to see his teacher again and was excited to tell them about his summer. He said the thing he wanted to tell his teacher the most was that he now has a dog he has to take care. I think he has matured alot this summer. His is willing to try things easier and wants to do more thinks by himself.
Vilate grow so tal this summer. I have not measured her recently but I know she is taller. This summer we worked on trying to be more independent and she really master it. She can help make pancakes and loves to do it. She is looking forward to helping alot when the baby comes. She thinks is will be a fun to be a little mommy.

Last outdoor movie night

Our last outdoor movie was Hotel for dogs. The kids had a great time as usual. We brought Oscar too. Summer is coming to an end and the kids will go back to school soon. I think we had a fun summer and did not spend much money. I hope they have the outdoor movie next summer too. It was one of the kids favorite things to do each week.

Pirates Cove

Bike Crash into the Rose Bushes

Early this summer my bike rears broke. I took it to the bike shop and they said it would cost over $200 to fix. Yikes! So my bike sat most of the summer. The kids had been missing our bike rides. They have been riding their bikes around the neighborhood but that's about it. My brother Eric jumped on it the other day to take a little ride. Little did he know what a mess he was getting into. He came home and asked what happened to my rears. I told him what the bike shop told me and he said he would take a look at it. Why did I not think of him before. He use to work on bikes when he was younger. He raced and jumped BMX bike all the time. He was able to fix my bike for about $60.00. Yeah! So happy!

The day the brother fixed my bike I was not having a good pregnancy day, and did not fell well enough to ride. Vilate wanted to try it. We put the seat down all the way and she was able to reach the peddle just fine. She rode it around the block and few times. We were all excited to have me bike working well. I went inside to get something and shortly after I heard Vilate scream. She was not able to get off the bike very easily and fell into the rose bushes. Luckily she did not fall directly on a bush but in between them. She had tons of scratches from the thorns and lots of blood. Some of the scratches were really deep and others not so bad. My bother was there when it happened and so he was able to keep her calm so she did not get hurt worse. He helped use clean out the thorns and I finished cleaning it and used anti-infection spray. She is healing well and says she like to ride her bike best.

Sunflower Garden

The Pea Patch is a located not too far from us. It is a large area of land that people can rent plots and grown a garden. We like to go and visit a few times each summer. Some time our garden does better them the Pea Patch but most of the time the Pea Patch gardens are doing much better then ours. This year some one planted a ton of sunflowers. They were so tall and pretty. Vilate could not get enough of them. Taydom thought it was fun how tall they were. We are growing some sunflowers in out garden too, but I must say they are not that tall yet. Maybe in a few more weeks.

We love old Cars

It is Western Welcome Week in Littleton, and that means lost of fun activities around town.

We went to the old cars show downtown Littleton. When I told the kids what I wanted to do they did not want to go, but once we got there they could not get enough of the different type of cars there were. Taydoms eyes just were glowing with excitement and Vilate had a tone of question to ask the owners.

I love old cars and I was so glad to see the kids loved it too. This car behinds the kids was For Sale; so if anyone has an extra $20,000 laying around, Vilate wants it for her birthday in October.

This car was build in 1951. Taydom wanted to have this one.

Water Falls

The Flat Irons Mall is one on the newer mall in town. It is located close to Nana's and Papa's house. This last weekend we all went to the mall to waist some time and do a little shopping. To our excitement they had put in a new waterfall just outside in one of the courtyards.

The kids really enjoyed watching the water fall down the rocks and in to the small pool at the bottom. This may be a new favorite place to visit again and maybe take some nice photos of the family too.

Raingutter Regatta‏

Last Wednesday was the Cub Scouts Raingutter Regatta. Taydom and I made a fantastic boat that morning out of Styrofoam and a plastic cup. We built it to the maximum measurement that were given out. He was so proud of his boat, unfortunately the raingutter had a large bow in it that made it difficult to pass throw. He was so upset. One of the scout leaders had some extra Styrofoam for the boys to us. Taydom went right to work making a new boat.

This time he made it a little slimmer to fit better in the raingutter. He liked the sail on the first first boat and glued it on the new one. He won every race with his new slimmer boat. He said it was battleship and put Lego and bionical guns on it at home. Sometimes moms help is not always the best, I should just let him do it all himself.

Chatfield Reservior

The other day I took the kids to Chatfield Reservoir for a day at the beach. They really enjoyed it. We took lunch and spent most of the day. They made sand shape with the beach toys we brought, and dug a big hole that turned into a tide pool. It was a great day and everyone had fun, but the kids did mention it was not the same asMass. The sand was rocky and not very soft and the water was dirty and not very clear. Vilate loved swimming out to the buoys as far as she could go. She had a hard time keeping her mouth closed and drank some of the water. Later that night she was complaining her tummy hurt and had a hard time sleeping. I stayed up most of the night with her. The next morning she had diearea a few times and I called the doctor. I was concerned she may had a parasite are something from the day before. The doctor told us what to watch for and if/when we should bring her in, fortunately as the day went on she got better. Hopefully next time she will try harder to keep we mouth closed while swimming.

Swimmimg in the Rain

Last Monday we set aside some time to go swimming at my youngest sister apartment. Unfortunately it started raining. The kids were so bummed. It was only raining a little and so I told them we could get the key from my sister so IF it stopped raining while she was at work we could still go. On the drive over there the rain let up even more and it was very warm outside. The kids really wanted to go swimming and I did not see any lightning so why not. They had a blast. I sat under a tree while they ran around in the rain and swam. We have not had many opportunity to swim this summer in Colorado. ("The Dry Land", is what the kids call it.) The kids have really missed the beach and all the swimming we did in Mass, so I am so glad I said okay. Sometimes a mom should say "yes" when normally she would say "no".

I admit it, I have been complaining alot. But.....

28 weeks -vs- 25 weeks

I admit it, I have been complaining alot. My muscle have been sore and my ligament have really been acing. Some days it's really hard to just talk around. I have been living on Tylenol and just sitting all day. I told myself to stop and just deal with it. Well, I hit 28 weeks, and I thought it would be fun to take another photo and post it. Holy Freaking Cow! I really have popped out there these last few weeks! There is some justification to my complaining.

Many people at church and around the neighborhood have told me they had no idea I was pregnant. I thought I was showing before but everybody I asked said they could not tell. While, it's out now, and so is my tummy.
I'm going to try to do better about the complaining. I may need to live on Tylenol and do alot of sitting but I do not need to complain.

24th of July

This year our ward had a pancake breakfast a the church to celibate the 24th of July, Pioneer day. The kids were invited to decorate their bikes and be in a bike parade. Vilate and I decorated her bike the night before. She was so proud of her bike. To this day it still has all the ribbons and streamers on it. We took off the flags to make it safer to ride.

Flash Back

It was a year ago this weekend that we went and spend an unforgettably day at New Berry Port. We had the best time. The kids still talk about it. We love the beach, and miss it so much.

Some day we will have a summer house there and fly to Mass as often as we want to spend a day in New Berry Port.

Outdoor movie night

Every Wednesday the kids look forward to our movie night. One of the local strip malls offers a free family movie outside in the parking lot. We bring our law chairs, dinner, treats and smuggies. Sometimes we even take my brother's dog, Oscar.

There is always a DJ with fun games for the kids to do. Vilate likes to be in the hula-hoop and water balloon contests. Taydom loves to jump on the big blowup castles.

A few weeks ago we saw Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D. The kids thought it was so cool. This Wednesday is another 3D movie. The kids can not wait.

Happy Birthday Emma

July 7th was Emma birthday. She turned 7 years old. She is a small, petite girl for her age, it's hard to believe she is 7 when you look at her; but talking to her, soon you see how awesome and smart she is, it hard to thinks she is only 7.

Before we moved to Boston my friend lent me her stencil for make my kids some name plates for their rooms and a few other signs to put up in our new home. I made quiet a few and when Emma saw them she asked for one too. I told her I would make her one after I was done with all the others. Well... I forgot, and returned the stencil to my friend and moved to Boston. Emma was so sad and I felt so bad. Anytime we went back to Denver to visit, Emma asked me to make her a name plate. I told her I did not have the stencil any longer and apologized. I really wanted to make one but could not.

She has not mentioned it for awhile and so I did not too. Her birthday was coming up and I try to do something small for my kids to give to their cousin for their birthday. I could not spend alot of money. I remembered about the name plate she had wanted so badly. I called my friend and asked if I coulduse her stencils again. She was so excited and said nobody had used them from the last time I took them. I found some wood that my bother cut down to size and I dug out my mom's old paints. I asked Emma what her favorite color was and she could not decide between 4.

The night of her party we all went to her house for cake and ice cream. I was scared if she would like it or even want it still. She was so excited when she saw it. She said she really wanted one but thought she would never get one because I gave the stencil back to my friend and moved away. That made me fell happy she still wanted it. Next time I need to remember better.

Pirates Cove

I took the kids to Pirates Cove last week. It is a water park that is just the right size for us. The water slide are perfect for my aged kids, and I fell comfortable enough to let them run around together with out me. All summer long they have begged to go, but I did not think it was hot enough until recently. It just reach the 90s this last week. Before we have been in the low 80s, which I am not complaining about; but it has been a cool, wet rainy summer so far.

Believe it or not Taydom and Vilate are under the huge waterfall. You just can not see it.

Drying off at the end of the day, and getting ready to go home. Wow! nobody stopped all day to snack, but boy are they starving now.
That night we all iced our shoulders. We put a ton of sunscreen on first thing but I guess we should have reapplied it after a few hours. It is always hard to stop playing and remember to reapply the sunscreen. No one got it bad, just a little pinker them we should have been. We are going to try to go again one more time before school starts.