Prego Me

So yes I have been pregnant before and have two beautiful boys to show for it and yes we also know that I am not a pregnancy fan, but this time around I am trying to be more positive. Well I don't think I can take it much longer so here is my two minute rant of disliking pregnancy. I have been more tired and worn out this time around than anytime before and all I want to to is lay in bed and watch the Olympics all day long. That is if I could lay in bed comfortably for more than ten minutes. Lay on my back=can't breath and feel like I am going to pass out, lay on side=maybe a good 20 minutes but really not comfortable. I have also now called the doctor on two separate occasion asking if there is something wrong with me which there has been and had to make one trip in to them (got a pain killer for strained muscles) and the other to the hospital (dehydrated and recieved two bags of fluid) and now I just feel like a big baby. I don't think I ever had to call for anything with either of my other pregnancies. I don't want to clean my house or make dinner and my poor kids just watch cartoons all day if we don't leave the house which is most days. Thankfully Tyler starts preschool soon and Dylan actually likes just chillen with me in bed playing with toys. I also keep having this dream where we all die and go to heaven I am looking down through the clouds and my visiting teachers and ladies in the ward come to my house and sort through our things and I am really ticked off and embarrassed that my house is such a mess. More specifically my room, bathroom, and mainly closet. Thats right, I am not angry we are dead just that my house is dirty and now people know it. So does this motivate me to clean up? No. Oh well, with my other pregnancies I always used to dream that just Jeff died so we should be okay. So that brings us to Jeff. He has been so great and trying really hard to be home as much a possible, but Austin has had a record breaking 100 degree summer and work has been so busy. When he is home, I know he is tired but he has been so good at helping me out with the kids and giving me a break if I need it. Thank you babe. Tyler and Dylan have also been playing pretty well together lately and hopefully that will only get better. Soooo... Maybe I don't have that much to complain about, and it probably is really just me being silly but if this baby could come a little sooner than later I wouldn't mind. Better yet, if the stork could just drop the perfect baby off with a good name (no we don't have one yet) and I don't have to be pregnant anymore that would be even better.I don't usually do prego pics so this is all you are going to get. Oh yeah, I also forgot to mention that I feel huge, struggling to tie shoes, pick things up, (never felt that way with other pregos) but at my last appointment they assured me that I am actually smaller this time around. Thanks a lot lady! Are you trying to make me feel worse!

Grandma Dickson visits

My mom came for a very short visit. She watched the kids so Jeff and I could go out, went and got a mani/pedi with me and ran errands with me that I have been trying to get done. Jeff also appreciated that she helped me sort and fold through the mounds of kids clothes that I need to organize before the baby comes. That and we found a whole new wardrobe for Dylan, so I guess I don't need to go shopping after all. It was so great having her here even for a short time. Thanks mom!

So I am only posting this picture below because Jeff thought it was soooo funny that my huge belly/boobs are squeezing poor Tyler out of the pic.

Jeff is nesting

Jeff felt we needed to get a few things done around the house before the baby is born. We each picked one thing. I picked painting the walls to get rid of the yucky flat unwashable manufacture paint that can't be washed of yucky kid marks, and Jeff picked floors. We got wood laminate installed everywhere but the bedrooms and bathrooms. I didn't take any before shots so only people who have been to my house will know the before, but trust me it looks so much better without yucky stained white carpet and cheetoo and marker covered walls.

The red walls were already there, Jeff and I painted those a while back. I guess I should have put my curtains back up to before I took this picture, it looks much better with them up. Oh well.

Swim Lessons

The past two weeks Tyler was in swim lessons. He had a really fun time and has learned a lot. Yes, he wore those goggles everyday and won't go in the water without them. The first day of class he actually wore them all morning, at breakfast, getting dressed, watching cartoons, and then all the way to lessons in the car. I think he was excited. We are very proud of him, he improved a lot and can do a lot of things now that he couldn't do before, especially on his own.

Tyler took lessons with his buddies Jaeden and Audrey. They had so much fun together.

Duck Adventure and Friends

My old friend Carmen, her boyfriend Shawn and his daughter Ellie, came to town this week. We all got to hang out on Monday and had lots of fun. We went on the Great Austin Duck Adventure. It takes you on a tour of downtown and then splashes into Lake Austin. The best part of course is that they give everyone duck quackers and we quack at people on the streets of Austin. The quacking was Tyler's favorite part, unlike driving into the water, when he announced that he didn't want to because he didn't have his floaties.

Carmen with her quacker and the UT Tower. Dylan loving the water and Tyler asking when we will be back on land.

After the duck tour we went to lunch at the Hula Hut, a Austin landmark restaurant. It is right on the lake and we sat outside on the deck over the water. Tyler was okay with this for some reason and enjoyed seeing the huge fish and turtles in the water below.

Thanks for hanging out with us Carm. We had a really fun time and enjoyed finally meeting Shawn and Ellie. Wish you all were closer to see you all more often.

Rain

It rained for about 10 minutes the other day. We were already outside eating our popsicles trying to cool off so the rain was a fun suprise. For some reason Tyler insisted on wearing his coat and spent 5 of the 10 minutes looking for it, but Dylan wasn't scared to get soaked head to toe. They mainly played with the run off water from our house. We don't have gutters, so were the roof creases the water really poors off. They had a blast and we really need the rain so hopefully more will come soon.

Chubby Bunnies

We love Marmellooos!

Sprinkler Park

The sprinkler park is one of our favorite places to go to cool off in the Texas heat and it is free. We also love going with our cute friends Jaeden and Avery.

We love Cheettos!

What do you do...

...with a 50 inch plasma tv when you already have a very nice 50 inch plasma?

So unlike our very lucky friend Dustin who wins everything, we never win anything, until today. Jeff won this tv in a drawing and they delivered it yesterday. Problem you may ask? Well, we already have a tv just like this but a different brand (samsung) that we really like, and is already mounted and everything and I have nowhere to put another 50 inch monster tv. Jeff thinks it would be fun to put them side by side. Note that I didn't laugh when he said that, because I am pretty sure he was serious. Anyway, it is way to big, at least 10+ inches, to put in our room so for now it is just sitting there all boxed and taped not to be opened. No, it didn't come with a reciept or yes we would take it back and just get something else. They actually delivered it and were suppose to set it up for us but like I said where? I think we are going to end up seeing if we can sell it on craigslist. Then we will have to decide to be responsible and put the money in savings (we do have a baby coming to pay for) or maybe go buy something else fun. Well, if you are in the Austin area and are looking to buy a new tv let me know I'll give ya a deal, I will probably have this beast on craigslist by friday. (Kids not included)

4th of July weekend

We had a really great weekend together. Believe it or not Jeff didn't work for almost 4, well... 3 whole days. It was very nice to have him all to ourselves for that long. On Thursday, the 3rd, we went out to the lake. It is so pretty out there and we had a lot of fun hanging out with friends until the big fireworks show. Thats right, we didn't actually swim in the lake, but the boys had a blast in the kiddie pool and luke warm hot tub. We also ate lots of watermelon. I think Dylan almost ate all of it, the table it was on was at his level and he wasn't afraid to help himself. Dad and Dylan waiting for it to get dark. Our first roman candles ever. Kind of scary (for Mom) but they loved it.

The show is about to start.

Tyler and Dylan wanting to chase the fireworks

Friday morning we went to a parade, for those that don't know Jeff loves parades, and hates when I put him and the boys in matching shirts, I only do it to laugh about how much he hates it. It was hot but we had fun. We then went home to cool off, nap, eat hot dogs, corn, and more melon and then headed out to watch more fireworks with friends.

Tyler only wanted the candy. If they didn't have candy, he would sit on the curb and pout like this. Dylan just wanted to eat the candy, I finally broke down and gave him a sucker, what a mess. See how much he is sweating, he is already a little heater so by the time we got back to the car his whole head was soaked.

Dylan loves corn.

Watching fireworks with our friends the Johnson girls.

We are so happy we had such a fun and stressfree weekend together, we hope you all did to!

Playgroup

We had playgroup at our house this week. There are usually six kids and every Wednesday we switch houses and moms drop off all the kids and get three whole hours. All the kids brought there swim suits today and they played in the sprinkler and slip n slide. They are such cute kids and have so much fun together. It is the high light of Tyler's week.

Don't ask what Tyler is doing in this picture, I just don't know.

I know...weird

So this actually kind of creeps me out when people post things like this, but I was blog surfing and someone had this and thought what the heck. I thought it might be cool to see how big the baby is and exactly how many days I have left to go. It just so happened to day is the 100 day count down. I do wish that number was smaller, but then I was also a little freaked that my baby is that big already, although, I already feel huge and this baby is so high that I am already struggling to breath but... I don't even know. Okay, before I start complaining about how much I don't enjoy (not "hate", not aloud to say that) pregnancy, I will stop. Just thought this was interesting and someone might either think it was cool or get creeped out like me, I will post cute pictures of my kids next time.

Okay, one more thing. I also thought it was interesting that it lets you chose up to TEN babies you could be having. That means that someone out there has had ten babies before right? Oh...that poor, poor woman. Thinking about her I guess I really really have nothing to complain about. I am now just grateful I am not having Decaplets.