Diamond Backs Game

My parents have season tickets to the Diamond Backs games. The decided to take my boys while we were down here. They said they did really good the first 3 innings. After that they played at the kiddie play place. They all came home at the 7 inning. Ethan was so excited to wear the D Backs t-shirt and hat! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa.

Baby Number 4

Well every time I am pregnant I tell Mark we aren't going to find out what we are having. I just feel like when I do I am opening my Christmas present before Christmas, anyway I also tell him if he can come to the appointment then we will find out since he is the one who wants to know. So it was the same thing with this time. Mark went to work and I fully expected him to miss the appt. however somethings got changed and he had nothing to do but wait so he came home and then came to my appt. So after this lengthy explanation we are having a Boy! We couldn't be more excited, although I am still a little grumpy about having to find out. Yeah for little boys! I am due August 26, and hoping he comes by September 1:)

Happy Birthday Grandma Western

We had a birthday party for Grandma Western yesterday. All of Mark's siblings and spouses came over. It was a lot of fun to visit with everyone. Aunt Sara took this picture so I had to take one of just her. Here is the picture of Sara she was complaining that it was too close but I think she looks great! Thanks again to everyone for coming.

Happy Birthday Jake

Jake has been talking about having a batman birthday for the past few months. WE let our kids choose if they want a present from mom and dad or if they want a party. Jake chose the party. Since he was turning 4, he was allowed to invite 4 friends. It was pretty low key. Mark even surprised us and came home from work. Here are Jake and his friends from left to right.

Jaden, Harry, Jake, Cohen, and Kaden.
Jake kept telling me that he needed a bat suit. I spent a lot of time on Monday making this. I didn't get a chance to get the pants sewn but I figured Jake wouldn't mind too much. He woke up and told me I was missing the thing that covered his eyes and his bat shoes. He then got his book out and compared his suit to the one in the book. I never knew he was going to be so hard to please. Ethan woke up at 5:30 and saw their bedroom door decorated (its a birthday tradition that I grew up with) He was so excited that he had to come up stairs and tell us. He wanted to wake up Jake. He eventually did wake him up at 7:15. Jake wasn't even going to put on his costume, he said it was for Halloween. Ethan convinced him to try it on to make sure it was his size. Then He wouldn't take it off. I am glad he ended up liking it.

Here is Jake with his friends. I made a round cake for our family and poured 6 cupcakes for the party. Another funny thing about the party, when each friend would give Jake a present before he could get it unwrapped they would all tell him what it was. It was pretty cute.

Here is Jake with his cake. Mark did the bat for me. I really don't have any artistic talent. I think Mark did great! I was going to get one of Jake blowing out the candles but he blew them out in the middle of the song so I missed it. Jake had the night planned out for us. So we did as he requested. WE had pizza for dinner then cake and ice cream. He opened his present from Ethan and Ryan, and one from us (Mark cheated and got him a $3 action figure from us.) Then we played with the toys. We then went swimming at the legacy center. This morning Jake woke up and told me on his next birthday he doesn't want to go swimming. Happy Birthday Jake!

the boys

Here is the latest video of our boys. I think it might be kind of long. Ethan had a program on Friday night. It was his annual Speech Fair. It is to create awareness of deaf children speaking. We thought he did great. Thanks to Jannifer, Joel, Becky, Emily and Grandma Carrie for coming. It was nice to have you all there. Ethan also lost his first tooth last night. He was so excited that he woke up in the middle of the night and came running upstairs to show us the money the tooth fairy left him!

For Grandma Hemingway

Here are some pictures I took of Ryan in this cute cloth diaper. Lee Ann gave me this diaper when Ethan was born. She immediately told me I didn't have to use it. She just thought it was so cute on Mark. I am sure she could tell by the look on my face I had no interest in using cloth diapers. Little did I know that by the time I had my third kid cloth wouldn't be so bad. (SAVES SO MUCH MONEY!) I sewed some Velcro on this diaper like I did on my other ones. Afterwards I felt bad for doing this without checking with Mark, since it was his diaper. He looked at me like I was ridiculous to even be worried and then said, "I am never going to use it again, do what you want." Ha Ha! Well I think Ryan looks the most like Mark out of the three boys so I had to post some pictures for his grandma. I am sure it will bring back some memories. Ryan is defiantly more adventurous than Jake ever was but not quite as daring as Ethan. It is nice to have some balance. Lately he likes to stand on this little rocking chair and rock. I keep getting worried that he is going to fall but he hasn't yet so I keep letting him do it. Oh and when I got done taking pictures of Ryan I put the camera down. Ryan immediately came over put the camera in my lap and then got on his chair to pose for more pictures. What a silly boy.

Mark is the Greatest

I just have to give a little shout out to Mark and say what a great guy he is. For our anniversary Mark gave me coupons for one pedicure a month. So last night I used my first coupon. Mark was so great. He did all the dinner dishes while I soaked my feet in my foot spa. Then he did all the scrubbing, buffing, and filing, and painted my toe nails all without any complaining. He is amazing!