Turning 7, Baseball, Babies, and other stuff

Coach and Dawson

Proud to be a baseball player!

The month of May was so busy for me. I don't think I ever stopped going. Greg was gone an awful lot for work and church related things. I'm glad we survived. So, what's been going on the last few weeks? Well, Dawson's baseball season is over. He was so excited to get his trophy. His coach was proud of him too! Dawson really is loving baseball. If I had more energy he'd play catch with me for an hour every day if he could. He looks so cute in his uniform. Greg still hounds me about how Dawson can't stand to get his uniform dirty. He says I've damaged him for life. Dawson's just being considerate of his mother's workload.

Speaking of workload, we had a birthday party for Dawson at our house this year. Why do I do these things? We love our kids, but birthday parties are exhausting! Not just the party itself, but all the prep that goes into it. We had about 18 kids and Greg and I pretty much ran the show. We should have hired some help!!!! Especially since Greg was deathly ill the whole week leading up to party day. Talk about mayhem. I had not anticipated that many kids but I think they had fun. Dawson is such a sweet boy, it's no wonder they all showed up!

The limbo - this was the first game. After that I couldn't take pictures

and keep the chaos under control at the same time.

Kids really do like the cookie cakes over regular cake! And they are easy to make!

Then my nephew, Matthew, was born about 3 weeks ago. I flew out to Plain City, Utah (West of Ogden) to visit him and his family. I wouldn't recommend flying at 28 weeks pregnant. I threw up in a barf bag for the first time in my life on this very turbulent airplane ride. Fortunately I was in the back row with no one next to me, so I wasn't too embarassed.

I miss being closer to my brother, Dan. It was a nice break away from the family duties, but I did miss my kids and hubby a lot. My other nephew, Nathan, was funny! He is still getting used to having a younger brother - poor guy! We went to an air show at the air force base one day. The jets are pretty awesome when they do their stunts. We saw just one set of jets performing in the air at the end of the day, but it was really neat!

Nathan and Matthew

And just in case anyone is wondering, my pregnancy is still going well. Getting more aches and pains, but just under 12 weeks to go. After seeing my new nephew I'm getting nervous about how I'm going to juggle all 4. Hopefully my newborn will sleep A LOT!!!!

The next time you go to Disneyland. . .

take a minute to think about this. We finally got to go back on It's a Small World. It's been closed for so long. I was trying to see what was new or different. There was one new area I don't recall from before. The Native American zone, but the other cool thing was when we went into the last room with all the cultures together. I don't remember all the children being dressed in white. Granted there were pink lights cast on the figures, so it wasn't pure white, but I suddenly felt this spiritual similarity betwen this ride and the Temple. Odd comparison, I know, but honestly it made me think and I had to point out to my kids how all children from every race can be looked upon the same way and loved equally, differences put aside. Okay, so maybe this is of course what the whole point of the ride is, but for some reason I saw it from a spiritual perspective. Our Heavenly Father does loves all His children equally. I almost started to cry thinking about it.

Sidney's first time riding the Tea Cups. . . I love the little tune, it's so catchy.

Sidney's new plasma car

We finally gave in and bought Sidney her own Plasma Car. She loved riding the ones the boys had, but it finally became obvious that she needed her own so they could all ride around the backyard at the same time. She loves riding it!

Mother's Day should be more than once a year!

Okay, who votes for having Mother's Day like 4 times a year! Don't you think it's what stay at home Mom's need to recharge their engine and add a whole new meaning to the word tolerance. After this Mother's Day, I just felt so good. Couldn't get enough of my children. I think I might mention to Greg that we need to start a new tradition in our family of having Mother's Day a few more times each year. Greg doesn't enjoy breakfast like I do, so to have him bring me breakfast in bed is SUCH a TREAT! I just love it. And the kids were really nice all day. I am so lucky to have a wonderful husband and terrific kids!

Can't hide the bump anymore

Today was the first day someone asked me if they saw a little "bump" on my stomach and of course I had to say, "yes". I guess I'm finally past the hiding stage of my pregnancy, at least to the point that people won't ask in case I'm just getting fat. The large clothes don't hide anything anymore. For anyone who cares to know the exact timing, I'm just over 23 weeks. And as usual, we don't know the gender despite already having our 20 week ultrasound. Once again at Greg's request. I'm a little more bitter about the secret this time around. Knowing this is my last pregnancy, I just think it wouldn't hurt to have things my way just this once. Sometimes I think I give Greg a little too much say in things. Anyone care to give me advice on that matter?

The baby is growing healthy from all tests done so far. Of course we are hoping for a little girl so Sidney will have a friend to play dolls with, but a healthy baby boy would be great too. I held a little 3 month old baby girl tonight and she was just so cute I can't help but to want another one.

Sidney Engaged?

She's not really engaged, or betrothed for that matter, but she got a kick out of wearing a playdoh ring that looked a little like mom's ring! She couldn't have just one either. What's a mother to do?

Dawson is playing Baseball this year. Lucky for him his Dad is the coach. Greg does a great job - difficult as it is without having an assistant coach. He doesn't complain. He almost got in a fist fight with the other coach today for breaking some of the league rules. Just kidding! But he did call him on it. Our family is proud of both father and son. Dawson, is still a little lost with fielding, but it's funny to watch. He's a good hitter, though. Now we just need to put a fire on his rear to get him to run to first base faster.