Bike Rider!!!!

We have a bike rider!!!!

What an amazing thing, how quickly this little girl learned!  She got a bike last year for her birthday but has had training wheels on it all last summer.  She didn't seem to be getting the balancing thing down so Dustin took her training wheels off a few weeks ago and started working with her.

Then last night, all of a sudden, she seriously just GOT IT.  Like all of a sudden.  I'm shocked, as scared as she is of everything.  It's amazing how it just picked up for her.  She's still shaky but man, I'm really impressed!!!!

Kyler is rocking the tricycle and she's doing great on the bike!

30 weeks!

We're at 30 weeks!!!

This is the farthest I've been with no complications!

Yesterday I went in for my routine appointment and also had an ultrasound to see if my placenta was still lying over my cervix.  And no it was not!!!!  It needed to be at least 2-3 centimeters away to try a vaginal birth and mine was 7cm!!!!  Talk about some major growth in the last 11 weeks since my last ultrasound!  At that time it was completely covering the cervix and would have required an automatic C-section to get this baby out.

How amazing to see how quickly God works!  At this point I have a totally normal, healthy pregnancy!  Praying it continues!

Our funny kids...

My kids are dweebs.  They make me smile.  They have such personalities!

Yesterday while playing outside I asked Grace what kind of birthday cake she wanted.  We talked for a bit and I think she settled on a basketball theme.  She has really been into basketball lately, mainly because of March Madness going on and they play a lot in school.  But really, we're not huge basketball nuts and don't really get into it.

So talking more about what she wanted her birthday party to be like, she added in, "I want to make sure it's a Lebron James cake."  What??????

First off, can't stand Lebron James.  Second, can't stand NBA basketball.  What we do watch is college, NOT pro.  So where on earth was this girl coming from?  Oh, Kindergarten and the boys' influence.  :)  Apparently one of her classmates is a big Lebron James fan. :)

And then this morning I needed to get a plastic Easter egg out as Grace's show and tell for tomorrow needs to be something inside an Easter egg for the class to guess.  Kyler wanted to play with it so I gave it to him.  This is what he proceeded to do with it. :)

He told me I needed to feel the baby in his tummy kick! :)  

Love my little weirdos!

Kyler is 3 stats/update

I've got a three year old!  How did that happen????

I had to reschedule Kyler's 3 year doctor checkup since I was sick when we were supposed to go!  So we finally got in there to see what a big, growing, and healthy boy he is!

He was 39 pounds (96th percentile) and was 39 1/2 inches tall (90th percentile).  So his BMI is good!  And he got his blood pressure taken for the first time and they said it was good!

And the best news for Kyler from appointment was that he was up to date on all his vaccines and didn't need a shot!  That made him happy as he was pretty nervous about that part! :)

Kyler has really grown and come out of his shell this past year.  He is much more talkative and much more smiley than he used to be.  I think a big part of his growth stems from Grace being in school and him being forced to come into his own instead of hiding behind his sister's big personality.

Kyler is such a sweet, amazing little boy.  He has started to love reading and has finally learned his colors!  NOW the big thing will be potty training.  He is ADAMANT about not wanting to do it so I hope he changes his mind soon so we can be done with his diapers!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Kyler!!!

Happy 3rd birthday to my sweet, sweet Kyler!

His party was supposed to be on his actual birthday, Saturday, March 22, 2014.  Unfortunately, I got the stomach/GI bug going around on Friday and was out of commission the entire weekend.

We had to cancel/postpone his party and moved it to the following Saturday.  He wasn't as disappointed as I thought he would be.  I think it upset Grace more than anyone! :)

I had baked a cake the day before I got sick but ended up throwing it away as I wasn't sure if it would make anyone sick.  I'd rather be safe than sorry, especially with that bug!  It was no fun!  

On his birthday Dustin got them some fast food (Ky's choice) and we gave him the only part of the present we had--a little plastic hunting knife and a little play revolver and sheriff's badge.  It was such a tiny thing but he was SO happy and loved it!  I am so glad we had something for him on his actual birthday and that he was so happy!  I felt terrible about the whole thing but I think it hurt me more than him!

Anyway, the next Saturday we were able to celebrate!  All week I was still recuperating and had very little strength so Hyvee ended up making Ky's cake.  I was heart broken since that's the thing I always do for the kids but I think he was happy and I'm sure there's looked better than what I was going to do anyway!

We opened presents and Kyler got some great things!  He was such a happy boy all day!

And actually the weather was better this day so we got to do the pinata outside and then play on the swing set, in the sandbox, and with some footballs and tee balls!  It was really fun!

So glad we got to celebrate another year of this amazing boy's life!