A couple weeks worth....

Here is a bit about what we have been doing here in the Carpenter household....I have been such a terrible blogger lately and maybe this first picture will give you some insight as to why....although most of you know this by now...the first thing on our list of things we've been doing...making babies...(is that appropriate to say) :0

Yes, baby #3 should be joining us sometime around mid September. We are very excited! I am just about 9 weeks although I look like I'm about 16 weeks! I am showing SO much sooner than I did with my other 2. I was trying to find the picture of my 23 weeks pregnant with Lauren to show you that I am literally the same size now...a bit depressing...but hey, what can you do?

So how am I feeling? Well, I am very tired! Again, more tired than I remember being with the other two, but part of that could be because I have 2 munchkins to care for and I am tutoring a lot more. I have been trying to get about 9 hours of sleep a night which feels great and helps me survive my days. Poor Luke though...by the time I get James down to bed, I'm ready to C.R.A.S.H!!!! I also don't feel as great as I did with the other 2. I am nauseous in the middle of the night and must force myself to eat immediately when I wake up. But once I eat I usually have a terrible stomach ache...vicious circle right now I tell ya!!! I am not complaining though all of you pukers out there, but it isn't much fun to feel yucky!!! So, really this baby growing inside of me is part of my lack of blogs. I just don't have the time and when I have the "time" I just don't have the energy.

We've Been Playing...

So, it's either been a blizzard outside or freezing cold this winter so we haven't spent much time outside. During our warm up (before the snow melted) James got to play outside and enjoyed that a lot! We played out a lot over the weekend too, and I'm pretty sure Lauren is going to love the outdoors and much as James does! She threw a tantrum each time we brought her inside. This summer is going to be so much fun! Seriously! I can't wait!

We nixed James' "paci"

We always said we didn't really care if James' kept his pacifier until he was 3. That's when his doctor said the limit is. So....you may be judging me right now...but we just got rid of them. This is a picture of him sending them away to the pacifier fairy. That night the fairy sent him exactly what he wanted in return (imagine that!) :) A big horse and some bathtub paints.It went much better than I had anticipated and had only one night of 3 solid hours of crying! Not bad...seeing that he's had that thing for 3 YEARS!!!!!

We're Growing Hair... Well at least Lauren is! Aren't' her little pigtails adorable! She HATES when I put them in or do anything with her hair. Very frustrating...how could I have a daughter that doesn't want her hair done?!?!!? Doesn't she look even bigger with them in?! I love them!


We're feeding our many animals....

James has been feeding his animals at his meals and snacks. Just today he was feeding the cows and horses spaghetti noodles. I love listening to him and watching him. It cracks me up! He tells them he knows they don't like what he's giving them...that they just eat grass and apples. Guess he figures we force him to try things he doesn't like so he will inflict this same pain on something else!

We're Working on our Budget...
and Lauren is our helper! She sat on the ground for a solid 45 minutes one morning putting money in James' piggy bank. She loved it and I was fascinated with her fine motor skills being
able to get those coins in that tiny slot. When her coins were gone she would dump them out and start over again! She loves these kinds of activities and thankfully James only ripped the bank out of her hands twice before "sharing."



We're doing some spring cleaning...

If this is what you call cleaning! haha...James has both shop vacs in the house right now and he just carts them around. Today he was sweeping and mopping off the large one.

He just kept telling me he was cleaning it and I said, "Good for you baby!"

Just because...

I HAD to include this picture to give you all a good laugh! James somehow thought for SURE

Lauren would want to see his shop vacs as soon as she woke up this morning. I mean, why not right??? Here he

is carting them in and telling her all about them. Of course she just laughs and squeals

which completely confirms him!!! Oh the shop vacs!!! Notice BOTH of them in there???

We are LOVING being a family I'm telling you...these 2 are inseparable! That is unless James is trying to build a fence for his animals out of blocks and Lauren insists on knocking it down. But they really, truly adore each other! It is amazing! I am not sure she's going to fair so well when we send James to preschool

next year. She is just bored without him! I love it and am excited to add another to the bunch! They are always hugging and kissing each other! My favorite is when Lauren wraps her little

arms around James' neck and attempts to kiss him and James just melts! He says," She loves me!"

Again...I know this is long...but that is our life right now in a nutshell!!!!