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Exciting News!!!

Well we are excited that we will be adding a fourth member to our family in April. My due date is April 5th and we are hoping that it comes close to that date....not to much before! I know that if I give it a few months I might say something totally different but we have our reasons. Chase is a March Birthday so we would like this one to be in April so they each have their own month. I know, I know we over think things but you should expect that from us :) We got the kids these cute shirts and hid them under their pillows. When they got home from school we told them that they needed to go and take a nap. This upset Jaidon to the point of tears, which wasn't exactly the reaction we were going for. After a little persuasion we got them all in their rooms and they found them. It didn't take Miki long to catch on to what was going on. She got all excited and ran out to check what Jaidon and Chase's shirts said. We then helped the boys figure it out. It was fun to see how excited they were. Jaidon then told me that "You are getting kinda fat mom!" This made me laugh because at this point I was only 8 weeks. It should be fun to hear him in the upcoming months comment on how "fat" I am! I am feeling much better now....I was totally expecting this pregnancy to be like my last 2, I didn't get sick at all! Let's say I wasn't that lucky this time around! Thankfully I felt yucky at night so the kids were already in bed and I could just relax and whine to Chad how it is not supposed to be like this! Even though I was a little sick I know others who are a lot worse, so I just had to look at the bright side. Hopefully I am almost over it, I am feeling better and better every day. Now we just play the waiting game!

In other exciting news.......Chase has potty trained himself!!! Yippee! On Monday he decided that he was going to go potty all day on the potty and that was it. He has been going off and on for a few months but nothing consistent until Monday. All week he has done great with no accidents! I was even brave to venture out with him on all our crazy errands that we have to do. He did realize that it is great during sacrament meeting today....4 times and went every time:) I was a little nervous about potty training another boy, but he did it himself!! I was prepared to have two in diapers yuck!

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday Jaidon! I can't believe he is 6! He was so excited for this big day. He says he had a great day....he got to go to Taekwondo twice so he was happy. Dad did a great job on the cake, it is pretty sad when your husband is more creative than you are! We are topping the birthday celebration off tonight with a camping trip where he gets to use his new tent and sleeping bag.

Back to School!

Yes I was the crazy mom that followed the bus, I had to get a picture in front of the classroom :)
Jaidon was done with pictures! Hard to tell huh!
My big thrid grader!!! I can't believe that she is sooo grown up!
I can't believe that it is time to go back to school! My Jaidon is a BIG kindergartner and he was so excited for school to start. I had to wake them up at 6:30 this morning and he was happy....I don't think that he has ever woke up that early and been happy, he loves his sleep way to much. They were both very excited to see that some of their new friends from summer school were in their classes! I was also very happy for them. I think I worry more about them making friends then they do. I guess that is what Moms' are for. Mikinzie is preparing herself for HOMEWORK! At her old school she really didn't have any, but at this school she will most likely have some every night, we think that Jaidon will have some too! I controlled my self and did not make Miki have her picture taken in front of her classroom ( I wasn't fast enough to catch her before she went in the classroom, it would have been totally uncool to come back outside for a picture!) Back to bedtimes and reality! We had such a fun summer with all the company that we had bedtimes didn't really happen. Grandmas, Grandpa, Aunts, and Uncles don't think that they need bedtimes. Oh well we were just so glad that they all came and visited!
Chase and I, I can't believe I just have one at home all day, are looking forward to lots of one on one time. He is such a mamas boy I think he will enjoy it, I know I am going too.

Twinkle Toes!!

I am finally getting pictures of Mikinzie's recital on!! We had so much fun and she did a great job. The recital marked the end to the weekly drives back to Lees Summit on Tuesdays. I was and still am sad because that means I don't get to wander around Target for 45 min with my girl friends while Miki goes to class. On a brighter note our gas tank is thanking us!! As tradition Grandma and Grandpa Richardson came out from Utah for the exciting weekend! We had alot of fun with them here! I went into shock after they left because summer school was out, no Grandma and Grandpa to play with, and no pool loaded with friends to entertain Miki and Jaidon. We are hanging in there though! :) The pics of Miki and Chase in the cage were actually lockers just outside her dressing room. We were there waaaaaay to looong!!! It worked great to keep Chase happy!