Birthday Party Success

So we had the boys' birthday party yesterday and I think it was a great success! Great thanks to Grandma Vicki for all of her help!!! She really rocks :) The boys had their chosen theme "Disney's Bolt" and made out like bandits with their gifts! I am so excited for all the gifts given at their party as I think our guests did a better job getting good stuff for our boys then we did LOL Steven and I went shopping Fri night for the boys cause we were at a loss as to what to get the boys so we weren't much help when people asked what the kids needed LOL They got everything from cash for their piggy banks, guns to shoot eachother with to games for their DS's. Kaeden told me today he was happy cause he got some cool stuff yesterday. That was nice to hear as he seems to always be such a negative ned. He then turned around and told me that today was a boring day and not as good as yesterday. Well DUH! It wasn't party day today LOL. We were expecting thunder showers and cooler weather and I was surprised that it was sunny and hotter then I cared for it to be. Was nice though that we didn't get rained out. We had a wonderful turn out and thank everyone who showed up to make the party so great :) We played a couple games; Pin the dog tag on the dog collar and a balloon pop and then we did some cake and ice cream as all the kids thought they were absolutely dying of heat stroke at that point, and then we did pinata which took forever and a day to bust open. Those real "mexican" pinatas are not paper mache at all, but they are made of cardboard so they last forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Must remember that next year when we are so careful to not let the big kids beat it too hard the first round LOL
After our party was over it was time to head over to Annette's party at Patrick Park and have more cake and some pop. The kids were spoiled rotten with the sugar overload and even though I have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes I did have myself some cake and ice cream yesterday and enjoyed every single bite. I did hold back and have no cake at Annette's party rather I just had a yummy ruby red squirt which was full of sugar. I must have been on the go big time though cause my sugars were not through the roof yesterday when I tested. They were higher this morning after I had only a banana for breakfast. ?? weird.
Crazy for me to think that Kaeden my baby is now 7 years old. Crazier to think that my "baby" kai is turning 4 in a little over a week! And probably craziest of all is that I am blessed to be pregnant with my 3rd little one who will be here in a couple months!
Tooth fairy visited our house this evening. Everytime I turn around I swear Kaeden is pulling a new tooth out of his head! He showed us Fri night or last night it was loose and then tonight he pulled it out.
Tomorrow morning is my ultra sound to check up on Little O and see if he's growing and catching up and if my fluid level is any better. Crossing my fingers all goes well. It was cool that he was so active while Gramma Vicki was here. She got to feel the babe moving around multiple times. Stubborn as he/she seems to be for dr's he sure cooperates well for letting other people feel him moving around in there!
And now for a few pics...

My baby went off to first grade today!

Well we all got up and around at the crack of dawn this morning (Yes my kids got up at 5:30am on their own!! ugh) and got ready to take Kaeden for his first day of school. Kai and I walked him to his classroom and met up with his teacher since we missed back to school night last night. She seems super nice and I think he's gonna do great! He was off and playing outside before Kai and I were done talking to the teacher. Needless to say kai was not very happy that he did not get to stay and go play on the toys as well.

Kai and I grabbed some McD's for breakfast and now are at home in the silence wondering what to do with ourselves? I am so tired and just want a small catnap. Wondering if kai will let me sneak one in......... LOL I might give it a try. Heck he was up so early he might even join me! If he's going to nap I would prefer he get it done and over with nice and early. My fear is he's gonna try to fall asleep on me around 3-4-5ish and that will not be good news for our family ;) He'll be up all night long and our bedtime right now is 7:30 as we try to get into a school routine!

Kai is already wondering when Daddy and Kaeden will be back.... Poor guy isn't gonna know what to do with himself for a bit.

30 weeks pregnant

Wow biggest slacker in the world of blogging.. yes this is me ;) It's been 8 weeks since my last update and lots has happened with this pregnancy.

Went to my July 13th u/s and baby still was stubborn :p Kaeden got bored with the u/s and they still didn't get everything they needed so I was scheduled for ANOTHER u/s on Aug 17th. Went to the Aug 17th appt and found out that my Little O is still being stubborn. After all of these u/s's I still have no good profile shots or good face shots. Also found out that part of the reason for needing a repeat u/s was that my fluid is measuring low and baby is measuring a bit on the small side. Fluid went up from my July u/s however it's still on the low end and they want to keep a close eye on Little O. We go in yet again on Aug 31st for ANOTHER u/s to check on this kid. Go figure the one baby that we are NOT finding out the sex and this kid keeps making me go in for u/s and stay strong!!! Not an easy thing to do!!! I guess I will know one way or another what this baby is in the next 7-10 weeks so it would be silly to give in to my curiosity on Monday and peek. I am just praying that baby is healthy and growing and fluid is up come Monday and that Little O gives us all the face shots and profile shots and hand and foot shots that we need!!!!!!!!!! Also managed to not only fail my 1hr glucose test but I failed the 3hr as well and have been diagnosed with Gestational diabetes :( I was sure I failed the 1hr due to my mocha that morning, but I guess not :( Now I am poking myself 4 times a day to check sugar and dont' get to see the nutritionist until Sept 9th!!! so far away! Just winging it until then. Been doing my best and trying to go on walks in the evenings etc. Just wanna make everything healthy if possible! It is a tad frustrating that this is the pregnancy that I have gained the least weight and stopped smoking and then Ih ave these problems... but it will all work out in the end. Little O is growing though and loves to roll and kick and wiggle and give me problems with my right back ribs!!!!! I am loving his movements so much and dread knowing that it's my last time to feel this. I just sit with my hands on my belly and enjoy my one on one time. He either loves or hates my rocking chair LOL It seems that everytime I sit in it he starts wiggling up a storm. I hope that if by some miracle this kiddo comes out a girl in the future they don't get mad at me for referring to her as "him" for the first 9mo of their life ;) I'm having more braxton hicks earlier then I remember having with either of the other 2 pregnancies. Nothing painful, just some tightening. Seems to happen lots when sitting in this chair at the laptop LOL Yes I finally purchased myself a laptop and a DSLR camera YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday Steven the boys and I all got to meet Riley and had a great afternoon. It was wonderful to watch all 3 brothers playing and getting along so nicely. Riley reminds me so much of Kaeden! It's crazy how similar their personalities are. I am excited to get to know him and hope to build a relationship with him. It was nice to know that he was here meeting up with Steven Kaeden and Kailer and KNOWING that they are his blood. The boys thought it was great and are ready to visit with him again! He really wanted to stay here and wasn't happy to leave so that was a good start. I hope this grows into something wonderful!

So thank god for Grandma Vicki! She's been such a help gathering and purchasing stuff to spoil the boys rotten and give them a rocking birthday party this coming Saturday. Kaeden turns 7 on Saturday and Kailer turns 4 Sept 8th... amazing and insane the way time has flown. Everything I planned on purchasing she's purchased and it's such a big help. Mom I appreciate your help and am so thankful for all you do! you have made this week MUCh easier on me then I had planned on it being. The boys both wanted a Disney's Bolt birthday theme so it should be a fun afternoon. After their party at noon we will head over to Patrick Park for Annette's 4th birthday party at 3pm.

Tomorrow is the last day of Summer Vacation. Kaeden starts first grade on Thurs! I'm so excited for him to go back to school and to get into a routine again. I think he's getting bored being at home through the day and him and his brother are fighting fighting fighting! Looking forward to MOPS starting soon as well!

signing off for now. Hoping to type more often now that I've done this update that I've been putting off for so long!