The "Big Belly"

I added two video clips after the belly clip! Also if you haven't looked at blog in awhile, scroll down through next 2 blog entries both dated 5/26 to see some pictures I have added!

Well view with caution, could make you ill! Ha! Anyway here is a pic of my belly as I "patiently" (heh) wait for John to make his appearance.
Gosh I am going to have to do alot of exercises to get this belly back in shape afterwards.

The kids on trampoline and Rachel sliding! Of course the one time I try to video her, she slides right off instead of stopping. She got right back up though and kept climbing and sliding.

Memorial Day Weekend

Still no baby yet! I really thought it would be sometime over the weekend but I guess he enjoys being on the inside! I go to the doctor again tomorrow so we will see what happens tomorrow. My due date is 2 1/2 weeks away still but she really doesn't think I will make it past this week.

We started our Memorial Day weekend by just staying home and cleaning and Jim did some yard work and the such. He ended up having to borrow the neighbors riding lawn mower after discovering that the dog for some reason decided to rip out the wiring on ours. It was parked in the grass by the patio and we think there must have been a creature hiding that the dog was after because there was a hole dug and the wires were just a mess. What a pain.

Sunday we went over to our friends house and just cooked hamburgers/hot dogs and sat around and watched the kids play. They have a trampoline so that was the main attraction for the kids. Their baby is 6 months younger than Rachel and watching the two of them interact was quite amusing. Of course neither one grasps the concept of sharing and they pretty much wanted whatever the other one seemed to want to play with. So they kind of took turns crying when they didn't get their way.

Yesterday we took the kids to the Aquarium and then another trip to the park just for something to do! I added a couple more pictures in another posting right before this one so scroll down to see some more!

I really don't have too many stories to tell for the most part! Rachel's favorite phrase the past week has been "stop it" to whoever it is that is agitating her. Also, if she wants someone, she will yell out in the house "c'mere daddy" or "Sarah/Derek c'mere". It is getting much easier to understand her now but she still has some melt downs when we don't quite understand what it is she wants!

Sarah, Ella, Madison(Sarah's half sister), Rachel and Derek on the trampoline.

Rachel at the park with her flushed cheeks! She is also wearing the hat that she picked out at the Aquarium! Surprsingly enough she actually kept it on the whole time at the park!

Derek at the park doing who knows what!

Sarah at the park!!

Feeding the turtles at the Aquarium.

Rachel drinking the milk out of her bowl after having some "fwoot woops" aka Fruit Loops. One day afer giving her cereal, she just picked up the bowl to drink the remaining milk and now it is one of her favorite things to do. We usually end up refilling the bowl with milk and cereal a couple of times each sitting.

Early May

Here are some more pics!


Rachel actually saying cheese for the camera! She saw it and was like "cheese, cheese, cheese" until we took her picture and then of course she wanted to see it.

Rachel sliding at the park by herself! She loves to slide!

Walking across the bridge to the slide after climbing up the stairs by herself! This was all fun until it was time to go home and then you would have thought I was kidnapping her based on her screams!

Sarah being a great big sis and helping Rachel ride the pony at Broken Arrow Rooster Days! Something else Rachel wanted to do over and over but at $5 a pop once was all she got!

Jim and his two sisters Janine & Janet at Janet's college graduation.