My birthday is this week and Mike has been spoiling me to death. I love it. It has been the best birthday, and it's not even until Tuesday! We went to the zoo yesterday and I loved watching the kids get so excited about all of the animals. They are so curious. I love Max's creative imagination and Gracie's pure joy.
Mike is loving his new job at Cambridge Financial as a financial planner/ advisor, and I am loving it too. It has been so much better than we anticipated. Things are going great and I love the fact that my husband isn't out knocking doors this summer. He has a lot of flexibility with this job and I love the gift cards and perks that salesmen get. We got a new Dyson with one of his gift cards from Best Buy and we love it.
I am just enjoying my stinking cute kids and trying to be a better house wife. I am almost 21 weeks pregnant with our baby girl. The first part of my pregnancy was a little tough and I spent a lot of time on the couch. Mike was very patient with me and the dirty house so I'm trying to be much better at keeping the house clean now that I feel fabulous.
My performing group had their recital on April 29th and it's such a relief to have it done. I am thinking I will take a break next year and let myself adjust to being a mother of 3.
I am also loving my new calling as YW president. I love the girls and I love hanging out with them.
Max is adorable as always and is convinced that the baby should be named Zoey. I really like the name Zoey, but I'm not sure if it's her name. He kept saying, "We already know her name mom, it's Zoey! Got it?" I'm tempted to name her Zoey just because it's a good story.
Max did awesome at our performance last month and sang really loud. He loves to be on stage and he is natural little performer. He always wants to make people laugh. He is very sweet to his little sister and is very thoughtful and loving all the time. He knows just how to make me smile everyday and he always says very sweet things that make my heart melt. I am really going to miss him while he's in kindergarten next year :(.
Max has his last day of school on the 25th and he also has his program that day. I can't wait until it's warm enough outside for us to buy a swimming pool and spend lots of hours outside with the neighbors.
Gracie is turning into a little sweetheart. She's not as sassy as she was before. The doctor adjusted the prescription in her glasses and I think it has helped her to be less frustrated. Although she can see better, she is still cross-eyed so we are going to have to meet with a surgeon at Primary Children's to see if surgery can help with her Strabismus. He isn't taking new patients until July so we will have to patient until we can get an appointment.
Gracie LOVES to sing and although she can't get the words out fast enough, she mouths the words to her favorite songs while the rest of us sing for her. She loves the ABC's, eensy weensy spider, monkey and the alligator and Jesus wants me for a sunbeam. It's so fun watching her grow up and get more personality. She loves playing with her baby dolls and coloring. She also enjoys stealing toys from Max and running away. She is a sweetie and loves her daddy more than anyone else in the whole world.
She is also very girly. She loves wearing frilly "pincess" dresses and putting on "nake up" with mom in the mornings. I love the few hours we get alone together each week while Max is at school. It's a good chance for us to snuggle and play without her trying to compete with Max for my attention. Which is hard, since Max can't stand it if someone else it getting his attention!
Overall, we are loving life. I feel so blessed to have such an amazing family. Mike and I make a great team. He is such an awesome dad and takes great care of all of us. I couldn't have found anyone better matched for my personality. He is my best friend and I am so happy to have found him.
My kids are the cutest in the world, of course, and they make my life amazing. I honestly can't think of a better job than being able to stay home with my little sweeties. I hope we can have a few more kiddos to finish off our family. I love being a mom. I don't want to do anything else.
