i had an ultrasound this morning. everything looks great...heart, spine, skull. there was something surrounding the head...and the doctor asked me, "did all your babies have this much hair!!"
now i can hardly stand to wait another day to meet our new baby girl!

yesterday i was in charge of making cake for my father in laws birthday.
i didn't know which cake to make so i made white, strawberry, and yellow cup cakes! i just could not decide...
...why am i blogging about this...??!

we took the kids to razorfest today to get out of the house and go play as a family. on our way home we stopped and looked at the the hogs indoor practice facility. incredible! elle and silas had a blast running around...of course this led to quite a few races. si hates to lose...i wonder why :)



check out my daughters face as she runs by...she totally knew what she was doing. i think she gets that from her mother.

anyone who knows my mom...knows it has to be dark in the room for a nap to occur.
well...same goes for me 100% (i wear a black mask over my eyes when i nap during the daytime). Yesterday when i attempted a quick prego nap...elle fell asleep beside me...and when i woke up i found her like this...

i mixed up the perfect recipe today. it was a recipe to start labor contractions!
let me tell you about it. i've got "nesting" fever so bad! my house is out of control...where will she sleep, where will i put her clothes, how do i get my house clean...ETC! so at 9:00am i started cleaning my garage...nice dose of lifting way to many heavy objects. By 2:30 i was zapped...i had to get a quick nap. but silas would have nothing to do with a napping mama. 2nd ingredient...get as tired and worn out as you can...then go to the gym for "body attack" class. 3/4 of the way through the class i started having crazy body freezing braxton hicks, so i left. Then on my way home i mixed up ingredient #3...flat tire on 540 during rush hour! i'm sure people who drove by didn't believe their eyes when they saw a 36 week prego in workout clothes standing in the rain. Then for dessert i made two dinners...finley wanted chicken, i wanted spaghetti. by the time i sat down to watch American Idol...the small contractions were beginning. see...perfect recipe...right?! maybe you should say a prayer that i will start making wise pregnant decisions. -b

...haven't we already blogged about this?! well, he did it again. silas fell asleep upside down.

our good buddy simon turned 30 last night.
his family gave him quite the surprise party.
i lucked out and got a pic with finley...
and then with the birthday boy.

do you remember last week when it was SO windy?
...our trashcans sure remember that gusty day.
the kids and i found ours half way down the street...
silas said he'd go get the blue recycle bin...
this is how he carried it back to the house...ha ha!!!

tonight as i was getting silas into his jammies...and the evening was coming to a close...he looks at me and asks, "so...how are the doctors gonna get your baby out?"
(good questions si...good question)

elle bell feeling the need for a dramatic photo op...



elle loving on her 'big mama'...



silas is constantly putting stickers on my belly..."for the baby girl"...



enjoying a fun craft while the weather is nice...



silas sporting his spiderman scooter...oh he is SO cute!



can you see my reflection in elle's eye?!



play date with the Halls...



walk around the lake after one of the big rains...

this is priceless as a parent..

...and now i'm playing hard with silas.
we've played games, tickled, chased and scaring...and i told him i'd play football and he looked at me with intense eyes and said...
"let's tackle each other" (remember, my wife is pregnant :)

i thought that was funny.
he said it would be fine if we just threw the ball...
he told me it would be ok if i only tackled him...he won't have to tackle me.

call me before you head to the store.
love you
b