This is the Day...

...that we found out we were expecting for the first time--5 years ago. And it's also the day that we confirmed baby #2 was on his way 3 years ago. If #3 was still in the picture I would be 39 weeks today...instead I'm 29 weeks with pregnancy #4.

How's that for S family fertility history? :)

So, all kinds of things to catch up from the weekend once again. I left you all on Friday afternoon with plans of making something to bring to our first small group meeting that night. I decided on coconut bread and went to make it. A few hours after I'd baked it I looked at it only to realize: I forgot to put in the eggs!!! I was fretting a bit and ultimately decided to run out for another box of mix to try again. However, I didn't allow myself much time doing it that way and so when we were rushing to get it out of the pan to bring to small group, it broke in the middle and so the bottom of the loaf was still stuck in the pan and the top was free. Oh well. I wrapped it up and brought it that way.

Small group was interesting. For one thing, there seemed to be way more kids there than mathematically made sense with the number of adults. They were noisy so they all got sent outside to play. For another thing, the group doesn't even meet till 7 p.m. and that's when we typically head upstairs to start our bedtime routines here at home. So, it was a late night for the boys. We met some nice people and then they jumped into the "discussion" part of the evening and for a special treat, they'd invited one of the associate pastors from the church to lead things. Easton came in quite a few times to interrupt (sweetly remembering to take off his shoes and put them by the front door every time) and another time he came in to go potty and didn't bother to close the bathroom door. :) But overall it was an alright time. Just a little long. They usually "discuss" till 9:00 and then move into the kitchen for the snacks and refreshments portion of the evening. Someone thought my coconut bread was corn bread and poured a bunch of bean dip over the top in their bowl. Ick!

Easton was exhausted and was laying on the couch with strangers. Dalton was getting grumpy. We left before anyone else did, even though others had young kids as well, but our boys are just not used to such a late night at all. We had to get them home! And as usual, when they get to bed late, they wake up super early. Sure enough...Easton was up at 6:00. He went to use the potty and I happen to know he never went back to sleep. Even though he was quiet in his room till 7:00 he never slept again. 9:30-6:00 is just not enough sleep for him.

So Saturday he was a bit of a grump.

We grabbed bagels for breakfast. I particularly liked Dalton's cream cheese 'stache and soul patch:


At 10:30 we had E's t-ball game.

He was kind of a wonk about it all this week, we think because he was soooooooo tired and out of sorts. Here's just a few highlights from what I mean:





He was clearly just distracted, he wasn't hustling quite the same as the week before. But he was still our little slugger. Here is an action shot (look at that face!) as he's finishing his swing:

And with that, he got a "home run"...actually it was even a grand slam as he was the last batter on his team so he and all the other kids already on base got to run the bases before they took the outfield. Easton even passed one of the runners on his own team on his way to home plate. :)

Goob!

The other team was highly amusing. They all showed up with eye black under their eyes and the entire team took this "ready" position anytime one of our team was up to bat. So cute!


Gramoo and Lauren and Gramoo's giant hand clapper came to cheer E on this week.


And there's Daddy! Oh wait, that's just my Diddlebug thinking he's being Daddy. That smile!


We invited Gramoo and Lauren over for some lunch afterwards. I asked them if they could stop and pick up some chips at the store and they brought back 5 different kinds!!! So we had grilled cheeses, a buffet of chips, and apple slices. They left so we could see about getting both kids to nap after such a crappy night of sleep. E didn't but D and I sure did!

I know J did yard work in the afternoon but I can't think of what else the day held for us.

Sunday morning was, of course, Father's Day! For the first time since teaching D the "night light trick" he woke up before 6 a.m. crying but I went in and told him, "Uh oh, your light isn't on yet." and he actually laid back down on his pillow and went back to sleep for an hour and a half! Good for him, not good for me, I was up for the day. I let J sleep in a tiny bit for Father's Day but we couldn't let it go on too long because we were still planning to go to church. Once both kids were up they got in bed with J to wish him a Happy Father's Day!


We dove right into some gifts as we didn't have a lot of time to spare with the half hour of sleeping in:

He got a few new summer clothes. Doesn't he look thrilled?

And when I asked Easton awhile back what he thought we should get J for Father's Day his first idea was "a costume". Then he said, "a Transformers movie". However, when I told him that those were things he wanted, not necessarily his Daddy he came up with "a picture frame". I thought that was an okay idea because some of the moms I know online were doing a fun idea for Father's Day:

It's for J's office at work:


Once he'd opened it I was able to tell him that Walgreens hassled me about them potentially being professional pictures!

Ha ha ha!!! I think it's especially funny as the windowsill took the picture of my belly (with the camera on timer) and also because when I printed some pictures of the boys back around Christmas that were done by someone calling himself a professional, they didn't say a thing. Hee hee!!! I don't even have a good camera. I think it's the black background? Anyway...guess I should've sent one of these over to Walgreens as proof they were done at home:


Jason's final gift was some plans for the day...first he pulled out a bag of peanuts, then some Cracker Jacks, then some cheapie seats to the afternoon's Rockies/Pirates game:


But first we had to have breakfast (we got Jason some Cocoa Pebbles as a treat) and then we were off to church. Both boys made a little something for their daddy while they were in Sunday school. Dalton came home with his traced handprint taped to a popsicle stick. He kept calling it a "high five". :)


And Easton made J a special card:


We came home for some lunch and to change clothes and then we were off to the Light Rail station to catch the train into downtown. The boys were really excited about the train ride but I didn't take any pictures of it. Oops.

Then we got to the game. It was hot and the kids don't care so much about watching a game. It was Dalton's very first game:


Easton's third:


And what we learned was that I've been to a Rockies game during E's, D's and now Wabie's pregnancies. I don't go to games often so it's kind of a funny coincidence. It was a hot day sitting in the direct sun. We ate snow cones and drank squishees and squirted the kids with a mister we brought from home. As this is my first time having a belly in warm weather I also experienced some interesting sweat patterns for the first time. Embarassing to have the obvious marks in between the belly/boob shelf. Lovely.

We eventually stripped the boys of their shirts completely:


We stayed through the 7th inning stretch when they sing, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and then headed back to the train for home. The kids still hadn't caught up properly on their sleep from small group Friday night and the heat and activity just really took it out of them. They were wiped:



We even let them snooze in the car in the garage for a bit when we got home.

Jason thought a sandwich sounded good for dinner so he browsed some menus online while the boys slept and then they woke up, came in to chill on the couch and I went to pick up our sandwiches.

That was our day so I hope he had a nice Father's Day!!!

This morning the boys were both up as soon as they were "allowed" (and they both waited again). It's doughnut day so we did that and then I felt like taking them to the park before it got too hot. We're expecting it to be 92 today. We got to the "cool park" and their fountains/tiny splash pad was actually operating and the boys got distracted by that, fully clothed, before they made it to do any playground playing. It wasn't even 70 degrees yet this morning but they both got themselves fully soaked having a blast. I eventually decided it was time to go when they were too shivery (but still having fun) and I had dry underwear and a dry diaper in the car but they rode home otherwise nakey. Easton usually does his own buckles in the car and knows where his chest clip should be and this time said, "Well, now I can tell where my nipples are!" because that's about where he should clip it. Ha ha! I guess the other times he buckles it he's just guessing. :)

Anyway, we came home for some TV, some dancing (E asked for disco music) and I went through a bunch of coupons finally.

We're not venturing too far from home today (at least not for any length of time) because it's also the day I'm doing the always-exciting 24 hour urine collecting. Good times.

And now you're all caught up....maybe even more than you wanted to be. :)