State+Regionals=I have a husband again!

The smell of fresh cut grass, hot dogs on the grill, and spittin' out seeds has just come to an end for the Bees. They sure did end well though! They took state, then we headed to Bozeman, MT for regionals. Last year they were out in 2 games....this year made it to game 14. We took a young team and they held their own the whole time :) It was a good way to end the season.

First game in we played the Alaska eskimos...that's right, my ancestors. I was actually confused on who to cheer for the first game (hehehe)

Daddy and his girls

Porter's biggest fan.........she cheers him on the whole game. "Go Porter" she says and claps! She will look back one day at this picture and know that she knows someone famous cuz this kid will make millions for his talent one day very soon.

Since the team has done so well this year, Joldy is getting tired of getting cold water dumped on him at the end of the games......so he turned on them and threw it at the boys instead......

then the boys grabbed the "fire hose" they use to water down the field and hosed him down good:)

In Bozeman there was a statue of a little boy with a baseball glove, when I lost her for a split second (weird, me lose a kid) I would always find her talking, hugging, and kissing this little statue.

And last is our water babies!!!! They got to go swimming like 2x a day and were loving every second.

We were able to spend some time with Joldy's high school baseball coach and family since they live in Bozeman. After 5 days of eating out....we had dinner and smores at their house for the last night there. We haven't seen them since Aynslee was born so it was good times:) But I seem to not have taken any pics while we were there, oooops.

Aside from Joldy heading to Chicago to meet Cal Ripken, that's right you heard me right, he is coming back on sunday..WHEW! I will have a husband again! My list of "honey do's" has gotten pretty long. Life can go back to a routine with the girls starting school and most important they will get to spend time with their daddy! I guess that means I will actually have to cook dinner now that he will be attending the dinner table:)

Family Reunion

Over the 24th I had some big decisions to make since there was so much going on! Our 10-year class reunion, Joldy's district tourney, and my own family reunion...............I chose family reunion. It was up at my great grandmother's cabin at Warm River, with a whole lot of really old people, but the sad thing is.....there aren't going to be the really old people much longer. Pretty soon us great grandchildren will be considered that. SCARY to think. But my eskimo Grandpa Ted came and my girls just love him.

The reason we all try to get together around the 24th at the cabin is because it was my Great Grandma's b-day. It also happens to be Nickole's son's birthday on the 26th so she brought a cake to celebrate both!

Here are some generation pictures with my grandpa

So along with this mass production that seems to come in 3's......this time it is in 4's! It is a definate race for who will deliver first. Me-December 25, Nickole December-29, and Halley's set of twins February!!!! AAAAHHHHH. So many babies at once. My poor mom doesn't know what to do, she is always such a huge help when we all have babies and even though Halley isn't until February she is likely to have hers at the same time as Nickole and I!!!

Halley's ultrasound:

Here are the pregnant chubby girls :)

I grew up in Havre Montana, where my grandpa is from, and they have these fabulous "rocky mountain hot dogs" that are the best in the world! He brought us a pack.....so I thought I would take a picture to blog hot dog history! Oh the memories these brought back :)

My grandpa came to stay with me after the Blue Angels on Sunday and I was getting his bed ready when I realized that I was in need of some pillow cases. So the only ones "extra" I own are pretty girlie. I went down stairs and handed him 3 and said "here you go grandpa take your pick tinker bell, princess, or carebear?" He looked at me like I was kidding and then laughed. I responded by saying....this is a house full of girls you know.

My BABY turns 2!

This has got to be the funnest birthday age ever. The animation in Aynslee's actions all day was PRICELESS. Joldy was gone in Washington for a tournament so he missed the whole day. I have had this wretched cold for over a week, so the whole day was a struggle. All for the kids right?

We started off at the zoo...............she has this infatuation with monkeys (aka ooh ooh's). That was the first exhibit we went to and she FREAKED with excitement. Then we headed to the park for a picnic and sang happy birthday. I had made monkey cupcakes for the occasion. Then all the girls and cousin Ryelee played at the park. We came back to the house to have a kid pool party and BBQ!!

Such a fun day. I must say that my little Jo Jo spurts more personality day by day. She is my most polite child, always saying thank you, please, welcome, bless you, and excuse me. Aside from some serious tantrums every once in a while this is by far my best behaved 2 year-old :) She gives the sweetest kisses on the cheek, and her latest and most precious is calling my mother "mygrandma" ONE WORD. She will say "thanks, mygrandma" or "hi mygrandma" like she isn't sharing with anyone else. So my mom has started calling her "myJoJo". My mom spoils her rotten so yes, by far she has earned her name:) When you ask Aynslee who her favorite is....she points to herself and says "me" and then laughs. Her daddy taught her that. She puts on Joldy's Bee hat or shirts all the time and gives a thumbs up and says "cool dude". Such character!

After the pool party, the birthday girl was so exhausted she put herself to sleep for a little nap.

She is also into minnie mouse.....like as bad as my mom. So she got minnie everything, pj's, towels, toys, and panties. She is so darn cute!

She asks to see "the baby" in my belly every day and she gives her kisses. She will be a good big sister:)

July 4th....and boy or girl???????

The baseball team had a tournament in Park City again this year, so along with baseball....we also got to shop! The weather couldn't have been better, the hotel was great, and the food was even better! The Bees won 3 of 4 games but gave up too many runs to advance, so we had all of Saturday to hang! We took the girls to the park, played beach volleyball (yes my chubby self can move a little still) and watched a fabulous firework show. All the baseball families stayed so it was way fun! I am finally feeling "human" again now that most of the nausea has FINALLY gone away and food even tastes good again!

So the verdict is in.......we cheated and found out at 15 weeks what we are having. I always go to the fetal studio at the Southtowne Mall in Sandy. First I must say that after 2 heartbreaking miscarriages, I just wanted to hear a heartbeat and see a moving fetus. Wasn't as concerned with boy or girl...........................................but I must say one thing

I

HAVE

BECOME

MY

MOTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Yep, cheerleader #4 on the way and that will complete our cheer squad! Having 5 sisters....it's all I know.....girls, drama, attitude, fighting, stealing eachothers clothes, pulling hair, but most of all bonding. I feel the most for my husband not getting at least one son in the mix. We were actually done except when he started coaching I saw how good he was with the boys and decided I would suffer through one more pregnancy just to see if maybe one more time would get Joldy a son. (When I say suffer, it's the truth. As much as I love new borns and creating a family, I am the first to admit that there is nothing I enjoy about pregnancy. I HATE IT!!!!!!)

The funny thing is, Joldy is a great father of daughters!!! More patient then most men are with all the drama, hair, jewelry, and PINK!

When I told my dad the news he said "only real men create little girls" coming from a father of 6 girls!! Funny old Poppy. The upside is......I don't have to buy a darn thing, except chubby clothes for me cuz I did get rid of those!!!!

INTRODUCING

MISS LAINEE ROSE WATTS................DUE ON CHRISTMAS DAY(this is the second child I have managed to have that same due date.....who does that?)


Here she is healthy, moving, stretching, and sucking her thumb!!

Some parenting milestones:

1. When another is on the way, it jumpstarts EVERYTHING a lot FASTER

2. Aynslee potty trained.....check

3. Aynslee moved from crib to big girl bed.....check

4. Breaking Aynslee from the binkie.....yah right! The more you have the worse this one gets, for my own selfish sleeping reasons....this one can wait!! Whew!

Boise Tourney....Joldy is 28!

So I am now about a month behind bloggin....but it's okay to be a slacker right? We were in Boise for Joldy's birthday so we had a b-day bash at my sister's house since all 12 boys stayed in her livingroom!!! That's right Katie was the host house for a weekend and I CANNOT believe how much boys can eat!!!! We were the head chefs for breakfast each morning and then Kaleb (Katie's husband) pulled off a BBQ dinner, which was fabulous, to celebrate Joldy's birthday. I was still feeling pretty pregnant icky so it was so nice to have my sister help me out with the kids for the weekend. (Like I might have randomly fell asleep a few times and she watched my kids :)

Anyway, it was a good birthday which ended with the boys winning the whole tournament!

Kiddo Stats

At the beginning and end of the school year I like to see how much my kids have grown......so here are the end of the school year measurements:

Jaycee
Height: 44 inches (+1inch) Weight: 43.2 (+5 lbs)

Sissy
Height: 43 inches (+.5 inch) Weight 43.2 (+5 lbs)

JoJo
Height 32.5 inches (+2.5 inch) Weight 31 (+4.2 lbs)

Baby Watts
Arrival date December!!!!!

Hooray! The baby and I managed to survive a first trimester. It wasn't easy........I have been the sickest I have ever felt in my life and struggled every day. It also gave me mental comfort that things were going okay with this one, so it was a bitter-sweet super sickness. I have once again managed to put on the 1st tri-10 lbs and I am no longer able to hide my bump. I do have to give a shout out to my mom and especially my sister Stephanie for letting me take many naps and taking care of my kids while I died on the couch......DAILY.

You know it is funny, with all my sisters having babies, I seem to always be in the running with one of them. So my sister Nickole and I are only two short weeks apart and plan on being very chubby over the holidays and taking a very sleepless maternity leave together! Cheers to chubbiness (oh, yes for the last time :) Our little family will be complete and will most likely have a whole cheer squad when all said and done. Statistic wise, after having 3 kids the same sex.......we'll have less than 3% chance of a boy.....but we knew that going into this and will be super happy with our girlies!

Boise State Trip

As usual I am a couple weeks late posting! Boise was super fun and the boys ended up finishing 2nd place. It was a good year and they did well. It was also exciting to be able to spend time with my sister Katie and her family. There were 4 cute baby kittens running around her house and my children carried them in blankets like little babies most of the time we were at her house. Honestly, I don't know how the kittens survived our stay!

Any chance the girls were able to ride the bus with dad, they did! I also was able to use it against them if they were being naughty! The weather was TERRIBLE. I think that snow plows out in May in Boise has to set some kind of record :)

So as much as this little one loves her mama.........she is a daddy's girl through and through. SHE is HIS biggest fan! A wart on his bum at ALL times. I must say that her daddy doesn't mind a bit and is actually pretty proud of his little fan.

I have the girls' end of the year stats. I will post that in the next couple of weeks. I must say this first though, it is apparent that all my children are predicted to be at least 5 inches taller than me. WEIRD RIGHT?