Sunday photo & a Walk

Here are some photos from the past few days. The top ones were taken on Sunday when we had a few minutes to spare before heading off to church. Actually, I should have just left when I had the chance because there was a missionary farewell and even though we made it 10 minutes early to church, we still had to sit on those hard chairs way, way in the back.

This photo was from Pacen's little photo shoot of moi. He really likes to be the one taking the pictures, and so we have like 15 of just me making funny faces into the camera. I thought I'd spare all of you those pretty shots. :)And I just love Cam's face in this picture. It's pretty much how Camry has been the past couple days. Just not happy, crying for pretty much everything, but I'm trying to give her the benefit of the doubt because she did have to go the Dr. and have shots and be on this funky antibiotic, so we'll give her a few more days and see if she gets back to the normal Camry that we adore.

This picture is when we were off to our marathon walk. Okay, not marathon, but I did tally it up with my car and it was 4.7 miles. Go me. It was our first walk of the spring. Yes, it's May tomorrow, and it was our first real walk. I wish that I would have taken my camera because when we got to our park, there are these baseball fields right next to them and Pacen just ran and ran around those bases and you would have thought that he was in Disneyland. We have the poor boy brainwashed. He just kept saying, "Baseball is great, mom." And he didn't even need a ball. That's a great kid.

Cousins

Here are some cute pictures of Camry and Olive in their matching Mexico dresses that I never put up here. From what I heard, Cam and Olive had a pretty interesting week...Camry just had to let her know who was boss around here, but nothing too terrible happened. My kids are still talking about baby Olive...they just love her so.

Baby #3

Here are our ultrasound pictures of our new little baby. I know what you're all thinking...I can barely tell what I'm even looking at--why is she putting this fuzzy picture up here?!?!? But I just think it's the cutest little picture ever. And in the top one you can see the hand right above the face. So cute.

We didn't find out what we're having, but I still am leaning towards a boy...for three reasons.

One--I just have been feeling boy this whole time. It's just my gut feeling.

Two--My mom did the "Needle Test" where you hold a needle hanging from a string over your belly and if it moves a certain way then it's a boy or a girl, and it showed that I was having a boy.

Three--this random lady in Belize looked at me and said, "So you're having a boy?" And I said, "Maybe." And then she went into this spiel about how she can just tell and how she has never been wrong.

So, there are three reasons to think that we're having a boy--why do we even need an ultrasound?!?! :) But if we have a girl, hooray for that, too. Either one would be perfect.

The ultrasound showed that everything is looking just great. All the measurements showed that I was right on track for my September 2nd due date and the baby just looked as healthy as could be. We are so blessed.

Cruise in Review

We're back. After 6 days of ZERO diapers, and TONS of fun, we are home. We had such a great time just spending time with each other and doing things that we totally wouldn't be able to do with kids. But it's amazing how much you miss them and how much they seem to grow in just a week. This is how we spent our week once I got over the guilt of leaving our kids :)

Monday we couldn't get on the boat until 1:00pm, so we rode on an airboat through the Everglades in search of an aligator---and we saw one! The Everglades are beautiful and unique. Plus there was what they call an "Alligator Show" where this dude with missing teeth & fingers does little tricks with an alligator. Direct Quote: "Now kids, if you finish school, you won't have to do this."

Note the missing fingers.

Tuesday: Boat Day. We spent the day drinking Lava Flows, playing cards, beating Than at Shuffleboard, reading while soaking up the sun, swimming, climbing the rock wall, getting 2nd place in the Ping Pong Tournament, getting dressed up like real adults for dinner--You really can't go wrong with a day like that.

Wednesday: Belize We spent the day "Cave Tubing." We hiked through the rainforest and floated through these huge caves and we even saw a wild Howler Monkey. It was beautiful, but unfortunately, we took all of our pictures on this lame little waterproof camera and so all I have is an after picture right now.

The funniest moment of the day came while another person on our excursion threw his underwater camera at our guide to take a picture. Instead of gently tossing it to the guy, he chucked it overhand and it hit the rocks on the other side and was demolished into many, many little pieces. All you could hear was a little profanity, and his newly married wife screaming, "Those are all of our Honeymoon pictures!" I'm still laughing. First off--who takes ALL of their honeymoon pictures on a piece of junk disposable camera?!?! Anyway--it was hilarious.

Thursday: Cozumel. We're pretty much in love with Cozumel. Our friends, Cache & Carrie, reccomended to rent mo-peds and just cruise around the island finding our own beaches, food, etc. and it was the best advice ever!

Seriously some of the most beautiful beaches we've ever seen and no one was there. No rocks or seaweed, just white sand for days and the most perfect temperature of water with a bunch of waves that Than could play in. What's better is eating at these little restaurants along the way.

In Belize I had to hike to the caves in JUST my bathing suit--so, a little out of my comfort zone, but riding a mo-ped was almost worse. I was such a chicken--obviously, I'm always a chicken, but riding on those roads was so scary and intimidating! But, I survived, even though most of the time I kept envisioning myself being smashed to bits by oncoming traffic.

We rode to some Mayan Ruins that weren't the huge ones that you could walk on, but still interesting to see something that was made thousands of years ago.

Friday: Key West

At our last stop we rented bikes and toured the island, ate at Sloppy Joe's which claims to have invented the Sloppy Joe, and also ate our fair share of Key Lime pie (that is Than's favorite. While I was in chips, salsa, & guacamole heaven in Cozumel, he was in heaven eating his pie.) We tried to Jet Ski, but apparently you can't if you're pregnant.

Overall, we just had an amazing trip. It was so fun to not have to worry about cell phones and email and bedtime for a while and just be us. But it was also so fun to come home and have Camry and Pacen run to us in the airport and throw their arms around us so tight.

Cruise Countdown!

Well, since it SNOWED last night, we are definitely ready to leave on our cruise in 2 days!! We've got everything ready. I got my new swimsuit--which I love! I don't think that I've ever loved a swimsuit before, but now I do. If only my legs were as skinny as this chicks...

So, think of us Sunday flying off to Florida to board The Enchantment of the Seas.....

My Favorites

My friend, Carrie, challenged to put up a favorite things post and when I first read hers I was thinking that I didn't really have any. But as the week went on, I totally realized some things that I love and can't live without.

1. Stretch Island Fruit Leather. You buy the big box and Costco and you have yourself a little bit of wonderful. I love 'em, my kids love 'em--they're great! They're all just fruit--no sugar added--and only 45 calories--Do I sound like a commercial yet?!?!

2. The Chi hair straightener. Pretty much a girl's best friend. They cost a pretty penny, but if you have a wonderful mom like mine, just put it on your Christmas list. You will not be disappointed.
3. Pampered Chef Ice Cream Scoop. Thanks to LaNell who bought this for me on my birthday. With all the ice cream that we eat in this house, we need the fastest way possible to get it into our mouths. 4. Swiffer Wet Jet. I really dislike cleaning the floor. And Than is convinced that the best way to clean it is to get on your hands and knees and scrub it. And it's true--he's right. But--this is so much faster and easier! It may not be as clean as when you really scrub it, but it gets the job done as well as I need it done most of the time, and it doesn't kill my knees! Thanks to Kaylee for inspiring me.

5. And last, but certainly not least--Rich, Chocolate Ovaltine. You all know the commercials. "More Ovaltine, please!" It's probably the most annoying commercial ever, but nothing beats a tall glass of Ovaltine in the morning, noon, or even night. It's a Pace girl thing. We can't get enough.

They're you have it. Those are my favorites of the moment. What's yours?

No More Soccer :(

We had our last co-ed indoor soccer game on Saturday. Sniff, Sniff. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to play as much as I would have liked due to my lame ear & throat (yes, I'm not healed yet--argh!) but we did play well considering that Michelle (front row 2nd from left) was 19 weeks pregnant and I was 18 weeks at our last game. The Sausage Racers will continue to play without me but I'm not sure how well they'll do. :) I'm looking forward to next fall after I have the baby so that I can play again!

Today we celebrated Camry's birthday with the funnest toy ever--balloons (who knew?) & yummy strawberry crepes. Well, at least I thought that they were yummy. Camry just ate the strawberries and Pacen just ate the crepe. Then we played with the balloons. Then, we went to Kangaroo Zoo with Jana, Benji & Packer--which was so much fun. I was scared that Pacen and Camry wouldn't go near those things and it would be a waste of money--but it wasn't! Pacen and Camry both were climbing and sliding and having tons of fun! We will definitely have to go back. Then, we had lunch at Subway, came home and played with the balloons, took naps, and played with the ballons some more, and then Sam took us to Chili's for a little Happy Birthday dinner for Cam. Believe it or not, we played with the balloons some more. They were a hit.




Tomorrow Daddy will be home and we'll do the presents and cake and ice cream thing. We figure she's two, so she gets two days of birthday. Maybe since I'll be 28 this year, I'll get 28 days of birthday....

Happy Birthday Camry!

Camry is TWO today! I'm looking at this collage and there are a few repeats--oops! But here are a few pictures of the past two years with our wonderful Camry girl. She's crazy, opinionated, emotional, funny, loving, silly, beautiful--everything you want in a little girl! Than is gone until tomorrow so she's not opening any presents until tomorrow, but do you know what was one of the first things she said today??? "Where my presents?!?!" Like mother, like daughter.