US-Week 5

Last week was busy and COLD! We once again tried working on getting ready for our baby to arrive, yes that is pretty much all we do these days.

BEN: On Monday he took the day off work to spend some time with our family. He took the kids swimming, played games with them and read books to them. Surprisingly this took up much of the day but he really enjoyed it. He really didn't have a ton the rest of the week. He is patient and never gets bothered by my whining...well at least he doesn't say he does, hahaha!

JESSICA: On Tuesday I went to my 34 week appointment. Everything looked good and I was measuring 37 weeks. I want to carry this baby as long as I can, but having him right now sounds pretty fabulous! I laugh at all of the things I am told like "Oh, well that won't go away until AFTER you h ave the baby" or "That is caused from hormone levels, you SHOULD return to normal after delivery"- I am starting to wonder if I will ever be normal again. My wonderful Mom came down and helped me all day on Thursday. We washed baby stuff and started a quilt top that I have wanted to get done. It turned out really cute, I need to put a back on it but I love how it looks so far.

EMILY: This girl has been recovering from a sinus infection and has had a long couple of weeks. I can tell she isn't quite up to par, I hope she recovers soon! I learned this week that she knows the Pledge of Allegiance and the First Article of Faith and can recite them really well. She also informed me this morning that Pres. Obama is the "President of the Earth", it cracked me up. She is so smart and teaches us so many thing every day. She loves to play "Simon Says" and is very good at telling us what to do-I think this is her ideal game for life. I have no idea where she learned to be so bossy.....

CALEB: He is just busy being a little boy. I am trying to break some bad habits Caleb has. Every night around 3:30 am he thinks it is time to come climb in my bed. It was much easier to bring him back to his room when it was right down the hall, but now that he is downstairs it takes a lot more effort to get up at night. Persistence is the key, right??? We were playing a game with Caleb and Emily on Monday night and Caleb always has to be a jokester. He decided to try and laugh like we laugh and it only made us laugh harder. They faces he was pulling and the noises he was making made us laugh harder. Never a dull moment in this our as long as this boy is around.

BABY BOY: Still not sure on a name for this kid. I keep praying for some needed inspiration!!

FAMILY: One fun thing we did as a family this past week was to go ice fishing in Mackay. A "first" for us and so much fun! We went with our good friend Dustin and his 2 kids. The kids all had fun playing with the fish that were caught and sledding down the ice. It was a little chilly at first but turned out to be a beautiful day. We were all so tired when we got home.

Here are some random pictures: