Oh, Baby.

I guess I should announce on my neglected blog that we are expecting baby #3 on September 30th! We are really excited. Suprised, but excited. The plan was to wait till Shawn was done with school, but the Lord had different plans for us, which is just fine. I am 16 weeks already, and this pregnancy has been different than the girls were. At the beginning I was sick. Not throwing up sick, but just lay on the couch sick. Other things have been different, so maybe it's a boy? I don't know, I keep getting this feeling like it's another girl. We find out on May 5th, so we will see. I won't post a belly shot, because I feel like I am way bigger than I should be. I just feel gross. Oh well, such is life. My sister Kim just had a baby girl in January. Ginger is pregnant with a girl; due July 9th; Kelli is pregnant with a boy; due August 27th, and I am due Sept. 30th. All four of us sisters will have a baby within 9 months of each other. Crazy huh? Ya for babies!

EAT!

A couple days ago, Keely and Shawn were laying on our bed just talking about random stuff, and Shawn started asking Keely what a cow says, what a dog says, what a lion says ans so forth. Well he asked "Keely, what does mom say?" Keely thought about it and said "Eat!" Haha!
Hmmm I guess I really do say that a lot. It's a major word in my vocabulary. Maybe I should just cut her some slack? But if you saw this girl eat, you would know what I mean. She just gets so darn distracted. You would yell "EAT" too.
And then when Shawn asked her what dad says, she relpied "Dad says Love you!"
She knows I love her too right? :)

Keely's New Best Friend

Her name is Minnie, and Lydai and Keely love her. We got her about three weeks ago. When we got her I had a lot of second thoughts, I really wanted to give her away, but as the weeks have passed, I am really glad we got her. Keely and the puppy will play for hours, and Lydia will pretend to take care of her. It's just been a lot of fun. It's a good distraction, and gives them something to do.

This is one of my favorite pictures. The dog was playing tug a war with Lydia's most beloved blanket. She was not too happy.

"I think I like my hair short, Mom"

That is what Keely said to me anyway when coming down the stairs after playing quietly for a while. I didn't think anything of it, I just said, "Oh you do?" And about 5 minutes later, I realized why she said that.......

She cut her hair! See how short she cut her bangs. She knew she was in trouble, this was the first time she went to her room willingly and cried silently for about half an hour. After she came out, she said "sorry mom, it will grow back" and I just hugged her and said, "yes, Keely you are right, it will grow back" So I know she won't be doing that again. But the saddest thing is she cut Lydia's hair too! The poor girl doesn't have any hair as it is, and now she has like 3 bald spots. Just an innocent mystanderd. I can't do anything to fix it. I tried to get a picture, but it

was so hard to see with the flash, I couldn't get a picture, but she cut a lot off Lydia's hair.So Keely has a new look. Short hair, and short bangs. She's cute no matter what. I think her daddy is the saddest of all. All apart of growing up. :)

Because I'm Four!

Keely had her Birthday, and yes, she is now 4! Remember, when I said last post or so, that she would always say "When I'm four, I can do this or that...?" Well now that she is four, and I ask her to do something she will say "Oh right, I'm four I can do that" It is so funny. She says it all the time. "I'm strong now, cuz I'm four! "

She had a good birthday. Grandma Nelson took her to eat at McDonalds, and we had her cake. Oh her cake. For a whole year now, she has been asking for a Belle cake for her birthday. What's a mother to do put fulfill that little wish? It wasn't the best, but she loved it.

Keely is such a fun girl. We love her so much!

What we've been up to....

It seems we get busier and busier as life goes on. Shawn is working hard juggling his schedule from day to day. With working full time, trying to meet his quota at work, going to school full time, studying, and being the executive secretary in our ward, we wonder how he does it. But he just keeps pushing on, taking a day at a time, week at a time, semester at a time. We know it will end. Just the stage in life we are in now. We sure love him.
The girls have been so fun lately. Keely is so excited to turn four. I swear there are going to be many life changing moments when it's her birthday. Five times a day she says "When I'm four then I can eat my dinner all gone. "When I 'm four then I can play it all by my self." "When I'm four then I can...." The list goes on and on. It's so funny. She is into video games big time lately. She wanted to play Lego Batman all the time, but she was always asking for my help, it's just too hard for her. So we got her a Littlest Pet Shop game on the Wii, and she asks to play it all the time. She love games on the computer PBS Kids. She can navigate throught that website like a pro, and would play for hours if I would let her. She is an electronics girl that's for sure. Here's Keely and her cousin Nathan playing Lego Batman. He is really good. He is four so Keely thinks when she is four she will be good too. :) Lydia never sits still. She is constantly moving. She is the biggest tease. She is alwasy teasing Keely and making Keely mad. She is talking more and more, and she won't use her hands to eat anymore, she has to use a utensil, which is frustrating sometimes. She will climb up on a chair and finish Keely's breakfast all the time. She loves to swing. She pulls my hand to take her outside to swing 20 times a day. She is addicted

For Halloween Keely was Princess Presto from Super Why, and Lydia was a giraffe that Keely used when she was a baby. They had so much fun at the trunk or treat. They had games, and of course the candy. Lydia really got the hang of it, and would stick her pail out to everyone. They had a parade with all the kids, and Keely was "marching" it was so funny. She was so serious. Then on Sunday, Grandma Nelson had a mini "carnival" at her house, since the kids couldn't got trick or treating on Halloween. She had a bean back toss, cake walk, fishing, and trick or treating on all the bedroom doors. She is so fun, and the kids loved it.

Carnival at grandma's house. Waiting in line for the bean bag toss.Keely marching in the paradeWork for Paradise Cleaners seems to have gotten busier for me. I feel like I can never keep up anymore, and I have no down time with housework, working, ect. I am determined to work till Shawn is done with school. I can do it! I have been trying out at stroller from my sister in law Chrissy to see if I want to buy it from her. I am loving it. I can go running whenever I want now! I don't have to wake up early in the morning before Shawn went to work. Like that was happening anyway. I am determined to get my body back into shape. Horray for Sharla!

It's Autumn Time, It's Autumn Time!

I think Autumn has finally come! The tempatures are cooling and I am one happy woman! My mood really does change this time of year. My favorite thing to do is leave the back door open, so the girls can run inside and out all day long. Isn't that the best? Well last Tuesday I was up at my sister Kim's house in Taylor, and we decided to go to the Snowflake pumpkin patch. It was beautiful. The sky was dark with clouds, we were in a huge garden full of pumpkins galore, it was perfect. Keely and Lydia had so much fun with their cousins running around the acres full of pumpkins.
Happy Fall!