1st Day of School

Spencer started his first day of kindergarden last week! He attends Estes McDoniel Elementary. It is an international elementary school. What IS that you ask? In all grades, including kindergarden, the students are taught half the day regular curriculum in English and the second half is entirely in Spanish! Spencer has been very excited to start school. He simply can't get enough socialization and his is THRILLED to be learning Spanish. Cal picked Spence up after school his first day (I'm still not quite up to doing that yet...). Spence threw open the door and said, "Hola amigos!" The next day I heard him singing some song in broken spanish. I couldn't catch much, but the song kept ending in, "Fantastico!"

Spencer was not the least bit nervous about school. The night before he set out his clothes on the floor the same way I remember doing. Shirt, pants below, complete with socks, shoes and coordinating accesories. He had a hard time falling asleep, complaining that his stomach hurt. Cal thought maybe he was nervous about school and approached the subject with much sensetivity. The following is their conversation:

Dad: Mom says your stomach hurts.

Spence: Yeah. It's just keeping me awake. I can't sleep.

Dad: Are you...(long pause)...nervous about...anything?

Spence: (confused look on face, shrugging his shoulders) Like what?

Looks like WE are the real nervous ones!

Sporting the BATMAN backpack.

Spencer, how do you REALLY feel about your first day of school?

Grant ALSO started a neighborhood preschool this week. It's a good thing, too, because watching his brother go to school every day has made Grant want to do it too! So...

Here's Grant on HIS first day of school. He's pleased as punch and very excited to have a backpack like Spencer does. :) My boys are growing up... I am glad to have a routine again. I'm starting to get the hang of life with 3 boys, and nothing makes me get up and ready like having to be somewhere! :)

Meet Dallin Dean Cory!

Here's our little guy! More details later....

In the womb...

This is our little dude in the womb. I'm curious to see how he looks outside the womb.

Aaarrrrggg!

Grant threw my cell phone into the pool tonight! After several CPR attempts, alas, it cannot be resuscitated. I'm trying to remain calm about it, however the timing is absolutely comedic. Sigh. Maybe it was a good thing. That phone had terrible reception anyway. I guess I need a new one.

Things I'll be grateful for tomorrow:
That my feet will no longer be puffy beyond recognition. :)

Induction Time

Well, tomorrow morning we will have a little baby in our hands, 'cause I'm getting induced! I get to head in at 5am and get this labor process going. Cal and I have felt so many things up in the air right now, that this solid date to plan on REALLY gives me piece of mind. Even though normally I would probalby avoid being induced and wait 'til the little one decides to come on his own. I never expected to go from having a 6 week early baby to being induced. Just goes to show that EVERY pregnancy is different. I am living proof of that.



Cal found a good trucking job we really like here locally where he'd be home daily and have weekends off. Can it get better than that? Though he's had a verbal offer, the company is 'still running things through coorporate offices' and we have no official word on when he would start. It's driving us both crazy!



SO...in the meantime he's working for his dad fixing up their house to sell. It's a great mutually benefiting situation until the real job kicks in. Plus, Cal will actually be home to help when the baby's born! Ahh. Last week life felt chaotic and unpredictable. This week we're on top of the world.

I'm hoping all goes well tomorrow and that this little guy is healthy upon arrival. Ready or not, here he comes!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANT!

Today is Grant's 3rd birthday! We'll be heading to Chuck E. Cheese's this afternoon to celebrate. Monday we had a family birthday celebration with cousins at a water play area. It was a co-party with his cousin Chelsea. They are only a few days apart! Very fun.

What are the chances that Grant's little brother will be born today...on his birthday?????!!!!!

Should I be worried?

I heard Spencer and Grant laughing hysterically the other day in their room. I came in to see what they were doing, and found them playing with a 'baby.' This should have pleased me, but just take a look at the picture. Real closely... Um, what are they doing to that poor doll?!?!? Should I be concerned about having a new baby around??? When I asked Spencer about it, he said, "Mom, Uncle Stephen taught me this, remember?" Thanks Uncle Stephen! :)

Still waiting...

To everybody's surprise, Cory Baby #3 has yet to show himself. We were so geared up for another early birth, that now I'm feeling incredibly impatient...though I technically still have another 2 weeks until my due date. What a psychological mind game. Ug....

Meanwhile, Spencer has learned to swim WITHOUT floaties!!!! Very big accomplishment. He can swim the width of the pool quite easily. It's amazing to see him actually swimming. He is so determined.

Don't expect him to be brave, however, when it comes to getting shots. I took both boys to the doctor for check ups and Spencer's school shots. Grant had no problem getting his shots, though he gave the nurse (who had been so fun up until this point) a confused look that said, "Hey. I thought you were gonna do something fun." Still, he didn't complain. Spencer, however, required the help of 2 nurses to hold him down. You could hear him screaming down the hall! Finally, this large balck nurse came in and grabbed Spencer's face and said, "Son, you have got to calm down right now. I have to get back to work. We all have to work. Now sit tight and relax, do you understand me?" He calmed down a bit, but she had to keep talking to him like that while we all held him down. He was so mad! Wow. What an experience. The whole ride home he kept repeating what the nurse had told him about not needing more shots until he was 10. "How long until I'm 10 mom? Did she mean 10th grade or 10 years? How many birthdays is that from now?" Yikes. I hope he gets over his shot-phobia before he ends up serving a mission far, far away. :) I was hoping the whole experience would put me into labor. No such luck...

Update

Been awhile since I posted. Wow. So last weekend I went up to my sister's wedding in Utah. I didn't think I'd be able to go (in fact my doctor advised against it), but since everything looked nice and boring pregnancy-wise, I couldn't resist. We had a great time at the wedding. SO glad I didn't miss it.

Look at the gorgeous couple! My baby sister is married off to a great guy.

Of course cousin time was a real treat. Look at those bright, sunny kids!

My kids have been around Becca and Jay since they met. Getting married wasn't a big deal to my kids at all. Weren't they already married?! At the luncheon, Grant could not stay away from his favorite Aunt. When Becca and Jay kissed after everyone tapped their glasses, Grant said really loud, "Hey! I want a kiss from Jay!" Jay politely refused. Very funny. Just goes to show how much my kids love these guys.

After the wedding some family retreated to a beautiful cabin in Heber, UT. I LOVE Aspen trees! It was fun to be with family post-wedding stress. Unfortunately I was exhausted from the events. I felt like I'd been hit by a truck! Speaking of trucks...

While in UT, we got to bring Cal home with us! He has officially graduated from CR England's Trucking School and is now here in Vegas to stay. I am so relieved. I was very concerned the baby would come early without Cal! Now he's busy looking for a local route that will give us some good home time while this baby's born.



Meanwhile, everyone keeps guessing when this little guy will come. My due date is Aug 25th, but since Grant was 6 weeks early, we were expecting he's have come already. Now it's just a waiting game. I'd forgotten how uncomfortable the last month is! Still, now that dad is home I don't care if I'm 3 days late. We'll just keep waiting...