Just In Case

Kathryn and Walker are VERY convinced this baby is a girl. So much so they won't really allow me or Matt to say anything about it being a boy. Sometimes, I'll try to slip in the words "he" or "brother" when we are talking about the baby, just to see what they say. Trust me, they are very quick to tell me, "it's not a he, it's a she!"

Well, the other day at Target, I ran across this little romper that just happened to match a sundress Kathryn already had. I couldn't resist buying it. It's was only $6, and I thought at least it would make for a fun photo op for the "sisters."


Kathryn was thrilled to buy something for "her baby that lives in my tummy" as she likes to refer to it! Oh, and did I tell you they've already named their little sister--Baby Libba! Matt and I are still tossing around boy and girl names. I would say we are about 99% decided on both, but I don't think we'll know for sure until "D" day! I just hope they aren't disappointed if a baby boy comes out;)

Let the Count Down Begin

We've got a lot of count downs going on around here. Count down until baby, count down until we move, count down until Daddy finishes his fellowship. Perhaps the most important count down of all is the count down until Kathryn and Walker's birthday!

We've actually been counting down since about December 26th. Even after a very generous Christmas, it only took about a day for my two to start finding more things that they want. My reply was always, "for your birthday." Thus began the count down to their big day!

It's actually been a great way to teach them about days, weeks, months. They've been a bit confused especially when we went from 2 months back in April (I think they thought their birthday would always be two months away;), to 3 weeks as of this past Monday. Now, I told them it's about 17 days. You could tell the worry on their faces when the numbers started going up instead of down as we switched from months, to weeks to days! I think that's why they liked 2 months so much!

I decided to help them out a little bit with something more tangible, so we pulled out the art supplies and made one of these...

I simply cut pieces of construction paper into three strips each and let them color and put stickers on the individual strips of paper. I then formed the first strip into a circle and stapled the ends together, looped the second strip through that one and did the same until the chain was formed. Now each day we can remove one of the links as we count down to the big number 4!!!

Got Any Good Ideas?

Ok, so we are a few weeks into summer, and I'm already running short on ideas for keeping these little animals of mine entertained!

As you can see from these pictures, we've already visited the zoo.

And of course, the local pool is being well used, but quite honestly, that means this large momma has to get into a swimsuit which doesn't put swimming at the top of my list!

We've joined the summer reading program at the library, so we are making trips there at least once a week.

But that leaves many more energy-packed hours for me to fill in a week! Got any good ideas??? I would love to hear them!!!

Sun vs. Shade

Kathryn was all decked out in her summer best while we were at Dauphin Island this past weekend. Nana gave her this great "Fun in the Sun" shirt, and she loves it!

Here she is with Sophie the cat!

Earlier that day, I was sitting outside under the umbrella (because it was HOT) watching Walker cast his fishing line off the pier. Kathryn came out in her spiffy outfit, and I asked her if she wanted to come sit under the umbrella with me. She got very frustrated and said,"I can't sit under that umbrella. My shirt doesn't say 'Fun in the Shade.' It says, 'Fun in the Sun'!"

Well, pardon me! Welcome to life with an almost four year old:)

Paging Drs. Busbee & Busbee

Here are Walker and Kathryn playing doctor with Quack Quack. Thankfully, the duck survived:)

Look What We Can Do?

SWIM!!!!

Thanks to Nana and Papa's neighbors, the kiddos were able to get a lot of swim practice in this Memorial Day weekend. They enjoyed every minute of it! And we did too 'cause swimmin' sure wears some kids out!

Oh, there was also time for riding on the Sea Doo and the pontoon boat!

Happy Memorial Day!

Daddy Did It Again!

Completed a triatholon relay, that is!

On Saturday, Matt, the kids and I hit the road for west Tennessee. This was our first trip there since we moved last summer, and actually we passed right by Memphis on our way north of town where the race actually took place. We didn't get to do any of the things we would have liked to do--visit/play with friends, go to our old church, or even eat BBQ! But we did enjoy a nice lunch at the park Saturday afternoon while Matt checked in and swam a practice lap of the swim course.

Can you tell it was hot? And can you tell someone was tired? Or at least tired of Mommy taking pictures:)

Bright and early Sunday morning, we headed back to the park for Daddy's big race. This was the best picture I could get of him before the race (he's the tall one:).


And here's what the kiddos and I did while Daddy swam and while we waited for his teammates to finish up...

Walker playing on my iphone...

Kathryn camped out on some other little boy's blanket watching a movie. This mom was so sweet to let me two watch a movie with her little boy. Unfortunately, her little boy was on the move as much as mine which left Kathryn watching the movie all by herself!

And here's the team (well, minus Walker)... There's no way, Walker could have participated in the race. He was too busy taking pictures with my camera. Note to self, don't let a 3 year old play with your camera unless you want random pictures like this one to show up! I couldn't resist sharing the bulging belly;)

And less than 24 hours later, we were back on the road to the 'Ham. Next year's race is in Tunica. I've already told Matt we are traveling sans the kiddos. And we'll be hitting the spa after the race! This weekend wore us out. But we were so proud of Matt and all of his hard work, it was worth every minute of it!

By the way, the guys came in fourth in the men's relay division. Matt was second in his race. He came in behind a 24 year old former US Olympian, so we think he did pretty well!!