6.27.2012

Noah is {FIVE}!






 Noah and his donut birthday "cake".  I'm not a big fan of just plain, old cake so when Noah said he wanted donuts for his birthday I was thrilled.  These are Dunford donuts. Only the best for my Bones.



 Noah picked out sprinkled donuts especially for his brother and sister.


 Legos. Legos. Legos. This is all Noah could think about for his birthday and pretty much all he got.  All the grandparents got him Legos. WE got him Legos.  His number one toy was the Lego Robin. He wanted it more than anything. So of course we had to oblige.  He loves disguising Robin with all the other Lego guy gear. He loves Lego's so much he even got one stuck up his nose.


Happy Birthday to Noah. We love you SO much.

6.25.2012

The Shiflett's....

...according to Adam.


{Adam drew this in sacrament meeting for Noah. I think its pretty cute.  The likeness is pretty good too with exception to our bird like baby. :) }

Update: When Adam saw this picture, he said "I didn't draw the baby". Well who did?  It was Kyle who added it later after noticing somebody was missing. Love that.

Uppity Date

...Kyle finally lost one of his teeth on the bottom (LL2) and he couldn't have been more excited. It was driving him nuts just hanging by a thread. Finally Sunday evening (last night) he told me he wanted to try the floss and door knob trick. I was surprised because I would have thought that would scare him too much.  I convinced him to just let Daddy do it.  Adam just bent the tooth forward and it popped right out.  Not even any pulling involved.  Kyle was ecstatic to have it out.  Quoting one his friends from church he said "Benny's right. It does feel like paradise." LOL


...We got to hang out with out of town cousins a few weekends ago.  Not only did BOTH Will, Taylor and Samuel get to come to Kyle's birthday party but we also went downtown to celebrate Taylor's bday.  We went to Chick-Fil-A at the City Creek Mall and then we went to the Church museum and hung out at the children's display.



Megan (and Daddy) LOVES to dance. Wearing a dress is definitely a bonus!


...Adam did Wasatch Back Ragnar again this past month but this time Von joined him.  They had a great ime. He also ran one of the hardest legs of the race up Gaurdsman Pass.  Proud of my man.

...We saw the first fireworks of the season on Saturday.  We watched the WestFest fireworks from Hunter Park. (No crowds!)  Noah has been talking about fireworks for a few weeks now so we jumped at this easy opportunity.  Megan ended up loving them as well. They were a distance away so the noise wasn't bad at all.  She was full of exclamations but some favorites are "Oh booful!" and "I yove it!" I wonder how she'll react when the fireworks are just above her...



...Pregnancy is going well.  So far the 100 degree weather isn't getting to me much. Yay for AC.
 I think this little girl is going to be big. I just feel it.  I've been measuring right on until my appointment last week. I'm now measuring a week big.  Having said that though, I think I measured right on the entire time with my 10 pounder, Meggie.  Two more months to see if I'm right!


...Adam and I celebrated our 10th engagement anniversary this past Thursday {June21st}.  Adam even took the whole day off.  It was fabulous and so needed particularly by me.  We tried a new restaurant at the City Creek mall called "The Blue Lemon", did a little shopping- maternity clothes and Apple TV- and just absorbed each others company.  We don't get out as much these days since Adam is busy with school at night. Thank you, Adam for planning this. I'm so glad I said yes "20,000 times, yes." :)

Baby Update

Lets start with the most important thing.  Baby girl is doing very well.  She is moving around constantly, getting hiccups regularly and using my bladder as trampoline daily.  She still has no name to call her own. :(  And I don't see this being remedied in the near future. Problem is, she will be making her entrance into this world in the near future.
I on the other hand have been feeling exhausted, tired, aaaaaand exhausted.  I have been tired with all my pregnancies but this one has been rougher. I did find out that I am anemic but it isn't anything severe.  I think its just that I'm getting old, have 3.5 children and yes, anemia to add on top of it all.  I do have good days and they do seem to be better especially since I've upped my iron. I get waves of dizziness too. My heart burn is worse and I'm getting ugly veins on my legs. One of them is even painful at times.
I shall not bore you with any more of my details for journaling's sake (but I do want to journal so my kids know that pain and suffering their mother went through! ;)

28 weeks
Chill. Its just cream soda.


I am 31 weeks now and I feel like I have forever left to go.  I have never been so anxious to see my due date arrive as I have been with this one. We have a TON to do before Baby Girl comes though (finish basement?, buy carseat, decorate new nursery, get Meggie a new big girl bed and transferred into it, new clothes for baby...)

"I 
already
want to
take a nap
tomorrow..."