SiX WeEkS to go!!

With only 6 weeks left of this pregnancy I've been doing a lot of daydreaming about what this little Shiflett girl is going to look like.  When I was pregnant with Noah, all I could picture was another Kyle but they merely look like brothers and nothing more.  Of course with this little girl I can only picture another Meggie and if that's what I got I would be thrilled.

Really though, I don't think any of my babies look much alike especially when they are first born.

Can you tell who's who?

Raaaiiinnnn...

After weeks of very hot and extremely dry temps, wild fires for the history books and absolutely no rain we are pleased and proud to welcome this change...

Kyle, Noah and Megan are loving the snail hunts, cooler temps and splashing that come along with a good downpour.

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.

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..."

Uppidy Date

...Kyle has 4 loose teeth and they are taking forever to come out.
...Kyle will be in the advanced learning class next year based on his test scores. I'm proud of him and grateful that he has this opportunity.
...I got to go with Kyle to the zoo for his 1st grade field trip. It was great to hang out with him and see him interact with his friends. He is a friendly, out going boy. I'm glad he doesn't have my shyness.

Kyle and his cool teacher, Miss Farley

...I had a nice Mothers Day with my husband and kids presenting me with this sweet gift. (Kyle's idea :) Adam took care of the grandmother gifts too and lunch with his Mom and the salad for my Mom's dinner. I have wonderful children and husband. Too bad a was so darn hormonal that day! :) Oh and I also got to lead the primary kids in "Mother, I Love You" during sacrament. I love my calling.

...We celebrates Adi's first birthday with her this week. She did a great job decorating herself with chocolate frosting.

...I had my monthly appointment with my OB, Dr. Froerer. Everything is looking beautiful. Baby girl is active and growing well. Now if we could just settle on a name...

Dawn Dawn Got Married

The happy couple!

I made these for her reception. Kinda cute!

Dawn and Robert met online and have been joined at the hip ever since.  Dawn is happy and that makes me happy.  Keep it up, Robert!!


P.S. This was the best part of the night. Noah somehow found out that people kiss at weddings and told me on a few occasions that he didn't want to see Dawn Dawn and Robert kiss. Well, the picture below is his reaction to the big, much worried about event.  What a funny kid he is.

Happy Birthday Dear Meggie!

Oh my sweet little Meggie.  What a fun little turkey butt she is.  Look in those big brown eyes of hers; you can see both sweetness and turkey butt all at the same time! This is why we love her.  She is so full of life and happiness and bossiness and ... and...and...and...and (quoting Megs here :)... BEAUTY! I am literally obsessed with this child.

We have LOVED watching Megan grow. She is different from her mellow brothers. She bosses them around. She mothers them. She coos at them and strokes their hair when they cry. She smacks or bites them when they have something she wants. We love her.

She knows most of her ABC's and counts to 10+.  She is talking up a storm but still gets frustrated when she can't communicate exactly what she wants.
I love the way she nestles her little head in my neck when she wants to snuggle. I love how she strokes my arm while she sucks her thumb. I love that she lets me do her hair without fussing. I'm a novice so this is very helpful. I love all the chattering she does. I love that she mimics her big brothers. "Oh yeah, oh yeah."   I miss that she recently stopped doing her senorita cry. No more rolling her R's.  She want's to do everything on her own ("My turn. My turn!"). I love seeing that determination.  I love seeing the girliness come out despite the fact that she has two big brothers who shun all that is girly (oh except for the pink camera). I love that she loves dresses.

We celebrated Meggie's birthday as a family this year.  We really didn't know what Megan would like to do so... we went bowling. She loved it and even played a whole two rounds.  We took a bunch of pictures but I can't find them. (Frustration!)
She got an automatic bubble blower, a Little Mermaid micropone that she loves to yell into and a big pink camera (her brothers love it too).

Uppity Date

....The weather has been spectacular this week. I love me some 80 degree heat.

....Kyle is diligently watering an apple seed out in the planter boxes. What a sweet boy he is.  He has been off track for the last week and a half and I've loved it.

....The kiddies got their pictures taken last week. Here's a sneak peek.

....I, apparently, am finally looking pregnant.  I am 22 weeks and people are finally willing to admit that I look pregnant.  It's funny because I am on my 4th kid and it's taken me longer to look pregnant with this baby girl than the last.  With Megan I was looking the part at more like 19 weeks.

....I hosted Bunco at my house last night. I have a lot of fun hanging out with these girls.  It was a little weirded out when I thought about the fact I'd been in this Bunco group for about 3 1/2 years!! Wow. That was quick.

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