Look Who's 2!!

Leighton is officially two! The two of us went to Manhattan this morning for his 2yr check up. He did great during his appointment & didn't even cry when he got a shot! He just said OW!

He is 37 1/4 inches tall (98th percentile) & 24 lbs 15 1/4oz (12th percentile).

We are looking forward to celebrating his birthday with family this weekend!

36 weeks

We are starting to feel like baby time is right around the corner! I'm anxious to see what the doctor says tomorrow! Brecken was born at 41 wks & Leighton was born at 39 wks...the big question is when this one will decide to make it's showing.

We have things pretty prepared - minus who will be taking care of the boys when we go to the hospital. There is a window of about 3 days when my entire family (siblings, parents, cousins, EVERYONE) will be in Kansas City...so hopefully baby doesn't choose one of those days to arrive! Friends...be on alert...you may get a call :)

Reesey Roo

This week was my last week watching my niece, Reese :( My sis-in-law has been gracious & is giving me a little break before baby is born. We have enjoyed our days with sweet little Reese & will miss seeing her so much! I'm going to miss doing the girly stuff (especially fixing her hair), but I'm sure my brother & sis-in-law will let me 'borrow' her every now & then :) The boys are going to miss fighting (or playing, I mean) with her. They were starting to make her scream like my brothers used to make me...so this might be a good thing. They might start acting like cousins, instead of siblings! Love you Reesey Roo!

5 weeks vs 35 days

I know...it's the same thing. When I think about having around 5 weeks left until Baby W3 arrives, it seems like a long time - plenty of time to get everything on my list finished! Then, when I think about it being 35 days, it doesn't seem so very long...especially when you throw in activities on the weekends: Leighton's birthday party, Cloud County Junior Miss, a friend's baby shower, getting the cows set up on our farm (which is more Aaron...but leaves me with the boys) AND activities in the evenings: hosting Scramble at church, Junior Miss meetings, PEO meetings, Praise band practice...NOT to mention, the multiple trips to Manhattan for doctor's appointments, a week of Bible School...wow. It's going to fly by!

And since I think posts without pictures are somewhat boring...here are a couple pics.

Leighton was not impressed that Aaron put him in sweatpants...while daddy was wearing shorts, so he 'made' them into shorts.


And a pic of Brecken relaxing on the couch with Beemer.

Good Weekend

It was a great weekend - pampering/relaxing on Saturday...productive on Sunday!

Saturday:

1. Big Truck Day - boys loved seeing the big trucks & tractors

2. I got to spend the afternoon in Manhattan, with one of my best friends from college, Kate. We ate at Rock-a-Belly, got manicures & pedicures & ended with massages. It was fun catching up & enjoying an afternoon in 'paradise'. I even got to sneak in a little shopping, which was a treat without kids :) Kate & I got a good laugh out of the fact that we had both botched our manicures before we left the salon...we evidently couldn't keep our hands still for 10 minutes while they dried. No wonder our kids can't sit still in church! We were better at keeping our feet still :)

3. I scheduled a sitter for Saturday while I was gone, so Aaron was able to get all the posts in for our corral. Now he just has to get the panels installed!

Sunday:
1. Aaron & Brecken spent some time at the farm finishing up the posts, while mommy & Leighton cleaned house.
2. Later, Brecken & I went to the farm to do some work in the garden, while daddy & Leighton played & water flowers at the house.

The kids were exhausted & went to bed early & easily, so we were able to sit down & relax with a movie!

A Weekend of Transplants

We had a busy weekend of transplanting items from our house to the farm!

The chicks are officially out of my house & in their new home. The chicks on the left are the ones we brought home last month - our 'fryer' chickens. They've grown a lot!


We also transplanted 6 of the 10 trees we planted last spring. We started them at our house so we could keep them watered & moved them to the area that will eventually be our backyard on the farm!


I had to include some pictures of Leighton being his ornery little self. He was making all kinds of faces for me while I was taking pictures. This was when he wasn't listening to me about the hot fence. I'm afraid this child is going to have to learn the hard way...