Peter's FOUR!

Peter turned four last Saturday! I can hardly believe that he is that old! It has gone by so fast! He is just so big! He goes to Sunbeams, has said his first prayer in Primary (in which he started bearing his testimony at the beginning and I had to step in to guide him a little!), goes to Preschool, loves to play with his brother, and is way excited to have another brother, even though he thinks that a sister would be cool!

We started our day by having banana pancakes with bacon of course! This kid loves bacon! He could eat a whole pound of it if we let him! His crazy about it! In fact, we visit my parents they always cook up three packages because they know how much he loves it! (Ahhh..the privalges of being the oldest grandchild out of two!) Andrew and I then went shopping for grocery and last minute birthday presents while Anthony and Peter baked his birthday cake. He had asked for a sailboat cake but as time got close to the big day, I just didn't know if I would have time or energy to do it. I explained it to him and he just looked at me and said, "It's okay, Mommy. We can just have the regular cake." No crying or tanturm, just pure understanding! So I then became determined to do it for him! Ne ways... it turned out okay! I was pretty happy about it.

My parents came up early to take him to lunch since my dad had to work that night. We went to Artic Circle that now has a new play zone! Peter had a crammy time because it was packed with kids and alot of them were older. He didn't like the big kids climbing up the slide. We came home and had presents! He got a lot of great stuff but loved the play dough and birthday card that barked Happy Birthday the best!



We then went swimming at Green Canyon with Anthony's family and then had cake and ice cream! Oh, and PIZZA! (What Peter picked for dinner!) It was one long day but it was fun! I had to lay around for a few days afterwards to make up for all the activity but it was worth it to see him Peter smile! Happy Birthday, Buddy! (The pictures that my sister-in-law Michelle took! Thanks, Michelle!)

Our St. Patty's Day Feast

Our St. Patricks started out with a few tricks from the leprechauns! Peter woke up with a really sore throat and raspy cough, so yep...to the doctor's office we go! We have been in to the see the doctor for almost 6 weeks straight because of one thing or another! Urg!!!! Lucky, my boys love the doctor's office, especially the PA that we see. After finding out Peter has strep throat, they kindly let us know that he will probably have to have his tonsils out some day! That wouldn't be to bad except they said that same thing about Andrew only four weeks ago! Ne ways... after a trip to Walmart, we spent the day wearing green and trying to stay out of trouble. (What most of our days are like... well, not the wearing green part.) I decided to have a little fun with dinner, which is evidenced by the above photos. We had sausage gravy and biscuits, with broccoli, and white, I mean, green grape juice. Peter was so disturbed by the idea of green food and was not happy with the leprechauns that I had told him turn our food green. He abruptly shouted, "Stop it! Stop doing that!" I was completely taken back, thinking that he was yelling at me. When I started telling him to not talk to me like that, he screwed up his face and announced, " I wasn't talking to you, Mom! I was talking to the leprechauns." Aren't kids great?!

My Helpers

Anthony and the boys have been such a big help to me with this pregnancy! I must be getting old because after doing something really active like grocery shopping or cleaning or the laundry, I have braxton hicks like crazy! So the boys and Anthony have really stepped up and helped out! A couple of weeks ago we had a ward party that involved having people sign up to be host families for other couples in the ward. We were among the volunteers. We had to make the main course for dinner and have everyone else bring a side dish or whatever we assigned them. It was a lot of work getting the house ready to be presentable and getting the dinner done, but my boys dove in that day and really helped! The picture that is above is of "my boys" fixing a sign that I bought at a craft fair in November that I wanted to have hung up for that day. They are so willingly to help whenever we say that we need to clean. Peter and Andrew love to vacuum and dust and mop. I just love all "my boys" so much and all the help that they give me.

Older? Wiser?

These were pulled from Anthony's brown hair. Click the image for an even closer look. (Sorry if it grosses anyone out.)

It's a....

Anthony and I went to the doctor yesterday and had our ultrasound! We were able to see the baby moving all around and thrilled at seeing how its legs and arms were forming! But the most anticipated picture was the one that is below!

I'm not quite sure how I feel yet about having three little boys! Life will not be dull that it for sure! Thank you all for voting!

A Quarter of Century!

When Anthony turned this old, I teased him all the time about being a quarter of a century old. Well, the tables have turned and it is now my turn! That's right! I turned 25 last Sunday! And maybe its just being pregnant but I feel very old right now! Ne ways... Anthony did a terrific job trying to make it a special day for me. We got up early on Saturday and went to JB's to have breakfast! Breakfast is my favorite meal and JB's is the only place with a buffet. I loved it! It was so good but I found that I really couldn't eat that much! We then did our customary Saturday shopping.

Peter loves BACON! It was the only thing that he ate! We were glad that kids ate free so that we didn't feel like we spent a lot just so he could eat Bacon! (That's whats in his mouth!)

Andrew liked the "hot dogs", or in other words, the sausage! Ahh! A man after my own heart! He also liked the fruit that was on the buffet!



Saturday afternoon Anthony and I went to the temple, which was wonderful! When we got to Anth's parents, they said that Peter had been crying the whole time about his ear hurting! We took him home and then decided that we probably should take him to get check. We soon discovered that he had a serious ear infection and that we had to go to Idaho Falls to get the prescription because everything was closed here!

After church on Sunday, I had a meeting and Anthony took the boys home. When I got home, he had made a banner with the boys that said, "Happy Birtday, Mommy!" (And no, I didn't spell it wrong! That is how it was spelled! Anthony explained that he didn't leave off the H but that was how the boys pronounced it!" Anthony then made cupcakes and a cake (which was very good) so that we could celebrate with his family later! It was quite the adventure to celebrate with that many people but it was alot of fun!

Monday, my family came up and we celebrated again! We had chicken garlic pizza and homemade strawberry ice cream and more cake! I am officially birthday out! It was awesome though and I felt so loved and appreciated!

Preschool

Peter started preschool two weeks ago! I know! I should have blog earlier but yeah...we won't go there! Ne ways... a friend in my ward suggested that we start a joy school preschool. I was a little nervous because that means that I have to teach five preschoolers for two hours at least three times! I'm not quite sure if my skills are up to grade! Ne ways... I thought it would be awesome for Peter! He really needs the socialization and it been really nice to have just Andrew for two hours on Tuesdays. Peter has loved going to preschool and can tell me what the letter P is and what sounds it makes! It makes me feel so proud! Andrew was a little put out the first day because he didn't get to go with Peter and he won't talk to me for twenty minutes...just grunted and shrugged. Ne ways... I get to do Presidents Day and I am getting really excited. Who better to teach about US Presidents then a History major who especially loves Early American history! I just hope that I do go way over their heads!