What happened!?

I know I have been behind on blogging, but seriously, this is ridiculous! I hope that I am able to keep up with the blog better once baby #3 is here. I have been so tired lately. As soon as I hit my third trimester, it was like I couldn't get enough rest. Sadly, I just can't blog when the boys aren't sleeping, and whenever they have been sleeping, so have I. I've been getting all the baby gear out, we have been looking at houses in Galveston (hopefully the contract we put on one goes through in the next week), and just keeping up with these boys is taking all my energy lately. Finally, I am able to upload months of pics that I have wanted to share!

I am officially 30 weeks, and my scheduled c-section is on June 15 (just 9 weeks from now). I am measuring 1 month larger on my belly than my actual date, so the doctor seems to feel that I have another big boy who will probably come early like the others did. Austin was 2 weeks early, Braeden was 3 weeks early. So let's just say if this guy comes 3 weeks early, then I only have 7 more weeks! That thought kicked me into overdrive nesting mode. The baby clothes, toys, sheets, and gadgets have all been pulled out of the closet and washed. Everything is put in drawers and ready for our littlest guy to come. I just have to organize the room, hang some pictures, put the bedding on the crib, and hang the curtains. Not too bad. If only I could quit doing things like cleaning all the ac vents, puddying the repairs in the doors/floorboards the dogs have scratched, paint touch ups, and other random things that don't have to be done. Hormones and nesting really do weird things to a woman.

Something cute that happened the other day was when I was reading a book with Austin. He was leaning on my belly, and the baby kicked so hard (making my belly look like an alien was in there), that Austin sat up and turned around to look at my belly. Then he said, "What WAS that?!" When I told him it was his baby brother, he grabbed my belly kissed it, and started trying to talk to him. He is adorable! I love that kid! Of course when he does that stuff Braeden joins in and does it too. Last night they were both singing "Twinkle, twinkle little star" to the baby. It cracks me up though because even though I tell them he can hear them they still put their mouths right on my belly and belt out the song as loud as they can. Too funny!!

Bug Hunting

How do you get boys excited about taking pictures in the bluebonnets? Tell them we are going bug hunting!

Aren't they cute holding hands!?

No shortage of bugs here. Let's find some to put in our Easter eggs.


Aren't the flowers just gorgeous this year? I thought my camera took a pretty good shot here.

This is so cute. These boys are really best buddies, and they love to be together. As my weeks of this pregnancy come to an end (only 9 more left!), I am so comforted to see how much they enjoy each other. I am starting to feel anxious about how this new life is going to effect our family, but when I see moments like this, I feel much better. I think it is going to be hardest on Braeden. He is sooooo attached to me right now, and is having lots of separation anxiety. He knows something's coming, and I think he is really having to struggle with his feelings. It helps so much to have such a fantastic big brother to reassure him. I love these boys!!

Easter Time

On Easter Sunday, we helped decorate the flower cross at church. Unfortunately I couldn't get a picture with the boys in their Easter clothes that day since I was teaching Sunday school, and by the time we could take one it was so crowded. Luckily the cross was still there the next few days when we went to school. Unfortunately a certain someone who will not be named, refused to let me take his picture with his brother, so these are the best I could do.

The tradition continues. As long as I have been alive, we have been going to the Guthrey family reunion the Saturday before Easter. I love watching the boys do all the things I grew up doing. There is always a pinata...

An egg hunt.....

A tire swing...

And of course we can't forget the yummy crawfish!

The boys helped dye eggs this year. Now if I could just get them to help me eat all those boiled eggs!

My favorite part of Easter this year was hearing the boys tell me what Easter is all about. Both of them were able to explain that we celebrate Jesus coming back to life after he died on the cross. It makes me so happy to know that because Jesus loves us so much, we can have eternal life through Him.

Rodeo Time!

Howdy Partners! It's rodeo time in Houston, and we are going to wrangle up some animals for sure! Don't we just look tough??

Yeeeeeeee - Haaaaaw!


But seriously folks, the rodeo is one of our FAVORITE things to do each Spring.

This year, we did different things than we have before. This was the first year the boys were big enough to do the rides at the carnival.

We watched pig racing. This was fun! The pigs race around the track back to their cages where they get an oreo cookie. I could race for that.

We even watched a pig dive into the water. How's that for an action shot?

These wide eyes hardly blinked the hole time. We just might really have ourselves a cowboy/rancher here. He loves everything about cowboys!

Yeah for Spring!!

On St. Patrick's day, we did lots of things green.

I know this isn't the best picture of the boys, but I had to include it on the blog because you can see Braeden's broken finger here. He broke his finger at church in between the top and bottom half of a split door while waiting for me to pick him up. It was our first trip to the emergency room, and Austin was such a good big brother taking care of Braeden. He was so helpful. Let's hope we don't have to make many trips to the emergency room.

Say Leprechaun!


Green pancakes and green milk.

I don't know who is more excited about the perfect weather to play outside in, them or me. Look at that blue sky would you? So many playgrounds....so little time!

Fur Babies

We sometimes neglect to include anything about or original babies, Maggie and Jack. They are still very much a part of our lives, and we love them so much! Maggie just turned 10 this year and Jack is almost 7. Both dogs love the boys and tolerate so much from them. We are truly blessed to have these precious pooches!

Sticks and Mud....What could be better?

We love going to Daddy's dear lease. We get to go mudding in the Ranger, play with sticks, look for animal footprints, and play in the mud. There just isn't anything better than that is there?!

I don't know why I think this picture is so cute, but I love to watch my boys follow each other.

They were finding all the sticks they could find to throw in the puddles.

Notice the mud on the Ranger, even on the inside. Mud = Super Fun!!

Shhh, we might see some hogs!

We'll miss you....

Today an angel of a man went to heaven. My Poppy was exactly that, an angel. He showed everyone love and was such a strong man. The boys loved him so much, and I know this is where they get their love of cowboys from. He was a cowboy with a huge heart, and he loved deeply. We'll miss Poppy so much, but we know that he is in heaven with Nanny and all who love him.

Braeden and Poppy

Austin and Poppy

Mimi and Poppy

We love you cowboy!

"Cute"isms...

Ok, so I am calling this post "cute"isms for lack of a better word. It is just a way of writing about some of the cute things the boys have said lately. So here it goes....


"Cute"ism #1:

Austin: "Mommy, I bet the baby is really messy."
Me: "Why?"
Austin: "Because he's in there where all your food goes."

"Cute"ism #2:

While watching Star Wars together...
Braeden: "Who's a bad guy?"
Austin: "Darth Vador and the Storm Troopers are bad guys, and Luke Skywalker is a good guy."
Braeden: "What?"
Austin: "See Santa won't bring presents to the bad guys because they are bad. But the good guys will get presents from Santa because they have been good."
Braeden: "Oh"


"Cute"ism #3

Mommy: "I have your baby brother in my belly?"
Braeden: "I have a baby sister in my belly."
Mommy: "No, you aren't having a baby sister, you are having a baby brother."
Braeden: "Oh."
Mommy: "Where is your baby brother, Braeden?"
Braeden: "In here!" pointing to his belly.


"Cute"ism #4

This one is said all the time, and I have to write it down so that when they are older we can remember it.

Austin: "I love you, Mommy (or Daddy, or Braeden). You're the best Mommy (or Daddy, or brother) I ever had!"
Mommy: " I love you to the moon and back! You're the best Austin I ever had!"

Braeden also uses this one to tell us as well as the dogs that we are the best ______ he ever had. I love it! So sweet!

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!!

We are thrilled that our third little one is a BOY!! Yeah!! We already have everything we need, and the boys will have another wrestling partner. Honestly, it seems like everyone else assumed we were trying for a girl, but we were just trying for another baby. We were mostly thanking God for a healthy baby who had all the right parts in all the right places. He was fantastic to see. I will never get over how seeing and hearing that little heartbeat at my doctor's visits makes me feel. It is amazing to think that there is this precious little life in my tummy, and we can't wait to meet him when it is his time to join us outside the belly!

Here is the best shot we could get of baby boy number 3. He loves to put his hands up in front of his face (just like Braeden did when he was a baby), which somewhat distorts the pictures, but you can kind of get his face here. He was asleep by this time. It's hard to tell who he looks like.

And of course the cute little side shot. I love his little nose in this one.
We are horrible about picking a name out until we meet our kids in person, but we are leaning toward a name that starts with the letter C, and his middle name will most likely be Andrew.

Baby #3

Here is our littlest peanut. He/She is due on June 22, but will be one or two weeks earlier than that for my c-section. Unless like Braeden this little one decides to come extra early too. I haven't had to be on bed rest at all, but I have been nauseous 24 hours a day for the duration of this pregnancy, only recently changing to evening nausea with other times sprouting up as well. I finally got medicine to help with the nausea last week, but it knocks me out. I am not saying that because this nausea thing is so different than with the boys that this one is a girl (even though that is what everyone else is saying) because I had different sickness with both the boys. This pregnancy has been so much better than the last one, I can't complain about the sickness. I am just thrilled to hear that little thump thump heartbeat every doctor visit, and those little flutter kicks have started too! I can't wait to meet this little one, and I feel like time is flying by with this pregnancy. I am 16 weeks pregnant, and we will find out on Feb. 1st what we are having. We'll let you know when we do! The best part is that the boys are super excited as well. It is so different this time to share this with the kids, because they understand more than Austin did since they are so much older than he was.

Christmas 2009

The boys went with their Daddy to Bass Pro Shops, and guess who was their with his reindeer? Santa!! The boys were happy to see him, and told them what they wanted. Braeden was brave enough to sit with him since Austin was there with him.

Santa also came to school, but the only way Braeden got a picture with him was when he didn't know it. Santa snuck in behind him. I love this picture!

Austin didn't mind sitting with Santa again at school. He was quick to tell him that he wanted a transformer for Christmas.
Not sure who is enjoying the marshmallow gun more, Daddy or Austin.

This year, getting the boys to pose in front of the tree was much easier. I think it had something to do with that elf on the shelf, Ivy, who was sent here by Santa to watch over them and make sure they were being nice. Notice Austin's big bruise on his head, poor thing hit it hard on the bath tub.

Braeden (well both boys really) loves to sing the drummer boy song, and I finally caught it on video. Too cute!

Austin turns FOUR

The day started with a 4 shaped pancake of course!

For the party, we went to Jumpin' Joeys to bounce and jump and celebrate our big boy turning FOUR! I can't believe that four years ago, I held him in that hospital in New York for the first time. Time does fly and I wish I could slow it down and make it freeze every once in a while. Austin, you are such a sweet boy, and you are the smartest too! We love you so much, and we are so blessed that you are our son. Happy Birthday!

Lots of Austin's best buddies came to help him celebrate. After jumping, they were hungry for pizza and cake. I think everyone had a great time.