V.I.P.

Once a month in preschool, Quinn gets to be the "V.I.P." She has been excited about this for THREE weeks. It was finally her turn today. On the day they are V.I.P. they bring a toy to show the class, and also the snack.

Today they learned about luau (so the letter was "L") She brought lemon pudding for snack.

And she chose to bring Simba as her toy to share.



This might be a little hard to understand. She gets a little silly/nervous when I tape her sometimes.


Showing me her grass skirt. She told me that she doesn't want to take it off for 'days and days.'

Quinn showing me how she learned to hula dance.


It's been so fun to watch her be so excited about preschool. I love to hear her singing new songs (and not songs she learned from Dora...). I'm so proud of how much she is growing up!!

practicing for baby.

Hendrix was being very sweet with one of Quinn's baby dolls today. He would get her all set with a blanket and a book.

Having said that- I hope he doesn't do this to the baby:

at least he was peeking back at her to check on her. He probably does this since he sits on Quinn all the time. he thinks it's okay :)

Hendrix has been learning a lot of his animal noises lately. It's super cute, but it's hard to get it on video. Here was our best attempt. The rooster is the cutest. :)

and his cute backside-- since he is wearing his new brown belt today.

random

still working on Quinn's new room. and good news-- she is now sleeping in there!! except for her 4 trips to the bathroom at night she is finally doing well in there. Here's Dave doing his favorite thing on the planet-- hanging things up for me.


the other belts I made for Hendrix. super simple and probably not worthy of taking a picture of them. but here they are.

MUCH cuter to see them actually ON him.

art in the park

we went to Art in the Park today. We went with our friends Jason and Christy. Here is Hendrix after we got there-- happily seeing a dog.


you can kinda see my baby bump... although I think jason was trying to just get our heads :)

Hendrix-- waving to baby Owen in his stroller. I thought this was a little funny :)


Hendrix and Emery in the wagon. I love how Hendrix looks shocked that Emery is sitting there. Quinn was there too... I don't know how she managed to escape all the pictures.

boy or girl?

so.... we still don't know what we are having. Here's the longer story:
The o.b. I'm using this pregnancy does an ultrasound every visit. At my last appointment at 11 weeks my doctor told me that she thought we were having a boy. She showed me in-between the legs and sure enough-- it looked like something was there. After she showed me that she told me at least 5 times that I was ONLY 11 weeks, and it's too early to know for sure.
The crazy thing, is that if I had to guess, I'd guess I'm having a girl. We don't really care what we are having, especially since we've been blessed with one of each. But a guess is a guess.
So I had another appointment today, and thought if she saw something again, I would definitely believe her. Especially since I'm now 15 weeks (which is still on the early side, I know). So today she asked me again when she started the ultrasound if we wanted to know what we are having. I said "YES!!" and told her that last time she had guessed that it was a boy. My doctor kind of laughed and said that was pretty brave of her to say especially since she saw nothing between the legs today. But then pointed out how the legs were crossed and she wasn't getting a good view. So.... the jury's still out. To say I'm disappointed is an understatement.. I REALLY want to know. Especially since my mom is coming in a few weeks and she was going to help me with the nursery. bummer. I guess I'll have to wait until 20 weeks like most people. seeing the legs crossed on the ultrasound was pretty cute, but certainly didn't make my day. :)

X "jumping"

Hendrix was trying to jump. haha... he's the best. not to mention Quinn prancing around in the background.

car seat cover

We needed another car seat so Dave could drive Quinn to preschool on his way to work. Chris and Sarah loaned us one of theirs that they aren't using right now. (thanks guys). Not that this early 2000's sun-bleached plaid is horrible, I just decided to cover it anyway. For some reason I've always wanted to make a car seat cover.

before:

after: (and it will hopefully look even cuter once I finish the hot-pink shoulder straps I'm making)

and the good news? I got it out of my system. I never want to make one of these ever again :)

big girl room and big belly

we worked on the 'big girl room' this weekend. we painted it a lovely yellow. It has turned into the new favorite room to play in. (just not the favorite room to sleep in) Quinn has yet to sleep in there, even though it's been ready for her to sleep in for 2 days.

Quinn's bean bag happens to match her new room nicely. Which is maybe we why we play in there-- the bean bag is the favorite.

the kiddos trying out the bed. Plus you can see her cute bedspread. We are basing the room off these colors. More pics of the room once we finish it. we still have some art work to create and put up. plus she still needs some shelves and a dresser (but i'm going to IKEA this fall, so hopefully we will finish it up then!)

some art that Quinn and I made for her room. Quinn is such a good little craft helper.

and..... my belly. this is actually a great picture of it.. when i imagine how my stomach looks, i envision it MUCH bigger.

I have a doctor appointment this week and we are hoping to find out what's in there. my doc already told me what she 'thinks' it is, but i was only 11 weeks, so i wasn't convinced. after we find out we can start working on the room for the new little baby. (and yes... we are painting over quinn's cute stripes in her baby room.. it's time).

Quinn eating a chip

I know, I know. Exactly what you were hoping I would post about today.

hendrix

These are some pics of Hendrix today. We rode bikes at the park.






hendrix was very concerned when we took a break and dave put his bike down. Hendrix was trying to lift it back up.


and a picture of my crazy handsome husband

first day of preschool.

today was the big day. She woke up so excited. She was dressed with her backpack ON by 6 am. (thanks for the backpack Uncle Clint!)

all ready in her 'funky monkey' shirt that she picked out herself at the store.

she even walked up to the door ALL BY HERSELF. which is a huge step considering she used to make us stay in nursery for at least 20 minutes before she would let us leave (and that happened for almost a year and a half).

It was a huge success. She LOVED it. I think that snack time was her favorite (like mother like daughter). They learned about caterpillars today and the snack was a caterpillar made of grapes. On the way home she asked when she could go back. It will be well worth the drive to town twice a week to take her. I think she's in love.


While Q was at preschool Hendrix and I enjoyed some time at the park.
So blurry, yet so cute.


And check out those wet legs. Wet slides don't deter him at all. Good thing Aunt Sarah lives 2 minutes away from this park and let us throw them in the dryer :)

and yes.... I may have shed a few tears as Quinn walked up to leave me for preschool. But just a few.

kids

Hendrix's new favorite place to be... under the picnic table


or on top. (and look-- hand me down pj's from Quinn. He all of a sudden outgrew ALL of his pj's)

hehe... and I caught the kiddos holding hands. It's so cute.

Things like this are cute too. I love that they are buddies