April 17th- Reading to Woobie

I thought these pictures were too cute! This is Parker reading to his Woobie

April 12th-Carnival

On April 12th we went to the park for Lily's 3rd birthday party and then we went to the Festival of the Southwest Carnival. Here are some pictures of Parker, Lily, Aiden and Ethan. We all had so much fun! We were there till 10pm! I couldn't believe it when I looked at my watch and realized how long we had been there!

Saturday, March 29th

Mom and I took Aiden and Parker to the park for a picnic. They had a lot of fun playing after we were done eating! The weather was really nice! It was a little windy, but of course the boys didn't mind! We're going to have to do this more often. When we left, Parker kept telling me he wanted to have another picnic!

Help us name the baby!

Well we're still trying to decide on the name for the baby! Whether we like it or not, we pretty much have to go with Jackson for the first name! :) Parker won't call him anything else! He doesn't even call him Baby Storm Trooper anymore! When you ask him he's insistent that his baby brother's name is Jackson! I set up a new poll using Jackson as the first name, but with different combinations of middles names. Please vote again (scroll down and it's on the right hand side of the screen) or email us any different or unique names that you think we might like! I definitely want to use Joshua and/or Liam for the middle name(s) though. I know it sounds kind of silly to give him 2 middle names, but when you say it out loud a couple of times, I think it sounds like a really strong name! Besides, he can abbreviate it when he has to write it! I really like it that I can get both my brother's name and the name he really likes in there at the same time. Vote again and let me know what you think!

Here are the results from the first poll:
#1- Jackson Joshua (6 votes- 31%)
#2- Collin Joshua (5 votes- 26%)
#3- Liam Joshua (3 votes- 15%)
#3- Carter Joshua (3 votes- 15%)
#4- Jackson Liam (1 vote-5%)
#4- Jackson Joshua Liam (1 vote- 5%)

Easter 2008!

Here are some pictures from Easter! I guess Parker wasn't in the mood for pictures because I had a very hard time trying to get him to look at the camera. We went to church with Mom in the morning! Parker had a lot of fun in Sunday School. When I picked him up the teacher said he was very smart and that he knew all the answers to the questions they were asking about the lesson! That shocked me because I didn't really discuss Easter with him that much. I started reading him an Easter book that told about the first Easter but I was having a hard time with trying to explain it all with out it sounding scary and dark! Maybe they were talking about something different! We read his devotional everynight, but even that didn't talk about Easter. I don't know if that's because it's monthly and Easter stories will be in April or what! But I was proud! We went to Josh and Rosie's house for dinner! Here are some pictures of Parker, Aiden, and Ethan looking for eggs in the backyard!

8 Months Pregnant!

Here are some pictures of my ever expanding belly! Jeff and I swear that I'm huge! Everyone else says I'm small for 8 months! I think they're just trying to make me feel good! I've gained a lot of weight with this baby! I feel much bigger and I'm a lot more uncomfortable than I was with Parker! Parker was really low compared to this baby, so I don't know if that's why it feels so different or what! I don't have as much swelling as I did with Parker, but that could be because I'm not on my feet as much! With Parker I had to take my wedding ring off in Dec. I just started having to take it off 2 weeks ago this time. I can wear it occasionally, but after a few hours I have a hard time getting it off! I'm afraid to leave it on because my mom had to have her's cut off when she was pregnant with me! I hate not wearing it though! It feels really weird and I don't want people to think I'm not married! I thought about putting it on a necklace, but I'm too afraid I'll lose it! Plus, Parker notices when I wear something different from the necklace that Jeff gave me for Christmas a couple years ago. The charm is a mother and child facing eachother. It forms a heart and it has Parker's birthstone (diamond) on it. He loves to play with it when I'm holding him and he tells me it's Parker and Mommy! I wore a different necklace one time and it really seemed to bother him! I wonder if we'll be able to find one with 2 kids on it when the baby comes!