Mr Bear visits us..

Wow who knew this was SUCH and EXCITING ORDEAL!!!!! Garrett came buzzing home ready to show us Mr Bear.. and ready to show Mr Bear all his toys.. his Wii games.. his room.. and on and on and on.. whew.. we were on hostess mode with him in the house.. the boys really enjoyed playing with him.. he comes with a helmet, skateboard, pj bottoms, a quilt, backpack and of course a journal to write all about his stay at the house.

So after the initial excitement the boys played with him.. then we had dinner.. after dinner Garrett wanted to take him to Yogurtland.. then over to his cousin Gavin's house to play hide and seek.. good thing they were home.. cause this was REALLY important to him!!!!! After that fun they took Mr Bear through the car wash.. then up to bed.. but that little stinker Mr Bear got really hungry in the middle of the night and opened our refrigerator helping himself to a bowl of carrots {great healthy choice Mr Bear!!!!] Mark was really cute.. and enjoyed the majority of the Mr Bear festivities.. even "helped" Mr Bear downstairs to some carrots! It was also his idea to put the Vikings helmet on him.. which was a HUGE hit with the boys!!!! I am glad that Mark had the night off to enjoy this major event with Garrett.. he was pretty excited!!!

Hawk Eye High Five

Last Wednesday night Garrett was going on and on and on about how he will get to bring Mr Bear home.. Mr Bear is a classroom bear that gets to come home with the kiddos.. & they journal about their fun time.. anyway.. he wouldn't stop talking about how excited he was for Thursday to come.. Thursday came.. and no bear.. I was met at the door by his teacher {during pick up} saying that Garrett is the most caring angel child and he must have little wings on him somewhere.. which is super sweet.. I joked about what happens to Garrett's wings when he gets home, but for the most part she is right.. he is a great kid!!! Come to find out Garrett was going to take the bear home, but a little boy in his class got really upset and started to cry.. he thought it was his day to take him home.. so Garrett told his teacher.. its ok.. Conner can take Mr Bear home.. I will take him home another day.. wow.. can I say.. I am pretty proud of my kid for that!!!! So sweet of him to put others before himself.. seriously at such a young age.. I hope he never loses that in him!!!!!!!!

So Thursday night Garrett told me that he was going to get a Hawk Eye High Five the following day for that.. so basically during announcements the Principal announces that Garrett gets to sign the Pride Board.. and why.. so I had my Flip and my little point and shoot ready for this moment.. Mark was working the night before so he didn't get a chance to see it.. so I had to get this memory on video for him.. and I am so glad I did.. I am so proud of my son!!!!!!!

9/11/11

10 years after the horrible attacks on our country.. Mark and I went to a Chargers vs. Vikings game.. we had a great time.. Mark and I brought our little camping grill and had some hot dogs and some chips & dip.. poor Mark couldn't really enjoy the day consuming beers cause he only had his pregnant wife with him, but he had a few.. and I splurged with a Sierra Mist.. we decided we wanted to get into the stadium early so that we could see the pre-game ceremony.. it was awesome.. they had military guys parachuting into the game.. they had a piece of the twin towers there.. they did a tribute to all the 1st responders.. a flag that covered the whole field.. a bald eagle release.. and my favorite Colbie Caillat sang the National Anthem.. it was AWESOME!!!!! All the fans were chanting USA USA USA USA.. seriously so cool!!!! The game started out GREAT for the Vikings, but didn't end so well.. and I did spend $12 on a refillable water.. drank tons of water.. and spent a lot of time in the bathroom being 31 wks pregnant.. It was interesting being there, but at the end of the game we walk out being proud fans of the Vikings.. and proud Americans.. what a great time.. and Granny was awesome enough to watch the boys for us.. they had a blast with her!!!

Cousins

I just got around to taking photos off of my little point and shoot camera yesterday {more posts to come and you will see why}, but this was the first one on the camera... its a picture of the boys and their cousins Riley & Bella... we don't see them nearly enough!!!!!! So my cousin and I decided to get the kiddos together and hang at the Ladera Ranch Waterpark.. it was so cute seeing all the kiddos play together!!!! I really hope we can do that more often!!!

They are off to school!!!

Garrett has already been back to school for a week now, but Drew just had his 1st day yesterday.. and its great!!!!

Garrett had a interesting first few days trying to figure out if he wanted to buy lunch.. pack lunch.. who to play with.. what to play.. it was soooooo loooooonnnnng he said, but now.. he races ahead of me when I drop him off.. and I am met by his teacher with praises about what a great kid Garrett is!!! Literally she told me today.. that Garrett has a special ability of thinking of others.. that he is a true angel with little wings on him.. buwuahhahahhahahahhahahha MY KID.. REALLY!!!!! Why does he grow some horns by the time he walks into my house.. really its like he saves up all his good for school and other people.. which is fine with me.. I am super proud that he is a good boy at school!!!!

Drew really liked his 1st day of school... he is back with his pre-k teachers Ms Brenda & Ms Mona.. he loves them both.. plus he has a ton of friends in his class.. its really great!! We know the majority of the kids in the class either from MOMS Club.. or church.. or kids returning from last year.. so he is comfortable there and willing to go.. the difference this year.. is that I put him in 3 days a week so he will go Mon, Wed & Fri.. his Fri class is a split between Mon/Wed kids and Tues/Thurs kids.. and he has 2 friends from that class joining him on Friday too.. what I am most excited about is the curriculum they have.. he will hopefully be that much more Kindergarten ready because of it!!!!

While the boys are in school.. Mark got a lot done in the baby's room.. we had breakfast burritos.. awwww time.. to us.. tomorrow.. I am ditching him and going to have breakfast with some girlfriends.. yay me time before baby Trevor gets here.. oh and speaking of that 8 more weeks left.. it has gone by so fast!!!!

10wk countdown has begun!

In 10wks I will hold you in my arms.. I will meet you for the very first time.. you have been chosen to be ours.. we are so lucky!!! Garrett & Drew are so excited to meet you.. with books already picked out to read to you on the 1st night out of Mommy's belly!!!! What an amazing gift you already are.. Garrett and Drew ask me all the time if you can hear them talk in my belly.. we have had many conversations about what they are going to teach you.. will you come out talking.. how will they be able to play with you.. Daddy & I are anxious to see your beautiful little face.. and in 10wks we will finally get to do all these exciting things!!!!!

For now this is our snapshot of what you look like.. and wow.. I can already tell you are going to have some big beautiful eyes!!!!

and amazing little lips for awesome little pucker up kisses!

We already love you.. but we can't wait to actually hold you and shower you with our love!!!!!