Sweet kids and only 4 more days!!!!! (new posts below...almost caught up)

 There are days where it seems that when Matthew gets home from school that I am just breaking up fights the rest of the day. Somedays however they play so nicely and can be so sweet to each other. I was doing dishes when I overheard Taylor first reading her own version of a book. It was very sweet and Matthew sat there and just listened. Matthew then told his version of the story but as you can tell from the picture they both were talking at the same time. This talking at the same time thing can be such a problem but I guess this day they were fine with the dual story telling.
       I really can not believe that we are about to add another little person into our family. There are only 4 more chains on our countdown chain to pull off. Marty will be here Tuesday morning!! I remember those feelings of being a little sad before having Taylor thinking that I wouldn't be able to give enough attention to Matthew. She fit right in though and only made things better. I really don't have much of those feelings this time; I think we are all just ready for a baby in our home. I realize things will be different and trust me Glen and I sometimes wonder if we are ready for the sleepless nights, crying, and having to bring a diaper bag around. It has been a long time since the diaper phase for us and it has been so easy to go and do things with Matthew and Taylor. We couldn't be more excited though and I know Marty will be one lucky little guy with Taylor and Matthew as his sister and brother. What is he going to look like? What kind of personality is he going to have? We can't wait!! I really was hoping I could just go into labor today and have him now; it would be perfect. Glen's Mom comes tomorrow and Glen is officially on vacation after tonight so we have a lot to look forward to.

Thanksgiving Break

 We had a great Thanksgiving break and were able to have Kirstin and Jeremiah visit us. It was the first time we have done Thanksgiving in our own home and I think it turned out pretty well. I hardly cooked at all which was awesome and the food all tasted amazing. My feet were swelling like crazy but thankfully it only lasted a few days and now I have ankles again! We had a fun few days playing games, going to the zoo, eating barbecue and riding bikes in the park. The kids loved having visitors and were followed around constantly. Hopefully they didn't mind but it sure was a nice break for me. Thanks to Kirstin and Jeremiah for letting Glen and I go on a date one night too!!

 Matthew loves playing frisbee and is pretty good at it!

He is just so cute. I can't get enough of kissing his soft cheeks. I will be the sad the day his face gets a little more structure but his Dad (below) is pretty cute so it will be okay if he looks like that.

Taylor made it around the long bike loop around the park

We went to the zoo the day after Thanksgiving and it was great. The weather was perfect, it wasn't too crowded, and the animals all gave us a good show.

I have so much to be thankful for!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Before Church

 Adorable Taylor

Matthew showing off his missing tooth that he had to get pulled. He hit his mouth on the wood floor months ago and it didn't even seem that bad when it happened. It was a little loose and eventually his gums got infected and the tooth died so it had to be pulled.

Happy Birthday Matthew

 Matthew's birthday was on the 21st which was the day before Thanksgiving. He had to wear his birthday hat from school and the feather hat he made at school too for the picture. His police costume from Gram and Grandad was a huge hit; he didn't want to take it off all day. I told him a long time ago that we would let him have a party with friends since he never really has. I planned on lots of friends and doing a theme but as his birthday got closer and closer I saw it wasn't going to happen. I guess my excuse is that I am almost ready to have a baby. So I threw something together last minute and Matthew only asked for a few friends which was perfect. I am glad he seemed to have no expectations and was happy with a low key party. We did a lot of relays with balloons and here the kids were trying to pop them all. We sure love our Matthew man; I can't believe he is 6! Later in the day we met up with the Haucks at the park and tried out their rocket launcher. It was pretty amazing how high these rockets would go and Matthew stuck with it for a long time; he thought it was the greatest thing ever. It was a great day!

 I kind of suggested that Matthew didn't have to have a cake for his birthday and that he could have any dessert. Luckily, Matthew remembered I had a cheesecake for mine and said he wanted pumpkin cheesecake. PERFECT!!! Cake is good but other desserts are sure better don't you think? I have also decided that the cute kid cakes are just not my best talent so I will keep encouraging the kids to pick other things!

Rewind back to July: Swim lessons

 I know it seems funny to post these now but since the blog is my scrapbook I have to get these on here. I guess I should move them to the right spot eventually. Matthew and Taylor took swimming lessons from a lady who does it at her home. They were in the same class but their teacher really pushed them all according to where they were at so it was great for me to not have to sit through two different lessons. The kids did great!! Both have always been so brave in the water; Matthew could swim the whole length of the pool by the end. Taylor dove for rings and swam quite a ways by herself. She could jump off the diving board and swim by herself to the ladder. It was fun to watch them and they loved it!!

Racing the swimming dog. Matthew and Taylor are the two on the right with their heads in the water. The dog was pretty fast.

The whole class. The three girls around Matthew and Taylor are sisters and are in our ward and are such fun girls and I like their Mom too!!

Oh the things we do for fun

 I wish I could remember who decided to do this one evening.  One of the kids insisted that I take pictures of it too. First we spelled Taylor's name and then we had to do the letters we did not do already to finish Matthew's name. It was pretty funny watching these 3 and we all laughed through the whole thing.

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Halloween

We ran into two families from our ward that live in the neighborhood which was great because I am sure Matthew and Taylor had more fun than just being us three. Our neighborhood was great and the weather was perfect. Happy Halloween!

Taylor came out in Matthew's costume a few days after Halloween and I thought she looked so cute as Batman!

Priddy Farms (5 posts today....go me)