Outside Renovations at Uncle Tim's

Uncle Tim had the outside of his house totally redone. New paver driveway, new sod, new landscaping, new swing, new horse shoe pit, and new paint on the house. We all pitched in. Even the little ones. Here's some pics.

Abby and Tyson found a worm and were torturing it.

Madison had to take an important call.

We're not sure if Kristyn passed out or was just resting.

Tyler's work was finally done and he got to go in the pool.

Back from the.....

Hey everyone! I know I've been MIA for months and I'm sorry. It's just that I get sick when I look at the computer, watch tv, read, drive, etc. Pretty much all I can do is sit and stare into space! It's getting better now. I'll be 4 months on Monday and alot of the sickness is gone. Thank goodness! Since I blogged last we've had another ultra sound and things look great. Here's the newest picture of baby Tyrone. Just kidding, we don't know the gender.

See the baby waving?

We'll have another ultra sound in 5 weeks. They will write the gender in an envelope and I will give it to my sister and Mandy. They are having my shower for me. I will register for both genders and then be surprised when I get to the shower. I can't wait! My guests will find out when they rsvp. I hope no one lets the cat out of the bag!

The day after we found out I was pregnant, my mom and I chaperoned Abby's school trip to Sunsplash Waterpark. We had a good time.

Abby and I went on this ride together. You go down on a double tube that looks like a figure 8. She didn't like it last year and still didn't this year. I guess we'll try every year.

Tyson started running a fever and fell asleep. Poor guy! He had a lot of fun the first part of the day though.

Positive!

If you read my earlier post about me thinking I was pregnant and my body acting like it was, but I really wasn't. You might be saying, "She really wasn't crazy!" No, I was! I got pregnant 2 weeks after I went to the doctor and found out I wasn't. Weird! So I still hadn't had a period since January and had no idea how far along I was since I wasn't pregnant March 17th. We went to the doctor on Tuesday and he did an ultra sound. We are 8 weeks 4 days in preg. mom talk and 2 months in normal talk! We are very excited! And yes, I have weened myself off the paxil and are praying for extra money to send Tyler to daycare. Just 2 or 3 or 7 days a week. No, really I think just 2 would be good. So anyway, we are due December 28th, but the c-section will probably be 10 days earlier. About the 18th. Of course, I will be trying to get my water to break starting in early November. Just kidding. Not really. So we'll have another Christmas baby! Tyler was born on the 6th. They will be 2 years apart. Tyson and Tyler are 1 1/2 years apart. We're hoping for a little Tyrone, in keeping with the Ty's. Just kidding, really. We both would love to have a little girl, but would be very happy with another boy. I am not going to find out the sex until my shower. So I'll have a little surprise! The throwers of my shower will know and when the guests rsvp, they will find out. Fun! Derek hasn't made up his mind yet if he wants to find out before then. He likes to know stuff! Can you believe we can find out in 4 weeks!? There is some new test they do for down syndrome and it also tells the sex. Now I know there are a lot of you out there who don't get the testing done because it's not like you would abort the baby if it had downs, but I choose to have the testing so that if I am having a special needs child, I can read and research it and be more prepared when the baby is born. I would rather not be shocked in the delivery room. I have been feeling nauseous and yucky all day every day for a little over a week. Today was the best day I've had. I have to eat ALL day long. Not because I'm hungry, but to try and keep the nausea away. I'm tired a lot. I try to put the boys down and take a nap every day. And the boys have actually tucked me in bed a couple times this week. Tyson is excited. He wants a girl. Tyler has no idea what's going on. Well, it's way past my new bedtime. I'll keep you posted!

Here's our fist picture of little baby #3.

This is a video of Tyson telling Mimi and Pa that there is a baby in mommy's tummy. But I didn't catch all of it! Darn it!

Happy Birthday Tyson!

Wow! I can't believe my baby is three! It seems like we're always planning a birthday party. It goes by soooo fast. I really enjoy my time home with my boys. Tyson is a very sweet boy. He loves any sport. He is great at baseball, football, soccer and everything else. He wants me to watch everything he does. I hear, "Mama, watch!", all day long. He's learning how to share with his bully brother, who would rather hit you in face than look at you. Poor Tyson! Tyson is always saying, "Thank you mama, you're the best with me." and "I love you thiiiiiiiissss much!" and holding his arms open wide. He'll tell me something and then say, "that's a good idea!" He says, "that's weird." and "tool" (cool). He is also saying booty head right now, which we're trying to stop. His favorite toys today are his little skate boards (finger boards), his soccer ball and football, his bat and ball, his kitchen set, and his Diego boat. His favortie food is just about anything. He loves all fruit, all veggies, fish, chicken, etc. He doesn't care for pasta or ground beef. He LOVES to swim in the pool and jump off the edge. And he LOVES to go on bike rides. He pedals so well! He is such a sweet boy! Always wants to help me. He is a chatterbug though. I find myself asking him to be quiet several times a day. I have a hard time getting ready to go somewhere and listening to his constant chatter. Poor little guy! We are so blessed to have our little Tyson. He is wonderful! We always say, when we have more children, we want more Tysons. Happy birthday to our sweet Tyson!

I made him a special shirt with a 3 made out of balls on the front...

and a T on the back.

Tyson and Abby love jumping in the pool at the same time!

There he goes!

And here's trouble!

Cake time! I made cupcakes in cake cones. They were good! Can you tell they are supposed to be baseballs?

Tyler enjoyed his!

Awww. Kissin Cousins.

Present time! He loves everything he got!

What a wonderful day! Here's more pics.

To My Mother

Dear Mom,

You ARE the most wonderful mother!

And you are the greatest grandmother to my boys!

You are a perfect example of selfless, unconditional love.

You are always there for me, whenever I need you, even if it's inconvient.

We have so much fun together, all the time.

We laugh, whenever we're together.

We finish each other's sentences.

We know what each other is thinking.

We are the same kind of CRAZY!

And I love YOU!

Thank you for being my wonderful mom!

I can't imagine my life without you!

I only pray that I am as good a mother to my children that you were/are to me.

Angela

The Beginning of Summer!

Once these boys got a taste of the pool, they didn't want to leave it. The only thing is, Mimi and Pa's pool is not heated. Tyson doesn't seem to mind but he swims until his whole body is shaking with cold! Tyler is more like mama, he doesn't like the cold water. Tyson asked Mimi to turn the heater on. When she said she doesn't have one, he said, "Well, maybe you could borrow uncle Tim's." There's an idea! So we've been having parties at uncle Tim's house while he's at work during the day. We just call the night before and ask him to turn the heater on. What a nice uncle! Here's some pics. Good thing he has his floaties on so he doesn't drown in that pool!

Look at these two beautiful mermaids!

Tyler is warming up to the pool!

Sam is taking care of baby Jane.

Wow! What a big jump Tyson!

Later that afternoon, Mandy and I went to Target. It's always a big production for us to go anywhere because there are 7 kids and the 2 of us! That doesn't stop us though! And she's down one this week because the in laws came to visit last weekend and took one home. Can you find all six kids in the pic? Look carefully! And our friend Naj doesn't count.

There he is, sleeping in the cart! Poor Kam missed out on the slurpies!

Later that night, the guys had a basketball game. They are in a thirty something league. Their games are usually at 9pm but this week it was at 8pm. So we went and cheered them on! It was a little difficult to try and keep all those kids off the court and the extra balls they were playing with! But we had fun!

There's my man! #4 shooting the ball! What form!

And here's the chatting section, I mean cheering section. Are we winning? Are we home or away? It's over already? Who won? Oh, we did! Yaaaaaaaa! Gooooo Team!