pregnancy and a 4 year old

I love that Carter says what he is thinking and that he is so observant. Although there have been times in the past when I have feared for my life because of things that come out of his mouth! I love when he comments on my hair and tells me I look like a princess, or when I'm wearing jewelry and he tells me I'm pretty. He always means well, at least that is what I keep telling myself when he says, "mommie, your legs are getting bigger. Maybe it's because your belly's getting bigger". I look at him wanting to yell, but he has this sweet grin on his face, and I just can't scold him. The second time he said it, I nicely said, "Carter, there are just some things you don't say to girls, someday you'll learn that". Funny, funny boy. I adore my Carter. I think saying what you think is a good quality, his just needs to be refined.

Carter loves to say prayers and will even try to mix it up a little every prayer, here is the gist of what one sounds like, "Heavenly Father, thank you for the corn, thank you for my friends, thank you for the baby in mommies belly, thank you for my new pencil, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen." I love his sweet sweet prayers and I love even more that he remembers all on his own, his little brother or sister in mommies belly. He loves to cuddle with my big ol' belly and I'm sure will be a sweet big brother to this new babe!

Berklie likes to say prayers with Carter too. Today at dinner she folded her arms the cute way that she does and in her own little gibberish rattled off her prayer. The only thing that we understood was, "corn cob" (corn said without the r) It was so dang cute! She is the funniest little thing. Our little entertainer.

We made some cookies yesterday and both kids had to be right in the action. I was afraid a few times that they were going to stick their little hands in the mixer. No one managed to get them in the mixer, and the cookies were delish!!

Berklie snuck down to Mat's office the other day and I didn't know it until I heard the music. I went down to find them dancing. So cute! She loves dancing with her daddie.

A little bored!!

Since there isn't a lot going on around our house, I thought I would just post some pictures. I think Carter especially, but Berklie also, are done with winter. Carter wants to go outside without a coat all the time and Berklie has made several attempts to get out without socks and shoes. Spring fever? I know I have it! Here are a few pictures.

Thanks for the ridiculous glasses Mary! (oh and the whoopie cushion which is now called the "tooter") This is Berklie's favorite past time..so much so that we now have a lock on our pantry. She climbs up and begs for food! You'd think we didn't feed her. My favorite silly Berklie face! I told you we were really bored! I had to get a picture of this! I HATE ironing with a passion and Mat finally realized that his shirts weren't going to be ironed unless he did it himself. Good job Mat!!A little fun in the snow. Berklie wasn't too sure about the cold stuff.Carter is trying to convince Berklie that the snow isn't bad and that she should do a snow angel. We were driving home from Tooele Friday night and Carter started screaming! We really thought something was wrong. He calmed down and told us that his gum was in his hair. I was thinking I'd have to give him a new hair cut for sure by the way he was acting. Well, this was it, I just pulled it out and pealed it off his neck. Silly kid!

The Big 5 Tag

5 Things I was doing 5 years ago:

teaching high school
enjoying the "honeymoon" phase
adjusting to life in Utah
wondering what the future had in store for Mat and I
staying up late and sleeping in

5 Things on my to do list for today:

clean my house
make dinner
shower
take the kids to their doctors appointments
SURVIVE!! :)

5 Things I would do with a million dollars:

invest it
pay off debt
give some of it away
Travel!!!
get a new wardrobe

5 Places I have lived:

Odessa, Texas
Hobbs, New Mexico
Littleton, Colorado
Redwood City, California
Salt Lake City, Utah

5 Jobs I have held:

McDonald's cashier (heck yes)
Einstein Bagels
Abercrombie & Fitch (silly, I know)
Colors of Success
Granger High School Spec. Ed. Teacher

5 Things I want to be doing in 5 Years:

not having kids (i love them, but i want to be done!)
being happy and healthy
running marathons
livin' it up with my fam'

5 People I tag:

Melissa C.
Anna
Sarah B.
Kassiah
Trieste

Help Please!

I want to publish my blog into a book, just for family history purposes. But, blurb.com doesn't support blogger anymore, and I can't seem to find anyone else that does it. Mylee has a few links on her blog, but so far, those haven't panned out. Maybe, and very possibly so, I don't know what I'm doing! Does anyone have any suggestions or good sites that they have used? THANKS!!