Who knew?

My mother in law signed Rainier up to play soccer with his cousin this fall. Aunt A and Uncle T are the coaches. Seeing as I am THE slacker mom, Rainier has never played a team sport before. I wasn't at all sure how he'd handle it because to be honest..............he'd rather sit inside and play video games. Then we got to the soccer game. Apparently if there is a score involved, Captain Competitive comes out to play. He made 6 goals. It was incredibly fun (and funny) to watch.

Pierce made it through surgery! Hurray!

Pierce got to spend the day at Primary Children's yesterday getting his long awaited surgery. I was SO impressed with how efficient, kind and organized everyone was up there. Anyway, we got to put him in these adorable hospital clothes before we met with the doctor and the anesthesiologist. Pierce just looked so stinkin' cute I had to take some pictures. He was totally not bothered by the whole process of prepping for surgery. He even tolerated not eating for 4 hours really well. ( I was prepared for DISASTER to occur on this point as he does not like to wait for his food)

Waiting for him to come out of the O.R. was not as stressful as I imagined it would be either. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised with how calm and controlled this whole process went. When I got to go see him in the PACU, the nurse told me that he had been super feisty upon coming out of anesthesia. Now this I wish I could have seen! Pierce is not the feistiest of people, he's pretty laid back in general, unless you get between him and his next bite of food.

He only had to stay in recovery an hour and did really good waking up and drinking a bottle of juice for them. We took him home and he really has done well. He had to take Lortab yesterday and last night, but today..........(keeping my fingers crossed)...........he has only needed a little Ibuprofen.

I am SO glad this whole thing is over and I am SO glad that he only needs to have one surgery. I have been EXTREMELY blessed to have 4 very healthy children and I hope that we are blessed once again with another healthy one.

Love you so much Pierce! You are our sunshine!!!

This baby..........

Just when I was starting to wonder if I was ever going to feel this baby move.............now it is NONSTOP! Seriously. The only baby of mine that has ever been this active in utero was Addie Reece. Does this mean its a baby girl? Ugh! Sometimes I want to just find out the gender, and then I remember how much of a thrill it is to not know. And believe me, I need some good surprises around here.

It is getting harder and harder to tote "little" Pierce around. I am afraid for how much harder this is going to get before it gets better. My body is very, very angry at me for being pregnant again. And thats okay........I am very, very angry at it for being so fertile!!!

Irish Twins

So.........the time has finally come to break the news I suppose..................... We are having another baby, in October. Pierce and this new little beansprout will be exactly ONE year apart. This is called Irish Twins ya know. I found out I was pregnant 2 days before I was scheduled to have my tubes done. So everyone go ahead and have a good chuckle at my expense. Heaven knows the people who already know have either laughed hysterically or cried or wanted to choke me. And yes............I know where babies come from...................

A little sunshine for ya

For all the mommies out there. Good thing those kidlets come in adorable packages right?

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY (late edition)

HAPPY 9th ANNIVERSARY to me and my dear hubster. (Even though I am 100% positive he won't read this)

Ode to Abraham Lincoln

So, Rainier and his craziness strike again. Last week his class learned about Abe Lincoln, and our family was subjected to Abe Lincoln talk for an entire week. And by Abe Lincoln talk.......I mean Rainier style, Abe Lincoln talk.

I picked Rainier and Addie up from school on Friday and Rainier told me, "Mom, Abraham Lincoln is the #1 president". Addie couldn't keep her mouth shut on that one so she said, "Actually he was the number 16 president. George Washington was the #1 president". Rainier was NOT happy about this and informed us that Abe Lincoln was HIS #1 president and that he hated George Washington.

Sunday rolls around and the kids went to my parents for dinner. Rainier said the prayer asked that they would all grow healthy and strong like Abe Lincoln. No biggie, just kinda cute right?

Fast forward to Monday. Rainier is in HUGE trouble for trying to get out Gavin's BB gun. He has been banished to his room indefinitely with no toys. He comes into my room holding The Book of Mormon and says, "Mom. You need to read your scriptures. Jesus is NOT happy with you today..............and either is Abe Lincoln."

Oh my. This boy is something else. My life will never be dull with that kid around!