Getting old is awesome.

I had a wonderful birthday. My kids spoiled me with presents, and my husband spoiled me with lunch, and of course my 20 week ultrasound fell exactly on my birthday!

(don't ask why my kids are wearing hot pajamas before bedtime in hot weather. no idea. ;)

Maiya gave me an 'Pink Oven Mitt with flowers!'

Quince gave me a pretty butterfly picture to hang on my wall.  I will never forget how sweet and shy he was giving me this present.  He looked as if he were about to cry out of fear I wouldn't like it.  Such a tender little heart. 

These Greek Gyro sliders were amazing.  I think I need to get these again, soon!

Our sweet little lunch companion

And of course, my Birthday Baklava!  Doesn't that have a nice ring to it?  Way catchier then 'Birthday Cake.' ;)

All in all, it was a fabulous.  I haven't had a difficult birthday yet (you know how people say turning certain ages are difficult for them.)  I am looking forward to getting older and older and older. Getting old rocks! ;)

Quincey's Kindergarten Graduation

I agree that graduation ceremonies are maybe a bit overdone, but my goodness it was sure fun to see my sweet boy graduate kindergarten. He felt so special. My favorite part was seeing him and his music class perform some songs (see video for cuteness overload.)

This is Quincey in his schools Fun Run, where all of the kindergarten boys raced together.  He did really well.  Except for how he told his whole class about how funny it was that he was knocking people out of the way with an elbow punch.  He did not get that from me! 

We got to come and play lots of fun games with Quincey's class, here is tug of war.

And an obstacle course!

Maiya on the rope

Ultrasound Pictures

 Luckily enough my 20 week mark fell exactly on my birthday this year and we got to have the 20 week ultrasound and find out baby's gender (A BOY!) on my birthday!  That made for a very fun day.  Our little guy was kicking and moving and grooving the whole time.  A very active one for sure.

Maiya kept telling us that she already knew the baby was a boy, and was a little perturbed that we were still talking about finding out if it is a boy or a girl.  So, when we told her that it's a boy, she said, "I KNOW!" 

Both big kids are very excited for their new sibling.  Something a little weird that Maiya has always done for Aftyn, is 'get the fuzzies out' of her toes.  And since this baby is a boy, she keeps telling Quincey that it will be his job to 'get the fuzzies out.' Pretty funny.

Getting Bigger!

Here I am at 18 weeks.  ( 17 weeks and 5 days, but I think it is more than appropriate to round up in most things in life, but especially in a pregnancy ;))

We are very excited that we are almost half way to meeting our new addition.  We are going to find out the gender on my birthday (May 30th), which was not planned, but kinda cool.  Quincey informed me, that he "really needs a brother."  And Maiya is also convinced that it should be a brother for Quincey.  But they said it would be fine if it was a sister too.  ;) 

Look Who's Walking!

A couple of days ago, Affy just took off and has been walking around like a big girl ever since! I love the way she walks, She has a bit of 'Swagger'.

Knee Walker

Aftyn is 16 months in a few day, and when she wants to (not very often yet) she can walk long distances, but mostly she has found another way of getting around that offers her a far more 'risk free of falling' option.  It is really funny.  

Pictures

My friend Chelsea was kind enough to share her talents with our family.