Last Minute Baby Prep!

I can't believe it's almost time for baby to get here!  The last 9 months feel like they have been so long at times and gone by fast at other times.  This has been my most challenging pregnancy so far, which has made it feel long.  I am definitely not a spring chicken anymore and I can feel a huge difference physically from my other two.  Nonetheless, we are so grateful that we have another little one joining our family and can't WAIT to meet her!!!

Most recent baby bump pic (35 weeks)

I've been on the hunt for some cute big sister/big brother/little sister shirts for the kids that all coordinated.  I would find one at one place and one at another place and I just couldn't quite find what I wanted.  Then we looked on Amazon and came across this website that had coordinating shirts, I was so excited!  I can't wait to get a picture with all three kids in their shirts :)

Some cute headbands I bought from a lady off the yard sale website on facebook :)

After school got out, Malea brought home a bunch of work that she had done, including a journal.  I was flipping through reading some of her entries and came across this one from a few months back, I thought it was really sweet :) 



Since it's my third baby I didn't really plan on having a baby shower but I have still gotten a lot of sweet gifts from friends and co-workers.  My co-workers threw me a little baby shower/luncheon after our last meeting, it was so sweet!  Here's some pictures from that luncheon:

I thought it would be fun to get together with some friends for a girls night to go out to dinner and to see "Pitch Perfect 2".  They ended up surprising me and turning it in to a little surprise baby shower, which was SO sweet!  My mom made this adorable banner (but unfortunately we had a miscommunication and she thought we were spelling it "Clair" instead of "Claire" so she has to add an "e" to the end)

The girls had cupcakes and balloons and everything, it was so sweet!

All my fun loot!  I got so spoiled!

With pretty much all my pregnancies I start retaining water about the last month.  Luckily I have had low blood pressure for my whole pregnancy so they aren't too concerned about it but it is uncomfortable.  I tried to get some pictures of my "cankles" and you can tell from some of the pictures above that my face is definitely puffy.  I can't wait to be done with that phase soon!

One of the things we wanted to do before the baby was take each of the kids out for their own special one-on-one date with mommy and daddy.  We let them pick where they wanted to eat and a fun outing.  We took Isaac out first and he chose Denny's for the restaurant and then Provo Beach Resort.  We had a lot of fun!

Such a monkey!

For Malea's date she chose to go to Olive Garden and then to Color Me Mine.  It was the first time we had been there which is surprising because it is right up her alley!

She decided to paint a dolphin in rainbow stripes.  It took quite a while but it turned out really cute!

Daddy went to get us some chocolate at Rocky Mountain Chocolate factory to help pass the time :)

The finished product, pre-bake (we go back in a few days to pick it up once its been baked for 24 hours.  It will make the colors more vibrant as well).  She did a great job!

We still have a few little things we'd like to get done before the baby comes (house cleaning, stock the fridge, etc), but at this point I am just ready for her to get here!  I am so uncomfortable and just done being pregnant.  I've been having tons of contractions and false labor so hopefully all of it is helping me progress.  My next doctor's appointment is on Monday so we'll see if I've started dilating at all.  I am counting down the days to my inducement date which will be June 17th! :)

End of the School Year

I can't believe it's the end of the school year!  Time sure flies!  Both my kids had amazing teachers this year, we are so lucky.  They have both progressed and learned so much.  

Isaac's last day of pre-k at Hobblecreek was on May 21st.  They invited the parents to come to a little end of the year celebration, which was so cute.  We got to hear the kids sing some songs they have learned this year and see some of their latest art projects.  This was Isaac's first year at Hobblecreek and I am absolutely amazed at how much he has improved this year.  His teacher Miss Sharon and her techs are amazing, not to mention his speech therapist and OT (I wasn't able to get a picture of Isaac with him but he is awesome).  Last year Isaac would cry, I kid you not, EVERY DAY when we took him to pre-k.  It absolutely broke my heart.  They would literally have to pry him from my arms and I would just have to leave.  He started out this year doing that a little bit but I think once he went a few times and saw how much fun he was having he started going so much easier.  After a month or two we would drop him off and he wouldn't even look back.  I really think it's because of his amazing teachers that made him feel special and welcome.  I am also so amazed at how much he has progressed with his speech and writing skills.  I can't tell you how exciting it was the first time he came home with work that had his name written on it all by himself.  He couldn't even hold a pencil correctly at the beginning of the year and now he is writing his name in the correct order (still getting some letters backwards but that is to be expected) and recognizing letters and numbers.  It is so awesome! 

Isaac showing me some of his artwork

Getting ready to sing us some songs.  He is sitting next to his buddy Bradley.  He has talked about his classmates all year so it was fun to match the faces to the names.

Singing "If you're happy and you know it" with these little clappers.  At first he was being super shy and didn't want to sing any of the songs.  I don't think he liked everyone watching him.  But after a few minutes he warmed up.

Mrs. Sharon his awesome teacher!  We love her.  All the kids got a little award and she gave him the "Starburst Award" for working hard in all areas every day.   

I love this picture, he was so proud of himself and his award!  Afterwards he kept saying "I a star!  I a star!"  It was so cute :)

After the little program we got to have a picnic lunch and the kids played outside.  It was so fun to be able to spend a little time seeing what Isaac does at school each day.  I'm so glad he gets to go back to this school next year!

We just had to get pictures of Isaac with all the helpers!  Top left is Miss Sharon, his teacher and the rest are his techs/speech therapist.  Such awesome people!

The treats we gave his teachers and helpers :)

The last day of Isaac's other pre-k, Teacher Lynda's or "animal school", was on May 27th. The last day of this school was a pizza/water party and he was SO EXCITED for this!!  He had been asking for at least a week, probably longer, every single day, multiple times a day.....if it was his water party yet.  It was so cute how excited he was about it!

We just love Teacher Lynda!  We are excited that Isaac will go back to her class again next year!  He had a blast at his water party, even if the weather wasn't the greatest.

Our gifts to Teacher Lynda :)

For Malea's end of year celebrations, the school did their annual dance festival the day before school got out.  The whole first grade did the Mexican Hat dance, which was so cute.  They performed it twice that day, once at 9:30am and once at 12:30pm.  I went to the 9:30am one thinking we would dodge the rain and we were wrong.  Thankfully the first graders went first so I was able to get some good video and pictures of her.  By the time the 4th graders were going it was POURING rain!  It was such a bummer.  Those poor kids were all soaked. 

Had to do the side-by-side picture!  Left: First day of 1st grade, Right: Last day of 1st grade.  I decided it's going to be my tradition to cry on the first and last day of each school year!  I dropped her off on her last day and just started bawling!  I just can't believe how grown up my kids are getting and how fast it all goes.

Pictures with her amazing teachers, left is Mrs. George, her Chinese teacher, and right is Mrs. Shaffer, her English teacher.  Malea was a little sad for the year to end because she was "going to miss her teachers".  Luckily they will both be back next year so Malea can go visit them.  We also brought Malea flowers for her last day, the picture in the bottom left was one of the only pics I got of her holding them.  She was so excited to get flowers :)

We gave each of her teachers a "S'mores" kit plus one of these little questionnaires :)

Last day of school ice cream at Hogi Yogi!!

Now on to summer and having a baby!  Crazy!