A spot of my own

Look what Mike did for me- my very own work station. My mom even gave me a bar stool that fits perfectly there. Funny thing is- Mackenzie has so far gotten more use out of it than I have! Move over, Macky girl, mama's got work to do!

Ants in my pants!

Here I am, 34 weeks, feeling antsy! Which is really strange because I feel like this pregnancy has flown by with barely any time to actually fully fathom that I am pregnant. There are still times that I completely forget that I am pregnant which is crazy to say because I am really, REALLLY pregnant . See?



So what is the cause of these sudden antsy pants? Babies are being born ALL over the place! My Facebook news feed and text message in box is FULL of red faced, chubby cheeked newborn baby photos and it's making me so excited to meet MY red faced, chubby cheeked newborn. Don't get me wrong, the other half of my brain is crying out for time to slow down! This is, likely, going to be my last pregnancy and I truly LOVE being pregnant and want to enjoy every last minute of it. The two parts of my brain are battling. So with just over five weeks to go before our boy has no choice but to appear, I will try to balance things out and be content to gush over other people's babies until we can meet our own. Just over five weeks!

What a guy!

My toes are seemingly further and further away these days and the last time I could easily reach my toes nails to paint them was sometime in early February. Mike, taking pity on my inability to paint my own toes nails, gave me a very relaxing pedicure:

Pretty Pretty Princess

Grammy sent Mackenzie the game " Pretty , Pretty, Princess" for her birthday. It wasn't long before she ( and Mike) were covered in jewels and shouting " I'M THE PRETTY PRINCESS!" upon their individual victories.

Princess Mackenzie won two out of three games:
Mike was quick to rid himself of any princess paraphernalia when the camera came out. Also, check out his mustache; he's apart of a hospital wide contest at UCH . The participants were to find creative ways to dress up their ' staches, collecting money from those who felt their mustache was the best. The wearer of the most creative mustache wins the title of best mustache and all the proceeds are donated to a charity. The jury is split about Mike's March mustache. Mack thinks it's very cool. While the look is growing on me ( bad pun not intended) , I will be glad for the return of Mike's usual facial hair starting April 1st. Even still, Mike is, indeed, a very pretty princess .

Yet another spring surprise!

One of our bushes had burst into bloom when I got up this morning! I can't tell for sure, but I did a google search that turned up a few imagines that looked like these beauties and all of those pictures showed a bush variation of Cherry blossoms. Anyone recognize them? Of course, Mack was out in her jammies picking me a bouquet to put in my window vases.

Guess who's a preschooler?

Ok, so maybe not officially. But we did complete our enrollment requirements and Mackenzie will be starting the preschool program at Twombly Elementary school in August! Along with all the proper forms, documents and questionnaires, Mackenzie was given an assessment to see where her development lies on the scale for average kids her age. It was no surprise to us that she finished at the top of the scale. The teacher was impressed at the things Mackenzie has already learned and the creative ways that she answered questions. Mack had so much fun, telling the teacher " Let's do this again tomorrow!" as she slipped her hand into the teachers and they walked down the hall together. While it's still hard for me to think of our days as Mackenzie's sole teachers as over, I know that the most important teaching still continues at home. And though I will miss her those four days a week, three hours a day, I am so excited for her and how her world will suddenly expand when she slips on that back pack in August.

Well, Hello!

Well, Hello, Spring time! So nice of you to join us so early. You are showing yourself in many ways and we are excited to see every single sign that you are here.

Mackenzie has shown great self control in not picking all the crocuses in our front yard. Every day their bright faces open to the world and it's hard not to smile when I see them. You can see the remains of a few Crocuses who have fallen victim to the hands of a well- meaning preschooler:
And look what's coming up among the Crocus flowers! I'm not the best gardener, but those look like Tulips ( I'm sure the gardeners among you will enlighten me if I am wrong) ! I sure hope so since I sure do love the way Tulips capture the sun ( this is the wanna be photographer in me speaking) In the back yard are more Tulips and also Daffodils!

Our back yard Weeping Willow has baby leaves sprouting:

And my all time favorite sign that spring is here- we bare our pasty white legs , wearing capri's and shorts!
I've seen many late May snow storms in our area of Colorado so the long pants and snow boots aren't far away but we are enjoying our mid 70's this week . It sure is nice to run errands with out jackets!