track

Friday night we left the kids with a sitter and went to Churchill Downs. They have started night racing in the summer and call it “Downs after Dark.” It’s a pretty big deal and the boxes sell out weeks in advance. We got a box right on the finish line but you can also just hang out in the paddock area where there is a band, happy hour and a DJ at night. It basically turns into a nightclub with everyone dancing. It looked fun, but we stayed in our box to bet and watch the races. We didn’t win anything but had a great time. Marci had driven us all in the swagger wagon so we headed out for some La Bamba afterwards. The kids did great with the sitter and there were not any Camille incidents! The theme of the night was “Boots, Brews & BBQ” so Melissa, Marci and I all wore our boots. Aren’t we cute?

week 26

It is going by way too fast!!! I am in the home stretch and can’t believe it. It makes me sad. I have not sat around and relished being pregnant at all. Heheh that sounds crazy. Really though I love being pregnant and this is my last time, I just want to sit down and cry when I think about that. I need to enjoy every minute of it. How in the world do you do that though with 2 crazy little girls to chase after, worry about, love and take care of???? Just not enough time in the day. I am starting to slow down and feel it. Just getting sore. Tired. Hot. No major complaints though. I had another migraine the other day. Those are no fun period but when you are prego they are the worst. You can’t take anything and with 2 little girls you just have to keep going. It was Saturday night and we were at a friend’s house and all the sudden I started seeing spots. Oh no, I thought right away. She didn’t have any Tylenol so I didn’t catch it until later. It was not horrible. Not the worst I have ever had but still not fun. I’m pretty sure he is still breech. He better have plans of turning. I am not having a c-section!!!!!!!! He still does not have a name. Poor boy. I just have not found the name that I love, the name that I want to spend the time and energy talking John into it. I guess he has not found that name either because he is not working on me with any names either. Avery seems to be getting more and more excited. She talks about her baby brother a lot. I think she likes being a big sister. Still worried about how Camille is going to take it. The other night I was sitting on the couch and John laid down and put his head in my lap. She did not like that. She had to climb right up and be in my lap. She still says no when you ask her if a baby is going to come live at her house with her. She is too young to really understand. I think she needs a boy to rough house with.

"it's good"

Camille is talking sooooooooooooo much. All the sudden she is saying everything. It is really cute how she talks. Almost like she has a mouth full of marbles. She sounds like a little Arnold Schwarzenegger. Certain words it sounds like she is hawking a loogie in them. Like horse or outside. Really funny. When she is eating something she finds delish she says between bites with her mouth full, “it’s good!”

softball

We took the girls to the ballpark to watch John play softball. It was the first time this year we have gone. A girl in Avery’s class at Cornerstone was there and they recognized each other right away. It was so cute to see them at first being hesitant. By the end they were running around that park together like they were teenagers. She is growing up way too fast. Makes my heart so happy though to see little girls wanting to play with Av. We know she is a sweet and fun little girl but I like seeing others realizing that. I also, love seeing her come out of her shell and just take off to play with new friends that she does not know so well. She is a very special little girl. Camille was good as well although she was all over the place and as always needed watched like a hawk. I was not going to have another biting incident on my watch so I hovered. I am sure the other mother’s thought I was crazy standing over my child while they lounged in the bleachers but I wanted to make sure the terror didn’t make an appearance. I needed to be right there though. Her little hands find and grab everything including someone’s soda, push pop, sippy cup, and beer. There was a gross stopped up water fountain I had to keep dragging her away from and the mud puddle under it. A lot of the kids had their shoes off in the dirt so Camille had to walk around in them all and I of course had to keep track of random shoes. I got her a ring pop that she loved putting in the dirt and then bringing to me so I could wash if off again for her. It was definitely a bath night when we got home!

Sweet big sis

Camille did not want to nap yesterday. When she finally fell asleep it was about time for her to get up. I let her sleep a little late but then we had to get ready to go to John’s softball game. She did not want to wake up and was the biggest grouch! Huge! I pulled out all my tricks, sang to her, rocked her, tried to read to her, and got Elmo out. Nothing was making her happy. Finally I needed to get ready so I put her down to ignore her. She came into my bathroom still crying. She sat on the floor throwing a fit. Av came in and said “sissy is hurting my ears!” I had no symphony at this point and told Av to walk away then. She came back 30 seconds later with Camille’s blanket. It did the trick. She finally calmed down and started to get happy at that point. Avery knew just what would make Camille feel better and just went to get it for her without being asked. It was about the sweetest thing I have ever seen. Man, why didn’t I think of that? Silly mommy.

berries

Marci and I took the kids to Huber’s to berry pick on Wednesday. We had a blast. Loaded up the mini van and off we went. Big kids in the back in boosters, toddlers in their seats in the middle and Marci, ncb and I driving. The big kids thought they were so big rocking out in the back to their kid rock music and in control of their own snacks and drinks. It was very cute. When we got there we found out there were blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and peaches available for picking. Yep we did it all. We got on the tractor and got off first at the blackberry fields. Picked for a bit then hopped back on. Next stop was raspberries. They were kind of picked over so we didn’t stay there long. Off to the blueberries we went. We picked for a while there. I think the kids ate about as much as we picked. They were covered in berries. Last stop were the peaches. We were quite the sight. Marci and I, 4 kids, one belly and buckets and buckets of fruit. It was a blast.

Sunday BBQ

Before we had Avery, John used to work at a different place. It was small and the employees were pretty close. We used to hang out with them often. Since then we have all had kids and pretty much everyone has switched jobs. We don’t see that group of people at all anymore. Until Sunday, when the group got back together and had a BBQ. It was so fun. The group with kids now is huge. We are not the only family pregnant with our 3rd. Anyway these are kids that Avery does not know at all but by the end we had to drag her out of there. She was having so much fun she did not want to leave. Neither did John actually. It was time though, Camille has just bitten another kid and I was mortified. I felt so bad that she had hurt another child. In her defense it was a little boy that had been taking toys from her and bullying her all day. It was my fault, I should have seen it coming and not left her side. Got distracted for a minute and that’s all it took. It was the first time though I have seen remorse on her face after an incident. She was really upset about it. Crying like she was the one bitten. Who knows what happened before the bite, maybe he did something to her but I am hopeful she is starting to learn and the remorse on her face meant something.