38 weeks (+ 3 days)

I woke up this morning at 4:30 AM with contractions! This is the first time that has ever happened to me (unlike most normal pregnant mommies!) :) Usually, my water breaks and then nothing else happens...for a long, long time. So I got up, packed my hospital bag, paid some bills, and sent a few emails. (Why not, right?) Corey was sweet...he was right beside me counting the time between my contractions. After two hours, they subsided and we went back to sleep. I had a few more contractions this morning (around 10) but nothing since then. We'll see...this little one might want to be a September baby!

flexing in snow boots (in August)

My boys love to put on their snow boots and pretend to be construction workers. Drew's outfit today, in particular, made me laugh. Here he is showing off his muscles:

funny sayings

Ty and I were talking the other day about how he could be a construction worker when he grows up. I told him he could build tall buildings or houses, and he said, "I'll build a Qdoba!" (Now THAT is a boy after my own heart! I've craved Qdoba like a maniac during this pregnancy!) :)

Drew said to Ty about walking down the stairs in his slippers, "It fipprey...be careful." (It's slippery...be careful.)

Drew calls Lightning McQueen (from the "Cars" movie), "My Queen"

At one point, Ty asked me if the baby was going to "pop out," (which of course I said "yes" in order to not get into any details) and now Drew will randomly say, "Baby POP OUT?!?" (I think they think the baby is going to just appear one day...we'll leave it at that!) :)

State Fair

Last week, we joined some friends for our first trip to the Indiana State Fair. The boys learned a lot about farming. They got to plant and harvest vegetables, milk a (plastic) cow, climb on tractors, fish, pet baby pigs, and (to top it all off) see the world's largest pig (that sucker weighed a whopping 1277 pounds! We were pretty sure the poor thing couldn't move). Anyway, it was quite the experience!

Ty pointed out the one that looked like "Frank" from the Cars movie (it was only $400,000!)

just in case you were curious (although the picture doesn't really do him justice)...

little drummer boys

With boys, anything can be turned into a drum. Corey bought these water coolers today for our new church site, which will officially launch in a few weeks. They've got some talent! :)

pool party at Nonna and Poppa's

my little fish loves the water

swimming lessons with Poppa

swimming on his own (with floaties)

little fishy #2

trying it out on his own

having fun with Poppa

before and after home pics

We did lots of painting this week so I thought I'd post a before and after picture of our living room. I'll post more soon!

before

after