Coming soon...

I have the office cleared of the computer, books and bookshelves, games, etc.  Right now it's fairly empty except for the tons of baby boy clothes and diapers piled in the closet!  And the fun toys and gifts we got for Caedon at the baby shower.  I've ordered the nursery furniture and bedding and it should mostly be here this week so soon and very soon I can post pictures of the nursery all ready for a sweet baby boy! 

The baby shower was lovely.  Amanda did a wonderful job with decorations and food and games.  She's so organized!  Plus I had yummy chicken salad sandwiches left over for lunch and dinner today so I'm one happy mama!  :)  And I enjoyed spending time with family and friends who already love my baby boy! 

Along with preparing for the baby, I'm trying hard to believe that my big boy will be starting first grade in 3 weeks!  He has enjoyed his summer with me at Mother's Day Out but I hope that he loves going back to school this month!  He is a little worried because he says first grade is going to be harder than kindergarten.  I think he's like me and just doesn't like change.  He'll do great and I'm sure he'll love it just like he did kindergarten! 

I'm more worried about how Melissa's going to do with Kyler gone again all day...and we won't have Mother's Day Out for the first couple of months since we'll be home with Caedon AND she won't have Laura here to play with like she did last year.  Hopefully special Mommy time and helping with Caedon will keep her happy until big brother (also known as her best friend) comes home from school each afternoon!

If it's not one thing, it's another...

I had my 36 week check-up with my midwife today.  Found out that my rotten little son is breech.  Gah!  She (and a friend) gave me some ideas of things to try to get him to turn but Tina (my midwife) was very calm and encouraging about the idea of delivering him breech if it comes to that.  Why I need this complication thrown at me after everything else I've dealt with (and am still dealing with...) during this pregnancy, I don't know.  But if I've learned nothing else in the past 5 months, I've learned that I can handle more than I ever imagined possible.  And even though I hate it, I CAN be flexible.  So I'll continue on over the next 5 weeks praying for a safe delivery and healthy baby and mommy and I'll throw in a few (dozen) prayers for little man to turn himself the right direction!

Getting ready for my baby shower on Saturday!  I'm excited to spend some time with friends and family celebrating this new little life that God has entrusted to me!  I am thankful for my wonderful friend, Amanda, who has gone to such great lengths to make sure that the day will be perfect for me.  I love her for caring so much!  I can't wait to get his room all put together.  We're turning our office into a nursery for him.  I don't do well with babies sleeping in my room and I didn't want him in with Kyler right away so we decided this was our best option.  I've been working very hard on getting the office cleared out.  I'd say I'm over halfway done but there's still plenty left to do.  And then I get to start setting up baby furniture!  I just love preparing for a new baby! 

I spent this past weekend at a scrapbooking retreat with my aunt Doris.  I enjoy spending time with her (and with my cousins when we are all able to be together at the retreats!) and it was wonderful to just relax and let someone else take care of the cooking and cleaning.  I took naps, chatted, ate, watched movies, scrapbooked and not much else!  :)  It was a wonderful break from the reality of being a mom.  I enjoyed being back home with my kiddos today, though.  They are such awesome little people!

Yet again...this lady at Wal-Mart yesterday says "You're about to pop, aren't you?"  Nope...not until the end of August.  "Are you sure?"  And then she proceeds to comment on how I look like I have a watermelon in my shirt and says, "It's a girl, isn't it?"  Nope, boy, just haven't gained alot of weight this time.

I enjoy disproving old wives' tales.  Carrying low means it must be a boy, right?  That's what I heard all through my pregnancy with Kyler.  And then I carried Melissa even lower and she's definitely NOT a boy.  You carry girls all out front and boys make you "spread" a bit?  Well, with my first 2 pregnancies that was accurate.  This one, though?  While I can't guarantee it's a boy, the sonogram was pretty clear.  I think it has much more to do with weight gain than gender.  I gained 50 lbs with Kyler so, yeah, I was going to be huge all over!  This one, only about 17 lbs so far, so it's pretty much going all out front.  Oh, yeah, and the heart beat.  Caedon's heart beat is consistently fast.  He's still not a girl.  (He better not be a girl.  I'm getting ready to have a baby shower and get all kinds of fun little boy stuff.)

While I'm still not ready to be done being pregnant, I am getting very anxious to meet this little man.  I'm ready to see his sweet face and see if he looks as much like his brother and sister as I expect he will.  I want to see how my labor and delivery will go with him (praying for a smoooooth, easy delivery just like his big sister).  i can't wait to get an idea of his personality and watch Kyler and Melissa interact with him.

But I will continue to tell everyone who asks that NO, I'm NOT ready for him to come yet - no matter how huge I may be!  We have decided to turn our office into a bedroom for him which is going to be a BIG project, even bigger if I end up having to do most of it on my own.  We have 5 full bookshelves in here so all of the books will have to be sorted into keep/get rid of piles and then we'll be moving 3-4 of the shelves into our bedroom, depending on what we can fit in there comfortably.  We're moving our computer into the living room.  One of my main concerns with that was the idea of keeping Caedon away from the computer and cords when he started crawling.  Thankfully, the very generous parents of a dear friend are getting rid of a computer cabinet that closes!  They're giving it to us and I'm so very grateful!  Our living room will be a bit crowded, but we'll make it work.  And it will force us to move into the world of wireless internet.  *Gasp*  : P  Then there are all the other things we store in the office that will have to find a new home. I get overwhelmed thinking about it but I just need to get started and figure it out as I go.....

In 4 days I get to go out with other grown-ups and have dinner and watch HP 7part2.  And in just 9 days I get to go with my aunt on a scrapbooking retreat and spend 3 nights and most of 4 days without my children.  As much as I love and adore both of them, I'm so burnt out with being with them 24 hours a days, 7 days a week.  I miss the days when I could run errands on a Saturday and leave them home with Brian or go out for a ladies' night and not have to depend on my parents so much.  I don't like feeling like I'm taking advantage of people but I just need some down time....

Baby shower in 16 days - yea!  I love baby showers and I love spending time with my family and friends!  I can't wait to start getting everything ready for my sweet Caedon Joshua!

Happy 4th of July!

I took the kiddos to see Royse City's fireworks on Friday night and I think we're going to go see Rockwall's tonight after a cookout with my family.  Lots of 4th of July fun!  Here are some pictures we took at the RC show the other night:

Here are my kids being "cool."  They are nutso and I love them.  :)

 

Me and my first 2 babies.  :)

 Melissa and a big firework!

Handsome boy watching the fireworks:

This week I also reached the 32 week milestone in Caedon's pregnancy!  Although everyone seems to think I should be much further along, considering all of the "about to pop" comments I'm getting.  Seriously.  Do people think that HELPS?  Cause I gotta tell you, it doesn't.  Besides, why does everyone just assume I'm ready to be done being pregnant?  I'm not. Yeah, I'm tired and I'm really, REALLY hot.  But I truly do LOVE being pregnant and I'm not at all ready to be done with it.  And our house is really not ready for Caedon to come yet.  There are a few things that need to be done before I can welcome this little one.  Plus, it would be nice if we had approval for Brian to be back home before the baby comes.....

Thankfully, physically this pregnancy has been much easier than the first two, once I got past the morning sickness phase (which was much harder than the first two).  But with all the mental and emotional drama I've had going on in my life, I'm blessed by such an easy pregnancy.  I haven't had any leg cramps, no swelling, and by the time he's born I'll probably be around the low-end of the normal expected weight gain for pregnancy.

Here's my 32 week belly picture.  Yes, I'm aware that he's low and that I'm "all belly."  Can you tell that I've heard these things a few times?

I am loving having "big kids" during this pregnancy.  They are SO excited about their baby brother.  Every week they look forward to seeing how he's grown and what fruit/veggie he's the same size as now (babycenter.com).  It's so fun!  And Caedon is at the point where he moves so much and with such big movements that they're able to feel him easily.  Earlier in the pregnancy they could feel him but they weren't patient enough to wait for a big enough movement.  But now they'll just walk up and put their hands on my stomach and say, "I'm going to feel Caedon."  If I tell Kyler that Caedon's not moving right now he'll say, "Well, go lay down and be still!" because he knows that makes Caedon more wiggly.  :)  And the beautiful expressions on their faces when they feel him!  Their eyes light up and they get the biggest grins - I just love it!

I'm getting anxious to see him and hold him.  I know now why those women who have so many kids just keep having kids.  I looooove being pregnant and don't want to rush it....but I want to hold my baby and look in his sweet little face!  And then I'll want to be pregnant again.... :)

I am getting into the nesting stage of the pregnancy - organizing and cleaning... and exhausting myself!  I'm also wishing my baby shower was going to be sooner so I could get all of Caedon's stuff organized....  I can be patient, though, right?

Only 11 weeks to go! (For the baby...not the baby shower...in case you were confused. :))

My least favorite part of being pregnant

It's not being uncomfortable, having to pee alot, back pain, etc.  I expect those and they're just a natural part of carrying another human being inside your body.  But I get so sick of people's ridiculous comments.  I'm not saying I don't like to talk about my pregnancy.  I'll stand around and talk about it and answer your questions all day if you want.  Especially if you want to talk about natural/homebirth. :) However, one lady already told me, when I was only 24 weeks, that I looked like I'd already "dropped."  Really?  At 24 weeks?  No, I just carry low.  Thanks, though, for your comments about my body.  And yesterday at church I had this conversation that just baffled me.

This lady asked me if I was ready to have the baby.  I just looked at her and said, "No.  He's not due until the end of August.  It would be a REALLY bad thing if he came now."  (Besides the fact that I love being pregnant, this is the last time I plan to do it and I intend to enjoy every little wiggle even when it's 100 degrees outside.  :))

She asks how many weeks I am and I said, "I'm only 28 weeks."  She, through this entire conversation, is eyeing my stomach skeptically like she expects Caedon to explode out of there at any moment.  Again, really?  I don't think I'm THAT big.  I have, in my opinion, a pretty typical 6-months-along-with-my-third-baby pregnant belly.

Independence

My kids are growing up so fast.  They're are becoming more independent every day.  It's sad to know they're not going to depend on me as much but it helps me so much right now, too.  Kyler's learning to bathe himself (which is wonderful because it's really starting to hurt my back to bend over the bathtub) and both kids have started picking out their own clothes and get dressed in the mornings without being told.  It's really quite lovely.  Now if they would just clean their rooms and put away their clean laundry without being asked.... :) 

I keep having people tell me (or tell me that they heard from someone else) what a strong woman I am.  I don't feel strong.  I've been thinking about this all week and I'm glad that people see me being strong for my kids but I really feel like I could fall apart at any moment.  Tears are close to the surface most of the time.  I'm pretty depressed (which is hard for me, too.  I've never dealt with depression before and I'm not sure how to get past it).  I don't feel strong at all.

I have seen two verses posted on Facebook in the last 12 hours, with regards to the death of Osama bin Laden. I can't say I'm sad that he's dead, just as I know that in 1945 (almost to the day, btw - it was April 30th) I would have felt absolutely no sadness to hear of Hitler's death. However, I am sad that it's another soul that will spend eternity separated from a holy God because Osama chose to spend his life the same way. I do think about the fact that my sin, while smaller on a worldly scale, is the same to God as the sin of Osama. I am saved from the horror of an eternity in hell only by the grace of God. Here are the two verses I've seen posted, the first more often than the second:

"When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy." Proverbs 11:10

"Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live." Ezekiel 33:11

Anyone notice that in the Proverbs verse you see the reaction of PEOPLE, not God? God is not joyful over the death of Osama. I believe he grieves over any life that ends with another soul in hell. Even those who are decidedly evil (by our wordly view - by His, we are all evil until we fall on His mercy, are we not?). I believe He grieved when Hitler died just as much as He grieved for all of the people that Hitler murdered. I believe He's grieving that Osama is in hell with Satan today, with no further chance for redemption.

A little bit of everything

I was reading an article the other day about how babies (while in the womb) are often more sluggish in the morning and get more active as the day goes one, with their most activity being in the evening and at night. With my first two I would have agreed completely. I used to lay in bed at night and watch them dance and wiggle. But with Caedon, he's totally opposite. Most mornings when I wake up, my second thought (you know, the first being "Ugh. Do I have to be awake yet?") is, "Good morning, Caedon!" because I usually feel the sensation of his movement as soon as I'm conscious. :) I love it. I love being pregnant.

My baby girl is FOUR years old! I can't believe it! She had an awesome birthday party, with lots of friends and presents and playtime at the park. But I think her favorite part of being four is that she now gets two vitamins at bedtime just like Kyler. :) A few pictures:

Birthday breakfast - mini-donuts from Wal-Mart, upon Miss Priss's request :)

So excited for her party - and to open all those fun presents!

Ready for cake!

Party fun! She was so glad to have so many friends join her for her party!

I love this picture even though Melissa was being grouchy and wouldn't smile :)

"Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10

I think of this verse often when I'm pregnant. Because it's in the quiet, still moments that I really feel my baby moving and really focus on the miracle that is the child growing inside. I mean, there's a PERSON inside of me. A teeny, tiny naked person, as I tell Brian. :) A little person who has his own personality. It's really amazing. It's hard to notice when I'm busy and moving around but when I get still and really focus, that's when I feel and see all of the little kicks and turns and movements. He's just waiting for me to pay attention!

God is the same way. I get so distracted and busy with all of the stuff of life but it's when I really take the time to sit and rest in Him that I can see His hand moving and hear His voice in my life.

Caedon Joshua

It's a boy! We went for my sonogram this morning at 9 and I just loved seeing my sweet baby on that screen. I can already tell he's one of the 3 cutest kids ever. :) The kids were a little bit disappointed at first that it was a boy. They both wanted a girl. But Kyler did say that when the baby is grown up "he can be my new best buddy" so I think he'll adjust pretty well.

I got a DVD of the sonogram and it's just so beautiful to see that tiny heart beating. And he was sucking his thumb! We could even see his sweet little mouth moving to suck on it. It was the most amazing thing! I loved it. The sonographer said that she sees them play with their feet and kick alot but that it's been a long time since she's seen one sucking its thumb. :) I told Caedon to enjoy it while he's in there because I'll be pushing the paci on him when he gets out here. They're much easier to take away than the thumb habit!

Little man sucking his thumb:

Look at that cute little foot :)
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And again - I love how well you can see the spine in this one:
And there's...well...you know. It's a boy. :)
We're so excited! Already went to Wal-Mart and bought some clearance stuff for him. Now time to do some registering.... :)

Joy

Things are definitely changing for the better where my pregnancy is concerned. I'm no longer nauseous all day - in fact, I really haven't been feeling sick at all anymore! Yea! I've stopped losing weight and gained a couple of pounds this past month. Not a surprise since I'm hungry all the time now! Over the last 2 weeks or so I've felt small movements that I was pretty sure were the baby wiggling but I wasn't certain. But today at work I was sitting with my feet pulled up in front of me, my arms wrapped around my legs so my tummy was pretty squished. I definitely felt several kicks and wiggles then! I guess my little one was saying, "Hey, Mom! You're squashing me! Stop it!" :) I love that I'm feeling this one earlier than I did the other two. That means I get to enjoy it longer! I'm thrilled to be in this part of the pregnancy - after the sick and exhausted part (although I am still really tired - but that comes from having two kids and also two jobs where I watch MORE kids!) and before the miserable, get-this-baby-out-of-me part. I love being pregnant.

Remind me of that in July when it's 100 degrees and I'm right in the midst of that miserable, get-this-baby-out-of-me part. Remind me that this is my last time and I'd better enjoy every moment of joy that comes from growing this sweet little one.

Yesterday I had an appointment with my midwife and set up my sonogram appointment for April 2nd! I can't wait to find out if this baby is a boy or a girl! We've got alot of rearranging to do depending on the gender so it'll be good to know so we can get to work! The kids are excited, too - they can't wait to go and see the "pictures of the baby" and find out who we are welcoming into our family. We already have names picked out for both genders so it'll be great to start calling the baby by its name! I'm SO excited to get the sonogram done that when I found out that the April sonogram date at the birth center is the same weekend I'll be out of town on my scrapbooking retreat I opted to drive the hour and a half back to Rockwall for my appointment and then back out the retreat rather than wait for the May sonogram date. :)

Picture! Here I am at 12 weeks - already sticking out quite a bit. It happens so much faster with a third one!

The week that Texas went crazy

This week has been unbelievable! I had never seen much snow in Texas until last February and until this week I have never seen such consistently low temperatures! And MORE SNOW! Brian really didn't expect to get a day off this week, even though there was talk about bad weather. He was really surprised by all the ice on Tuesday morning - and the day off work! And then the very low temps (12 degrees, wind chill of -3) continued and he got Wednesday off...and then Thursday....and then it snowed and we got one last unexpected family day on Friday! It's been wonderful to have so much extra time together this week. We've watched movies, played games, had lots of hot chocolate and popcorn and a couple special breakfasts - heart shaped muffins and homemade donuts! We also had alot of fun playing in the snow today! (And probably tomorrow, too... :D) I just love global warming, don't you?? ;)

Pictures:

Movie and popcorn lunch:

Yummy donuts!

Ready for the snow!
6.5, almost 7 inches! Crazy!

Melissa thinks the icicles are popsicles....
I don't know what Kyler's is - a sword maybe? He used it later to draw a picture in the snow so maybe it's a pen? :)


Love my family!
Snow ice cream!


And hot cocoa to keep us warm!
We've had such a fun week and it will be hard to get back to our normal schedule next week. But it will be good financially, since I lost 3 paid days of work this week. Not that I'd give up my family time if I could change this week! :)

In other news, I've been feeling alot better. Not as nauseous in the mornings and I'm more able to eat. Although meat is still not appealing to me on pretty much any level. Bleh. But I'm sure that as my appetite picks up I'll quickly regain the 5 lbs I lost in the first month...plus many more! I'm so ready to start feeling little kicks and cartwheels - and I so much want to know what gender this baby is! I'll be 11 weeks tomorrow so about 9 more weeks before I can have that sonogram!

Okay, it's late and I've gotta get these kiddos to bed. Thanks for reading!

Heartbeat

Melissa and I went to my appointment with my midwife on Wednesday morning and they were able to find the baby's heartbeat. It was strong and beautiful. And if I'm going to believe old wives' tales then I would say the baby's a girl because the heartbeat was 160. Not that I think it makes any difference. I love to disprove old wives' tales. Like the one that if you're carrying low it's a boy. Everyone told me Kyler was a boy because I was carrying so low. And he was. But then I carried Melissa even lower and she's definitely not a boy! :)

Wednesday night we were having dinner and Kyler was sitting in the chair next to me and I told him that Melissa and I heard the baby's heart beating that morning and he looked at me and said, "Wow!" and then he laid his head on my tummy to try to hear the heartbeat! It was adorable. I'll have to take him with me to an appointment so he can hear that beautiful sound.

Wednesday night (well, really early Thursday morning...) I woke up about 3:30 in the morning and then my mind just started racing and I had such a hard time getting back to sleep. But what was going through my head was this blog post (I should have just gotten up then and written it. Would have been easier to go back to sleep). Hearing my babies' heartbeats has always and will always turn my mind to abortion. I just don't get it. Maybe because my birth mom was SO young when she got pregnant with me I always think, "That could have been me." I could just not be here because I wasn't convenient and "hey, it's just a bunch of cells, anyway, not a baby" and it's the woman's body, woman's choice. Whatever. It's just a personal topic to me and part of the reason why I can never and will never vote for a political candidate who votes pro-choice. Yeah, I think taxes are important and education is important and all that other stuff. But my Bible says "Do not murder." I honestly don't think God cares all that much about my taxes. I trust that He's going to take care of me regardless of how much or how little I have to pay in taxes. I honestly don't think He cares about our education system all that much. He didn't create taxes and He didn't create schools. But He did create babies and I think He does care how I vote about their sweet little souls.

Which brings me back to "hey, it's just a bunch of cells, anyway, not a baby." If you see an accident or find someone passed out on the ground how do you tell if they're alive? How do hospital personnel know if their patients is in distress? You check the pulse? You mean a heartbeat? You mean that beautiful sound that I heard the other day from a 10 week old bunch of cells that's not a baby? Please. My baby is a living human being. It even already looks like a baby! Yes, God has quite alot of fine tuning to do in developing its body but it's already a beautiful little person. It hurts my heart to think of the number of little people who die every day.

Okay. I'm done with my sermon now. My sweet boy is home sick today so I'm gonna go play Trouble or Memory or something. Oh, yeah, and do the dishes and tons of laundry. That's such a joy. :)

I thought I had figured out how to pretty much control my nausea. Crackers and ginger ale before getting out of bed has helped all week. But today it's back stronger than it's been all week and I feel awful. Ugh. Oh well. Hopefully in the next 3-4 weeks this will pass and we can get on to the FUN part of being pregnant.

I can't wait to start feeling the baby move and sharing that with the kids. They are so excited and Kyler gives the baby hugs and kisses every night before bed. And Melissa loves to look at my pregnancy updates with me on the computer and see how big our baby is (first it was a blueberry, then a bean and now it's a grape. :)).

I know it's not rational but I've been concerned about this pregnancy. I don't know if it's because it took us longer than I expected to get pregnant and I thought there was a problem or because I've had two such easy pregnancies and I just expect something to go wrong this time. I keep thinking of and imagining all that can go wrong. Every time I just have to pray and turn it all over to God. I can't control anything that may happen so there's no use worrying about it. I am considering doing a birth center delivery instead of home birth this time, though, but only because the birth center is closer to the hospital in case something happens. I don't know why it freaks me out so much this time....

Morning sickness

I've been a very lucky pregnant lady in the past. With both Kyler and Melissa I was a bit nauseous on occasion but it was never too bad, but this little one is not as nice to Mommy. I have a four hour window in the afternoon when I actually feel like I can and want to eat. The morning and evening are not so good most of the time. I haven't been too sick, just very very nauseous all the time. Ugh. I know I'm still not as bad off as several of my pregnant friends and family members and I am thankful for that!

We told the kids last night about the baby. We were planning to wait longer until I was starting to show and stuff but we decided to go ahead and tell them for two reasons - (1) I know they've been concerned about Mommy feeling sick so much and (2) people keep asking them about having a new brother or sister and I have to clarify that we haven't talked to them about it but it confuses the kids. Anyway, we told them and they were very excited that God put a baby in Mommy's tummy. When Kyler told me goodnight he leaned over and hugged my tummy and Melissa wanted to give the baby a kiss. They are so sweet. I know it's going to be a long 8 months of them asking when the baby will be born but I'm excited to see their anticipation and share all the sweet (non-sick) pregnancy moments with them!

Baby!

If you're on Facebook you may have already seen my post that I am currently (finally) expecting baby #3! Maybe I will actually blog a little more often now since I like to be able to go back and read about all of the excitement leading up to the addition of a new little one to our family.

Right now I'm feeling pretty good...a bit nauseous now and then but not too sick. I'm exhausted, though! I've never had to do the first trimester tiredness during such a busy time of year and I am just crashing. Last night I fell asleep on the couch while were were watching Friends and when I got up an hour or two later I just went and fell in bed and went right back to sleep. Thankfully, now that Christmas is over and Brian still has a week off of work, I can rest a bit!

Our sweet baby will be joining us in August or September and I just can't wait to meet him or her!

Ready for Christmas! We've been counting down the days, not only on our Advent calendar that we use every year, but also on Christmas trees that we made and decorated in my class at school. I had extras so I brought them home for the kids to make one. Every morning they are so excited to put another number sticker on the tree and every night they can't wait to put another character from the Christmas story on our advent calendar!

We've had an exciting week with both kids being sick (or very very boring, since I've been stuck at home most of the past 9 days, taking temperatures and dispensing medicine). However, Melissa did finally sleep through the entire night again, for the first time in 5 days so I'm thinking that means she's on the road to recovery! Now we'll see if she starts eating again... yesterday she ate a few Lucky Charms, half a toaster waffle and a package of fruit snacks. Healthy, eh?

I'm excited about the next couple of weeks of Christmas celebration - my calendar looks like a pen exploded all over it! Even though we'll be busy we'll be with family and friends and having so much fun!

Waylon James

Last night was one of the longest of my life. Even longer than when I had my own kids. :) I went over to my sister's house about 9 pm and came home around 5:30 am. During the time that I was there Kate proved to be an amazing, strong woman - Waylon was born at 3:30 am and they are both doing great today.

I'm still thankful my children were born at normal hours of the day.

Growing up!

How have we gone from this


to this

in such a short time? I can't believe my baby boy is in kindergarten! He had a great day and says he LOOOOOOVES kindergarten! He thought it was hilarious that his teacher read them a book called "Mrs. Bindergarten gets ready for Kindergarten." He laughed every time he told me. :)

I'm glad my little man is growing up but it makes me so sad sometimes, too! He's such a sweet, smart boy and I'm blessed to be his mommy!