Gender Reveal

We had a "gender reveal" party at my parent's house last night. Our ultrasound was yesterday morning. It was great to get a look at baby and see what's going on in there. :) Everything looked good and baby is in the 50-75th percentile for the most part, except the legs...which were in the 95th percentile. That's typical for our kids, but so cool to see the legs all stretched out, and ankles crossed. We got some neat pictures printed...a great one of the profile, and another of the feet. I loved how this ultrasound tech was so patient with us and explained everything, very informative! My good friend from Sweet Indulgence made the cupcakes...they tasted as good as they looked!

Here's a close-up of the frosting inside :

Yes...we're having a GIRL!! P discovered the "pink" inside and said, "It's a girl. Bummer." I'm thinking he'll get over it, haha! But he does randomly mutter, "Sisters!" Too funny.

Ponderings

Life has been busy, lately. Some of our busy-ness the past few weeks stems from : a family trip to Colorado, a garage sale, company coming to stay, a family wedding, home-schooling, trying to teach and train a 2-year-old, and just trying to keep up with household things. I feel worn out, but am sure my kids are tired too. Teaching and training a 6-year-old at home can be a challenge. I love having my son here, but at the same time...there are moments when I want to run away. ;-) Today he has been especially whiny. We were out doing errands earlier, and I had a coupon for an Arby's turkey sandwich (yum.) So, we went through the drive-thru. I decided I'd order both of the kids a kids' meal. And then P started whining about how he didn't want to eat "THAT". So, no kids' meals. And then we were doing math this afternoon, and I assigned him 1 more page to do. It's an easy concept for him...filling in missing numbers, counting to 20. He did a page but apparently one more was just TOO much. He whined and complained and sat there NOT doing his work. So, he got 5 more pages assigned. Yippee. This all lead me to think about things we may miss out on without even knowing it, because of our attitude. Maybe the Lord wished to bless me in some way today but because I was crabby or complaining, I didn't get my "kids' meal" that I didn't even know I had coming. Or maybe I had a bad attitude about the work load I had to do, so instead of just getting things done and enjoying time with my kids, my "punishment" is that the work isn't done and instead weighs heavy on me. Verse I need today : This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24

Jesus Loves Me!

Joel caught Kenzie on video several weeks ago, singing her heart out. I love it!! This girl adores music. Her favorites are Jesus Love Me and "Twinkle Twinkle" as she calls it.