first fishing trip

Due to every one's very busy lives, Phil was given the unique experience of visiting for the weekend with just his two brothers, Jason and Jon. So the three of them went off Friday night and went Fishing up at Lake Norman in NC. They also had the opportunity Saturday morning to take Katie and Jack on their first fishing trip to Lake Lee in NC. Katie and Jack had a Great time catching their first fish. They were completely exhausted and spent Sunday afternoon catching up on their sleep. Jack slept almost four hours and Katie slept three. All and all I think everyone had a great time and it was good for everyone to visit.

Jack's Birthday

Well, I believe by the photos you can tell that Jack had a great birthday party. We had cake and ice cream Saturday afternoon. Which of course is when tractor mania started. The boy loves tractors. Between the small farm he can set up, to the remote control one, not to mention his very own he can ride in the back yard he is set. While Katie and Jack were playing tractors Phil and I put together his new tool bench. I am not sure he knew what to play with first once we put all the new toys in his room. Talk about overload

Jack also had the chance to go to the Hemby Bridge fire department for his own personnal tour. Mike our neighbor is a volunteer fireman and set it up for Jack as a birthday present. Jack was a little shy at first but once he warmed up he wanted me to take his picture on every part of the truck. Katie went too but she had a chance go to the Stallings fire department last fall with school so it was just okay for her.

Over all I think he thoroughly enjoyed every part of his birthday. TTFN

Jack's 3rd Birthday

Finally!!!

After much thought, discussion and disagreement we have finally come up with a name for baby girl Addler................Madelynn Rose (call her Maddie for short). So we will have Katie, Jack and Maddie. It all seems to flow. Hopefully she will agree when she is old enough to tell us.

We had a Dr appt today. The doctor does not believe in inducing labor as she is not growing as quickly as originally thought. She is still going to be a little big but they do not believe she will be as big as Jack Jack. He does believe she will be early and not wait till the 8/11/08 due date. So, hopefully it will be sometime around the 1st weekend in August. I really want her to have a separate birth month. This way way each one of the kids have their own birth month.

We did have a great time at Jack's 3rd birthday party this past weekend. I will hopefully get pics posted and tell you all about it in the next few days. TTFN-Chels

Dr visit and other things

Well we went to the dr today and new girl weighs approx 6lbs and 15oz. Let me repeat that 6lbs and 15oz. Yes almost 7lbs!! We technically have 5 weeks to go and she can gain anywhere from 1/2 to 1 lb a week. Needless to say when I go back to the dr in 2weeks we will be discussing inducing labor August 1st. I wish I would have had a camera on Phil's face when the tech told us how much she weighed. It was pretty priceless. She still has a little fluid around around her kidneys but not alot to worry about. It may go away right after she is born but they told us she can have an ultrasound after she is born to check it out.

Jack has offically moved to the red room which means he is potty trained enough for the schools liking. He still wears a diaper at night. He sleeps so heavily we will cross the that bridge later. He loves his new classroom. He is such a chatterbox when I pick him up about everything he did that day. His two friends Harry and Hannah are in there too so it makes it much easier for him. This is the most excited I have seen him about school. He can't wait to get there in the morning and talks about it all the time. He is much more vocal because they are now challanging him and he really enjoys it.

As for Katie, we have been working on her writing and spelling. Anytime she get paper and a writing utensil she is she is writing her name. She and I are still working on three letter words. Telling me the letters and I tell her the word so she can start to recognize them. Katie won't move into the Purple room (like a pre-k) till fall. So now she just spends some of her time in there and some in the yellow (reg room). If I could get her to stop running in the classroom and to keep her shoes on she would be doing great. I had to punish her and not allow her to wear flip flops to school for two weeks because she would not leave them on nor would she stop running.

We will be spending 4th of July at one of Phil's friends up at Lake Norman for the day. We were going to go to the annual Indian Trail Parade but it is supposed to be really hot and Phil doesn't want to go sit in it. The kids love it and they come home with a basket full of candy. Maybe next year. Other than that we still have some baby preparations to do and more importatly we have to get ready for Jack's birthday. He will finally be three. It seems like he has been two forever. Hope everyone is doing well and has a peaceful 4th. TTFN

as of 7/3/08