Happy Wednesday!

St. Mary's County Fair

This past weekend the county that we live in had their annual fair.  The county gets to into it that they actually cancel school on the Friday before the weekend.  I couldn't believe it! :) HA! Unfortunately, it was rainy all weekend and we weren't too sure that we were going to make it out there.  Not to mention, that I would be taking the kids out there by myself since Layne is in New Jersey for a while. Soooo....Jayce had gotten sick on Friday and so by Saturday we were really needing to get outside some do something! So going to the Fair was looking better and better.  Since it had been raining for several days, I knew that it was going to be pretty wet out.  So Jayce grabbed his rain boots and we made a stop at Wal-Mart to get Ryleigh some too.  I sure am glad that I made that choice! I saved lots of cleaning for me afterwards! There wasn't a whole lot there that I was into doing, but the kids LOVED seeing all the animals! We also stopped and watched the jousting tournament they had going on.  I had no idea that jousting was the STATE sport! How funny is that! Jayce thought that the jousting was pretty cool.  It's definitely not like the medieval jousting.  But still neat.  After seeing all the animals, we stopped to get a bit to eat and then we went on one more round of animal looking.  I was not about to go over to the rides.  Didn't want to spend the money and wasn't sure how I was going to ride a ride with Jayce and watch Ryleigh at the same time :) HA! So, we decided to head out.  While trying to get out of the parking lot, my huge expedition got sorta stuck in the mud of a parking lot! I was so scared and knew that we would never get out of there.  But a nice man gave me some advice and we were able to get out---spraying mud everywhere and getting it all over my car, but we got out! It was a nice little outing for us :)

 Mooooooo Cows!

 Quack Quack!!

 Oink Oink!

 Cute baby ducks

Gobble Gobble! 

I sure LOVE my little turkeys!! :)

House Update

On Sunday we decided to stop by the new house(townhome) on our way tot church to see how much, if any, work had been done.  It had rained like every day last week and so we were thinking that almost nothing would have been done.  WOW were we wrong!!!! I could not believe that they had three of the five or six units that are going to be going up! Jayce was very excited to see the house and wanted to know if we could go inside.  So we are going to be stopping by on Friday this week to see any more updates.  December will be here before you know it and we will be out of this apartment!!!! We can't wait!!!!

14 weeks

Last week I made an appointment with a new OBGYN here in Maryland.  The day of my appointment was a crazy one.  I had to drop Jayce off at Preschool, then go to a breakfast for all the parents, then head to my dr. appt with my new obgyn.  Just before I headed out to the doctor I was talking to a lady that I've become friends with and she started asking me where I was going to deliver.  Well as we started talking, she started to tell me that St. Mary's Hospital, which would be the one I would deliver in, is not a great hospital to have a C-Section in.  GREAT! I had not heard anything about anything yet and that was my first.  Not only does it not have a good reputation for women with C-Sections, a lady DIED there just last week after having one.  Sooooo.....this is what is on my mind as I head in for my FIRST appointment with this new doctor.  Not a very good start to say the least! So I get to the doctor's office and have to see the nurse practitioner.  There are three nurse practitioner's and three doctors...and anytime you come you could see ANY of them.  Not just one or two of them ANY of them.  And by the time I deliver I should have seen all three doctors because it could be any of the three that deliver me.  WHAT?!?! This is a completely NEW situation that I've never been exposed to before and I was not liking it at all.

So needless to say, this wasn't going well.  Pretty much the only good thing that happened was that I got to see the baby again.  It's always so amazing to see that life growing inside me! It never gets old and it is never awesome! The baby was moving all over the place.  The heartbeat was strong and the nurse said he/she looked great! We didn't get a very good picture to take home, but you can still tell that it's a baby!

 

Feet are on the left, and head is on the right :)

So after I finished up there, I was a bit of a wreck.  It was almost noon and at noon I was supposed to be picking up Jayce from his FIRST day of preschool!!! BUT I was about 20 minutes away and there was NO way that I would be getting there by noon.  So after driving like a crazy lady and arriving at his school at 12:10,  Jayce's first words to me were, "Mommy, you didn't come and get me."  AHHHH!!!!! Talk about ripping my heart out! I kept trying to tell him that I did come and get him, I was just running a little bit late.  But in the meantime, I was talking to his teacher who herself has SEVEN kids.  We were talking about why I was late and what hospital I was going to deliver in....she then proceeds to tell me that she's lived in this county for over 15 years and WOULD NOT deliver her kids in that hospital! She even went on to say that she would ONLY go there if it were an absolute emergency.  Another GREAT! What have I gotten myself into! So....needless to say I will not be delivering in that hospital and am on the hunt for another doctor who delivers at the other hospital in ANOTHER county.  This hospital is 45 minutes away, but there are doctors that come to the town which is across the bridge, so I would only have to drive about 15 minutes to the doctor when I went for check ups. Talk about a whirlwind! Oh----and just to top it all off, I was talking to another lady at church this past Sunday and she also told me that she knew of a lady who died at St. Mary's hospital after having a C-Section!! Sooooo, if that isn't enough info to keep me from delivering at that hospital, then I'm not sure what would be! So there you have it.  Crazy 14 week check up! Really wish I could just go to Texas and have my baby there :)

First day of school

Today, Wednesday, September 7, 2011 was my baby's first day of preschool.  He was oh so excited to go and get to PLAY :) Little does he know he's going to learn so much this year!  We had bought him some new Spiderman shoes to start school with and a Spiderman umbrella to take with him on rainy days...so to start his first day he had to add to that Spiderman gear.  He wore his red Spiderman shirt along with some cute shorts that match and some blue Spiderman socks along with his NEW red and black Spiderman shoes!  Can you say he was Spiderman'd out :) HA! He thought he was SUPER cool and was very excited to show every one his outfit!  He was so ready to get into his class.  We had to wait a couple of minutes for the teacher to open her door and so we took that time to take some pictures with my phone.  I was having I guess what you could say "pregnancy brain" and forgot to bring our camera with us! UGH!! So thank goodness for my iphone and it's wonderful camera on it.  It also allowed us to take a couple group pictures :) Jayce had a great first week of school and is very excited to go again next week.  He will be going three days a week, Tuesday-Thursday.  I'm praying that he can make some good friends in his class and have a super year learning about Jesus and all the other preschool things.  

I'm also excited about getting some one-on-one time with my girl before our next addition arrives in March.  I'm sure she's going to LOVE all the extra attention! So here's our special boy on his first day of preschool!!

 Just out of the car, ready to walk in to his NEW school!

 I am one "spidey dude!"

 Ready to go....here's my backpack!

One happy, yet sad Mommy.  My boy is growing up WAY to fast!!!

 Ryleigh was very excited for him too :)

 Fake smile, next to his cubby.

Here's the special lady, Mrs. Binkney, who is teaching my baby all year long.  Praying for a great year for both of them!

Meet The Teacher

Yesterday, Tuesday Jayce had meet the teacher at his new school.  It was a come and go kind of thing.  He was a little nervous about going and starting school.  But once we were there and he was checking everything out, he didn't want to leave! His teacher had a great idea and sent the kids on a scavenger hunt through the room so that they could see everything and get to know where everything was.  

 He had to find the place where he could build buildings. So he went to the lego table.

 Then he had to find where he could make and cut things.  So he found the playdough.

 Ryleigh of course had to do everything he did. 

 After that he had to find where he would cook and make food.  So he went to the kitchen.

He also had to draw a picture then show his teacher. 

There were several other things that he had to do, but I didn't get pictures of them.  Jayce had a whole lot of fun and did not like that we couldn't stay very long. He was very excited about starting school tomorrow!! 

Ryleigh waited very patiently while he did all his cool stuff and then asked me where her classroom was.  She was VERY upset that she didn't have a classroom.  She did not think that staying at home with Mommy would be very cool.  So I told her that while Jayce was at school we would work on her letters and numbers.  She thought that was a great idea.  So I've been checking out some homeschool curriculum's that will work for 2 year olds.  In the meantime, I had bought her some alphabet cards from the Target dollar spot and she of course knows more than I even knew she did.  She's probably ready for preschool too, but unfortunately she has to wait until next year. HA!

PaxRiver Air Show

On Saturday we decided to check out the local Air Show.  We went to the Houston one last year and really enjoyed ourselves.  This year we decided that it was only right to go since Layne is working with the airplanes now.  The weather was great! The kids had a blast and it didn't cost anything to get in!  They also had a kidzone where they had bounce houses and blow up slides.  The kids didn't want to leave that area.  But we talked up going to checking out the super cool airplanes.  And since they were both so good, they each got to pick out their own super cool airplanes.

 Layne gets to work with these everyday! He's loving every minute of it.

 Mr. and Miss Cool

 Checking out the inside of the helicopter

 These are our cool new planes!

 This is what Layne gets to fly in each week :) He sits in the second seat.  But most of the time the pilot lets him fly at some point while they are up in the air.

The Navy's Blue Angels! They were awesome and soooo loud!

DC Museums

Yesterday Layne had the day off so we decided to venture into DC and hit up some of the Smithsonians.  We were hoping that the kids would have a good time and wow we were right!  The expressions on Jayce's face and his reactions to certain things were absolutely priceless!!! He loved every part of the Air and Space Museum.  He wanted to check out every single part of it.  He loved being able to push the buttons and see what the exhibits would do.  He would see things and make up his own stories about what was going on.  It was pretty awesome to see his interpretations of what he was seeing.  After the Air and Space Museum Jayce wanted to go and see the dinosaurs.  So we headed over to the Natural History Museum.  There weren't very many dinosaurs there, but he still loved seeing all the animal bones and all the exhibits there.  Both the kids did great.  We brought the double stroller so that they wouldn't have to walk too much, but they actually loved walking and walked quite a bit. We were pretty impressed.   

 Excited to be at the Airplane Museum!!!! :) That's what he called it.

 Cool! This one plays music!!!

 These are so cool!!!

 Wishing they could fly the plane and push all the many buttons! :)

 LOVE his expression!!! He's in awe of some big airplane!

 OH HOW I LOVE THESE TWO!!!!!!!

 Amazing view as we walk to another museum!

 First up....DINOSAURS!!!

 The stegasaurous!! This is such a cool dinosaur!!

 RRROOOOAARRRR! That's what a dinosaur says!

 This was awesome, Jayce was telling Ryleigh all about the dinosaurs and what they do.  He had a story about each one.  He has pretty much learned all this from the show "Dino Dan." Ryleigh listened and then came back to me and was telling me what her Bubba taught her. PRICELESS!!

 Then he wanted to tell me all about everything too :) Such a cutie!!!

 Very excited about seeing some animals SHE knew! Something she could finally tell us about. HA!

 

We all had such a great day! The kids enjoyed every part of all of the museums.  Once we got into the car to go home, they were both asleep before we even knew it. Later that night and again this morning Jayce was telling us all about what he saw and what he liked.  I love that he's able to learn and soak up so much!  It was an awesome family day!