What it's like to be me

Before we left on vacation I asked Kyle several times throughout the day to clean the playroom. It never got done. I was really frustrated that night because the mess kept getting bigger and bigger. Ben saw my frustration, and went out to the garage for a few minutes and came back in. Kyle had just gotten out of the bath and hadn't even finished getting jammies on. Ben started to tape (with packaging tape) a soccor ball to his stomach. He asked Kyle why he thought he did that and explained that it's important to help me out because it's harder for me to do some things now. At first kyle was smiles and thought it was kinda funny....until Ben told him he had to clean the whole playroom with the ball taped to his stomach (we should have put a shirt on him first...oops). It was pretty funny to watch him squat down to try to pick things up instead of bending over. Here are the few pictures I got.

The Bloodinator

Today I went to the dr and had to get my blood drawn. A few weeks ago when I went for the kidney stone Kyle came with me. I told him i might have to have my blood drawn. I think he forgot the term "drawn" because today before I left he asked me if I had to have the "bloodinator" ....after I got back he asked me how did the bloodinator go. It cracked me up

Lately...

I feel the need to blog mainly because i'm really bored. I don't feel like reading...my treadmill is calling my name and I'm ignoring it....have you seen that Geico commercial with the singing money? That is what my treadmill does :) But my excuse is I've been having pretty bad back pain for about the past week. I guess i'm to that point...s0 ends the second trimester bliss and the beginning of the end (I'm in my last trimester as of this week....drastic change :) ) but at least we have decided on a name before the baby is born- Madelyn mostly she'll be called"Maddie" Sadie told me she does not like the name (she didn't like my other choice either- Sophie- it was "ugly" she wants me to name the baby Serena or Sara...really?! She won't let it go either. Sadie doesn't have a middle name so Madelyn won't either- our girls just don't and the boys have initials only - just like ben.

Ben left this morning and won't be back until after the primary activity friday night- another reason for my boredom probably .....I have tons to do but haven't found the umph to do it yet :) We are leaving next week to go to Utah for our annual camping trip with Ben's family. We are looking foward to it...lots to do to get ready!

Today we had an interesting experience. Kyle plays a lot with the little boy across the street. A new girl just moved in, their same age. This neighbor boy and her played all day and when Kyle came home from school he wanted to join....but they wouldn't let him. They were only playing with one another. Kyle was so sad. He felt so left out and had no one to play with. This was the first time something like this really happened to him. I felt terrible for him and tried to talk to his friend. But he told me he was "only playing with the new girl" ..... Ben had a long talk with him over the phone that I think really helped him. Plus another neighbor girl who is in 4th grade came over and they really had lots of fun. The other 2 kids eventually came out and started to play with everyone. kyle walked over to them and said I really wanted to play with you guys, and it was rude to leave me out- it made me feel bad. I was impressed at the way he handled the situation- he wasn't talking mean, just saying how it made him feel. And he did it himself without me stepping in. Man that's a tough thing to watch though.