First Day of Pre-K!

Yep!! I'm THAT mom!! But, how precious is our girl??!!

Wow...where has the time gone?? Rachel is already in Pre-K!?! What? Seriously?

We were SO proud of our big girl. She got up and dressed herself and then came out for breakfast and was ready with her backpack in perfect timing to jump in the car. We decided to all go and see her in for the first day. We (along with all the other parents) were there for her the entire time with our camera's flashing every two seconds!! Funny thing is, she didn't need us there. We walked her in. She waited patiently for her turn, wherein Ms. Miller showed her where her spot is for her backpack. Then she got her name tag, gave us all hugs and went and sat down on the mat. No problems!!!

Here we are walking across the field to the school in the distance!

I LOVE this picture!! She is standing on the big cougar paw print outside the front of her school. I went to the same school for K, half of 1st and 5th grades. It's fun for her to be a Cougar too!!

Rachel getting her name tag from Ms. Miller.

Our big girl! Where does the time go...wasn't this her just last week??

Lord, I need a cool-front!

So, if I haven't mentioned it before, being nine months pregnant during the hot, Oklahoma summer is NO fun! Lord, I need a cool-front!

No Concept of Time...

I find it hilarious that time is so arbitrary to children. It's so abstract. We live in a world which would fall apart without time. EVERYTHING we do is on a schedule...when we work, when we eat, when we workout, when we meet up, go to school, watch a show, go to church. And everything has a "how long" to it too. We do something for an hour, or 10 minutes until bedtime...you know what I'm talking about!!

Time truly IS abstract, but it has become so concrete in our own private worlds. BUT, not the world of a child. I love the innocence when Eric says "5 minutes!" Not having a clue what he's talking about.


Yesterday, we went by the fair grounds and Rachel apparently started having flashbacks of the fair. She asked me if I remembered all the animals and the tractors. She also mentioned the horse ride. That's where Eric comes in. He got all excited at the thought of riding a horse. All day long he kept asking me about the horsey and I tried to tell him that the fair isn't until the day after the baby is born next month, but that daddy will take him to see the horsey and YES he can ride it! So, here is my stimulating conversation with my two-year-old:


Eric: "Me ride horsey?"
Mommy: "Yes!"
Eric: "When?"
Mommy: "Next month, honey!"
Eric: "Me ride horsey, 5 minutes?"
Mommy: "No, Buddy, not for a long time!!"
Eric: "When?"
Mommy (trying to figure out how to appease the boy): "Honey, the horseys won't come until the baby comes...so it's still not for a long time!"
Eric: "Baby bring horsey!!! Baby bring horsey!"
Mommy: "Well, sort of! After the baby comes, then you can ride the horsey!"
Eric: "Baby bring horsey, 5 minutes!"



Gotta love my boy! Here he is at about 11 months, riding our horsey!!

Just the Two of Them...

This has to be one of my favorite pictures of the kids. It's hard to believe that in a little more than just four short weeks it will no longer be just the two of them! What's even crazier, is they will never really remember these two and a half years together when it was just the two of them.

They are so fun and I sit here listening to them laugh and play even as I type this. My prayer is that when it is three of them, that they'll continue to get along and love to play together. I'm sure Rachel will continue to mother-hen the boys and Eric will continue to be louder than necessary. What will boy #2 hold for this duo?? No telling!!

For now...enjoy these last four weeks together kids, b/c once brother is here, it'll be a whole new ballgame.

Just Killin' Time

The farther along I get, the less active I want to be. I still teach my fitness classes four days a week, so I figure I'm not depriving my body of physical activity. But gosh, going to the park or on a walk just seems like too much right now. Soooo, some days a bath is not for cleaning up...but just to kill some time!! Granted, they were a bit stinky from playing outside...but, they always have so much fun in the bath. Too bad Eric wouldn't sit still long enough for me to get a focused picture. Oh well...

Momma and her girl on a random sleepy Saturday morning!!

She's a SUPER!!

So, we've decided that Rachel must have Super powers...the power of fast-healing!!! On Thursday I took Rachel to the Orthopedic doctor to get her hard cast, or so we thought! Once we got there, the doctor didn't feel like the x-rays from the UC center were very clear. So, he ordered new x-rays. About ten minutes later, he came back and showed me a clean x-ray with no fracture! I couldn't believe it. The fracture we saw on Tuesday was not a HUGE fracture, by any means, but I did see it and it (or something) was definitely there. Even the UC doctor admitted that it wasn't very clear when looking at the actual x-ray, but when we looked at it on the computer, there was obviously a fracture of sorts there! But, on Thursday, whatever it was...was gone! She still had some tenderness when rotating her hand, so they put her in a cute little Snoopy split to help stabilize the rotation motion for the next two weeks. We'll go back then and re-evaluate. But, I can already tell you - she is ready for it to be off and appears to no longer be in pain!! Isn't God amazing!?!

Thanks to the McMullan clan for the sweet Bumble Bee bouquet!! Rachel LOVED it!! Here she is next to her bouquet, modeling her new Snoopy splint!

Broken Pieces...

Well, we always thought Eric would be the first one to the Urgent Care center with stitches or a break! Actually, when I called Brooks to tell him that we were headed to the UC, he just assumed it was for Eric!! Too funny. But, no! It was Rachel. She was playing "ship" on a slide with a friend from the YMCA and he was helping to pull her into the "ship." In the process, he pulled/twisted a little too hard! She didn't cry and none of the workers even knew she was hurt until they noticed that she wouldn't use her arm to do anything and kept holding it flush to her body. She only flinched when I would try to rotate her hand. So, off we went to the UC while my wonderful co-workers at the Y helped take care of Eric!!

She was such a trooper and again, never really cried until the x-rays and they had to rotate her hand for a better picture...even then, she didn't cry-cry, just kinda yelled out in pain - which was no fun for her pregnant mommy who couldn't be in the x-ray room with her!! They made me wait outside, so she was not only super tough, but super brave!!! So, x-rays showed a small fracture inside her radius and another possible fracture in her ulna (which the orthopedic doctor will confirm later this week when we go to get her hard cast). Rachel has already decided on a PINK cast!! Here she is with her cute little teddy bear sling...our brave girl!!

We told her she had to get fixed before school starts so she can write her name on her papers! Such a shame it was her right arm!!! :) Should make for a fun last few weeks of summer, huh?!!

Here's little man...check out his "cheese" smile! His first response was..."oh sissy, ouchy!"