Ready to be big siblings...

Well, we're still a long way off from when the baby gets here but Kayda and Dillon are ready for the baby to be here NOW.  Here are a few things we've been encountering.

The main thing they are playing now is babies.  Kayda is the mommy, Dillon is the daddy and they each have a baby that they're taking care of.  This morning they each had a baby doll and they were feeding the babies and saying they were poopy to change their diapers, they were also burping the babies and singing to them.  Sometimes they even have babies in their tummies.

Kayda is very concerned that the crib isn't up yet so I told her we would be putting up the crib after we go camping in June.  We've marked on her calender when the baby is supposed to be coming so she's keeping track of that in addition to peoples' birthdays. 

Whenever I'm not feeling well and tell them that I need to lay down for a little while Dillon will ask me "Are you okay Mom?  The baby make you sick?" to which I always reply with any kind of explanation that I can come up with that it's not the baby it's Mommy's body. 

Kayda was eating breakfast one morning and was very worried that I wasn't feeding the baby so I got to explain how Mommy shares everything with baby, how I eat for baby and breathe for baby and so on.  She felt much better after that.  Now when she's eating something sometimes she'll ask me if I want to eat some for baby. 

They have so many questions about everything, it's keeping me on my toes trying to explain things in ways that they can understand. 

Dillon's THIRD Birthday!

Our sweet little boy turned three today... He seemed to enjoy it, he got a happy meal for lunch (when we go we normally don't get those) so he was pretty excited.  Later that afternoon both sets of grandparents came over for cupcakes (thanks for making those Grandma G) and presents.  Auntie Kina was even able to make it a little later.  He was VERY excited to blow out his candles and he loved opening his presents!  He thought it was just fantastic that he got to be the center of attention!

 Dancing for the new car parking garage!

 I think we're stepping into "I want to be a fireman when I grow up" territory!  Notice his lips, he was making the "water spraying" sound. 

We were going to have cousins over for some play time but they're all sick so we'll reschedule that for another time.  I don't think he noticed so it's okay. 

Fire Station "Field Trip"

Kayda's preschool class had a "field trip" to the fire station today.  Since parents bring the kids and are supposed to stay I was able to bring Dillon as well.  Dillon made a friend immediately, I thought it was funny that he chose a little boy named Dylan to befriend.  They played around most of the time together.  Of course it made it more difficult to get him to listen when he was supposed to but we managed.  I got to meet Kayda's friend Ellie that she has been telling me about also. 

Here they are getting ready to watch the fire safety video.

 Waiting to see the fire truck.

 They waited SO well in line to go in the fire truck.  They were both dancing around and jumping up and down with excitement to go in. 

 They got to walk all the way through the fire truck!

 One of the firemen put on the equipment so the kids could see it.  He talked to them with the speaker on the mask and everything!

 Here's Kayda's whole class on the fire truck.  Dillon was pretty upset he didn't get to be in this picture.

 Snack time!  Dillon didn't get to sit at the table because they barely managed to get their class around it. 

 Each of the kids got a fire hat, a badge sticker and a 911 book.  Kayda and Dillon had a great time showing them off later.

Christmas!

Christmas Eve Auntie Kina came over to do our little gift exchange, the kiddos adore her and loved playing with her with their new toys!  Later we went to Grandma and Papa H's for dinner just like normal.

This Christmas we got to announce to everyone that we're expecting, which made it extra fun!  It was actually a slightly less busy Christmas than normal.  We started out our day at home with Grandma and Papa G and Uncle Justin coming over for when Kayda and Dillon got up and gifts.  Here's the kiddos with what Santa brought them.  We ran into a little bit of a problem.  The kids were so excited about the train it was interesting getting them to open anything else... never heard of that happening before!

Then we actually had some downtime before going to Baba's for breakfast then off to Grandma and Papa H's for gifts.  We didn't end up having an actual Christmas day dinner this year, well we had dinner but it wasn't anything fancy.  Grandma and Papa G and Uncle Justin took off right after presents to head to Pullman because Aunt Kirsten and her family are moving.  We usually have dinner with them so we'll look forward to next year. 

Sorry there aren't more pictures, we have video but I was just not feeling up to moving around a lot to take them.  Sad as that sounds, but most of you know pregnancy typically doesn't treat me well, though we get WONDERFUL children out of it so I'm not going to complain...too much!

Baby #3!

We've got baby #3 on the way!  Due on August 6th, 2011.  This will be the 5th grandbaby on Mommy's side, the 11th on Daddy's side.  Kayda and Dillon got to go to the ultrasound with us and see the baby (though you couldn't really tell it was a baby yet) and are both VERY excited.  Kayda wants a baby sister and Dillon wants a baby brother.  We'll find out in March!

Christmas Prep

Well, we took care of Santa pictures before Thanksgiving and we finall got all of our outdoor lights up along with the neccessary indoor decorations (tree, village, and stockings).  Hardly any of the gifts are ready but the kids are so excited!  Kayda even remembers what the stockings are for! "Santa come and put candy in here!"  She also described how Santa comes down the chimney, Dillon is just soaking it all in!

Growth Charts

I finally got around to hanging up the growth charts for the kids. Kayda and Dillon were so excited to mark their heights and I went and added their heights from all their past doctors appointments. I can't believe how big they're getting!!!  Best part is, if we ever move I just take them off the wall and bring them with us!