I'm 4

Chase had a birthday party with a few friends on Monday.  We went to the local pool...VERY COOL.  Then he had friends come to the house for pizza, cake, and ice cream.  

Chase loves to swim, but he is so skinny that he doesn't last long in the pool.  He gets too cold.

Walmart provided his cake for us... I was just too lazy to do it myself. (Excuse the belly, ponytail, and lack of makeup.   I don't know how to get ready at all anymore.)

Chase gets to be a real cowboy now, just like Grandpa.  He has his own guns.  They are cap guns, and we bought lots of caps.

Happy Birthday Chase!

My darling Chase.  Oh, how I have fallen in love with you.  You are the cutest little man!  It is does crazy things to my heart to think about how big you have gotten, even though you have been my little tiny.  You know just how to treat your mama to make her melt right into your hands. 

This Year you have grown up so much!  Sometimes I have a hard time believing it has been 4 years since you were born.  This year you have really matured.  You can buckle yourself into your own car seat, drive the little tykes hummer like a pro, hit the ball over our back fence, and ride a two wheeled scooter with no problems.  You have also almost grown out of the whining and stopped riding in the stroller.  You play so well on your own.  I always tell people I am so lucky because my kids are so easy to take care of.  Thank you for making my job enjoyable and easy.  
I am sorry I wasn't there this morning when you woke up for your birthday, but after a weekend away I will have plenty of energy to make it up to you!   You daddy and I love you so much!  You will have a great party tomorrow!

Mothers Day

Carter gave me the cutest Mothers Day present.  He made it in school.  It is a book!  The first page says.  I love you so much because you bake me chocolate chip.  You take care of me when I am Sick. Love, Carter.  The second page says...

All about you Mom!

My mom's name is Mary

She is 28 years old.

She weighs 35 pounds.

Her shoe size is 28.

She has reddish brownish hair

Her favorite food is enchiladas.

Her favorite color is pink.

Her favorite T.V. show is The Biggest Loser.

Her biggest wish is to have the best kid in the world and

when she had me her wish came true.

Her best friend is Kelly. 

I laughed my head off.  35 pounds!!!!!!!  Wow, that would be skinny.  Size 28 in shoes....ummmm  maybe in some other country.  Ok, but really, My biggest wish is to have the best kid in the world and he made it come true.  I am so glad he knows that he means that much to me, and in a way I did have one of my biggest wishes come true.  This pregnancy has caused me to be really moody.  I am not normally so crazy.  It is taking its toll on my family.  Instead of yelling at everyone all of the time I go to my room.  Thus, everyone and everything are being ignored.  I am trying to do better, but I have always been pretty even tempered so this is craziness for me.

Only a few more months family!

Pat's Run 2009

This year I had a crazy idea to run/walk the Pat Tillman Run.  A friend of mine had decided to run it already and we made it into a family ordeal.  Lisa ran and I jogged/walked 4.2 miles!  Lisa has been inspirational in becoming healthy.  I was excited to participate in her first run with her.  Then later Daniel and Lisa's husband Danny....(I know another Dan name) ran the kids run of .42 miles with the kids.

Lisa and I didn't have a camera at the finish line.  A nice guy took the picture below and emailed it to my junk email.  I was happy to have a junk email today.  Here we are smiling super big and proud.  

We even finished faster than I had expected!

The kids were so pumped for their race!  They could barely wait to get started.  They both ran the entire way.  Chase finished in 2 minutes and 26 seconds.  I think the course was a little less than .42 miles because I really don't think my 3 year old can run a 6 minute mile!

After the race we went into the Tillman Tunnel.  They had the locker room blocked off, but you could see inside.  They have a tribute to Pat on the walls. 

Today has been a long day, but it has been really fun!   Oh, and in case you are wondering...I don't recommend run/walking a 4.2 mile race at 21.5 weeks pregnant.  My feet hurt so bad! Plus, I got the weirdest looks.....even though Lisa said it was all in my head.  

Easter of course!

I can't believe it is Easter already.  It seems like this year is flying bye!  That is probably because we have so much and so little going on at any given moment.  Our family really enjoyed being together this holiday season.  The boys got along well.  Saturday night we colored Easter eggs.  The boys thought the plastic coating was a cool thing this year.  Then, Sunday morning we woke up to the boys sneaking around the house.  The boys are not allowed to leave their rooms on holidays until we come and get them!  They had looked in the fridge to discover their colored eggs were still there.  Apparently, they ran back to their rooms very fast because they saw a SHADOW!  LOL!  It was they Easter bunny...they just knew it.  Chase said, "It was scary with large claws!"  I love my boys.  

This is the best picture I have of Carter on Easter day.  He smiles really funny when I try to get a good picture of him.
This is Chase showing off the only pick egg the boys would let me dye.  Silly boys!  Next year I am sure we will have more "girl" colors...the boys can't wait to spoil her already.

The results are in...It's a

We were extremely excited to get a perfect look at our little GIRL today! I personally have always wanted a little girl! Chase keeps telling everyone that we went to the dr. and our baby is a girl so he gets to protect her from scary monsters. We haven't told Carter yet because he is at school. Here is a picture of how cute she already is....as a side note...I am almost positive she will look just like a Rae. Her name will be TAYLOR JANE RAE

A first

Carter had another first this week.  He lost his first tooth.  He had been begging me to pull it for awhile, but I couldn't get it out.  The day he lost it I knew it was going to fall out really soon.  I didn't want to miss it due to my obsession with dentistry.  As I put the apple in his lunch that morning I thought it was going to take my mommy moment by pulling that tooth for me.  I was right.  He came home from the bus holding a bag in his hand.  He was so excited....(I was so disappointed, stupid apple)  He promised I can pull the next one.  
Chase wanted a picture of himself with Carter on the blog, so here is a good one for you and him!