noah and michael went on a date

michael got free tickets to the byu basketball game for last night

and took noah on a date to it

noah was sooo excited

 they wore their matching byu shirts 

 michael said they spent $14 on food and drinks

and that noah ate an entire pack of red vines himself  :)

 he loved it

i love these cute boys

i'm so glad they could have a fun night out together

ps. the only reason the girls didn't completely freak out that they didn't get to go

is that i'm taking them to see swan lake at byu tomorrow :) 

i am so blessed

i feel like i've been a bit of a whiner lately

and today i just kept thinking about how blessed i am

here are a few reasons why:

 eleanor is a high heel wearing pro who loves to pretend talk on my phone

 the girls had so much fun playing in this cardboard box house

they played restaurant tonight and it was the cutest

especially because hazel made the best menu

 olive noticed i was cleaning the house

and said, "yeah, our house is dirty"

and she helped me wash the windows

 these girls love to help in the kitchen

they helped michael make dinner

and i am grateful that he lets them help

because i'm not always so willing

 eleanor is just so cute

as of today she can almost sing all of "ring around the rosie"

and it is the most adorable thing ever

 noah nailed doing a ton of extra homework tonight

with the help of his dad

 eleanor snuck the last brownie that my sweet friend paige brought over

 hazel ate most of her english muffin pizza

we could've had left over minestrone from last night

but i knew the kids wouldn't eat it

and we've been trying to familiarize hazel with bread again since she banned it from her diet around age 2

so her eating anything like this is huge! she's doing really well lately

michael and noah were so cute wrestling

(olive didn't want to be left out either)

i'm so grateful noah has such an awesome dad

...

i also feel so blessed to have a body that is able to carry all these babies

and that i get to feel sweet little kicks from henry all day long

nothing could be better than being a mom to all these darling kids

they are my greatest blessings

crazy hair day, sliding inside, 30 week baby bump

noah and hazel had crazy hair day at school this week

olive couldn't be left out

long winter days get a little old

so we brought the slide inside

and the girls had lots of fun sliding in the kitchen

in their pajamas

today was "dress as your favorite book character" day

michael nailed  it helping noah look like calvin from calvin and hobbes

don't mind that he wore hazel's shirt to school :) 

 hazel dressed as pinkalicious

but wasn't a fan of getting her picture taken

michael snuck this one while she was brushing her teeth

before her bus came

 i am thirty weeks today

but this little boy is measuring five weeks ahead! 

yowza

that mixed with the pelvic pain i've had this week is making me a little nervous

i feel way further ahead than i am

i hope i make it nine more weeks

then we have his c-section scheduled for 39 weeks

i'm so relieved to have a scheduled birth this time!!

michael's first selfie :) 

 eleanor is so funny lately

she took a nap earlier and when we got her up

she had taken her shirt and pants off

and pulled a princess dress into her bed

i'm sure she was trying to get into it

and later in the day she was sitting in this chair

and trying to rock back in it! 

i can't believe how young she's doing that

she's just like her big sisters...and dad leaning back in their chairs

she is also talking so much and so well lately

it is such a relief after olive having so much trouble

eleanor is repeating everything and her speech is getting clearer all the time

poor olive is still struggling but she is improving slowly

hopefully preschool next year will help

michael asked me to marry him seven years ago today

it's been seven years since we got engaged

we'd had a long day together driving back from running an errand in port angeles

 i had to turn something in to the college for a class i was taking

while i was inside, michael hung out with noah in the car

 noah called michael "dada" that day for the first time

when he told me i didn't necessarily believe him 

 and may have denied it but i find it really sweet now

 i remember michael kept messing with me all day pretending he had a ring in his pocket

and not pulling one out

i was getting a little tired of his joke

we drove noah to my ex-inlaws so my ex-husband could watch him while we went out to dinner

we waited forever at the cheesecake factory

and got a perfectly secluded table

michael and i ate and were waiting on a piece of strawberry cheesecake

when he "went to the bathroom" and i got nervous we'd left noah too long

so i asked our waitress if we could get our cheesecake "to go" 

my brother called and i was talking to him 

when our waitress brought our cheesecake out to us with a ring on the plate

and michael proposed to me

it was really sweet and surreal and all i could mutter out was, "oh, michael"

it was the prettiest ring i'd ever seen

and of course i said yes

then we went to get noah and announced we were engaged

and my ex-husband right then and there said that if we were getting married, he'd let michael adopt him

it was amazing 

noah was 9 months old

here's the only picture from that night

 we were super lucky that today landed on mlk day so we could celebrate

and we went to the cheesecake factory for lunch

with the kids! it was a little crazy but pretty fun

 i love this pretty girl

 even if she's the grumpiest almost-two-year-old you've ever met recently

 i can't believe that by our 7th wedding anniversary we will have FIVE kids! 

we move quick i guess

 we ate our lunch and shared two pieces of cheesecake

delicious! 

that godiva is my favorite for sure!

our lives changed forever 7 years ago

and i am so grateful that they did

michael is the best

 i am so lucky to be his wife

and so grateful we could spend the day together

sunday best

29 weeks

i got a lot of compliments at church which was super nice

i think this blazer did the trick

i don't feel cute but it's nice to hear that you look it

 we all love 11 o'clock church

especially since we don't look like such ragamuffins with a little more time to get ready

hazel loves it when i do her hair and make up for church 

 this was the only kind of pose i could get out of olive

she is so funny

i couldn't believe she let me do her hair

but of course she ripped it out first thing at church

 noah's favorite pictures involve him doing some sort of martial arts

i love it

and he looks so cute in his new suit

 michael didn't have any meetings this morning

which was amazing

he got to sleep in and shower 

and then made me a delicious breakfast

 eleanor got up from her nap in time to get dressed and get her hair done

oddly enough she won't let me touch her hair but will happily let michael comb it anytime

silly girl

olive got her ears pierced!

olive watched me switch out hazel's earrings this morning with interest

so we asked her if she wanted to get her ears pierced today

and she did!

hazel was 3.5 when she got hers pierced, too

so i guess that's the magic age at our house

when they are ready and can comprehend that it will hurt but still want it anyway

 there was a little bear she could hold and she really liked it

 so excited

 ouch

 she didn't cry but she did look at the lady like..what the what!?

 she chose the prettiest little earrings

 olive was definitely more nervous for the second ear after she knew what it would feel like

 but she got through it fine

when i asked to take her picture afterward

she made the funniest face

 she liked to feel them a lot but they didn't seem to bother her at all

 pretty girl! 

it was so fun to do something special for her

as a reward i told olive they could ride the carousel at the mall when she was done

but it wasn't open yet so they settled for the play area and ride on toys

ps.

 in baby news, i may or may not have split the first pair of maternity jeans i put on this morning

they're toast 

it was a little embarrassing and a little hilarious

i'm just glad it happened at home! 

look at that belly!!

 sweet michael tied my shoes in the morning

and luckily noah didn't mind tying my shoe later in the day while we were shopping

because i can't bend over that far

i would like someone to explain to me how i'm supposed to go 10 more weeks this way

this feel waaay too cramped and uncomfortable this time

i keep telling michael it's like i'm running a marathon and i just want to quit

but know i can't