Just funny...

I asked Ben if he had a girlfriend (i can't remember now why, but anyway) he said, "Yeah, it's Abby (this older girl in primary who helped him during a primary event). I said, "Is she the one with brown hair and glasses?" He said, "Yeah. And, she has a bracelet on her teeth." Me: "You mean braces?" Ben: "Oh yeah, yeah, braces." Ha ha ha.

Today Ben asked for something that he couldn't have, and I told him no. He started to get upset, to which I told him, "Having a cow it's gonna help you get what you want, so please don't have a cow."

Kade said, "I'm gonna go tell dad Ben's acting like a cow." And he did. Joe was in the other room and hadn't heard the conversation, so when Kade said, "Ben's acting like a cow." Joe asked, "He is? What, did he Moo?" Kade said, "yeah." Oh, funny boys.

He Can Do Anything!

This kid is amazing! For a while now, Joe has been urging me to start potty training Kade. (Kade had used the potty several times and was ready-go to a few post previous.) However, potty training a child while pregnant -no matter how far along -is not my idea of a good time. I concluded that, unless Joe could take off two weeks to fully train Kade, we'd have to wait till the baby was born to start the "Potty Training Adventure".
Anyway, almost immediately after we brought Carter home, Kade decided he wasn't wearing diapers and was going to be a full time potty user. Joe bought him some awesome Superhero Squad undies and Kade's never looked back. This kid fully potty trained himself!! I'm not exaggerating! He has had no accidents so far and doesn't even ask for Joe or I to help. It's crazy -but SOOO nice.
I thought that I'd be mopping up messes and cleaning out undies. I cannot express how thrilled I am that some how we skipped past all that. It's like Kade's been trained for a year -seriously. Kade has always been a boy who can figure things out for himself. He's Mr. Independant, for sure, and he never ceases to amaze me. Thank you Kade for training yourself! You have no idea how grateful I am to you! I love you!

....And More Pics.

So cute. His eye isn't normally squinty, but i love the shape of his mouth.

Kade loved the idea of taking pictures. I think he's feeling so big these days.

Kade kept moving around -so most of his pics are blurry.

My mellow baby. He will just sit and visit with ya; he's a great listener. ;) (This picture actually reminda me of my baby picture -our eyes are the same and are heads are round melons. Still, he's a good mix of me and joe.)

A Couple More Pics...

Having a hard time...

Ben wants to be "with his new friend Carter" all the time -he's very good with his new brother.

So sweet -To me, he's a good middle ground between Ben and Kade. I'll work on getting a picture with his eyes open.

He's just precious. He's a great sleeper -so far- and a great eater!(p.s. this is the hat the hospital gave him -it's so cute, and beats out their regular standard hats. I'm thinking someone knitted a whole bunch of hats as a service project and gave them to the hospital -cause this is a totally homemade adorable hat.)

Just Pics! (The story is below.)

Beautiful! Little bruised from delivery, but perfect!

They are crazy! And...now we have three!

I love being surrounded by four great guys!

Ben said, over and over, "This is my new friend Carter. I love him." And, he really, really does.

Wow -kind of a goofy eye picture -but good enough to show me, lovin' my new little guy. (It also looks like a cut my hair -i didn't.) Yay! I was finally finished!

He's Here!!!!

Carter James Harris is here! He is beautiful and amazing. How did the world ever exist without him?

Here are a few highlights -pictures will come soon.

--We checked into the hospital at 7:30am and things progressed slowly until they broke my water at 3pm. I got an epidural -(Thank you sooo much to whom ever invented the epidural, it's heaven sent.) and, things moved quickly. The whole labor and delivery was a little over ten hours. (Ben and Kade were both 12 hrs.)
--Once I was ready to push, I only pushed for 15 min., which is way faster than with either of the other boys (I pushed for an hour with both Ben and Kade.) He came out facing up and peed on the doctor. (Which is just what Kade had done.)
--They put him instantly up to my chest, and I held him while Joe cut the cord and the nurses cleaned him off. He was perfect in every way. He was 8lbs 2oz and 20 1/2 inches long. His head was a beautiful, perfect shape.
--He never had to leave the room- all of the equipment was in my room, which was wonderful too. His APCARR (?) score was 8 then 9 -which is perfect!
The nurses and doctor were wonderful, and I am thankful to have had great people taking care of me and little Carter. I am expecting to heal much quicker this time; delivery was easier on my body this time around. Whoo.
-- Aunt Nattie was able to hear Carter be born from the hallway. And held him before heading out of town.
--Grandma Lana, who babysat the boys all day, brought Ben and Kade in to meet Carter. They LOVED him. Thanks Mom!!!!
I have to find the camera and upload pics -then you'll all get to see him! We are so glad he's here!

Simon Says....

Tonight for Family Home Evening we played Simon Says -a game both boys have come to love, but don't fully understand. It's funny what they have us all do. Well, nothing was funnier than tonight when Kade said, "Simon Says....Everybody Fart!" Hmmmm. Quickly after, Kade started making fart noises, so that's what we all did. He's two, it was his turn, do we did what Simon said. :)

Cute Things Said and Amazing Accomplishments.

Kade: "Hey Dada, thanks for paying for the house." (He's said this at least once a day the last four days.) This comes from him asking me, "Why does Dada go to work?" I answered, "He works so he can pay for the house, and pay for food etc, etc." Kade thought to thank Joe, all on his own. Love him!

Ben: "You're a cute little mama." This compliment came early one morning when I was not at all looking cute. Thanks Ben.

A couple days ago, Ben was sounding out a book, and when Joe walked by he heard him and sat down with him to help guide this attempt at reading. Now, over the past three days, Ben has been trying to "read"....he sounds out words, but also guesses, and sometimes he's looses patience, but we're starting the real reading process. Cool!!

Two days ago, Kade comes up to me -half naked- and announces that he "peed and pooped in the potty". I went to the potty -it was empty; I checked his bum (he had pooped) and when seeing a diaper on the floor, I feared it was dirty. But, there was nothing in the diaper....which meant he had in fact pooped in the potty, and since he's peed a million times in the potty I had no doubt he had done that as well. He's practically trained himself!

I have been waiting to potty train till after this baby comes (which is 8 days away -at most) when I won't mind, half as much, bending down to clean up accidents. So, potty training for real will start soon. (There's still obvious practice and teaching we need to do yet.)