Getting Started

First and foremost, I had to post a picture of my super cute boys (and yes I mean Adam too!). Aren't they just the most adorable?! I heart them.

Some of you may know that I don't like to wait until the last minute for things. I am not a procrastinator because it just makes me stress out. So as soon as we found out we are having a girl, I wanted to get to work before I get too big and can't do anything. So here are a few pictures of where we are at right now.

I decided on Black, white and hot pink. Not sure why I did except that I wanted her room to be different from nurseries I have seen. Yes the hot pink is bright, I know, it took some convincing for Adam to be on board (in the end he said I could do whatever I want....he he he).

So here is a shelf we had that I sanded down and painted black, and then some hot pink flowers that will go on the shelf (once its hung of course).

This is a trial and error point. We know we want the letters with ribbon. I am not sure if I want the ribbons how they are shown in the picture or if I want to hang the letters on the wall from ribbon. I don't know, I welcome ideas from you crafty people out there.

And here are the walls. The bottom will be hot pink and the top will be white. We haven't decided if we are going to put a black chair rail between the 2 colors or if we will paint a horizontal black stripe around the room. I originally started painting the black stripe but then Adam said we should do a chair rail and painted over the black stripe. Now we can't decide. Anywoo, we have lots still to do and we are still finishing up the boys room as well. Hopefully both rooms will be done before the baby comes.
A special thanks to my wonderful hubby who handles my OCD's so graciously even when it means getting everything ready for our baby 4 and a half months before we even get to see her. Love you babe.

Will She or Won't She?

(ummmm, yikes)

So now that we know we are having a girl, this is the question I have been asked the most:
"So are you hoping she has curly hair like you?"
To which I lovingly reply: "Ummmm, no."
Do I love my hair? No.
Do I like my hair? No.
Do I tolerate my hair? Sometimes
I know lots of people "say" they would love to have curly hair, but frankly, I just don't believe them. I must admit that for the majority of my life I did not have the faintest idea how to do my hair, so I am sure that is why I am so against it.
Oh the awkwardness of my childhood, and my crazy hair. I hated my hair so much that I had a stage that lasted a few years I am sure where my hair was just in a bun.
The pictures I could show you would prove my point nicely, but alas, I am too embarrassed to even look at them myself, let alone let others see them.
I think to myself, "why would I wish that self esteem issue on my child?"
I know it would be cute to see a little girl with bouncy curly hair and a bow, and I know that I kinda know how to do it now, but I am just imagining her coming to me (like I did to my mom) begging to spend tons of money to get it straight, and trying anything you can imagine to get it that way.
And by the way, I am not convinced that my boys aren't going to have curly hair either, especially Kade. My brothers' hair didn't go curly until they hit puberty. Kade is a Martin (my family name) through and through, and I just see him with freckles and curly hair just like me, and I am okay with that. I am okay with my boys getting my hair, because a boy with a fro is just cool.
So my dear Kylee, if the good Lord thinks you need to have curly hair, then I will do everything I can to make it cute, so you don't have the issues with it like I did, but if you get straight hair, then I am good with that too. Love you baby girl.

Well Its Official

We went to the doctor today and he told us we are having a......................

GIRL!

We are very excited and kind of relieved because everyone was kind of expecting a girl at this point.
I was a little nervous to find out because I didn't want anyone to be disappointed (even our boys were aching for a girl). Adam and I were totally fine with whatever, I am just thankful to be able to bare children when there are so many out there who cannot.
I think I was expecting a boy though because when he said she was a girl, I was a little shocked. I can't be more excited though, we are all very happy.
So now I've got to figure out some way to be crafty and make hundreds and thousands of cute little bows and whatnot.
Jen, don't be alarmed if I come to your house and MAKE you teach me how to do it.
And as you can see to the right of the screen, we have already named her. I had this name picked out when I was in high school, but never really thought it would stick with Adam. I was wrong. He has been dead set on this name for our first girl since we got married. Welp, 7 years later and we can finally use it.

What Happens When I Leave the Room for 2 Minutes

And My husband wonders why I hold my pee until the last minute.

Happy Anniversary to Us!

Lots of happenings in our neck of the woods this summer. Blake "graduated" from his first year of preschool and I have pictures, but they are on Adam's phone, so I can't access them at this time. Our camera went to the crapper and we haven't gotten a new one yet, so all pictures are taken with our phones. Thank Heavens for technology.
Anyhoo, Adam and I celebrated 7 blissful years of marriage on the 14th, and this year we decided instead of ditching our kids the whole time we celebrated, we would take them with us for part of it. Adam made reservations at the Arizona Grand Resort and we had a wonderful time as a family.

This is the view of the big water park they had right outside our hotel room, complete with 2 huge water slides, lazy river, wave pool, regular pool, toddler pool, and splash pad. Ya, it was awesome. We stayed at the toddler pool most of the time because the boys we just having a ball.

For some reason, everywhere we go, one or both Adam and I will see someone we know. Well there was no exception this time, a friend of mine from Junior High was working when we showed up and she lovingly supplied our hyper boys with more sugar! They were in love with their Icees and we were even more excited that we didn't have to pay 7 bucks each for them. (Hotels are ridiculous) Thanks Jessica!

After partying all day at the pool, we were all tuckered out, so we got in our jammies and vegged on the pull out couch until Adam decided last minute to take the boys to the Sea Life Aquarium at AZ Mills. I was literally falling asleep on the bed when he said lets go!

So quickly did he decide to go, that I had to get dressed and rush out the door, the boys stayed in their jammies and I am sportin a no makeup look, but it really didn't matter, they had so much fun and that was the point!

Ya, this is a tunnel completely surrounded by water, and I am not going to lie, I was breathing hard walking through it. I am extremely claustrophobic, and my worst fear is drowning, and then add in sharks and stingrays in the water, I was freaking out a little. The boys as you can see couldn't care less and sure did lay on the floor while people were trying to walk through.

The boys enjoying the Stingrays and the Hammerhead sharks.

If any of you know Blake, you know that he LOVES water animals. He can tell you the difference between whales, can name a lot of the different sharks, fascinated by stingrays, and always wants to talk about fish. He kept telling us that he was hugging the stingrays through the glass. It was so cute. The other day while we were in the car driving (kids always say the funniest things in the car) Blake told me, "Mommy, when I grow up and turn into a fish, I am going to make sure I have a stinger on my bum." To which Kade replied "Bumblebees have stingers too! I'll be one of those." Totally random but made me laugh so hard. Gotta love the randomness of children's brains.
We had a lovely time for our anniversary, and I am so glad we spent it as a family. I am so thankful for the crazy life we have together. My husband is amazing, and I could not be happier. I never believed it when people told me that I would love my husband more the longer we were married because I thought I loved him with all of my capacity, and at the time I did. But my how your heart grows each year and each time you add a child to the family. The Lord sure has blessed us immensely in our marriage, and I often wonder how I got so lucky.
I love you baby, Happy 7 years! I can't wait for the rest of Eternity.

I Am Still Alive

Yes, I am the worst blogger. I haven't had the energy to do a whole lot of things, especially writing about it. When I first found out I was prego, it was awesome because I didn't get sick right away, and I was still feeling good and doing my normal running routine.....And then BAM, it hit me out of no where, and all I have wanted to do is lay down. Of course with 2 little ones and a puppy, its not possible. I am surviving though and am thankful that in a few short weeks I will be done with the sickness! That day cannot come fast enough!
Anywho, so my kids, bless their little hearts have been so patient with my lack of patience, and so loving with my lack of wanting to do anything. We've still managed to have some fun despite all the grossness I have been feeling. We haven't taken a whole lot of pictures but here are just a few.....

Look at that kid. I want to eat his face every time I see those eyes. Though he is by far tougher than Blake was at 2, he still has the ability to melt my heart with that face and still loves to snuggle in my neck.

And there is our dog, "Mack" eating Kade after church. We have had a love/hate relationship since we got her. Or I guess I should say I have loved and hated her. She is doing tons better now, but when we first got her, she peed everywhere all the time and I wanted to take her back. I told Adam like a million times I was done with her (I know, horrible), and I didn't want to deal with it anymore. (Please remember we got her right after I found out I was pregnant and I am in the middle of crazy hormones and puking. I am normally not so mean about animals.) Now she is awesome, she "plays" with the boys, which mostly consists of them laying on the floor while she lick attacks their faces. It completely grosses me out, but they love it.
All in all we love our dog.

Dean (cousin), Kade, Blake, and Parker (cousin) at Parker's birthday party. Can you tell they are all family? The boys don't get to see Parker a whole bunch because of shared custody but when they do see him they have so much fun together. And they love Dean, who wouldn't, the kid is a stud.

Adam got another award at work for being a "Top Performer" Let me tell you, that man is amazing, he works so hard, and really shines. My parent's, though not in the picture, took us out to dinner to celebrate his great achievements, and then we took everyone to get ice cream after. The boys made a mess of course (you should have seen the area we were sitting at when we were done), but getting ice cream is probably one of their favorite things to do. Seriously who doesn't love getting ice cream? I just wouldn't recommend Coldstone, I really just don't like it too much. We found a yummy place called MOJO frozen yogurt or something like that and it was delish!

My son the IPod junky. Blake loves playing on the IPod. It is a special treat for him. I don't want him addicted to electronic gaming, so we only let him play on it occasionally, but the kid can maneuver the thing like nobodies business. He knows how to turn it on, put in the password, and get to a game he wants to play. I don't even know what I am doing on that thing half the time.
p.s. please notice how he is sitting, he always sits like that when he is on the IPod. Love that crazy boy.

Daddy took the boys on their first Father's and Son's outing, and they loved it. Apparently they were really good, and slept great in the tent. They talked about going camping for like a week after they got back. It was the first time I have been by myself since we had Blake. It was really weird. Don't get me wrong, it was nice for one night to be in a quiet house, but I was also glad for the noise when they got back. It is good every now and then to get a break, right?

So now you know we are still kickin over here in the House of Grahams. Just a few more weeks and hopefully I will be back to my normal self, and be able to be better about this whole blogging thing. Who knows, but until then, ta ta!

Baby # 3

Hello 2 months since I have had a new post! My bad. We have had a crazy couple of months, with lots going on, but really, I am just too lazy to blog about them all now. So instead I will talk about our most recent happenings. I would like to introduce you to the newest family member in the Graham Abode......
Now I know what you are all thinking, "Adam let you get a dog?!" It was Adam's idea! Out of the blue one day he said he thought it would be fun to get the boys a dog. I was more hesitant than he was, because lets be honest, it is just one more thing I have to clean up after, but in the end we found her and I fell in love. We adopted her from a shelter and she is a Boxer/Pit mix. She is so sweet and loves to snuggle. If you just sit on the floor, she will come climb in your lap and fall asleep on you. I love it. Blake named her Macaroni N Cheese. Naturally. We call her Mack for short. She is about 9 weeks old,already Kennel trained and doing pretty darn well at potty training. The boys love her, every morning when they wake up she is the first one they ask for; not to mention the fact that she keeps them entertained when I need a moment. We are grateful to have a her as a new member of our growing family.

P.S. Coming December 2010....the real baby # 3.