you can watch planes land & take off from the windows
jasper thought he was going to get to ride a plane..
but daddy's ipod makes everything better.
we bought a little model airplane there
& the kids played outside the rest of the day.
bastien showing us his cool tricks on his scooter
also i went & saw this! steven was about to watch a suns game at 6:30. i had been at home for the past 2 days. so i looked up the times & there was one at 6:40! so i just went by myself! i missed the previews so there wasnt any awkward moments sitting there by myself, it was nice!
i liked the movie although she is a little hard to take as an actress. it was a little cheesy, but really...its a beauty & the beast story. you cant expect it not to be. and this guy (who i hear is sort of a freakshow in real life) is really easy to watch, even as a beast.
steven texted us & let us know he was going to pass over my mom's house,
that little dot in the sky is him coming our way
he said he wouldve come down closer, but he let the student have controls since he was paying to fly that hour.
they think their daddy is the coolest! oh & steven is an official employee at rotorway now. i know it might've sounded like he already had a helicopter job but basically he was just getting lots of hours for free..which was still awesome but an opening became available & he was hired as the head CFI there while also getting paid as a helicopter mechanic apprentice! (that will take 2 years before he can test to be an A&P mechanic) We feel amazingly blessed since its almost impossible to get pilot jobs right now. Even though he was loving to get to fly..Steven was feeling discouraged that this wasnt going to work out, because you can only go so long without getting paid, right? :) But now, we're really glad we stuck with this for the past 4 months. It's feels weird to actually have an income now!
we have this one disc with 4 episodes of the old school ghostbuster cartoons that used to play on tv when i was a kid. it used to be bastien that was obsessed with ghostbusters, but now its everyone. they rewatch those 4 episodes over and over. i finally looked on amazon & found 5 discs for pretty cheap. embry begs to watch the 1st ghostbuster movie & i say no its too scary. so whenever he brings me the dvd he says "I cwose my eyes at the scary parts, k?"
i love how embry & jasper snuggle on the couch when they watch.
this picture below cracks me up! embry kept having me take pictures of him charging at me like the little creature that he is. remember how bastien asked me "is embry a human or a creature?" well we still call him a little creature only because everything he does has a little bit of a creature-like way about it. one time steven came home from work & embry was (naked of course) perched on the counter,eating. his werewolf name was very fitting, am i still right?
my sisters, mom & i met at the mall to hang out. we went to the disney store & aunty ana let them all pick out a disney snack thing. my boys had boy stuff to choose from but they must be bored with everything cars or buzz because embry chose a rapunzel snack cup & jasper chose a tinkerbell one. they looked cooler than the boy ones for sure. and why are girls allowed to love cars or toy story but boys cant watch tinkerbell? at least i know my boys are comfortable in their masculinity! Ha!
Bastien loves playing with the neighbor kids outside everyday. One day none of them could play so i found him outside just chilling under this tree, he's so cute!
oh & sorry if the amount of glee songs on here is obnoxious. but they really do make almost every song better. especially the ones sung by Blaine. i think i'm sort of obsessed with his voice!
We bought the boys a new bed to share to make room for Finnick. They had so much fun in the beginning i thought they'd never sleep at night. They love to find reasons to get out of bed.water, hugs, more hugs & now everyone all the sudden has to pee large amounts at bedtime.
here they are trying on steven's headset during one of the many times getting out of bed.
steven was telling them to say"1, 2, niner, niner.." or something like that.
i dont know why i bother putting jammies on them, they strip before they fall asleep almost every night.
on friday we had a valentines party with friends , i forgot to take pictures this time but they loved passing out cards. Bastien actually wanted to write his name on most of his valentines, that was a big surprise!
so my csection date is officially set for March 28th at 7:30am! last time it was supposed to be that early but my drs flight was delayed & didnt end up happening until 6pm that night. those hours waiting were torture! I have 46 days left & that just seems almost as torturous as those hours. every night i stare at my calender checking off that day, thinking time is going to move faster. i'm so so done, I feel like i'm ready for a change! I cant wait to see my boys reaction to a new baby, its cute to see them excited about it now & kissing my belly all the time. Especially Bastien, he's going to be so cute with a baby brother, even though he wanted a sister in the beginning:) I've already gained 30 lbs & I know the last part of pregnancy is where i seem to gain alot, so i'm trying to take it easy...actually not really. i eat when & what i want most the time, but at least i dont feel insanely hungry like i did with the last 2 pregnancies. As long as i dont get anywhere close to the dreaded 60 lbs i'll be happy! I'm like almost euphoric after i have the baby, maybe it has something to do with losing 30-40 lbs of water retention very soon after or that i have a new cute little baby!
Can these next 6 weeks please fly by? I cant wait to be here!
since we can only have boys apparently, the fun part is guessing who or what this next baby will look like. Brown, blonde, dark brown, black or red hair??! tan or fair like Bastien? This is Jasper & Embry a few hours after being born. You would never know that Embry (on the right) would turn out to be my tan little curly head polynesian !
We havent been diaper free for almost 6 years! Embry & Jasper have been fully potty trained for about 2 weeks. About a month ago I started & the first 5 days there were 3 days out of it where they both had no accidents! Then 2 weeks later when i finally bought a waterproof mattress pad i started doing nights & naps & they havent had a bed accident yet. I was really dreading it with 2 at the same time..but they seemed to really want to do it. With the accidents they have had Jasper gets very apologetic if he wets himself, like he's so embarrased. Its really cute. And Embry goes.."is okay mom..its just pee". Bastien was the same way & he did really good with everything except for an occasional bed wetting. So i'm sure they will have some mistakes at night. I'm just excited i get to go a whole 7 more weeks without diapers!
i love my little emmy & japper! bastien used to call them that right after they were born, but now they're three! friday was their 3rd birthday, and they were so excited about it. for about 2 weeks before, every day embry would say "right now me want to go to a-donalds"(mcdonalds) so on the morning of their bday steven and i took everyone to a-donalds. and then after being there almost 2 hours when we were leaving embry said (with his little attitude face that he does alot) "this was not a-donalds..right now me want to go to a-donalds" ...nice try but i'm pretty sure that was a-donalds! i always hear about free stuff on your birthday but never remember to do it, so we did the free krispy kreme dozen! (they gave us 2 dozen! so before i ate them all we shared with friends) and we went to joe's farm grill & got 20 dollars off our bill because of both birthdays..joe is the best!
the next day we had a little family party at the same park we had their bday at last year. of course jasper wanted a buzz cake & my mom wanted to make it. and embry wanted a yo gabba gabba cake, then wall-e, then nemo, then a despicable me cake.. since i already bought the stuff for brobee that was what he was getting. i wanted to throw the cake at the wall halfway through but steven came to the rescue as always. i didnt want to do fondant because the cake never tastes that great..so i had my head set on frosting which i regretted, cause it was so hard to frost with all those colors! and i made so many cupcakes no one ate the cake anyways:)
i love that jasper chooses things that are not chocolate. he chose strawberry milk & doesnt just like chocolate milk because his brothers do. its fun to see your kids tastes & personalities develop.
luckily my camera is crappy, cause its hiding most of my mistakes!
my mom did such a good job on the buzz cake & alien cupcakes.
cousins & friends
the newest cousin, kensley!
he's been wanting a big buzz lightyear forever. he pushes the buttons until buzz says "to infiniti & beyond!" & then flys around the house with him, he's so cute.
Steven has been flying alot lately with a company called Rotorway. He has also been an apprentice learning to be an A&P mechanic for helicopters. You need 2 years of experience working as a mechanic before you can even test to become a helicopter mechanic. He wasnt planning on loving it as much as he does & he has taken out & put back engines in helicopters by himself already a few times! Of course he has, he's ridiculously good at almost everything! He had to retake his CFI (certified flight instructor) test because it expires after a couple years & before he started flying in October, he hadnt flown since 2008! Well he passed & can now be a CFI for rotorway, too! CFI's arent too busy these days because there arent a whole lot of students there. But at least it's something! And he gets to fly for them as much as he wants which gives him valuable hours. I can tell the difference in Steven when he gets to fly, he's very confident & happy!
they think their daddy is the coolest! oh & steven is an official employee at rotorway now. i know it might've sounded like he already had a helicopter job but basically he was just getting lots of hours for free..which was still awesome but an opening became available & he was hired as the head CFI there while also getting paid as a helicopter mechanic apprentice! (that will take 2 years before he can test to be an A&P mechanic) We feel amazingly blessed since its almost impossible to get pilot jobs right now. Even though he was loving to get to fly..Steven was feeling discouraged that this wasnt going to work out, because you can only go so long without getting paid, right? :) But now, we're really glad we stuck with this for the past 4 months. It's feels weird to actually have an income now!
oh & sorry if the amount of glee songs on here is obnoxious. but they really do make almost every song better. especially the ones sung by Blaine. i think i'm sort of obsessed with his voice!
