School BBQ time!

Lily's elementary school held a BBQ last night to celebrate the end of the school year. I can't believe Kindergarten is almost over for her and that she will be in the 1st grade soon. She showed us all around her school and we got to talk to her teacher and see all the kids artwork and projects from the other classes.

She especially wanted to go to the swings. No surprise here.

Her teacher made the cutest scrapbooks for the kids with pictures throughout the past year at school. I love things like this that I can save and cherish, I try not to be a hoarder with her class work and projects but its hard throwing these things away.

Drawings

Lily loves to paint, draw, color, you name it! Last night she wanted to write a story about her cousins as part of her homework, here is her picture:

She knows her cousin Brandon has "orange" hair and that he loves to play on the Wii (hence the remote in his hands).

She knows her cousin Ayden has "yellow" hair, and that he would always wear his rain boots.

She loves these two boys without a doubt.

I love children's drawings, and I especially love her imagination.

Recital time!

Lily had one of her 2 annual recitals this Sunday, they are held at a little church in San Bernardino and some of the other students from her school also perform for their families. I really love her school, she has been going for about a year now and her teacher is amazing, Lily adores her. It's so fun to watch Lily learn and grow in her lessons, she's been taking them for about a year now and she is already so good at reading music and memorizing songs and learning new ones; she even makes up her own songs on the piano and sings to them. I can't wait to see how good she is going to be in the next few year. Totally proud of my Bug!

It's a.........

Boy, boy boy!!!!!!!!!

We finally know what the gender is of this little baby growing inside me. He is definitely a boy, we got a good shot of the goods and for sure its a turtle (lol! this is the term the Ultrasound tech gave the boy parts.. pretty funny!) I am pretty excited, but scared at the same time, having a little boy is going to be so different than what I am used to. Dad wants to name him Tyler, so... Tyler it is.. cant wait to see his face for real in September.

On a side note, isnt it cute how it looks like he is smiling, and praying... the whole time during the ultrasound his little hands were held together right near his face. He looks so peaceful, I sure hope he stays like that once he comes out to meet the world!

I wont share the pic of the boy parts, lol.. but they are definitely there!

Babies Babies Babies!

May 17th is officially my ultrasound date.. I have to say I am anxious, but scared about it. I have a little girl already and she is my world and I can't imagine loving another baby as much as her (though I know I will, its hard to imagine right now in this moment). I'd love a little boy, don't get me wrong, but there is just something so sweet and magical about baby girls that I love. He of course wants a boy, what man doesn't... but I wont tell him I am secretly hoping its a girl, I honestly would just feel so much more prepared for a girl than a boy and it doesn't help that there is so much cute clothing for girls that I see when I am out shopping (stay away from Target right now.. spring dresses everywhere). Less than 2 weeks and I'll know!

On a side note.. isn't it rude when people ask you if you are having twins.. lol.. I've gained 8 pounds my first 21 weeks, I hardly think thats a lot of weight to gain, people have some nerve sometimes!

A blustery day

The past few days have been spent packing, and unpacking and packing some more. Moving while pregnant is not fun at all, but being in a new place sure is nice. Yesterday I decided to take an hour off from my long list of things to put away and Lily and I went outside to fly her new kite. Its not the best kite, what do you expect for a few dollars, but it was a ton of fun and she was seriously worn out by the time we were finished. (She didnt even budge all night, which for her is practically unheard of). I wasn't able to run around and fly it with her much (dead tired at this point), but I sat and watched and snapped a few pictures of her in action. She even made a friend along the way. It was a good end to my crazy weekend.

By the way.. its so awesome living right next door to a really nice park, cant wait to go on evening walks with her and let her ride her bike.