Peter Started Pre-School

Peter started pre-school on August 14th. I don't think he really knew what it was all about at first but he was excited to wear his new Phineas and Ferb backpack. He loves going to school. It's amazing some of the differences I've noticed in him after just 3 weeks of going. It has definitely helped improve his speech and also his behavior at church. Last Sunday he said in a very excited voice, "Let's go to primary!" Which is a big thing because earlier this year I had to sit with him in primary to help him behave. 

Modeling his new backpack

Carpooling with his good friend Tingen

Peter and his teacher Miss Amy

Pregnancy Update

Just one month from today is my due date and I finally got around to taking a belly shot for this pregnancy and thought it would be fun to compare the pictures from previous pregnancies. Apparently I'm required to have short hair while pregnant although I'm about ready to chop it again with this heat. I like the middle picture the best. We still have not decided on a name and I personally think naming a boy is harder than naming a girl. Hopefully we'll come up with something soon. 

A funny side note if you look at the pictures you can tell what I painted that pregnancy. Peter = nothing, Josie = kitchen & living room, this baby = our bedroom.

I must say that being pregnant in the summer seriously stinks, especially here in AZ. It's been a fairly wet and humid summer and I have an issue keeping dry. I am not normally a sweaty person but now I wake up sweaty, in addition to drooling. And my hair and face seem to be wet all the time. The pool, when I have the energy, is really a life saver. We went today and I could barely keep my swimsuit covering my belly. When it was time to get out of the water I seriously felt like I gained 20 pounds.

I have seriously been craving popsicles these past few months, I couldn't even tell you how many I've actually eaten mostly because it's almost never just one at a time or even once a day. I suppose there are worse things to crave than popsicles.

It's strange that this pregnancy has kicked my butt more than my previous ones. My doctor just tells me that I'm older than I was last time and that's just part of life. I didn't really have a super energy filled second trimester and it may just be a coincidence but it seems like my social life and the kids social life have basically disappeared. I feel like I should organize more play dates for Josie and Peter and then I think that I don't really have the energy for that and don't. The only reason I managed to get our bedroom painted is because I asked my friend Amanda to pick a day and come help, I had had the paint for a couple months by the time I asked her. Other than being tired I've had a pretty low key pregnancy, which is great because it means I'm right on track for having my second VBA2C. I'm really hoping that this labor and delivery go as smoothly as Josie's did. It would be so much easier to plan if I knew when my body will decide to go into labor. I had an ultrasound a couple weeks ago and it was determined that my little baby boy is measuring a week ahead of schedule, I'm hoping that means he's going to be an August baby. *Fingers crossed*

Peter and Josie Got New Shirts

Check out Peter and Josie's new shirts!

Random Stories About Josie and Peter

Josie will hear the bath water running and do the sign for bath and then run towards the bathroom. 


She will be sitting in her high chair and I will ask her if she is all done and she will do the sign for all done and then when I go to get her out she will grab a handful of food and shove it into her mouth. 


Josie and Peter now share a room and have for a few months. It took a while for them to get used to it but now it's really nice. Well, until the past few weeks when Peter climbs into Josie's crib with her and she will scream bloody murder until we go in and extract him. I have learned that I can calm the situation by singing a primary song. I sang Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam one time and Peter climbed out of bed and crouched down and he popped up every time I sang beam. It took me by surprise the first time but it's so stinking cute. 


Josie wants to be just like her big brother and will copy things that he says and does. The other day Peter claimed to be stuck somewhere and Josie said stuck. 


We were at church a while back and Peter brought his stuffed dog Blue to play with during sacrament meeting. We just happened to be sitting in a pew next to the wall and Peter shoved Blue between the wall and the pew and said stuck. 

Peter was asking me for milk and I said to him, "What do you say?" and as he was emphatically saying "Please" with the sign for please, I look over at Josie in her highchair and she is also doing the sign for "please" and I heard her say "Please." It was the cutest thing ever!


I was going to rearrange my freezer so I brought my cooler inside and let it sit for a while until the kids went down for naps. So when I was ready I opened the cooler and it was wet inside. It wasn't wet before. I'm pretty sure Peter sat in the cooler and peed in it. Earlier I couldn't find where Peter was sitting when he wet his pants, now I know. This also explains why his foot was wet too.


Josie absolutely hates the one piece pjs, or she hates the time it takes to put them on her (which is longer than is should be because she wiggles and squirms to prevent it from happening).


Peter and I were eating "pillows" (pizza rolls) for lunch. I put some more on my plate and Peter took my plate and said, "welcome" as in you're welcome as in thank you in Peter speak.


Josie likes to look at books and point at things in the books and say, "this." She gets a kick when I start saying "this" as well.


If I make a kissey face at Josie she will stick her face in mine to get a kiss at least twice in a row. :)

Peter's 3 Year Stats

Peter also went in to the doctor's for his annual check-up last Monday. It was kind of fun because at 3 is when they start to do the physical type exam in addition to the doctor exam. They took his blood pressure and he got to help and they weighed and measured him using the big scale and the wall ruler. He was a bit wary of the thing that comes down on the wall ruler to measure his height but overall he did really well. They tried to do the hearing test but he wasn't giving clear enough answers, they also tried to do the vision test and they had me cover up one of his eyes but by the end of the exam instead of standing with his back against the wall he was lying on the floor with me covering one of his eyes. Maybe next year. :) I also tried to get him to pee in a cup and he just thought that was the funniest thing and was not having any of it. Peter used to be a crier whenever the doctor tried to touch him and this time he actually laughed. So here are his stats:

Height: 37 1/2" - 50%
Weight: 31 lbs - 45%
Head: 19 3/4" - 60%

So he's definitely growing really well. He came from the bottom and is now in the middle for everything. He is quite the character and a 75% good big brother. If I tell Josie to stop doing something and I don't get to her first he will intervene and take it away or make her stop what she was doing. I have to remind him that I am the Mom and I will take care of it. But he will also sit and play with her or give her toys or smack her or push her down for no apparent reason. He has so much energy and loves to go and play at the park or at his friend Tingen's house. He has turned into quite the picky eater, it's frustrating because he used to be just like Josie where I could put anything in front of him and he would eat it happily. I guess that's part of growing up. He loves Blue's Clues and Phineas and Ferb and he gets to watch one episode of one show after peeing in the potty. Which leads us to Peter's potty training, he has gotten so good at going to the potty all by himself. He will even yell potty and run to the bathroom when he needs to go. Peter is talking a ton. It's amazing the difference between a 2 year old and a 3 year old. He's still working on sentences and it's entertaining to listen to. He knows that there are supposed to be more words between Mommy and Blue's Clues Joe so he will insert made up words and that will be his sentence. Peter loves to hide in things; it doesn't really matter what, laundry baskets, boxes, under blankets or pillows he loves it. He thinks that because he loves it so much that everyone does too so he'll try to cover Josie or his friends in pillows and blankets and that usually ends with whomever he is trying to cover crying for help. He also loves to play with any and all electronics especially my camera. I have a whole folder dedicated to pictures Peter has taken while playing with the camera.

I heard a ruckus during nap time and went to check on Peter and this is what I found 

 Looking cool in his sunglasses

Watching a movie with his cousin SD

This picture makes me wonder where my little boy went

Dressing Blue in his clothes

Helping Mommy crochet Josie's blanket

Chilling in his new Black Friday car seat, the last car seat he will ever need

So happy he gets to bash the pinata at Tingen's birthday party

Striking a pose

Self portrait

They had so much fun playing with these blankets

Peter loves when we get packages

Paper monster!

He's going to mail himself to you

Peter's handiwork behind the camera