oh the drama...

so what a interesting 9ish days its been! cory left on the fifth for san antonio to argue his case with the military board and unfortunately they have thier minds set on separating us, so we have a few short weeks (8ish..) left in the military then its off to something...different i guess, we havent quite decided what, and i doubt we will completely decide till something happens.. we do have lots of options we just need to sit with pen and paper and decided what options we actually want to go for, and which ones are better then others, and what not.. so when we finally come to a decision on our future we'll let everyone know.. anywho Cory gets home tomorrow morning (that would be Sunday..) and thankfully despite a few scares the baby is still where he's supposed to be.... for now.. as soon as cory gets home he can come whenever he wants, but he's being good and waiting for daddy! so YAY! i wont have to go through this birth alone! any who..

we did manage to have some fun while cory was gone, we went to our best friends places for dinner a few times! we went swimming with ben and merritt finch, here's a few cute pics in the locker room..:) i know Nana has been wanting to see the girls in their swimming suits she sent so here ya go Nana!

to much fun, i also caved in and let the girls do a fun craft day, i bought some red finger paint and let the girls go to town.. the mess was huge but so much fun to make!!

thankfully i was smart enough to cover their picnic table in newspaper, unfortunately i wasn't smart enough to pull their hair out of their faces...so, for a day or two the girls had little red streaks that refused to come out.. thankfully they are blond again!! it took a wash or two..:)

don't mind the underoo's, i didn't have anything else for them to use, so they just stripped to their necessities..:D

well as you all may remember from my last post i mentioned going to see UP and getting a wading pool, well we went and saw UP and it was sooooooooooo dang cute!!! the little short they do before pixar movies was my most favorite one yet!! (given my current situation..:D) it was hard to pay attention at first because the couple sitting next to me had to sit and argue about what movie we were watching, i finally butted in and said "we're watching UP.. " and the lady looked at me and said "are you sure? i was so positive we were watching night at the museum" i assured her we were watching up and felt really bad when she started crying... i had to reassure her i knew how she felt, i know I've lost quite a few brain cells since i got pregnant.. at least it made her smile again.. anywho, so we watched the movie and it was fantastic, if you haven't seen it yet i highly recommend it!! we'll probably go see it again if cory gets home and hasn't seen it yet!

i know the girls wont mind.. anywho, after the movie we went and got a wading pool and sadly from the time we got it home till, today in fact, it has been cold and wet and rainy and not pool friendly weather.. so today when we woke up to beautiful warm sunshine and i nice gentle breeze we spent a little while cleaning off the balcony and setting up the pool.

the girls had a fantastic time in it!!

my little buggers...

anywho.. so yeah we are so excited to get Cory home! the girls are more excited then i am i think, at least they act like it, i mention he gets home and its like I've just given them a double tall mocha late...they are EVERYWHERE!! bouncing off walls yelling "daddy's coming home!" at the top of their little lungs!! i just don't have the energy to respond like that.. :D any who i managed to catch kaylee in a few silly positions and i thought everyone could use a giggle so here ya go, for your viewing pleasure.. my daughter who can sleep ANYWHERE, in ANY position... its so not fair..

she doesn't want dinner, so what does she do? g'night!

who needs pillows??

it must be laundry day.. check out the penguin tucked in next to her... how thoughtful...

so tired...

nikoy decided kaylee had the right idea and kicked the penguin out.. oh well.. anywho.. that's our week(ish) everything is going well, for now.. we'll keep in touch as things progress.. LOVES!!

quick update!!

so we had a doctors appointment yesterday (and no he's not been born yet, so don't get your hopes up..) and we are happy to announce that baby Shaun currently weighs in at approximately 6 pounds 10 ounces, which is FANTASTIC because Nikoy was 5.10, and Kaylee was 6.8, so he already out weighs their birth weights, so lets hope he gives us 2 more weeks and gains just a bit more..the doctor got worried because apparently I'm to small to be almost 38 weeks pregnant. and the ultra sound confirmed that the baby is doing great.. he's really uncomfortable, but he's growing good! so no more worries. and yes he's still a boy.. Cory made the doc check.. :D.. he he,
anywho, Cory left this morning for San Antonio, he's on the 10 hour flight to Dallas, then he heads off to San Antonio from there, so he'll be in the air a little under 12 hours today. he'll be gone till the 14th. so nine days...we're keeping our fingers crossed that this little boy wants to stay put for at least that long, Cory gets home early on Sunday, so if baby wants to come Sunday afternoon, i wouldn't complain...:) Cory might, but i think it would make a great welcome home present... anywho.. so that's whats going on right now.. nothing really new, we'll probably be going to see UP today so I'll let ya'll know if its good, we're also going to go buy a wading pool for our balcony so the girls can have a break from the heat of our third story, unair-conditioned apartment so yeah.. we're gonna go get to it.. :) everyone please keep Cory in your prayers, i really would like him to get to San Antonio safely, and I'd like it even more if he got back here safely too... so. :) any prayers will help..:) thanks!! love you all!

*O_O* so much to tell...

so memorial weekend was amazingly long! and so much fun!! so Friday started the weekend off, Cory got off work a bit early and we had a yummy picnic with his shop! it was great fun! lots of bratwurst's and schwanks and German barbecue stuff mmmmm tasty...:) Saturday, was VERY eventful, i got up and cleaned up my house a bit, because I knew my best pals, Angela and Merritt were coming to get me for lunch and I wanted to get everything done before they got here, so i cleaned and cleaned, and around noon i got a phone call saying they were on their way! so i got ready and when they got here we left! well as it turned out, Angela said she'd meet us at Merritt's and we'd have to go back and pick her up, so we got to Merritt's, and decided it would be better to wait inside the nice cool house then out in the hot car, so we walked in and this is what i found.....

SURPRISE!!!!!! its a baby shower for me!!!!! oh my gosh i was totally surprised, i wasn't even really suspecting anything...other then food! but people too?! it was fantastic!! i felt terribly loved... and all my favie ward members were there..:D well most of them..the ones that count. ;D he he he...

this is me getting surprised...don't I look shocked??
its like "wow people...." :D

still getting over the shock...

as i recovered we decided to play a few games, there was a "whats sherry wearing" game, and food, and pictionary, while eating food..:D there was lots of food..

its a diaper!! no no, dirty diaper!! no no! DESITIN!!(what?)! yay!! pictionary is definatly one of my favie games...

one word...sounds like.....

i got to draw a bottle of prenatal vitamins....i prefer Flintstones myself....

then it was present time!! i got so much that i really needed! and i still want to thank everyone!!!

lots of diapers, baby soap, towels onsies! so much!! thank you all!!

and some super cute jammie sets.....

feeling loved...

my gracious hosts, Angela, and me and Merritt!! my chica's!!

after games and gifts and what not there was onsies to design,

they all turned out adorably

and cant forget the cake...:D Angela it turned out BEAUTIFUL!!

the super cake was super yummy!!

i didn't want to cut it, but i had to... it makes the eating of it easier...

then i had to get my fix...... (dont worry its a box of chocolates....:D)

after the shower we all came to my house! because it was Saturday the 23rd, and sunday the 24th was Cory's and Angela's birthday!! so we went from one party, to another!! WOOOOO!

so we all got to my house, and Cory grilled some hamburgers and steaks and whatnot, and we all ate our fill, some of us more then our fill (i was stuffed...) and after a little time to digest it was time for cake and presents again!! woooh!! 3 cakes in one day, what an awesome day,, i had some baby shower cake, some of Angela's birthday cake and i made Cory a giant cookie for his cake, because he's more of a cookie person...

a 15 inch pizza pan and the cookie dough almost spilled over!! he he he...

rulon being cute....

PRESENTS!!! weeeee! Cory got a super soaker water gun that he promptly filled and emptied on everyone..

and me and the girls got some itty bitty squirt guns so we can defend ourselves...:D

Cory LOVED his cake (thank heavens, i have HORRIBLE luck making cookies...)

and the girls were so cute giving daddy kisses and hugs and HUGE smiles for daddy's birthday..

anywho, the party wound down and everyone went home, and we were off to bed! Sunday was corys birthday, (and angelas) and we went to church, cory celebrated by wearing his kilt, sorry no pictures.. by the time i had a camera ready he had changed..:) soon,,, i will post pics of him in his kilt soon. he just wants the pictures done right, and since my camera is in the shop and all i have is my dinky point and click camera its not going to work as well, my flash on my nikon broked so its at the nikon people getting fixed!...*sigh* anywho.. sunday was a nice quiet day, we got home from church had some dinner and mostly napped the night away..
getting ready for monday! monday was memorial day! and we had plans! us and the finches and the Barretts (as if we hadnt gotten enough of each other...:D) went into ST. avold in France to an american military cemetery! It was a hot BEAUTIFUL day! we couldnt have asked for better weather! so we took the hour drive into france and got to the cemetery and thats when the fun began!

my girls sure love thier daddy. my 3 blondes...

the guys being silly.. ben, cory and jerome..

more silliness. ben saying "you see what we put up with?" cory saying "jeah..." and jerome saying "woah.."
these guys are a riot....

anywho, we decided to do some family type pics... well i decided.. whether or not anyone cooperated i didnt care.. so heres the finches..:D

and heres the Barretts!



the rest of the time was just relaxin and enjoying the outdoors!

nikoy LOVES the sun!!

and kaylee insisted that she wanted to walk and push the stroller....

cory wandered around and found a few medal of honor winners!!

but he still had time for a kiss... when in france...:D

leaving her trail...:D

the guys wanted some nice pics before we left.

all in all it was an awesome weekend! we took the hour drive home after the cemetery closed,

and had roast and carrots and potato's that had been sitting in a hot crock pot since 10 that morning... it was perfect!! when i tried to lift the roast out it kept falling apart!! it was so tender!! MMMMmmmmm so yeah. dinner was a perfect way to end the day! we all ate and then it was time to go home all our hubbies had to work on tuesday so it was time for bed! so yeah, busy busy busy, but fun! corys another year older..he's so old..:D he he, we've also hit the 36 week mark for our baby, the doctor says honestly he can come at any point, he's about 6ish poinds and getting bigger everyday, we're just keepingour fringers crossed that he decides to come either before cory leaves on the 5th, or waits till he gets home on the 12th.. so keep your fingers crossed for us!! :) anywho. i've taken wnough of your time..:) love you all! we hope your safe and sound and you had as awesome of a weekend as we did!! LOVES!!