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This last weekend we went down to Columbia Missouri. It was so much fun. It is an actual city type place and had a real mall and lots of other fun stuff. It was nice to get out of Kirksville for a day and spend a day that felt more like Home! Not saying that Kirksville doesn't feel like home, but it was great to not have to shop at Wal-Mart! We went with our friends Chris and Carrie and split the gas so it wasn't that much to go down.
Me- I am now 33 weeks along and getting closer to having our little boy join our family. Tyler just bought me my first sewing machine (early christmas gift!) and I am so excited for it to come. Of course, it was the cheap one but I am so excited to have one and to hopefully improve my sewing techniques! For those of you who I have not cornered and shown my blankets to, I will try and get a picture of them for you. But I did successfully make 3 baby blankets for barry and I hope to make many more and lots of other stuff. I am planning on making a Doorway Puppet Theater for my girls for Christmas. I will keep you updated.
Tyler- He had a slower weekend so we actually got to see him. It was so nice having him home and being able to play. He is studying hard and doing great in Medical School. I am so proud of him. He is also doing P90X again and doing great at that. He can ( and me too) already see a difference. The school really encourages the students to workout so they can keep in good health. Tyler is more than willing to do it.
Hallie- is busy being 4 and planning what she will do when she is 5. We went for a walk last night and she talked the whole time about being 5 and how big she is getting. She loves to hear stories of when she was little and loves to hear that she is getting so big. I was driving her to school the other day and this was the conversation:
H: Mom, when I get big and have kids of my own will you and Dad be the Grandma and Grandpa?
M: Yes!
A few minutes later ( after much thought on her part)
H: So when I have kids they will come to me and say "Mom, why doesn't Grandpa have any hair?"
M: I am sure they will!
I had to hold back the laughter. She has never really mentioned the fact that Tyler doesn't have much hair but appartenly she thinks about it!
Annie-is really into reading books lately. She loves to corner Tyler or I ( or anyone she can) and have us read book after book to her. She absolutely loves Cinderella right now. We watch them movie at least once a day, usually when Hallie is at school. As most of you know, Annie has a favorite blanket that she has had since she was a baby. It is getting too small and won't keep her warm at night so we got her a new one. The first night she wanted nothing to do with the new blanket and even threw it out in the hall cause she didn't want it near her. The second night she decided to give it a try and took her old blanket out to the hall. Only it was more difficult for her to leave this one so she sat down with it and cried. I told her she could sleep with both blankets if she wanted to. She looked at me and then jumped up with her blanket and ran to bed. She was in heaven with both blankets on her.
Barry- still growing and preparing for his grand entrance!