Funny....But so true!!

Being a parent changes everything. But being a parent also changes with each baby. Here are some of the ways having a second and third child is different from having your first.

Your Clothes
1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/GYN confirms your pregnancy.
2nd baby: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible.
3rd baby: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.

Preparing for the Birth
1st baby: You practice your breathing religiously.
2nd baby: You don't bother practicing because you remember that last time,breathing didn't do a thing.
3rd baby: You ask for an epidural in your 8th month.

The Layette
1st baby: You pre-wash your newborn's clothes, color coordinate them, and fold them neatly in the baby's little bureau.
2nd baby: You check! to make sure that the clothes are clean and discard only the ones with the darkest stains.
3rd baby: Boys can wear pink, can't they?

Worries
1st baby: At the first sign of distress - a whimper, a frown-you pick up the baby.
2nd baby: You pick the baby up when her wails threaten to wake your firstborn.
3rd baby: You teach your 3-year-old how to rewind the mechanical swing.

Pacifier
1st baby: If the pacifier falls on the floor, you put it away until you can go home and wash and boil it.
2nd baby: When the pacifier falls on the floor, you squirt it off with some juice from the baby's bottle.
3rd baby: You wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in.

Diapering
1st baby: You change your baby's diapers every hour, whether they need it or not.
2nd baby: You change their diaper every 2 to 3 hours, if needed.
3rd baby: You try to change their diaper before others start to complain about the smell or you see it sagging to their knees.

Activities
1st baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, BabySwing, and Baby Story Hour.
2nd baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics.
3rd baby: You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaner.

Going Out
1st baby: The first time you leave your baby with a sitter, you call home 5 times.
2nd baby: Just before you walk out the door, you remember to leave a number where you can be reached.
3rd baby: You leave instructions for the sitter to call only if she sees blood.

At Home
1st baby: You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby.
2nd baby: You spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older child isn't squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby.
3rd baby: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children.

Swallowing Coins
1st child: when first child swallows a coin, you rush the child to the hospital and demand x-rays. 2nd child: when 2nd child swallows a coin, you carefully watch for coin to pass.
3rd child: when 3rd child swallows a coin you deduct it from his allowance!!

Family Day

Our church had Family Day last week-end. The Blaire family was there to sing and to speak. The service was absolutely amazing. The Blaires are definitely a talented family. After the service we had tons of food, horse rides, rock climbing wall, face painting, 4-wheeler rides, go-cart rides, a giant slide, and a obstacle course. Also the neighbor volunteered to come and make elephant ears, deep fried snickers, and all kinds of fair food. It was SO good!!!! There was also cotton candy and snow cones. Mikaila had a blast, and even Mason had some fun as long as I was holding his hand!!!! Mikhi slept through half of it, but that made it SO much easier for me!!! I of course wore high heeled shoes, not even thinking that the whole thing was in a field, and by the end of the day, I was seriously wanting to cry!!! Other than that though, we all had a blast.

Mikaila riding a horse.


Mason getting his face painted. Mikhi was def. ready for a nap!!

Andy and the boys on the go-cart.
Mikaila on the climbing wall......and yes....you can climb in a dress!!!! I'm sure the guy in charge was really wondering!!!!

Parker and Chet.
My dad and Chet....(Dad won!!!)
Mikaila getting her face painted.

Libby and Mikhi on the slide.

Mikaila's first day of school.

Ok...I know these are really late, but as I mentioned below, I lost my camera the first day of school so I had to re-due the pictures!!!! Here is Mikaila the "first day of school". She loves school this year, and is doing really well so far. Her favorite thing though is riding her bike to school!!! She expects me to do this every morning and every afternoon!!!! Its getting so cold in the morning that I've been trying to beg out of it, but she still ends up talking me into it quite often!!!