My sweet boy turned 5 yesterday!

I can't believe how big he is, I swear it was just yesterday that we had him. I can still remember finding out he was a boy when he came out and how much love I felt for him the moment he was in my arms. Him and I have always had a special relationship (just like the other boys).

Dylan is so sweet, kind, gentle, SUPER SILLY, a prankster, he can hold his own against his big brothers, makes us laugh constantly, creative, likes to take pictures, VERY SMART, comes up with his own words just like his mom, ALWAYS HONEST, is excited to be a BIG brother, shy, hyper, LOUD, a great dancer, best bowler in the family on the kinect, loves his alone time, loves to play with legos, can't wait to start Kindergarten and as he puts it he's SO LOVELY!!

We LOVE our DYLAN the CHILLIN' VILLIAN!!!!

For his special day he didn't want a cake he wanted S'MORES so we melted a marshmallow and put a candle in it and sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our sweet boy. He wanted to have a campout but NOT outside so Daddy managed to STUFF our tent in our family rm and the boys camped out and watched movies all night! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DYL WE HOPE THAT YOUR DAY WAS AS SPECIAL AS YOU ARE!!!

It's a process

Adia's room is slowly but surely coming together! 

The boys and I built all of her furniture together....

~The mess before the organization~

 ~We were so proud of ourselves when this was FINALLY built....3 hrs later~

 ~Blank slate!~

(Dylan is posing NOT actually sad ha ha)

~It's coming together!~

So much more to do but what we have so far is GREAT!

Once we are done I will post final pictures....SO EXCITING!!!!

As for our SWEET BABY GIRL she is doing great! She's a little wiggle worm and I STILL love it. I'm 31 wks along now which means I've only got 6-8 wks to go! That all depends on her size...my Dr is doing yet ANOTHER ultrasound when I am 36 wks to see how big she is because the boys have all been EARLY and BIG so she doesn't want me to go too far along if she is measuring big. It would be nice to have a baby that weighed less than 8 lbs for once! Whenever she gets here I'm so excited! I can't believe how fast this pregnancy has gone by...it's bittersweet knowing this is our last but I have to admit that now that it's so close to her coming I can't wait! This pregnancy has been such a wild ride I think I'm ready for it to be over too. 

So far what's happened:

~ Placenta Previa (fixed itself) ~

~ Had to go to a Genetic Specialist because after 3 ultrasounds they were unable to see her left ventricle of her heart (Specialist saw it right away) ~

~ Have had 4 UTI's never had one before being pregnant (have been put on a nightly dose of antibiotics for the remainder of the pregnancy) ~

~ My Ketones have been measuring high which means my body is eating muscle instead of making energy from what I am consuming (this always happens to me regardless of what I eat or how much I exercise my muscle deteriorates when I am pregnant) ~

~ Was told my body isn't absorbing the gallon to gal 1/2 of water I am drinking daily and they were worried about my amniotic fluid being low (measured my fluid and it's PERFECT) ~

Needless to say I'm worn out from all the false alarms BUT I'm so grateful that most of them were false alarms and that everything is fine.

So now we just wait for Adia to get here so we can meet her! 

I can't wait!!!

Fourth of July Eve

Jeff and I went to the Fort McDowell Fourth of July Celebration Concert last night!

It was a ton of fun RAIN and ALL!!!

Blake Shelton performed along with Casey James and Crystal Bowersox.

It was a PERFECT night...not even HOT and it rained a little which for my pregnant overheated body was a BONUS!  During Crystal Bowersox's performance lighting started and rain began to fall so they stopped the concert because they were worried about the electrical equipment so for 20 minutes everyone stood in the rain...by the time they were ready to start again it was time for Blake to take the stage (poor Crystal got one song in before her part was cancelled). Blake did a great job and we got front row in our section which was cool (although next time I will pay for assigned stage seats like we usually do) we were able to see the back of the stage from where we were and got to watch the performers interact with people and us...everyone was really nice!

If only my phone didn't stop working the day before it would have been even better because I would have gotten good pictures of the whole thing! Instead I had to use Jeff's phone which SUCKS and doesn't even have a flash so yes I know the pictures aren't good but I wanted to document our baby girls 2nd concert :)

Flogging Molly and Blake Shelton...we are trying to diversify her so she's just like her mommy!!! She had a ton of fun she was doing flips and kicking to the music the entire time!

 You can totally tell this is Blake by his posture HahaHa!

Jeff is so funny I wanted to enter to win a chance for a meet and greet after the concert and he said, "No you don't need to see how tall he is. I'm 6 ft and that's good enough for you." He's such a dork...I LOVE him!

At the end there was a beautiful LONG fireworks show.

 It was a GREAT and PERFECT night with my best friend!

Fossil Springs

Since I'm missing AJ ALOT right now because he's at a week long Scout camp I thought I'd post pictures from his last camping trip in June to Fossil Springs!

They had to hike 4 miles with 20+ lb backpacks on their backs to get to this site..which meant the most minimal was taken in so there were NO tents, NO stove and NO fires were allowed. Of course he LOVED it!

The water is BEAUTIFUL!

 I wish the hike wasn't so loooooong because I'd love to go there!

The rocks behind the falls smoothed out and made PERFECT slides for the boys to go down! 

AJ was a fish the entire time (no surprise)and survived with only bumps and bruises...and a loose permanent tooth that we are now going to have to have replaced because it fell out :( But he loved it and I'm so glad he has the chance to experience all of these amazing camping trips!