Now THAT's a biiiig belly...

If you are not fond of big pregnant bellies, well, mine in particular, then look away (you chicken). Figured we should get it on a little video clip with the boys before it's too late... you know, since this baby is going to be BORN IN 6 DAYS!!!!!!!!!

Believe it or not Mads is moving in for a smooch on the belly, not about to take a big bite...

Mads wants to look at and hug and kiss and smother my belly with love at least once every day. It is the darn cutest thing to me!! He might be really sad when the belly he loves is gone and there is just a baby here to take it's place... for real! Rulon on the other hand can't wait to see his little sister. We made a countdown chain a few days ago and he is sooo excited at how short that chain is getting!

RedSox fevah

I had it in mind to get a good picture of my Red Sox loving family... this is as good as it got, can't ask for all eyes and smiles on my at the same time... they are great to humor me at all.

**A very special thanks to my Red Sox jersey wardrobe specialist over the last several years, that's right mom, this is a shout out to YOU!! :)

Easter Morning

"ok boys, NOW you can take stuff out of your baskets..."
Mads went straight for the edible stuff.
Rulon was way more interested in the books and stickers.

Well, it was a little bit of a challenge to get the boys to look at the camera or seem very animated, but hey, they have been sleep deprived with cousins here for the past few days. They were actually pretty excited to dig in to their baskets but I was slow with the camera and missed the moment. Oh well, still cute.

A litttle project

Well, I wanted to buy one of these car seat covers because they are so cute and actually cleverly functional... but they are expensive. So I made one!! Picked out the fabric, ribbon, buttons and made it from a pattern in my brain - and it turned out!!! so I can't resist posting it because I am proud of it.

Not bad, huh!! That's the first ruffle I have ever sewn :)

Easter Eggs!!

This morning we drove through a crazy April blizzard to spent some time decorating Easter eggs with Melissa and the family!! My boys don't even realize how lucky they are because without Melissa (and Lindsay last year in Texas) they would never have decorated an Easter egg in their young lives! This was before the fun began, we gave some little rice krispie treat nests with robin eggs in them to each of the kiddos (and Melis & Dan of course)
Ready... set... go!! Nice set up Melissa, seriously great organization to the project!!!!!!!!!

Rulon did great, pretty much did everything on his own. He is so careful it makes it easy for me to focus on helping Mads.

Look at Mads watching Rulon's every move, a common sight :)

Mads liked to scribble or have me write his name on each egg before dunking it in a color.

Rulon is pointing out his favorite egg.

It was a total blast!! The funy thing was when we got home Rulon wanted to try one of his eggs, so I helped him peel it and he was already confused about the "hard" egg inside the shell. You see, we have never had hard boiled eggs in our house. So I cut it in a few slices on a plate put a little salt on a piece and Rulon took a taste. Now he is scarred for life. He about puked, cried and tantrumed in the same second. He RAN to the garbage spit it out and ran down the stairs yelling how he didn't ever want his eggslike that EVER again. So, that went well. :)