Today

Today has been an emotional day. All good emotions though. We started off the day by sending this big boy off to his first day of school!

He wasn't too happy about waking up early and it took him awhile to get out of bed, but once he was up and had his breakfast he was ready to roll. Clothes and shoes on, and back-pack ready to go. He was so excited. Once we got to his school the morning went by quick, and it was time to say good-bye. It was hard, and I was fighting the tears. I gave him a quick hug and kiss so I didn't embarass him. I kept asking him if he was ok, and he kept saying "yes, mom..." he wasn't the least bit sad to see me go. I watched him for awhile through the windows. He sat there so proud and ready for his big day... I was so excited for him and yet so nervous. I found this poem the other day and thought it was perfect. I'm pretty sure this is how every mom feels on their childs first day of school.

I wonder what you're doing right now
And if everyone is treating you kind.
I hope there's a special person,
A nice friend that you can find.

I wonder if the teacher knows

Just how special you are to me.

And if the brightness of your heart

Is something he can see.

I wonder if you are thinking about me,

And if you need a hug.

I already miss the sound of your voice

And how you give my leg a tug.

I wonder if you could possibly understand

How hard it is for me to let you grow.

On this day know that my heart breaks,

For this is the first step in letting my baby go.

He did great and had so much fun. I asked him what he did and he said,

"Well, we wrote A LOT of papers, I drew a picture of our family, I raised my hand to go to the bathroom, we had recess AND I am the ONLY boy at my table!"
Haha. Sounds like a good day to me.

He showed me the picture he drew of our family and it had everyone, including the baby in my tummy. He told me who everyone was and then he stopped when he got to himself and said, "Oh crap! I forgot to draw my arms!"

Love this little boy so much and I am so very very proud of him. He is growing up so fast, but it has been so much fun. I hope he loves school and that he makes a lot of friends. I can't wait to hear about the new things he learns. Way to go Deagan!

I also had a dr. appt today and we found out what we are having which is so exciting! 4:00 took forever to get here. But, it didn't take long for the dr. to see that we are having a sweet little baby GIRL! We are so so excited. The boys have been wanting a baby sister since they found out about the baby. I have felt like it was a girl the whole time, but wasn't sure if it was just because I wanted one so bad. It will be so fun to have another girl in the family that I can do girl stuff with. We are so blessed and so very grateful. Today has been a perfect day.

Finally An Update!

Well we survived the big rotation. Dev is finally home! He has actually been home for a few weeks, I just haven't gotten around to posting about it. It has been so nice having him back home and being together as a family again. We sure missed him.

Our little Treyden decided he was ready to wear his big boy pants and was potty trained in about 2 days. He had a good teacher (his big brother) to show him how its done. He is pretty proud of himself, but not as proud as I am. Next step is getting him into a big boy bed!

We also got a new puppy. Her name is Bella. She is pretty sweet. The boys love her. They have had so much fun playing with her, Zoe is getting pretty lazy already and not as interested in playing with them anymore as she used to be. I was against the whole idea when Dev told me he wanted to get one. I finally got Treyden potty trained and now I have to potty train a puppy... I don't think so! But, I gave in. And here she is...

(she looks a little dirty cuz her and the boys were playing in the water.)

And here is Miss Zoe, its been a week and she is still pretty mad about the whole idea... hopefully she comes around. Haha.

And Deagan has his first day of kindergarten tomorrow! I can hardly believe it. He doesn't seem old enough... It has been fun shopping for everything he needs and getting him all ready. We had an open house at his school the other night and he got to meet the kids in his class and check everything out. He is going to have so much fun, I am so excited for him. I asked him what he is excited for the most and his answer was, " To cross the monkey bars the whole way!" Haha. So Deagan, recess will be the best part of his day I'm sure. I am sure I will be a mess dropping him off. I get teary eyed just thinking about it... I don't know what I will do without him all morning. Me or Treyden. One things for sure, things will be quiet until he gets home at 11:45.

As for me, I am feeling so much better and my energy is coming back. We are all happy about that! I am two days shy of being 19 weeks and we get to find out what we are having tomorrow! I can't wait. None of us can. We all think it's a girl so if it turns out to be a boy we will all be surprised, but so happy either way.