e turns three!!!

 this little dinosaur turned three this month.

 we celebrated this little rawr rawr with family

and his traditional donut cake.

 we played pin the tail on the dinosaur. 

it was a hit.

e loved it and took a turn a few times.

 love this picture of this little cutie.

 uncle tyler and uncle thor got in on the action as well.

thor was really funny to watch because instead of guessing he felt his way to the perfect spot.

obviously it's been a while since he played the game.

 i scored these awesome dinosaur masks on clearance 

and they were the perfect addition to emmet's birthday party. 

all of the streamers you see in the pictures and balloons were bryan's doing.

so grateful to have a husband who can take charge and really decorate for his son's birthday party when his pregnant wife is feeling sore and sleepy.

a family of rawr rawr's 

we could not be luckier to have mr. e in our little family.

he makes our days brighter and more relaxed.

his laugh is the best and we love him so.

from g's point of view

 

 this was our second to last weekend together as a family of four.

g and i started out the day being the only ones up and we made a pan full of german pancakes.

i thought it would be fun to eat them outside, 

especially since g is always asking if we can have a picnic. 

 later today we had to make a quick costco run and then went to grab dinner.

she grabbed my phone and asked if she could play on it.

 i said yes and she proceeded to take almost 100 pictures with my phone.

 i had no idea that was what she was doing.

it was so fun to look through and see life in her world.

 there was one adorably blurry picture of her unicorn purse that i had to include.

what if one day this small detail escapes our memory.

 she is pure magic.

this age she is at is one of my favorites although it can be challenging at times, it is so magical.

her and e love eating here gobbled down his cheeseburger and then a fourth of my double double. 

this was such a wonderful weekend with my family.

i hate to see it end.

thoughts on having a third child

in less than two weeks we will have a new member of the family. 

up until then he has been with us in my belly.

hanging out, moving, living, 

kicking, rather strongly i might add.

soon he will be in mine and bryan's arms,

cooing, crying, eating, sleeping

and doing whatever other things he will do.

the things that will make him him.

i can't wait for them to place him on my chest.

to smell his head.

oh that baby smell is intoxicating.

to introduce him to his big sister and big brother for the first time.

to take him home and discover how we will do life as a family of five.

as exciting as all of this is,

i am also a little terrified.

i know that he will complete our family.

i know that as soon as i see him i won't ever be able to imagine life without him.

i also know that i haven't done the up in the middle of the night with kids thing 

in what feels like a very long time.

i don't know how i will keep up with a newborn and an energetic sister and brother.

 it will be interesting trying to tag a baby along to preschool drop offs and pick ups and just do daily life with a wee little one.

it will work out, but it feels daunting to me when i try to picture it in my head.

so here is to you baby boy.

i can already feel how strong you are and i can't wait to discover a thousand more things about you.

we already love you.

all four of us love you and the puppies will too.

in just two weeks from today you will be here in our home hanging out with  us.

total craziness boy.

 love you boy.