My life is changing!

I am so excited to announce that I am now a stay at home mom!!! We ended up going to Labor and Delivery on Sunday night due to contractions that just wouldn't stop and kept getting worse. I am only 36 weeks pregnant so still too early for me to have this baby. So they pumped me full of IV fluids to try and rehydrate me but I was still contracting and dilating. Turns out I am now dilated to 4 and 80% effaced. Eventually the contractions slowed down enough that the next morning they felt comfortable sending me home. I went in for a follow up check up and the Dr said we need you to make it at least 1 more week to be full term so I have been told no more work!! I am still having contractions through out the day but that is normal for me and I'm really trying hard to push fluids to keep the contractions at bay. I am so excited that we are actually going to make it to the month I am due this time! Our goal is to make it past the 4th of July b/c that will officially make me 37 weeks and then they won't try and stop my labor after that and then it's all in God's hands! The kids are so excited that they no longer have to go to daycare and can stay home with me. Now I need to figure out a schedule for them so they don't get bored and I don't go crazy!  

Happy Birthday John!!!

John is 3!! I can't believe how time flys by! It is our tradition to have Mickey Mouse pancakes on your birthday and balloon on your chair! The kids love it and I loved it when I was a kid!

John loves M&M's so his choice for the face was obvious! He ate more of the M&M's than the actual pancake!

Of course what is a birthday without your favorite kind of birthday cake?!?

He thought he was done with his birthday after the cake b/c he didn't see any presents wrapped up on the table like usual. To his surprise a big present that was covered in a blanket mysteriously rolled out into the living room!

He was so excited to get his very own car!

Today we had his birthday party with all of our family and friends! John ordered 8ft in a sub sandwich which ended up being WAY TOO MUCH! We sent home foot longs with 4 different families! We had a TON of food left over!

We had a Transformers Themed b-day party (more Big John's idea than lil John's)! Everyone was walking around with black, blue or red teeth!

There is nothing like a pinata at a party!

A nice dip in the pool when it's 95 degrees out is always a great idea! The kids had a blast and John fell asleep on his dad after everyone left! Too cute!