The boys...

It has occured to Gregg and I that we will only be able to say "the boys" for a few more weeks. We always say stuff like, get the boys dressed or put the boys in the car, and we were talking the other night about possibly going to La Grande when Kendra has her baby and we were talking about the boys, than Gregg was like, "No, the kids..." and it was weird to think about. Well for now it is still the boys and I am sure even after Lydi is here there will be plenty of instances we will be referring to the two of them and we will still use it. Now I will also have to decide if I will try to match all three (not that we do this everyday, but a lot of time there outfits go together). Ahh, it will be so fun to have a girl :)

6 weeks or so...

For some unknown reason we let the boys get completely muddy in white shirts...Good thing for bleach :)Last weekend my parents kept the boys while we went to Spokane for a few days. It was so fun to get away and relax without the kids. I did miss them quite a bit and we were ready to come home after two nights of not seeing them. While we were there we got a new carseat for Lydia...which I love! It is black and white with little hot pink on it. I am sure there will be pictures of her in it to post after she is born.

This weekend was Mother's day. We celebrated by making brunch for my mom and Gregg's mom at Kendra' house. I brought baked french toast and bacon and Kendra made a yummy egg dish and fruit salad. Since Kyler had to work all day, after brunch we hung out at our house and let the boys play outside until Kyler got off work at 6:30 and then we all had frozen yogurt at the Red Caboose. We hadn't been in there before and it was great. Fun day!

Here are a few of the boys playing us a Mother's day song :)

I am definitely starting to feel the fatigue of pregnancy with two little kids! It is my own fault because I keep doing too much. Gregg has been awesome taking care of so much so I don't have to, but sometimes I just don't let my self sit when I should. Lydi seems to be more active then the boys were, but I can't really remember. I have got to the point of not being able to sleep as well...I think that adds to my tiredness. I am already at the point of counting down :)

I hardly took or posted any pictures of myself pregnant with Lydi so Gregg took a few this afternoon and I decided to post them. I am 34 weeks on Thursday so hopefully she is here in 6 weeks (or less!)

Happy Birthday Payton and Easter

This was a busy weekend at the Jones house! On Good Friday, the men worked all day to set up Payton and Kellen's new playset and it was a lot of work. Kendra, mom and I spent most of the day playing with the boys and keeping them busy and out of the way of construction, by playing at the McDonald's playland and dying Easter Eggs. Set up ended up going through to Saturday morning, but they were able to finish it in time for the kids to play on it at Payton's Birthday party. Kendra and I even did quite a bit!

Gregg, Dad and Gavin did most of the work and Keaton did a little project management

We did eggs for the babies too...By Thanksgiving we will have twice as many kids at our family holidays :)Kellen writing his name on his egg...he only broke two while dying which I thought was pretty good. Payton loved dying eggs and mixing colors.


Saturday was Payton's 3rd Birthday! I still can't believe it was three years ago that we brought him home from the hospital. It has gone so fast! We had lots of good friends over for a party that included an egg hunt, mini ice cream worm and dirt cakes, and a lot of sunshine which allowed the kids to run around try out the new playset which Gregg, my dad, Gavin and some friends completed during the first half hour of the party. It didn't seem to bother the kids who were playing on it while the men were still working :)He was so excited about every card and present.

Dad and Gregg watching the present opening.

The boys jamming together. We need to restring Payton's guitar because he is a lefty.



Payton's worm and dirt, ice cream brownie cakes

Gregg serving up the little cakes
The playset was a big hit! Our house will definitely be the cool place to hang out this summer.

Sunday was Easter, so we woke up and did an Easter hunt with the boys, which included Payton and Kellen searching the house for 10 items: Two Carrot baseball bats, two new movies, two boxes of animal cookies, two color wonder boards and two baskets full of bubbles, sidewalk chalk and a few pieces of candy. Payton was such a good big brother letting Kellen find some of the stuff and giving him hints when he saw them. After the hunt we headed to the church for Easter Breakfast and Service. Then home for naps before we headed to mom and dad's for a barbeque.

The weather here had been awful up until this weekend but this weekend we had clear sunny skies and warm weather. It was so perfect!The family - this was actually one of the last pictures we took and Payton was over it :)

Our attempt at a family picture where we are all looking at the camera and smiling!
Me at 31 weeks and Kendra at 25 weeks.

Doing it the hard way!

For some reason the way I had been downloading pictures forever stopped working, so I am going to have to do it the long way. I have been too busy and tired to try to figure out why it isn't working the other way, so I should take some time to look into it, but in the mean time here are some pictures. Hopefully after Payton's Birthday and Easter this weekend I will have a lot more.

When we went into the doctors today he gave us a little sneak peak ultrasound. We are excited there is only about 9 weeks left until we see her in person. She looks healthy and right on track and we were reaffirmed she is still a "she". Payton was especially excited for the ultrasound. He loves feeling her move and everytime we are out shopping he is always trying to get me to buy little dresses and outfits for her. He is such a good big brother to Kellen and I know he will be to Lydi as well.

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Lately...

We are so ready for nice weather so we can be outside on a regular basis. The boys are both doing well and growing up like crazy.

It has been so fun to see Kellen's personalitly developing. He and his brother are so different. He is much sillier and also more rebellious. We counted yesterday and he says about 70 words or so. He knows almost all of his body parts and is getting really good at making puzzles. He knows some of his shapes too. No matter what Payton is doing he wants to be a part of it. If he doesn't see him he yells "Payton, are you?" He is a great sleeper taking a 2 hour nap every afternoon and sleeping at night from 6pm-almost 8am. He makes up for it with tons of energy in the day :)

Payton is almost three...I can't believe it. He has been looking forward to his birthday for a long time. He has been practicing his letters. He knows most of them and now is trying to write them. He talks nonstop, which is probably why his brother already knows so many words :) He is quite a big help to me, most of the time. Here he is practicing his letters like they do in "real" school.

Here he is showing how he copied the H I made...and in case you are wondering H is for Hagemeier....the last name of his best friend Olivia.

Don't let Payton's look fool you... this whole pullup head thing was his idea :)

We still make him sleep in a pullup even though he has been dry at night for the past few months. I am not quite ready to make that jump yet. Maybe after Lydi is born. This pullup head thing has become an almost nightly ritual.

Painting is one of the favorite things to do especially when the weather is bad. Kellen has the hang of it now, but for a while he would put on the paint and then dip in the water. It drove Payton crazy, so its a good thing he figured it out :)

Cheesing out for the camera as usual!

Little sister is growing well still. I will try to post a picture of my tummy soon, its about the same as it was with the boys at 27 weeks. We can see her move now which is fun and Payton likes feeling her move.

We are excited to have found out that the boys (and Lydi) are getting a boy cousin! It will be fun to see all of the cute clothes that the boys have outgrown getting reworn :) I can't wait for summer!