not much going on here. kirstine's birthday is friday, and her party is saturday at noon. so we've got some cleaning to do. she is very excited about it, but all she really cares about is getting her tinkerbell balloon. she asks for it constantly. i've had to threaten her once or twice by telling her she wouldn't get it if she asked me one more time.

we had a beautiful day yesterday. our thermometer (which is always about 5-7 degrees warmer than it really is) said it was 75 yesterday and the day before. the kids got to go play in the back yard and i kept the doors and windows open all day. it's back in the low 40s today. and raining all day. which means it will be cold for her birthday. at least there's not a lot of kids coming over that we'll have to entertain. that would be hard in the house.

did i mention that when we found out we were pregnant i read an article that said you shouldn't tell your toddlers you're having a baby until a week or 2 before the baby arrives? scott and i thought that was hogwash. Will was about 16 months old when we found out we were pregnant with kirstine. it was the most precious time. i have the fondest memories of him laying on me and giving my belly tons and tons of kisses. he kissed her every night before he went to sleep. and he just loved to rub on my belly. why would you deprive your child and yourself of this wonderfulness? Kirstine is just as precious. she still gets confused and thinks there is a baby in her belly, too. when we pray at night (and she is a great pray-er. she keeps her eyes shut and her hands folded the entire time) we eventually get to the part that says "god bless mommy, daddy, bubba, kirstine, and the new baby" and as soon as we get to the new baby part, she lifts up her pajamas and points to her belly and says "baby right here!" (she also, like will, kisses my belly everynight before she goes to bed)
and then she did the cutest thing yesterday. i have the sonogram picture as my background on my cell phone. since they were in the room for the sono, they know what the baby looks like. so i held up the phone and asked her what it was, and she said the baby. then she grabbed the phone and said "i wanna hear the baby." (whenever she wants to talk to someone on the phone she says she wants to hear them).she put the phone up to her ear and said "hello baby" and proceeded to talk to the baby. i just died.
gran and papa arrive tomorrow night and the kids are very excited. i'll post pics next week of the "party". well i guess that's all for now.