Another month has come and gone. I was really hoping our baby would come sometime in May, mainly because Brynlee already has a June birthday but she hasn't come yet. I have had several contractions so hopefully she will come soon. We finally got all of our baby things set up and we have a car seat so we are pretty much ready for her to come. The girls have been really enjoying playing with all of the baby things.
May was a fun month for us. Joel started working from 7-4 and he is usually home before 5 each night. We are all really enjoying having Joel home earlier in the day. He has had more time to do his projects. We got our garden (mostly) planted and we helped my grandma do her garden. She went to visit my uncle Eric in Australia so she will be gone for almost three weeks. Brynlee decided she wants to have a "princess water slide" birthday party. She has been planning it for months and she somehow convinced Joel to make her a princess water slide. He is converting the pink castle he made for her last year into a water slide. It should be cool when it is finished. Brynlee and Annalyn had their last two preschool classes this month and they got to have a few different friends over to play a few times, which they always enjoy. The also got to go to Josie's house to play during all of my doctor appointments and Brynlee also got to go to Josie's birthday party this month.
May was a fun month for us. Joel started working from 7-4 and he is usually home before 5 each night. We are all really enjoying having Joel home earlier in the day. He has had more time to do his projects. We got our garden (mostly) planted and we helped my grandma do her garden. She went to visit my uncle Eric in Australia so she will be gone for almost three weeks. Brynlee decided she wants to have a "princess water slide" birthday party. She has been planning it for months and she somehow convinced Joel to make her a princess water slide. He is converting the pink castle he made for her last year into a water slide. It should be cool when it is finished. Brynlee and Annalyn had their last two preschool classes this month and they got to have a few different friends over to play a few times, which they always enjoy. The also got to go to Josie's house to play during all of my doctor appointments and Brynlee also got to go to Josie's birthday party this month.
For mother's day this month, Joel made me breakfast in bed and Brynlee made me a card. She drew me a picture of myself with Joel. Apparently Brynlee, Annalyn, and our baby were all in my stomach at the same time. I love her pictures and the stories behind them. At church we got some flowers and Joel sacrificed his weekly nap and we went to spend the rest of the day visiting our moms and wishing them a happy mother's day. I am very grateful that I get to be a mother and they we have such great mothers that are great grandparents for our girls.
Sadly, some kind of animal snuck into our chicken coop and ate all of our chickens. We think it was a fox. Joel tried to catch it, but the only thing he caught was several of the neighborhood cats. Luckily my parents still had all of the babies and Joel fixed the coop so that hopefully, no animals can get in. Now we have 10 little hens and one rooster. They are already getting big. The girls love holding them but we miss having the big ones roam around the yard. When Anna tries to catch them she chases after them while declaring her love and crying when they don't let her catch them right away. It is pretty funny. We have two little red ones that look just like our other red one and Annalyn has already named them both Cinderella. These chickens aren't laying any eggs yet so I have had to buy eggs at the store again. They are not as good as the fresh ones.
Joel finally got the old truck running that has been sitting in our garage forever. I didn't think that thing would ever run again. He got it several years ago. The person who sold him his four runner threw this thing in for free. It had been rolled and it was pretty smashed up and ugly. It looks good now. Joel even gave it a nice camouflage paint job so all of the dings would be hidden and unnoticeable. We had one really windy day here and the sad thing was that right when Joel was almost finished with his paint job, the wind blew over Brynlee's princess water slide and it landed on Joel's truck and put several dings and some pink smears of paint all over Joel's nice paint job. Joel was pretty upset about that but he already has it fixed and looking good again. He even painted Brynlee's wooden horse a camouflage color. The girls love that horse but Brynlee is not a fan of the color. She wants it painted pink. Joel also fixed the air conditioner in our van. Now he just has to fix the oil leak.
Joel finally got the old truck running that has been sitting in our garage forever. I didn't think that thing would ever run again. He got it several years ago. The person who sold him his four runner threw this thing in for free. It had been rolled and it was pretty smashed up and ugly. It looks good now. Joel even gave it a nice camouflage paint job so all of the dings would be hidden and unnoticeable. We had one really windy day here and the sad thing was that right when Joel was almost finished with his paint job, the wind blew over Brynlee's princess water slide and it landed on Joel's truck and put several dings and some pink smears of paint all over Joel's nice paint job. Joel was pretty upset about that but he already has it fixed and looking good again. He even painted Brynlee's wooden horse a camouflage color. The girls love that horse but Brynlee is not a fan of the color. She wants it painted pink. Joel also fixed the air conditioner in our van. Now he just has to fix the oil leak.
Both of the girls have really been acting out this month and they are driving me kind of crazy. I find myself lacking the normal patience I usually have. Brynlee keeps crying over nothing and she has been really jealous of Annalyn. She wants to look the best and cries and throws a fit if Annalyn is wearing something that Brynlee thinks looks better than the clothes she has on. Lately she hates all kinds of things too. Especially me and the rest of her family when we don't do what she wants. Annalyn is picking up on it too which bothers me way more that when Brynlee says it. I can't stand it when my two year old tells me that she hates me, even though she is just repeating what Brynlee says. Hopefully this phase doesn't last very long. The crying and the fighting is driving me crazy. Not to mention it is almost impossible to take these kids anywhere. They are normally fairly well behaved and as long as I set good and clear expectations, they do what I tell them to do. Annalyn keeps trying to run off in the store and every time I put her in the car she runs off and hides in the trunk or in the front seat. I remember Brynlee doing these same kind of things before Annalyn was born so hopefully it will get better in a few months. I am just a little bit worried about how I am going to handle these two when I also have a newborn baby to look after.
My girls can be extremely fun and helpful too and they have both been great at working hard to help me do things to get our house cleaned up. The both love to vacuum, clean the windows, and they are great at helping me set the table. I am sure they will be great helpers when the baby comes. The play well together most of the time and they are great at helping each other out. Brynlee has also taken to making her own snacks and food. Despite their craziness, I love them dearly and they are both really excited to help me with the baby. This is going to be a fun adventure. It seems to help when the kids can play outside so I am glad the weather is warming up so that they can play out there. They love it outside. We introduced them to the joy of water balloons but it turns out that Brynlee just likes to throw them in the grass and watch them pop, and Annalyn is deathly afraid of them and doesn't even want them close to her. They loved it when I got out the kiddie pool for them to play in but it has several holes so it didn't hold water that well. Their favorite thing is eating popsicles in the front yard. They loves popsicles. Annalyn is getting two of her molars on the bottom of the mouth so those popsicles have been a nice way to help her mouth feel better.




















































