The Great Birthday Debate

So here it is...
You know how every pregnant woman in the world dreams of going into labor early, because they are so FED UP with being IMPOSSIBLY BIG and UNCOMFORTABLE by those last few weeks? Well, my babies don't like to be born. Hannah and Sam were induced, and it's looking like Josh is going to be the same way. I don't know where my kids get this stubborn streak, really. I just hope it's not this hard to get them to move out of the house in a decade or so...

The up side is that this means I get to pick a birthday for Josh. The debate is currently between June 16th and June 18th. The exciting twist? June 18th is also Richard's birthday. What do you think??

Just Duckie

Today we went to Dublin park to feed the ducks. But first we made a nostalgic trip to Krystals (the hamburger joint people, not the shop in Cordova...) since neither of us had eaten there in years. Of course, after a few little square burgers I remembered why I hadn't eaten there in years- but they sure are good.
I think in this picture Hannah is trying to be a duck. or just being weird. probably the latter.

Then we fed the ducks. Chief will be pleased to know that Sam was seriously disappointed that we were not going to ride bikes there; more specifically, that Chief was not going to pull them in his bike trailer. It's hard explaining to that kid that some things are in Memphis, three hours away.

Then we went rock climbing.

Sprinkler fun

Summer time is here! I think the pictures speak for themselves. Avery was cute- she wasn't exactly sure about all that flying water.







The messy end:

I'm Pregnant and Allowed to do this sort of thing.

We had chocolate fondue for dinner tonight. Hannah declared it her new favorite dinner, although she was a bit concerned that it wasn't clearly either a meal or a dessert, and spent a good amount of time and words trying to classify it. Sam just sighed in utter bliss. With every bite, he would roll his little eyes up and smile; it takes so little to make him so happy. I think he liked it even more that Krispy Kreme donuts, and that my friends, is saying a lot.

Not long afterward all three kids, Hannah, Sam, and Josh went N-U-T-S. At one point, Hannah pretended to be fireworks, while Sam galloped around on an imaginary horse, and Josh did flips off my rib cage. It was a great evening.