We're at it Again!

As everyone knows after this post, I'm pregnant again! Yay! And after almost 3 months it's finally starting to sink in. This is good news. My only goal was for it to become real before hauling our cookies to the hospital to deliver the baby.

One of the best parts of moving back to Michigan is being able to spend time with two of my best and closest friends, Nikki and Katie, both who have babies close to Greyden's age (5 weeks younger and 3.5 months younger respectively). It's awesome to be able to get together without $500 plane tickets and 3 hour flights being involved. And, as crazy as it sounds, they're both pregnant again too. Yes, that's all 3 of us. And we're all due within weeks of each other. Nikki is kicking off the party with a May 24th due date, I'm following with a July 15th due date, and Katie is bringing up the rear with an August 1st due date. What's even crazier is that none of us were actively trying. It just kind of happened. According to our husbands, this is creepy. We disagree and actually think it's pretty cool. And just to be clear (and as I've had to explain to Kevin numerous times), no, we are not part of a cult, nor do we have one of those "high school pregnancy pacts" which seem to be all the rage these days. As any woman knows, we couldn't have planned this if we'd tried. But since this is the way it's worked out, we're embracing it. In my case, I'm also using the fact that Nikki is giving birth to #2 first to my advantage, meaning I'm planning on picking her brain and copying her every move in order to ensure my greatest chances of survival with both a toddler and an infant under one roof.

A couple of weekends ago, Kevin, Greyden, and I packed up our stuff (and our dogs) and headed over to Nikki and Bryan's new house near Kalamazoo. Nikki and I got to hang out and play with the boys and Bryan and Kevin got to hang out and drink beer. I think it was a win-win for all involved. 



Bryan with the boys

 What fun is getting the boys together for a sleepover if you can't get bath time shots for future blackmail? 

Getting ready for bath time



Is there anything cuter than two baby booties?



I know what you're thinking, but you're wrong. This ISN'T cuter than the two baby booties.

Babies in hooded towels are pretty damn cute too.

After bath time, it was bed time! We figured we'd try to wind them down with a book:

Which somehow resulted in Greyden jumping on the bed: 

Then teaching Bryson how to raise the roof:

It looks like they're starting to settle down here, but this was actually just the beginning of the WWF match.

I still don't know exactly how we did it, but the boys did finally crash. It was wonderful.

On Sunday morning, Katie and Marc brought Alana over to show the boys who's boss play.

Isn't she the sweetest little thing???

One hand in the air - I think she's a Texas girl at heart.

Bryson loves his motorcycle



And Greyden and Alana both love Bryson's horse.



Greyden may not be much bigger than Alana, but he made sure to use every one of those 3 pounds to his advantage.

"Why is she touching me?!?!?!"

Picture time started out innocently enough.

Then came Alana. I think Grey may be scarred for life.

Unfortunately, with 3 toddlers, this is about the best picture you're going to get.

The same goes for these pictures. I'm surprised we managed to catch even one of them looking at the camera. Maybe if Uncle Kevin weren't making such a goofy face, we could have directed their attention toward the cameras instead.  





I can guarantee that when we were all here:



July 2010 and pregnant with #1 - Jessica  (far left) was baking #2. Apparently we didn't heed her warnings well enough.



We had trouble picturing here:



December 2010



And never imagined we'd all end up here:



February 2012 - No, we are not flashing the peace sign, we are indicating that we have number two on the way. We have toddlers, we don't know what peace is anymore.