Say it ain't so...

Don't do it, Brett!

The latest news...

So, baby #4 is due in November (I'll have a c-section sometime between Nov. 10 & 16) and we told the kids yesterday! : )

Cal: "I want a brother."

Kaycey: "I want a brother."

Maddie: "I want a sister." Then Maddie proceeded to tell my sister that there are two babies, a brother and a sister. Boy, was she confused!!

Then Kaycey said to Cal, "It's okay if it's not a brother because you already have a sister who loves sports and stuff!"

The kids were fascinated by asking, "How old will I be when the baby is..." For example, Cal asked how old he will be when the baby is 8. Yikes...he will be 18!!! SO Cal then came to the realization that it doesn't matter if it's a brother or sister because he is so much older it just won't matter. I told him it won't be long till he can babysit. And he can teach bro or sis how to catch and throw. They decided to pick out names already, too. Cal and Kaycey's names were all players from the Brewers--Corey, Prince, or CC (who plays for the Yankees now). Though Kaycey also threw in Sammy for a boy or girl. Maddie's choices for names?? Princess, Dora, Daisy, or Uniqua.

April recap

Okay, so since I was so terrible at blogging in April, I decided to do a quick recap of the month (minus the Michigan wedding, since I did blog on that).

April 30--out with Jessi
So, Jessi and I were cheerleaders together back in high school. It had been literally since graduation that I had seen her (12 years). She is living in California as an engineer, finishing her master's @ Pepperdine. I am so proud of her!! Her family still lives here, so she was in town and she had contacted me via facebook. It was so great to reminisce and laugh about all the crazy times we had, especially the ones I had forgotten about!!! We went to dinner, a Brewers game, and then a Dunkin Donuts that was open 24 hrs (YUM!!) : )



April 29-Britney Spears concert in Chicago
So you are probably thinking I am suffering from some sort of early mid life crisis, but really I'm not. My sister bought me a ticket for Christmas (I wanted to go!) I am not going to sit and defend Britney or anything, I think she's a real nutjob. BUT for me it's all about great back up dancers. I love back up dancers. I totally would love to be a back up dancer. I love dancing and I love to watch dancing and all those dance shows on TV (though I am not a religious watcher of any on a regular basis). The concert itself was rather over the top, the theme being "circus" (the title of her newest album). There were 3 stages, with circus acts and all. I was disappointed she didn't play much older stuff, and the dancers weren't as spunky as the last time I saw her (8 years ago). There was so much time between songs; it definitely was no New Kids show : ) Obviously I am not lying when I say I like ALL kinds of music.


Maddie watching Cal play Madden 09.


Mike and Maddie riding the lawnmower.

The inexpensive artwork I made for Cal's side of the bathroom ($6 each! Literally all I did was frame a piece of scrapbook paper!)

Kaycey and Maddie posing for the camera

April 7--NKOTB in Green Bay

So my Dad asked me, "Are you guys out of your minds??" Hmmm, perhaps. But it was so much fun! Yep, this makes 3 times in about 6 months. They even donned Packers shirts with #12 on the back. Cheeseheads were even brought out. It was a great time, though my pictures were not as good as the first two concerts...they're coming again to Illinois in June. Hmmm.....

Happy Birthday to Kaycey

SEVEN


SIX


FIVE


FOUR

THREE

TWO

ONE

I can't believe she's seven!! We had the party with my Dad and Maria and my sister, and she got great gifts--Hannah Montana sports barbie (she even played barbies for the first time in over two years after opening it!!), soccer ball, aluminum bat, and her favorite, a Ryan Braun shirt, which she wore to the game the night of her birthday!! And for the first time, the Brewers won when Kaycey went to the game. So one party down, two birthday parties to go...one tomorrow night with my mom's side of the family and one next Saturday with Mike's family. I am not brave enough to have a party with school kids. Mike's family has so many little kids, I count that as the party with school kids.

house news

Wow, haven't had anything to say about the house for a while, even though there is still so much work to be done.

The drywallers came today and finished up the unfinished stuff (an area in the entryway, a spot at the top of the stairs, upstairs ceiling area, and basement steps). So I guess we'll be painting those areas this weekend... Next week the electrician is coming back to put dimmers on switches(which is how it was supposed to be done in the first place), put some lights in back of the house outside (also was supposed to be done), and also to repair the numerous outlets and switches that do not work right now. Also it sounds like soon we will finally get a REAL painter in here to redo all of the white woodwork, trim, doors, etc. I'm glad I'm not that guy. We were hoping to do the driveway this year, too, but that's not looking too promising. Might have to wait till next year. Unless there's a money tree in the yard I don't know about...

New addition to the house: rocking chairs on the porch. I had bought 4 of them last summer, and Mike put them together last week.

Top priority for me: painting the porch white & putting on a deck out back. Those are not top proiorities for Mike. Ugh.