According to Moses

While reading "Tiny Bear's Bible" to the kids this morning, we came across this picture. Moses points to this picture of Goliath and says, "Daddy!" I.could.not.stop.laughing!

My three.

My little dude:

Sarah Bo being Sarah Bo:

My little sweets:

Wonderful, crazy, tired, lovely days.

These days have been such a whirlwind. There was the time that Sarah was crying, Hannah was eating, Moses was spilling the Nesquick on the pantry floor.. and there was pee on the carpet, vomit all over Sarah... and one Mama. Then there are the smiles Hannah makes in her sleep, Sarah's silliness, Moses' sweetness.. These days are so wonderful, exhausting, frustrating, exhilarating, all in one. Can I get an amen?

I have been trying all sorts of things to keep Moses and Sarah occupied. A picnic with cheese crackers usually does the trick. Play Doh, coloring, and videos are way up on the list, too!

My daughters. Precious, precious girls.

The wonderful Brittany Mirabal did our family pictures a couple weeks ago (you can check out her blog HERE and her photography website HERE). I love this picture. Real life, happening.

My mom just left, Kat is back to work, Miah is starting back to work full time... this three day weekend is the last hoorah before real life begins. I kinda feel like I'm just taking a deep breath and jumping in with both feet. Here goes nothin'!

The past 10 days.

How is it even possible that Hannah is over a week old already? Time.is.flying. I'm trying to soak her up, nap, and love on the rest of my family as much as possible. See ya in about 18 years, ha!

Here are a few pictures of our week.

The Sarah Bo is now sporting a pony tail.

The amount of cute in this girl is just over the top.

"Moses hold Hannah Grace?"

We have a swaddle free tummy sleeper.

The thing Sarah likes most about her little sister? The paci's, or "baht" as she calls them. Hannah could care less about the thing and Sarah takes every opportunity to snatch them up!

Moses just loves his littlest sister.

As of last Tuesday she was 9lbs 15oz. Holy smokes.

I wish I had more to share, but my time is so limited these days.. and best spent on snuggling three little cuties and their daddy. I know you all understand!

Moses sings the ABC's.

I can honestly say that I don't know where he learned this. I mean, sure, we sing the ABC's, but all of a sudden he just sings it all by himself. Have I mentioned that he also knows the entire Hebrew aleph-bet? And he can count to ten? And, and, and. I may need to go back to college before I'm ready to homeschool this little smarty pants!

(I missed the first part of his little ditty and he was not up for a repeat!)

Hayes Happenings

Well, I have not been a good blogger. I've been too busy being grumpy, I think. This has not been my shining moment, folks. I think this season has served to highlight my deficiencies quite well thankyouverymuch.

My babies and my husband, however, are as wonderful as ever. I mean really. They are just such a delight.

Every Saturday we pack up and head to Berg Park.

The babies love it!

Gimme a pound, dawg.

She's such a homie.

I thought Moses was going to blow a gasket when we saw this fire truck on our walk. The fire department does white water training at Berg Park and this was Mo's lucky day!

And of course we are spending as much time outside as we can.

I swear she is having a good time.

I would like to take this opportunity to warn you all never to buy the off brand otterpops. The extra dollar really is worth it, in case you were wondering.

Babies + water = True love forever

Bonnie gave Moses this monkey for his birthday. It drinks milk, burps, hiccups, laughs.. oh and totally creeps me out. Moses, however, has suddenly become fascinated with the thing. He feeds it, burps it, then brings it to me to love one it. "Here, Mama, here!"

That's all from the Hayes family! Hopefully next time I will be introducing you all to #3!

40 Weeks and a few pictures of my cuties.

On my due date.

Probably the grouchiest pregnant woman I know. I'm working on it.

And because I can't just leave you with a picture of preggo the grouch, here are a couple of pics of my sweeties.

Moses likes to help Sarah walk. "Sarah! Hold my hand, Sarah!!"

Friends.

More and more often I find these two off playing by themselves. Reading books, playing cars, rolling balls back and forth. It is so much fun to watch their friendship develop, and to see how sweet and thoughtful Moses is to his sassy little sister. She really lucked out in the big brother department. He didn't do too shabby, either.

Your Daily Hayes.

My silly family...

And of course daddy is always ready to get in on the fun!

37 weeks. And oh my word.

Here I am at 37 weeks and a couple of days. After I saw this picture I did something no pregnant woman should ever do. I got the measuring tape out. Forty five and a half inches around. That is three and three quarters feet. Around. Join me in a moment of silence. I would like to say that I am happy and glowy. Um, I'm not. I'm exhausted. I'm in pain. I pee constantly. The Braxton Hicks contractions have pulled out all the stops this go around and they are not just a "slight tightening". They hurt. Honestly, with the first two pregnancies I thought pregnant woman were kinda wimpy. It really wasn't that bad. This time, oh this time, I understand. Also, as I sat down to write this post I found the post from when I was 37 weeks pregnant with Sarah. You can read it HERE if you would like. This was what blew me away, though.

37 weeks with #3:

37 weeks with #2:

(I think my exact words when I saw this picture after seeing the above were, "Lord help us all.")

I did see the midwife last week and, thankfully, I am at 1cm. Not a whole lot else to report, but I can say I would like to go into labor next Tuesday right after my cleaning lady leaves. But I'd be cool with today, too.

And some happy gardening news, the gladiolus are finally blooming!!

Ah, sugar snap peas. How I love you.

And just for kicks, here is Moses just about two weeks before Sarah was born!

Now I realize how little he was.. how truly close together these three babies will be!

And because there is just something about a picture of my babies sleeping...

Life lessons.

For Stacey and Hope....

For those that don't speak "Moses" he says, "Never. Touch. Poopoo's."

Obviously.

Summer fun!

Today was a hot one.. and with some time to kill before naps we decided to get out the slip in slide and let the kids go at it! We stripped them down, lathered them with SPF 100 (my kids are w-h-i-t-e) and let them lose. They had a blast, and so did Jeremiah and I!

This is how Sarah has started crawling.

We call it her four wheel drive!

Their faces say it all!

A little video fun!

A granny video.

When we were in Albuquerque when Moses was about 2 months old he and Granny really hit it off. Here he is "telling her his troubles." To my family.. get out the kleenex.

When you're Moses...

You wake up grouchy.. so mama snuggles you up on the couch.. and it's so nice you just keep on snoozing..

And once you're awake.. you have such a wonderful fashion sense that you insist on your footie pj's.. with sandals..

Sippy cup and Thomas the Train to accessorize...

Homeboy's got style.

It's a hit!

This weekend we went to "Touch a Truck" at Mcgee park. It totally surpassed our expectations. Cranes, firetrucks, tractors, semi's.. you name it, it was there. The kids could climb in, honk horns, even talk over the loud speakers. It was fun (and LOUD!!). I was so glad we went.

Hey look! A picture of me with both kids! Amazing.

Sarah Bo was such a trooper.

"Fire truck!!"

A fav, for sure.

More fire trucks!

The bus.. it was the #1 fav of the day. Go figure!

What a fun day!

Fun in the sun.

The weather has been lovely..

and we've been headed outside!

Moses is serious about his water table.

She is cute as can be..

Crazy-hair-thing...

Such a sweet pair!

20 Week Ultrasound and Thomas the Train

We had our 20 week ultrasound yesterday and I somehow managed to emerge without finding out if we are expecting a boy or a girl. Oh man. I cannot wait!

The little sweetie pointed at us the entire time.

Precious profile.

Stretch, stretch, stretching!!

Both of my little sweeties are under the weather. We headed off to Walmart today to pick up some supplies and Moses spotted some Thomas the Train pj's. Normally I would say no.. but they were cheap and, well, they're pajama's. As in he will only sleep in them. As soon as we were in the car he snuggled them until we got home and he could wear them. So silly.

Here he is, modeling. He may look upset.. but he just really wants Sarah to be in the picture, too.

As he requested....

Happy weekend!

Barbara Manatee

My sweet boy, making lemonade out of these hard days.

I love everything about this.

Enjoy!

A little more Molokai.

There were so many wonderful things that happened while we were on vacation that I will probably never be able to cover it all. Blogging time is limited these day, so I will just put up what I can when I can!

I think I said it before, but Moses loved the ocean. He had such a great time playing in the water. The water was pretty calm at Dixie this day so we let him get up on the boogie board. He had a blast! He also had his first big wipe out - but he was a trooper and got right back out there.

I had to get a picture up of this little guy in his aloha outfit. He was just so.darn.cute.

I wish Moses was in this picture! Here is Miah, Sarah and Grandpa Ohst. This is David, the wonderful man that Moses gets his middle name from. We miss you, Grandpa!
Now that winter has really set in here in the four corners, I have really been missing sunny Hawaii! Sigh, until next year ;)