As most of you can see we are now getting closer to the due date of the baby. We are getting anxious for the time to come and so far everything seems in place for the home birth. We have been trying to get our home ready for this new bundle of joy coming into our life and so that means the last few weeks we have been really working on the house. We got all our new trees and bushes going and this weekend we finally got all the wood from the trees we cut down also cut into smaller pieces in a pile. We are going to save some of the wood for scouts but we will probably offer some of it on craiglist (hopefully someone wants it). We also have gotten most of the rooms organized how we want them although we will need to maintain it. I guess we are nesting.
Work continues to go good for Chris and luckily he has been spared the hard times with his work. He continues to enjoy it which is also important. Scouts continues to be fun and they now have a larger patrol which is an adjustment as some of the boys get a little more rowdy. He has been a great help since I often get low on energy and is very anxious for the birth. He has always been such a great birth partner.
I continue to grow and I am struggling with the usual symptoms of the last part of labor (tired, big, and uncomfortable) but things continue to go well. Homeschooling is good and both Peter and Sam do well with that - although Joe and Will only have limited patience for it. We set up a toy room and as of yesterday also have an outside play room in the garage. The garage room will be when the kids have a lot of energy and need to burn some of it off and it is raining or for some other reason we can't get out. Will was very cute, he kept sliding down the small slide in the garage.
Peter is getting really good with his reading now and has moved up to the next level in reading. We are reading a book together where he reads from the book and I have the same book and follow along. He is also very anxious for his baptism in October and asks us about it about every other day. He has his moments where he doesn't want to help pick up or wants to be the boss, but luckily they typically don't create too many problems.
Sam loves animals and plants. He has been quite the helper when it comes to doing the planting outside. When we were cutting down our trees, he would often be right there wanting to help dig or cut up roots. He even helped when the missionaries came over to help chop up branches. He loves to draw and writes very well and is gaining enthusiasm with his reading as well. If especially likes reptiles (including dinosaurs) and several times has corrected us when we say something wrong about a particular species. Also Sam LOVES to ask questions about everything.
Joe is light hearted and tries so hard to do school. He tries to stay up with his brothers but often can't. Still he has his preschool each day and normally does that until his attention span runs out or he sees Will doing something fun. He kept getting upset because he couldn't right his 5 on the chalkboard. He continues to be the most interactive with Will and you can tell Will prefers him (even though all of his brothers play with him). It is clear that the two of them enjoy a special bond like Peter and Sam do. He loves Star Wars like his brothers especially Darth Vader. He is excited for his birthday coming up and last week he was able to hand out invitations to all of his friends.
Will loves any kind of power cord, especially Chris' laptop. If he anything with a cord on it he will take that item and plug it literally into all the light sockets in the room. He always tries to make sure that Chris has his work phone and will scale great heights so that Chris has it. He loves his new little playland in the garage and recently learned how to go down slides. We are not sure how he is going to take the next little one but I am sure like all of his brothers we will have a period of adjustment. I think the kids have a bigger problem that they can't be on Mom's lap right after she has the baby. He words keep improving and some of the sounds he was making are becoming clear. He was actually trying to say words but they weren't clear, but now he is getting better at that.
I had better sign off but everyone have a great week.
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