May Flowers!

May is starting out pretty well; full of flowers, achievements, confirmations and more :)  Also, we've had a beautiful few weeks of spring weather.. 60's and 70's galore!  However, along with the good weather comes the down side to owning an acre of land.. yardwork!  My husband is a trooper and takes care of it all on his own with his little push mower.. bless him!!

Owen and I decided to watch Daddy cut the grass.  I figured I'd give him the broom so he could help out.. come on, it's never too early to put the boy to work!  He very much enjoyed dragging the broom around, but didn't quite understand that sweeping the middle of the yard wasn't very productive.  To each their own.  However, he was so kind as to bring me back a gift he found... in his precious little hands he carried me a wad of dog poop that must have been overlooked.  It was delightful, no doubt.  Thank goodness he brought it to me instead of playing with it.. from across the yard I thought for sure it was just a stick, since he's always fascinated with sticks!!! Sigh.. boys.  Unfortunately, I don't think he'll be deterred from doing this same thing in the future, as his love for washing hands greatly surpasses my plea to NOT touch things you find in the yard!!

We're also working on more words.. slowly but surely we're getting there.  Owen only speaks when it's meaningful for him.  The necessities, and necessities alone.  We've learned that saying please will almost always get you a cookie (or some other treat!).. so, despite not saying cookie, he will frequently point at the cabinet, and give you the most dashing smile and say "pwease".. impossible to resist.  I'm a sucker.  Some other key things we've learned.. move.. as in, "brother, you're in my way, now MOVE".  He also has been smiling for me whenever he sees my camera and shouts "CHEESE"..!  It's adorably cute, yet I have no idea where he learned that from!  I don't ever recall telling him to say cheese for pictures, yet somehow he picked it up!  It's amazing what their minds absorb, even in short exposure!  Makes me worried, sometimes, what else he's picking up ;-)  I'll take the cheesy smile over the normal battle of tears I get when I'm trying to snap a shot.  We still haven't mastered taking pictures of them together.. dear God I don't think I'll ever get a decent shot once baby #3 is here!!

The other night Owen was in such a loving mood.. I kept trying to get him to say "I love you Momma" to me.. I know he can.. there's no reason why he can't, he just chooses not to.  So, I figured my best shot was to try and coax it out of him while he was super snuggly and loving to begin with.  Epic fail.  After several attempts, including me fake crying and whimpering, I thought I was going to get it.. he came over, put his little boy hands gently on my cheeks.. looked me dead in the eye and said "No, Momma".  I didn't know whether to laugh or cry!  Almost 2 years I've been waiting, kid!!! Just give up already and say you love me!!!

Aidan man has accomplished a TON in the past few weeks!  We have been waiting and waiting for him to finally figure out the key to becoming mobile and THANK GOODNESS it's happened!  One day out of nowhere he just flipped on his belly and started to crawl.. from there it's become non-stop!  And, crawling was only scratching the surface!  This kid will pull up on anything and everything; zero exceptions!  Jason caught him climbing Owen's play kitchen last week, and yesterday he was climbing up the steps.  He has no fear, this kid.. a few weeks ago he barely had the stability to support his chubby self, and now he's letting go and taking steps in all kinds of directions!  It's incredible to see the satisfaction it brings him to finally be mobile..!

As for our confirmation... I had my follow up scan yesterday and I can 100% say without a doubt that little Miss is indeed a she!  Instead of being shy, she allowed us to get several clear views.  The idea of having a little girl is starting to sink in.. so much so that I even went out and bought some PINK things!  Still seems so crazy! I don't even tend to look at the girly things when I'm shopping; I'm so used to my boys!  What an awesome experience this will be to have a daughter :)  Only downside.. I'm not one for style/fashion, so learning how to dress my daughter in all these adorable baby girl clothes will definitely be a learning curve for me!!  We've also settled on a name.. before we knew if Owen was a boy or girl, our name choice for a girl was Sophia.. as much as I love that name, I really do like names that are a bit less common.. I remember growing up having several friends with the same name and it was confusing!  With Sophia the First cartoon, the name has become increasingly more popular.. it's been the top of the charts for the past few years now.  For that reason, we went back to the drawing board and together came up with Amelia Quinn.  I love Amelia.. I think it's feminine and classic.. a bit old fashioned, but timeless.. I really do love this so much!  I find myself writing her name often just because it's so pretty to write!

That's it for now!  This weekend is Mother's day.. I'm spending some extra quality time with my boys, but was also granted a "free pass" to go out shopping for a few hours by myself today!  The boys need some new summer things, and of course Amelia will require a wardrobe!  I'm heading to a hobby lobby for the first time ever in an attempt to buy some materials I'll need to make some homemade hair bows!  When Daddy isn't looking, I'll get my Aidan man to model them ;-)