The Bredensteiners: August 2009

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Still Pregnant

37 weeks

Yep, I'm still pregnant- feeling big, swollen and tired of people asking me when I WAS due... Come on Gabby don't you want to make an early appearance like your brothers did? No, but seriously- stay in there as long as you need; healthy is more important then Mommy's comfort any day! Can't wait to meet you!!

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

My BABY

Doesn't my baby look so grown-up? No more baby fat! I have been feeling a little heartache lately as we prepare for Gabby to come; knowing that my Kai-guy won't be my baby anymore. He is such a sweet guy and more importantly such a Mama's boy- I will miss him being my baby!

Lanshe Family Reunion 2009

We had a little Lanshe (Bredensteiner) get-together here in Washington the second week of August. My parents, all four of my brothers and my sister-in-law all came out and we headed to Eastern Washington (Lake Roosevelt) for a week long camping extravaganza. Many people thought I was crazy to camp at 34 weeks of pregnancy, but it really wasn't all that bad. In fact, my spiffy blow-up mattress that my sweet hubby bought me was probably more comfortable then my bed at home anyway (yes, we are getting a new mattress).

Barring the millions of yellow jackets that plagued our camp and the few rain spells; we had a great time just hanging out with family, playing lots of games, riding in the boat my parents rented, fishing, and eating plenty of junk food. My boys LOVED being with all their uncles, aunts and their Grammy and Grampy- what a fun trip. We can't wait until the next one!

Clay tubing with Uncle Zach

Eph tubing with his daddy

Kai tubing with his daddy ( I could hardly watch!)

Grampy and Clay had fun fishing- this is Clay's first of four fish!

Shaun fishing (it took him awhile but he did actually catch a fish!)

Grammy getting in some quiet reading time while the guys fish.

My husband does weird things when he camps...

Uncle Chris teaching Kai how to drive the boat

Eph riding his two wheeler!!

Auntie Kristen throwing the Frisbee with Kai

Playing games at night

Our boys showing off their homemade Lanshe Reunion shirts

Funny Things my Kids Say

Eph: When we both grow up and live next to eachother maybe when your mother (wife) leaves and my mother (wife) leaves I can sneak up and go to your house and we can play. Clay: Adults don't play and it's not your mom it's your wife.
Mom: Ouch, my foot is really hurting! Kai: You're still alive Momma.
Kai and I were going back and forth with the,"I love you to the moon, I love you to the sun, etc." I said, "I love you to Venus" and Kai responded, "I love you to the penis"...LOL!
Clay: Ephraim, why do you always copy me? Ephraim: Because I love ya.
Kai was playing with his train the other day and I overheard him saying, "You can do it Thomas" and of course I was thinking Thomas the kid's engine, and then I heard him say, " You can do it, Thomas Monson"...LOL!
Kai always sleeps in my bed. One day I asked him why he didn't like his bed and he said,"It's too fluffy."
Whenever asked any question from "What is your name?" to "What do you want to do today?", Kai always responds with "Quesadilla".
Kai spent a couple months calling everyone "boob-butt" (boob was taken from the recent Horton Hears a Who movie).
When Kai wants to be picked up he says, "Grab me".
All my boys sing the song Paradise City by Guns N' Roses...embarassing.
When you ask Kai his name he says "Coc-head"- he means coconut head.
In between Conference sessions they played the movie "The Other side of Heaven" and during the scene where the rats are chewing on his feet Kai yells, "Wake up Dude!"
Ephraim says' That's ridiculous!"
When I ask Kai anything he shakes his head violently and says, "No-no!"
Clay told me that he was making funny faces in his class and that the girls were laughing. I asked him if the boys laughed too; he said, "no, they got mad". He told me he likes girls better then boys because they're "pretty". Oh boy!
Clay had some food stuck in his throat and I told him to drink some water to wash it down. He said, "I think I need to use a screw to get it out"- OUCH!
I told Clay that if he ate all his veggies he would be big and strong like his daddy. He said, " Well, that's not strong enough".
Clay turned to me after a meal and said, "Thanks for making dinner Mom". Then he turned to Jon and said, "Thanks, Dad". Jon responded a bit surprised, "What for, I didn't do anything?" Clay replied, "For working". WOW!
Josh came over and was checking out our pear tree in the front yard and Clay put his face up real close to him and said, "Jesus made the pears, Uncle Josh." Josh said he felt like he was in church! HA HA
Clay was being a stinker and I told him to "please be more obedient Clayton Ryan" and he responded, "I'm not Clayton I'm Nephi" and my mom told him that Nephi would be obedient to his parents. So, after some thought he replied, "Oh, I'm not Nephi".
When they don't like a food the boys say its too "spicy".
When something is too hard for the boys to do they say its too "heavy".
My boys both say, "I don't want that ever ever again, so there!"
Clay informed me the other day that he also liked Momma's milk (like baby Kai). I told him that he drank cow's milk like Mommy and Daddy and after a moments thought he said "No, I just drink seahorse milk!"