I guess I'm feeling nostalgic which is probably Tucker's fault. Having him go to Kindergarten in tough! He has grown up so fast. And when I think about our family a year ago, I can't believe how much has changed. Of course we now have Luka, we live in a different house, my stomach (and other things) are much flatter now. A year ago I was miserable being pregnant but was looking forward to a baby shower that ended up being more fun than I had even anticipated. And I made the Lightning McQueen car (sponsored by evenflo instead of Rusteze) for the boys in an effort to make them feel less left out with all the attention on the baby. Now it is harder to go anywhere with three kids- three kids to get dressed, fed, in the car, out of the car, keep happy at the store, three opinions to listen to in the car (yes, babies do have opinions about stuff). And it is more work - more kids to put to sleep at bedtime, more food to make, more messes to clean up, more laundry to do, more trips to the doctor etc. However, all that being said, I think I'll keep them all. :) I also get to have three times the jokes ('Knock , knock' 'Who's there?' 'Poop!' lots and lots of giggling then 'Poop who?' 'Don't Cry' -for the record I know that isn't how it goes but I like Clay's version, it's pretty funny too), three times the hugs and kisses (Luka's loves are nice, but little boy hugs are pretty great when you know they probably won't always do that), three times the company (I still panic when I do go to the store alone, I don't even know what to do ), three times the 'help', etc. They are a handful, but they're mine and I sure love them.
It's been really fun for the kids to hang out with their cousins this summer. I love the way Tucker calls Boston 'Boss Boss' and how Clay is surprisingly protective of Boston. Jack and Luka just stare at each other and Luka swipes his toys because she can right now (not much longer and Jack will be mobile and take them back). They kids always get excited to have a cousin day and can't understand why we don't just spend the entire day, breakfast to bedtime, together. It's been fun.
As my little sis gets ready to go to college soon I can't help but think back nine years to when I went to USU and met Brett. What a couple of goofy kids (doesn't he look excited to go out with me?:). Love you babe!
Yesterday Tucker came in and started talking to us about something, just as natural as can be, and Brett said, "Don't you have something else you want to tell us?" I'm like, what are you talking about until I turned and looked and saw Tucker's hair (top picture). He gave himself a couple of good bald spots. Right before school! Clay's hair was getting long and Dad insisted he needed a haircut even though I could hardly bare to cut off his cute curls. So they both got haircuts last night. Tukcer still has a few spots on top you can see if you look hard but I wasn't going to shave his head a week before school :). I couldn't even be upset with Tuck, all I could think is at least he didn't cut Luka's hair (knock on wood), after all, I cut Bridget's hair all off when we were little. 
I'm stuck on primary songs lately I guess. Boy, another long Saturday. It turns out it takes 3 1/2 hours to stain a deck with two people helping instead of the 1-2 that we expected (after Brett spent 1 1/2 hours sanding it). It wouldn't seem so bad but our deck is tiny so it shouldn't have taken very long. Being 100 degrees didn't help (I'm a REDneck now!) We finally finished and were able to come inside and work on some projects. We are still working on the list of things we were going to finish before we moved into the house. Clay helped me make zucchini bread (which we eat like crazy every year until we are very, VERY tired of it). And Brett tried to put on some much needed child latches - with a lot of help. After our rough day yesterday, it was good to feel productive and spend time with the kids. Time for baths and bedtime! Yeah!
