6 Months, Baby!! Yeah!!

So another baby belly update!!! I am now 6 months along!! Crazy how fast this pregnancy is flying by! I FINALLY feel like I popped out!! Seriously, up until about a week ago I still felt like I was in the "awkward fat verses pregnant stage" I felt like that if someone didn't know me and already know I was pregnant , they might just think I was fat. Well what a difference a month makes! The little guy is rolling around and kicking a great deal--especially at night. I love it and each time I feel him move, I just think in my mind, "Hi baby" "Hi little man." It is reassuring to feel him move--little nudges that he is alright. I still feel great!! For about a month now I have been back to exercising in the mornings. I get up at 6 a.m. and do the "Dread-Mill" a.k.a the treadmill, I hate the treadmill. It is eternally boring!!! I always feel like if I am walking, I should be GOING somewhere. But it is toooo cold to walk outside at 6. So treadmill it is. My i-pod makes it bearable and I love how I feel after I exercise---That is what keeps me getting up!!! I really love to exercise! :) It reminds me I am alive.

Scott's Spranged Ankle

Seriously I could never be a nurse. I can stand my own pain. I actually have a fairly high pain thresh hold. But other people's pains and injuries, just make me weak in the knees. Poor Scott rolled his ankle playing early morning B-Ball a few weeks ago. Then he proceeded to tweak it twice more that week-end!! The result has been lots of Tylenol and ice for Scott. His ankle is just now starting to look and feel a bit better. I have felt so bad for him. He never slowed down, just kept going to work and working in the yard---you would never know he was dealing with an ankle soooo swollen that he could barely put on his dress shoes. Men.

Random Art

Whitney's rainbow, worm family, and peacock
McKenzie's flower, sunshine, cloud, and ladybug.
Sam's Yoda, C3PO, and R2D2---She is in love with Star Wars.

McKenzie's Kindergarten Turkey

We love living next door to my parents. This gives the girls the unique opportunity to see their grandparents as much as they want. Last summer my mom started something we call, "Nana Time." Each week the girls take turns going over to Nana's house one at a time--and they get a whole hour to spend, just them and Nana, doing whatever projects or playing anything they want with Nana. They LOVE the one-on-one time and all the attention they get at Nana's. Some of the perks of being the ONLY grandchildren and living sooo close. With the exception of the Turkey, the above art are pictures the girls made at Nana Time with these waxy straws that you bend and press into different pictures and shapes. I took pictures of them and tossed the real things---because there was no real way to store them . . . The Turkey was a Kindergarten assignment of McKenzie's, they needed to decorate the Turkey with different objects. We used beads and gumdrops and noodles and pipe cleaners. It turned out splendid! Kenzie got to use alot of sorting and counting skills. It was a fun project for us to do together!! :) Love you Kenz.

The White's Halloween 2009

Sam, Kenz, and Whit ready to go trick-or-treating!


Whitney as Princess Bell

Kenzie as Tinker Bell

Samantha as a Pretty Witch

Halloween was a very long and very productive day at our house this year!! We all got up really early to make it to Sam's Basketball game at 9:00 AM, Scott was substitute coach for the game, and we all came to watch! Sam played great---she is catching on to the game more and more, as far as guarding the other team and where to be on the court. She even made 2 baskets! WE were so happy for her. I told her that I have never made a basket in a game before. Then after her game we headed to the store for a few groceries and then to ACE for some outdoor paint. When we got home our afternoon was spent mostly outside . . . Scott was working on winterizing the yard and I was scrapping the door frames and re-painting them (they were badly chipped and pealing) WE got a lot done and our house is looking more loved. :) Our yard looks so great THANKS to Scott, who takes care of it for us!! At about 5:00 the girls were dressed and ready for trick-or-treating. WE went out as a family---my favorite way to go! WE only went to our family and friends that live close by. It was fun to visit them and to show off the girls' costumes. My grandma Robison always makes popcorn balls for the grandkids. This has been a tradition for as long as I can remember. She always has regular candy for the other kids that come and then a special popcorn ball for us. We always feel so special and loved. Grandma Diann (Scott's Mom) also made special Halloween sugar cookies for us. They were really yummy! Once we got home we had pancakes for dinner. It was quick and easy and filled everyone up! Then we watched a movie together and the kids had fun answering the door for our trick-or-treaters (we got about 6 groups---seriously a record for us--we usually never get trick-or-treaters). I was grateful that Scott was home and that we could spend so much time together as a family.

Also the Friday before Halloween the girls had their Parties at school and I was able to go help with Kenzie's class party. It was really fun to see her with her class mates. I had to dress up too. I was a farmer (simple, easy, I could wear baggy over-alls (Thanks Nicki) and I helped with the game of "SPOOKY BINGO." I brought Whitney with me too. She loved being part of the party and she was so well behaved. She just followed Kenzie around and did all the activities with her. Then right after school we went to see Aunt Macie at Malelueka(S.P.?)---Every year they deck the call center out in different themes and hand out candy to the kids that come! Aunt Macie gave us a personal tour! She was dressed as Princess Lolly from Candy Land. She looked darling. The girls loved being there with their Aunt and they got spoiled with lots of candy! Thanks Aunt Macie!