All About Dad!

Kyle is a champ at avoiding cameras, this is one of very few pictures I have of him.

In honor of Father's Day I just wanted to brag a little bit about what a wonderful dad Kyle is. Kyle came into fatherhood very quickly and has been a champ from the beginning. The day we got married he not only became a husband but he also became a father. And then 9 months later he became a father again. And in another 2 months he'll be the father of a third little girl who loves him to pieces. You'll never meet a more patient and sweet man than my Kyle. He sacrifices a lot for his family and is always willing to give even more to take care of us. He works 2 jobs and serves in our ward so he never really gets a day off but that doesn't stop him from making time for me and the girls daily. He's the greatest blessing in our lives and we all love him very very much. I asked Natalie some questions about her dad and this is what she had to say:


What is your favorite thing to do with dad?
Ride my bike.


What is dad's favorite color?
Green!


What is dad best at doing?
Helping me ride my bike.


What is dad's favorite food?
Jalapenos of course


What does dad do when he goes to work?
He.....he.....gets money?


What does dad like to do for fun?
Play with me and Hartley!


What kind of music does dad like to listen to?
OLD music


What is dad's favorite dessert?
He likes a strawberry milkshake


If dad had a million dollars what would he spend it on?
He would spend it on......toys for me and Hartley. And he would buy a new TV. And a new truck.


Who does dad love more than anyone in the world?
His family


Who do we love more than anyone in the world?
DAD!

Look at her go!

Not long after we moved into our new house, Kyle brought home Paige's old bike for Natalie. I thought it would be too big for her and that she was much too young to learn to ride a bike but, boy did they prove me wrong! Natalie picked up on it pretty quickly. Kyle got in a few good work-outs running around the neighborhood holding onto Natalie's bike while she learned to ride. Now she's a practically a pro(we're working on her watching out for cars and things while she rides) and asks to ride her bike daily.

It was pretty hard to get a good picture of her, our camera is kinda lame. Plus she rides pretty fast.....

Dad and sister watching her ride!

We lie to our kids.....

What? You don't?

Today my sister-in-law Kimmy came over to make some pickles. In our house we often call pickles "frogs". It just reminded me of how, when Natalie was 3 or so, Kyle told her that pickles were really made from frogs(kinda green and slimy and bumpy-just like a frog). When I was working Kyle and Natalie often had daddy-daughter days and would go to the store and get a big "frog" then go to the park to play and eat their pickle together. Now that she's actually seen how pickles are made I think she's caught on. But we still call the frogs out of habbit.

Once upon a time Natalie was on a wierd kick about growing her hair out. She wanted to be Rapunzel. So I told her that eating circles would make her hair grow faster. Since then, any fruit or vegetable that I can slice into a circle goes down much easier(Carrots, squash, bananas, apsaragas, potatoes, beets, kiwi, you name it...) She still believes this one, we'll see how long that lasts.

Grandpa Bourgeous also told Natalie that boogers are actually flies that crawl up your nose when you're sleeping. That's why you shouldn't eat them. Makes sense to me!

The other day I heard Natalie explaining to one of her friends, step by step, how they make gummy worms(from real worms of course). I'm not sure who told her that story(she said it was Dad but he doesn't recall that one, maybe one of her aunts) but it was very entertaining.

Pregnancy Update

This pregnancy has gone pretty smoothly. Thank goodness! A lot of the time I don't feel very pregnant. I'm 27 weeks along now, 28 weeks on Saturday, so we only have a few months left! It's strange that with my first 2 pregnancies I was so paranoid about being ready for the baby to come. I put so much thought and time into preparing the house and getting everything we needed. It's amazing how much I've learned I don't need for a baby. I guess if we were having a boy things would be different, there would be more to prepare for. But we are all so excited and anxious to see this little girl that August just can't come soon enough! Leah is a very active baby. Every now and then I get a painful kick but for the most part she's pretty good to me. I have contractions pretty often(I have since I was about 20 weeks along). At first they were mostly annoying then they got uncomfortable and as the weeks have progressed I've had some that have hurt pretty badly. This week I have a doctors appointment and my gestational diabetes test to look forward to(yuck) but at least I get to hear that little heartbeat!