On Thursday, the 12th of September, we went to one of Maddie's volleyball games. Her team lost their first to sets but then came back and won the next three and so they won. It was exciting.
Guess who got Student of the Month for September AGAIN this year? He is such a stud! They had an assembly on the 13th where they presented the awards to the kids.
Kolton was so surprised to see Brady there because Brady had told him he probably wouldn't be able to make it because of work. It was cute when he saw him when he walked in! Each kid got a backpack with some stuff inside of it as their reward. He thought that was pretty cool!
After the presented the award to each kid from each class they let parents come up and take pictures of their kids and with Mr. Johnson, the new principal.
Kolton and his principal, Mr. Johnson.
Brady and I were so proud of him. He is such a great kid. He is just amazing and we are so lucky to have him as our son.
On Saturday, the 14th, we had a busy day. Kolton had a birthday party for his friend Andrew that morning at 9:00. Andrew's dad ended up having to work late and so his mom asked if I would stay and help for a little bit and drive some of the kids to the skate park for the party. So I went there with her and stayed until Mark got off work and met them there. The kids had a blast riding around the skate park on their bikes and scooters. It was fun to watch! Then, that afternoon Kolton had a soccer game. He played hard and did well and just looked like a natural out there. Then, that evening Brady's work had a bbq. Kolton had a blast playing there on a bounce house they had and fishing and running around on the playground. The president of the Moore division, Craig, helped Kolton fish and he caught a little fish after trying several times. He was excited but once he caught it he was off to do other things. :)
Kolton lined up all his cars in different groups one day. There was racecars, racecars with eyes, cars from the movie Cars that aren't racecars etc.
That night Brady was at school so Kolton and I made cookies for all of us. Yummy yummy! Brady is in an accounting class right now and for the first time since he started going back to school he has been at school until nearly ending time. Usually he'd leave at about 8:30 or so but in this class he is there until 9:45 or 10:00 so Tuesdays are really long for him.
On Wednesday, the 18th, Brady took a half day (since he had worked the Saturday before) and we went to the fair!!! We took Andrew with us so that Kolton could have someone to ride the rides with. I did it a lot last year with him but I couldn't this year so we thought that would be fun for him to have a buddy there. They were so funny on the rides. We did several of them more than once. This cliffhanger ride was one of their favorites and I think they rode it 4 times. Brady even joined them on it once.
We got lots of yummy food as expected at the fair! I love this root beer so we each got a jug. It was yummy! :)
Kolton loved this little play area they had and Brady and I enjoyed it because it was in an air conditioned building! Haha. The boys were cute as they went from thing to thing.
We watched a couple of shows while we were there. One of them was a firefighter show. This was Andrew's favorite part. We bought each of the boys a firefighter helmet (they were only $1) and they had fun wearing them. They really enjoyed crawling through the smoky building at the end of the show too! :)
We stayed at the fair until about 7:30 or something like that and then we were totally ready to go home. We had a good time, though. I love doing things like that.
Here is a picture of our house that evening. They had flattened out the dirt on the lot and dug the trenches and put up the framing for the foundation and whatnot. It was cool to see that something was starting to be done on the lot!
On the 19th, Brady had to close the bank. So, I went and bought a couple bags of candy and rented Now You See Me for us to watch and snack on when he came home so he could just relax. It was a fun evening and the movie was pretty cool.
On Saturday, the 21st, Kolton had his Big Wheel's Race. He did it last year and was excited to do it again this year. Its totally free and super fun. Last year it was raining so we had to do it inside but this year it was nice out and so everything was outside and so much nicer! There's free food and drinks and a couple of clowns that make balloons for the kids and paint their faces and cotton candy and bounce houses for the kids to play on and then you can get a free helmet too. It is great.
Kolton was super excited to race and hoped to do better this year than last year. Unfortunately he got a pretty lame bike that was super slow. Different companies provide the big wheels and they decorate them to make them cool looking for the kids. Kolton's was HUGE on the back and when he'd pedal his front wheel would sometimes just spin in place and the bike wouldn't go anywhere. Haha. He still had fun though and didn't really seem bothered that he got last. :)
Enjoying the bounce houses. He loves those things!
On Monday, the 23rd, I had to go to the doctor to take my glucose test and get a rhogam shot. Ugh that stuff makes me feel so nauseous. It probably doesn't help that you have to drink it on an empty stomach but I just don't like it. I got a book from the library on the way there, though, and so that kept me busy for the hour I had to wait after I drank it. Then that night I had a meeting at Kolton's school for the kindergarten parents. Once it was over I went and talked to his teacher and asked that he not sit next to a boy named Sean Gregory in his class anymore. Every single day Kolton was coming home telling me something mean Sean would do to him. It was driving me crazy and I didn't want Kolton dealing with it anymore. Thankfully the teacher obliged and moved Kolton to another table and he isn't getting bothered anymore so that is nice.
I found out that my glucose screening came back normal (yay!) but I am anemic so I've had to start taking an iron supplement (on top of the iron that is in my prenatal vitamin) and a vitamin C supplement (just to help my body absorb the iron). This, though, has helped my pounding heart and my feeling like I wasn't getting enough oxygen. I guess those can be symptoms of anemia and so it has been so nice for that to get better!
Here's another picture of our house with the plumbing put in! Yay! :)
And now a belly shot from the 25th. I was 32 weeks and 2 days. That evening we took the Altima in to the shop to get it fixed from the damage it received in the tornado. I wasn't looking forward to juggling our schedules with one car but I was excited for the dents and scratches to be fixed on the car!
On Friday Kolton's school had a "Playdough Extravaganza" for the parents to take their kindergarten kids to. You couldn't attend if your parent didn't take you. Kolton was SO excited for me to be with him at school. It was so cute. When the kids came walking in the media center he was just walking down the isle looking for me on each side of the isle. He finally saw me and his face lit and up and he came running and gave me a big hug. I loved it. It was so sweet!
They talked to us for a little bit about reading to our kids and how important it was and then they let us go to each of the stations and do the activities. You got to make playdough, read, make your name with playdough on a mat, go fishing for letters etc. There were 7 or 8 stations. It was fun to go around to each of them with Kolton and work on them together.
Once you finished at the stations then you could go get a refreshment and pick out a book to take. Kolton was too cute eating his cookie I had to take a picture. :)
Here's another picture of our house. They finished the framing around it and have laid the vapor barrier and the mesh and put the bars in the trenches. Cement should be poured soon.
On Saturday Kolton and I went grocery shopping after we dropped Brady off at work. While I put away the groceries when we got home Kolton played outside in the rain. :)
That evening Brady went over to the Himes to babysit their kids while Jill and I went to the Relief Society broadcast and dinner. It was fun chatting with everyone at dinner and then watching the broadcast. They spoke to us a lot about caring for others around us and trying to bear another's burdens. We were also reminded of the deep love our Heavenly Father has for us. Afterwards we went to Braums to chat some more :) and then went home.
On Sunday Kolton had his primary program. He did AMAZING! He said his part perfect and so clear and smiled and everything! It was adorable! I love watching the primary program...especially now that Kolton is in it! We invited Kolton's basketball coach and his family to come watch it and they did. It was great to have them there.
Yesterday we had the inspection on our home. It was at 3:00 and so we had to be out of the house by 2:00 incase the inspector came early which I guess a lot of times they do. That morning I cleaned and got everything ready for that. Brady had a half day and so he came home and then we left. Brady's parents invited us to go to lunch with them so we went to the Olive Garden (Kolton's choice) and then from there we went to my doctor's appointment at the Perinatal Center. Our little Bentley was so cute and is getting pretty chubby! They are estimating him to be 5 lbs 3 oz right now! Everything looked good but they do want to keep an eye on his weight. His belly was measuring almost 2 weeks ahead!! Everything else was measuring about on but his belly was huge which I guess is usually what indicates a big baby. Haha. I kept going back and forth on whether or not I wanted to get induced on the 11th or wait until my due date on the 18th. I think now I've decided I want to go in on the 11th. Haha.
We got some good pictures of his face this time (when his foot wasn't in front of it :)). It was great that Brady was able to come and see it this time!
Once done at the doctor we headed straight to Kolton's soccer practice. Once we got home last night I was ready to lay down! It was a fun, long day!
Now I'm anxiously waiting the results from the inspection! :)
