still here

Has it really been over a month since I have gotten on? Wow how time flies. So we got Avi back in school and can I tell you how much better 1st grade is to kindergarten. I don't have to stress about trying to be back down there 3 hours later then figure out lunch and entertain for the rest of the day. This really came in handy when I got a cold about 2 hours before Avi got home from her first day of school. I know how weird huh. So I spent about the first 2 weeks walking Avi most of the way to school (I can watch from the top of the hill to make sure she survives the last block), coming home and having my morning nap for 1-2 hours while Dailynn watched TV. I was so wiped out from the 5 blocks of walking (one of them up a steep hill, and another 1 1/2 still uphill) and the cold.
Once I finally got my body most of the way back I was finally able to stop taking naps which made my days much more productive. I was able to do dishes, clean up, and even attack some projects I have been storing up for colder days. I also started attacking potty training again. If anyone has any idea I may not have tried on this stubborn little kid, please let me know because I have exhausted everything anyone has told me to do. This attempt is going a little better, but once I start talking that way Dailynn just decides that she wants to revert back again and I am cleaning up messes every 2 hours, so I am trying to keep my mouth shut. I even worked hard all summer to get a preschool going for her with my neighbor, and now she can't go.
So we had Dailynn's b-day on Saturday. She didn't get a big tadah because of what we are trying, but since we couldn't make up our mind as to how little we should do, we ended up taking her to wal-mart and letting her pick out her present. Whoops dropped the ball on that one. Now we get to deal with the fishing game that makes noises and has peices that break to easily. Oh well.
The pregnancy is going a little different from usual. I have the standard to the book pregnancies usually, but that isn't the case with this one. I went to my 28 week appointment and measured 31. I then went to my 32 week appointment and measure 36. I have measured exactly on at every other appointment, so this is strange to me. I have another one this week and they are going to do an ultrasound to see if there is anything that we need to worry about. Hopefully it is just that there is a lot of fluid in there and that I am not going to have a 13 lb baby, but with the way she kicks my ribs at the same time as run into my hips I don't think that is the case. Ugh!! Hopefully I will get some good answers on friday and be able to update on it then.
So Avi has this program at school where there is a reading contest. They get their name in a drawing each time they read a certain amount of min, and at the end of the year they give away 4 bikes. Avi wants to win the bike, so she tries everyday (I am not prompting more than the 20 min she is required) to read 100 min. She actually got it one day and has gotten about 65-85 most days. I know, how in the world does she just sit and read for that long at her age and with so little time in the day to do it, but she just does. She is already reading about half a grade level higher than the rest of her class and doesn't shy away from the BoM or Encyclopedia Brown if she is sick of just reading Disney or Dr. Suess. She also gets her homework on Tuesdays for the whole week, and I have a hard time trying to convince her that she should try to save some of it for another night other than just Tuesday night. I guess I shouldn't complain, at least she isn't procrastinating yet.
Dailynn is getting a little restless, so I need to take off. I hope everyone is still well.

Pictures finally!

Here are the much anticipated pictures of our trip to Disney Land and the rest of the summer. If you want to see more, I can put them on but this has taken me 2 hours to do, so this is it for now. I hope you enjoy it.
Easter in the hotel room.

Playing at the beach.

One of the rides I couldn't enjoy in Disney Land.

Yes we were in Disney Land.

Pixie Hollow

I figured it would be good to prove that I was on this trip too.

Someone was so tired. A short nap after lunch.

Avi in the A

Waiting for the parade at Disney Land.

Sea World

The big 6.

Avi's dance festival at school.Avi's Graduation from Kindergarten.Nathan playing with a great big gun.The great big gun.Doing a bake sale at the dynamite shoot in La Sal.Swim lessons. I love Dailynn sporting the goggles.

Dailynn at Itty Bitty Ball. This realy made me realize that she is going to be a sporty girl.

Playing on the zip line. Dailynn wouldn't let us stop sending her. I did it the first time with her but it was hard with the growing stomach and extra kid for me.

Assembly a block tower. The adult boys thought this was a lot of fun.Drop the bottle down the shaft.Trying to get the bottle out.Shooting the ducks off the logs.Nathan playing for the singing group. Trying to play Kiss the Girl from Little Mermaid.

Playing ball with her best friend Livi. They were called the girls instead of being called by their names the whole season. It was a lot of fun for both of them."Are we there yet? I can see it, can we turn back now?""That's where we are going. Are you ready?"Avi with her other pea in the pod Abigail right next to Delicate.

Heading into Sand Dune Arch.Floating the San Miguel river. We never got all together, so we don't have an everyone picture.

Hanging out with the goblins, oh and our friends. (Goblin Valley where Nathan sprained his ankle, luckily we got the pictures before we started playing.)A little water balloon fight with friends.Playing on the slip-n-slide with some friends.