Reese Kathryn

It has been a MAD HOUSE at the Tarbutton Manor the past week!  We have not slowed down and it looks like we may not for a little while longer.  We have been working on the the big boy bedroom/kid friendly bathroom remodel   One day everything seems to fall in place then the next it seems like nothing is working (or people are not listening to me…hee hee).  The madness of remodeling…makes me appreciate a BRAND NEW house but I wouldn’t trade my little cottage for the world.

In the midst from all the visits from painters, carpet layers, and air conditioner repairmen this week John Parker and I have managed playdates, swimming, doctor appts, haircuts, and nightly trips to VBS.   We have kept busy trying to stay out of the way of all the people invading our home.  This has really infringed on good napping.

 

Yesterday I went to the doctor for an appt/ultrasound.  I am currently 21.5 weeks and everything with the baby looks great!  We had the best ultrasound lady and she spent sooo much time with us.  Greg loved her because she was not only overly friendly with her ultrasound wand and pics but she is also a huge Hogs fan.  So Greg and ultrasound lady got to converse over the SEC while I watched the screen and got to check out my little girl!   It was like the baby and I weren’t even there!  I knew when she got out her Hogs mug to show Greg….my unborn child and I were spam.  Sigh.  I will say it again….we could to the South Pacific and run into someone from Arkansas.  I even found out this week that our carpet layer is originally from Forrest City.  Well God Bless America, there are Arkansans lurking everywhere!

Back to the baby….She was kicking, moving her arms and legs, turning her head so we could see her lips, and looked like she was talking to us.  It was awesome!  She is right on track with all her “growing milestones” and we are so blessed.  Since this week she has also been kicking me like CRAZY which means we are probably headed down the same path as her ACTIVE brother.  I am so excited to see my baby girl. 

We have decided on the name Reese Kathryn!  It is a name we originally picked out with John Parker if he were a girl so I am excited I get to use my girl name.  We cannot wait to meet our Reese!

Here are some many pics from the week! 

Funny pic of him “helping” daddy put a light up.  I grabbed my camera quickly so they are blurry…

Playing a game of memory:

Cleaning the house…John Parker thinks he is vacuuming the house with his weedeater.

Having a farewell lunch with Princess Caroline Monday at Hickory Log.  She is actually a superhero and John Parker is her assistant Snap Boy.  She said they are saving the world from a giant meatball.  (She HATES spaghetti).  Vivid imagination!  Snap Boy just plays right along.

We went went through the carwash after lunch.  I had to take a pic since this is a favorite summer activity.  Look at the excitement on that face!!!

Tuesday was playdate at Bootheel Youth Museum.  I felt like I ran 10 miles by the time we left.  John Parker went to every exhibit at least 300 times.  I had to climb these TINY steps to pull him out of the tree house and off the high bridge because he decided that he did not like the covered slides that were the only exits off the exhibit.  This pregnant momma was worn out but we had a blast….this was our first visit and we will definitely be going back!

I like the pic of the red tractor…we text this pic to pa pa and his response back was “traitor.”

This is what Lanie and John Parker played on most of the time.  It is some type of ball race where they drop the ball in on the rack and watch it roll to the bottom.  My camera died after this.  I told Marissa that I need to branch out and take other kids pics but John Parker and Lanie love to play together so most of my pics end up being them.  It was so cute because L kept letting us know when JP would run off to the next exhibit.  She is already looking out for him!!!!  Afterwards we went to Pizza Hut and ate as quickly as possible since JP was melting down.  He slept all the way home and woke up as soon as we hit the driveway….it was a long afternoon in his world!

Getting our haircut….sitting outside with a treat worked wonders again.  Today he had a turtle.  Yes, I am that parent, but on our way out he spotted it on the counter and he used me knowing I would give in just to get him to Miss Melinda’s.  Once we were in the car he CRIED for Gi so we stopped by and picked her up on our way. Again, working it to get everything he wants.  Love these pics of him chomping on his chocolate turtle while getting his hair cut.

Here are some VBS pics from earlier in the week.  Greg was assigned his own group (we were suppose to handle a group together) but the even crazier side of this was we were assigned pre-k which is not my forte. Every year we’ve been upper elementary.  I am an elementary teacher and there is HUGE difference between hanging out with a bunch of 3 year olds than 4th graders.  Greg was freaking out because he said they are not self sufficient like the older kids.  Umm ya, I got that memo when I took the same girl to the restroom for the 100th time.  God has a sense of humor and has taken us out of our comfort zones!   Next year we are shooting for trash detail.

My group…

Greg’s group…he’s down to 2 kids….I am up to 5!


John Parker at the closing ceremony…I took a pic of the back of JP dancing because I love how they put the name tags on the back of their shirts so they won’t pull them off.  He didn’t know it was there until he were about to get in the bath tub that night, he then put it on his vitamin bottle where it still sticks today. 

I snuck into JP’s room to take pics.  Grandma D is in there with him so he is having a blast.  He isn’t old enough to be in VBS so he is in the worker’s kids room.  Greg and my mom have stayed with him 2 nights because we usually don't get home until 9:30ish which means he has been getting in bed by 10:30ish...gulp...but on the nights he has been there, he's had a blast!



Greg playing a game with the kids…and while he was doing that I ran in to take a group pic of John Parker’s class.  The kids seemed content with sitting still while we took pics….but notice the ONE that did not.  When John Parker finally settled down all the other kids where done.  Sigh.  This is the story of our lives.
Tonight’s the last night of VBS and tomorrow we are HOPEFULLY getting most of the house back in order before I head off for a quick trip then back to work next week!