A little Update from Arizona.....

Tyler had wrestling meets and tournaments almost every day last week, so he was gone a lot and was definitely missed.  It's been nice to have him home a little bit more the past few days.  He's anxiously looking forward to the upcoming break from teaching and wrestling. 

Here's the prego picture for those of you who asked :)

I am 28 weeks pregnant this week (only 12 more weeks to go! CRAZY!!), so that means I got to take the dreaded Glucose tolerance test this past Monday.  My results came back negative for gestational diabetes, so I was really glad for that. One less thing to worry about.  I've been keeping busy tending 2 extra kids and trying to keep up with being a mom and with all the things the Primary President is supposed to be doing.  I had the opportunity to attend a special Christmas performance that members of our stake put together.  It was very well done and really brought the spirit of Christmas to those who attended.

Taylor's primary class was invited to their teacher's house for a little end of year party last Saturday.  He had a great time and couldn't stop talking about how fun it was :)  When I got called into Young Women's last year, I decided it would be a good idea to subscribe to the New Era.  Yesterday we got the new December magazines and Taylor pulled out the New Era and read a couple articles.  He read one about dating and when he was done, he said "There was some pretty good advice on dating in there."  It's hard to believe he's getting to the age where he's starting to think about dating! Of course the actual first date is a few years away, but still!  Our kids are growing up way too fast!

Jon is growing, growing, growing!  He almost weighs as much as Taylor and is also starting to close the gap in height as well.  They currently wear the same size in shoes- a 7 in men's.  With a father who's 6'3", it will be interesting to see how tall they actually end up!  Jon's enjoying Webelos and has a really good leader who's getting him on track for earning his Arrow of Light award.

Max is Max and definitely keeps us on our toes.  His last day of pre-school for this semester was on Friday and he brought home quite a few precious little keepsakes that he made for mommy and daddy :)  So cute!  His teacher told the kids that they were surprises and that they couldn't tell their parents what they were.  Max did a very good job at keeping his little gifts for us a secret.  He said "My teacher told me not to tell you because it's a surprise, but I made something for you today." They also had a book exchange where they each picked out and wrapped a book to bring for one of their classmates. Max was very excited to give the book to his friend, Maine.  Everyone at pre-school calls Max "Super Max".

Crash Jr. 2 (a.k.a.: Levi) took his first dive off the trampoline onto the concrete last week. His poor little face got really bruised and scraped up and of course it was right before our ward Christmas Party. I'm just surprised that it hadn't happened before now.  He's also working on potty training himself.  Several times in the past couple weeks I've found him in the bathroom sitting on the toilet.  Sometimes he's made it in time and sometimes he hasn't, but it's a start, right? I guess it's time to get this little guy some pull-ups.  Levi's also become quite the singer.  He loves to sing along with the Christmas Carols in the car and throughout the day he spontaneously bursts out singing the words to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Happy Birthday To You, Jon-uh :)  He's also recently become fascinated (more like obsessed) with the iPad and Daddy's phone. 

Spider Ryder is kicking up a storm!  He moves a lot, especially when he hears his daddy talking to him and also when his mommy is trying to relax.  As of now, Ryder is at the top of our list as far as names go.  Both Tyler and I like it and haven't agreed on anything else, but I think we will have to wait until he's born to make a for sure decision. 

Well- that's our 2-week update since we missed posting last week.  Hope everyone is doing well!