FYI

I survived the week Brandon went out of town.
We are settling into our house.
The kids are amazing and doing well.
They love the house.
I am still very sick, and throw up daily.
Things are good.
Life is wonderful.
I am 11 weeks and the baby is 1.5 inches and the size of a fig.

frustration.

Today we still don't have a close date.
We will NOT be moving this weekend.
We were told it was probably going to happen LAST weekend! ugh.
Brandon is flying out of town next weekend. for a week. for work.
Great timing.
What are we supposed to do?
When are we supposed to move?
And how?
I can't lift anything. and neither can HALF my family being pregnant and all.
I AM SOOOOOO SICK of being sick!
This week has been especially bad!
My zofran does not seem to be doing anything!
I puke several times a day!
NOT FUN.
UGH.
My parents are SO ready to get their house back, and to get our furniture that is closing in all around us out.
I am just a little bummed today.

On a brighter note,
my children are happy and healthy, they are beautiful, and I love them. even if they are wearing clothes today for the first time all week because my dad was sick of seeing them in pajamas.

We are happy to announce...

yes yes it's true...

We will be welcoming Stott baby number 3 to the family April 2012. :)

My sister Brittany is having a baby girl in October
My sister Mallory is having a baby boy in November
My sis-in-law Lauren (Stott side) is having a baby boy in December
My best friend Sarah is due April 7th.
I am due April 14!
My sister in law Andrea is due April 16th.

My parents will be going from 9 grand babies to 13 by next April. It's so exciting!

I have been waiting to have an ultrasound to make sure everything is ok before I announced it into the Internet world. We had an appt today and everything looks good, our little peanut is good and had a fast heart beat of 182 bpm. The baby was measuring 8 weeks 5 days, 2 days bigger then what my due date says.

My next appt will be October 4th.

 We will be finding out what we are having probably the end of October. And as always I will keep you updated on my progress. 

AS ALWAYS I am sicker then a dog throwing up several times a day and nauseous all day every day!   My kids wear their pajamas all day! They are neglected! my husband comes home to a messy house and a grocery list. So NOT FUN! why do some women get SO sick and some women not at all!?!? It's just not right!

AND as ALWAYS again I am showing from the night I conceive! What is wrong with me!? I can't hide it at all!! People ask me if I know what I am having all the time! If they only knew how far a long I am when they ask me! This picture is just embarrassing!! I don't know why I show SOOOO early but I do! You would think I would just be used to it by now!??! But here I am a week and a few days ago when I was 7 weeks. I swear that's what my belly looked like at week 4! It just pops right out!!!

pumpkins

Lucas was being a big helper! Jason was out in the garden the other night and the kids had a hay day playing around out there. The boys were both bare foot and filthy!! Just look at Lucas' face!

This is Lucas helping carry in a pumpkin we picked from the garden.  My dad has a million out in the garden so we thought we would pick a couple that were ripe and ready.

 It was so funny how heavy they were for him to carry, can you see the strain in his face!

 They are so cute and festive we just wanted to bring them in and carve them! haha! what else are we supposed to do with them?

 Picture taken right before he dropped it.

 They are both SOOOOO dirty.

 What is this smile? It's boarder line not cute. haha

 Showing me he could be a big helper too like Lucas.

He just wanted to sit with the pumpkins and pose for the camera. haha!

We are....

getting a new house!!

We are excited,

scared.

anxious.

but mostly excited.

We should be closing on the 2nd of September, that's a week away! I can't believe it! My parents are ready to have their house back, they have been SO great letting us take over the past 10 months!!  My kids are going to be SO sad when we aren't with grandma and papa 24-7! Lucas is going to go through some serious with drawls! He is SOOOO attached to my parents especially my mom.  He wakes up in the morning crying for her. He was only 6 months when we moved in and they have been a major part of his life.  He is going to have to go through some major adjustments. poor thing.

It's not like we'll be far.  It's maybe an 8 min. drive from them. about 1.5 min drive for Brandon to get to work.  And our good friends (Sarah and Steve-o) are also buying a house (and closing next week as well!!) they'll be about a 30 seconds drive away. We couldn't be happier. I am sure we will be saving money on gas for sure!



little friends

Avary came over to play the other day...

These two get so excited to see each other, little buddies. They are as close as brother and sister. It's adorable.  What do you expect when your an hour apart!?

Lucas was saying cheese for the camera.  and yes you can admire my craigslist chairs. love them.

Disney Vacation Day 7

 The last day of our vacation everyone flew out at different times.  We had a late flight so after we checked out of our hotel we hit up the beach.  We had a great time. the kids loved it, and I LOVED IT.  I had never been in a warm ocean before! it was awesome! we dried off changed out of our wet sandy clothes in the van on the way to the airport! needless to say we were a little sandy!  It was worth it though!

 William was crazy, he loved loved loved the waves! He would run and jump in and over them, the waves would take him out and he would go under the water. He had an absolute blast!

 Lucas wanting his mommy.


Then we got on our flight...

 This was the last picture I took.  On both flights we would change the boys into their pajamas and let them get comfy. William liked his little personal screen and ear phones. It was adorable.

 The end of the Stott Family Vacation posts for 2011.

Disney Vacation Day 6

on Thursday (Day 6) we went to Epcot.

Epcot was a lot of fun! They had the Character spot where you could wait in a line IN DOORS with air conditioning and then go through the line of all the characters! We had been to several parks and we had yet to see Mickey! I was getting worried that we had yet to see mickey until I saw the character spot! we waited in line and then we went through and saw Mickey, Pluto, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy we were so excited!

We did a finding Nemo ride.

We did an interactive show with Slush from finding Nemo.  (it was so darling and the kids loved it)

and we walked around all the Aquariums and saw the creatures in the water!

Brandon and I went on Soarin' and Test track. Soaring was awesome.

Caitlin and Annalise waiting in line.

 he was smashed next to Minnie in this group hug!

Lucas checking out Minnie

 he did better with the card board cut outs... he didn't love the characters as much as William!

 So sweet holding Donald's hand.

do you see how hard he is squeezing Donald arm!? he was SO excited he was freaking out.

so this was all the kids around Donald.....

and this is what happens when all the kids are so excited around him and Donald is squatting down next to them. He lost his balance and over he went!

 Lilly loves Donald, he is her very favorite, she even has a little Donald doll she carries around with her.

 like I said he didn't do so well with them.. haha

 playing some video games.

 I hate that he loves it so much! but he does!

 Annalise passed out!

We saw this van on the way out of the park in the parking lot. too funny! we had to take a picture next to it.

We made it a goal to leave this park early enough in the day so we could have some time to "hang out" together.  We hadn't done very much of that on this trip so we were determined to have a relaxing night for our last night together. We had a delicious dinner of take out Chinese.  We put most of the kids to sleep and the adults played a little poker. :) The last two standing were Ellie and I, and we pretty much called it a draw.  It was late and they had to catch a plane early in the morning.  It was probably my favorite night while we were there. I love when we all hang out and get to talk and laugh, and eat. Next vacation I am determined we do more of it! Talking and relaxing that is, (lets be honest probably eating as well!) :)

Disney Vacation Day 5

Day 5 was Hollywood Studios day

Things I want to remember about Hollywood Studios

*Disney Junior Live on Stage: Probably William's Favorite things the whole week. He saw Handy Manny and the tools, Jake and the Never land Pirates, Little Einsteins, mickey mouse club house and all the character's, and he LOVED IT!

*Muppet's Vision in 3D: William wore his 3D glasses the whole time and totally loved it.

*We ate dinner/lunch at this awesome restaurant and ate like royalty, I had the best appetizer, main course, dessert, and drink! Thanks to my in laws for that!! (it was part of a package to go to the fantasia show later that night if we ate there)

*We watched This HUGE mickey fantasia show at the end of the night.  It was freaking awesome! it was a little scary when all the villains from all the movies were flashing up on the water and the mean witch turned into a HUGE dragon, but then Mickey defeated the bad guys and won! so then it made it all better! it was a great show!

Brandon and I rode on The Tower of Terror, Star Tours,  and Rock "n" roller coaster.

We saw Lighting McQueen, and Mator. And the highly anticipated Phineas and Ferb!!

 I have no idea why William looks SO mad in these pictures? he was really excited?  but Lilly Makes up for it! look how genuinely excited she is!!! haha love it!

I love Phineas and Ferb!

                                         
 

 Grandma Stott gave all the kids candy necklaces, those things are fun for all ages!

 Leaving the park at the end of our AWESOME show!