I'm ready, why can't he?!

So I am totally ready for this baby to come. But I guess this little guy has a different agenda. I have 2 days left til my due date. My midwife keeps telling me he's already big and going to be at least 9 pounds... So he's physically ready to come out! :) If this is his way of testing my patience... That's not nice. 

Things I'm excited for:

- first and foremost... To not have heartburn. Never ever again. (Well until the next baby, if.)

- to sleep on my stomach

- walk up stairs without having to pass out.

- be able to bend over to pick something up. 

- have my skinny ankles back.

- to go running!!

- to not be so hot & sweaty alllllll the time.

- and I suppose I'm excited to snuggle my new babe! ;)

Great weather, great friends

(I just figured out how to post from my phone! So we'll see how this works!)

With great weather, comes great fun! And I'm so thankful we have such wonderful friends, for not just me ;) but for my kids! We have been having a blast park hopping the last few weeks... And it's not even Summer!! 

It has been so fun having my kids be at an age where they can go on anything, and be so independent! I love their little adventurous minds. 

Time flies... literally.

There is a lot that will be happening in the next couple weeks. And it's going to fly by. Just like this pregnancy. This pregnancy has by far, gone by the quickest. But it has also been the most challenging. I'm sitting at 37 1/2 weeks pregnant. And it's so hard to believe that within 2 1/2 weeks, we'll add another little babe to this crew of ours. I really can't believe it. REALLY. I feel completely ready as far as clothes, diapers, burp rags, crib, binks, all the fun little baby things.... (I'm almost done with his blanket)..... but it's still so hard to believe I"m going to be responsible for another human being. And I still ask myself daily, "Am I really equipped to be responsible for these children?!" Apparently I am. :)

Monday - Luke & Jenny (and children) will be getting to town from Albuquerque (YAAAAY!!!)
Tuesday - waxing family's faces
Wednesday - Sydney's Temple endowment, with family dinner.
Thursday - nothing :)
Friday - Sealing day! In charge of bride's make-up and flowers at the dinner that night.
Saturday - Graduation dinner for Allison
Sunday - Father's Day & Allison's graduation from PSU
Monday-Sunday - the baby will be making an appearance!

Gah... I'm tired just typing that all out.....

The things that really get me through the day are Cohen and Molly. They are just so excited and happy about everything. They are so excited to see their cousins, they literally can't stand it, they talk about it every hour of every day. And they are so cute about the baby coming. They snuggle and kiss the baby belly, they help name it... Cohen's name he likes is Arthur, and Molly's is Stinky head. Man, how do we choose?! They helped me pick out the baby's new binks at the store, they help me hang the baby clothes... they are going to be such cute older siblings!! I can't wait to see them with the babe.

Now that Jeff has hooked up our AC units in our house, I am ready for this next week to come. :) Man, it's hot out.

The *new* Long Crew blog

So yes, it's been quite awhile since I've posted. When you get far behind, it's really hard to catch back up. So I've decided to take a different approach with this blog. Keep it updated (as much as I can), with less pressure for me. Which means... sadly, less pictures. I am such a visual person. So I LOVE tons and tons of pictures on blogs. But I think that's where I kept getting behind. So from now on, this will be a place where I can dump off my thoughts on to, update those who care, And a place for our family journal. With Facebook and Instagram, I feel like I share all of our pictures on there anyways...So anyhoo.... That's where I'm going with this now. And I'm excited to start fresh with my thoughts on my cute little family. :)

Molly the ballerina

I was changing Molly out of her church dress into some play clothes when she ran to her closet and grabbed her tutu! She's never really worn it (I'll explain in a minute) and I didn't think it would even fit anymore... But sure enough, it does! Molly LOVES Angelina Ballerina. L.O.V.E.S. So she spent the next ten minutes dancing around like Angelina before she had to go down for a nap.

Gah! I lover her too much....

The story of this tutu.... When her Aunt Tracey was visiting us in Utah, when Molly was 2 months old, we came across it and Tracey bought it for her! Tracey insisted that we had to try it on her even though it was 6-12months. So that's what this picture is. Then when Molly was big enough to wear it - it was January and a little too cold to be prancing around in it... And she wasn't really into it anyway. But now, she is! :) Good thing it still fits!