Blissfully mundane...

In a few more minutes, I get to head out to my doctor to see if little Belen has decided to turn her act around or not. I've almost kind of resigned myself to the fact that she won't turn, and that I'll be having a c-section, but I would be elated if the opposite were true. Since all of my kids have been born with the cord around their necks...some of them blue, some of them not, I am a little paranoid about trying to forcefully turn her, but we'll see what the doc says. I don't think I have ever trusted someone outside of my family more in my life, so if he told me to stand on one foot for 24 hours straight, I would do it. 'Course, he wouldn't ask that :)

We have had a busy couple of days. Monday, Bryan turned 32!!! He was feeling yucky all day, so we kept things pretty low-key, but we still managed to have a lot of fun. In the morning, for her present for Daddy, Liah wanted to buy Bryan a plant for his pond, but she wanted HIM to pick it out, so we loaded him in the van, eyes covered with all of the kids and headed for J&L. Poor guy was already feeling pukey so all of the driving in circles probably didn't help ;) But we made it, and he picked out a beautiful hibiscus with her! We are excited to see how it does. We have one goldfish in our pond, and seeing as how our mosquito fish keep having babies, we have about 50 of them, so it's fun for the kids to see them all.

For his birthday dinner, I made him a Cafe Rio recipe I got from a friend for their pork with green sauce, pico, and special rice. It took me all day, and I made quite a mess, but it was yummy. I think he enjoyed it more last night because he was feeling a bit better. I also made a chocolate zucchini cake with raspberry filling and chocolate cream cheese frosting. It was yummy yummy yummy. I like this one because unlike a lot of recipes that call for zucchini, this one uses pureed rather than grated zucchini so the texture is a lot better. Even Zerin gobbled it up (until he noticed the raspberry seeds...busted!).

Zerin gave Bryan a Dunder Mifflin t-shirt (I got it at Kohls for $3!!!) which he loved. Asher gave him a mo-tab cd, and Aeden gave him the one thing he asked for...April 2009 conference cd's! I FINALLY got to give him "my gift," he loved it! Since I made the same thing for his other 4 siblings, I have to wait to tell you about it until they've all opened theirs, which will happen this weekend, but as soon as they do, I'll post a pic. Again, my camera with all the other pics is upstairs, and I'm telling you, that's a lot of stairs, so sorry for now there are not more pictures in this long epistle.

I got Liah's dresser painted, and Aeden and Asher's dresser painted...such a huge difference! It makes me wonder why I put it off for so long! I'm going to post pics of the boys' room soon so you can see how that turned out.

Today, I have a batch of tomatoes to can...never done those before, so I'm hoping they turn out. By the way, I have a TON of tomatillos (not to be confused with tomatoes) and I could never never ever use them all, if anyone is interested. They are awesome in homemade salsa, and a little goes a long long way. I used them in the pico I just made, and wow. I am going to can a batch of salsa this weekend, but there will be gobs and gobs left even after that, so, seriously, come on by and get some.

Last night, the kids had a sleepover with each other in the loft. They watched "Rookie of the Year" and "Sandlot." Let's just say Zerin's on a bit of a baseball kick right now. He asked Bryan to go to the sporting goods store so he could look at all the baseball hats to decide who his favorite team is...interesting strategy :) For now, the Cardinals are "his" team.

I can't believe Liah is starting kindergarten in a week and a half. In some ways, she seems so much older than that, but in others, I'm a little devasted to begin the time where she is with other people more than me. She is beyond excited. I am working to try and get her some outfits made before it starts....I'm still not sure how they are going to turn out, but in theory, they are really cute.

Aeden is still my little ham. His latest antic is that he has to show us his poo-poo in the potty EVERY TIME HE GOES! Yeah, it's getting old, but it's cute he's so proud. I think it scared Marné pretty good when she and Mom came over the other night :)

Asher is growing up too fast, and I know it's will get worse once Belen comes. Lucky for me, he still loves his morning cuddle time. He's "speaking" a bit more, and hates to be left out by the big kids. Bryan took them yesterday to play baseball after work, and with a huge field to play in, the only thing Asher was interested in doing was running into the street. Typical Asher. My favorite thing he does still, is anytime you call him, wherever he is, you get a loud, "Huh?" It is so funny :)