Cam's 1st Pool Trip

This past Sunday we took the kids to a friends pool. I decided to go ahead and take Cam for a dip. He LOVED it!!! I think he would have stayed in for hours but we went with 15 minutes:)

A Few Pictures

The World According to Tanner

The last week of school Tanner's class put up a display that was the World According to Us. The teachers asked the kids questions and recorded all of their responses throughout the year. I wrote down what Tanner said and would like to share it with everyone.

Question: What does the tooth fairy do with all the teeth?
Tanner's Answer: She puts them on a big table.

Question: Where does the sun go when the moon is out?
Tanner's Answer: It goes under the hill.
When I asked him about this answer he said that at our lake house the sun disappears behind the hill in the evening and then it gets dark

Question: If you could be any animal, what would you choose?
Tanner's Answer: A monkey so I could swing from vine to vine.

Question: How do witches make their broomsticks fly?
Tanner's Answer: They get a rocket and put it on the broom. They get a match and make it go.

Question: How do you prepare Thanksgiving dinner?
Tanner's Answer: For stuffing, my Grandma made it. We weren't there yet and I don't know how to make it.

Question: How does Santa Clause get down the chimney?
Tanner's Answer: He jumps down feet first, arms by his side and he uses his ands and feet to help push himself down.

Question: How did Rudolph get a red nose?
Tanner's Answer: The elves made it and glued it to his nose.

Question: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Tanner's Answer: A policeman so I can fight the bad guys.

Question: What does Jesus look like?
Tanner's Answer: His hair is short and blonde and he wears purple clothes.

Question: If you could visit anywhere in the world where would you go?
Tanner's Answer: California so I can go to Lego Land.
How he knows that Lego Land is in California is beyond me???

Question: If you had a pot of gold what would you do with it?
Tanner's Answer: I would buy my own pirate ship with 42 Mario movies in it.

Question: What do the teachers do when they are not at school?
Tanner's Answer: Buy stuff that the school needs.

Question: If you could have a magical power what would it be?
Tanner's Answer: I would have rocket boots and fly.

Question: If you could as God anything, what would you ask him?
Tanner's Answer: I would ask him to make my Grammi feel better.
When I read this last one I could not help but start to cry. He is such a sweet, sensitive little boy.

My Three Babies

Our babies tend to all look very similar. See if you can guess who is who. Sami is obvious, as she is the only one with a bow but the boys are a little harder.

Our Little Cam Cam

Cameron Chase Spiecker

Our little boy was born March 21, 2011, weighing 7 lbs. 15 oz. and 19.5 inches long. I woke up that morning to Sami lifting up my shirt at about 7am. When I asked her what she was doing she looked at me and said "Is the baby still in there?" When I said yes, she looked right at me and said "Oh, she's coming today." Well she was right about the arriving part, but incorrect about the "she." At about 9 in the morning I thought maybe I felt my water break. I was a little unsure as I have never had my water break on it's own before. I called the doctor to see what he thought and he wanted me to come in just to get checked out. I had an appointment scheduled with him at 1 but he thought I should come in sooner. I was having contractions too but I had been having those for weeks. These did feel different but I was still unsure as to what was going on. I got the kids ready for school, dropped them off, kissed them goodbye and off to the doctor I went.

I arrived at about 10 and they confirmed that indeed my water had broken. I was dilated to about a 4 and was 80% effaced. I was in active labor. Off to the hospital I went, or I should say I walked since it was just across the parking lot. I got around 11 and the nurse checked me in, did some blood work, and all of the other things they do. She then checked me again and I was dilated to a 5 or 6. She looked at me very concerned and asked if there was someone that she could call to come be with me. I assured here that my husband was on his way and she said, "Well he better hurry up." She was correct. 3 hours and about 4 pushes later our little man made his debut into the world. He is perfect in every way and is a very good baby. Here are some pictures for everyone to enjoy. He looks very much like his big brother did as a newborn, but we all know that all of our children look the same anyways:)

So Sad

Last night Sami was up and down for a few hours. She has been trying to sneak into our bed at night and since I am 9 months pregnant and sleeping poorly already, she does not succeed very often. Anyways, last night she comes down and crawls into bed. I get her up, take her potty and go tuck her back into her own bed. I lie down with her for a few minutes and sing her a song, tell her she needs to go back to sleep and stay in her bed and off I go back downstairs. She cries for a few minutes and then gets quiet. A few minutes. later she is back in our room. I pick her up and take her back to her room and tell her I will have to close her gate on her door if she gets up again. We put a gate on her door that locks which scares the crap out of her if you shut it. Yes this sounds very mean, but just the treat of closing the gate usually keeps her in her bed and the few times I have had to shut it, I only shut it for a few minutes, then open it back up and tell her next time it will close until morning. Hopefully that will never happen because I am a big softy and I don't think I could actually follow through with it. Anyways, so I take her back to her room and tell her if she gets up before it is light outside again that her gate will be closed. A few minutes later she is back in my room. She says "Don't worry Mommy (through some serious tears). I just need to get some tissues to dry my tears." She picks up the tissue box from my nightstand and carries it to her room with her. She cried for a few minutes and then it got quiet. I went up to check on her and she was sound asleep with her tissue box next to her with several wadded up wet tissues scattered about. SO SAD!!! It is so hard to stay strong and not let her come into bed with us. I wouldn't have a problem with it if she actually went back to sleep when she comes into our room but she tosses and turns and talks and plays. Hopefully tonight she will sleep and we will have no tissue box stealing to wipe away her sad tears:(

More Outside Fun

I cannot wait for the weather to be nice all the time!! We have some serious Spring Fever going on at the Spiecker House. The kids are tired of all of their toys after being stuck inside all winter. Anyways, if the temperature is over 45 degrees we try to get out! Here are a few pics from our bike riding the other day.

A Nice "Winter" Day

So they say when you live in Kansas, if you do not like the weather, just wait an hour. This could not have been more true this last week. It was almost 70 degrees on Tuesday and Wednesday and on Thursday we had snow and it was back in the 20's. We did get out and enjoy the nice weather. The kids had a ball riding bikes and I was very happy to finally move Sami's bike she got for Christmas outdoors. It just didn't seem right to me to get her a bike for Christmas, only to put it into the garage and say, "You can ride it in the Spring." That would be no fun at all so since Christmas, she has been riding it in a circle around our house. She would go flying by us sitting on the couch in the Family Room, into the Kitchen, into the Dinning Room, through the Living Room and then back to the Family Room. It was quite the fun for her but I did get very tired of saying "Slow down, don't run into the ______________." Luckily, we managed to get through it with only one small dent in the fridge door. She did ride right down the stairs to the playroom one day, which took about a year off my life but she arose, unfazed and unharmed. Anyways, I am very happy to now have the bike outdoors where it belongs. Here are some pics from our outdoor fun.