Just stuff

I thought I would throw on a few random pictures of what the kids have been doing the last couple of days. For those of you who don't know, Brody wants a dog-a real dog-so badly. Of course that leads to Kelsi thinking she must have a cat or perish. However, neither Bryce or I are indoor-pet-people and because our backyard is the size of a postage stamp, we have said no pets for the time being.

So, as a compromise (for right now), each kid has several stuffed animal pets of their choice that they drag around. Brody even feeds his dogs from 'water bowls' and tucks them into his bed at night. Currently they are all on a field trip to Grandma's house. He really does try to treat them like real pets because his dad has told him if he can take care of these dogs, MAYBE he can get a real dog. Yeah, he's taken that and run with it.

Because these animals are underfoot, in kids' arms, and are now currently calling me 'grandma,' I thought I'd better get some pictures.

Here is Kelsi, she just looked so cute with her curly hair and headband I had to take a picture of her toasting me with her spoon.

The newest additions: Kelsi's cat Seraphina...guess where she got that name. Brody's puppy Paws. They actually are really cute toys and purr and bark and wag tails and all sorts of stuff.

Brody dressed in some batman stuff and check out his other two dogs, Puppy and Blackie. Yes, those are bat-masks on those dogs. The things a mom will do.

Kelsi dressed as a princess with her dog Brownie. Aren't we such original namers? She also has a cat named...you guessed it~Kitty Cat.

Totally random here, a picture of me pregnant, about 17 weeks. This was about 2 weeks ago, but I don't look too much different now. I seem to be a slow grower this time around. I realized I didn't have very many pictures taken of me pregnant with either of the other two kids and thought I'd try to do a little bit better this time.