My three...

We've known since Thursday and it has been killing us trying to keep the secret, but knowing that Easter would be Sunday, we decided to have a little fun. We placed a yellow "peep" inside a bunch of plastic eggs. We then placed 1 peep of a *different color* in a single egg. We passed the eggs out and let everyone open their egg. Could they put it all together?

Here is how the Roberts clan did with our "peep show" :)



When we played earlier in the day with my side of the family, it was Uncle Matt who figured it out first! It was so fun to celebrate our news with everyone on Easter. We told the boys Friday night at dinner. I don't think we could ever possibly beat Carter's reaction! Coen... well, he's in his 2 year old "no" phase :)



I was so worried when he thought it would be a girl that he would be let down when I said "boy" but his enthusiasm to have another brother was adorable!

We are still getting used to the idea of 3 boys. Wow. Just typing it... 3! They are going to have so much fun growing up together!

Silly mommy

I volunteered in the 2s/3s room at church last night and took Carter
and Coen along (not the original plan, but it worked out). With about
15 minutes to go, one mom came in and picked up her daughter early.
This sent one little guy into worry wondering when he would get picked
up.
He refused to join the other kids watching Veggie Tales and wanted
to be held. As I patted his back and swayed back and forth, Coen
looked up and took notice. He then looked to his left at Carter, then
back to me and said "Carter right here, Mommy!" as he pointed to
Carter.
I had to laugh. Poor guy thought I had mistakenly picked up a
Carter look-a-like and was trying to help me out.

Thanks, bud.

Whoopee!

The boys across the street gave the boys a ton of used toys yesterday.
Not among them, whoppee cushion. When they saw how much fun Carter was
having with it at their house, they gave it to him as well. I
definitely live in a house of boys!

Coen says

Coen has officially entered the talking stage where he isn't just
communicating, but adding his personality to conversations. Today, I
pointed to my belly and said, "there's a baby in there."

Coen: a baby in there?!
Me: yep. A baby.
Coen: come out baby, come out! (as he patted my belly)

I think he is going to be pretty excited about the baby by the time
he/she gets here.

17 weeks

Definitely felt a few kicks tonight! I think I've felt movement a few
other times as well, but would then go a couple of days with nothing..
The backache is really setting in. I don't remember having it this
early with Carter, but then again, I didn't really document much with
his pregnancy.

So far we are just really enjoying this experience. Every so often
I'll say to Carter, "look how much the baby has grown" to which he
usually relies, "when the baby gets to here (he gestures close to his
body and far from mine) you'll tip over!" he thinks this is hilarious
EVERY time :)

A cool feature for some..

I love the feature of being able to close the back doors from the
driver's seat. Coen doesn't care for this feature. He constantly is
thinking we have forgotten to close his door and starts to panic.
Watch how his attitude changes when he hears the door start to close -
he doesn't even turn to look at it.

Happy Palm Sunday

We love our church's Sunday school
program!