First Zoo Trip of the Year

So this year I decided that we should buy a season pass to the Tulsa Zoo. I received a postcard in the mail telling me that the family passes were going to be on sale for $54, but only for a limited time. So I looked at the calender and decided that I would take the kids on Friday March 19th. A friend of mine contacted me a few days before and asked me if I wanted to go with her and her boys. I said yes assuming I would feel like it. I made up my mind Thursday that I would make myself feel like it. 

We arrived at the Zoo at 10 a.m. and already the parking lots were filling up. I managed to get a really good spot and got the kids out and went up to the front. While I was waiting for my friend to arrive I got in line to buy the season pass.  It wasn't to long but it took about 30 min to get through. My friend arrived shortly behind me and got her pass and off we went.

The park was pretty full. It finally dawned on me that it was the last day of spring break and the last day before a "snow storm" was supposed to hit and that's why it was so full. We walked around and ate lunch and hit the gift shop. By the time we got ready to leave the park was so full you'd think it might bust. The little line I had been in to buy my pass was now about a 1/2 mile long and the line to get into the park was even longer. People were parked everywhere. Every space was taken and people had started parking on the grass even up to the main entrance. It was nuts. Getting out took about 10 min., not to bad.

I love the Zoo. I never get bored there. I like to go during the week when school is in so that the park isn't very full and I can really enjoy every animal. That's why I bought the pass so that I can take the kids over the summer and into next school year. I cant wait. I have so many things I want to do with the kids over the summer and into next school year. I ordered several brochures from the Oklahoma Tourism website and I have lots of ideas on where we can go and what we can do. Ill be posting a tentative schedule as soon as I receive the brochures. Even though I'm pregnant I cant spend the entire summer cooped up in the house, I'm ready to get out and get busy!

New Seasons Bring New Change.....

Well we're pretty much moved into my father-in-laws house. In a little over a week we've managed to get everything unpacked and stored away. He has this gorgeous 2-story, 4 bedroom home that has been sitting pretty much empty for awhile now.

 Hes graciously allowing us to live here while we save money to buy our own home next year. In the mean time we are here and I have to say, I love it. The kids can go in the back yard and play without me having to watch their every move.

There are other changes on the horizon. I am currently working on a stay at home business. More about that later. And as most of you know I have another child on the way. Come the fall when school starts again I'm hoping to start home-schooling Jordan myself. My sister-in-law has been home-schooling him this year and I cannot express enough how grateful I am. He has excelled in the home school setting and I would like to continue it. Now that I am not working and trying to get this business going I will have the time to school him. Of course I will need a lot of help so I'm hoping that she can teach me to be a good teacher to Jordan, Conor and Baby X.

Of course I cant ignore the changing season. Its beginning to look a lot like Spring around here in Tulsa. I love Spring and Summer. I grew up in Florida so I don't mind being hot. The only thing about this summer is I will be pregnant, big and pregnant. But again I prefer to be hot so Ill put up with it. Spring makes me feel like changing things. Usually I would start working out again in an effort to lose weight. But that's pointless this year. I am trying to be more conscience about my weight this pregnancy. The neighborhood around here is fabulous. Lots of hills to walk to get exercise and there's a park within walking distance if I want to take the kids to play. I fully intend to get out with the kids on a regular basis. I hate being cooped up in the house. Right now we are a one car family. I hate that. The fact that I don't have access to a car unless I get up early and take Mike to work makes me feel trapped. For now we will make this work but come Fall we will need a bigger car. Hopefully we'll be able to get one.

Lots of changes are going to happen this year. I'm looking forward to them all. I truly believe this is the year that Mike and I will finally be able to get things on track. We have been so blessed, I thank God everyday for everything hes given us.

Another Boy? Could it be???

So yesterday I went to the doctor for my first ultrasound. Im only 10 1/2 weeks so she couldnt tell me the sex but we got to talking about all the ways to possibly predict the sex without an ultrasound. Its still to early to see how Ill be carrying the baby so that ones out and Im not having any weird cravings. So I mentioned that I had checked the chinese birth chart. Here are my results:

Mother's Age at conception: -Select- 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45



Month of conception: -Select- January February March April May June July August September October November December


Predicted gender:  male

She said that she had also heard that the chinese birth chart to be accurate. I said yes but I was doing it purely for fun. Then I mentioned something else I had recently tried. I went to Walgreens and bought an Intelligender Gender Prediction Kit. Basically you pee into a cup and mix it in another cup and whatever color it turns thats what your having. If it stays yellow or turns orange its a girl and if it turns dark green its a boy.  (intelligender.com, they show sample results on the website if anyones interested in checking it out). I said that I had bought it just for the fun of it and the ultrasound lady said that theyre not just for fun. She said shes had 5 other patients tell her the same thing and all theirs were accurate. She said that she believes its a pretty accurate test. So when I took ours this past Tuesday it was.....green!!! Looks like another boy. Of course we would like a girl but looks like Im just destined to have boys. Oh well.

Of course we wont truly know for another 12 weeks but I think shes right and Im banking on another boy. In the mean time Im just trying to enjoy being pregnant as much as I can since this is going to be our last. Ill keep everyone posted on the progress and Ill get around to posting the pictures from the ultrasound soon.