A double insult!

What you are about to read is a TRUE STORY. I am not exaggerating or making up any part of it. Last Saturday, while watching Chandler's soccer game, one of the other moms came up to me and started asking me how many kids we had, etc. I told her we had three boys. She looked at me and said, "Are you expecting or are you just chubby?" SERIOUSLY. I KID YOU NOT! Who says that kind of thing out loud! I was in a stunned silence before I replied that I had a newborn. Of course she wanted to know how old he was. Probably to see if he he was young enough to justify the 'chubbiness' of my appearance. "One month, lady, he's only one month old!" I was screaming in my head. Not only would it be bad enough for someone to ask if you were pregnant when you AREN'T, but for the other option to be chubby!?! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I chose to laugh and to tell everyone I know. Jared had to step away because he was laughing so hard. Of course, after we got home, I was thinking of all the good comebacks I should have used. 'I may be fat now, but you'll be ugly forever!' and a few others. I was actually starting to feel pretty good since I was able to wear my regular jeans and everything, but I have since been put in my place. Gym, here I come!

Chandler's Poem

Chandler wrote this poem last night, and it was too cute not to share.

Me by Chandler Hemmert

No one looks the way I do

That is true.

I am special

I am me.

There is no one I 'd rather be

than me.

I think the lesson here for us all is obvious. We sure love this kid!

Here's our winner!

My sister-in-law, Natalie Hemmert, is the winner of our baby stats contest! If you want to see how close you came, click on the link on the right side bar. The game name is: Hemmertbaby (all one word). Thanks for playing, everyone!

Backyard fun and there's an app for that!

Last Friday night, we got together with all of the 'local' Hemmerts for a party at Grandma/Grandpa Hemmert's house. We had pizza, swam, and then all of the little boys changed into their new PJs (courtesy Grandma Joyce) for Monsters, Inc. on the big screen (i.e. the white, vinyl fence). There are so many little boys close to the same age in the Hemmert clan that it can be chaotic at times, but they always have a blast. P.S. I shamelessly stole these picture from Matt/Julie's blog--I hope they don't care :)

TONS of cute boys!

They even sat still for most of the movie, if you can imagine that!

About halfway into the movie, I started having contractions. Not wanting to waste brain cells calculating how far apart they were, I decided to check and see if there was an iPhone application that does that for you. Surprise, surprise...there is! I found an app that kept track of the duration and time between contractions. It even gives you an alert when you should go to the hospital. (of course, there's the obligatory, "this application is no substitute for medical care, blah blah blah"). It really did make it easier to keep track of that, so I'm glad I had it. I'll do another post with the whole labor/delivery story later. It's a good one. I'm still trying to get my act together, so try to be patient with me. I also need to calculate the winner of our baby stats game, so stay tuned...

Another 'compliment' courtesy of my child

The other day, Chandler said, "Mom, I can't wait to see you back in shape again."  I honestly didn't even know he knew what 'in shape' meant.  Me too, Chandler, me too...

Preston's first day of school

Preston had his turn for the "first day" today.  He went to preschool last year, so it's not totally new to him.  He is right on the deadline for Kindergarten next year, and we haven't decided what to do yet, so there may be one more year of preschool to come.

With his new teacher.

Outside of his classroom, anxious to get in there and play (I mean work).

First day of school 2009

My big First Grader.  He was so excited to go to school this morning.  He had a great day and made lots of new friends.

Getting on the bus.  Preston was pretty bored without his big brother around all day.