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.

A child's perception of MJ

Preston has been getting a lot of press on the blog lately, so I guess it's Chandler's turn. Thanks to Comcast-on-demand and YouTube, Chandler is now a HUGE Michael Jackson fan. He loves Thriller, Bad, Beat it and Black and White. Out of this and the on-going TV coverage, he has come up with some pretty humorous questions.

1. "Is Michael Jackson a girl?" I'm sure it's no surprise where this question comes from. Make up, long hair, etc, but it's still caused a giggle or two from me.
2. "Did both Michael Jacksons die?" he asked. "What do you mean?" I asked him to clarify. "The one with the brown skin and the one with the white skin."
3. "It's a good thing, he named his song 'Black and White' since he used to be Black and now he's White.
4. After hearing his talking voice, he said, "Is Michael Jackson a grown up?"
   

There's probably a couple of more, but those are the ones I could think of immediately. Kids are too honest for their own good sometimes.

Another Preston funny...

I just had to record another funny thing Preston said the other day for posterity. We were on our way to Chandler's T-ball game and Preston let out one of his famous high-pitched screams that we all love. I told him that if he did that again, he would have to walk the rest of the way. (for the record, it was an idle threat). He responded by saying that, "You sure are mean to Heavenly Father's children!" I guess he effectively put me in my place. :)