Barber Bustlings

For anyone interested, Barber baby #3 will be arriving November 2008. I am 17 weeks along and we are thrilled to be expecting another little one around here. Bailey is convinced that we are having a girl; after all, she's been praying for a sister for a few years now. I have felt like it was a girl, but we will be happy with whatever we get. My friends tell me that you cannot hide the third pregnancy and that is completely true in my case. I'm okay with it now that we are past the danger of miscarrying. We've had two ultrasounds and the baby looks healthy so we are celebrating our great news. Hopefully in the next few weeks we will find out if Bailey is right about the baby's gender. Scott and I have recently received bigger, more time-consuming callings and are interested to see how it will all work out when we add a baby on top of our busy lives. Scott is the new executive secretary for the ward and I am the 2nd counselor in the Relief Society. I am going ...

Myles Jay turns 2 next week. He is trying to give up his naps already; we are not on the same page there. He loves books and will sit with different books looking at the pictures by himself. I don't remember Bailey entertaining herself this way. Of course, she had me all to herself for four years before Myles got here. She is a much more social creature than he is. I love how different they both are from each other. Myles and Bailey play really well together: she tells him what to do and he does it. They both love to listen to music and dance. I don't know where my kids get their rhythm from, but it's nice to know that nature does correct itself since Scott and I can't dance at all.

Our little kindergartener, Bailey, has finished her first year of school. She had a wonderful teacher and I still find it hard to believe that the year is over. She turns six in a couple of weeks and has really changed. A lot of the changes have been good, like learning to read and finding out how much she loves Math. (That's my girl!) One sad change I have seen is that she no longer is confident and outgoing. She is intimidated and worries about what others think. She never did that before. This isn't always how she is, but in groups of kids she doesn't know she turns quite shy. My wiser, more experienced friends tell me this will change by the third grade, but I can't help but think that five is a bit young to be feeling social pressure. I wish I could take it from her and give her all my confidence, but I know she has to learn it for herself. This parenting stuff never gets any easier! Bailey donated 12 inches of hair to Locks of Love in April. She misses her long h...