Baby Busick #3!

Hello Busick Adventure World! I know this blog is hit or miss but I just couldn't help myself and needed to add in our new addition due July 23rd!! We are SUPER excited to meet our baby boy! This pregnancy is going extremely fast!

We told the kids around Christmas time and they were SO excited! Greg and I did a little dance to their favorite youtube song! I am not kidding, they have listened to this song since last summer and it looks like it's all coming true! The song is called Mommy's Got a Baby in Her Belly .

Our 20 Week Ultrasound CONFIRMING it's a BOY! The morning I found out I was pregnant (November 26th to be exact), I told Greg, "I'm pregnant and it's a boy". HA I wouldn't say I have the best instincts, but this one...I just knew.

 

28 Weeks!

Total Weight Gain: 15lbs

Names: Well a lot of you know that Greg just LOVES the name "Hank". But this Mama is just not a fan. So we asked the kids what they wanted and they came up with "Hank Frank Bootyshake", so we are sticking to that until we officially have a name. So the answer is NO we do not have a name quite yet! ;) I am pretty sure whatever we name him, he will still be called Hank Frank Bootyshake considering most of our friends here in Oregon are all about "Hank Frank Bootyshake"! ;)

Regular Clothes or Maternity: Leggings most days and I have a pair of H&M Maternity Jeans that I LOVE!

Stretch Marks: Just from my past 2 pregnancies lol. I have been trying to be better this time putting stretch mark cream on this belly!

Aches and Pains: I have had some bad luck this pregnancy with joint back pain on my lower left side. It's a pain I hope and pray goes away after he is born! It hurts to sleep and it hurts to get up from sitting too long. I have found ways to go around the pain (like how I sit and sleep) but sometimes there's nothing I can do. I have had one prenatal massage, which helped, and the masseuse gave me some great pointers on sitting and stretching. I have also stopped working out with weights because it was only making it worse.

Sleep: Sleeping is not the best but I get through the night just fine! I sleep with a pillow behind my back and between my legs. No pregnancy pillow this time!

Fitness: Fitness has been a big part of me and a big motivation to push through during my whole pregnancy. I reached 24 weeks (doing Beachbody's 21 Day Fix) until I realized that weight lifting was just not working with my back. I now occasionally do prenatal yoga and pilates on youtube, hikes with the family, and hoping to get in some more walks on the nice sunny days here! Rain has been a little much these days!!!

Miss Anything: I think we all know my answer...WINE. I miss just relaxing after the kids go to bed and having a glass of wine. I also miss getting up without grunting or in pain lol.

Baby Movement: MY GOODNESS THIS BOY MOVES ALL THE TIME! I love it SO much. It is the coolest thing and I feel so blessed to be able to have this feeling one last time. My favorite is the look on Noah's face when he feels his brother move. His eyes widen and he gets this huge smile on his face. It's so special. Kamryn hasn't quite had the patience to wait it out ;)

Food: This pregnancy I have no food aversions. It is INSANE. My last two pregnancies, I hated everything except fruit, Lucky Charms, and chocolate milk! Eating was such a struggle! THIS pregnancy, I can honestly eat anything that I normally eat. I crave more sweets like chocolate and fruit.  

Labor Signs: Nope! Some Braxton Hicks or some kind of tightness!

Belly Button In/Out: Out for sure!

Wedding Rings On or Off: On

Mood: I've been in a pretty decent mood actually...unless my husband disagrees, I'm not sure haha!

Appointments: First off, this is the first baby that we rarely get ultrasounds! I definitely feel lucky that we got so many with Noah and Kam. I wish we had more! Anywho, I start having appointments every 2 weeks now. I can't believe how time has flown by this time around! I just recently failed my 1 hour glucose test (same happened when I was pregnant with Noah). But I passed the 3 hour glucose test so we are good to go! Baby's heartbeat is at 145-150, and everything is measuring out perfectly!

How's the Big Brother: Noah is doing fabulous! He is pretty pumped about being a big brother again. He can't wait to teach him to crawl, walk, jump, and sprint! Noah is now 6.5 and loving Kindergarten. Only 1 month of school left, I can't believe my baby will soon be in 1st grade! He loves his teacher and she loves him. He is officially reading. We are currently loving all the Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems. He also enjoys the Dick and Jane books. Noah is currently playing TBall and man is he good! Greg is the assistant coach and Noah loves every second of it! Noah is really starting to grasp the concept of the game. He has a pretty good arm, is hitting with "soft pitch" instead of the tee, and can hit pretty well. Of course Greg is over the moon and is ready to sign him up for the Majors! ;)

How's the Big Sister: Kamryn, our little mommy, could not be more excited to meet her brother. We can see it in her already that she will, without a doubt, be protective and loving. We also can tell she will have her moments of jealousy (which of course most kids go through), but also I can totally see her trying to pick him up and carry him all around. So we will have to keep our eyes open and ready for it. Kam LOVES her dolls and loves to play "mom and dad". We know she will be the best Big Sister and can't wait to see what's to come! Kamryn has been doing well and enjoying school. She only has a couple weeks left! She is making lots of friends through the neighborhood, school, and gymnastics! She's a happy girl around her friends and you can tell by the way she smiles. Gymnastics is one of her favorite things. She's been working on handstands, forward rolls, cartwheels, and different jumps on the trampoline. She also loves going to the Library Storytime on Thursdays with all of her gymnastics buddies. They read a few stories and then do a craft. It's pretty darn cute and FUN!

We, as a family, are all doing pretty well. We have our first camping trip coming up! We are hoping the weather stays nice for us! We are trying to get in camping when we can, as Greg's schedule is going to start getting pretty busy with work and then our little Hank Frank Bootyshake will be here before we know it! We have officially moved the kids into one room and they seem to be enjoying it so far. We made Kamryn's room into the nursery/playroom. We have the crib all set up, just repainted a dresser, and now putting together a framed peg board project for the wall. Pictures may be to follow! So much going on, but that's what we love!

<3 Busick Adventures lives on!!! <3

First Day of School!

We have been here in Oregon for just over 2 months and are finally settling in! We've painted, decorated, organized, and even got a dog!! The neighborhood is filled with kids and our kiddos are absolutely in heaven! The weather is brisk compared to Key West, but we have been having some beautiful days. We are ready for visitors! ;)


Today was the first day of school! The kids could not wait to get to school! Not one argument this morning of getting dressed or brushing our teeth! Woo! They ate breakfast and they asked every 5 minutes when they could go to school.

Noah starts school around 7:45am. We got there and his teacher was super sweet. She told us to go down to the cafeteria and eat breakfast. The line was super long and it was almost 7:45, so we headed back. We got to see the gym and explore the hallways a bit so it all worked out! He went right in without a problem, straight to the computer actually. He is so use to playing on the computer at his preschool, he thought he could in this class. Unfortunately it was his teacher's computer, but fortunately they have a computer lab that they are going to tomorrow which he was pretty excited about! 

Moving on! There was a little boy who came into class who seemed a little unsure about going to school. He was pretty sad and you could tell he wanted to go home. I mentioned to Noah that this little boy was sad and it would be so nice to introduce himself. Without a wink, he pops up from coloring and says "oh! sure!". It was the sweetest thing and I could not be more proud of him! 

We didn't stay very long, we said our goodbyes and he happily gave me a hug and kiss, told Kam to have fun at school and to draw him a picture.

When I came back to pick him up, Noah was in tears! Of course, my head is spinning thinking was someone mean? Did he do something wrong? Did he hate today? NOPE. He was crying because he couldn't take the bus home lol!! Poor kid. I tried to tell him he gets to take the bus on field trips but it didn't matter. SO tomorrow he gets to ride his bike to school and mommy gets to run. Hope it's not too windy!! ;)

Kamryn goes to school at 9am, so we went back home and hung out for a little bit. Once we got to school, Kamryn was very excited. She was her shy little self but she went right in without a problem. She hung her backpack and jacket, washed her hands, and went off to playing. I honestly didn't know what to do with myself! She didn't need me! She had this in the bag! So I gave her a kiss goodbye and told her I would come get her in a few hours and she whispered, "okay mama". I'm so grateful she has one of our neighbors in her class. She is a little older but Kamryn absolutely loves her so it was good start. 

When I came back to pick her up, she was playing outside with all smiles!! The fact that she was playing with someone else made me happy. When I spoke with her teacher (Cathy), she quickly mentioned that Kamryn was very shy but heard her giggly with her new friend a couple times. That is where Cathy realized that Kamryn has that famous "stink eye". Ha. I reassured her that Kamryn was having fun, the "stink eye" was probably because she caught her attention. So funny. 

It was a good day for Kam though, she just takes a while to warm up. I don't blame her! She is the youngest in her class at 3.5. The class goes up to 5 year olds. 

So happy my kiddos had such a great day! I am so proud of both of them! Tomorrow, Kam is going to start gymnastics and Noah starts soccer! Can't wait! 

California!!!! LAKE TAHOE!!

We made it to Lake Tahoe!! Woohoo!! , 

We arrived on June 20th and stayed for a couple days at Greg's parents' cabin. I can't believe we made it to California! 21 Days on the road and we finally made it! SO close to home to see our families and it feels so good! But first, a little more vacation, a place we feel comfortable, a place we can just relax, and a place we are familiar with. What is the first thing the kids want to do?? 

HOT TUB of course!!

The next morning, we headed out for a little hike to Angora Lake. Ahh but did we mess up! This place was awesome and would have been perfect if we would have brought lunch and swim suits (well for the kids at least because the water was COLLLD). It was a beautiful 1 mile hike, with a neat little lake and waterfall at the end. 

Can I just tell you, these kids LOVE water. So we explored downtown South Lake Tahoe and then found a spot to play in the lake. Let me tell you, it is hard to find a place in South Lake Tahoe where you can just go and put your feet in without paying! Well, we eventually found a dog beach (lol) which then led us to a pretty neat playground. A playground that probably had the best view of any playground!! 

Off to Petaluma!! 

Blogging life on the road!

The Arches!!! Moab, UT!!

Don't mind me, our trip to Utah was only a month ago (June 17th to be exact)! lol! But I want these memories written down so I am going to go ahead and blog about these beautiful arches and the memories we created during our 2 day stay!

The drive into Moab was so beautiful, we were in awe. But by the end of the trip, nothing beat the beautiful arches, I'll tell you that!

We arrived in Moab in the late afternoon and it was hot! We came in knowing that the whole weekend was going to be in the 100s. Luckily we came from Key West where humidity is so intense, the dry heat in Moab made it not so bad. Shade was still nice to be in though! We stayed at a KOA and it was great!

We spent the rest of that evening setting up camp, BBQing a big ole' steak, and then going for a bike ride around the camp site. The evenings were sweaty but any breeze felt so good!

The next morning we got up and headed out to the Arches. We decided on Landscape Arch and later drove over to Double Arch. The drive up to Landscape Arch was about an hour through the Arches. Landscape Arch is an easier hike for the kids but, again, a little toasty!

Balance Rock

 Onward we went to hike to Landscape Arch!

The kids hung in there as much as they could. Kam always scores in the backpack. Noah started off not really in the mood but hung tight! 

We found this cool rock to sit on and take a break/have a snack. The kids loved climbing up and down this rock. At this point, I told Greg to go check out the higher points (that weren't safe, or even possible, with the kids). I figured it would take him 20-30 minutes. Lol! I was wrong....

After about 30 minutes, the kids had to go to the bathroom, so I packed everything up, popped Kam in the backpack, another backpack in front, and Noah by my side and away we went. Although it was hot, I was so proud of Noah and his patience. Not one complaint the whole mile and a half! 

Turned out Greg got a little lost on his little journey in the Arches! But not a bad lost I would say. He found plenty more Arches and pretty wild views. I'm so glad he had the chance to explore a little more and see these incredible arches! Unfortunately, he made mostly videos and I can't upload them on here, boo!!

The next Arch we hit up was the Double Arch! Now THAT was cool and we got some pretty neat photos to prove it! It wasn't a hike of any sort. At the parking lot, you had the Double Arch and Parade of Elephants on one side, and the other side you had North Window, South Window, and Turret Arch (which we didn't make to due to major exhaustion by the kiddos. I don't blame them!)

After all this beautiful fun, we took the kids to ice cream, cooled down with some beverages, and went swimming!

That was pretty much our trip in Moab! We packed up and made one last stop on our way out....

DINOSAURS!!!! On our way into Moab, we past by this place called Moab Giants. All we saw were these huge dinosaurs off the side of the road and knew we had to stop there on our way out! This place included a walking path to see over 100 full size dinosaurs, 3D movie theater, kids play area, cafe, and a small museum. 

Another fabulous stop!! 

On to Lake Tahoe, CA!!!! (

....well a stop at a hotel, then Lake Tahoe!! haha