Saturday, May 7, 2011

The Birthday Girl...

This sweet, adorable, dark haired angel recently did something that blew my mind...

That's right...
Bug, against my better judgement, because it's just not right that she could already be 7,
turned 7 recently!
She asked for a "3 step cake"
 We celebrated with a "small" family party at home.
I tease with small, because there's really nothing small about our family.
She also did something very brave to celebrate another year...
She bravely
(and I giggle a little when I use that term because it took 2 trips, BFF, and some bribery to accomplish this feat)
picked the most expensive ear rings in the case (of course)
climbed into the chair
stared fear in the face
and...
GOT HER EARS PIERCED!
She was so proud of herself!
I was proud too!
Now she's just counting down the weeks until she can change them out.

Happy Bday BUG!
I love you so much, and am loving watching what an exuberant young lady you're becoming!


Thursday, May 5, 2011

This Boy...

is Adventurous...
 
 Handsome...
Bashful...
 Playful...
and all mine!

He makes me laugh a lot...he'll make you laugh later this week too!

I'm going to do my best to get caught up around here...
the clocks ticking.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Spring Has Sprung...

So, I'm behind.
I stay that way lately!

We've been soaking up spring and all of the warm weather around here.
The garden is mostly planted, 
weeds are taking over the yard,
flip flops and shorts are pulled out.
Yeah!!

We had a great time the beginning of spring break last week...
camping.
Yes, we packed up in "Miss Leiann's" camper and hit the lake along with Gram, Grandpa and several of our other friends.
We spent the weekend gathered around the campfire, cooking lots of food, fishing, and playing in the sand.


The kids on fish fry night.
this fish was not fried...
when the kids started fighting, Hubs gave them a hole digging challenge...
he was shocked when it kept them busy for a chunk of the afternoon.
Buster and Libby had a bone keep-away game on the beach that made us all laugh.

Unfortunately, that's all of the pictures I have from the weekend.
I'm slacking big time in the picture department.
We really enjoyed camping...
Hubs and the kids want our own camper now and don't understand why this just isn't the summer...

We're going to be busy!
This is a profile of "Carlos"
our still gender unknown, un-named baby,
who is set to arrive during high camping season this summer.
Mommy and Carlos are in agreement that we won't be up for camping this year.
Maybe 2012 will be the year of the camper.

Camping was just the beginning of our Spring Break fun,
we went and spent the day with Aunt Bec, 
(waiting to borrow some pics from Aunt C before I share that day)
Oh, and I got to take the 3 hr glucose test while working one day.
Thankfully, I am not diabetic, but I now know how bad a blood sugar of 49 makes you feel. 
AWFUL!

Friday, March 4, 2011

Things I don't want to forget...

No pictures for now,
just need to jot down a few memories before they run off into the fogs of my brain...

Last Thursday I had my first real massage...heaven!

Friday and Sat Gram, BFF, Miss L and I took off to Bentonville.
We got to meet Kelly Stamps and Angie Smith.
We had been planning on traveling to Shreveport WOF event to hear Angie speak in April,
but that event was cancelled :(
When I heard she'd be in Bentonville (within reasonable travel distance) I spread the word, and planned the trip.  We had an amazing time.  Angie was a great speaker, and I was so thankful to be able to tell her face to face how her book has helped me better care for my patients that are facing the tragic loss of their babies.
Her words are amazing, and if you haven't read her book or checked out her blog, you're missing out.

Sunday morning, right after I rolled over, I "felt" Carlos kicking with my hand.
I've felt "him" rolling and kicking for several weeks now, but only down low and never from the outside.  I promptly grabbed the sleeping Hubs hand so he could enjoy the experience too, but the show was over.  Hubs accused me of just wanting to wake him up and hour before his alarm :)

Yesterday we celebrated the life of our great friend "Miss Emma".
She was the secretary at our church for 53 years!
It was so fun to hear every one's memories and stories of Emma and be reminded of her lifetime commitment to Jesus and how he used her at our church!
It was also fun to see old friends, some that I hadn't seen in probably 17 years!

I just giggle a little to myself at the looks on peoples faces when I tell them I'm not due until July 4th.
I know how big I feel, but I guess I'm looking it too.
And I am also surprised by the amount of people who can't wrap their brains around the fact we wanted to have another baby.  It doesn't bother me so much anymore, and I'm too happy and excited to get my feelings hurt, it just surprises me that it would be such a foreign concept to so many people.
I just remind myself that some days I wonder what we were thinking too, and we'll just keep doing what we feel is right for our family.

Last night, Ace separated every piece of dirty laundry we gathered.
I was in awe!
He took charge and didn't want any help.
He was a little more specific than I tend to be, but in the end, he did a great job...
I'm now working with:
a shirt pile
a pants pile
a shorts pile
a jammies pile
a sock pile
an underwear pile
a towel pile
a bath mat pile
and a white shirt pile
I'm very happy about the help, and don't mind that he was trying to get out of going to bed a bit!



Sunday, February 20, 2011

Let's Go Fly A Kite...

Exactly 2 weeks ago, I posted about our winter weather.
Today, we did this...

In shorts and flip flops, no less!

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Half-way...

Believe it or not, we are officially half-way through this preggo adventure.
I haven't written a lot about it here, but I haven't really written about much here recently.
(Just in case you haven't noticed.)

Second Trimester has included some nesting.
Finally finished Bug's room
(one year later)
I've never been satisfied with it since we put in the real furniture.
It was like a path around furniture.
Also, we had never put the trim between paint colors.
So, one Saturday when Hubs was away...
having his brand of fun, looking for TX Rangers,
the kids and I emptied out Bug's room and rearranged it.
My lovely Chiropractor was not a fan of this project :)

We tried the furniture 2 new ways, and wound up with this...

Still not ideal, but there's definitely more room.
The other problem with this room is lack of storage.  
The closet is a nice size, so Hubs added some shelves, still leaving plenty of room to hang up clothes, and also hung the trim...
The room looks much better, in my opinion.
Also, with storage space I was able to cross off phase one of the "Toy Room Transition".
Hubs and I are at odds about wether we'll be maintaining a toy room or making a nursery.
Regardless of what ends up happening, the toy room was in dire need of a purging.
And Purge I did.
The chest of drawers is filling up with little odds and ends we've picked up recently, along with some of our old stuff that Aunt C has started sending back now that Sweet Girl is growing at unprecedented rates!
Oh my! Such a sweet thing.

And, since I've just realized that this is more of a random, hodge podge, picture adventure, instead of a preggo memoir here's a few more random pics...
I picked up this cute sign/picture/plaque thing on a date with Aunt Bec a couple of weeks ago.
It matches some paintings already in my living room.
I was super excited, but now trying to find somebody to come tell me what color to paint the living room, which is on my nesting list.
Living room is in some major need of paint...and distressed hardwood floors
(that happen to be way out of my budget...sad day.)

And here's some random kidness...
Bug chowing down on some messy ribs the other night.
She ended up way more dirty, but this was after the first bite.
I haven't seen her eat so much in a while!

And here's ACE the Incredible...
Yesterday afternoon he and Hubs were working outside.
After all of the snow and ice we've had the last couple of weeks our yard is a muddy mess.
It's rare that he poses for pics, but amusing when he does!

So, to bring us back, full circle, I'll wrap up with a few preggo tidbits.
This kid...aka "Carlos"is proving to be strange.
Carlos does not like Dr. Pepper or any other carbonated beverage.
He prefers tea with Splenda.
If you don't give him tea by early afternoon, he puts off a headache.
I am not, normally, a head ache kinda girl.
Carlos does not like lactose...bad, bad, bad.
Carlos has been moving around for a few weeks now,
he's most active in the evenings.
Carlos loves Little Debbie.
I might or might not have a stash next to the bed.
The family is loving Carlos's penchant for Little Debbie's too.
Ace asks regularly if he can be my "Nutty Buddy".
Maternity jeans do not stay up.
I thought it was just me, but Aunt C verified this fact Friday.
One of my patient's mother asked me last week if I was having twins...
I politely responded No.
Some of us just started out fat, and have a uterus that, by kid 3, has given up.
Other things have given up too.
I'm sticking to my guns about not finding out the gender,
Hubs thought he could make the Dr. tell him, the Dr. just laughed at him.
Ace told Gram and Grandpa this afternoon that if 
"Carwos is a gwirl, he and daddy get to buy a new guwn."
I just shook my head.
Have I ever mentioned that I had to buy Hubs a new pair of shoes the day we found out Bug was a girl?
He was flabbergasted.  It never crossed his mind that he could ever have a girl.
Didn't much like me pointing out that the gender is his "contribution".

Anywhoo, that's us this week.
Hope you are all well.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Winter Wonderland...

I'm sure you've all heard.
We've had bad weather.
If school is closed again tomorrow, I'm going to cry.

After days of ice, Friday brought us a nice, thick blanket of snow and warmer weather.
So, after getting home from work (Hubs) and a sleep over at Gram and Grandpa's (me and the kids) we ventured out in our neighborhood.

We went across the empty lot next to us and across the street to see this flock of geese that we've been hearing for days.
Ace got a kick out of these ducks too.

Then, of course, there were some snowballs thrown around.
Him 
against them :)
it was fierce!


We made a snow angel family also!
We had a great time, and the kids were not ready to come in and thaw out.

Also, while downloading the card I came across these...
To relieve some cabin fever while I was at work this week,
Hubs and the kids went to a Texas Ranger's signing event.
They had a great time.
There's no pic of Ace because he HATES characters.
I think Hubs said, at this point, he was up on his shoulders to get away.
We're still very proud of our Rangers!
(There were also some pictures, of what I'm guessing are Rangers, but I have no idea who they are.  I'm sure they were very important though.)