We had such a great Christmas! And Santa Claus

totally punked our kids this year. I'll post a video

in the next little while.....it's pretty good.

Christmas diaper giveaway

I'm having a giveaway here. Spread the joy!!

This is what happens........

When you let a 6 year old loose with the camera!

No Shave November

It's "No shave November". That's right. No shaving.

For a month. And James has some very festive growth

going on.

In a light hearted conversation with our son, he was told,

"you need to shave that hair off your chin. It makes you

look like a dwarf. And a dork."

?

His name is Spencer

and sometimes he wears weird things.

Avast me matey! It's a girl pirate?

Halloween on Sunday means that it is inadvertently on
Saturday instead. I did 5 mini posts because I'm lazy and
wanted to load my pictures from Picasa and Picasa won't
let me load 10 pictures. After all that posting I'm thinking
it wasn't really the lazy way.

What happened to my little girl? She looks old in these
pictures. And what's with her wanting to be a pirate and
not a ballerina or something girly? I just don't know.
Any way, enjoy the rest of the pictures!

The Blood sucker

She was actually telling me a couple of weeks ago
that blood tastes like candy....um gross. But oh well.

Super scary tiger

Are you terrified yet? Me too.

The "Princess" Bee

Because I didn't have the time or the energy to
make 5 costumes this year we recycled this costume.
The only way we could get her to wear it was to tell
her that she was a "princess bee". Anything princess
is a go.

Our Lion

Awwww! Chubby.

Ramblings and a happy un-birthday

I've been a blog slacker. I'm kind of "meh"about it
right now. My poor brain is on overload lately with
things like diapers, my Etsy shop, fabric, weddings,
Christmas, Halloween costumes, church stuff, my dining table,
finishing the basement, landscaping my really overgrown yard....
I could probably go on and on but I think you probably get it.



On a side note, I missed a birthday! Our Wyatt boy turned
one on August 18th....ya, I'm super late. The cake was good
though. Good enough to wear! And I think he wears it well.


It's weird how fast time seems to fly. It seems like only yesterday
that I went on a crazy pregnant rampage and insisted on being
seen so that I could be induced. That poor receptionist! Good
thing for her I went into labor that day. I should have known
when I went into a frenzy with the broom sweeping my porch and
side walk. Who does that?! Well, needless to say I got what I asked
for. Another perfect little bundle complete with 10 fingers and 10 toes.
I'm grateful everyday that he came to join our crazy family and even
more grateful for the joy he's brought to our home. Love you buddy!!

Angry citizen

K, my James just sent me this disgusting article. I don't

normally publish my politics here (or anywhere unless

I can corner people) but this administration makes me

want to puke! Seriously, my belly, it feels like gross!

If your interest is peaked, google: Slavery bill H.R. 5741.

On that happy note, have a great day!

just some randomness that is me

I love the red squiggly line that pops up when I'm typing.

It reminds me how long I've been out of school. That's kind

of a crazy thought....I've been out of high school for almost

10 years. The big 3-0 is sneaking up ever so quietly. I don't

know if I'm ready for that kind of commitment.

a hair post

I don't think I've ever posted a haircut before....
Well, here's one now! I carved some bangs into
my before mentioned, "hated" hair cut. I think
it's growing on me. I think I want to color it now....
We'll see.

meh...

I'm tired. My house is a mess, I have a lesson to plan,

and I hate my new hair-cut. Why can't life go back to

bed so that I can have a break?

summer started early this year

They have the chicken pox.....Whaaa?! School isn't
officially out until the 7th but summer started early.
The strangest part of this story: Evelyn was vaccinated
and Caitlin actually HAD the chicken pox at 2 months.
The kids' doctor just told me that we have weak genes.

They are both pretty bummed to not get to join in on the
"schools almost out" festivities. No one would ever have
known that they have the CP but I felt like I should probably
be a resposible parent and keep them away from people.

So I guess they'll have to settle on jumping it up outside.

You want to know the sad part of the story? Wyatt
is too young for the vaccine.

You have older sisters...sorry bud!

Sometimes I just don't know what to say,

so I post some pictures.

Notice the stylish cabbage patch shoes.

Ya.....that's just wrong man.

Just a thought or two

I was blog hopping just now. It's always the same

thing. "My boys", "cute girls", "We did this today",

you know.... the usual bloggy stuff.

The thought struck me, as I was reading a post about

my friends' daughters, that having a family is glorious!

Nothing makes me happier than watching my kids

grow up, make good decisions, and be good to each

other.

I sometimes gripe and moan about certain things

the kids do (like insisting on yelling at me when I'm on the

phone....every time). But I would never change a thing.

There have been times I've struggled with the fact that I

had to put a few things aside in order to be a mom but God

has been so good to me. He's shaped and molded me into

something better than anything I could have imagined.

And so to reiterate, I would never change a thing. I love

my husband. I love my children. And I love the things

I'm learning about myself.

dirty hacker

Well, today was not the coolest day I've ever had I

must say. I finally got my life back though.....sort of.

Many of you probably got a strange grammatically

challenged email from me this morning. Something

about me being stranded in London with no money.

Kudos to you all for seeing through this Nigerian schmuck!

(Did you know you can view the history of your gmail goings on?)

Any way, he totally gained control of my google account, changed

my password, and wreaked havoc! Buildings burning,

rain pouring, children crying (mostly me), you know...havoc! Ahem.

Do you know how hard it is to re-claim an

email account? It's rough! They asked me questions like: "what

date was this account set up? Who sent you a gmail invite? what is

their email address?" How the heck am I supposed to know?!

I can't remember what I ate for breakfast this morning! oie!

The sad thing is that he erased all of my contacts....sooo

if you're brave and wouldn't mind, I'd really like some friends

back. Thank you thank you.

Yo Gabba crack

When Yo Gabba Gabba came to nick jr. I vowed I would

never let my kids participate. How annoying is that crazy

show......well, I may have changed my mind. My baby is

sitting in front of the t.v. freaking out! I think it's like some

sort of baby crack.

Only a little bit each day....I swear.

Okay, so here's the status on my getting in shape and

cloth diapers.

I'm doing body for life....with the exception of 2 weeks in

which I had a melt down of sorts. It's working and I'm

starting to see results. (do you feel solicited yet!)

As with the cloth diapers, it's a yes. I've made a few and

bought 2 so, technically I have enough for one day..........

I should probably make some more huh? I've also decided

that I'm going to market them and you know what? James

is pretty supportive of this hair brained idea.

So that's my life as of late. Wish me luck on the diet-y thing.

It's hard to not eat buttery things. sigh

travel = sleepy unmotivated me

so. tired. stiff neck. can't move. whining.....a lot!

If I drank coffee this is how I would do it!

Just some random pictures I like

My favorites are the ones that make me laugh.

excuses and crazy ramblings

I've gotten somewhat lazy with my blog. I've been

tossing around the idea of combining my two blogs

so that I'm not so neglectful....I don't know. Just a

thought. I've also been in the throws of potty training

a 2 year old that thinks pooping in the toilet is not an

option. I've tried all sorts of bribes.....I'm afraid I'll just

have to resign myself to a LOT of cleaning for awhile.

There have been a couple of life changing decisions on

my mind as well.....nothing terrible, just life changing.

Like: whether or not to cloth diaper, and getting in shape!

The getting in shape thing is underway as of Saturday.

So I guess I can stop deciding about that one. The cloth

diapering on the other hand is still at large on my mind.

eww gross you may say, but I have a very dear friend that

simply loves it.....and I'm tired of spending so much on

diapers. It's not so much that I'm green.....just cheap!

I'll probably tell all when I decide to give that idea the

green light. DH isn't very enthusiastic about this particular

idea of mine. I guess he'll just have to deal with it! I'm sure

he'll still love me, right? right? Say it!

Well maybe he'll just admire my guts of steel.

Either way I'm good.

Just a roamin'

So, while I was blogging this, Wyatt strayed from
the blanket. It surprised me, hence this blog post.

more sick news

Technically I should be in the hospital with doctors

shoving tubes and probes down my baby's throat

and nose....but Wy thought that getting RSV and a

perforated eardrum sounded so much better. sigh.

To top it all off, I'm fairly confident that his first teeth

are going to be his incisors. Yah, a sicko AND a vampire.

great.

My bestest best friend!!

In the wake of Wyatt's yuckyness, I failed to write
about my wedding anniversary. Sheesh...last year
I forgot about the event entirely . I also blame that on
Wyatt....he totally stole my brain cells!

8 years! I still feel like a rookie, and there are things
that he does that still drive me crazy, but he's my
bestest best friend ever! And I think he still likes me
a little bit too. I love when he speaks in tongues/engineer
talk and the way he ducks and moves while playing his
computer games. I love that he still loves Legos and
Thunder Cats and feels the desire to expose our children
to such things. I love that he's as much in love with me
as I am him. While marriage isn't always filled with roses
and romance it's still a pretty great thing!