Not so professional photo shoot

Pictures and musings

Look at my multiplicity of children! I can't tell you

how awesome it is to be the mother of all of these

little people. And it never ceases to amaze me how

much I have been able to love each new arrival.

The past week and a half have been so nice. James

took this past week off and has taken up the roll of

Mr. mom. He has been absolutely wonderful!! He's

made lunches and breakfasts, taken kids to school,

chased kids at the park, and everything in between.

He's pretty much taken over. I'm so lucky to have him!

I'm sure he'll be running back to work on Monday but

it really has been nice having him around.

On a very random tangent, check out our new neighbor!

He moved onto our deck a week ago. I like him much

better than our garden destroying groundhog even though

he's ginormous and creeps me out. Just as a reference, his

body is at least an inch long.....yea, scary!

Look what we found!!!

A fat wrinkly little boy

He cleans up so nice....

I think I'll keep him!!

Ok, maybe that was a little corny...I'll expound.

7.15 20 inches folks!! He's a bruiser....well, not really
but "cutie pie" isn't very masculine now is it?

And guess what? I totally went into labor by myself!
I coaxed the receptionist at my OB's office to get me
in yesterday so that I could discuss an induction.
Okay, so maybe I yelled at her a little...what?!

Anywho, my appointment was at 3 and I went into
labor at 4. It was kinda funny because I went to pick
up my two non-school kids from my awesome friend's
house and started contracting on her front porch. So I
left them there.

Then I was awesome and had no epidural...
ha just kidding. I wussed out, got the epidural, and then
gave birth 30 minutes later. Yah, I went too quick for it to
completely work. Oh well. Better luck next time....
if there is a next time.

Well, I suppose I will shove off and drift into the peaceful
slumber that only a hospital can provide.
(that was sarcasm by the way)

Oh yah, we decided to override the almightly blog poll and

call him Wyatt Smith. Sorry guys. I still love ya though!

Project blog

I've been sewing like mad the past little while.

Yesterday morning I woke up at 3:30 and couldn't

get back to sleep for thinking of projects I wanted

to do...so I got up and went to work! Insane much?

I know, right?! I did get some things done though

AND I actually got to see my DH before he left for

work (he leaves at 5! Crazy huh?)

Any who, the blog shop I set up earlier has been

revamped to be more of a project/tutorial blog.

It's really just for my own fun and enjoyment, but

if you're interested in checking it out I've got a link

under my "places to go" list.

What am I doing?!

Has anyone noticed the magical floating baby

recently? TWO WEEKS!! The last few days

I've had a crazy surge of nesting. You know,

the type that makes you wash walls, dust inside

the piano, and use a butter knife to scrape the

crevices of the floor boards. Last night panic finally

set in when I realized that I'm going to have yet

another bottom to wipe, more laundry, and chaos.

Don't get me wrong, I love being a mom and I

adore my children but I'm terrified! Sorry to unload

on all of you but I thought I should get it out of my

system. Thanks and wish me luck!

She doesn't need a baby shower...or does she?

So even though I'm having my fifth, my awesome

church family is of the opinion that every baby

deserves a party. I really didn't need anything

because like I mentioned before this is my fifth!!

Instead, they threw me and my preggo friend a

"fill the freezer" shower. How great is that?! So

now, my used to be empty freezer is full of dinners.

I'm starting to feel crunched for time now. And my

husband is in serious denial! When I mentioned that

we only had 3 1/2 weeks left he sort of freaked out.

Uh...yeah, I'm not getting huge because of gas! (He

lovingly likes to tease that I'm just bloated) I'm sure

you all wanted to know that. :) Oh well, I've got some

serious cleaning and reorganizing to do....bring on the

nesting!

Give away

My auntie's sis' in law has this cool blog called

My Frugal Lifestyle. There are some really great

things on there. Currently a friend of hers is

sponsoring a Scentsy give away. I myself adore

Scentsy and I think you all should check it out.

(yeah, I'm hoping to win, so sue me!)