Friday, February 27, 2009

Craziness...

Kids. :) So much fun. My life has really never been as fun or as unpredictable since they joined my life. I sit at their naptime and think about the day and boy, it's busy!! Today I went to the grocery at 8:45am so I could be home by Lily's naptime. We get to Kroger and I smell her the min. I got her out of her car seat. Yep, a blowout. Great. Well at least I had a change of clothes with me. So we hurry in, dirty baby in tow, independent two year old that wants to do all by himself "Henry do it", is his favorite phrase, holding the other hand. Only Henry has so much enthusiasm for life that rarely, and I mean RARELY does he walk. I'm not sure I ever see him walk. At this time he is galloping. That 's what I call it anyway. It somewhere between a skip and a run. Anyway that's what he is doing all the way through the parking lot. So into a cart, and we run to the back of the store to take care of miss poopy pants. We actually make it out of the store in 45 min. That's a record for me.

We get home and put Lily down for naptime, praying she gets in a good enough sleep because I"m meeting a friend for lunch at 12:30 and I need a good baby:) Well, 11:45pm rolls around and I decide to change my clothes, try to look presentable, and put on Henry's shoes and vest so that when Lily wakes up from her nap at 12:00 I can change her clothes and get on the road. Now Henry was already ready minus the shoes and jacket, that way I wouldn't have to worry about him. Right. Because I am so good at getting things together before I have to leave the house since it takes at least 10 minutes to get everything and everyone out and in their seats.....
Ok. So now I'm going to get myself presentable and then get Lily up and go. But where is sweet Henry??? Hmmmm, did I leave the bathroom door open..... yep. I walk in to find him sitting on the toilet, with the bottle of him shampoo/soap dumping it on his head. Only he had been there a minute because it is already all over his jeans and about half the bottle is on his head. Wow, not what I really wanted to fit into our time schedule. ( I say that as if we ever actually stick to a schedule when it comes to trying to do anything) And what does this very innocent two year old have to say for himself... "Soap in hair, soap in hair" yes, it is Henry. Only it's suppose to be in hair in the shower!! So stripped him down, he got in the shower, happily of course, and played/washed off while I swiftly changed shirts, got Lily up, changed her and then whisked him out of the shower and changed him. We actually got to lunch right on time. I have no idea how.

Then the dogs got out of the fence. Those mutts. So I got one of the dog back in the fence and in the house. Then I couldn't find dog #2, so I walked up the sidewalk barefoot, might I add, calling for silly dog #2, while he somehow made his was back into the neighbors yard and back into ours. So I get him in and shut the door to their room, so as not to yell and wake the babies that should have been sleeping. Only Lily was not, instead she figured how to pull up on the side of the crib and was standing their shrieking and playing with the bumper. Oh my, and then when she finally layed down and fell asleep the phone rang, and oh course I had left it in her room earlier and that woke her up. :) I mean really, I never knew what a full day could mean before I was a stay at home mom with two kids. Wow, I was lazy in my past life!!!:) And you know what, I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Lot's of babies...

Well it looks like there is a new wave of little ones joining the world soon...
Of course I'm pregnant and bringing a new little girl into the family. I have to say congratulations to two of my very dear friends. Monday, my sweet friend Katie had Max, a sweet little boy. And my other sweet friend Jackie had baby boy Jacob yesterday. They both are absolutely adorable and have heads full of lots and lots of dark hair. Lily and I are just a little jealous!!:)
Then.... my dear friend Krystal is having baby Annabell in May, I follow in June, then my dear friend Abby just found out she will be following me in October with baby number three! :) And I have a feeling we will have a least two or three more announcing very soon that they will be in the baby line up also. What a blessing it has been to be able to share mommy hood and babies and pregnancies with so many amazing women. God has truly blessed me with all the friends I have right now. I don't know what I would do without them!! Praise the Lord for all these new lives!

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Just precious....


Friday, February 20, 2009

Pink day's a commen'

Oh my goodness, we are so excited. I have to admit I didn't know quite what to feel at first when we found out we were having a girl. Of course I was happy, but like I said, just didn't know how to feel. I was so sure, have always been so sure God had picked me to be the mama of lots of boys. I have always pictured my life that way. Crazy, rough little guys running around. Making sure they didn't break furniture or each other. So now, as I see a totally different turn God is taking my life I am soooo excited. And at first I think I was just shocked that I was so wrong about what my family was going to look like. But the idea of this adventure that I in no way planned for myself makes me so excited and ready. I can't believe I am going to have two little girls. I get to say "girls, get ready to go" or "girls come here" lol, that's so great to me. Now Henry will have to know, no matter what, how to treat a lady. Two to be exact. And he is going to be such a wonderful big brother. I always wanted a big brother when I was little and now these two sweet girls are going to have one, and the best one. They are blessed. I am really just tickled pink.

Speaking of little girls here is my princess. The down side of being number two when you a) have a brother that needs a lot and b) have a mama who is carrying your little sister is that you get to eat by yourself sometimes. And actually this is how she prefers to eat her bottles these days. What a life. She sits in the morning and drinks her bottle on her pretty little (big) pillow on the couch and watches cartoons with her brother. She wouldn't have it any other way. She is saying, "mom, don't even think about moving me "
Who knew that water outside of the bathtub could entertain a toddler for so long. He likes his bath time, but there is something even more wonderful about getting to play with it when your are clothed and not in the bathroom. I cleaned the entire kitchen, and I'm talking cleaned. Mopped, moved everything off the counters and disinfected, dishes, the works. The whole while Henry played in his water with dishes from his kitchen and his animals. I mean like for an hour. Yeah, that is nice:)










So Lily is not crawling, no sirree. BUT as of last week she is FINALLY getting into a sitting position from laying down all by herself. I found her like this Tuesday morning for the first time. What a little surprise:)















And I can't get over how much she is starting to look like her brother. Yes, a girl. Yes beautiful, and yes much more feminine. But she is Henry's sister no doubt. Doesn't this next baby have a chance not to look like this??







And I can't leave without paying homage to my poor hubby's ankle. A few weeks ago he fell and sprained his ankle very bad. Everyone, including the Dr. thought that it was broken, but it wasn't. Just severely sprained. He is almost back to normal but poor thing hobbled around for a while. Goodness!















Tuesday, February 17, 2009

And the results...

So I know I said we were not going to find out the gender of this baby. And I had wonderful reasons why we were not... well what can I say.. we have lots of reasons why knowing what this baby is going to be is a good idea too:) We copped out, and I mean that in the best way. We found out:) Let me start by saying that this baby is soooo healthy and growing perfectly. That was by far the most important info. that I wanted. It was so wonderful and such a blessing to see a healthy baby moving around on that screen! Thank you Lord! Without further adu, here are some pictures of our newest bundle of joy! HER little profile is so cute, reminds me of HER brother and sister:) This is HER leg and foot. She was in the perfect fetal position. Head down spine up.:)







If you haven't caught on yes, this little one will be our second princess in the family! Let me tell you how surprised Kyle and I (not to mention everyone else) was. What a joy it is all the same! When the tech. looked between her legs, she was like... "it's very obvious that this is" and we just assumed that she was going to say boy. I mean that usually what they say because you just can't miss that boy part. But instead she continued to say "It's very obvious that we are looking at a little girl" oh my goodness. I think we both didn't breath for a minute!! We were in shock, still are a little. I mean we were 150% sure she was a boy. The way my pregnancy has gone, her heartbeat is low, I mean we just knew it was a boy. The past 21 weeks we really have only thought of boy names. So God gave us a nice surprise. We are beyond excited for Lily to have a sister. Me personally, I have no idea what to do with multiple girls, but I know I'll figure it out!:) Thanks for all the love and support from everyone out there!!

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Almost time!!

One more day till Ultrasound day!! :)

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Life please

This is an excerpt from a blog that I follow. Their little girl has trisomy 18, a genetic disorder in which babies don't usually live, if they are born at all. It is actually a comment that was made on their blog. I believe in life and it's sanctity with all that I am. I am so driven by my belief that God gives life and takes it away. He is the only one that has that right. I believe that we are moving into a very dangerous place in our country. Excuse me for being blunt, but the current administration clearly thinks very little to nothing about the sanctity of life in the least. It's not even been a month and they have proven that. I think if things don't change we are on our way to this, and that is very very disturbing.
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"Reprinting this comment for you in case you're not a comment reader:This blog entry is begging for my response.My daughter Annie died at the age of 80 days within 24 hours arrival at a prestigious hospital in Canada. A DNR was written without our knowledge or consent. Lethal, unauthorized quantities of narcotics were removed from the cabinet under Annie's name. The final computerized medication report is inexplicably missing.Annie had trisomy 13. Unlike many poor children born with this condition, Annie did not have the common brain or heart defects and she could see and hear. She died of a genetic label.To this day, we do not know what was wrong or why she could not be helped. The Coroner determined the care was "not appropriate" and told us to go complain at the medical board or start a law suit.Well....in Canada, the life of a child with disabilities barely approaches the cost of a lawyer just getting warmed up.The medical board would not take action because it is not the doctor's fault: it is a health policy. Our hospital has a "no treat, terminally sedate" policy for trisomy 13/18 kids who land in the ICU or NICU.Here is a video of a father from Canada describing how the director of the NICU tried to kill his daughter with Trisomy 13. (She is now 7, walking independently, and quite happy)Annie's story is at http://batiansila.blogspot.com/www.anniefarlow.comThings are worse in Canada....but it is changing in the US. We had NO CHOICE for life for Annie....even if we were willing to pay for all of the medical treatment ourselves. It was not an option because the whole time the doctors were pretending that they were "doing everything" and we believed that.Kids with Trisomy 13 and 18 are at the forefront of the eugenics movement. It all starts with government policies based on quality of life.Barb "

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Never a dull moment...

The kids are asleep and I think I may pass out! :) My kitchen is a wreck. I just finished making chocolate "It's a girl suckers" for a baby shower I'm helping throw, and there is chocolate all over my kitchen, and ... I'm sitting here blogging.:) Right.
But these pics of the kids are just so much more fun than scraping molding chocolate off of dishes and counter tops. We have lots of fun during the day.. I really don't know what I did before kids.. oh yeah, I worked 8 hours a day (with a actual lunch BREAK) and got to come home and take a nap. Now I remember.. just barley!










Monday, February 2, 2009

60 years....

These are my grandparents. On my birthday it was their 60th wedding anniversary~ I think it is amazing. This is something that you just don't see very often these days. I hope Kyle and I live long enough to see this day:)