The new crib

I had a Major nesting day yesterday and we accomplished quite a bit. Clothes organized, boxes packed, baby clothes cleaned and Crib assembled.

Larry got down the crib mattress and the kids had a blast while we assembled the crib.

My man working hard after already putting in an eight hour day at work, stopping by to see his Mom, and taking the kids to the park.
Evan trying to get in the room
Attempting to bring the mattress to the room
The mattress slid down the stairs and they loved it

Getting ready for the baby

I found them in the living room this morning reading books and holding a little baby. She said they were reading books to their new baby brother!!

B-day party at Mom and Dad's

Sweet Great Gram

Evan's glasses crack me up!!!

Watercoloring outside with Gram after naps. The shade from the tree and the cool breeze were delightful.



We ate dinner outside, Evan had his own little table.
Katherine of course had to share in the fun.

Gram's visit

The kids have had a great time with Great Gram. She is stopping here before going on to her Mountain home for the Summer. She is 90years old and was outside playin' with the kids. She sang, read books, watercolored and that is just the start of our week. She will be here until this weekend so we are sure to have lots of video and pictures to share. She is such a special woman that means so much to everyone who meets her.

6 Months

I had a great day with my sisters on Wednesday. It was their last day of school and they had early release. We met them at Red Robin with Dad and then we went shopping. My sister Christine has lost a ton of weight and it was such a joy to see her so relaxed trying on so many clothes at stores she used to dread.

Katie found some great deals that look super cute, my personal favorite was a plum/navy floral top from American Eagle.

and me the prego was fighting a bad attitude. I was getting all caught up in how big I was and forgetting how much I LOVE the end result. Babies are my favorite. Eventually we walked into Gap and they had a hidden maternity section in the way back where I found this shirt. Yeah! something I like and fits. The best part is when I walked up to pay it was on sale-should I buy two?? No, one is good and I had jewelry at home to match. It was a fun day and I am so blessed to have my two sisters.

Mother's Day

Last Sunday Larry took the kids and I was able to go scrapbooking all afternoon with my mom. We went to a local place that sells everything my little scrapbooking heart could want. They have tables in the back and a potty close by-hehe. We talked and laughed and I completed ten pages of my little boys baby book. We are up to 6 months old, which is great considering I am having my next one in about 4 months. We then drove to Mom and Dad's for dinner prepared by the hubby's. We had Strawberry cake and ice cream for dessert and just had a wonderful time together as a family laughing and watching everyone be really silly that night. Water spilling, cake licking, Evan's constant crying(he apparently missed mommy a lot) lot's of memories.

Larry not only gave me the day to get away but he also gave me a gift certificate to a spa to get a manicure and pedicure!!!




Dad gave mom a Ipod shuffle and the kids gave her an Itunes gift card. We gave her coffee, a mug and her favorite cute stuffed animals.

Birthday weekend

My sister in law has offered to take my kids from today until Sunday! I am so excited. Larry and I are going to go to the Narnia movie and dinner and I am going to do a lot of resting maybe a little bit of shopping too! I am about to redecorate my living room.
THANK YOU ROBIN AND STEVE!!!

My little girl

Katherine is not a toddler anymore. The questions she asks me and the conversation that is constantly on her lips shows me that she is becoming a little girl. We have more fun together and I tend to tell her stories all the time. She is playing games, communicating how she feels and I enjoy being with her. Now, we definitely have our days that we need to be separated but I even need a break from my best friends from time to time.

At Katherine's b-day party I could see a side to her that gave me a peek into how I can more effectively pray for her as she encounters others. She LOVES her friends and gets a lot of her energy from the fun times that they have together. They way they think about her and the things they do for her really touches her little heart. She has talked so much about what everyone gave her and how much fun she had. I have known for awhile that she was just like me but seeing her shine at the party proved it all the more. Get her to a party when she is sad and take away getting with her friends when she is bad(like being disrespectful to me all day, have I mentioned her strong attitude?) I am so grateful to have a little idea of some of the struggles she will have because we are so much alike. I also am excited to see her thrive in certain things that I love too. The Lord knew what He was doing when he gave her to me. It is tru they are a blessing from the Lord.

Mommy loves you baby and I know, you say I say that all the time but I do, I LOVE YOU!!!

Did I mention she was born on my birthday-God has a way of setting things up like that doesn't HE??

Friends at the Party

Birthday party

This is just a taste of the great day we had. She was so cute all day and so grateful for EVERYTHING that she received.

Feelin' better

It has been a week and a half and I am doing a lot better. I got up this morning with no pain and I walked normal. Now, I still have to take it easy because in about an hour or so I will start to ache if I do too much.

All of the wonderful ladies who have helped me in the last week and my man who has done an amazing job, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. It has shown me so much about service and love. I am truly humbled by your gifts to me.

We have a crazy weekend and there will be lots of pictures and videos come Monday to upload. B-day parties, Church picnics and Mother's day it is going to be fun! I will be sitting waching all of these events but fun none the less.

I honor you all fellow Mother's!!! It takes you to make this life so much richer for our kids!!

Evan's big boy bed

Since I can't lift anything for two weeks we had to pull down the Toddler bed from the attic for Evan. He is doing great!! He hasn't gotten out of bed one time. Can you believe that?! We do our evening routine just like always and he calls for us in the AM to come and get him out of bed. Amazing. I am so pleased to see that all the hard work that we did with routine and their own beds from a month old has paid off with both of them. Katherine did just as well when we moved her to her big girl bed. She would get out but only to explore a little during nap time.

Bum leg!!

Ok,
Remember that wonderful day on the Mtn that I talked about. One thing I didn't mention was the fact that I slipped and did a split of sorts the last 100 yards of the hike. Being the athletic girl that I am I got up brushed it off and thougth nothing of it. Especially becuase it was starting to rain and I wanted to get the kids to the car and my self to the bathroom before it poured. We went home Evan got a stomach bug I sat on the couch and did nothing the rest of the day, except eat. Monday morning I went to exercise class which I do three times a week and I left Evan in the stroller next to me while I got my heart pumpin'. My instructor decided to concentrate on Legs. If you have any experience at all with physical training you can imagine what the workout did to my leg. I have a ligament in my right hip right at the bone that has been aggravated, stretched and screaming at me every step I take. My chiro and OB are in agreement that I should be on couch arrest. I have been in this place since Wed....ARGH!!!!!!!! (Actually truth be told I went to Gymboree to get a baby gift and the video store to get 27 dresses while my mom had the kids today after I went to the Chiro) Two weeks from now I will be able to at least go for a brisk walk to get exercise but until then NOTHING. Major body issues and fears are creeping up and I am still stuffing my face because I am emotional, tired, frustrated, you name it, any reason to eat what I want. I know I should stop but I am just a mess and so are my kids.

This has been really tough on the whole family and I need your prayers. We need your prayers. The kids don't understand and Larry bless his heart is not used to me sitting at all. I am always moving and he usually has to ask me to stop and just watch TV with him. So if I am a little cloudy about how great my life is you will now understand. It is so humbling to receive all the help I have needed, especially with two kids.

SPLASH!!!

Morning on the Mountain

She posed herself and asked Daddy to take her picture because she was so beautiful--I think we need to eat some humble pie!!

Not sure what Evan is doing to his face but this is a try at getting photos of my belly.


Along the way every little puddle they saw they would jump or splash in. Evan would even backtrack if he thought he missed one.




The backdrop is just beautiful off of the mountain.

Katherine conquering the Rock. Then Evan had to conquer teh fallen tree.

We went to the Mountain today to see how far we could climb with two toddlers. We made it about halfway. I dressed the kids in their swimsuits and wet shoes so they could splash and play as much as they wanted. We got some great video and made quite a few people smile along the way.
These family times together minister to my heart so greatly.