She Said It.

Derek and the kids were playing on our bed last night and Derek told Katie, "I'm going to eat you," and started going for her tummy. Katie was shrieking, "no, no, no" and putting her hands in the air and giggling desperately to stop him. As a last minute attempt she yelled, "No Dad, we eat in the kitchen!"

A Day to Remember

A Most Beautiful Day

Today my (current) baby turned two years old. How could I possibly go through the day without remembering the beautiful day that she was born? If only I could recreate that moment over and over again. I adore this child.

The videos usually give me trouble for a little while. This time the only way I could get it to work was to post the video as a seperate post. The video is Katie's birth slideshow which many of you have already seen.

Houston, We Have Movement

I have a little person inside of me. Yesterday was the first distinct wiggle that I've felt.

Happy Birthday to Will

Let's try that again.



Let me know if you need a translation Jana. I think he's easy enough to understand - but I'm his Mom.

Too Late?

It's almost 10:00pm and I think it's almost 11:00pm in Arizona where my nephew, Will, lives. Do you think it's too late to call and sing "Happy Birthday" to him? I had actually planned to record a video of us singing to him and posting it on the blog. Check on Tuesday and we'll make it up to you Will bat. I hope it was a fun day!

Emergency Preparedness

I have recently been directed to a fabulous emergency preparedness blog. Every Monday she will post seven things that we can do to get our family more prepared for the unexpected. You can do all seven in one day, or spread it out during the week. I say, check it out and do what you can. I am making progress on our 72 hour kits and I'll definitely be going through my medicine this week and get flashlights together in an easily accessible place. Good luck with your goals!

A Few Family Pictures

Well, we had another go at pictures and at least we're all dressed a little nicer in these ones. Still, not quite pictures I'm anxious to frame. *sigh* It's just hard to catch everyone in a good mood. Trust me, I was the one in the crabby mood this time.

Wait, wait, wait. Can we all just laugh at how my Mom edited out my beauty mark in this first picture. When I'm pregnant, I get tons of acne, so she helped me out in that regard, but I just noticed that I don't have my beauty mark anymore. You can see it in the next one just fine.

These two aren't very clear, but they are cute expressions so I wanted to post them anyway.
By they way, I WILL post pictures of my new haircut. Problem is, I haven't been able to get a picture of it yet. I'll work on that.

70's Style

We took about 30 pictures of him trying to get a "normal" smile. To no avail. Here is Ryan in Derek's old dress clothes. I swear that if it wasn't so snug on Ryan, I surely would've taken him to church in it.

Been Meaning to Blog

Here are the things that I've been meaning to blog or blog about:

1) A family picture or two from Christmas time.
2) I got my hair chopped off about 4 inches when I was only planning a little trim - but I love it.
3) I had a recent ultrasound of our little guy (or girl) and got to see him (or her) wiggling around. I like them wiggly. Plus a small pregnancy update.
4) Ryan starts speech therapy on Tuesday.
5) Some cute little shots of Katie that my Mom got at Christmas.
6) A hilarious picture or two of Ryan in a fabulous 70's outfit that Derek wore when he was Ryan's age.
7) The fact that Derek and I went on a little ski trip this past Wednesday (don't worry, I never fell).

Sheesh, I'm behind. I probably won't end up getting to ALL of those, but hopefully I'll take the time to do at least a few. Which ones are you most interested in?