What's Going On Around These Parts

I have officially entered the 3rd trimester.

Had an ultrasound this week to check on 

the growth of Daniel.
He is doing great and getting sooooo big!

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Our 8 year old dog has grown more

protective of me and the girls.

It's his natural instinct. 

He does it every time I'm pregnant.

This time around we have another male adult

in the house which has been hard.
He gets confused on wanting to "protect" me/girls
and his normal behavior.

(don't let the sleeping fool you- he is super vicious )

He really thinks that my brother waiving the wii 

remote near me or him putting his cell

phone in my face is threatening.

In a short time he will be less anxious

and all will be back to normal.

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Personally I am feeling a TON better.

My energy comes and goes but I have 

not been sick.

My crafting mojo is coming back

which means I am working on my checklist.

I have been painting up a storm.

This dresser was gold and cream. Derek removed 

the top two drawers and added wood for our 

cable box ,dvd, ect.....

The stuff on the bottom is kids toys they just put it there :)

More random stuff I painted.

New old window I got for free with burlap wreath.

I painted three old gold mirrors I got at the flee market for $2.50.

I cut out Shine with my cricut and wrapped canvas with fabric.

Then I ironed the letters on with that no-sew stuff.

Those who are wise will shine as bright as

the sky, and those who turn many to

righteousness will shine like stars forever.

Daniel 12:3

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I am extremely nesty which means

closets are getting cleaned out.

I am purging the house and throwing out 

clothes and other things we don't need.

My husband and children are used to it.

The other day Kirstin came home from school

to find that her room had been hit by a tornado.

She asked if I was having another crazy day :)

Plus I'm scrapbooking lots and
putting Daniel's room together.

Another Edition of Funny Kid Conversations

Kylie: " mom when I get older I'm gonna get married "

me: "and your gonna have babies?"

Kylie: "no mom, we're gonna

 play ninja turtles with masks and swords"


Derek sarcastically:"are you gonna grace us with your presence?"
Kirstin: "who said anything about getting presents!"

Me: "Kylie why are you pushing all my buttons today!?!"
Kylie:" What buttons?"

Kirstin: " Mom was there ice-cream when u where a kid"
Me: "no i must have been born before the dinosaurs"

Me: "what's all over your leg?"
MiKayla: "color"   (pen marks)
Me:"who did that"
MiKayla:" the baby"
Me:"what baby"
MiKayla: "the baby in mamma's tummy"

Kylie: "Kaveri has a nipple"
Me: "everybody has nipples"
Kylie: "Kaveri has a nipple on her face"
Kirstin: "she means pimple mom"
Me laughing: "that's a bug bite"


Kaveri in bed:"i don't wanna go to school.It's cold and I'm tired."
Kylie:"but Kaveri, your gonna see Isabella and Logan and
 that guy that stares at you and that guy that picks his boogers & eats them"

Kaveri walking by Kylie: " Kylie I just tooted on you!"

MiKayla about 100X a day: 
"Don't ever do that again"
"Don't ever say that again"

William: "when I clean the tub do i have to lift up the no slip mat?"
Me giving him the really eyes : "um yeah, we clean under rugs around here"
William: " aw man"

Emma: "you want an apple"
Kirstin:" I like apples I just don't like to eat them"

Snow Day #2

So two days after the first big snow 

we got maybe another 6(ish) inches.

After lunch we headed out to play.

Derek attached suspenders to my snow pants b/c I had to

 leave them unzipped.

Daniel was a toasty bun in my oven.

 MiKayla finally braved the cold and then ate the snow off the bushes.

Snow angels

The way it sits on the bushes and trees is beautiful.

My lovely ladies.

I love the snow, I only wish we had our cousins to play with.

First Big Snow At the End of 2012

The day after Christmas we had a pretty big snow.

Somewhere around six inches
maybe more I'm not sure.

MiKayla decided she didn't like the cold 

and insisted on sitting on the front porch.

Then she feel asleep and I wrapped her in a blanket

but left her on the porch so I could hear her.

Derek built a serious snowball bunker.

Mom and Dad against the kids!

Christmas 2012

Like I said in my earlier post, we had all been

 recouping from the flu.

Our bodies were exhausted still.

So Christmas eve we watched Ice Age 4

and headed to bed.

The girls all slept in till 10!

The themes of the day were legos, play-doh, pop the pig,

lalaloopsy, and wii dance.

We missed the TX family but

it was a good day.

Happy New Years Peeps!

Kaveri's 6th Birthday- Sorta

In the early morning of the day

Kaveri's bday party was planned,

she woke up with extremely high fever and

flu like symptoms.

Canceled.....

But she had previously picked out

a cake and daddy had picked it up.

We tried to make the best of it.

She had spent the entire day in a momma-made pallet

on the living room floor.

She wanted to blow out her candles and eat some cake.....

she thought.

But alas the cake "taste weird" and back to bed she went.

Her condition worsened over the next flu few days

and slowly infected the rest of the house.

But when she was feeling better on tylenol and motrin, she opened 

her presents.

I really wanted to re-do her bday party the next weekend,

but by then we were all infected except for Derek.

It lasted 7-10 days for each of us.

We were feeling better and finally fever free

just in time for Christmas.

Hopefully I can figure out something special for her.

Hanukkah 2012

* This post will start my December blogs in order *

The week of Hanukkah went by extremely fast.

Derek made the BEST homemade latkes= potato pancakes.

Served with sour cream and apple sauce.

And of course we played lots of dreidel. 

The winners for the week: Me,Derek, and MiKayla :)

We also had a huge celebration at church and everyone 

forgot their cameras :(

Kirstin performed a dance during worship

and they all won prizes for answering

Hanukkah questions:)