Another Girl

We are having another girl due Sept 4th. Scary for Jake who is already too influenced by his sisters.

Exhibit A

Random

I finally downloaded my phone pics for the last year:

Two Happy Princesses

Grace just turned 5 and was Belle; Roman is the Beast.

A typical day

Headband, bed head party

Kate found the neighbor girls boots

I found this gem from 1975 at Savers recently

VDay breakfast special

Jake 1 year ago, he's 17 months now :(

Water Party

If only my camera was working. Grace, Kate and her friend decided to have a water party today... in Grace's bedroom. I knew something was up. It had been over an hour and no drama. I decided to enjoy my time and pay the price later. I then heard Grace chatting with her friend.

Shayne: What should we say?
Grace: We should tell the truth.

The kids come down all soaking wet in swimsuits. Kate was especially cute in Grace's swimsuit wrapped around her neck twice to keep it on.

Grace: Mom, we got wet from a water party.
Me: Go upstairs right now. I'm coming up to talk to you.

It turns out she had a bucket and they each took a turn filling it up from the bathroom sink and dumping it on each others heads. They laid a Dora nylon tent on the floor to cover the carpet. Nice! In the end it worked out ok. Water can dry, and hey, everyone needs a little water party in the winter.

An awesome side note: Kate had a poopy diaper. Grace took it off and wiped her with toilet paper, then put on her swimsuit. So who knows, maybe there's a little pee in the carpet too. FUN!

Pregnant yet again

So we are having 4 kids I guess. Chad and I were just talking about how complete we felt with 3 kids. I guess the Lord had to make it happen quick before we made it final. Wow. Exciting and overwhelming!

I wish I could go back in time to tell my sad little 27 year old self that everything was going to work out with kids. If I could just wait five years I'd have 3 kids and one on the way. We feel blessed. I'm in my 13th week and due Labor Day.

Bring it on.

A Typical Day

Loves this chair... gotta love the calic

Jake has started to walk, and I forget how scary it is when they start climbing. He loves the stool now. The other day he was sitting at the dining room table and that freaked me out.

I had some trick or treaters. Grace is Hermione after ballet practice.

I'm so glad Grace included Kate and chose this dragon/lion costume

Kate loves to sit on the toilet. No actual transaction to note.

A New Year

Grace is still dressing up in outfits that are too small

Everyone loves to apply too much chapstick and other mischievous things in the pantry

I was holding Kate but heaven forbid I go to the bathroom. When I returned Ally had taken good care of her.

My sister sent my kids their Christmas gifts on New Years, which was perfect. They were so excited to yet again open presants. Tip -don't let your kids get in a box of peanuts nearly naked. They are probably dirty and stick everywhere.

How much is too much?

This is too much snow! I love a good snow storm, and at Christmas time it's great. Shoveling it so you can pull into your driveway after an 8 hour car ride that typically takes 4 is too much.

At least Grace got to have a late night snow party

Gotta love this close up. Chad's head fits into Jake's snowcap (almost)

The hightlight of our after Christmas trip to Idaho Falls was Leo's for Emma's 7th Birthday. Of course I have no pics of that.

Jake held his own



Grace loved her Harry Potter Costume.

Kate likes the sweeter things in life. A sucker was all Santa should of brought.

Jake and Kate love their indoor slide. It will be the focal point of our great room until the Summer. At least they are entertained.

We had a containment issue when the adults tried to eat dinner. Ally and Kate were in the street. It's dark. I don't know why Amy didn't catch them sooner.

A shepard. Grace was dying to be Mary but I was proud of her for thinking up the role of Angel.

We let the kids eat first and decorated the table. We gave them the 5 star treatment.