GABI'S FIRST SET OF WHEELS

BEEP BEEP HI!

Check out my sweet new ride!

Lily gives Gabi some driving lessons

as they drive off into the sunset. Faster than a speeding car!

What was Asa's first food?

DON'T KNOW?

FROG LEGS!!!

10 Things...

Oh the pressure! OK Jaime, here are my 10 things you do not know about me that I CAN post on my blog. Better late than never!

1. I was voted "class flirt" in high school. I am not sure how that happened since I was totally shy, but most of my friends were guys.

2. In elementary school I tripped in a pot hole and broke both of my wrists.

3. I did not like chocolate at all until I was pregnant with Micah. I even used to pick most of the chocolate off of my snickers bars.

4. I have a tattoo and it is not of a tree!

5. I almost dropped out of school to become an electrician.

6. I never finished my last class I needed to graduate college after Micah was born...it was a psychology class in child development.

7. If I was not wearing my contacts or glasses I would not be able to read a stop sign!

8. When I was little I had a recurring nightmare that I was kidnapped by pirates. Micah loves pirates, he has a pirate room, and when Asa was born (for a brief moment while they were sowing me back up) I thought he only had 1 eyeball and worried Micah would be jealous if Asa got to wear a real eye patch. It turns out he just has fat cheeks!

9. When I was in college at IU I had to spend a night in jail with 5 drunk sorority girls and a scary townie lady.

10. 5 years ago Geoff and I agreed that getting divorced might be the best thing for us. We tried going to secular counceling, but things never got any better. Then we were led to Faith. Geoff became a christian and we both learned a lot about God's plan for marriage and our lives. By His grace, He has changed our marriage and our lives in amazing ways, but we still have A LOT of growing to do.

11. Bonus fact! I still have to check and make sure all of my children are breathing before I go to bed.

So, did you learn anything new?

Gabi and her "special helmet"

About a month ago Gabi fell out of her bed and hit her head on the nightstand. Understandably, she was pretty upset. It seemed like she had bonked her head a lot recently so I told her jokingly, she needed a "special helmet". She of course insisted then on having a "special helmet" (why do my kids never get my jokes?) but this was all I could come up with on the spur of the moment. Well, tonight as daddy passed by her room he noticed she was standing on her bed (a big no no in our house) well she got a spanking for it. I explained to her daddy spanked her because he wanted her to learn to obey so she would be safe and not get hurt, that if she was standing on her bed she might fall and bonk her head. Well she of course said no she needed her "special helmet" I totally had forgotten about it, but she remembered.

By the way, the "special helmet" is not a towel, it is an old receiving blanket that the girls use for their baby dolls. (in case you want one too :)

Need a new do.

I am looking for a new hairdo. I am tired of wearing poney tails to work and detangling my hair from Asa's slobbery fists. My children have already vetoed this one, but I kind of liked it. The picture was bad to start with, sorry! The color is a little wierd as well, but you can get the idea. If you have any suggestions please let me know! Thanks!

Say What!?

Momma's Boys!



Asa had his 2 month appointment last Thursday, and as most of you know, he is a "healthy" boy. He weighed 15 lbs 2 oz, that is above the 100% on the growth chart. So I guess at our house we throw the word "fat" around quite a bit. We tell Asa he is a "fat boy" and he smiles. Mommy had a "fat" belly when she was pregnant. Micah is always talking about how much "fat" is in food, and what foods are healthy (Maybe he should do some marketing for Dream Dinners!) Daddy went to the doctor and decided it was time to shed his pregnancy weight! Well with all this fat talk at our house our children seem to have become desensitized to its meaning. Combine that with Lily's four year old honesty and "Houston we have a problem!"


Sweet Lily!?

Last night we were at my parents house to celebrate my sister in-laws birthday and as we are getting ready to leave...Lily runs full force, shouting "woowhoo" towards my dad (also a "healthy" boy) who is sitting in "his" chair and when she bounces off of his belly she tells him "you're fat grandpa". He tells her to be careful not to hurt Grandpa and that little booger in her most innocent, matter of fact voice comes back with, "that's what you get for being fat grandpa!" This was one of those moments where you wish you could mute all the laughter in the room as to not confuse her when you explain that is not nice to say. I do not think I will tell her anymore "that's what you get for disobeying mommy" when she gets hurt running through the house.

Buckin' the Bunny?

A Blast from Easter Past!

So Easter is this weekend, and I have not yet been Easter shopping. I have been procrastinating this and hearing my kids chatter about the jelly beans, chocolate bunnies, and washcloths (don't ask) the Easter Bunny will bring does not motivate me to go drop a fortune on candy and junk to fill their Easter baskets. Why do I have to pretend there is an Easter Bunny? I have never told them there is an Easter Bunny or a Santa Clause (it's those Grandparents of theirs!) Well this year I was thinking of doing something different, but I need ideas and opinions, I do not want to deprive my children of the joys of childhood. So here goes "Am I a bad mom if..." I don't get my kids an Easter basket? I was thinking that Easter morning I could give them each a balloon and an invitation to an Easter Celebration, that we would have after Sunday nap time of course. We could play games, talk about why we celebrate Easter, eat lots of candy, watch a movie, maybe give the kids a gift they could share, spend time as a family celebrating the resurrection. So please feel free to share your thoughts, ideas, or your own family traditions with me. I would love to hear them!