entry #101

1. chicken with rice and squash and zucchini on the stove

2. finally getting to be able to spend some money on our home and
buy new things. something we've never done! although we've been extremely
grateful for the hand-me-downs.

3. my brother-in-laws' new album. they're musicians in a band
and they are amazingly talented and i'm just so so proud! soon
i'll be able to share it on here.

4. my daughter sharing that she had a dream last night
about the Beatles. she's pretty cool like that.

5. my baby girl falling asleep while playing in the tent
we built in the living room.

entry #100

1. finishing the little baby legwarmers and starting

to make my daughter matching ones.

2. checking out a friend's car last night to buy,
deciding to buy it, and going to get it on saturday!

3. my husband staying up last night to do the dishes
and get the kitchen sink working again.

4. godfather's pizza

5. finding knee high socks at target for $3
to make these...

entry #99

1. finishing the baby cocoon that started as a blanket.

2. finishing a boy and a girl hat, now working on baby legwarmers.

3. watching harry potter 1 & 2 and loving it. now on to the 3rd!

4. mexican stack. hmmmmm.

5. my husband being there for me when i wake up with nightmares.
my pregnancy dreams are nuts!

entry #98

1. craft night with the girls. its motivating me to make a list
of things i want to make and hopefully finish.

2. finally figuring out my double stroller i found at a garage sale.
it's originally like $160 but i found it for.... $50!!!
it's a baby trend sit and stand lx :) it pushes nicely when olivia
isn't in it. i think it's made for babies and toddlers. it's more
for when the baby is born. i'm so excited about it.

3. my homemade spinach and tomato pizza...
it's soooooo amazing!!!

4. the fact that ingrid michaelson comes out
with a new cd soon!!!! it's gonna be a good fall.

5. having to do nothing this weekend but relax as a family

entry #97

1. playing cards with dustin and amy
dear dustin and amy,
i thouroughly enjoy playing cards
with you both. we shall play until
we're old and committed into an old
people's home.... amy, we'll get our
winning streak back soon....

2.-3. my men

dear hubby,
thank you for being so sweet and loving.
thank you for never getting mad like i do.
thank you for putting up with me. thank you
for being such a wonderful daddy to our
children and for being equally excited about
our next child as i am. i'm lucky to have you.
i love you so very much. our children are so
blessed to have you as well. to have a daddy
that will scoop them up and never let them go.
it's so comforting to know that they'll always
have us. us - together.

dear liam,
my sweet mischievous little boy. i love you so
so much. even when you poop and get it all
over and it makes me gag. even when you never
give me a moment alone to shower or go to
the bathroom. even though a room never stays
clean with you around. even though i always
find smashed crackers in the carpet. i wouldn't
change it for anything. i love your sweet kisses
and how you love to sit and cuddle with me. i love
how you love shoes and are so proud when you
finally get them on. i love how you get so excited
over the things you love. it makes me happy.

4. my baby girl

dear olivia,
i so love your sweet personality. i love
your goodmorning kisses. i love how
i'll often come downstairs in the morning
and find you've already been up playing. i love
how much you love music, video games,
and books. you're so much like your mommy
and daddy. i love how you make me do things
by your persistent reminders of things i've said i
would do. i love all your little random piles of special
things you've built around the house. i love how you love
our bedtime routine. i love how you talk about the baby
and get so excited at the possibility of it being the sister
you've always wanted but also so accepting if it happens
to be another brother. i love how you burst into song
throughout the day just like me. i love that you love
christmas as much as i do. it's fun to have someone to
share in my obsession. you're just all around amazing
and i love you so so much!

5. my little mystery baby

dear baby,
i do not know if you're a boy or girl.
i haven't seen you at all. it's very strange.
but it is making me trust more and more
in God and his amazing creation of human
life and our bodies doing what he created
them to do. i cannot wait to hold you
in my arms and be the first one to do so. i
cannot wait to kiss your little cheeks and nose
and lips. i cannot wait to see who you look
like. i cannot wait to finally give you your name.
i'm looking forward to long winter days snuggling
with you and getting to know you. i'm looking
forward to the holidays with a new little life to
celebrate in our families. i didn't plan for you to
be joining our family so soon but God did and i
am so so happy that he did. i love being surprise
pregnant with you. you are such a blessing already.
i'm even looking forward to those middle of the night
feedings when it can just be me and you in the quiet
of the night. with you being the third it's going to be
the only quiet time we get. but i'm sure you won't mind.
your brother and sister are pretty amazing...

entry #96

1. getting more books from the library to finish out my week

2. my husband being loving and forgiving of my grouchy hormonal self

3. the pasta i made for dinner

4. being completely finished with my floral business. it feels soooo good!

5. watching big people morning tv

entry #95

1. finishing another novel and anticipating what i'll get
next from the library

2. running out to say good-bye to my hubby this morning.
i was a bit grumpy when he'd left cause his alarm was going
off for what seemed like forever this morning and i just wanted to sleep.

3. having low-key evenings at home

4. the bag of frozen buckeyes that are in my freezer
left over from the party. they are a great treat throughout
the day. :)

5. my french toast this morning even though it was cold by
the time i sat down to eat it.

entry #94

1. having a great weekend with my family

2. getting to spend time with my uncle and aunt and
their son. they live in seattle so we don't see much of
them. it was my first time to meet their son who is 9.5 mo. old!


3. trying a blow-dart for the first time. i didn't suck in!!! it was fun!
we shot at pictures of rod blagojevich and nancy pelosi cause we're
hick like that.

4. shooting water balloons out of giant slingshots into a lake at my aunt's
house at my grandparents in a paddle boat.

5. seeing a bunch of people i haven't seen for a long time at the open house
for my grandparents we held yesterday.

6. my kids being able to play with their cousin

congratulations...

to my wonderful grandparents on 50 years of marriage!

we spent this past weekend celebrating their lives and their love.
it was wonderful and everything turned out beautifully!

entry #93

1. getting so into a good book that i finished it in one day

2. playing telephone pictionary

3. watching mindless tv with my hubby
wrapped in his arms after the kids went to bed.

4. the meatloaf i made last night

5. watching my kids go nuts when my husband took out
his electric guitar. i love how they think he's so amazing.
i do too... ;)

entry #92

1. i love how my daughter thinks that in the song by
black eyed peas, 'boom boom, pow' that they say
'i gotta kitty cat' instead of 'i've gotta get that'

2. getting all the loads of clothes that i washed
from our trip put away thanks to my kids
and hubby.

3. getting dishes done first thing in the morning.
helps me get going.

4. putting the baby bassinet in our room from being
downstairs in the way. it makes me get even more
excited about our little one.

5. finally getting to the library to get some novels
for myself.

entry #91

1. homemade hot cocoa on rainy days with marshmallows.

2. fresh notepads that are just waiting for things to be
written. maybe i'll come up with something awesome
to fill the pages with. like the good ole' days when i
had my full functioning brain.

3. eating a bunch of junk and watching movies with my hubby.

4. singing white christmas with my daughter all day yesterday.

5. my daughter being my photographer.
22 weeks tomorrow. i like to start counting
down now. sounds so much better. 18 weeks
to go!

entry #90

i just realized that i should be at least half way to 365 by now
and i'm going to try and make up for it.

1. being almost done with knitting my first blanket. it's for our
new baby. i can't wait to wrap our little one in it and cuddle.

2. i love how goofy my kids are. there is really never a dull
moment. example: on our trip my sis and her hubby taught
my kids how to feed the seagulls! with their lunch.... olivia
of course got the concept and continued to eat her sandwich
and only picked off the crust to throw. liam, however, didn't
understand and thinks that he can just pick off pieces of his
food wherever he his and start throwing it. in the car. in the house.
thanks guys! just wait till your baby is here. i'll be sure and teach
it some things.... ;)

3. my daughter draining my husband's battery on his
phone because she was playing sims3. she kept yelling,
'people are giving me money! and then i can buy things!
i bought a radio and put it on my counter and then i turned
it on and then turned it off!' she refuses to acknowledge that
her sim is actually going to work. she's a born gamer just
like her mommy and daddy.

4. cantelope and cherries

5. how much i miss my hubby now that
he's back to work after vacation time.
i don't think many wives could say that.

back from camping... (entry #89)

and going to try and re-cap the fun that we did have

to make me feel better...

1. the beach was lovely.
we got to spend a whole day there
on our second day. it was extremely busy
though. i saw a lot of skin i didn't want to see.
and we all got burned pretty bad. my hubby's
forehead is bubbly. so cute!

2. my little girl climbed all the way up this
sand dune and back with little help from
her uncle. i was so proud of her!

3. my son overcoming his fear of the sand
and thoroughly enjoying it!

4. spending time with these two cuties

5. all of us rocking out on our way home


i thoroughly enjoy camping. so i thought.
i very much dislike mosquitoes, rain while
camping, sleeping in a tent with sand, and driving
around for 2.5 hours to try and find something
to do when i didn't feel well from the sun i
got the day before. oh and pregnancy horomones
cause it makes me not a happy camper.

lets just say..... i was a happy camper when we left!