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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Its been a long time...

Today had me recovering from a virus that has gone thru our little family that knocked me down pretty good. Plenty of laying around time that got me caught up on blogs I haven't visited in quite some time. Some had me laughing, some had me digging deep within me, and some even had me moved to tears. I love that.
And at the end of catching up I thought... why don't I blog anymore? Eh....hm...

So what's been going on the last 2 years?

Hubby's trying to finish out his 4 yr degree. We are seeing the light at the end of a longggg tunnel! :-D Excited for him to be done with school!
We have our two growing like crazy boys. The oldest who is almost 4! (Where does time go?) He is my smart witty boy. Has a smile that will melt your heart. The boy loves super hero's. He wants to be one when he grows up. :-) And one day wants to go to Costa Rica to see Volcanos... (I think he remembered from a book we read so that's where he's determined he is going one day!)
And my now 2 year old.... ah yes.. SO far we haven't had to make a trip to the ER with him... did I say so far? I do say that child is ready to jump off anything he can climb up! We've had a broken tooth, a few small cuts and tons of bruises and hopefully it will stay at that... And does he have a giggle that makes me laugh. I love it! Ah that boy! He loves dolphins and whales! Can you guess his favorite place to go? Sea world of course!
We've traveled lots of places... Oklahoma, Houston a lot, Galveston, to see Dinosaur Valley, Corpus, California, Austin, and even Camping! Camping with little kids is quite the adventure for sure! Oh the memories! And we have lots more places we want to see and camp at!
We've become foster-to-adopt- parents. That's a ride you that you never know where it will take you! And we haven't gotten off it yet! 10 sweet children have come into our home. 8 have gone. We have 2 sweet little girls that we adore right now. Only God knows how this story ends. Fostering has had its ups and downs. Saying goodbye to ones that have been with you for so long is heart wrenching pain. Thankful that God has a plan in each of these dear ones lives. Even if that means only being with us for a time. Its bitter sweet. Only a foster parent knows that kind of love and pain.
We can't wait to see who God has to become our forever kiddos one day. If that's what he has for us.
We have way to many deaths in both hubby's family and mine. But we've also had births of sweet nephews. So many boys!
Along with the many allergies this family has this girl has found some hidden treasure of knowledge when it comes to learning how to eat and lose this weight that has been here since the birth of 2 children no matter how hard I tried. Trim healthy Mama its called. :-) Lovin it!
So I can be the wife and mommy to 4 that are 3 and under. :-)

Will I blog again? Who knows... maybe...

Pictures, Pinterest, iPhones...

Is it just me or does anyone else not like to upload their pictures from their iPhone? I take so many... probably to many. But that's the convenience of having a camera with you at all times eh? So our kids will never say "I have NO pictures as a kid!" HA That's a sentence of the past for sure!

So I'm checking out this Pinterest thing.... So far it seems cool. But I've only been on for a few minutes! :-) The idea of putting all my Fav things in one spot does seem intriguing.

Ah laundry.... I really have embraced and love cloth diapering! And a cute little bum in a cloth diaper? Adorrrable!!!!

Cute little feet

Oh yah its back!

I finally took my sewing machine in to the shop to get it fixed. And I've been sewing non stop since I got it back! I had a pile of things waiting for it's arrival! :D

And boy can my machine sew awesome. Nothing like a machine that is just perfect for you. Can you tell I love to sew and that I love my machine? My Pfaff is my third baby. Haha.

First I finished up Joshua and Evans quilts for the bunk bed. They turned out perfect! Love the colors and that it actually turned out pretty much like I pictured for my little boys room!

I added two matching pillow cases and a curtain to finish up the room. I'm very happy with the final results!!!

I then made up 4 baby slings. 3 for Etsys and one for my sweet sisnlaw. Loved the blackn cream material I found for hers!

Next was wet bags. Yes. Wet bags. :D For cloth diapers. I started using cloth diapers at home for my boys about a month and a half ago to cut down on the cost of diapering two kiddos. I actually ended up loving it! Crazy eh! Its not actually as bad as you would think. And after my poor little baby's bum was bleeding with a rash of sorts from disposable diapers after being out and about for 2 days I decided we are pretty much switching to cloth full time for him. So I made a large wet bag for dirty diapers for the nursery an then 2 small wet bags for the diaper bag. They were very easy to make and actually were quite inexpensive.

And lastly, what do you do when your fav little outfit for your baby has been eaten by the dryer and unwearable?! You appliqued 4 shirts of course with it!!! :D One for said baby, one for big brother, one for a tiny friend and one for Etsy! Till you have nothing but scraps! :-)

And then you clear and put away all sewing stuff so you have a dining room table for a little while again. Till next time.

Some days

Some days I never get out of my PJs or get a shower...
Some days I seem to be making just one more cup of coffee to keep me alert...
Some days I barely seem to get something for dinner ready at a decent time...
But every day I love that I am the mommy to these two littles!

Who needs reg clothes when they are just gonna get snot and spitup on them!
The coffee helps me stay on my toes when big brother decides to feed little brother his cereal or pull him out of his swing! And of COURSE snap that pic as quick as I can of that sweet little face saying MOMMY HELP ME!
And yes, more cereal can be dinner!
I love it and know I will miss this!

37 weeks and feeling so ready!

Still very preg! :-)
2 1/2 weeks till C-day!
I do find myself wondering and hoping I will go into labor before that date... at every BH I think.. is this it???? :-D
But resting in the comfort that He does all things well!!!!

At the moment I'm snuggling with my sweet lil boy whos been under the weather with fevers for the last few days. Hoping he starts to feel better SOON!

Ramblings

Whille Joshua played outside today I raked out part of my garden and got it ready to put some herbs in it! Still need to get some tomato plants to get in the ground. Thinking thats all the gardening I'm gonna be able to do this season. But give me some fresh basil and I'm a happy girl!

Just made these yummy little things...

From this recipe Blueberry Muffins
Love the Blog I am Gluten Free! Her recipes always turn out just right and I don't have to tweak them much if at all!

Speaking of tweaking... or twitching... my EYE won't stop! :-P Figure I need more sleep but thats not happening at 36 1/2 weeks preg with a 1 1/2 year old little boy.

So I brew more coffee instead. Yummy freshly roasted beans from my dad. Oh yah it makes a good cuppa java! With a little brown sugar and frothed cream. :-)

While these hot little muffins cool I need to go pick up that 1/4 bucket of oxi clean that somehow slipped out of my hand on the way out of the cabinet and went all over the back side of the freezer.... yah thats gonna be a sight to behold. :-D My prego body trying to do that... uh huh wish you could see eh!

Maybe just MAYBE it will put me in labor!

Hm...
Off to go see!
:-D

Fearfully and wonderfully made

My heart has been heavy for some friends of ours who recently found out their little baby possibly has Turner syndrome. And then hearing today of a friends friend who just lost their baby at 33 weeks.... tears at my heart.

Last night as I was laying on the couch poking back at my sons little foot as he kicked me in utero I prayed for Joey and Jamie and the little life our Creator has knit inside her.

Praying praying praying ...

Praying for the little life in me and the worries of how birth will go will be replaced with peace thru all.

Comforting in knowing that HE knows all!

Love this pic of our baby at just over 10 weeks! Seems like so long ago!
Cannot wait to meet our new son!!!!

Loving Life

Its cold outside right now, and the ceder is making it hard for me to function like a normal person. But I am thankful to be over lots of other sicknesses in the last few weeks! Seems like it was one thing after another! Maybe I got it all out of my system for this coming year? One can hope right?

I can hardle believe I am almost 30 weeks preg! Only 10 more weeks till Little Boy joins the family! This preg is so much different than Joshuas. Gained less weight, and feeling pretty much normal for the most part (well cept for the last month and a half of sickness! :-D ). Don't get me wrong... It hasn't been a breeze! But it has been much much easier than Joshua ever was! I put most of that on my diet change since Joshua was born and we found out his and mine allergies! It has changed our life alot but we are ok with it. :-)

So heres a few pics of the handsome little boy whoe getting so big!

My big happy boy! Loves Chocolate! :-D

Watching our fav's!

Veggie Tales!

And sleeping in a big boy bed for nap time! I am amazed we have no problems with that! He loves to sleep in the big bed instead of his crib for nap time. :)

Speaking of the big boy... he just woke up from his nap! And I've got lemon cookies in the oven!

Let is snow let it snow let it snow

Pretty eh!

Life at the moment...

Is playing with 2 boys, making sure they both get along great.
Taking care of my sis who just had back surgery.
And being cooped up inside becuase its just to dang cold to go outside.... thats the north for ya!

Some Garden pickings!

Just in time for dinner!

Just in time for dinner of Tortilla soup in the crock pot!

:-D

Gardening- Such cute little things!

Mommy I don't wanna stay in the wagon by myself! I wanna help!

Ah!!! Much better! SO FUN! :-D

A tiny tomato!

A little pepper!

And a little bitty sweet bell pepper!

Can't wait till everything grown and ready to eat! YUMO!

How does your garden grow?

Last thursday I finnaly got around to wedding and putting up my tomato cages in my garden. It had been raining ALOT the past week so the weeds where um... overgrown quite a bit! :-D But I got to enjoy these blooms on my plants!

Zucchini bloom!

Pumpkin Blooms!

Can't wait till everything starts producing! We sure will enjoy fresh tomato's and other garden yummys!

Can I get some shut eye?

I feel like that's what my life consist of lately! Trying to close my eyes for JUST a second! :-)

I don't remember being quite this tired with Joshua but this kiddo definitely has my butt beat so far!
I'm very thankful Joshua is very easy going for the most part and loves to play with his toys, I can just lay on the ground or couch near him and keep an eye on him while resting as much as I can.

I'm seven weeks along and besides being so tired and nauseous here and there everything else seems to be going OK! I'm taking vitamins and trying to eat as healthy as I can just to get some energy but I'm OK with this phase of not doing to much but lay around! :-)

Joshua is learning and growing so fast its hard to keep up with whats new in his little world! He figured out how to use something to climb on and off the couch. And that makes him SO happy! He sits on the couch like "HA" I'm SO SMART! LOL I just laugh at him... I know its a new phase of him trying to get on top of other things to so I try to keep a good eye on him, who knows when he will try to scale the tv cabinet or try to get out of his crib. (Now THAT I am NOT ready for!)

That boy LOVES to eat! When dinner is done hes little tummy is quite the amusing little tub! That and when he tries to go for his belly button, well lets just say he has to bend over to see it sometimes! And that is TO FUNNY!

He's becoming more and more talkative! He comes up and "tells" me things and then walks off! Like hes telling me a story and is sure I understand him! Its cute! I love his "talking" and he is learning words now. He goes crazy when he sees a Balloon and says it over and over. He says a word very close to Dog when he see one, specially on TV, he thinks that is to funny! :-P He LOVES to sit and read his books, and I love to sit and just listen to him read it.

We are learning all the face things, eyes, nose, mouth, ears... and he knows where they are but doesn't always "perform" when you ask him where they are! Stinker! Although be careful when he does go for the eye or nose he just might get a finger up it or in it pretty far! LOL

Well, my son is down for his nap so I am gonna go take advantage of some more sleep if I can! :-P

A Happy Happy 1st Birthday!

Was a nice day outside! Had a wonderfull bbq and party along with swimming fun for my little man's first birthday! He was eating up all the attention for SURE! :-D

And can you read his shirt? :-)

Loving the birthday gifts!

Opening fun presents!

Birthday Cake! YUM!

Sporting a a awesome Do!

Fun with all the new toys at home!

I can't beleive my little man is 1 already! Time sure flies!

Love him so much!

Its been awhile...

We have been busy doing summer things around here!
Swimming, more swimming, and a bit more swimming! :-D

Joshua is growing and learning more things everyday and boy does he make me laugh EVERY day!

He is a CLIMBER....

He throws awesome tantrums which result in not so fun discipline....

He will be ONE in a few days!!!!!!

I love my little man!

Here is a recent video that I just uploaded!