Ice Ice Baby!

I know...I completely dated myself with that title. :) What can I say, I am a child of the 80's. We are having a bit of an ice/snow storm where I live, and everything is closed. When I took the dog out this morning, I slipped and slid all over our yard! I would post some pictures becasue it is actually kind of pretty, but our camera battery completely died over the weekend, and when I went to Target to buy a new one, they didn't carry what we need. Our camera is over five years old, so I am hoping we still can find a battery!! My brilliant hubbby is pretty sure he can track one down, so I will leave that up to him :)

Well in other news, we have been keeping busy around here. I had my sixteen week appt. last week, and everything with the baby looks good. The heart rate was 168, so still up there. We were also able to schedule our ultrasound, and I am really looking forward to that. February 18th is the big day...only three weeks from today! I have also been able to feel the baby move lately, which is exciting. Feeling the baby move is definitley my favorite part of being pregnant :)

So yesterday we went to Target to get Hannah a swimming suit for swimming lessons that are coming up in a couple of weeks. All of her ones from last year are way to small! They had a bunch of really cute choices, my favorites were the one with the cherries on it and there was a really cute one with blue and teal polka dots and ruffles on the butt. I serioulsy love ruffle butt!! Of course Hannah spotted the Cinderella one and that was it. I am not a big fan of clothes with characters on them, but she was so in love that I decided to let it go. Its pink with a ruffled skirt after all :)

This is the suit that Hannah picked :)

Speaking of Hannah, she is still sleeping!! She went to bed at 8:00 last night, and it is now 9:26 and she is still asleep. This NEVER happens! She is normally up by 7:30. I think she is coming down with a cold though...she got hacked all over in Sunday School this week...grrrr. Well I should go try and be productive instead of boring you with my chatter! Have a great day everyone!

Random Picture Challenge 3.0

I thought this looked like fun. For more random picture fun, head over to 4 Little Men and Girly Twins.

The 30th picture from August 2007:

Oh how I loved her rolls!! This was taken at the our yearly family camping trip :)

Painting!!

Lately I have been feeling like I need to be more creative with the activities that I do with Hannah. There is not much we can do outside right now because of the cold, so I stocked up on some fun inside stuff. And none of it cost more that $0.99!! Hannah's favorite thing to do right now is to paint. She made this one special for her Daddy! Too cute :)

Overheard at Church

"Lord keep your arm around my shoulder, and you hand over my mouth."

I thought that was just too good not to share:)

The Belly

16 weeks 1 day...


It's growing!!

13 weeks 4 days

Snow Days

Well, it was finally warm enough where we live to be able to take Hannah outside to play in the snow. After the 30 minutes it took to get her bundled up (part of that was because I couldn't and still can't find her boots...notice she is wearing tennis shoes...) we headed over to my mom's to play. Lets just say Hannah was not all that impressed. We were out for about 20 minutes and she only went down the hill on the "sled" three times. (I have sled in "" because we don't actually have a sled, but instead used a boogie board with a plastic bottom, which actually worked quite well :)).
Here she is checking out Grandma's snow angel!! And can I just say, what a cool Grandma to lay down in the snow and make a snow angel?!
And this is her walking in the sled/boogie board track. She thought that was more fun than actually riding the sled...we'll have to work on that :)

Wordless Wednesday

Bathing Beauty

I was only gone for 30 secons...I swear!!

I was putting Hannah's hair up yesterday, and the comb I wanted was in the office, so I left her alone for about 30 secs while I ran back to grab it, and this was what I came back to!! Crazy kid!! I showed her what she looked like in the mirror, and she kept saying..."I a clown!!" Something like that I would say :)

Momma's Helper

Hannah helped clean up after supper tonight. We (and by we I mean Nick ...when we got married we made a rule that for suppers, I would cook them, and he cleans up) usually just rinse and put them in the dishwasher. But tonight Hannah helped clean the dishes before they went in the dishwasher. And of course by clean I mean splash water everywhere :) It was fun though, and that's what really matters :)

Taxes!

Hannah is in love with the Disney version of the Robin Hood movie! The other day she told me she had to go to jail, because she didn't pay her taxes. I love the way she says taxes!! And don't mind the chocolate on her face, she had just finished a chocolate cupcake :)

Just for Grins :)

I took this picture of Hannah with my cell phone so it's not the greatest quality, but I thought it was sooooo funny!!! She has this thing about the sun being in her eyes, and always wants to wear my sunglasses. Haha...they are bigger than her entire face!

Baby Bump

13 weeks and 4 days

I have always liked looking at pictures of other people's bellies when they are pregnant, so I thought I would post one of my own. The belly is definitely starting to pop out a bit! Everyone says the second time around it happens sooner, but it is still kind of strange to me. I feel like I look like I did with Hannah at 16 weeks. :) I do still have one pair of jeans with a zipper that I can wear comfortably, but honestly, unless I have to go somewhere, I am in sweats and a sweatshirt :) I have been feeling pretty good. No morning sickness to speak of, although I never really had any with Hannah either, and I feel like I am starting to get past the tired phase. So that is a good thing! I also feel like this pregnancy is going so much faster than it did with Hannah. I guess that is a good thing though :) I am really looking forward to in the next couple of weeks 1.) feeling the baby move (I felt Hannah for the first time at 16weeks) and 2.) finding out if we are having a boy or a girl (I guess that is more like in the next 6-7weeks :))!

A New Years Blessing!

May the new year bring
The warmth of home and hearth to you.
The cheer and goodwill of friends to you,
The hope of a childlike heart to you.
The joy of a thousand angels to you,
The love of the Son and God's peace to you!

Have a wonderful New Year!

Fashion By Hannah

Who says two year olds have no fashion sense?!?!?! Hannah is currently rocking her daddy's stocking cap, her mommy's tank top, and her own coat...on backwards of course :) You go girl!

Heartbeat

I got to hear the babies heartbeat for the first time today. What a precious sound! It was 174...:)

Christmas at Home

Yesterday we had a wonderful and relaxing Christmas at our house. Hannah slept in until almost 10:)) (it was amazing!!!) so Nick and I got to sleep in too :) When she got up she opened her gifts and we ate breakfast. Later in the day my parents and youngest sister came over and we ate...way to much...and watched the movie Prince Caspian. Great movie, even though it didn't exactly follow the order of the story in the book. Hannah was so much fun to watch open things!! Every time she opened a gift she wanted to play with it and forget about the others. Her favorites were the doll she got, and the matching PJ's and robe I made for her and the doll. Here are just a few of the many pictures I took yesterday :)

She just woke up!! Good Morning Sunshine :)

Opening the doll!

Twins!!

I hope that everyone elses Christmas was as peaceful and relaxing as ours was!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Hoping that you have a wonderfully blessed day!

A "Little" Announcement!

I have been dying to share this bit of news for the past eight or so weeks, but wanted to wait until I hit the twelve week mark. In case you haven't figured it out already....I am pregnant!! We are really really excited, and can't wait to meet the newest addition to our little family :) I am due July 6th, in case you are wondering :)

The Poop Soap

Completely disgusting right?! It is cappuccino scented soap, that looks like dogg poo. YUCK!!

Believe it or not, I actually have a story to go with this lovely picture. Every year we have a Christmas party with my old friends from college. At the party we do a steal-a-gift exchange, with a $5 limit on the gifts. As I am sure you can imagine, people get pretty creative :) Well two years ago, my hubby received this lovely gift. We brought it back last year and re-gifted it, because we thought we were being funny. And can you seriously imagine washing yourself with that?! Again...YUCK!!! Well wouldn't you know it, this year Nick got the poop soap again. And of course no one wants to steal the poop soap. So we are stuck with it for another year :) But you can bet it will be back again next year...muhahaha!!! :)

Just in case you are curious, they actually have a website...www.nopeitssoap.com. It is very...ummmmmm...interesting?

18 Children!

I was checking the news on the computer last night (we don't have TV) and I came across this article. Duggar Family Welcomes 18th Child! That is a lot of kids! When people ask how many kids Nick and I want to have and I say between 4 and 6 they look at me like we are nutty. :) I can't imagine what it would be like to have 18 kids. The amount of laundry alone would be staggering. But you would also have 18 times the love and sweet moments. What do you think?