Saturday, November 29, 2008

I've Been Tagged!!

How very exciting! My very first bloggy award! Thanks Jodi!
So, when you get a bloggy award, you must pass it on. That's part of the fun! My friend Jodi granted me my first award, and I am so excited to keep it going!
The Rules:
1. Mention the blog that gave it to you and comment on their blog to let them know you’ve posted your award.
2. Publish these rules.
3. Share 6 values that are important to you and 6 things you do not support.
4. Grant the prize to 6 people.
5. Mention the blog that gave it to you and comment on their blog to let them know you’ve posted your award.
Six Values That Are Important to Me:
1. Friendship
2. Generosity
3. Honesty
4. Empathy
5. Giving
6. Loving

Six Values That I Do Not Support:
1. Cheating
2. Lying
3. Selfishness
4. Demoralizing
5. Laziness
6. Mean Spiritness
And the six bloggers I am passing this on to are:
1. Andrea at A Family of Foxes - my new CVS hero and inspiration
2. Jennifer at My House of Six - my role model for nursing and mommyhood
3. Ann at My Family - cause she got a dog named after her by my daughter
4. Sara at The Kindler Family - for being a super sweet mommy and person
5. Pam at Brothers Forever- cause family is always first
6. Kylie at MkHolt Family - because I miss her and hope that she will come back soon :)

Thursday, November 27, 2008

What I am Thankful For..And What I Am Not

The best things in life aren't things....

Well, here is my list for this year...A few things I am thankful for...

  • my beautiful, wonderful girls-the best presents I ever got
  • their wonderful daddy-who could ask for more?
  • my two favorite doggys in the world
  • my job-in this world we live in, I am very much thankful for that
  • the roof over my head, next to all the new nice neighbors
  • my family-even if they can sometimes require constant attention (ahem-Emily)
  • my husband's family-even if I don't always show it
  • my country, and the fact that I can raise my children in the greatest nation in the world

And a few that I am not...

  • Teething-it sucks for all involved
  • Black Friday-whoever is taunting me with great bargains and massive crowds all rolled into an unholy hour of the night should be horsewhipped
  • Sequin projects for small children-they make an incredible mess that doesn't vacuum well
  • Molasses- my work friends will totally understand why

Now...onto Christmas, my favorite season of all!


Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Welcome Annie!!

No, I'm not Annie, but would like to check out this parrott.
Ellie and her puppy walking in the yard

Kisses
More playing in the yard
Snuggling with her new "baby"


So I have had a super-duper busy week this week. Seriously slacking on the old posting duties. And there will be pictures when I get home from work tonight, but had a minute so I thought I'd get caught up.

First of all, Annie is not a baby, in case you at all were concerned.

Annie is Ellie's christmas present. She is a bitty golden retriever puppy. No, I am not insane, but I can't stand homelessness, and of course, baby Annie needed a home.

Annie was born the end of September with her litter. She was to be sold by her breeders. Well, lo and behold, they couldn't sell the pups. Nobody can afford to take care of a puppy in this economy. They couldn't care for the pups. They were bound for the pound or worse.

A friend of Matt's at work, it was someone his wife knew that had these pups. She found out, then Seth found out, and couldn't allow that to happen. So they went about finding homes for these puppies. And one of those homes happened to be ours. The funny thing is, Ellie had actually put a real dog on her Santa list just this past week. And then this fell into our lap. So we told her, she was getting her present from mommy and daddy a bit early this year.

She named Annie all by herself. She couldn't wait to get her home and start training her. She is absolutly beautiful and of course, Ellie loves having her own puppy to lead around. Kailey keeps watching her and getting so excited. Chloe is kind of ignoring her, but hopefully that will get better with time.

So for now, I will get going and post some pics later tonight. I am a sucker, I know.

But tell me, could you resist?

Monday, November 17, 2008

Another Week Goes By

And I really don't have much to say about it. I have a video I will post when I can get some time. Kailey is loving bouncing in her jumperoo. They didn't have those with Ellie. Matter of fact, they didn't have a lot of things when Ellie was born. No bumbo. No jumperoo. No pink tea party exersaucer. Of course, all those things are now taking over my living room. Along with a dollhouse, some random babies and a homemade paper Hannah Montana microphone. You know, before we had kids, Matt and I would talk about how children didn't need all that stuff. Babies don't need all that equipment, kids don't need so many clothes, toys, vacations to Disney World, etc. Well, fine. I'm eating my words. Cause I'm tripping over toys, the closet is stuffed with my bargain shopping, and of course, we've visited the Mouse twice since Ellie was 2 and plan to return as soon as possible. Good thing we know how to do all of it cheaply :)

We finally threw the baby out of our room. Its about time, she is five months old now. It was just hard. She slept in the swing so long because of her reflux. So we began to transition her back to her cradle. Then she got sick, and has been sick for almost a month. She's finally getting better, but since she can roll both ways, she really had to come out of the cradle. So she's moved into her own room now. Although we still sleep in the rocking chair for a few hours each night. If she gets up to feed, she just can't seem to handle being flat on her back. Oh well, she probably won't go to college still sleeping on me in the rocking chair, so I can handle it a bit longer.

Ellie is way excited for Christmas. She's already put up her little tree, and is begging to put up the big one. I told her she had to wait, but I may cave by next weekend. She has her singing snowman out, and we got Kailey one of her own at Hallmark. Those are just the best christmas decoration I ever bought. She loves them and stays out of my pretty ones. I thought about busting out the Little People Nativity, but I may wait a few more days for that till she's really begging to get the decorations out. She wants to go shopping for Kailey's presents. She just about can't contain herself. Could be a long couple weeks.

I've been thinking about December 1st. We will have been married 6 1/2 years. I didn't get to write a post on our anniversary this year, since I was 9 months pregnant, just got out of the hospital, and had to throw a shower for my SIL. We really didn't even get much of a date. So major hint to daddy-find a babysitter and take me out somewhere. Somewhere that doesn't use crayons. I really deserve it. Really. (and if I don't spell it out, just like that, its not gonna happen)

Life's journey is not to arrive in heaven safely in a well preserved body. But rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, with a drink in one hand, shouting "Whoo, what a ride!!"

I think we're doing well so far. At least on the worn out part :)

Sunday, November 9, 2008

You Are All Invited!

You are all invited to my house tomorrow to discover the best meal solution I've ever found. You all know that I love to cook. However, with two children, I've found that the time for cooking is simply not there. That is why I am so excited about this product, Homemade Gourmet. It make cooking easy without additives, without lots of preservatives, and with my own food. They cater to so many different lifestyles, from vegetarian, to diabetic, to gluten free. This is all very important to me since I have family members that require all of these types of diets. I love that I decide what my family eats, and Homemade Gourmet makes it very easy to do this.
So come on over, 7:00 pm and see a demo of how to make four meals in four minutes. I absolutly love this product, so much so that I am becoming a consultant for the company!

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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Wordless Wednesday

My girls in their cute shirts
Ellie and her spooky pumpkins


The pretty witch and her adorable kitty
Smile Ellie with her soccer coach, getting her medal
Baking some Halloween treats!