Remodling here we come

We finally have had enough of carpet in our living/dining room combo. So, we decided to lay laminate flooring through out the entire upstairs. It was suppossed to be a somewhat simple of a job right. Not our luck. There were 10 times more staples, nales, and misc stuff than we ever imagined. Plus, we found some water damaged under the dining room window so we had to cut out sheetrock to see if i was from the old windows ( we replaced all the upstairs windows last summer) or a current water problem. Thank heavens there is no more water damage, just a hole in my wall. The hole has been filled with insulation and covered with sheetrock, now my poor husband has to find the time to retexture the walls and I have to pick out paint colors. Did I also mention we still have 3 more rooms to redo the floors in and this baby is coming in less than 8 weeks. UGH!!!

Easter 2009

Nate and I had so much fun this Easter with the girls. We colored eggs and the Easter Bunny even came. The girls were not too helpful with the coloring of eggs, but they did like to bang them on the table, they made great deviled eggs on Easter morning. Abigail and Alyssa were so cute Easter morning. Alyssa went straight for the toys and Abigail had an egg opened and all the candy stuffed in her mouth and was on her second egg by the time I had gotten Alyssa up and out of bed. The girls had gotten new tri-cycles and dresses, but their favorite part (for Alyssa) was the Spanish/English maracas they got. She head bobs to the music. The girls also got their first dollies. I lasted over a year mom. They are finally wanting to play with dolls. Our tom boy Abigail is turning into quite a little girly girl. She likes purses and dollies, while Alyssa likes to play with blankets, nice cheap entertainment. Their legs are a little too short to pedal their tricycles, but they do like to scoot around in them.

It's a ??????

Ok, so we've known for a month now what the sex of the baby is and I've wanted to do something really cute picture wise, but come on, it's been a month and it's not anywhere close to being a top priority, so sorry no cute pictures to say we are having a BOY! Yes, finally a boy. I think Heavenly Father knew I could not handle any more estrogen. The twins are great but what a handful. This pregnancy has been a bit harder than the girls. This baby has way too much room and I feel everything. The girls were so cramped because I did not get as big as most so they were nice and content (as one can be with a companion). Maybe that's why they are so wound up. This baby loves the quiet time from about 4-8 pm each night, which would be great except I'm in class 4 nights a week and anytime the professor talks I get kicked/punched/elbowed/ etc.. The other nice thing the doctor told us at our last visit was the baby is in the 87th percentile for how far along I am. I asked if they could have gotten my due date wrong and he assured me no, it's just a big baby boy. We haven't decided on any names and probably won't until its closer and school gets out so you'll have to wait and see what we choose.

Happy Valentine's Day.

I let the girls feed themselves ravioles and good thing it was already bath night because boy did they need it. Alyssa insisted on using her forehead, nose, and face to clean her tray. Abigail used her hands to smear it everywhere including her face. At least none made it on the floor!!!
They almost ate as much as they do with mac and cheese.





Abigail was not to thrilled with her picture taken
in the bath tub. She absolutely loves the water and loves to swim. She waits until Alyssa is out and then she goes from one end to the other. Abigail has learned to turn on the cold water and this is her getting caught by mommy.


Alyssa was having fun for once playing with her toys in the bath tub. She likes taking them and filling them up with water and drinking them. She is very nice as her sister crawls all over the top of her going from one side to the other. She loves to throw her toys over the side making quite a mess.

Alyssa has also learned to store food between her high chair and the dinning room chair. She put the remaining of her dinner there I guess saving it for later.



Alyssa and Abigail holding hands on their own after breakfast. They giggled each time one would grab the other's fingers. Poptarts make kids happy, as long as there is sugar on top!!!!!!

I am very blessed to have such wonderful kids.

Shoe fetish this early? AHAHAHAH

Alyssa would be content to have no toys and only shoes. She is getting really good about matching up shoes for everyone in the family. We have a little chest by our front door where we put our shoes (since they never make it to the closet) and she knows how to open and close the chest, put and take out all the shoes, and who gets what shoe. She will bring me Nate's shoe and say dada. The was even following me around on Sunday with my high heels. If she could pick up my feet and put them on me I think she would try. I tried getting a cute picture of her in a shoe dilemma, where she was trying to figure out how to put on Abigail's shoes (which are too small for Alyssa), but the kid knows every time I try to get the camera she drops everything and wants to touch the lens. I'll have to be more sneaky.