You can tell I'm a parent

It finally happened! I finally got to order our new stroller. Introducing the Joovy Big Caboose.
(I would put a picture here but I can't get it to cooperate. Just look at the link.) I am very excited about this purchase. We have a wonderful stroller now. It has served us well but it is now time for it to belong to a new family and help them create many wonderful memories. Specifically, my sister Rachel and her two little boys.
This new stroller has two normal stroller seats and then in the back it has a sit-n-stand seat for Elaina. That way, it has three spots for three children but it doesn't have the length or width that a normal triple stroller has. Good grief. I cannot believe that I need a triple stroller. Anyways...

We got the red one. And ya know what I've been saying around here? Groovy, Joovy!

Lack of sleep can result in the following...

This past weekend I went to Memphis to my cousin's lingerie shower. It was oodles of fun but I forgot to get my camera from Leah before I left. She kept Claire overnight so that I would have enough room in my car for the fellow travelers and these are some of the pictures that I downloaded. I like to come up with my own scenario of what happened.


In this photo, the two girls are playing happily, enjoying each other's company. Perhaps having a sip or two of refreshing liquid if they happen to desire it.

Claire, realizing that Lillie neglected to give her her own sippy cup decides that she has had enough of this unhospitibleness ( how about that word!!) and starts to leave.

"I can't believe that Lillie is getting a drink and all I have to chew on is this stupid toy. Oh, please don't tell mommy that I said stupid. I'm not supposed to say that word. But still, how stupid is this??!!"

Lillie:

"Oh Claire, please don't leave me. You are my bestest friend in the whole wide world and if you leave I will be totally degradatated!"

Lillie is now totally degradatated.

"I can't contain my distress!! I think I shall perish!"

Lillie is now perishing.

Claire, seeing that Lillie is about to perish quickly changes her mind about leaving and dons her pack-n-play carrier hat (what? that's totally in style these days!) and calls 911. We've heard that Aunt Leah knows the number, Claire, in case you have forgotten it. :) (Inside joke. Sorry. Couldn't resist.)















Once the perishing seems to have stopped, both girls realize that life is too short to fight over a lack of sippy-cupness and settle back in to their lounging positions. Lillie drinking and Claire happily chewing on her toy. Life is good again.


















The End
Thank you! Thank you!
Bowing over and over again

Just how hilarious is this?

11 Months and Counting...

Jason:



















Still doing school. Still painting. Still cute.
He won me a Kitchen Aid mixer off the Pioneer Woman blog. I picked the yellow one. I'm SO EXCITED!!!!!!

Rebekah:














When I read that Jason won the mixer I started screaming and jumping up and down. Elaina thought I had lost it. And I had.



Elaina:



















Elaina is desperate to be big so that she can blow bubbles with her gum, snap her fingers, and roller skate. If only that was all that was involved in "being big." Her reading lessons are going well. There is a video of her reading on Facebook you can watch if you are my friend. Last night after her bath, Jason noticed that her neck looked strange and we checked and there were two substantially large, hard as rock knots on the side of her neck. Her hair was covering it before and we never noticed it. I took her to the ER and it ended up being strep throat which is really bizarre because she has no symptoms. Other than the neck deformity.



Claire:













She's getting better. Sweeter. Nicer. Except today at Eily's dr appointment. Then, she was downright embarrassing. Her hair seems to have finally decided to grow and looks somewhat like a little bob. Her biggest desire right now is candy. Please, no one send/give us anymore candy.


Eily:













Eily woke up with a low fever this morning. Normally that wouldn't send me to the dr's office but since Elaina has strep throat I figured I'd better not take any chances. She doesn't have strep but she does have another double ear infection. This makes her 5th round in her short life. Poor baby. We go to the chiro again tomorrow so maybe that will make a difference.

Jason and I leave for DC in a few weeks.
Our 2nd shed is still not built. Will it ever be dry enough for that man to come build it????
We're staying busy and dreaming of lazy summer days.
I'm planning on taking the girls to Harmony Hill this June.

How about you? What's your summer plans? Anyone traveling? Anyone doing summer school? Do tell all.

April Fool's. :)

I'm pregnant.

Guess what I just did!

I walked outside to put some mail in the mailbox and on the way back in noticed a weed that needed to be pulled out of the front flower bed. And then another and then another. Before I knew it I was pulling weeds and throwing out leaves like a mad woman. Once that was finished, the grass looked extra pitiful so I got out the mower, lowered it to the lowest setting so that I don't have to do it again tomorrow, and mowed the front and side yards. Then I walked to the backyard and decided I wanted the swing set turned another direction and twisted the entire thing by myself. (Bravo to me. We have the world's longest swing set. It was not easy.) I then thought about mowing the backyard but the girls are out there playing now and I need to be in here to listen for Eily, Renee and Natalie. So I guess I won't. I guess I will do something else. And that will probably lead to something else, that will lead to something else, that will lead to....

And the winner is....

Chad & Bonny Day said...
The Moon eats dust from the sky, then spits it out and the dust turns to stars. That's how they get their shine, from the Moon.

Congratulations!! I meant to get the gift card tonight but I forgot so I will mail it to you as soon as I get it.

I loved all the answers. Eleanor, tell Shafer his was exceptionally delightful!

Who are you?

I added a widget to my blog. Down there on the bottom right. It's called a Live Traffic Feed and it has consumed me.

I love for people to read my blog. I get jittery and excited when I see a comment from someone that I didn't even know read my blog. A lot of people would get nervous and scared over the fact that people they don't know read about their life and family and I probably should but I can't help myself. I LOVE it! I probably have some sort of disorder that causes this excitement. The more people check it the more I want to post.

Back to the LTF. According to it, I have people from Washington, Pennsylvania, Tifton and Chula, GA, and other places that I can't remember ever meeting anyone that lived there visiting here. Is this correct? If it is, yeah!!! Tell me about you. Introduce yourself and if we already know each other, say hello! Your visitation makes me happy. :)

A contest (My first)

Tonight on the way home from church, Elaina asked me, "Mom, what does the moon eat?"

What would your answer have been?

The winner will receive a $10.00 gift card to TJ Maxx. (Is there only one "x"?) Contest ends Tuesday night at 6 pm.
Creativity counts!
Good Luck!

I found this delightful

http://vimeo.com/2311707

(Dad, you would like this one.)

One of my favs

This video is our exercise video. It makes me so happy to watch it. The conductor is so smiley, all the umbrellas bounce up and down to the music and the oboe(?) player's face is so red it looks like it's going to explode. Do yourself a favor and watch. It starts out slow but at 2 minutes and 31 seconds it gets good.
(The music is off sync from the actions and some times that is a little aggravating but just work through your irritation. It's worth it.)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D5SDGjRidY

I think it's list time again

I need some motivation this morning. I am weary and dreary. So, I am going to post another list of what I want to get accomplished this morning so that I will be shamed if I don't get to strikeout each and every item.

Item number one...

Pick up house. This is the major item on my list. It is bad, bad, bad here.

Item number two...

Get the checkbook caught up...again.

Item number three...

Clean this computer screen. My goodness! I can't even see some of the words that I hope I am spelling correctly.

Item number four... (this is my optional item)

Get all coupons clipped and updated.

Item number five...

Do a load of laundry. There should be enough dirty laundry for just that! :)

Get ready for the fundraiser tonight at the Art Center!!

I'm so behind

and I don't want to catch up.

Uncle Robert and the stacking blocks

All you have to do is spend a little time with her and she will have a piece of your heart.




























And in return, she will give you a little piece of her's.

This particularly tickled my fancy this morning.

edentulous (\ee-DEN-chuh-luss\)

adjective


Meaning

: having no teeth : toothless



Example Sentence


Thanks to improvements in public health and dental care in the 20th century, far fewer Americans are edentulous when they enter their golden years.

Anthropologie

I love it! I really, really do. And I love sales. And when the two combine? Well, it's just magical.

He arrived on his own

March 19th
Born at 3am
7lbs 10oz
20 3/4 inches long

Meeting his older brother for the first time.

Luke Anderson Jones

I'm going to meet my new nephew tomorrow.!!! I'm already getting baby fever and I haven't even held him yet.

Just to clarify. He hasn't made an appearance yet but if he doesn't show up on his own during the night they are inducing Rachel tomorrow.

Decisions

My husband just bought me a Dr. Pepper. I saw it in the fridge. What do I do? I haven't had a soft drink in over a month. Maybe two months. I can't remember exactly. He's going to surprise me with it. It would be rude not to drink it, right?
Right.
I will drink it.
But I will not let it ultimately win.
One.
And only one.