eebee diaries

Peace Out!

2011-04-16T20:55:00.010-05:00

just not feeling the blogging lately, so i'm taking a break. maybe i will back, if you are lucky!!! hahahahaha here is my parting words of wisdom i stole from 2 of my favorite wise people, Abe Lincoln and Dory from Finding Nemo.

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. "

"When life gets you down, you know whatcha gotta do? Just keep swimming, and swimming, and swimming!"

Just a Dream....

2011-03-14T19:30:00.000-05:00

It's wierd being on the charts

2011-02-23T20:32:00.002-06:00

i'm so glad my head isn't all stiched up this year!
Today Olivia had her 2 yr checkup, I always say she is so little, well compared to Jillian, most children are i suppose!!! But, she is still tall for 2 the doc said, so i guess we will have some volleyball or basketball players around here in 10 yrs.
Weight- 30 lbs, 85%
Height-35.5 inches 90%
Attitude- off the charts
Yep, she was firing on all cylinders for the doctor, i swear she must think I am a stage mother or something, cause every time she walks in the door my kids are just sitting there, and a light bulb in their minds goes off, and they act like they are on Broadway. Olivia was dancing, giving dirty looks, laughing, it was like a one toddler play. Good grief, 2 diva's, pray for me please, the teenage years will not be kind, LOL!!!

Last weekend we again went to Timberidge water park in lake geneva, for my bro in laws annual family reunion, it was alot of fun. Jillian finally went on all the slides! I hope she will go on the Cruise's water slide in a couple days, it looks pretty cool!!! OH YEAH, 3 days till DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!! so so so excited!!!!!!!! I cannot wait to be laying on beach in the Bahamas, and then on Disney's own private island!!! get me out of this horrible weather, cause i am DONE with winter!!!!

Olivia is 2!

2011-02-13T14:35:00.004-06:00

J and her boys
Aunty loves jumping as much as the kids! lol!

Cheese! birthday princess here!

All about Elmo! Livie loves that little red freak

Love the face

My girls

i just can't believe my baby is 2! the time has gone way too fast. She had such a good birthday and party! She has been walking around the house all day saying happy day to me!

the great blizzard of 2011

2011-02-02T08:00:00.002-06:00

little piggy stuck
climbing the new mountain in our backyard

kaine and jillian digging tunnels

notice how the lazy "working dog" goes behind the 4 yr old

We are very happy we both are off work today! Only 2nd time in 7 yrs the city has shut down, and yesterday at ryan's work they told them the "never" shut down, well never has come apparently cause they closed at 5am!! whoo hoo, hope the wind dies down and the girls can get outside and play! snow day!!!!

Dress Up Day

2011-01-31T18:45:00.009-06:00

Sleddin' with Daddy
Recognize this jacket Mom? :-

So yesterday i had to clean out the storage space because somebody (ryan) stuffed all the girls bins of clothes waaaaaaay in the back. And I need to start getting their summer clothes out for the bahamas and disney in T minus 27 days!!!!!!!!!!! Well, i came accross a box of dresses i have saved, every dress from as far back as my mom's wedding dress to erin' 8th grade dress to my prom dress. Jillian went BANANAS!!! it was like xmas morning!! she wore the dresses around all afternoon, and even to dinner! Aunty's dresses almost fit her, what a midgit, lol!!!

I have to share the recipe I made for dinner tonite, it was soooo good. I love chicken pot pie, and have made dozens, this one, modified with more veggies (shocking i know!) from my feb Martha Stewart is by far the best.

Chicken pot pie with puff pastry

2 cloves of garlic, minced
3 tbl evoo
3 carrots, peeled and chopped
4 potatoes, peeled and chopped
1/2c white wine
1 1/2 c ckn stock
1lb of boneless ckn breasts chopped
couple pinches of tyme
salt and pepper
5 tbls of constarch whisked with 4 tbls. of water
1/2 c heavy cream
package of puff pastry (thawed)
1 egg beaten lightly

preheat oven 425. cook garlic in evoo until fragrant, over med heat. add carrots and potato, cook 10 to 15 mins to soft. add wine, simmer 2 mins. add stock, bring to boil. add ckn and tyme. cook for couple mins until ckn cooked. season salt and pepper. add cornstarch mixture and cream, simmer until thick, about 5 mins. transer to baking dish, i use the medium rachel ray bubble and brown, top with puff pastry, it will overlap. brush with egg and cut a few holes in top with knife to vent. cook till golden about 15 mins. delish!!!

The things I do for Aunty Erin

2011-01-22T20:53:00.001-06:00

ohhhh, fashion is not comfortable i tell u!

We are pretending its spring

2011-01-22T20:49:00.002-06:00

we are over winter, we are ready for warm breezes and flowers!!! So, considering thats months away, the girls pretended the hallway was the sidewalk, we got some flowers at the grocery store, and they stood by the heat vent for a minute!

They are so children of the 2000's!

2011-01-09T13:11:00.002-06:00

watchin a movie on the laptop. ha! in the 80's, when I grew up, we didn't even have cable! how times have changed!

Ugh

2011-01-02T18:46:00.002-06:00

so we have some type of flu over here, Jillian got sick Xmas eve, and like domino's we all have fallen. Luckily its not the throwing up gross flu, but we sound like a bunch of seals at the zoo. People have been telling me they didn't feel better for 2 weeks from this stuff, 2011 is off to a great start!

2010 was also a pretty crummy New Year's eve, we made it till 10pm and had chicken soup for dinner! Usually we go out for a great meal with friends, but this year was going to be really special cause our favorite Ohio people were coming!! Well, of course they couldn't come, we didn't wanna give Carson and baby mama our sickness. Luckily my thoughtful friend Stephanie texted me a picture of some giant shrimp and yummy steak while they ate at our FAVORITE restaurant ever Butch's!!! Ha ha, she also mentioned they missed us and it wasn't the same without us, and since food has little taste to me right now, all is forgiven!! oh well, there is always another new year's eve, i'm sure it will be faster than I would like!

Hope everyone has a joyful, healthy and safe New Year!! 2011!! I thought I'd be riding around in little jetson spaceship by now! ha!

Meet our newest family members...

2011-01-01T16:52:00.004-06:00

Blueberry and Elmo (self explanatory i hope). I hope Santa is gonna come clean their bowl once a week. Ha!

Santa Claus came to town

2010-12-29T11:47:00.005-06:00

barbie camper!!
Dinosaurs!

ridin'

i think thats for your babies Olivia!

Princess castle with unicorns!!

so many presents so little time

thanks for another hard year of work Keko (the elf) see u next yr

daddy and his girls

My girls

We had a wonderful christmas, full of love and presents of course!! Christmas eve was at our house and Christmas day at grammy barb's. Jillian was so excited this year, it was alot of fun. Goes so fast! 2011 already?!

97 years young!

2010-12-29T11:42:00.004-06:00

grammy takes the best pics ha ha!
suprise!!

Aunty's amazing friend Bobby Patrick had a suprise 97th birthday party for aunty Lucy last sunday! He had so much food it was unbelievable. About 25 people were at the party and Aunty had a blast. 97 years!

Skating Princess

2010-12-18T20:30:00.002-06:00

Jillian has been begging to go ice skating and so off we went today. I haven't skated since my Dad use to shovel off a spot on the lake at the cottage for me and erin, so probably about 20 yrs ago. It is definitely not like riding a bike! it's hard! Jillian had a blast, there was a couple girls doing jumps, she said she wants to skate like that. so cute!

Santa is the devil/ i could sit on santa all day

2010-12-13T20:44:00.002-06:00

this year olivia was NOT about santa ha ha! Jillian loves santa, she made him a picture and was so happy. We went right after i got off work today and there was 3 people in front of us, perfect time i guess! whoo hooo.

The Christmas marathon

2010-12-12T20:25:00.003-06:00

House decorated, gifts bought and wrapped, cards sent and cookies baked. Christmas is exhausting. All that's left is to visit Santa, and maybe relax a little in the next 12 days. I'm really starting to appreciate my mother and mothers everywhere who put on this whole Christmas spectacle every year. we are highly under appreciated!!

We must be really good....

2010-12-12T17:55:00.002-06:00

cause santa claus came today already!

Cookies!!!

2010-12-05T18:17:00.004-06:00

cookie making is boring, i just want to eat them!
Little chef

candy monster

love this picture, both like, hmm what u got?

5 hours of cookie making + girls up at 6 am for St Nick (yeh I know its suppose to be tonite but wanted to enjoy it not have them see their stockings then rush to work) = girls sleeping by 6pm!

One more thing...

2010-12-04T21:02:00.003-06:00

Don't ever buy Frigidaire, seriously its J U N K. Worst appliances ever. Ryan has had to fix the fridge a couple times, the ice machine messed up. Last year our 4 yr old dryer stopped working, the repair guy fixed it to work only on high, or we could pay like $250 for a new timer thing, seriously? I will just dry on high. Well, now on Thursday I was doing laundry and it was not spinning leaving the clothes soaked. Had appliance guy come today, some door lock, $175 for part, labor and service call. SERIOUSLY it is 5 yrs old. My mom's and Barb's washer/dryers are like 30 years old. Is all stuff made like crap nowadays or is that just a bad brand???? ARGHHHHHHH merry Christmas to us from Frigidaire!

Little House Builders

2010-12-04T20:43:00.002-06:00

there's a story behind this one...
The masterpiece

The artist, and her annoying sous chef who eats everything

In case you didn't know I love glitter and weird baubles. My Grandma had 3 things every Christmas which i loved. 2 I inherited, her jewel tree and white lite tree. The 3rd was the gingerbread house they got for us each year. It was more like a mc-mansion house, huge and full of candy. Oh ya, i really like sweets too. So, i've been looking for a bakery that makes one and have yet to find one. So, got a cheapie at target and let the girls decorate it. Olivia just ate it, but Jillian really got into it. She definitely has Aunty Erin and Uncle Nick's talents.

She also is obsessed with taking pictures lately. Hence the first picture I hinted at above. She makes Olivia pose for her. So she tells olivia move, keep moving, ok sit there. I need to get a good one of the tree. Olivia is her loyal subject, wonder how long that will last?? so cute those 2!

Happy Turkey Day

2010-11-27T15:40:00.004-06:00

Dinosaurs love them some turkey meat
Jillian took some pictures, she always tries to help out!

They were lovin' Aunty and Uncle J- they came back with Jamaica gifts!!!

Well, as I was tolling away in the kitchen all day and night preparing thanksgiving dinner, I was assuming someone, who will go nameless, was taking some good pictures. Apparently there were 2 turkeys at our house thursday, one in the oven and one laying around not taking pictures!!! Ha! hope everyone had a good thanksgiving!!!

It's beginning to look a lot like christmas....

2010-11-22T20:52:00.004-06:00

The Village!!

Why go hunting I told ryan....

Just sit on our front porch!

So we had a girls weekend, cause daddy went to kill bambi's dad, or should i say try to! ha! Jillian loves Christmas, and Olivia loves whatever Jillian does, so we decorated the tree downstairs and finished the village upstairs. Would have done it all, but kinda weird when everyone comes to eat turkey thurs, and its all out Christmas! I inherited the Dickens Village from Barb, its kind of ironic, the minute i saw it, oh 16 yrs ago, I coveted that thing, I pictured it in our cottage up north when we hopefully inherited it some day when we were old. Well, obviously life didn't go that way, and the Village has sat the last 4 yrs in storage. Because it was Nick's Village, and it just didn't feel right to have it without him. But, this year Jillian is full on Christmas wonder and all, so its the right time to share the magic with her. And, hopefully her kids kids with stand and stare at the village someday, and the tradition will live on long after all of us.

Otherwise, Miss Jillian is becoming my #1 helper, ok there really is no one else in line, but anyways, she "babysits" Olivia now, basically keeping her occupied so i can workout, shower, READ a magazine! its sooo nice. I cannot believe how much she has learned from 3 months of school. She was organizing the ornaments on the tree, and said "like a solar system mom, this red one is mars!" smarty pants!

Meanwhile Olivia is insisting on growing up too fast, she is suppose to be my baby! She is pooping and peeing on the potty, and going diaperless longer and longer without accidents. She detests her diaper, she actually sighs when i put it on her for a nap or night. Good Grief. Jillian was potty trained by 2 1/2 but she didnt start at 21 months!

And what is with the deer?? Olivia and I were coming home from the grocery store thurs, and everyone is stopped in front of our house, cars, dog walkers, and dogs going bananas. and 2 deer walk past our car, like 4 ft away! Weird site!

Amy n Adnan 11.6.10

2010-11-08T19:28:00.004-06:00

We had a blast at amy and adnan's wedding last saturday!! Amy is one of erin's best friends, and her sister lisa is one of my best friends. In fact we have all been friends for over 20 yrs! crazy!!! so ya we all started hanging out when we were 3 ha ha! But seriously, it is really great to watch everyone we grew up with get married, have kids, have happy lives! My oh my does time fly!

Trick or Treat

2010-10-31T19:11:00.005-05:00

Trick or Treating lazy dragon style
Trying to get all 4 in a picture!

my dragon

the girls

the unicorn princess and the monster!

we had a great, busy halloween weekend! saturday was night trick or treating at aunty and uncle Jimmy's house and sunday was our neighborhood. Jillian had the most fun, she is really getting, and enjoying all the holidays now. Olivia just ate alot of candy!! She loves to eat that little dragon!

Happy Halloween!

2010-10-29T22:05:00.003-05:00

Tonite me and the girls made some Halloween cupcakes for all our Halloween parties this weekend. Well, actually i think they did more eating than working! The unicorn princess and the dragon need their fuel!!!

So today Olivia went potty on the toilet!!! She has been obsessed with telling me she's pooped or "wet" for awhile now, but today was first time she did it!! She is so much younger and smaller than jillian, i think we used the potty seat for like 1 month, and jillian was done with that.

Maybe by 2 Olivia will be potty trained!! Oh what will i do with all the extra money, no more diapers!!

Apple Holler

2010-10-28T14:03:00.005-05:00

The Unicorn!!

Today I had off work and got to chaperone Jillian's class trip to apple holler! It was a bit chilly, but the kids didnt seem to care so that was good! We had so much fun, me and my big school girl!

Punkin Patch

2010-10-15T19:45:00.005-05:00

They love to paint
Pumpkin Princesses

Goofy girls

J's new friend

catch me if you can!

Sooo much better than last year mom!!

This afternoon we went to swan farms, and it was alot better than last year, when it was like 48 degrees and raining!!! It was perfect fall weather, crisp and sunny! Jillian gets to go to the pumpkin farm twice this year, her class is going the end of october, my first time as a chaperone! I can't believe its the middle of october already!! I must really be getting old, time is in fast forward!!!

Al's Run 2010

2010-10-10T19:20:00.003-05:00

Saturday was the annual Al's run, i've done it pretty much every year since James was sick, except when i was preggers with J. It is definitely the place to be if you feel like you have problems and your life is tough. Cause seeing all those people wearing shirts with pictures of cute little babies and kids, and than a date of death underneath, will surely give you perspective. WOW, how any of those parents handle a sick baby, or worse, i really just can't imagine. Saw in paper today $1million was raised, woo hoo! and best of all James had another healthy year!

Minocqua

2010-10-06T19:48:00.005-05:00

Dinner at Marty's
View from the condo

Olivia drivin the boat

Jillian taking charge

Hmmm these animals are weird

Nests!!!

Spa Time

We went up to minocqua last weekend to have some fall fun and see all the beautiful colors. The girls had a blast, my little up north cuties!!

My Girls

2010-09-24T21:41:00.008-05:00

here are my favorite pics from our labor day weekend photo shoot. my babies are getting so big!

Birthday Girl

2010-09-22T19:13:00.004-05:00

Happy with her gift, 630am, birthday fun begins!
my girls

walkin' on watergrocery shoppin'

Makin' deliveries

Today my girl turned 4! I just can't get over it! I can literally relive the day she was born like it was yesterday, i cannot believe 4 yrs have passed. Today we had a great day, we went to betty brinn and discovery world. They were ghost towns, the kids had the places to themselves, and they loved it. What a beautiful day on the lake with my favorite people!!

1st of many birthday treats...

2010-09-20T19:20:00.002-05:00

This afternoon jillian and I made cupcakes for school tommorrow. Her first school birthday treat!!! OF COURSE, they are blue!!! i'm sure the Ms. Lynn, her teacher, will love the kids having blue tongues!!

The Unicorn Pool Party

2010-09-12T18:45:00.008-05:00

the unicorn
gift opening craziness

a yummy unicorn

teaching ethan ballerina moves

8am, all ready for her party!

Jillians 4th birthday party was suppose to be yesterday, well that day was not suitable for a pool party! so luckily all our friends and famiy could make it the next day, today, which turned out to be 80, sunny and hot! perfect pool weather! probably, yikes, the last of summer i think! Jillian had so much fun, she told me, "mommy, that was the best birthday party ever. thanks!" what more can you ask for!

September 2010 Family Pictures

2010-09-11T14:29:00.003-05:00

www.andreaparadowski.com

Here is a sneak peak at our pictures from last sat, i love them. can't wait to see the rest!!!

1st day of preschool!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-09-07T18:19:00.005-05:00

my brave girl did great today, she LOVES school!!! my oh my, where does time fly????

Fall is here!!

2010-09-06T13:41:00.002-05:00

So, as im wrapping up my 4 day weekend i could not be happier with the weather!!! I love fall, in fact sept, oct, nov and dec are my 4 favorite months, i love the weather, the food, the holidays, everything!!! Friday was the perfect day to put out our fall decorations (yes i have totes of fall stuff!), and me and girls made a big batch of pasta sauce with the 10,000 lbs of tomatoes we harvested from our garden. Saturday morning we had our family pictures at the lakefront, it was chilly but so sunny and clear, i can't wait to see them, it was crazy watching olivia run around after jillian thinking last year she was a 6 month old peanut just sitting there! Then we got a bunch of apples from a orchard on the way home and J helped me make apple crisp (thanks leah for my favorite dessert recipe ever), and chicken dumpling soup for daddy, cause he has a sinus infection. and its the end of the world. men are such babies. sunday the girls played outside, and we all just relaxed. summer is fun, but tiring, i knew it would go by fast after my sister's wedding in Jamaica last june. This afternoon I'm actually all alone, j went to cut the grass with daddy, and baby O is fast asleep. I really never knew how nice nap time was, since Jillian never took any!! Next saturday is Jillians 4 yr old bday pary, a unicorn pool party! Tomorrow she starts preschool! we packed her backpack this morning with all her supplies, its all just unbelievable to me. I still look at her and can see that little baby that she use to be. But, she is so excited and ready to learn everything, poor teacher, ms. questions is coming to school!

Olivia Patricia 18 months

2010-09-01T20:12:00.002-05:00

today i hobbled to the doctor with the kids for olivia's 18 month checkup. She got no shots so she was all smiles!
weight: 25 1/2 lbs (75%)
height: 32 1/2 inches (75%)
head: 48 cm (85%)

my little peanut! Jillian was 28 lbs and 33.5 inches at 18 mos! Hard to believe this is her last doc appt till she is 2! You feel like all you do is go to the doctor, then poof! they are going just once a year!!! Just glad she is healthy and a happy baby girl!

My "blank" back

2010-08-29T20:17:00.005-05:00

bathing beauty
on sunday's spike dances

little swimmer

so saturday morning i walk into the office and see my 18 month daredevil falling backwards off the office chair, so i run to grab her, and feel my back spasm. so not only was i laying on the ground in pain, holding a bloody mouth babe, but i was seriously p**sed off. not to worry, the babe was running around in circle minutes later, my old self lay flat all day. My back has had these spasms usually once a year since i was like 18. last year i finally went to a chiropractor, and he said, two things that will help are stretching and losing weight. so as i'm lying there i'm saying a little "blank" you to the chiropractor, cause i'm doing pilates (hello stretching nonstop) all the time and have lost 35 lbs. Well, today i kinda take it back, usually im the hunchback of notre dame, for like 3 days minimum. this morning after a loooong hot bath i was an upright human again (as J said), and did not want to waste another last day of summer sitting in the house. so we went swimming, i laid on raft while my man servant took care of my needs (lunch and the children people! this is a family blog!). so my back still is tweaked, gonna go get it realigned tomorrow, but much better than last july when it happened last time. I would like to thank my father for such great genes, or perhaps its karma, since i use to roll my eyes and sigh when he laid on the floor after his back tweaked. probably a little of both!

Mommy's little helper

2010-08-26T20:08:00.001-05:00

Olivia has become my little helper in the kitchen. so far her favorite dish to make is pasta, she loves to stir the noodles.

Ashland 2010

2010-08-21T21:04:00.005-05:00

Jillian's 1st Fish

up late and boom boom=trouble
smore coma

nice place to make sandcastles

Daddies girls

little buddies

We went up north with our friends and their 2 kids this past week. 4 kids 3 and under, aye kuramba! we had alot of fun between the meltdowns, jillian caught 3 fish, olivia is all "ride or die" now (atving), and both had daily spa mud treatments (free of charge). It really felt like fall up there, trees were starting to change and temps in upper 40s at night!

Aunty E and Jimmy's Reception

2010-08-15T19:31:00.006-05:00

the flower girls
dancing queen

erin and mini me

Family

More family

oh a bride's work is never done

Yesterday was Erin and Jimmy's reception, it turned out beautiful. Erin did an amazing job, the decorations and flowers were perfect. The food was great too, my favorite thing was sprecher, yes root beer, on tap! We wish the 2 month newlyweds happiness, love and hopefully the pitter patter of little feet soon!! ha!

First time gettin an up do

2010-08-15T19:16:00.002-05:00

Patience isn't her strong suit, but Jillian was a perfect angel at the beauty shop sat. We were there for 2 hrs, we both got our hair cut and up did for aunty E's reception. Such a big girl!

Hard to believe, but yes its state fair time!

2010-08-07T19:09:00.004-05:00

Just another day in the life when your a daredevil

Dinosaurs and air conditioning, ahhhhh
Happy on her pony, much better than last year!

Olivia and her bff, cousin Abby

The annual freaky camel ride

Aunty and Olivia

The girls and some sheep

Today we went to state fair with aunty e and uncle Jimmy and abby n emma. It was so nice out, usually its so humid. The girls made it 5 hrs, olivia's favorite thing was the giant slide, jillian said hers was a tie, the pony and the camel. hopefully next year she'll ride that camel alone, those things and their humps creep me out.

Sometimes they like each other!

2010-07-25T19:02:00.003-05:00

I can tell you its not easy trying to raise 2 strong willed girls who are 2 yrs apart. They are constantly having a battle of the wills, all out WWE wrestling happens at our house daily. I know 20 years from now they will be best friends and depend on each other for so much, hopefully, like my sister and I. But good lord! can we have a little more cute kissing and cuddling and a little less biting, pushing, and hair pulling?!?

Book Worms

2010-07-22T20:09:00.003-05:00

In the last couple weeks Olivia has become obsessed with reading. Pretty much since birth I have not been able to get the kid to read a book or watch 5 mins of TV. Now, all she wants to do is read, she carries her books everywhere! It's so crazy how all the sudden their little brains just start cranking out the words. She will look at me and point to her book and say, "apple", its so freakin' cute!!

July 4th

2010-07-06T20:05:00.003-05:00

Mr cutie in the house
Catching fireworks

2nd genearation BFF's

4th cutie patoties

Perfect Zoo Day!

2010-07-02T18:58:00.005-05:00

Taking a train break

Olivia is bananas for the carousel

DINOSAURS!!!

Jillian's new friend, Mr. Peacock

shiny! or tiny!or Dawn!

She can communicate with the dinosaurs

Today, Barb and I took the girls to the zoo. After 4 hrs, 2 trips through the "coolest" dinosaur exhibit ever, we were all beat and ready for a nap!! The weather was absolutely perfect, it was so much fun this year, Olivia got so excited for everything and Jillian of course too. This summer has been so great weather wise, hope it continues!!

Yesterday I went to my 1st farmers market, I have never been to into vegetables to be honest, i only like the ones i grow in my garden so i figured why bother. But now that healthy eating is all the rage around here, i thought I'd check it out. My friend recommended West allis farmers market, and it was delicious!! Last night we had roasted baby potatoes, corn on the cob, tonite i made pasta with fresh sugar snap peas, we had raspberries and strawberries for dessert. I don't think i can ever eat a pick n save strawberry again! I'm going back tomorrow, or checking out south shore's one. Yum yum.

Jamaica!

2010-06-27T13:46:00.003-05:00

First dance
Conga line!

me and my baby sis at dinner reception

the happy couple

the beautiful bride

Boat cruise, the boys

most beautiful sunset i ever saw

boat cruise, the girls

We had an amazing time in Jamaica, watching my little sis marry the man of her dreams, laying on the beach with a fruity drink, relaxing! It was like a dream, went so fast. I can't believe we are home. Missed the girls like crazy, but it was nice to be kidless for 6 days! Tommorrow back to reality, at least 2 4-day weeks lie ahead for me, yeh 4th of July!!!

Air Show

2010-06-14T10:02:00.004-05:00

Yesterday, Jillian And Ryan went to the Air show with Scott, Ethan, and Caleb.
Rave Reviews from both daddy and Miss J.

Now she want's to be a Blue Angel Pilot!

Busy Bee's

2010-06-13T13:32:00.002-05:00

My 1st attempt at cake decorating- for erin n Jimmy's shower yesterday
I think the last 2 1/2 months have been the busiest we've had since the kids were born. It's literally been every weekend something; all leading up to Jamaica!!! It's been 1st birthdays, showers, bachelorettes, ohio vaca's, ohio visits, holiday's and oh ya, ryan's heart attack! So excited to relax and see my baby sis get married, 5 days till we leave!!!!!!! I am glad the rest of the summer is much more subdued, we are planning a waterpark trip, and lots of time in our favorite pool, grammy's of course! Ryan and Jillian just left to go see the air show, just laid olivia down for her nappie, i'm going to r-e-l-a-x with a little coffee and my oprah magazine!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

Pig Pen

2010-06-06T19:15:00.003-05:00

Pig Pen aka Jillian planted her pen (garden) today, watered it (created a lake), took a spa like mud bath and enjoyed an outdoor shower. Busy day for pig pen!!

1st Swim of the Season!

2010-06-03T06:23:00.002-05:00

Ohio!!!

2010-06-01T20:01:00.004-05:00

We went to Ohio over memorial day weekend to visit the Celusta/Ruhe's and had such a great time. It is so nice to get away, we havent gone overnite since the end of january when we went to the waterpark, and it wasn't too relaxing for me since olivia's head was all stiched up and such. But, this mini vaca was great, the girls were so good. Little ladies eating out, sight seeing and partying. Weather was hot, but the girls love to swim, and carson too!!! They swam at hotel one night till 10pm! Ohhh, the teenage years will not be kind to us!!!

Carson's 1st Birthday Party!!!

2010-06-01T19:42:00.004-05:00

Carson and G.G. greeting the guest
Kyle and Jillian best buds

Kyle- the girls love him

Mmm mm!

Lovin the bouncy house

Superhero Carson

Butterfly House

2010-06-01T19:16:00.003-05:00

1st Lovers Quarrel

2010-06-01T19:00:00.004-05:00

Hey, your toy looks fun sweetie!
My Turn!!!

I don't think so mister!!

Typical girl, giving the silent treatment!

4 wheelin'- the next generation

2010-05-23T11:13:00.002-05:00

Daddy up north
Olivia practicing

2019 Ashland???

Lil' pipsqueak

2010-05-18T20:15:00.002-05:00

Today was olivia's 15 month check up, what a runt!! Jillian has always been 97th percentile and above, and when Olivia was born just shy of 11 lbs i figured we had another bigin' on our hands. Not quite! We call her Aunty Erin, they act alike and are both shorties!!!
stats: 25 lbs, 31 1/4 ", a full 2 1/4 " shorter than jillian was at 15 months!!!!!!! 75% for both. By 2 she's gonna be below 50th!! Otherwise healthy, and dr calls her "motor girl", probably because she was climbing on and off chairs, up stool onto the exam table and down, wild child!

Otherwise we are all good here, ryan is doing great, all his numbers are great. I'm very relived. I hit the 25 lbs weight loss mark this week, only took 9 months!! I did read and article the other day tho that said slow weight loss is best, cause it means life changes a person is making, not just dropping 10lbs very fast eliminating a food group or something. Walking every day is really making a huge difference. And eliminating culvers ha ha!!

Signing Miss J up for 3 K!! Very exciting. 2 mornings a week, will be very good for her, socializing with kids her own age. She will have a blast, and olivia likes her "alone with grammy time" also!

We leave for Jamaica a month from tomorrow!!!!!!!! Gonna miss the kids, but i think after the last 3 1/2 yrs and all we've been through we deserve a little break!! Whoot whoot!!!

Miss Independence

2010-05-08T20:20:00.002-05:00

this is how i found her, she gets her stool out and puts it right up to the sink! 14 months! So, i try not to play favorites, but lately jillian has been A HANDFUL to say it nicely. She just never stops, asking a million times after we say no, playing rough, it goes on and on. Olivia on the other hand is such a lover. This morning we were snuggling, she grabbed my arm and shook it. so i wrap it around her and pull her close, she smiled and me and sighed. Made my mothers day!!! I'm figuring, just about the time she turns into a beast child, around 2, J will be almost 4 1/2 and becoming a less beast child. hopefully?!?

When Ohio comes to town.....

2010-05-03T19:14:00.004-05:00

Grammy and her girls
Momma ruhe and Mr. Cutie

Kyle LOVES girl toys

We have multiplied quite quickly!!!

Jillian does not want to be interrupted when she's with Aunty Cindy!!

2 tired mommies and 2 adorable babies!!!

we have so much fun, but its so hard to say goodbye :-(

Night and day

2010-04-29T20:37:00.003-05:00

ALWAYS looking for trouble!!!
My little ballerina

Olivia and Jillian are completely different, and lately its been really amazing me. I figured they would be opposites in some ways, but they are like night and day. Jillian has always been so verbal and a people pleaser. She is definitely not a loner. Olivia is like miss independent, up to mischievous, little miss attitude. When she gets mad, even jillian flinches!! Maybe its little person complex, ha ha. All i know is Jillian never threw things in the toilet, rubbed a poopy diaper all over the floor and wall (don't ask, disgusting story) or ate dog food. Jillian was always so good, i really never appreciated it. Now, her sassiness is in full affect, so i'm hoping Olivia being a handful now will mean less attitude in a couple years?!?

Tonite we had J's first ballet class, it was so fun!! Completely unlike gymnastics last year. what a difference a year makes. A couple kids were cryin and not listening, not my little ballerina, listening and so happy and excited. But oh my god is she a giant. The class is 3 to 4 yrs olds, and 1 other girl is her height and her mom said she turns 4 tomorrow. the others are like a head shorter. I wonder if she will be really tall, or just had her growth spurt early? I brought a magazine and didn't even open it, watching her was so cute!! Definately gets more and more fun the older she is getting!

Toys will be the death of me. i'm sure of it.

2010-04-25T19:50:00.002-05:00

I was kinda glad friday when i saw cool and rainy for the weekend weather. When its nice out i just feel obligated to go to the park, do yard work ect... which is great, except when u feel lazy!! So today i tackled the toys. I honestly think the hardest part of child rearing is the pictures, clothes and toys. I have spent hundreds of hours going through clothes, packing up small ones, unpacking new ones. Pictures, oh pictures. everyone wants pictures, digital is great, but i feel bad just printing them all, so going through one by one every month and picking good ones, it makes me cross eyed. But the toys, the toys are my biggest enemy. With 2 kids, they have quadruped i think. And Jillian is a hoarder, of course since i throw everything away, i have the hoarder kid. She saves junk mail. Like furrows it away. Today i threw 2 garbage bags away of barbies with out heads, broken toys, junk and more junk. And u can't believe the money i found, jillian gets if from everyone, like 20 $1 bills, and change everywhere!! For xmas im seriously only getting educational toys and clothes. all the little toys, they play with for like 10 seconds, its a waste.

So, its been almost a whole month of home cooked dinners!! Im really enjoying cooking, i always have, but now i am in a groove, and i'm whippin' out dinners left and right, ha ha. Last nite i made the olive garden salad, it tasted just like it!

Looking forward to this weekend when Mr. Carson comes to visit!!!! Can't wait to see him and olivia together! too cute!

Mommy's little "helper"

2010-04-19T19:57:00.001-05:00

Ready for ballet class...................

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which is on thursday ha ha!! Hoping ALOT has changed from last year and she listens a little better, gymnastics class was "challenging"!!!

15 days and counting....

2010-04-16T20:19:00.002-05:00

Things have changed around here, not big changes, little ones that hopefully will all add up to a healthy daddy and family. I never thought we ate bad, i mean i make dinner sun- thurs, but after meeting the dietitian in the hospital over 2 weeks ago, i realized our "binge weekend" eating out was literally going to be the death of us. Not like we didn't say it, after every weekend, we'd say, ugh, eating out all weekend is gross, and expensive, but it is so freaking easy. Especially after a long week. But, ryan and i both want our kids to grow up like we did, when eating out is a treat, not a fri/sat regular thing. So, nothing like a little life altering event to spur ya into action!! Today marks our 15th homemade dinner!! whoot whoot! and i feel great! I really owe it all to my new best friend Jamie Oliver and his awesome cookbook, "Jamie's food revolution". His recipes are all simple, fast, real food. Like my favorite food ever, french fries, instead of opening the bag of ore ida (ever look on the back of em, what is in there??) or going to culvers, now i matchstix some potatoes, little olive oil, and roast them, Delicious!!! and the true test, the kids ate them up!! I feel less like crap monday morning too. And salads, all that bull crap i always read in magazines, "eat a salad before a meal, eat less", yup, its true.

My best work buddy I are walking on lunch now, we are up to 2 miles a day this week! So all i can say is watch out Jamaica, some hot stuff is gonna be coming your way!!! ha ha!!

But, most of all, I would love to keep losing weight, but most important is we are all healthy. And we teach the girls to be active and eat good. God knows their genetics are not in their favor!!!

My little bunnies...

2010-04-04T21:50:00.004-05:00

Egg Huntin'

Happy with her bounty

Jillian and one of her Mama's

Ready to "catch" some eggs

Found her basket!

Easter bunny spoiled them this year

God, can you hear me, its Heidi?

2010-04-01T22:34:00.003-05:00

Over the past 3 1/2 yrs i have definitely lost faith in God. Too many losses, too much pain. Did I do something to deserve it all, a question I asked myself many times. I even questioned getting both girls baptized, whats the point, God hasn't protected me, my loved ones. Lately Ryan and I have been so sick of work, and the day to day monotony, the feeling like you are stuck in hamster wheel, and one day will wake up, and it will all be over and all you will have is regrets. Now don't get me wrong, I am profoundly grateful I have 2 beautiful daughters, a wonderful husband and jobs that still here. But, we always have that feeling, that something is missing, we lost out on things, the way our lives should have been. And then yesterday happened. And everything changed. In 45 mins time I went from laughing at work on "culling day", to sobbing while a cardiologist told me my 33 yr old husband was having a heart attack. For the next 2 hrs i sat and waited. and prayed. to a God I wasn't even sure existed. Or if he did, he didn't care about me. As the time passed, I started assuming the worst, I started thinking I how I would live without Ryan, how would I be a mom and a dad, how could this be happening. I am evil apparently. Finally, the doctor walked toward me, Ryan was recovering, a long road is ahead, but we can follow it together. So God, I'm sorry, I know you exist, and you love me, and my family, i can't get a clearer sign. Maybe you could say it was luck, that Ryan was in that nursing home, on that day, with that nurse, that he didn't just go home, and fall asleep. But not me. God can't save everyone, but I'm forever grateful he saved the person I'm pretty sure i couldn't live without.

it's my bday whoot whoot

2010-03-28T20:27:00.002-05:00

ya not really, bday's are alot more fun when u r little, the parties, the balloons, the gifts!! ha ha. Had a great weekend, jillians better, now olivia's got it. Boogerita is all i can say. She napped from 1130 to 5pm today, kinda missed her!!! So after 15 bdays of flowers, ryan is shaking it up, the door bell rang and it was a fruit bouquet! it was Delicious, fruit all week, and believe me after the weekend of eating and non exercise ive had i need it!!! Jamaica is coming way to fast, lets just hope my new "miracle swimsuit" i ordered fri nite truly produces miracles!!! I also got my the new front porch bench i wanted so im happy! jillian and i got all out pots and patio furniture out too, so im sure it will snow soon!!!! now im going to cap my bday bonanza with a nice big piece of tiramisu, yum!!!

The Hat Patrol is on duty

2010-03-24T21:06:00.004-05:00

the next person sick around here is off the island!!!

2010-03-24T20:53:00.002-05:00

I swear, ryan, jillian and I have never been so sick as we have the last 4 months. Today, had to go to the doctor again with Jillian, diagnosis:viral infection and croup, so she got "cherry juice" (a steriod). She went off amoxicillian just last sat, after 10 days!! In her first 3 years she went to the doctor 2 times, besides regular visits, and the amoxicillian was her 1st antibotic ever!! What is the deal? Its not like she is in school?? Can't wait till fall when preschool starts, ugh! I am sick of being or dealing with sickness around here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This bug better be gone before my birthday weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously?!?

2010-03-22T21:29:00.002-05:00

ok this blog is about my kids, but i really have to just get this off my chest. It completely amazes me, in this country, after all the overspending we have done, the trillions of dollars we are in debt, Washington law makers think this is the answer. To spend MORE. i think this quote today from the wall street journal sums it up best,

this legislation "will increase taxes, increase premiums and increase debt, while decreasing economic growth, job growth, and the quality of health care. " So it will - if it is allowed to go into effect

Luckily , key parts of Obamacare- especially the subsidies - don't go into effect until 2014. So what republicans have to do is to make the 2010 and 2012 elections refereneda on Obamacare, win those elections and then repeal Obamacare.

Does the president, congress, ect... realize they work for us??? When 60% of americans are against a policy, get a clue. ahhhhh now i feel better.

Happy St Patty's Day

2010-03-17T20:23:00.003-05:00

Jillian and her new friend

2010-03-15T20:20:00.003-05:00

Little Explorer

2010-03-14T22:14:00.005-05:00

Not use to walking outside!
Outside Baby chair

Sitting on her front porch

Glad mom cleaned up all the poop!!!

Movie Time!

2010-03-12T20:40:00.003-06:00

Time to relax after a busy day of playing at stonefire and checking out Aunty E's and Uncle's huge fish tank! Jillian loved feeding the fish, and watching the crabs- she's gonna go bananas when nemo is in their in a few months!!! Yeh 4 day weekends rock!!!!

"spring" is here!

2010-03-06T21:04:00.005-06:00

Captain Jillian looking for sharks
Rock climber

About as relaxed as she gets

Funny how 40's and sunny seems so "warm"!! Today while my perfect angel baby Olivia took her 4 hr nap, I took my napless wild firstborn outside to burn off some of her "spirit". I tackled the nastiest that is our backyard, thanks kaine. I was also, unknown to ryan, planning all the bushes I'm pulling out and raised flower beds i want him to build. Oh, and i want a picket fence around my garden to keep out that pig dog. I know the front bushes will get pulled out without asking twice cause he can use his four wheeler, good bye weird square bushes!!! Oh, warm weather please come soon!!

So, I've been trying to teach jillian about saving, cause lately she wants EVERYTHING and its driving me bananas. How many dolls and barbies does one 3 yr old need?? So, i opened her a savings account and we took all her change in and she seems to like having her "checkbook". So today the pottery barn kids magazine comes and she says to me, "mommy, lets sell the house so i can have everything in this book." i said where will we live? she says, outside in a tent, with all my new toys! I have my work cut out for me with this one!!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

2010-02-28T20:36:00.002-06:00

More cake please!
Cheese! or should i say cheesecake, ha ha!

Happy birthday to the best daddy and husband in the world!!!! You take care of us all every day and we love you!!!

Betty Brinn

2010-02-27T13:56:00.003-06:00

best i could get!
Mom! ur so annoying with these pictures!

Her favorite thing, kid sized grocery store!

My little gardner in training

This morning we went to the betty brinn museum with leah and connor. Early bird (leah) had us meet when they open, but it was nice cause it was dead. Jillian had alot of fun, next up the big musuem, she is obsessed with dinosaurs!!!

the baby who skipped her nap

2010-02-20T19:23:00.004-06:00

Momma's little devil
When big sis is gone, little sis gets to play in her room

crazy baby

Face it mom, i'm winning this battle

Jillian went to james 6th (crazy!!) bday party this afternoon with aunty and jimmy, you think someone would let their sick momma rest??? NOOO! like 3rd time ever she's skipped a nap. At least she fell over at 645pm for bed i guess!!!!

Itty Bitty

2010-02-16T19:49:00.002-06:00

Ok, so to most moms a baby who is 90th percentile for height and 75th percentile for weight wouldn't call their babies itty bitty. But, when your baby weighed in at 10lbs 15 oz and 22 inches long, and your oldest child has been "off the charts" since she was 6 months old, anything below 95th percentile is small to me!!

1 year stats:
weight: 22lbs 15 oz
height: 30 3/4"
head: 47 1/2"

Doctor even called her skinny! My itty bitty baby!! Of course Jillian had to have a "checkup" as well, she has grown and 1 1/2, 42 inches now!! and not gained a pound. She is gonna be a tall girl. We love our new doc, we were there like an hour, she is so thorough and spends so much time with us. All done for a few months now! yeh!!!

Party Pics

2010-02-14T14:17:00.002-06:00

Miss Olivia's bday party was yesterday and she had alot of fun, when she was awake, ha ha. You can't win, if i would have had it at 3pm, she would have been in the middle of her nap, so i did 12 and she always naps around 1pm and sure enough, off to sleep she went! I think there was like 15 kids here, it was crazy, amazing no one spilled on the new carpet! Can't believe my baby is 1 !!!!

One Year Pictures, crazy fast

2010-02-12T12:59:00.001-06:00

we like went this morning at 10am, crazy?!!!

Oh my how you've grown!

2010-02-12T12:26:00.007-06:00

My little 10lbs 15 oz chunker
6 months

Everything is so funny on your bday

Day Dreaming of cake and presents tomorrow?

One year old!!! I find it slightly ironic my little birthday girl is snoozing right now, since a year ago she was making quite the ruckus at 12:15pm!!!! The last year was so fast, too fast, i literally feel like she should be 3 months old. It doesn't help she was so fast to do everything either!!! Rolling over, the hard way from back to stomach at 3 months, sitting up and crawling at 6 months, standing at 8 months, taking steps at 8 1/2 months and all out running around by 9 months. She is my rough neck for sure, she didn't even let stitches keep her down! I can't imagine life with out you my little boom- boom, happy 1st birthday baby!!!

Sunday Funday

2010-02-07T19:34:00.003-06:00

tryin to read with a little sister is hard
superbowl dance off

How i found her, cause i'm a freak and check on them when a nap approaches 4 hrs.

She has a owie too!

Can i have some baby skin please???

2010-02-06T21:50:00.004-06:00

What happens when you take a bath in spaghetti for dinner!
The best you can get from a 3 yr old sometimes

Loves Mommy's spaghetti!

No I have not turned into Hannibal lector, i just look in the mirror and see my "laugh lines", and realize im a few steps a way from lizard skin. Its really amazing how fast babies skin heals. Olivia had a gaping hole in her forehead, and now it looks like a minor scratch! its crazy!! She is doing very good, both girls had a cold all week, so now they have that draining cough, super fun during the night!!! Can't believe Olivia turns 1 on friday!!!!!!!! i truly feel like i just was pregnant and waiting, waiting, waiting for her to come!!!

ER, stiches, and water fun!!

2010-01-31T15:33:00.006-06:00

At ERJillian loves to lay in the water

TA DAA!!!
Such a little warrior

So brave! Just got stitched up 4 hrs ago!!

Band aid removal not fun

Soooo, we were packing to leave for the waterpark on sat morning, and i see Jillian chasing olivia cause she has her balloon. Olivia trips and doesnt move, lifts her head and screams and all i see is blood. I grab her, she hit her head on the corner of the molding, and she has a deep cut, i can like see a layer in her head, which i later learn is layer on her skull!!! So we jump in the car, all in our jammies, head to childrens, and they take us right away, saying she will need 2 sets of stitches, its so deep, my insides are mush i feel so bad for her. So they freeze her head, put a bandage on and doc determines it didnt penetrate the skull, thank god, so one set. She gets verses, since she's so "spirited". It kicks in, she's still very "spirited" so she has to get papoosed, basically a baby straight jacket!!! She gets out of it 4 times, verses isn't gonna stop my baby!! Finally gets her stiches, screams the whole time, pretty much an experience i never want to go through again. We go home she sleeps couple hours, and wakes up in great mood, Jillian is begging to still go, so we go! We had a great time with erin and jimmy and his family. The Lake geneva waterpark was a lot of fun, just rite size for my kids. But OH my god!! 11 months old and getting stiches!! Jillian definitely tries me emotionally, but i can handle that! This blood and pain thing, ahhhhhh

Blood, bruises and bumps

2010-01-23T11:17:00.003-06:00

I know each kid is different, but i think my two are extremes. Jillian walked later, 15 months, so she was never clumsy. I don't remember her ever bleeding or covered in bruises. Olivia is like a walking diaster! Since she started at 8 1/2 months, i knew she would have some bumps and bruises. But now she's like sprinting everywhere, thurs nite she was running so fast she tripped slammed her mouth to the ground and bleed for like a 1/2 hr. Her forehead is covered in bruises, she is such a rough neck. Jillian and her fight so hard and she just gets back up off the floor and goes for more! I guess Jillian is not gonna be my tomboy, she may like dirt and bugs, but she also likes sparkles and dresses. Pretty sure olivia is not gonna have time for any of that nonsense!!! Wonder what the third baby girl will be like :-)

Otherwise, time is just flying by, miss olivia's 1st bday is all planned, it was the fastest year of my life! Looking forward to spring, winter sucks with kids. It so nice to just open the back door in summer and let them out to burn off their nutsness.One more big snowstorm and than ready for green grass and warm breezes!!!

We booked Jamaica this week!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to see my baby sis get married, drinks some pina coladas, and be kid-less!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!/

Boom Boom's 11 month's old!!

2010-01-12T19:18:00.003-06:00

Jillian just saw the last play of the game sunday, ha ha

My happy baby girl
In her early bday gift, very happy

Lookin' for trouble

Packer Backers

Aunty's Bday, my cheesecake was a success!

Not sure if you can see in the pics, olivia's got a big bump on her head, slammed into a wood ottoman foot sunday. I think jillian had like 1 bruise before she was one, with olivia im worried everytime i go to the doctor social services is gonna get called!!! 1 more month till my baby is 1!!! My little valentine!

Happy New Year!!

2010-01-03T12:24:00.003-06:00

Umm, someone needs their own chair mom!!

Like yesterday!!

Still can't believe its 2010!!! Well, all the xmas is down, i lost about 10 ornaments due to boom boom's reign of xmas terror, so i couldnt wait to get it all down and save what i could!!! We had a really fun new years, out to a great dinner at a Brazilian steakhouse (and i don't even like meat that much thats how good it is!), and than for drinks. The girls had their annual grammy pj party, all went well so i feel good about Jamaica, Olivia is pretty easy going, miss cling on, that would be miss jillian, is not. The girls have been having so much fun playing with ALL their new toys, Olivia is really getting into playing with Jillian so its super cute!! I've been playing with my xmas gift too, my beautiful red kitchenaid stand mixer :-) I've made pizza dough and mashed potatoes so far. It's so nice, so much easier than the hand mixer. Can't wait to make a cake, maybe for aunty e's bday next week, big 3-1!!! It's nice to not be all nuts on the diet/workout bandwagon this year. I definitely want to eat better but the workout part is going good already!! yeh!! Hope everyone had a good new years, hears hoping this year is full of happiness and love!!

Christmas Day

2009-12-26T21:18:00.005-06:00

Our Family

Santa scores again
Beep beep, outta the way!!

Happy Girl

Whoa, alot going one so early mom

I love santa!!

Christmas morning was alot of fun this year, Jillian woke up and remembered, "santa!!" Olivia got woken up, and was not amused!!! Then we headed to grammy's with Aunty and had a great time. Too bad santa doesnt bring a little elf to open all the presents, and another little elf to build a toy storage system!! ha, ha!!

This morning mother nature gave us a christmas present! water in the basement! fun fun!! Luckily it was less than a inch, and my husband loves his basement so we had a sewer backup rider on our policy. No drywall was affected, just carpet and baseboards. So, cleanup people came today, carpets gone, giant humidifiers going, everything disenfected. It seemed to be storm water at least. FUN! wisconsin is great, flooding in your basement in dec!! Now we can be freaks everytime it rains!! ahhh

Christmas Eve

2009-12-26T20:54:00.004-06:00

it takes four hands for the big ones!

The ball pit, one of their faves
Christmas Princesses

With her papa

She will always be my baby girl, so cute!!

Christmas eve we had granma and granpa and aunty and Jimmy over for an italian feast!! yum yum! Jillian was beyond excited opening all the gifts!!

Let it snow....then rain.....

2009-12-24T21:26:00.001-06:00

Dear Santa.....

2009-12-22T12:58:00.002-06:00

St Nick and Cookie's

2009-12-20T21:33:00.005-06:00

Hello Gorgeous

The artist
Dont bother her while she's rollin'!!!
Omigod!! Just what she always wanted!!

Hmm whatdidiget??

Little late with the st nick pics.... It was cookie craziness yesterday here, 5 batches, one 3 yr old, one 10 month old and an annoying german shephard in the way. One big crazy, fun mess!!! ahhhh the holidays!!! Happy Birthday Grammy Blaze!!!! And yesterday Happy 96th Birthday to Aunty!!!

It's bananas around here

2009-12-18T22:47:00.005-06:00

Chipmunk face

Where's my neck?

Who knew bananas were so fun?! and funny!

So, a week and a half later we are FINALLY healed around here. 2 kids sick when you are sick, and i mean hunched over the toilet sick is no joke!!!! Now we can do all fun Christmas stuff this weekend and next week!! yeh!!! I got all my gifts wrapped tonite :-) both kids went to bed by 7 so i was lucky!! Tonite jillian and I made sugar cookie dough so we can make cut

out cookies tomorrow using cookie cutters me and erin and my mom used growing up! We are also going to make a couple other kinds. It's nice to be off the brat diet!!

Update wise Miss olivia has turned into quite a little terror with the tree, and everything else within her reach. Now she grabs an ornament and looks at us, then runs away. She's getting fast. She's starting to say some words. OF course DA DA for daddy, and she says it real loud whenever she sees him! For me I get a mmmam, kind of guttural sounding. Guess its better than a blank stare! When she grabs something new she says, "dat". She's just so different than jillian, i really didnt realize how good a baby jillian was. She just never got into everything. Its so funny having this little baby follow you around, its like a doll that walks. She makes me laugh alot!!

Jillian is her usual charming self, her new thing is dinosaurs. We play dinosaurs alot, im always the evil t-rex eating everyone, she's always the "princess" dinosaur! She's very excited for santa, she wants a unicorn, snow white doll, barbie dream house and a laptop like daddies. She's changed so much from last Christmas, its really quite amazing. Alot more fun, and we can really use santa to our advantage, discipline wise!!

we are still kickin, barely

2009-12-13T14:59:00.001-06:00

How Olivia spent her 10 month birthday poor thing

So, Wed. ryan started experiencing "flu like" symptoms, by thurs me and the girls had head colds. Sat morning all seemed to be getting better, when i suddenly got dizzy, and had my own "flu like" symptoms for the next 4 hrs straight. I can definitely say if given a choice between stomach flu or labor pains, i pick labor! Least you get some breaks. I start feeling human sat nite, and jillian starts with the "flu like " symptoms, which go on every hour all nite. so far today everyone is dragging along, ahhhh. thank god i'm neurotic and had all my xmas up and shopping done, cause this flu crap took me out!!! Poor Olivia is cutting 2 teeth too!! I remember when sick days were my happy days, home watching soaps all day-- if i never have to experience another sick day again i will be truly happy!!

Party

2009-12-05T21:55:00.003-06:00

OC Girls Best Group Picture we could get!

Jillian Not Liking the boys
Winter Babies

Christmas Princess

So we had a christmas party tonite, 14 adults and 13 kids! It started at 4pm and by 930pm our last guests left! Things sure have changed, we use to start the party at 930pm ha ha!! Lots of running around, laughing and playing!

Our Snow Angel

2009-12-05T07:36:00.001-06:00

By popular demand....

2009-12-02T21:40:00.003-06:00

My little xmas helper

My little xmas curious elf
She's so gentle, with glittery stuff at least!

Hey, good lookin' whatcha cookin?

Here's some tree pictures, i dont want to get on grandmas bad side!

Happy Turkey Day!!!!

2009-11-26T19:50:00.004-06:00

My masterpiece

OHHH chipies!
Causing trouble

She set the whole table! (momma helped a little)