tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100754962024-03-08T18:02:30.372-06:00Kelly's Life in a Nutshell....I jabber on and on about my children, DH, knitting/crochet projects and whatever else I feel like saying! :-)Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1163425385338630972006-11-13T07:38:00.000-06:002006-11-13T07:43:05.350-06:00Monday MorningI don't have too much to say but I figure I'd better say SOMEthing! :-) Went this past weekend to DH's Grandma's house. She's 87 and I am afraid won't last much longer. It was good to see her and show off the newest grandchild, but at the same time it was sad to see her in such poor condition. Gettin' old sux man.<br /><br />No new crafty things to report. I am in desperate need to start Christmas shopping and plans. I would like to make some candles for the family, but we shall see if that actually comes to be or is just wishful thinking! LOL I wish I had my friends around, we used to motivate each other to do that kind of thing. <br /><br />I just got a call from the hospital scheduling a pre-op for my tubal ligation. Ugh I am not looking forward to it. Personally, I wouldn't mind trying for one more, but I know DH wouldn't hear of having another baby sniff sniff. So with everything he's gone through with OIFII and other things, I decided I'd rather get snipped. So please keep me in your prayers on the 28th!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1163108115559410022006-11-09T15:20:00.000-06:002006-11-09T15:35:17.270-06:00Halloween and other stuff<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/1600/Halloween2006%20047.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/Halloween2006%20047.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/1600/Halloween2006%20041.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/Halloween2006%20041.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />So I know everyone is dying to see pix of my growing kiddos so here they are! Here are some pix of the pumpkins I carved this year. I found patterns on the internet and my personal fav is SpongeBob!<br /><br />Here are the kiddos in their costumes: DD#1 is Elina from Barbie Fairytopia, DD#2 is a pink pixie, DS is a dragon, and DD#3 is a bunny! <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/1600/Halloween2006%20055.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/Halloween2006%20055.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/dragon.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/fairy.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/rhifairy.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>Before Halloween I took them to a pumpkin patch which was a lot of fun! There was plenty of candy to be had, a small hay bale maze and a big corn maze (we tried it but only lasted 40 minutes before the kids were tired!) games to play,and pumpkin painting!<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/Halloween2006%20004.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/Halloween2006%20007.jpg" border="0" /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/1600/Halloween2006%20082.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/Halloween2006%20082.jpg" border="0" /></a>And one more pic of my littlest princess. I was trying to get a smile and she finally graced me with a hint of one, so enjoy!</p>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1160847602365716622006-10-14T12:23:00.000-05:002006-10-14T12:40:02.400-05:00Bubbah turns 2!Wow my little man is not a baby anymore. (sniff sniff). I can't believe he's 2 already, it seems like yesterday he was so tiny and small. I look at our newest daughter and am blown away by how much she's changed already and I treasure her being small because I know it doesn't last.<br /><br />We had a construction themed party because he's all into big trucks and machines. I ordered a cake from wally World and put a few toys on there for decorations... <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/P1010043.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p></p><p>We invited one other family that moved with us from Germany here. They have a 4 yr old daughter and a (almost) 1 yr old son. So the girls had a playmate and they played outside mostly all day. <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/P1010046.jpg" border="0" />Bubbah and his friend played inside together for awhile and I had DH BBQ some hotdogs and burgers. Of course we served all of Bubbah's favs: hot dogs, grapes and bananas, chips, BBQ beans, deviled eggs, and punch.</p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/food.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p></p><p>Then time to open presents (Bubbah had already messed his shirt so that's why he's topless lol). He got lot's of car-type toys: a remote control car, a music and sounds tractor, some mega-bloks cars, some spiderman utensils, and a Bat Man cape.</p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/presents.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p>And one final shot....the picture every Mom and dad treasure! The cake/ice cream face!!!!</p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/P1010051.jpg" border="0" /></p>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1160169393123163052006-10-06T15:56:00.000-05:002006-10-06T16:16:33.306-05:00Me again :-)Busy busy busy is the life of a Mom of 4! I hardly have time to sit down and breathe let alone update this thing. But I figured I had a spare minute sitting here snapping shots of our newest princess. She's such a doll and so sweet (I'm partial though I know!)<br /><br />We've had a bad bought of janudice with her the past week or so. It was almost high enough for the doc to re-admit her to do some bili-light treatments. But modern technology prevails and they had a portable bili-light called a "bili-blanket" which was a big pad that was strapped to either Gwen's front or back and it lit up just as brightly as the hospital bili-lights. So with that and getting a heel poke everyday to test her blood she FINALLY is back down to an acceptable level. But on the last time she had her heel poked they put a pressure bandage on her foot. By the time I got the bandage off it had caused her foot to swell up and turn purple and the bandage was so tight that it cut into her skin and bruised the top of her foot pretty badly. My poor baby I felt just aweful that that happened to her.<br /><br />apparently, its a really big deal that this happened to her because the supervisor of the lab came and took pictures of her foot and reported it to the Commander of the hospital. So that lab tech that did this to my baby is in real trouble. At least this won't happen to any other baby there. They aren't supposed to EVER put pressure bandages on newborns, they are just supposed to hold some gauze on it until it stops bleeding.<br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: left" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/yawn.1.jpg" border="0" />She had her 2 week well-baby after that all occured and everything is alright. The doc wants me to give her a little formula ontop of breast-feeding because she feels that Gwen isn't gaining enough weight. I am just going to try to nurse more frequently and then when she get's a re-check next week, we'll see. If she's still not gaining then I will suppliment a little. She may just be like DH and I and on the thin side naturally.<br /><br />Here;s a few shots of her sleeping in her bouncey seat....too cute!<br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: right" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/sleep.1.jpg" border="0" />Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1159125756399442382006-09-24T14:14:00.000-05:002006-09-24T14:22:36.423-05:00Gwendolynn Autumn is here!I don't have time to post a formal birth story but I will get to writing that soon! I just wanted to let all of my adoring fans know that I finally have my little girl! She was born 20 Sept at 9:19 pm and stats were 8 lbs 11 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. Her APGARS were 9 and 9! She's the joy of all our lives, a sweet baby who hardly cries and sleeps A LOT! Good thing too as I can get a few things done during her power naps!<br /><br />Anyway I have to go to the commissary (aka on post grocery store) but here are a few pics of my newest little one!<br /><br />This is me moments before I started pushing....a last belly shot (I had an epidural so yeah I was smiling!) :-)<br /><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/last%20belly%20shot.jpg" border="0" /></p><p></p><p>Here's baby Gwen at about 12 hours old. AWWW!</p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/gwen%20closeup.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p></p><p></p><p>Here's my darling DH with DD#2 and Gwen</p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/dad%20rhi%20and%20gwen.jpg" border="0" /></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>My ham of a son!</p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/bubbah%20and%20gwen.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p> </p><p>And DD #1</p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/malayah%20and%20gwen.jpg" border="0" /></p>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1158413927167843452006-09-16T08:26:00.000-05:002006-09-16T08:38:47.186-05:00Almost DoneSorry its been awhile since I posted last! I have been trying to get ready for baby #4!!<br /><br />Let's see...in the world of knitting I finished DD#1's felted slippers. She wanted them all purple so that was easy for me! Here they are:<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/39%20weeks%20PG%20001.jpg" border="0" />and here's the little princess posing LOL. <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/39%20weeks%20PG%20002.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p></p><p></p><p>I am 39 weeks and 2 days pregnant today. I am getting induced Wednesday morning! We are excited and nervous to meet the little one. No longer a family of 5 but 6! Wow, I hope and pray God gives us A LOT of patience for 4 kiddos! But that's it, no more suprises as I am getting a tubal right after the birth!!! </p><p>On that note, since this is my last pregnancy, I want to remember and "cherish" my body remembering my fertile days. So here's a shot of my waistline. Can you read that measuring tape??<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/42%20inches.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p>Yes, I am sporting a 42 inch waist!!! LOL WOW! :-)</p><p>And here's a wide shot of the whole package:</p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/39%20weeks%20PG%20007.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p>(don't mind the stylish outfit...I'm still in my pj's!!) Wow so all I can say is either there's a big'un in there or I managed to swallow a watermelon!! ;-)</p><p>My MIL is coming Tues night and staying a week to help out. My Mom is fliyng in Wednesday night for the birth. Although I am thinking she might miss it as I have to go in at 6am to be induced and she doesn't come in until 6 at night. :-( I was hoping she could be there...maybe God will torture me with an extremely looong labor or something (hope not!) and she'll be able to be there. Either way, at least I get to see my Ma and she can spend time with the newest grandchild.</p><p>I finally finished (well, mostly) the nursery/DD#2's room. I will try to get pix of that sometime this weekend. Man I have a lot to get accomplished and so little time! DD#1 was invited to 2 different b-day parties this weekend so I am shuttling her to those as well as doing some last-minute shopping and cleaning.</p><p> </p><p>Anyway, speaking of that I'd better get going. TTFN</p>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1157209783122462122006-09-02T09:51:00.000-05:002006-09-02T10:10:47.263-05:00PRESENTS!So one of my best friends, <a href="http://www.starknits.blogpspot.com">Allena</a> made me a ton of cooooool gifts. Well, not for me but for the baby. So she put a card in there telling me to take pix as I opened it and here are a few...<br /><br />Here are some cute red booties and a matching hat:<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/1600/red%20hat.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/red%20hat.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/1600/red%20booties.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/red%20booties.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here is some purple booties and matching sweater in a lavendar/white sparkly varigated yarn (sooo pretty!) :<br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/purple%20booties.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/purple%20sweater.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>Here's a crocheted baby blanket that matches the purple outift! It will be going with me to the hospital for when I take Gwendolynn home! Its soo soft and so pretty!!!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/1600/blanket.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/blanket.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And finally a VERY cool home-made diaper bag! Its denim with striped material for pockets and accents. Too cute! Its huge too so it will come in handy toting 4 kids around!<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/diaper%20bag.jpg" border="0" /></p><p></p><p>Thanks soooooo Much Allena I LOVE all of it!!!</p><p></p><p>**Disclaimer---- I don't care if I look like crap I am 9 months pregnant darn it! LOL</p>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1157056948955944582006-08-31T15:27:00.000-05:002006-08-31T15:42:28.970-05:00Our newest addition...Well, I am here to introduce the newest Loy! He came home yesterday afternoon and so far is a really good baby. He only cried 2 times last night, thankfully!!! The kids love him to bits and can't wait for him to get older so they can play with him.<br /><br /><br /><br />I bet you all want to see a picture of our newest little guy!!!!<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />..<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.Here he is! His name is Scout and he's 9 weeks old (fooled you didn't I?) I am STILL pregnant. hehehe<br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/scout.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/scout2.jpg" border="0" />Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1155310878045699302006-08-11T10:31:00.000-05:002006-08-11T10:42:45.980-05:00RamblingsDH has been gone on a business trip all week and is scheduled to come home tonight. At least I hope he makes it with all the craziness at the airports! I can't believe just how strict we have to be to protect ourselves. I don't see what those terrorists think they are achieving...they die and go to hell (not heaven and no virgins!) and we just become stronger as a nation. Granted more people ARE fearful to fly again, but really how long will that last? Sometimes I don't wonder if the end times are fast approaching. I worry about the life my kids will have when they grow up. Its not safe anymore! I used to ride my bike everywhere ALONE as young as 8 yrs old and now I don't trust my kids to play in the yard without me watching. (granted at 5, 3, and 1 years old I shouldn't leave them alone anyway, but you get my drift!)<br /><br />Another topic, someone decided that we didn't quite have a big enough debt on our credit card and thought it was good to add some more onto it. Yup our number was compromised and someone used it to buy about $150-$200 worth of stuff. USAA has been really helpful in everything though so I am not worried. Just makes me so mad that someone is STEALING from us!!<br /><br />And another....2 out of the 3 kids are sick. This morning they woke up with coughing and drippy noses. So I gave them a round of Childrens' Cold meds and DS is sleeping it off while DD#2 is upstairs resting watching "Noggin". I think my kids LIKE getting sick only because they are allowed to lay around and watch movies all day. LOL! Its the only way to keep them quiet and resting.<br /><br />Well, th-th-th-that's all folksKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1154897558493994762006-08-06T15:46:00.000-05:002006-08-06T15:52:38.506-05:00More canning...<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/1600/salsa%20002.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/salsa%20002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Here's my latest creations: 10 jars of hot salsa! DH tried it before I canned it so I know its not horrid or anything. I have never made salsa let alone canned it so here's hoping it doesn't kill people. LOL j/k I followed the recipe exactly so it should be fine, I will put a warning label on there just in case ;-)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Also a pic of my gigantic watermelon belly. I am 33 weeks and 3 days today. I washed all of Gwen's clothes yesterday and packed her diaper bag. Now I just need to finish her room and get my bag packed!! I feel a lot of BH contractions ("braxton Hicks" aka practice contractions) so I know my bod is getting ready to pop this pup. I go back in 2 weeks and we'll see if there's any progress "down there" (if you kwim!)<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/1600/salsa%20001.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/salsa%20001.jpg" border="0" /></a>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1154522447360321632006-08-02T07:27:00.000-05:002006-08-02T07:40:47.373-05:00Finally something to post aboutI have been a busy bee lately!! Okay, for starters DD#1 started school yesterday so there was a lot of preparation to get her ready to go. Supplies to buy, clothes to find, I had to make a cover for her sleeping mat. Actually "making" should be a better word as its still 1/2 way finished in my sewing machine. <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/projects%20005.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p></p><p>Then there's our vegetable garden. Well, we started out at the beginning of the year thinking we'd have a veggie garden. But as it turns out all we had time for were a few potted tomatoes. <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/projects%20004.jpg" border="0" />But they are turning out great and the tomatoes are delicious! They actually have a flavor versus the pale sickly one's at the commissary that don't taste like anything! You can see I have about 18 of 'em just sitting here waiting for...for something! :-) Actually I have discovered my canning itch and think I will make either some salsa or spaghetti sauce. <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/projects%20003.0.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p></p><p>And speaking of canning, I bought 4 packs of strawberries that were on sale the other day and made these: <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/projects%20002.0.jpg" border="0" /></p><br />Some nice strawberry jam to eat, yumm!! And one final project, here I am actually KNITTING a hat for our baby-on-the-way. Which, she does have a name now! Gwendolynn Autumn, what do you think?? Anyway, here's a parting shot of Gwendolynn's hat-in-the-making...<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/projects%20001.0.jpg" border="0" />Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1153502553551742402006-07-21T12:17:00.000-05:002006-07-21T12:22:33.573-05:00PRESENT!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/1600/stuff.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/stuff.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />My good friend Danielle sent this package to me the other day!! Can you see the hand-made quilt? Yes, I said HAND-made! It's awesome with cute turtle flannel on the back. And a beautiful dress with matching bloomers (cute!!), a pack of onsies, a pack of sleepers, some soap, lotion, desitin, diapers, wipes, and a receiving blanket.<br /><br />I can't believe how quickly this pregnancy has gone. Only 9 more weeks to go...and I still need to finish her room aaa!!!<br /><br />Anyway, just though I'd share! I love you Dani!!!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1153403978257363062006-07-20T08:54:00.000-05:002006-07-20T08:59:38.273-05:0031 weeks and counting<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/1600/31%20week%20belly%20003.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/31%20week%20belly%20003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Here is the latest shot of my belly. I am 31 weeks pregnant as of today and feeling good. I am up to a whopping 170 lbs from 140 lbs starting out. My Mom is coming down for the birth, but since she's in a wheelchair she can only be away from home for a short time. So we arranged for her to fly down the day before my due date and stay until the day after. I was a bit worried, knowing that you can't really "schedule" when a baby wants to come, but I talked with my OB doc yesterday and pleaded my case and she said she would schedule me to be induced on the 21st of Sept (my due date) if I didn't have her before. So now I am praying she stays put so Mom can be there. At least I won't go 10 days late like last time!!<br /><br />Anyway, my kids are playing in the backyard so I have got to go supervise...Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1152119061673781672006-07-05T11:56:00.000-05:002006-07-05T12:04:21.690-05:00Dang its been awhile!!I didn't think it had been this long since my last post! Sorry! Been busy busy though! I have started to feel the pressure to get things done for Sparky (aka newest baby girl). We don't have hardly anything ready and I am scrambling. its not as easy as DD#1 was, I had an empty room and we had plenty of space for her crib and changing table and things. NOW though we have to rearrange 2 of the pre-existing 3 kiddos! I live in a 4 bedroom home and had the 2 daughters sharing a room and Bubbah all by himself. The downstairs room was a catch-all for our junk. Well, I have since moved Bubbah downstairs after getting rid of the junk in the spare room. Re painted to suit a boy's taste and everything!<br /><br />Here's a "before" shot if the primer...<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/before.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p> </p><p>And here's Bubbah on his new bed in his new room. BUT those aren't his permanent sheets! I didn't pick purle floral sheets for my boy, that's just the only set of full size sheets we have!!<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/after2.jpg" border="0" /></p><p> </p><p>And since he and his belongings are out of his old room upstairs, I can get it painted and set up for Sparky and DD#2 to share. I figure DD#1 will need her own room eventually being that she's pushing 6 yrs old already!! So she will have her room to herself.</p><p>After room #2 is done I will post more pix. I have a bad habit of not poting for a month at a time but I will try to do better!</p>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1150294278248977772006-06-14T09:07:00.000-05:002006-06-14T09:11:18.266-05:00Portrait of a Mutt<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/1600/muddy%20dog.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/muddy%20dog.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Let's just say, I call this picture, "No you are NOT coming in!!" :-)<br /><br />This once fluffy WHITE american eskimo decided to try and dye his hair. He was tired on all the other dogs laughing at him for being so cutsie and feminine looking. So a new look was made. Unfortunetly his choice of "dye" leaves much to be desired. Frosty calls it the "Mud look". What do you say, does he look more manly??? (imho he looks even more pathetic but don't tell him I said that! It'll give him even a BIGGER complex!)Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1149599721104164412006-06-06T07:57:00.000-05:002006-06-06T08:15:21.140-05:00Think Pink!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/1600/girls%20005.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/girls%20005.jpg" border="0" /></a> My Dh, my kids, and I were able to go get another ultra-sound *just* to see the sex of the baby and it is a girl! That makes 3 girls and one boy.....poor DH and DS are outnumbered!! (oh and the hat is one the nurse-prac makes for all the moms-to-be. She knit it not me!) She was kicking up a storm and we got to see her little legs kicking me and her mouth and eyes and of course the girl parts. :-) Everything looks good...except my weight gain seems to have sky-rocketed!!! i know I am supposed to gain weight when preggers but after 4 pregnancies it still sucks to see that scale go up and up. Makes me think of all the work I have to do to get my body somewhat back, and after 4 kids I am sure my bod won't ever be the same!<br /><br />Anyway enough with my pity party here are some ultra-sound shots of the little girlie:<br /><br />Of course we have the typical profile and floating fist....<br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/baby%20girl1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p>And here's another profile but in this one you can see the lips and the one eye closed....cute!</p><p></p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/baby%20girl2.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p>Now that we know she is a she I can start really making preparations. Since we thought we were done with DS I had gotten rid of almost all my baby stuff so unfortunetly have to start from scratch. I started a Target registry for anyone that's interested email me. </p><p>Well today should be a nice day so we will have to go out and enjoy our new swing set. Yep Great-grandma gave us some money to buy the kids a swing set!! Its a really nice one so I will get some pix of the kiddos playing on it today. TTFN</p>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1149279591804451472006-06-02T15:09:00.000-05:002006-06-02T15:19:51.826-05:00The long sought-after belly shotSo I am only 3 weeks late in getting you this but here we are in all our glory! I am 24 weeks and 2 days along in this pose...what do you think??<br /><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/belly%2024%20weeks%20005.jpg" border="0" /></p><p></p><p>Monday is the ultra-sound that will HOPEFULLY tell us if this is a little girl or a little boy poking me in the ribs. No solid decisions on names yet, but as I was taking a shower (where we all do our great thinking, right?!) I came up with "Constance Lois" What do you think? Constance just came to me and Lois is after Dh's grandma. Anyway, that's just a thought.</p><p></p><p>My friend <a href="http://www.starknits.blogspot.com">Allena</a> asked me to test a pattern for a granny square purse. Its VERY easy and very cute so if you would like to purchase the pattern or a bag, please contact her!! Its supposed to be in 2 diff colors but I needed to get rid of this skein and My daughter loves yellow so I stuck with that. The fabric on the right is what I plan to sew on the inside as a liner, as soon as I figure out how to sew on something crocheted that is!!</p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/belly%2024%20weeks%20006.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p> </p><p>Anyway my kids are making this awful banging noise upstairs so I'd better go see what they are breaking now....</p>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1148054257111492282006-05-19T10:52:00.000-05:002006-05-19T10:57:37.303-05:00Ultra-sound pic (finally)<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/1600/20%20week%20ultrasound.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/20%20week%20ultrasound.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Here's a pic of the baby they gave me during my ultra-sound on the 9th! It was supposed to be a pic of the face, but all they could get was the skull!! Oh well, close enough anyway....I think there's a foot on the right of the pic too.<br /><br />So anyway, here it is for those that want to see. They said the baby is about a pound now so its getting BIG!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1147962004177360122006-05-18T08:28:00.000-05:002006-05-18T09:20:04.226-05:00Alone Again...DH had to go out of town for work and won't be back until Monday. So here I am alone with the kiddos this weekend. Hmmm now what do to get us out of the house so we don't drive each other nuts?? :-) I actually drove by a small street carnival just setting up yesterday so I might take the kids to that this weekend. You know one of those cheapie scary set-up-in-2-days carnival?? If we go I will try to get a pic or 2.<br /><br />I had an ultra-sound on the 9th to check the growth of the baby. They said everything looked good except they couldn't get a good view of the heart valves so they have to do another u/s (ultra-sound) in 6 weeks. The tech tried to see the sex of the baby and couldn't get a real good look at that either but she *thought* it might be a girl. So for now I am thinking pink, but we shall see. Another girl.....wow. I had hoped it would be a brother for DS but both my girls have wanted another baby sister. I wil be happy either way, I just pray God gives me lot's of grace if it is a girl!! When they all hit their teens it'll be trouble!<br /><br />DD#1's last day of K-4 is tomorrow. She's excited to be getting bigger and is already looking forward to K-5 and telling me all the supplies we need to get for her! LOL Can you tell the girl loves school?? :-) I will be homeschooling DD#2 through preschool this coming year and we'll enroll her in the Christian school when she's 4. Saves a little money and I like to keep them close as long as possible!<br /><br />Umm....not much else going on around here. Just yard work, I am thinking of planting a strawberry patch for the girls while DH is out of town. Something to keep us busy anyway.<br /><br />I will leave you with some parting shots of my DDs with their butterfly garden. They got a kit and were sent some live catterpillers in the mail. They grew the catterpillers and saw them turn into cocoons and eventually into "Painted Lady" butterflies. Here they are releasing them (the directions said Painted Lady Butterflies are indiginous to almost all of the US so we could let them go in our yard). <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/army%20pic%20001.1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/army%20pic%20004.1.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/army%20pic%20002.3.jpg" border="0" />Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1146498758959986722006-05-01T10:43:00.000-05:002006-05-01T10:52:38.980-05:00Another pile of laundryToday there is nothing going on, I mean nothing. Chores chores and then pick up DD#1 from school, and then make dinner, clean up and bed. That's the jist of my day today. I don't have too much to report but I figured I need to leave something for my audience to read.<br /><br />Baby is doing fine, I have a prenatal appt on Thursday (routine) and then an ultra-sound on the following Monday. Not to find out the sex of the baby (Army policy says the ultra-sound tech can't tell me) but to measure the baby's growth and whatnot. If I want to find out the sex, I have to wait and schedule another ultra-sound with a civilian tech who works for the Army there at the hospital. apparently, she doesn't fall under the same rules as the enlisted technicans do. I am hoping its a boy so send me plenty of boy dust! *~*~*~<br /><br />DH is doing alright, chugging along trying to finish his bachelors degree. He's usually bogged down with 3-7 hours of homework on any given day (and that's AFTER a 12 hour workday!) So we hardly see him anymore.<br /><br />DD#1 had a sleepover at her gymnastics studio this past Saturday. They stayed up until midnight playing games and having fun. But poor thing looked like a zombie when I picked her up!! I remember staying up like that....now I swear I am too old to stay up past 11!!! <br /><br />DD#2 loves gymnastics as well. That's all she talks about and I am thinking of letting them go twice a week as school is getting out soon for summer break and I don't have to pay for DD#1's lunches for school. Of course then there's swim lessons to consider too!<br /><br />DS is fine. Apparently a dare-devil too! We have a corner shelf by one end of the kitchen counters. DS figured out how to use them as a ladder and DH caught him wandering around on the counter yesterday!!! Talk about scary! Now I have to find a new spot for that shelf before Bubbah get's up there and falls and busts his head open!<br /><br />Another note, I am still planting in the front yard, when its done I will post a few pix, but right now it doesn't look like much.<br /><br />TTYLKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1145902893746003552006-04-24T12:59:00.000-05:002006-04-24T13:21:33.770-05:00Ahhh nature...There's a really cool nature preserve by our house and this past weekend DH was actually available to go do something with the fam. So we loaded everyone in the truck and went for a walk around the park's lake and saw some waterfalls<br /><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/pix%20120.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>The lake isn't very big but it looks promising for the fam to go fishing some day. There's a trail that goes around the whole thing and so we decided, what the heck. Unfortunately, there are a ton of steps and we had the double seated jogger stroller with us for the 2 younger ones. Soooo DH and I each had to take an end and carry this thing up and down these steps. Can we say WORKOUT?! :-) Anyway, while we were huffin and puffin these steps, DD#1 spies 3 turtles basking in the sun (one got bashful and dove out of sight)</p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/pix%20113.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p>And don't mind the yucky water...it's mud from run-off after like 2 days straight of torrential rain.</p><p>So DH and I biceps bulging, made it through the steps around the lake and head towards the cascades. A beautiful day, birds singing, wild flowers everywhere and the nice white noise of the rushing water. i could have stayed there all day if I had the chance. </p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/pix%20114.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p></p><p>When we get to the cascades I of course whip out the camera for some family pix... Here's my sexy man with the 3 munchkins:</p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/pix%20116.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p></p><p>And here's me with the kiddos (a not-so-happy Bubbah):</p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/pix%20117.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p> </p><p>It's just amazing that God could make all of this earth just as beautiful if not MORE *just* for our enjoyment and His. I mean, how can you NOT appreciate the Maker when you see His handy-work everywhere?</p><p>TTFN</p>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1145210203631429692006-04-16T12:41:00.000-05:002006-04-16T13:04:15.276-05:00Happy Easter!I hope everyone out there in blogland is having a great Easter! This is the day we celebrate the resuurection of our Lord Jesus Christ! The tomb was empty hallelujah!<br /><br />Last night the girls and I decorated eggs. it was fun and they really enjoyed it. I tried to get Bubbah in on it but he jst wanted to eat them. lol that kid loves hard boiled eggs!<br /><br />Of course DD#2 was sick this morning so we weren't able to go to church. The kiddos woke up and had a few things in their Easter baskets and got to go threw the house looking for plastic eggs Mommy and Daddy hid for them. Both girls have been BEGGING to go fishing so we got them some Barbie fishing poles, a Disney princess coloring book and a chocolate bunny. DS got a little play tool kit and a small nerf football. Oh all the kids got a small soccer goal complete with cones, gloves for the goalie, and a ball. We tried getting DD#1 in soccer this year but were too late for the sign-ups.<br /><br />Later on we have some "resurrection eggs" to find. In each egg there's a small something that helps tell the story of the resurrection (a small purple cloth, dice, a nail, etc.) DH and I are going to tell the story after naps. DD#1 and I are the only ones awake!! Oh and DH wanted something besides the typical ham Easter dinner....so we are having home-made chicken enchiladas with rice for dinner. Yumm, I have been on a Mexican Food kick lately so this will be goooooood!! And low fat too, this recipe I have is really yumm and not quite as bad for you as the restaurant enchiladas.<br /><br />I am 17 weeks and 3 days pregnant today and already feeling like a whale. I know people don't think i LOOK fat but it sure feels that way. I am just so afraid of gaining too much weight and not being able to take it off after the birth. I mean, I am getting close to 30 here and my body doesn't like to work out or shed pounds like it used to. Maybe after I am done nursing I could try the South Beach Diet or something. My <a href="http://murielscatteredbrain.blogspot.com/">friend </a>is have some luck losing pounds and it doesn't seem too difficult of a diet.<br /><br />I have pictures for you that I will be posting soon, I promise! Until then, have a sweet day!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1144165857281468202006-04-04T10:47:00.000-05:002006-04-04T17:18:33.616-05:00Big gut Part3<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/1600/belly.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/belly.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />So here I er "we" are at 15 weeks and 5 days. I am actually starting to show a bit and once in awhile can feel the little bean's tiny taps. almost feels like a muscle spasm or something but I know it's bean. You'd think that by #4 I'd be an expert at these things! LOL<br /><br />I have an appointment on thursday so I will let you know what happens.<br /><p></p><p>If you want to see my progress you can look </p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/snow%20day%20006.jpg">Belly part1</a></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/belly%20001.jpg">belly part2</a></p>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1144084119375991692006-04-03T11:41:00.000-05:002006-04-03T12:08:39.393-05:00Field TripI got to be a driver for my DD's field trip to the Fire Dept. I had to take DD#2 and DS with me. The kids got to watch a fire safety movie and tour the fire house to see where the fire fighters eat and sleep. And then they got to see the fire trucks and go inside for a minute. <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/fire%20dept%20006.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />DD#1 had a good time but poor Rhi was scared. One of the firemen put on all his gear O2 mask and all and that was a tad too much. But it was good that they did that and told the kids that this guy was there to help him and not to run away from him or be scared. I never thought of that, that during an emergency the kids are stressed enough and to see a big dude in a mask would just seem like a big monster.<br /><br />So, do you guys have a plan in casr of fire? This has really made me think. We don't have a fire plan/drill but I am planning on making one and practicing soon. And posting all the emergency numbers by the phones.<br /><br />The kids' bedrooms are on the 2nd story and there's only 1 door to the livingroom. If there's a fire in the kitchen the kids might have to jump out of their windows!! So I have heard of ladders or blow-up slides that you can attach to the windowsill so they don't jump and kill themselves, KWIM? So I will go look that up and let you know what I find.<br /><br />Anyway, here's a few parting shots of my kids and DD#1's friends. TTFN<br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/fire%20dept%20003.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/164/760/320/fire%20dept%20001.jpg" border="0" />Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10075496.post-1143557142694371822006-03-28T08:38:00.000-06:002006-03-28T08:45:42.776-06:00My MaI finally talked my Ma (aka Mom) into a blog. It's in the bare-bones stage (and like mine isn't??) but please go check it out and leave a comment! <a href="http://mythinkingtoday.blogspot.com/">Ma's Blog!</a><br /><br />I took the 2 little one's to the dentist yesterday. Rhi rhi did beautifully and didn't even cry once! I was shocked as Malayah was bawling like a baby. But then again she's had so much work done in her mouth alread I don't blame her for being scared. Jamison had to be held down so he cried a little. But they both were thrilled to get new toothbrushes so it turned out well.<br /><br />I am trying to decide on spring planting. I always envy all the people with beautiful gardens and want to try to do something similar. I have been searching the 'net for spring planting ideas. So far not so good. I don't know a thing about plants. If we had money to blow I'd hire a landscaper to help me. But I am on my own.<br /><br />The girls have some strawberry plants growing in the kitchen window. I would plant them outside if it would actually WARM UP! It's been in the 30's at night so I don't want the little plants to get frost-bitten. lol<br /><br />I will get Rhi rhi to take a pic of my belly later to show it off.... until then ttfnKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411618846404183951noreply@blogger.com0