Just in case...

I happen to be at my parents house in Northern California, so if you get a hit on your blog from that region, please don't freak out.  Or if you get a comment from gpbiggs, that is my mom's account and I am just to lazy to sign her out and then sign me in every time I want to read your blogs.  So please, bear with me.  :)

I'll be back in Indiana soon enough.

I'm thankful for...

her

and her.

this handsome feller.

But most of all, for this, that they are mine, and I am theirs.

For forever.

Happy Thanks Giving!

What Amy does when Daddy *isn't* watching

At least she's washing windows

She was more than happy to say "Cheese"

The worst part for me was that she was standing in front of the window for all the world to see.

Amy would spend all day naked like this, she loves to live the free life, no fuss, no worries.

Amy and Sylvia

Amy loves Sylvia, here they are snuggling together. Too cute!

I watch Sylvia three days a week, and she is a joy to have in our little home.

Sylvia has enlightened my girls perspective of babies and how fun they are. Both of the girls can't wait for me to have another baby. Adelynne is almost obsessed with me having a baby. She has drawn a picture of a mommy monster with a baby in her tummy, and she has told her grandparents that "We are going to have a baby. It will come in mommy's tummy." Oh the joys.

What not to eat

After dropping Adelynne off at preschool this afternoon, Amy and I enjoyed a leisure walk back to the apartment. Along the way, we came across a frog. I pointed it out to Amy, and she was quite fascinated by seeing the frog. She began to shout at it, "Say ribbit! Say ribbit!" And then without any notice she says, "I step on it," and her foot began to squish into it. But before she could harm it, I screamed at her to not step on it. I told her, "Don't step on the frog! We don't step on frogs." (I think in her mind the frog was like a big bug that she could just step on). So, Amy proceeded to yell at the frog, "Say ribbit! Say ribbit!" And then as the frog hopped off into the grass, and Amy and I continued on our walk, Amy looked up at me and asked, "We no step on frogs?" I replied, "No, we don't step on frogs." And then she asked, "We no eat frogs either?"

No, Amy, we don't eat frogs.

Hide and Seek

Amy: (closing her eyes), "Find me, mommy! Where's me? Where's me?"

With Dad

Hair

Just look at that hair!

It just blows my mind how little hair this girl had one year ago. Just look at the slide show of Amy in the side bar. I knew that she was bald, but it seems lately that it is really obvious (at least to me) how bald she really was. My brother used to say she looked like a "chemo baby." I never thought so, until now!

Guilty

I had a bad day as a mommy.

During one of my low moments, I told Adelynne that I was going to give her away to another family and that she needed to go pack her bag. (I know, how awful am I?)! She had the saddest face, and said in her most concerned, crying voice, "I don't want to go to another family. I love you!"

Oh, I gave her the biggest hug possible and calmed her fears. I told her that I love her too, and for another moment, (but just a moment), I felt loved and needed. If I can just think about that moment today, then it wasn't so terrible a day.

She should get paid for this picture

Yogurt

Adelynne calls yogurt, "ogurt." She just doesn't quite get the "Yo" sound. So, she was watching her favorite movie, "Ella Enchanted," and its the part where the Ogres show up. Adelynne points at them and asks me, "Is that where ogurt comes from?"

She was serious. It was funny.

Sharing

You can click on the picture to see it bigger.
Thanks to Kim Davis photography! kimdavisphotography.com

A Bad Bump

Amy was running down the hall, fell and bumped her head pretty bad today. She hit so hard that she even had a nose bleed, and an immediate nose bleed. She cried so pitifully in her daddy's arms until she fell asleep. I was so worried that I called a nurse about the situation. She told me just to watch for signs of a concussion. You can't see it too well in this picture, but you'll see it for sure in the last one.

My little "Klingon" baby

If you click on this picture you will really see how bad it is.

She ended up being fine, no concussion. But she'll have a nice bruise for a while.

Our friend Sabrina

Our good friend and neighbor, Sabrina, turned 3 today! It was fun to be a part of her day at a small party this evening. She is such a funny and sweet girl, one of Amy's favorite friends to play with. And they play so well together, well most of the time. These girls will make believe about having babies and being mommies, driving cars, and running from dragons. They are so cute when they play well together. I laughed when Doreen, Sabrina's mom, told me that Sabrina insisted on having a Spider Man cake for her birthday (Amy would totally do that). I brought along my camera (finally), and I wanted to share some of the pictures from the party.

Dustin and Eddie. Eddie loves Dustin and being held by him. I'm pretty sure Dustin loves him right back.

The gaggle of girls enjoying their cake. They are chanting: "Happy Birthday, Sabrina!" (Dylan was also present, but I think he was enjoying the playground-sorry he's not in any pictures Sarah, I was noticing that and feeling bad).

Sabrina received some Russian nesting dolls from her family, and she was so happy to get them, I loved her face when she saw them.

I was pondering today about how my family and I have been a part of all 3 of Sabrina's birthdays, and what a treasure and blessing it has been to do so. We just love her to pieces and her family, and have loved having them in our lives for the past three years.

Happy Birthday, Sabrina! We love you!

Funny Faces

Okay everyone, I haven't been in the mood for posting lately, and tonight I have finally updated the blog. There are so many posts that they go on to the next page, so if you want to read them all, don't forget the other posts hiding out on the next page. Happy reading!

October 31, 2009

After trick or treating in the neighborhood we went out to eat at Applebee's. Our last hurrah with Gramma. I took lots of pictures and though they aren't all that great, I love the funny faces. I was telling the girls to make a sad, happy, angry, and excited faces. The results were quite funny. I hope you enjoy them.

Here's where things get silly. Amy was a crack up and don't worry, she wasn't really sad, just being a ham and having fun. Oh, and sorry she has such a yucky face.

my favorite, the excited face:

"Okay Adelynne, make an angry face:"

"Make a happy face:"

"Make a sad face:"

My mom visited us for three weeks and we all had a great time shopping, talking, sewing, reading, and much more. We really didn't do anything unique, but I really enjoyed just having my mom be a part of my every day life. The girls loved it too. I think some of their favorite time was having Gramma read to them, and Gramma read lots! But they sure loved all the new clothes that she made and bought for them too. And Adelynne was lucky enough to have Gramma make her such a beautiful fairy costume. This morning after Amy was up, she looked through apartment calling out, "Gramma? Gramma? Mommy, where is Gramma?"

We love you Gramma!

Halloween!

October 31, 2009

Here are some pictures of the girls trick or treating around a nearby neighborhood. Adelynne was impatient going house to house, they just weren't close enough together (like the dorms were). Amy LOVED the different decorations. She would have just stared at them all night if we had let her. That is what she is doing in the picture below.

Best picture of the night-I'd love to learn how to edit this picture.

And finally, after visiting for 3 weeks, and on her last day with us, I finally capture a picture with Gramma! We are so glad she was with us!

Adelynne's Halloween preschool party

October 30, 2009

Adelynne had a Halloween party at her preschool on Friday and when she got there, her teacher, Miss Lori, was dressed as Cruella D'ville. Pretty awesome! When I went to pick her up, I snapped a picture of them.

pre-Halloween trick-or-treating

October 29, 2009

We did some trick or treating at the dorms again this year. It is a great place to take the girls for some candy, plus it is fun to hear the college girls ooh and aww over your cute kids! We also went with Molly and her mom Kim. We intended to go to two buildings, but the girls were ready to be done before we finished the one. Amy was yelling at us on the second to last floor, "I want to go home!" Unfortunately we started out on the boy floors, and the boys don't participate nearly as much as the girl floors do. Understandable. But the girls had a nice haul from 16 floors of dorms. Here they are ready to get some candy! Oh, and by this time, Amy was ready to wear her dragon costume. Although she was commonly mistaken for a boy dressed as a dinosaur/alligator. That seems to be Amy's lot in life no matter what she wears.

sisters

pretty Molly-she's such a good friend!

cute wings

oh, and Amy wanted to wear wings to be a "fairy dragon."

We love trick or treating at the dorms! And it was especially fun this year to have my mom, gramma, along with us. She always comes to visit us this time of year, but has always gone home before Halloween, so it was special to have her here for the holiday.