Summertime Fun

We had a fun Summer...can't believe how fast it went!!
We rode bikes...

Wore our swimming goggles...even when NOT in the pool!

We enjoyed our homegrown tomatoes...eating them like apples!

and, we had a lot of fun raising Milo, the mantis...
from egg sac until he died just last week. :(

First Peek

Yesterday was my 13 week appointment with my midwife. Because I feel so big already, and twins run in my family, she took a quick peek via utrasound. We got to see our ONE baby moving around, doing flips and such fun things. So, here's a picture that Dr. Kate took. The legs are on the left side of the picture, the two white lines; and the head on the right side of the picture, with and ear on the top. So, if you're one of those people who can see the baby in the picture, Great! If not, just know that Baby #5 looks healthy and active.

What a blessing to be expecting another baby. I am feeling very emotional and grateful today. I think that hearing the heartbeat for the first time and then seeing baby on ultrasound has done that to me. You'd think that this being my 5th pregnancy I wouldn't be so emotional about it, but I feel even more so...

Children are a blessing from the Lord!! Psalm 127

Updated Name...

Just a quick note...Cutie Pie is growing up and changing so quickly that it seems like he needs a bigger boy name. So, even though he's still sooo cute, he will henceforth be known as...

WildCat

He is so passionate about everything! I tell him we're having mac&cheese for lunch, and he hops around yelling "yea! mac & cheese!". Princess Ladybug lays on his Lightning McQueen pillow, and he passionately yells, "no!! mine queen pillow!"

He is a joy to have in our family and I am loving his big personality. :)

I survived!

Do you ever have one of those weeks, where you get to Friday night, and you think, "Wow!! What a great week. I really accomplished a lot. I feel like such a great wife, mom, friend..."?? Well, this was so NOT one of those weeks for me!

I have dinner group friends coming over tonight. I have been so exhausted and sick this whole pregnancy, that I've barely been maintaining my housework. So, I knew last weekend that this week would have to be a cleaning week for me. I thought, "If I start on Monday, and just clean about one room per day, I can have all the cleaning done without wearing myself out!" So, that was the plan....

I should know by now not to make plans!!! Late Sunday night, Cutie Pie woke up crying. After just a couple minutes, I went to check him, to find that he was Very Warm! So, he had a fever, and refused to sleep back in his own bed. I, the pregnant one who is burning hot all the time, got to sleep with a feverish baby snuggled up to me on one side and a cuddly hubby on the other. (Not to mention the yellow lab on my feet or the cat by my head!!) Are you laughing at me??

Okay...to shorten up the story...I spent all day Monday holding a sick baby and dishing out Vitamin C to all the kids! Tuesday, Cutie Pie was still not feeling well, and I spent most of the day holding him again! So, my "all week to clean" turned into just a few days. Add on top of this the fact that my hubby got home late Tuesday, was gone Wednesday evening, and left Friday after work and won't be home until just before dinner! AAAAAAA!!! *that's me screaming* :)

But, I survived. The dishes are done. Laundry is (almost) caught up. The floors are swept. Furniture has been dusted. Bathroom is clean (thanks in part to hubby). Kids are well (thanks to God who answers prayers!)

Now, I'm off to make my Chicken Kiev. Maybe I'll start planning next week...maybe not!