cousins

 my niece, my oldest sister’s little girl, came to visit a couple of weeks ago.  i caught this pic, unposed if you can believe it, while they were mesmerized by the tigger movie.  it was later i realized they had put themselves in order of age.  my little stair steppers… my girl - almost 2, the middlest - 3 [...]

when mama won’t cook…

 fear not!
here’s the conversation…
daddy - what’s for dinner?
me – are you kidding me? 
daddy (to his daughter) – you wanna go cook dinner with daddy?
his girl - uh huh!
daddy goes to the kitchen and my girl runs to her bedroom.  he gets curious and follows her.  she’s working furiously. 
daddy - what are you doing, sweet girl?
his girl - i cookin’.
ah, too sweet! 

sick girl

here’s the pic that sums up my sick girl’s last week.

i laid her on the changing table, told her to stay put, stepped around the corner to get her medicine, and when i walked back in she was out.  poor sleepy, sick-y, baby.

   look at her eyes.  and look at daddy – so in love and [...]

steroids!

aah, steroids, sweet steroids!
so i fought some more with the medicaid office and then called my doctor’s office to get a work-in appointment.  i called for 2 hours yesterday morning to get the appt, with only a busy signal to greet me.  (i should’ve had a clue…)  finally decided to get everyone ready and just [...]

and then there were 3

at the risk of sounding gripey, i’ll take my chances…
they’re all sick.  all 3.  right now.  i need to believe that having all 3 sick at the same time is better than having one sick at a time for weeks on end.  no sleep.  that’s what i get.  and have i mentioned before that my [...]

update

ok, so i have 8 weeks left before e.t.a.  if i walk from the living room to the kids’ room i’m outta breath.  and if i do anything like actually bathe my children i sound like i’ve run a marathon!  next week starts my 2 week visits – i’m excited about that – it means [...]

please pray

for the morris family.
my heart is shattered with the news that they have lost the fight for Joel’s life.  please pray for Cindy and Terry and for all of their children.  they need much encouragement and comfort.  you can leave your thoughts for them at weloveyoujoel.blogspot.com.

last of the house pics

and here they are…

 this is the back deck, storage building and back yard – as seen through the sliding glass door in the kitchen.  summer party, anyone?

 this is the jetted tub in the “master bath”.  yes, we have a master bath.  amazing.

 no, this is not the nursery, nor is it even our current bedroom, this [...]

more on the house…

here are some more pics…
the room the kiddos picked – observe that the curious george yellow is already in place, all it needs now is a hand-painted mural and some homemade curtains!

the kiddos’ bathroom – observe, again, already color-ready for the rubber ducky theme i’ve always wanted.
this is other bedroom – we call it [...]

the house…

WE WON THE BID!!
so now we do paperwork and wait to close on february 23.  as i mentally decorate every square inch.  i’ll include a couple of pics now, and then do a few more posts on them, because i can’t figure out how to put a bunch of pics on one post (and because [...]