Ishes!

Apparently Emma has a love of doing ishes (or dishes for those of us with a fully developed vocabulary) that came out this weekend. The kids all went to Nana's house for the day on Saturday while JR and I got outta town for a bit. Emma kept begging Nana to do ishes until Nana finally caved. So they pulled a chair up to the sink for Emma and let her go to town! And come to find out JR would sit Emma on the counter if he did dishes while they are home together during the weekdays.

I have pictures however blogspot doesn't seem to want to cooperate with me....as soon as it does...I will post them!

edited - turns out it was me and not blogspot causing the photo's to not upload....so here they are

She can read!

Well not really but close! Whenever we go to the library, Emma gets to check out books too. She loves to be read to and to just sit and look at a book on her own. Thursday morning she brought Look at the Baby over to me to read to her. She actually read it to me! I wasn't sure if she was just pointing to the pictures and naming stuff or doing this by memory until the end. She said yummy, yummy, yummy! A couple of pages towards the end it says that and then the very end says sweet, sweet, sweet. So after only having this book for 2 weeks she memorized it that well! She is my kid for sure! So far all 3 of my kids like books which makes me very happy! My task now, find that book to buy for her!

1st Ultrasound

I had my first ultrasound today to determine my due date. It was a quick check and I got a few pictures to go along with it. My due date is now set at July 3rd....so it was moved up a week. I took the 2 big kids along with me so they could see the baby and be a part of this whole thing. They thought it was super cool and really liked hearing the heart beat. So here are baby's first pictures....

2007 Book List

I meant to do this earlier this month but given the circumstances there have been other things on my mind! :) Here is the list of books I read for 2007. It is quite sad because I started lots of books....even got close to finishing....and just couldn't do it. I used to read 1-2 books a week but over the last couple of years I have found it difficult to just read 1 book a MONTH! I have only been recording what I have read for a few years and that is only because one of the girls I work with gave all of us readers little notebooks to log what we had read or books that we wanted to read. Anyways, here goes the list! The date is the date I finished the book.

1/26/07 - Jodi Picoult - Harvesting the Heart
3/7/07 - Audrey Niffenegger - The Time Travelers Wife
4/26/07 - Jodi Picoult - Nineteen Minutes
6/3/07 - Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Infidel
6/24/07 - Pamela Ribon - Why Moms Are Weird
7/15/07 - Carl Hiaasen - Nature Girl
7/31/07 - Lisa See - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
8/12/07 - Emily Giffin - Something Blue
8/27/07 - Emily Giffin - Baby Proof
9/2/07 - Alison Winn Scotch - The Department of Lost and Found
9/18/07 - Emily Giffin - Something Borrowed
11/17/07 - Nikki Sixx - The Heroin Diaries
12/8/07 - Janine Latus - If I am Missing or Dead

The gap between 9/18 and 11/17 was filled with "reading" the Post Secret books. I didn't feel right counting those because they are semi picture books. There are words but it seriously only takes an hour or two to read the books. So if I added those to the count then I think it makes 18 books read for 2007. My goal for 2008 is to double the amount from 2007. Wish me luck!

Ya think she looks up to him?!

This evening Eli and Emma were playing in my bedroom and Emma came running out into the living room telling JR "off, off" and was tugging at her shirt. After a second of trying to decipher what Emma was saying to him we figured out that she wanted her shirt off. Which is kind of out of character for her since she is usually OK with leaving all of her clothes on all day long. So I asked Eli if he was wearing his shirt....turns out he wasn't! So little Emma apparently wanted to be just like her brother and be shirtless! Naturally I had to get a picture of that!

And my little perfectionist baby cannot stand to have a finger or toe nail half broken or to have lint in her little itty bitty toes so she will take her socks off and then stay quite busy making sure all is well on her pretty little feet! She was inspecting tonight and apparently found a toenail that needed some attention so she decided to bite it! She is trying to make Aunt Lorie proud! And again, had to get a picture of that!

And this is Emma just being silly playing with me

Here we GROW again!

JR and I found out just after Christmas that we are expecting baby #4 on July 10th! Yes it was a huge surprise as were weren't trying...we were actually preventing or so we thought! My OB informed me that this happens to 1 in 100 women on the pill and I get to be one of the lucky ones! I have decided that God really didn't like my plan in life so he is taking it in to his own hands and I just have to deal with it! :) The kids are very excited and already cannot wait until the baby is born. I think Miss Emma is in for a rude awakening but in the end she will not even remember life before having a younger sibling. I go for an ultrasound next week so I will share pictures when I have some!

Happy 8th Birthday Eli!

Today was Eli's 8th birthday. He got donuts for breakfast as a special treat. JR had to go plow (we got a surprise snow sometime between 5-8am) so Eli got to go do his last property with him. Then he got to open his gifts.

He got running pants and shorts from Emma

And a long sleeved Denver Broncos t-shirt from Kayla to go with the pants

And an mp3 player from JR and I.

Then we took him to a place called Fargo's Pizza. It is set in the 20's but is a fun place for kids. You get a number when you order and that number comes up on mirrors placed all throughout the 2 story building when your food is ready. There is an obnoxious piano playing in the background. And there is an arcade downstairs. The funny part is that we sent Kayla and Eli down to the arcade after dinner with only $4 to split between the 2 of them. I did that figuring they would check in sooner rather than later. Well I can proudly say that we are teaching our children well when it comes to money and morals.....they found a racing game that was the only "non-vulgar" (their words) game there and the game cost 50 cents so each would put in 25 cents and then one would push the gas while the other worked the wheel. Talk about making your money stretch! Too funny!

Then it was home for cake. Kayla baked it and frosted it while JR and Eli were out plowing and it turned out really cute. Nana gave her a Betty Crocker cake decorating kit (I'm sure most of you have seen the info-mercial on TV) so Kayla put it to the test today.

Here is Kayla's artwork...the things in each corner are light sabers

This is while we were singing Happy Birthday to him

Blowing out his candles

Life with a toddler

This is a special treat for those of my dear friends and family who no longer have the joy of living with a toddler or who's babies haven't reached this stage yet! :)

JR was in Boulder tonight so I took the 3 kids to Souper Salad (their choice) for dinner. For those of you who may not know what that is it is an all-you-can eat Salad Bar/Soup Bar/Potato Bar and apparently chicken fajitas at night! These buffet style places can be a bit of a challenge with only 1 adult but fortunately Kayla is old enough to keep an eye on her sister while I go up to get my food.

So Kayla and Eli go up with their plates while Emma and I hang out at the table and wait. We sit at our table and there is a couple eating at the table next to us. Emma has a cup of water with a lid. Emma REALLY wants the straw (though she kept calling it a poon) out of the cup. Emma and Momma are in a bit of a struggle. Emma is holding the tip of the straw. Momma is holding the cup and a portion of the straw. OOPS! The bottom part of the straw comes flying out of the cup fully loaded with water. This newly formed squirt gun flings all the water at the man sitting behind Emma (the couple sitting next to our table) and of course I start laughing and assuring this man that it was just water. His wife is laughing and cheering Emma on. Phew saved from getting a beating from some poor stranger just trying to enjoy his salad!

Then it is my turn to go get food for Emma and I. Emma sees me at the salad bar and starts YELLING Momma over and over again! I kind of wave to her so she sees I see her but that still isn't good enough! At one point Eli gets up to get some dessert...Emma starts yelling HIS name. In other words she is a loud little girl who knows how to get ones attention!

And while on the subject of my crazy baby, I have decided she is going to be my little vegetarian. She really isn't a big fan of meat but sure loves her green veggies. She will willingly eat broccoli (cooked or raw). She loves peas and pretty much ate only those at the salad bar tonight. And she discovered honey dew melon tonight and loved that.