I am not sure why my camera battery wasn't working yesterday and today it works.

I wanted to share a few new pictures.

The new kitchen decor. I told my Hubby this is his anniversary gift!

This is what a 12 month old looks like after having a temper tantrum and getting her way. She had about 6 M&M's. She was a mess.

My Hubby's 75 gallon best friend! Takes up alot of his time.

Sweet Baby Girl can color!

I am not sure what to say about this picture.

I wasn't in charge of picking out their evening attire.

Sweet Baby Girl got this baby stroller for her birthday from her Mommy and Daddy.

She has learned how to put her baby in it! She loves standing behind it.

Wednesdays Picture

Spring Cleaning

So over the weekend I started cleaning some stuff in my basement. This must get done soon! The Dancer is moving to a more sophisticated girly room downstairs. I am a bit nervous about it but that's another post (she won't move down there until early summer). We also cleaned the girls' rooms on Sunday. Today I cleaned a cupboard in the kitchen that had some bottles in it. Sweet Baby girl has been bottle free now for 2 weeks! She has been formula free now for almost a week! So I was able to clean out her bottles. You would think I would feel good about this. Its always nice to have a cleaner house. Well, to me Spring cleaning means its Spring. Well if its Spring then why in the world is there enough snow on my side walk for my hubby to have to get the snow blower out?

SHE'S THE WINNER!

I visited my family on Saturday for lunch at the Cafe which is open again! My sister and her hubby talked about a hockey game they were going to that evening. Now I was a bit surprised to hear my sister talk about going to a sports event. Just didn't seem to be her pick of an evening date.

So I said "You and your Hubby like hockey"?

She nicely replied "I guess so."

So I took that as she was not a bit excited to go.

The next day my brother-in-law called to tell me that he might be needing a sitter for their baby in maybe March 2010. He told me that at the hockey game he bought my sister a raffle ticket and she just happen to be the lucky one to win a $1,000 TRAVEL VOUCHER!

I bet she is thankful she went to that hockey game after all!

Yippie!!

I can feel the baby moving around in my tummy! Its not really kicking me yet but I can sure feel it moving in there. I can't wait for my apt. in a few weeks to find out what it is.

I told my hubby on Saturday that we will probably end up with a house full of girls and my sister will have all boys. Then yesterday we were looking at some things at Fleet Farm and I saw a family with 3 boys and a baby girl. So then I got to thinking maybe we'd end up like that... 3 and one. As Rose would tell me, I don't get to pick what it is.

Perspective of a 5 year old

So today when I was getting ready in the bathroom Rose was watching me curl my hair. I looked at her and said "Oh no I got a pimple today, how did that get there"?

Now I didn't really think Rose would have much of an answer but I guess 5 year olds know more about pimples then I do.

"Well, I think someone told God to put that there".

First I laughed. Then I said "Someone better not be praying for me to get pimples".
So if the person out there praying for me to get pimples is reading this OH PLEASE STOP!

PS. I usually don't care to share that there is a pimple on my face but I just found Rose's perspective of how it got there so funny.

Mothers know everything!

When I got pregnant with Sweet Baby Girl my sister was also trying to get pregnant and have a baby. She had gotten pregnant just a few months after me and I was very excited for us to go through being pregnant together. However God has all the control over our lives and he decides what is best for us. Sometimes the things he decides for us to go through or not easy ones. Sometimes they are joyous.. As most of you probably know my sister had a miscarriage and we did not get that chance to go through our pregnancy together. My sister had a rocky road the last year and every day I prayed God would answer her prayers and give her the chance to be a mommy.



I was not trying to get pregnant again so quickly. When I found out I actually got alittle bit freaked out. I didn't understand why God would give me another child so soon and not my sister. I mean I already had 3 girls! I remember telling my mom I was expecting on Christmas Eve and I started crying. I was excited to have a baby again but I was so sad for my sister. I felt it was her turn.



Mothers know everything! My mother told me not to worry. She said it would be just like the last time I got pregnant. My sister would get pregnant not long after me. Years ago if someone would have told me Mothers know everything I probably would have laughed and said "Whatever". But since I have gotten older and become a mom myself I realized my Mother does usually know what she is talking about. She is usually always right.



So I waited. I prayed. My girls prayed for their Auntie. I hung a cross in my room for decoration and the Dancer said I could use it to pray at night for Auntie M. Well somewhere somehow in God's plan he answered our prayers.



My sister is PREGNANT! She is going to be a Mommy! I could not be more excited for her. I really wish I could have gotten the Dancer on video when she was told she was going to have a cousin. She was so excited. She started jumping up and down. Maybe somehow even at the age of 7 she felt too that God had answered her prayers. Now she reminds me that we pray for a healthy baby.



Everything is going very good for my sister. I know she has been worried but its in God's hands. She has actually had a few ultrasounds and the baby looks good and has a good heartbeat. She even had the chance to give her husband a scare and make him think there were twins in her tummy but she is only having one baby. I will save that story for her to tell.



So if you didn't know I am going to be a Mommy again and an Auntie, now you do. And when my Mother said it would work out like it was supposed to the first time and we could go through our pregnancies together she was right. We are about 4 weeks apart! I couldn't be any more excited for the both of us.



Please don't tell my Mother I said she is usually right.