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i found this fun site...you enter in your blog address and it puts together a thingy of all the words you use most often...apparently i say well and just pretty often!! it's fun...here it is



that's all i really wanted to say today. i know short post for me. i'm just kind of tired. and hot. so it'll be short.

SUPER EXCITED!!

two posts in one day...but if you haven't read my other post from today STOP right now and do it. it's pretty funny!! anyways i little bit ago i got a call...and i WON THE PETUNIA PICKLE BOTTOM DIAPER BAG! oh yeah! i am so excited. i have to share this with my blogger friends because chantae's phone was off and my husband's words were 'just what you need another expensive diaper bag'. boys. i'm saving him money by winning it. duh!

well that's all i really had to say. we're off to the great calumet county fair pretty soon. for those of you who've never had the pleasure, you're not missing anything. it's a small fair that costs a lot. but from four to five it's free admission. so that's when we're going! saving money. then maybe we'll let the girls ride on the rides. well maybe. of course then we'll have to buy sugar (cotton candy) and cheese curds...and hmmm...funnel cakes. so i guess the food IS worth the trip. have a great day.

by the way i read shaun what i wrote before...he says he really deserves a kiss for plastering him all over the internet. i didn't plaster him all over...just my blog. he he he. i'm still giggling after reading it...now if you haven't read it yet...get to it! :) it's good for a laugh anyways. poor poor shaun...i'll give him that kiss don't worry. it's worth my 'trouble'. he he he he he....

the potty wins every time...

lol. okay well this morning started out as...an interesting one. and this may be by far my most amusing post. well to me. i woke to oscar (our dog) barking like crazy outside. usually that means someone he has no idea who it is...is here. and then i figured they were here to cut hay. it's that time again. then i heard beeping. then i figured i had to pee anyways so i might as well see what in the world is going on at my house at six thirty AM.

so i go down and see a tow truck with shaun's truck on the back. for a split second bad thoughts run through my head...then i see shaun walking up to the garage. WHEW! prayer answered right away. then i went outside. looking might beautiful i am sure. shaun needed a check to pay the tow truck. 105 bucks. not bad...if he had towed him further then down the road!! silly. so anyways you wanna know why shaun's truck had to be towed don't you!?! well sit down for this. or stand. i don't really care.

he hit a port a potty. yep that's right. a port a john. a portable toliet. whatever you call it wherever you're from that's what he hit. for clarification purposes...it was a tan one (not the bright blue ones you normally see all over-good thing) and it was laying so he could only see the bottom end of it. he thought it was a box. and said after he hit it...it wasn't just a box. really? lol. now normal people may not just hit a box either even if they thought it was 'just a box'. well my husband is 'country big tough guy like' and will hit a box. boys. so then he tried calling me...i didn't answer..didn't hear my phone. so then he figured he'd better call it in to the police, only he doesn't have the non-emergency number...so he had to call 911. to tell them he hit a port a potty. i know. quit laughing. i think it's hilarious myself. i tried not to laugh at him when he was home. he took the van, so i told him not to hit any pottys with that. he was in a good mood about it. but i fear the fun making he'll get at work. after all he had to call in and say he was going to be late. and he told the guy what he did.

right now he thinks 'all that's wrong' is the brake line blew out, the grill is broke, a light is broke and they had a hard time starting it so possibly the altenator. (totally spelt that wrong sorry) i didn't understand the brake line blowing out. he said well maybe it was going to go and by slamming on his brakes it blew it. so i am so praising god right now for having it happen and keeping shaun safe when it did. he could've been trying to stop at a stop sign and had that happen and boom...worse things then port a pottys could've happened. so see how god works everything out. even crazy embarassing ones.

he did just put new brakes in his truck though. after having to go up a curb at our friends house to stop. god truly protects him in that truck. we could totally get a 'new truck' for him. no we couldn't. but if we could we wouldn't. this truck is paid for. so a new truck means...new payments. and more insurance. so i tell him, he is running this til it dies. and it is still alive. now it just won't have a grill. and he can fix the brake lines. praise god for handy husbands once again. he does all the work himself and saves us money.

now we're just waiting to see if the company who owns this poor wrecked potty, will cover anything. the cop figured it fell off a truck, because it wasn't there when he was sitting on the road waiting for speeders a half hour earlier. so it's the potty people's fault kind of. shaun should've not 'hit the box'. but that's just details. so we'll see what happens. all i care is that shaun wasn't hurt and no one else was hurt...and i know you're wondering...i was...the potty was empty. believe me this story would take a new level of hilarious if shaun's truck was covered in poopy. lol. i laugh only because he has changed diapers for almost four years now and still gags. imagine it all over his truck. he he he.

alright, enough making fun of my poor husband. last night we went to zales to do my ring. ohh it turned out so pretty. we went a little bigger for the center stone. and it looks beautiful. i'll just put up the after picture so you can see how it looked. before it the center stone was just a bit smaller. then what we did with that stone was turn it into a necklace. ohhh i love that too!!

i can't get a decent picture. i don't know. but there it is nonetheless.

and that's the necklace. i love how that turned out. and the silly pic wouldn't turn for me. oh well you get the point. and maybe you don't even care! lol. i also took a belly pic. so i'll post that next, then go into the details of my dr. appt.

i feel like i look super big in that picture. well i may be. i gained FOUR pounds. in TWO WEEKS. so now i can only gain five more pounds...in the next eight weeks. hmmm. part of me thinks i'll be over the 35 pound gain. i can't help it. i don't over eat...too much. i'm not going to starve myself. so i'll gain the weight i guess. i saw a different dr too. he was SO nervous. i know he's a newer dr. so maybe that's why. mine was off delivering a baby. but he seemed nervous, maybe it was my beauty. (gag) lol. but he measured me. i'm 31 weeks today...i measured yesterday at 34 weeks. he also said that baby was head down, not that it matters much now. but it's crazy. i've never measured three weeks big before. it's always been two. but i guess this is my fourth baby. so what can i expect but a big baby right?

well all three girlies are up now. amelya and caitlyn just woke up. i've been writing this blog for an hour or so. it's nice though, because you have NO idea when i stop and leave you 'hanging'. but i always come back.

i had a super weird dream last night. i worked at mc donald's. and all i remember is getting ketchup all over myself. yuck. i don't care for ketchup all over me. blech. it makes me want to gag right now. so i'm done sharing my dream.

i figured since this blog is a proud mommy of four...i should share some new pics of the girlies. so i'll post some. i've spent most of this post rambling about myself....sorry.

amelya at the beach last weekend

breigh and daddy splashing...never mind shaun's hick/farmer tan...lol..when he saw it in the pictures he asked me if it really looked that bad...i was honest and said yeah kind of. :p

i know you're wondering why she doesn't have a suit on. well i forgot it. and then i realized that it wasn't even at my house because i forgot it at the birthday party the week before. so there. a shirt works. :)
here's an attempt at a family picture. shaun's mom and sister took a picture at the same time. everyone but amelya is looking at doris' camera. lol. oh well. next summer we'll try to add another one in. ;)

alright i'm going on super long post today. and the girls need to get dressed. and i need to put the labels i printed actually ON the invitations...bet you didn't know i was doing that too.

so til next time...watch out for those crazy port a pots! (by the way shaun also called me during this and said he's going to start driving with his brights on!! lol!!! too too too funny. it didn't even cross my mind it was still a little dark when he was going to work...the story makes a bit more sense when you get the details...all of them) he he he he he.....

tired thursday evening....

i am so super tired. i have so super lots of work to do. i am actually in the process of typing up the address labels for the shower invites. i figure it's easier to type them all up instead of write them all up. it's just lots of work. there is about 80 invites to do. i also have to do a list for a show in the next few weeks and i have to write up some thank you notes. and i'm tired. i really just want to go lay on the couch and close my eyes. but i can't. a mommy's work and a maid of honor's work i guess is never done.

today i went to a lady's house to buy some scrapbook stuff. and buy did i! i found her posting on craigslist...love that site...she seriously had thousands of pieces of paper...i bought 300 and you would NOT guess it. i also got two more cartridges for my yet to arrive expressions, some eyelets, stickers stickers stickers, embellishments, and other random scrapping supplies. i could NOT believe the supply she had. i did good with spending...and she charged half price for everything. did i mention that it was all brand new?!? she has her own store in her basement. if you live close to FDL then you should SO go to her house. she's leaving it up for a week yet. crazy. amelya also enjoyed playing with her daughter and i think we just may end up there again for a play date or two. she was really super nice too. plus last night i went to archiver's. so it's been a scrappin' buyin' kind of few days. i was buying stickers for my sister's invites. plus we went to the mall and she bought grant's ring. i think it fits him. i also think she should've gotten a different one, but being my cheap sister she went for the original one grant picked. :) i'll admit the other one was like four hundred dollars more, i probably would've done the same thing.

tomorrow is a dr. appt. hopefully i've done good on the weight issue. i truthfully have not weighed myself since last time. i really don't care too much either. i'm not trying to gain tons of weight but i'm not starving myself or not eating either. it's just to the point that the numbers start seeming scary, i just have to remember that i am pregnant. and well, weight gain happens.

shaun and i are going to zales tomorrow. i'm excited. we're going to look at getting a little bit bigger diamond for my wedding ring. not replace the ring, just the center stone. it'll be my anniversary present. a few months early, but the guy is there tomorrow and does it right in front of you. we'll be married five years this year, so that's why we're looking at doing it. it's a special kind of anniversary, not that they all aren't. but one worth buying a little extra. now i just need to think of what to buy for him. i don't have any ideas yet. but i'm praying about it and we'll see where god leads. plus did i mention we're going to mn for a wedding in october. we're going to use that to celebrate our anniversary as a little get-a-way. since i'll have the baby only a few weeks before our actual anniversary we thought it be nice to get some alone time before the baby comes. can't do a whole lot for a long period of time with a newborn and a nursing newborn at that.

but i suppose. i'm not getting any labels typed this way. so til next time. maybe i'll have something more interesting to say. :0) toodles.

money spent...

today was a spending kind of day in my world. first i went to bellybeans...then to the dance store. i only bought myself one thing at bellybeans. it is a super cute japanese weekend maternity and nursing shirt. the rest of the stuff was for the kiddos. like the kiddos need anything. but i can't resist clearance...and especially at bellybeans. i was under 250 so not soooo bad. i also bought some raffle tickets to win a petunia pickle bottom clutch bag!! i have six chances!! super yay!! the proceeds go towards the owner's cousin who has cancer. so it's a win win win situation. i already have a petunia pickle bottom diaper bag, but i must confess the new fall line has some new diaper bags leaving me drooling. so if you feel the need you can donate to the 'support my habit for designer diaper bags fund' i'm sure all of you will feel compelled to do that! ha. lol. but i must say i love my ppb diaper bag. it's very nice and has held up well so far...it better for the price you pay! i bought the kiddos some tea collection stuff that was on clearance... i love the tea collection too. especially when you can mix and match them all so well. i usually buy one or two colors of pants and then just keep buying shirts/dresses etc to go with the colored pants. it workds well!! and i can find matching outfits for all of them too. works nice.

off next was to the dance! store for the girls ballet shoes. they start ballet sept 8. i don't remember if i've mentioned that already...sorry for my lack of memory...but the price was right and i wanted to get the girls into something again. they haven't done anything since the gym closed in spring. so it's time. i bought them each their own pairs of ballet slippers and three leotards and a pair of tights and each their own 'dance' bag. amelya's is pink with sequined ballet slippers on it and breigh's is purple with little ballet slippers all over it. they both fit their personalities to a 't'. shaun even said that. i made it outta there under 200 so that was nice. the girls tried on each of their leotards and slippers to show shaun. it was fun to watch amelya practicing her ballet, and she hasn't even had a class yet. she is going to be in pre-ballet. breigh's class is just a pre-dance which will introduce a little of everything. so it should be fun. i am super excited for it to start. not too long...

shaun's working on the playroom. the carpet is almost all 'set' in place. i bought a carpet 'kicker' at lowe's today. it worked great to get the bubbles out of the carpet. have i mentioned how i love my handy husband!!??!! it's so nice to be able to do this ourselves...nevermind the fact that it's taken months to do...oh well.

i should have, well BETTER have a cricut expressions next week. yay!! chantae and i got our 'don't mess with us' attitudes today and called and texted the guy. he finally answered us and promised they'd be shipped thursday. we ordered them from www.cricutoutlet.net i don't reccomend them if you want to order a machine, it takes awhile to get. but i guess if you just order the cartridges they ship faster. i don't know. i will honestly think twice before buying from them again. the guy has handled us well so far, but i think he knows we'll keep bugging him until we get our stuff. i was expecting it to be handled better. i have my vinyl waiting to be cut, and the inks ready to be used...now i just want it! argh. oh well.

i'm feeling pregnant today, like i don't every day!! i was looking in the mirror and i though...whoa i look huge. maybe it was my shirt. i don't know. all too soon i'll be holding little baby d (dustin/dustynn) in my arms and wondering where the past nine months have gone. i'm looking forward to delivery day, yet sometimes i feel it's a little easier keeping this little one inside just a bit longer. i keep thinking this is 'it'. no more babies. i'm pretty sure this time, more sure then with caitlyn, obviously i wasn't too sure after caitlyn huh? i just don't know. but now i keep looking to find a good form of birth control that fits with my standards and morals. most of the birth control out there basically abort a baby without you knowing it. so that leaves most birth control out, even the pill and the patch and the iud and the shot...obviously condoms don't work well in this house! or abstaining, or 'watching the calendar'. lol. those are all the ones that haven't worked. so i guess what it almost leaves me to is something permanent. but am i ready to do that? i don't know. well i shouldn't say me...it'd be shaun. we've discussed that. it is just so permanent. i've been praying, that's where i've felt led. but not 'completely' led. i guess my better answer would be i have felt led to research it all. so that's what i'm going to do. research research research. and then see where god leads.

alright. i need to get off the internet. i need to type up my sister's bridal shower invites...pronto. so that's what i'm off to do. nighty night and sweet dreams.

there is teeth...

caitlyn finally got her first tooth!! it is barely through, but it is there. YAY!! i haven't posted in awhile, so i have lots to blab about. i'll try to keep it to the point...try...



thursday night i had lots of fun getting a pedicure and going to the melting pot. shaun so has to take me there yet. it's so yummy. i could really just eat a whole bunch of the dessert fondues. mmmm. plus it was nice to get out with chantae and it be just the two of us. we had lots of fun. and ate lots of yummy food.



friday was a busy morning. i was so happy shaun didn't have to work. we got all the girls stuff ready and packed and headed off to appleton to drop them off at my sister's work by oneish. they were excited to go with auntie amy. we then went to kohl's to find shaun some shoes. he couldn't find his, and neither could i!! so we made a quick pit stop. he actually got two pairs of new shoes, ones are more casual shoes and the others are casual but dressy. they were on sale and he needed them. we made it to the wedding just fine. it was an outside wedding with great weather. the wedding was fine. i don't know. it lasted twenty minutes but had no real 'substance' to it. there was something missing. but what can i say i guess. the dinner food was okay. i was not looking forward to it already because of a wedding there four years ago...not much has changed. but what can you expect of wedding food i guess. we didn't stay long after dinner. not even long enough for cake! i know i missed grandma hoerth cake. shaun and i actually left and rented some movies and came home and watched most of one before deciding we were too tired to watch the rest.

saturday morning was lovely. shaun and i stayed in bed until almost noon, no kidding, and most of it was talking. ;o) because you really wanted to know that!!??!! anyways we talked about stuff that has needed to be talked about. and it was nice, no fighting, no hurtful words, just talking. ahhhh. now why do we wait so long to do that all the time, all the emotions build up and in the end it all turns out okay. i'm not so good at letting it all out. but trying to get better i really am. so it was nice. but then we had to rush around getting things ready for the beach and to get the girls. we went to the beach for danielle's birthday. we enjoyed a quick lunch at dairy queen and then got the girls. i was excited to see them. one night away is enough. they of course, had fun at auntie amy's house. then it was off...back home, because i forgot the beach floaties...argh.

we finally made it to the beach and the girls had a blast. there was hardly anyone there for as nice as it was outside. all three loved the water and went in twice. the water was nice and there wasn't much seaweed...big plus. we also watched some volleyball and ate our subway. we ended up staying til they closed the beach.

sunday was a nice day. we had church then amelya and i got to enjoy some mini golfing with my sister and the girls for the wedding. it was a nice time and i even got a hole in one. whooo whooo. it was on a pretty challenging hole too. i was excited. amelya did pretty decent, but i think got bored with it after a short time. but thankfully i didn't have to pay for her. so no worries for me. we went to hu hot afterwards for supper. mmm. yummy. it's a fun place to eat at too. and of course deep fried cheesecake for dessert...who could resist. not me. especially not me being pregnant!! lol. we just chilled after we got home last night. shaun and a nice time with the other two girlies while i was gone, but did have the nerve to say he had a rough afternoon! lol. i want to know how because both of them took good naps...boys.

today was a good day. we went to the mom and pop place for mom's group. i bought the girlies some stuff. and of course they played and i had a smoothie..or two...well yes it was two. but it's made from yogurt, ice and fruit...nothing bad in that!

my back is starting to hurt. my eyes are getting dry. i'm...to put it simply...beat. it's been a long busy weekend. so i'm going to go and relax on the couch...and enjoy a brownie...or two...probably two. :o) have a super great night.

baby is a moving and i'm not a breathing

this baby must be a big ole baby. it is moving all over the place...and sometimes very forcefully...and at night i can't breath because it decides to live under my boobs. directly under them. sorry to put the picture in your head...last night i was just sitting on the couch and could not breath. in bed is even worse. i try to sit up. doesn't work. i try to push the baby back down where I FEEL it belongs...doesn't work. i basically keep taking nice deep breaths until it decides to move or i eventually fall asleep. it's scary actually not being able to breath. and this baby is going to get bigger not smaller...and i'm only 29 1/2 weeks along. whoa. that means in probably a little less then 10 weeks i'm having a baby. did i tell you how i want shaun to call everyone after we have the baby and say dustynn/dustin is born and that's it. that way no one will know boy/girl until they get to the hospital. he he he. we'll see if it happens. they've waited long enough, might as well tell them. or not. :o)

gage's house was fun yesterday. we played outside for awhile and then ate lunch. the girls and gage played really well together yesterday and caitlyn got in a good nap. and of course chantae and i got in some good conversation. that's always the funnest part. we went to my mom's house after. well i had to go to walmart and amelya wanted to stay at grandmas and i should go to walmart myself. so that's what we did. we came home and i started supper. i made a cheeseburger bake for supper. we haven't had it for awhile, but it's really yummy. all it is, is bisquick, hamburger, cheese soup and cheese. i accidentally opened a can of cream of onion though and added that too. it added more flavor and not huge chunks of onion. i don't like onions but don't mind the flavor. plus there was left overs so shaun has something to take for work then.

shaun has off tomorrow. yay! i'm actually not going scrapping tonight either. we decided to do something just as fun...get pedicures and then go out to the melting pot. it's ladies night so we can eat there for cheap. plus i'm getting a haircut today. i'll be all pampered. i'm looking forward to it all though. it's been awhile since chantae and i have done something without the kiddos and our husbands and not scrapbooked. the only thing i feel bad about is being away from the girls tonight and then tomorrow night. there is no way i could work all day and then have plans at night and not see my girls. i wouldn't be able to handle it. i'm so blessed to be able to stay at home with them. so so blessed. god has worked everything out always for us to 'afford' it. i like that.

well i suppose...i'll fill you all in on the fun of tonight and the wedding sometime. i'm not promising any posts tomorrow...so til next time be happy.

crazy

okay i have to just tell this super crazy story about yesterday. after the girls and i went to the chiro and lowe's and once upon a child we went to burger king for supper. there was a dad and his son there too. after the girls were done eating they were allowed to play. the little boy, barrett was already playing. the dad asked how old amelya was. i said almost three and a half. he said oh him too. she was born in march? i said yep march 5th...then he said him too...well i might have been the 6th after he was finally born (dads they never know the day!!) anyways...it's the lady who was in labor with me at the same hospital!! how crazy is that?!?! so amelya and the little boy shared the nursery together..except he beat her in the weight category...he was nine eleven and amelya was 'only' nine four.

breigh threw her first two year old terror of a fit at once upon a child too. she was in the single stroller with caitlyn as i shopped. she kept hurting caitlyn by squeezing her too hard. so i told breigh if she made caitlyn cry one more time she was out of the stroller. she did. so she was out. she literally screamed as if she was being tortured and threw herself on the floor a bit too. i just kept walking and told her next time she should listen to mommy. other moms stared, and a few dads too, but i don't care. i told her what would happen, and that's what i did. i'm not going to conform my parenting styles to please the people in public. one mom did say good job for standing your ground. well duh!! i am the MOM. i will be my girlies friend, but i am ALWAYS ALWAYS their MOM FIRST. she eventually got over it, but didn't get back in the stroller. i think that's what she thought would happen once she stopped crying. nope. i said no more stroller that means NO more stroller.

caitlyn slept til ten yesterday!! i can't get over that. and how much she sleeps. she's still sleeping now and it's been almost 12 hours. plus she takes a two or three or even four hour nap during the day. her top tooth is right there yet. maybe this morning it'll be poked through. i just can't wait to see her with teeth...it's almost a year in the making. lol. she's going to be a year old. i can't believe it. a whole year.

i told shaun yesterday he has two weeks only to finish the playroom. i'm having a purse party the 11th. and i booked a show for the 10th that means the house has to be CLEAN on the 9th. so we need to get a moving. this weekend is full of busy busy stuff, next weekend is labor day weekend...and the fair...and shaun has to work next weekend. but i trust we'll get it done...even if it means working working working on the 8th. lol. that's usually how it happens here.

today is gage's house. i can't believe it's wednesday already. these weeks are flying by. all too soon i'll be holding another baby in my arms. wow. but that's okay i'm getting ready for that. four kids. crazy. crazy. crazy. crazy. four crazy kids. lol.

alright gots to go. have a good sunny day.

ch-ch-ch-chaaaanges

so as you can see i changed the background. i really like how i don't have to go thru and redo everything to get it all back on here. nice. nice.

mom's group was fun today. next week we're taking a field trip to mom and pop place for mom's group. it should be fun. neither of the other mom's have ever been there. so it'll be nice for them to see it too.

my show tonight went well. i got another booking for september. so i'm excited about that. there were only four orders...but the party is almost at 400. awesome. i'm hoping for them to hit 500 then they can split the show into two and each get all of the deals for themselves instead of having to split them up.

tomorrow i'm going to the chiro for a visit. my back is hurting less then it was this morning. but i'm sure playing volleyball screwed me up a little...and caitlyn has been having some issues with going poopy soooo that'll help her too. i have to go to lowe's after to get some tiles to make the gift for shaun's sister for her birthday too. so we'll have a relaxing morning but a busy afternoon tomorrow. oh well.

so i'm going to go. i just thought i couldn't change my background without saying something too. lol. good night and sweet sweet dreams...

good times

this weekend was a lot of fun. friday night i had scrapbooking, got a few more pages done in caitlyn's pregnancy book. and of course lots of talking with chantae and sherry. we didn't leave until after midnight!! i was worried breigh was going to be up early...but she didn't get up til sevenish on saturday...

saturday was the BIG DAY!! the birthday party. amelya had been waiting this for an entire week. she was excited. the morning was full of busy busy busy things. i got the girlies all fed and a load of wash in the washer and dish washer they all got baths. baths are a lot of work by yourself when you're pregnant and have three kids in one tub...but i managed. i wanted breigh and caitlyn to have a nap before the party so i fed them an early lunch and off to bed they went. shaun got home a little before noon from work. my plan was to be at the party by one. well as i've said before my plans are not god's plans...we were at the party by two. we were having pudgy pies for our supper meal at the party...i went to sherry's house to get a pudgy pie maker...and then said oh no i forgot the stuff at home to make the pudgy pies...so backwards we went to get the stuff...but we made it to the party safe and sound and had a blast. the kids played some kid games and jen (melody and michael's mom) had gotten a huge goody bag for the kids for a prize. it was filled with tons of stuff and the girls loved it all. amelya won pin the tail on the donkey....she almost had it exactally right on. we had church too. it was so much fun sitting outside in the sun and fresh air taking in god's word. trying to imagine if this it how it was 'back in jesus' day' just hanging out outside sharing and talking. after church was pudgy pie supper time. it was good, i just had a pizza one. shaun had never had one before, and he enjoyed them as well. the rest of the afternoon was spent fellowshipping and having fun. and....i played volleyball! i know. they have a sand court in the backyard so i figured i could do it. at first i didn't trust myself to not be too aggressive...but i wanted to play so i gave it a shot. shaun even played....and we all had a blast. it was so much fun. there's a spirit of competition, but not one that goes mean or overboard...just fun. the games were filled with laughter and tears from the laughter. it never once mattered who won, and i don't even remember how many games i won or lost. see it didn't matter. i missed a few balls though, but only because i'd have to dive to get them. my team didn't care either. i haven't played volleyball in a long while but it was fun. i know i've said it was fun a gazillion billion times...but it was. i love the small church fellowship. i love that we all know each other and all can joke with each other and have...you guessed it...FUN!! everyone supported each other and was encouraging each other...even from the opposite teams! :o) we stayed unitl ten. while we were playing volleyball the girls were running around and playing all over. jen had bought those cool light up bracelet things and gave the kids them...it's so easy to keep track of your kids in the dark that way!! amelya and breigh had lots of fun with melody and michael. they swam in the kiddie pool/slide and played in the kiddie tent and swang and amelya and breigh were making up princess stories. melody just turned seven and amelya is three and a half almost...but they play together perfect. and actually melody was overheard telling amelya that she was her best friend. how cool.....

sunday morning was nice...breigh slept til eight thirty!! that was nice. then amelya was up around nine thirty and i finally woke up caitlyn at ten. we had a good morning and shaun was home a little before ten. we had the graduation party yesterday too. but again we wanted naps for the girlies, breigh ended up taking almost a three hour nap before and caitlyn's was shorter but a good nap. the graduation party was nice and they had a soft serve ice cream machine set up. the ice cream machine was a big hit with the kids..and adults too. especially since it was so warm yesterday. the girls had fun playing around with the extended cousins. in a big family like shaun's there is almost always someone there your age. the girls have really taken a liking to nadia. and nadia seems to enjoy them. she's about two and a half, so right in the middle of them. they were playing hide and seek with the older cousins too...it's nice to see them all playing together. shaun's family is so super huge but it's nice that most all of the time it's always a fun happy time. even if there would be something going on in the family i don't think it'd ever be brought up in front of the entire family. friday is the wedding in the family too. i'm excited to wear the dress i bought, i've purposely not worn it yet...do you know how hard that is!?!?! lol. shaun took the day off too...he's looking forward to a four day work week. allthough it started out early today at 430. something broke in the parlor and it can only be fixed at certain times when they aren't milking cows. which is only for about an hour in the early morning and a half hour in the afternoon and later again in the evening.

i have a show tonight. amy and dr. jamie are having it. i'm looking forward to it. shaun is getting done 'on time'/early so he can be home with the girls and i don't have to find someone to watch them. my mom is riding to the show with me. that's nice to have someone to drive with and keep me company. i really do not like driving at night but i deal with it, can't sit in the house all the time. and i figure the only fear i need to have and should have is the fear of god. it's the only fear we need.

i'm getting really anxious for this baby. i need prayer for that. the bible says be anxious for NOTHING...i know that is sometimes hard to do, but i try not to be. and this baby is getting me anxious. i think because it's getting so close. soon i'll have four little ones to take care of. by myself. all day long. i know i can do it. then i wonder already how this baby will be. each of the girls got progressively more content...will this one be too? or will this one be the 'one' the 'one' that if you'd have it first you'd be likely to not have anymore....see how crazy this is. so i'll be anxious for nothing, but in ALL things with prayer and supplication let my requests be known to god...and that'll keep that stinkin' enemy out of my head. it's him who puts all these anxious thoughts around me. get away stinky thoughts of stinky bad stuff.

allright...today is mom's group so i need to wake up caitlyn so i can get moving myself. then i have to remember to let out my mom's dog...better tell amelya she's good at remembering for me. have super good monday.

short because there are presents to wrap

only a few minutes to write...amelya is being paitent in waiting for me so we can wrap the gifts for tomorrow.

yesterday's dr. appt went well...only gained ONE POUND. i was super happy about that. now i see my dr again in two weeks. i can't believe how fast this pregnancy is going. this little baby lays up in my lungs at night though...i have a hard time breathing laying in bed when this baby is up there. last night i had to sit up and try to push the baby down so i could catch my breath. it is very uncomfortable and a new experience for me during pregnancy. but i've been sleeping with a pregnancy pillow for the past while and my back has been feeling so much better. thanks chantae for borrowing it to me...

amelya and breigh have been fighting like crazy lately...i don't know what to do! shaun says they're just being girls. i say can't they wait a few years...like 30 before doing this...

caitlyn's tooth on the top is ALMOST through. argh. i just can't wait to see her little toothers finally pop out.

i closed a lia sophia show yesterday. a book show that was over 800 bucks! i made almost 250 bucks for a half hour of work. :o) like that!! i've been having a good month with almost 3000 in sales. i'm super excited because then i earn a gift certificate from the company for 150 bucks. i'll save that for the new book in februray. i'm still looking to book some shows in september. i don't like though that i've called a couple of people like three times and say please call me back either way so i don't keep bugging you...and they don't call. argh. and it's people who say they want to do shows...don't tell me yes if you really mean no. i booked two shows this week though for september. so two more would be perfect. the special is buy two get four at half!! anyone interested?? let me know. seriously. my site is at www.liasophia.com/apopp i'm also looking to book one or two shows in october then book shows til december. if any of this sounds interesting plesase let me know. i'd totally appreciate your help. plus i'm giving thank you gifts for only five bucks instead of fifteen!! that's a great deal!! :0) okay enough with my business talk.

amelya is still waiting...so i'm going to go spend time with her instead of you...sorry...she's a bit...well a lot more...important to spend time with...til next time...aap

ban tropic thunder?

wow. i didn't know of this movie unitl a few days ago. but man what a controversey.i know i WILL NOT be seeing the movie. please check out this blog www.myspecialks.com/2008/08/monday-moment-for-down-syndrome-tropic.html
for one mom's view on it. i like her view. she has links to other blogs about it as well. i have always had a heart for special needs kids, today on the news they were talking to some about the movie and i cried. the problem with the movie is this scene: (copied from above blog)

The actor character played by Ben Stiller, Tugg Speedman, has key scenes in the movie which recreate a character he has played called Simple Jack. Jack is a ‘retard’. This element of the movie gives rise to a slew of objectionable phrases slanted directly at the disabled. Take the following, a conversation between Downey Jr’s character and Stiller’s, revolving around Stiller’s decision to play said ‘retard’:

Stiller: There were times when I was doing Jack when I actually felt retarded. Like really retarded.

Downey: Oh yeah. Damn.

Stiller: In a weird way, I had to sort of just free myself up to believe that it was okay to be stupid or dumb.

Downey: To be a moron.

Stiller: Yeah.

Downey: To be moronical.

Stiller: Exactly.

Downey: An imbecile.

Stiller: Yeah. When I was playing a character.

Downey: When you was a character.

Stiller: Yeah, I mean, as Jack. Definitely.

Downey: It’s like working with mercury. It’s how science makes art form.

Stiller: Yeah.

Downey: You an artist.

Stiller: It’s what we do, right?

Downey: Everybody knows you never do a full retard.

Stiller: What do you mean?

Downey: Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, Rainman, look retarded, act retarded, not retarded.
Count toothpicks to your cards. Autistic. Sure. Not retarded.You know Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump. Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and he won a ping-pong competition? That ain’t retarded.You went full retard, man. Never go full retard

wow. huh? the movie industry seems to act like this isn't a big deal. but why not? i want to know if it'd be a big deal if the 'r' word was replaced with the 'n' word. and the african american population was fighting them. would it be let go as easily? it's frustrating we have to live in a world like this. thank goodness this world is NOT my home. oh i just don't know. it's so irritating. freedom of speech? yes. but why do we have to hurt people to have that freedom? i don't understand. not one bit. i think of all the faces i saw on tv, the faces at camp daniel this summer and want to cry at the hurt they must be feeling because of all of this. i want to scream: can't we all just GET ALONG!?! argh. in high school two boys were making fun of a girl from the special ed room...i told them to stop. they looked at me surprised i'd stick up for 'her' and then went on making fun of each other then. i saw that girl this past week at the farmer's market. she's still good ole kari. i said hi. she had no words to say that she remembered me, but i pray she did. wanna know something crazy?! she was born completely 'normal'. then she got hit with a ball on the playground. then she was completely changed and not the same. she can't go to the bathroom by herself, needs to have help all day and night long, but does that mean we're given the right to make fun of her? no. not at all. i'm not going to laught at her expense. i'm just not going to. i find NO humor in making fun of her. argh.

i could go on and on about this. how frustrated, irritated, saddened i am. but i won't. make the decision for yourself. but i'm not seeing the movie. i'm saddened at the actors who took part in it don't see the hurt they are causing, or at least don't seem to realize it.

please keep little gage in your prayers. they found out yesterday he will probably have to have surgery a bit sooner then they thought. probably in october. surgery can be a scary time i'm sure, but ptl for his medicine and technology that we have surgery to 'fix' us while we are here. because once we get to heaven we get brand spanking new bodies and not a problem with them. i look forward to no more aches myself. of course surgery is never fun but what is about drs and hospitals? (babies born i guess...but that hurts too!) i've come to realize that being sick, surgery, even dying never fit into my plans. good thing god knows the plan before i do and they're so much better then mine anyway...why do i bother? i don't know. i've failed everytime i try to do things 'by myself'.

well i'm done. this post has been full of lots of emotion and probably lots of controversy. have a fun filled happy day.

oh what a beautiful morning....

super fantastic early morning! breigh was up early today. i think it's because of her eczema. i haven't been able to find her lotion to put on her and she has been up early the past two days itching. well this morning i looked and it was right in front of my face. that's irritating. oh well. she has woken up in good moods the past two days, so it's a little easier to then be up before seven.

this morning we're going to my mom's house. i have to drop off a show order for someone from up at the camper. i'm also going to punch in my show i closed last night. i have had two really super great shows this month. i'm so excited! i have to close two book shows yet too. and amy and the dr are having a show next monday. so i should have a super good month. i got the rest of my exchange stuff yesterday. ohhh it's all so pretty. i love showing it to everyone too. because i cannot possibly wear all of the stuff i have. i have four cases full...and more to try and fit into them. i do not think it makes sense to buy another case yet so i will just put the rest in a tray and lay it out on the tables at the shows i have. i want to book a few more shows for september though. that way i can get bookings for after this little baby comes and not have to worry about getting back in the swing of things, because the shows will already be on my calendar. so any of my friends out there let me know if YOU'D be interested in a show for me. :o)

half hour later........yesterday was a kind of busy day. in the morning we ran to walmart to get the wrapping paper for the birthday party this weekend. amelya keeps asking every day if it's time for the party yet. i'm so excited to tell her on saturday YES!! it is!! she's so excited. i have to decide what i'm going to wear yet though. i just don't know how to dress up like a princess while pregnant. we'll see. shaun is wearing a batman tshirt. that's as dressed up as i'm sure he'll get too. for those of you who don't have the blessing to know him, he's very super shy, and would probably rather blend in then stick out. but he is fine with wearing the shirt in spirit of the dress up party. he's a good sport usually about things. last year for father's day amelya wanted to get him a pink shirt, so we did. it said only tough dads wear pink. or something like that. he wore it...only that one time i think, maybe again for bed. but at least he wore it. i always get him those 'dad' shirts for father's day. maybe one year i'll get a mom shirt...not holding my breath.

whoa...way off subject. back to yesterday. we had a chiro in the afternoon, then i had to go pick up some paper from a lady...paper i ordered almost a YEAR, yes a YEAR ago. she never once called me to tell me it was in and i had to email her TWICE before she responded back to me. SO SO disappointed and will never buy ANYTHING from her again. then in the bag when i got the paper there was no thank you, or sorry for not getting this to you. she didn't even apologize in any of the emails i got from her. bad business if you ask me. like i said i will not be buying anything from her ever again. i am excited to use the paper though. we have scrapping on friday...and next thursday so i'll get an opportunity one of those days i am sure. we're scrapping twice so we can get caught up...right...you never get caught up...but we missed last month, so we have to make up for it. maybe my cricut will come in time for one of the scrapping nights too. that'd be GREAT!! so anyways, then i closed my show. ended up well like i said before. then shaun called and said he'd be working late. so because tuesday is kids night at fazoli's i took them there to eat. they get a whole meal for only 99 cents!! so that's cheap...and i wanted breadsticks. shaun didn't get home til almost eight. but i think he's looking forward to the rest of the week, brent is off and he gets to work all by himself. next friday we have a wedding, shaun took off the entire day. yay! he's looking forward to a day off i think. well an extra one. he has to work this weekend, but we are also busy both days after too. we have the birthday party saturday all day, then we're doing church too because we'll all be around for the party anyways. then sunday we have shaun's cousin's college graduation, which by the way i didn't even know he graduated. oh well. so busy busy busy are we. lord willing nothing will go wrong and he will be able to get out of work for both days.

oh...today i know is wednesday i also know you're thinking why aren't they going to gage's? maybe not. but anyways he has a drs appt today with his cardiologist. so keep that in prayer before 1030, and after too i guess. he'll get his next mri scheduled then find out after that IF or when he needs surgery. because we know god is good and can totally heal him. and i realized too i didn't put the site right last time either it's supposed to be www.caringbridge.org/visit/mittelsteadt for real this time. lol. i put in .com last time.


so i dunno, but my computer is working SUPER FAST today. our internet is usually super slow. maybe sprint got better coverage now and now we get the high speed with our wireless. ohh super cool. EVERYTHING is working fast. oh this is NICE! so i suppose i will go. i have to get ready to go to my mommy's house. ta ta ta...

a long monday

i don't like the mondays after shaun has off for the weekend. they seem to go so slow. boo. i miss shaun being home all day. but i suppose someone has to work, might as well be him. we had a good weekend though. friday night we went to fleet farm, to look at work boots that were on sale, well shaun ended up not liking any of the ones that were on sale so he didn't get any. he did get a nice carhart jacket though. it's light-weight one that will be nice for fall time instead of always having to wear flannels. friday during the night was a rough night for caitlyn. she was up from three until almost four thirty just crying. we had no idea what was wrong with her. we both cuddled her a little, and i gave her some tylenol and orajel for her teeth. we think that was bugging her. but she eventually calmed down and only slept until seven. it was funny to have her wake up and crawl by my face and giggle at me to wake up. she was in a good mood too then. but we haven't had a long night like that in months!! it was weird, but i guess also some preparation for when this baby comes.



saturday we went to the steam engine show. the girls loved it. amelya picked out a cute bracelet there and breigh picked out a skidsteer. amelya also picked out a bracelet for her friend melody. we have melody and michael's birthday party on saturday. it's a princess and super hero dress up party. i still have no clue how i will dress up for that. hmmmm...if only i fit into my wedding dress...it'd be fun to wear that again. so we'll see. after the steam engine show we played at the park at the fairgrounds. then we went to walmart and then home. shaun ripped out the carpet and got the new carpet in the room, but not down. but it's getting so close!! yesterday after church shaun and i went to appleton to get the trim for the room...i forgot about the trim! we got the already primed stuff so it'll be a bit easier project. so lord willing next weekend? we'll have a playroom...who knows. but i know i am excited about having it DONE!! i know i've already said that though.



church yesterday was good too. this was my favorite thing from church yesterday...if you're more concerned about what man thinks instead of what god thinks/says then you will never 'get' anywhere with god. i like that. because it is so so true. if we're more concerned about others we're not going to do what god wants, because all too often it is not what others think we should do. take for example my decision to stay home...totally what god wanted, but i was nervous to hear what others had to say...i got over that real quick, and wham i am now a stay at home mommy to almost four!! or even my decision so homeschool, i can not and will not let what others think about it make my decision, i am going to follow god's leading and direction. because truly that's what i want for my life. to be obediant to him, because when we are obediant blessings will follow. i know for sure my dad was against homeschooling way back when we were getting married. i am not sure his stance on it now, and i can't care. i can pray that he, and everyone else, will just be respectful of our family's decision. after seeing shaun's cousin graduate from homeschool the other weekend, it was so awesome. so awesome to think i may be able to do that as well one day. i also start thinking about this earth and world and all the crazy things going on. then i know that all too soon, jesus could be coming back and none of this will matter, because we'll be in ETERNITY! did you know barack obama has been talking about one world tax/goverment or something crazy like that!?! end times? hmmm think so. the bible speaks of the end times lots, i don't know every scripture nor do i claim to be an expert, but know that it speaks of wars and rumors of wars, turn on the news people, every day moreso then ever i think we're hearing all kinds of talk. in a way it scares me, only because i know of people i know and love that haven't made the ultimate decision to truly and full heartedly follow jesus, and i know that the bible says that if your name is not written in the lamb's book of life, you will spend eternity in the lake of fire. not a place i want to see anyone in. read your bibles it is all in there. and i believe the bible to be the word of god, and we should follow what it says. we can't pick and choose our favorite 'nice' scriptures or 'curve' them to fit our life or lifestyle. god does love everyone but he also lists things in there we are to not be doing.



my cricut isn't here yet. i'm being very paitent though. i'm super excited to get it, but whenever it comes it comes. but one thing i'm getting really crazy mad about is the checks i ordered. we are ALL OUT NO MORE LEFT of checks. none. i need them. argh. i also got some more new lia sophia jewelry today. i had a whole bunch of stuff that returned and now got new stuff to replace the discontinued stuff i did have. there was more i guess, but we weren't home when the mail was delivered and the mail person wouldn't get out of the car because they were afraid of our dog. i giggle at that. he is a big ole dog, but he's harmless really. he also smiles, which can be scary. it looks like he may attack. but whatever. i'll just run to the post office tomorrow to get the other parcels. i have to close a show tomorrow too, so it'll be nice because then i can show her the other new stuff that i got.



i have my next dr. appt thursday. yay! hopefully the two pounds the scale at my mom's house last week said i gained i didn't. ahhh. i'm not too worried though, it'll all be okay. it has to be. :O) i gained 45 with amelya, so in all reality i am still 20 pounds UNDER that!! lol. my sister is coming with me tomorrow and thursday. i love her work schedule probably as much as she does. it works out nice to have someone to help me out.



so i suppose, i don't really know what else to write about sooooo i'll go. til next time.

shaun, wake up

...okay the past TWO mornings shaun has still been in bed, when he should have been at work. this morning it was only a little after six. i never hear his alarm and he usually gets up. oh well. good thing he isn't required to be at work at a certain time and doesn't get 'written up' for being late. he would've been fired ages ago if that's the case. lol.

the girls were all up before seven today. not cranky though, just up. so that's a good thing! we played outside for quite awhile and then had an early lunch because breigh and caitlyn were ready for their naps early too. they were in bed and sleeping by 1045. which is fine, because this afternoon we're going to my mom's and the farmer's market. so now i won't or i should say shouldn't have to wake them up to go. at lunch caitlyn was really hungry and ate a lot. then i realized it's probably because i forgot to give her a bottle! oops. she has only been getting a 4 oz bottle now anyways. so i guess because she did good all morning without her bottle we'll cut this one out too. she's basically weaned herself off of the bottle. she only gets one before bedtime, 6oz. so we'll just keep going on that bottle until my formula is gone. then bye bye bottles. i think i could probably just give her a little milk in a sippy cup before bed and she'd be fine, but i'd rather just use up the formula i have left. i know i've said it before, but it's always been my goal to get them off of the bottle by one, off the nuk by two etc etc. and with caitlyn it's so easy because she doesn't take a nuk. amelya we had off it by two, i had to cut it and she just got mad because it was broke and soon quit asking for it. breigh basically gave it up on her own, we realized one night we forgot to give it to her and she went to bed fine, so after that no more nuk. she was well under two, i think she was around 18 months. she still had it when i had caitlyn.

caitlyn pulled herself up by the toybox yesterday. gettin' too big i tell ya! but i think it would be nice to have her walking before this baby is born. the other two girls didn't walk well until 14ish months. well this baby is coming before caitlyn is 14ish months. so she needs to be walking well at 12ish months. but then that scares me!! only a month and i want her to be walking!! what!! maybe not. maybe. oh i just don't know.

my show for saturday has now turned into a book party. that's okay. it is fine with me to not really have to do anything and still make money on the show. this weekend is also the 'steam engine show'. shaun enjoys going and we've decided the girls probably would too. i think we went a few years ago when breigh was a baby. amelya and breigh will both love looking at the tractors and steam engines. are we a hick family? well not totally, but probably. lol. i just enjoy spending time with my husband and family and if that is what he enjoys then by golly i'll be there. i'd rather go with then have him go do thing by himself, what fun is that? i don't know what else we'll do. lord willing we'll get the carpet in the playroom. shaun's sister wants him to change her oil too. good thing he's handy like that. i think our oil needs to be changed soon, i should by the stuff so he can just do ours at the same time. so i'm not sure if he talked to her about doing that this weekend or what. sunday, right now, is just church. but i'm sure something will come up. it always does. at least shaun doesn't have to work.

next week is pretty busy already. i have to close two or three shows. i also have my drs appt on thurs. i only see the nurse practioner though because my dr is on vacation. it's the same np i saw for my six week check and told that we were thinking about doing something permanent. lol...guess we're still thinking. although this time i'm sure of it. i think. no i know. i just don't see myself wanting any more kids down the road...and i don't want big age gap...like let's say in five years i want a baby...i'll have a five, six, seven and eight year old already will i want to go back to 'baby stage'. probably not. being a girl, and a mommy, i think part of me will always miss my baby stages, but i'll just have to wait 20 years and then i can be a grandma. oh my...i can be a grandma in 20 years!!! i got married a few months before i turned 21, then had a baby at 21, 23, 24 and now at 25. amelya could be married and have a baby in less then 20 years. for that matter breigh could. okay that's enough. especially because gage's mommy could be reading this and it could be him who marries and has that baby with breigh. we're not old. YET! so i will treasure this time i have with my kids while they are babies, because i know that 20 years will fly by.

well i've got wash in the washer and the dryer...and i should shower...or do something productive. have a great rest of your friday. because it is great.

correct addy

i wanted to start out and say the correct address for gage's caring bridge site is this www.caringbridge.com/visit/mittelstaedt so now you can go and get it. :0)

yesterday was a fun day at gage's. although he slept most of the time we were there...i'm beginning to wonder if he plans it. lol. caitlyn took a nap too. that was nice because after gage's we ended up having to go to the chiro and the mall so i could close a party. the girls were super good at the mall play area while i closed the show. it ended up being over 800 so that was exciting!! then the girls and i went to get them 'fall shoes' or tennis shoes. whatever you want to call them. i got them each a pair. at stride rite it is buy one get one half off....so a good deal at a store like that. i also bought the baby a winter pair of shoes. i only spent about 150 bucks. so not too bad. i think last year at this sale time it was well over 200. and that's the only thing, besides supper, i bought at the mall. so i did pretty good.

last night when the girls and i got home shaun was just finishing up the second coat of the green stripes in the playroom. guess what!?!?!?!?! they're all painted..all with second coats too. SOOO that means we can rip out the carpet and put the new carpet in and have a playroom. OHHH i am SO excited. i have a show on saturday afternoon, but shaun could work on it in the morning if he felt like it. i don't have to leave here until after noon or so. i'm not actually sure, because i have never even driven to the town where my show is at. but i'm excited for my show. it's my third one in a week. my sister and the chiro are having one for me on the 18th too. and i have to close a book show next week. so my lia sophia business is doing really well this month. i have to book two shows in september yet. the people just have to call me back. that's the frustrating part when people say they will have a show and then don't call me back. anyways.

i have to run to appleton today too. yuck. i'm getting sick of all this running around. but i have to go pick up my jewelry at my hostesses house from tuesday night. her daughters weren't home so i said i'd leave it so they could look at it all. oh well. i'll see if we can find something fun to do while we're in appleton too. i've been thinking about the learning shop. i haven't been there in awhile and there are always fun things to get and look at there. i just have to remember to not overwhelm amelya with all this homeschooling stuff...it's only preschool. but i want to start a two or three day a week lesson type thing in sept with her. just to get her in the groove a little bit. she knows all of her letters already and all the 'easy' shapes. she recognized a pentagon last night though. i was so super proud of her. and the other day she was coloring and she said mom this is for daddy. i looked at the picture, then at the top was her name. now it wasn't spelled out perfect amelya but the a and the m and the l and y and a were there. and something the resembeled an e. i just love seeing the blessings of her actually learning from ME! praise the lord. because i could not and will not do it with out him involved. breigh was matching shapes last night too. she even knew a few of the names. circle, heart, star and the others she didn't know the names, but matched the shapes. and caitlyn well she was eleven months old yesterday. WHAT!?! it's been almost an entire YEAR since i've given birth to her. YEPPERS. i can't believe it either.

on my way home from appleton i realized i don't fit in with a lot of other drivers, or at least last night. on this one van there was a really cute sticker thing that said i love my kids and had the stick figures above it. then what do i see? i hand out the window with a cigarette. i don't get it. you love your kids but you'll smoke with them in the car, they were in there i saw them. then car after car full of kids and cigarettes. am i not cool because i don't expose my kids willingly to secondhand smoke? oh i just don't understand. smoke if you want. but do you have to do it around your kids in small confined area? i don't care if the windows open...they're still getting it. okay i have issues with this. but i still just don't understand the whole point.

well i suppose. breigh and caitlyn are finishing up breakfast. amelya is still sleeping. the other two slept well past eight. that was so super nice. now i'm going to go and clean up the fruity pebbles breigh is spilling in the kitchen. yes i know i complain about smoking and my kids eat sugar for breakfast...and so do i. i LOVE fruity pebbles. ;0) later dudes.

uncomfortable

i've hit the uncomfortable stage. you know the stage where you have to wake up to roll over in bed at night and practically move mountains just to get over to the otherside, which ends up not being so comfortable and you roll back over on the other side anyway. this is the most not fun part about being pregnant for me. my back has been feeling pretty okay. still some pain, but i know minimal compared to what it could be. and i have yet to have to get up to go to the bathroom during the night! that's a bonus...i have to walk all the way downstairs to do that...lol...i don't like going downstairs to go to the bathroom.

yesterday was a pretty good day. we stayed home. i got the weekend wash done and the kitchen picked up and the living room is staying relatively clean. the dining room....that's another story, but until the playroom is in order, i'm not worrying about the dining room table. i worked on the playroom monday afternoon. so now all the stuff in the room is organized and put in totes, boxes etc. so shaun just has to finish the second coats of paint on the blue and green i think. really not too much to do. so maybe my like next week i could have a playroom. shaun has off this weekend, and i have a show on saturday. so he could work on it when the girlies are napping and i am gone. we'll see. again i place no expectations. i only end up disappointed. which i was on sunday when getting home, even though i said i had no expectations. but i wasn't mad that nothing got done. i was just bummed that i had the mess i had left friday and all the messes shaun left over the weekend to pick up. it wouldn't have bugged me if it looked the same. i sorta talked to shaun about it, especially when he said he was home by four on friday. he didn't do anything either he said. then i just said well boys and girls are different. like me being a girl, home ALONE, would have done something and then relaxed. i don't care that he relaxed, he deserves it, but i wish he would have done both. saturday he did burn trash and cut a little of the lawn before he helped his uncle. so he did something at least. we haven't been talking much lately. i don't know why. sunday he was home but i was just in a 'funky' mood and quiet. so we didn't talk too much, otherwise we probably would have ended up fighting. then monday he got home and i left right when he got home to go to my sister's ucl party. last night i had a show. and was gone before he got home. and he was sleeping both nights when i did get home. although last night he talked to me a little bit. and he actually cuddled with me in bed. usually i am asleep before he wakes up enough to get upstairs and we don't cuddle at all. last night we both went to bed at the same time. i got him a card at walmart last night. maybe that'll help start us talking. that's my issue i have things that 'get to me' but just let them continue to get to me and don't deal with them. well i've now tried to stop and hopefully things can get 'unweird' between him and i again. pretty personal there. it's been awhile i guess since i've let you in to my personal side i guess. probably because i have issues sharing current personal stuff with anyone. i don't mind sharing the past stuff, that's in the past.

my friend and i are both getting the cricut expressions. super yay. lord willing they will come soon soon soon. i was at walmart and bought some 'tools' for it and another cartridge for it last night. now it just has to come. sooner then later will be nice. :) and we so want to make stuff and sell it and become multi millionaires...okay maybe not that part...but we've been talking about it. i'm going by that friends house today. breigh and caitlyn are still asleep, they better wake up so we can get to gage's house. speaking of our little friend gage. i don't know if i ever mentioned before but he was born with a heart defect. he spent the first month of his life at children's hospital down in milwaukee. he is doing good right now, but surgery will always be in his future. he had issues with his valves, so as he grows they need to replace those. well him and his mommy and daddy are doing a walk and looking at raising some money for the walk. so i am going to try to add the widget when i am done posting and if you feel led to give, please do so, if not, that's okay too, because prayers are so more important. if you want to get the full and accurate story of gage and his story check out his caring bridge site at www.caringbridge.org/mittelstaedt chantae, gage's mommy, did a beautiful job updating on gage during his time down at children's and since he's been home. i can't believe he is a year and a half already! we went down to visit them during his stay. it was a crazy experience to see all of those tiny little babies hooked up to so many machines. i can not, and truthfully don't want to, imagine how it feels to go through all of that. but whatever god has. we HAVE to trust in his plan, because it is better than our own.

so i'm off to try and add that widget thing, and see if my other girlies are awake yet...and get ready for a fun day at gage's....

weekend update

well what a weekend. in the end...it's always nice to be home.
so friday was my dr. appt. i gained another eight pounds!! i gained 18 pounds in the past two months. crazy. i've only gained a total of 25 this entire pregnancy...only...but now my dr. would like me to try and only gain ten more. ahhh. but i gained forty five with amelya..soooo i'm doing okay i think. i think being the key words. i also had my glucose test, the stuff was gross this time. i think because i had to drink it at eight in the morning. yuck. but i chugged it down and it was alright.


we left for up north after my dr. appt. we stopped at burger king for lunch and then at shopko after. i found the girls some cute shoes, and me some cute shoes and a few shirts. i know i don't need them, but hey they were on sale. i'm a sucker for sales. a big sucker for sales. so then we made it to the camper and actually made our annual kmart run. my one aunt stayed back, she said she spent too much at shopko, and then i left the girls with her. i spent some more money at kmart but more for the girls then myself. we had friday fish fry when we got back. super yummy. the girls went to bed around their normal times. i always try to do that otherwise i end up with cranky children. saturday was a super early morning. caitlyn was up at five thirty...she NEVER has gotten up THAT early. she soon woke up her sisters...who soon woke up everyone else...so it was an early morning for everyone. which meant waiting til the pool opened...was long...but it opened at we went swimming. my amelya is jumping in all by herself AND going under. she was 'swimming' back and forth between me and the steps too. i would like to get her in swimming lessons, but there aren't any close to us, and i don't feel like driving a half hour for a half hour of swimming lessons and then driving again for a half hour. we'll see. i also had my party saturday. it was pretty successful so far. she hasn't closed yet. the rest of the day we lounged around, the girls went swimming again and we ordered pizza from weasels.


sunday was early again, but not as early as saturday. i feel that camping is no excuse for missing church. so we always pack up early and head off to church. i was kind of bummed because shaun was home and then five minutes before we got home he got called back in to work. so i had to get all of us unpacked out of the van and feed the girls some more and get to church by myself. but praise the lord, shaun was able to get to church a little late. when we are obedient we will be blessed. i also want to show my girls that we can't find excuses to miss church. because there will always be 'something' that we could do instead. but church is important. important enough to get up hours earlier then normal and drive the hour home to make it. we didn't do too much after church. i worked on organizing the play room a bit. shaun helped his uncle this weekend, and didn't work on it, or anything else for that matter. so we're almost done. i just have to move a few more things around. finish painting. then get the carpet in and VOILA toys in and it is done. i am having a purse party now. so it needs to be done by september 11th. we have a little over a month to do it. and we will. well we have too. we have no choice.

today was mom's group. it was another nice day. the kids are starting to play together really nice. my friend also told me about a nice big deal she found on the cricut expressions. now i've secretly been wanting a cricut for awhile now. so i called shaun to see if i can get it. and he said YES!! my friend and i want to start making things and selling them as well with the vinyl you can buy. so keep us in prayer and see if that's what god wants us to be doing. so we'll see what god has for us. because his plan is always always greater.

well that's all for now. amelya wants to play a game i bought for her. little does she know it's an educational learning computer game and she'll learn something. sneaky mommy. :) so later my friends hope this wasn't too boring.