this picture is from this past summer at the beach. the girlies wer so excited to get in the water. they had loads of fun. and so did i watching them!!well maybe not quite. but my amelya tested at a FIVE year old level for her screening. so 'whew'. i feel better. i got to go with her during the screening, so thank god my mil was home to watch the other three kiddos...i was so impressed at amelya during the screening. she didn't talk the ladies ear off by ANY means, but at least she talked. amelya is very shy until you get to know her. just like her mommy and daddy...probably more her mommy daddy. she also passed the hearing and eye screening. yay. i was just so glad she did so well. makes me feel like i'm doing something right in this world.
i also found out from the county nurse that they offer the same services to home-schooling families as they do the school. for free. so i can get the kiddos hearing and vision screened whenever i feel like it. for free. yep. kind of excited about the free part!!
i fed dustin cereal for the first time yesterday. PRO!! i put a spoonful in his mouth. by the second spoon he OPENED his mouth to eat!! needless to say. he likes to eat. and he likes the cereal. what posses someone to enjoy white cereal mush is beyond me!! but i'm just thankful he eats good. he did today too. one of these days i'll add some fruit in with it and see how that goes. i just can't believe how big he's getting.
for those of you who don't know my kids in real life. they're hilarious. i shot some video of them yesterday. i'll upload it for you. please don't mind my voice in it. i hate the sound of my recorded voice. i'm hoping it doesn't sound like that irl. if it does, no one will ever want to meet me!! i truly do not like my voice though, when shaun listens to voicemails from me i purposely leave the room because i can hear my voice. why he feels the need to listen to the voicemail in front of me i don't know either!!
shaun has to work this weekend. boo hoo. but next weekend he has off. and we're going to the third day concert. so that'll be fun. on sunday this week, we're going to my mom and dad's. it was my dad's bday yesterday. a whole 46 years old. yep my 'rents were young when they had me. and actually my aunt (mom's side) and my grandpa (mom's side) turned 56 and 86. all yesterday. crazy eh?
so i'm off to do some stuff. because we all know the video will take pretty close to forever to load.
well the video is almost done loading. so i came back to finish up the post. i have a load of work ahead of me when i leave this post. breigh and caitlyn are napping. dustin is happily singing in the swing, but not swinging he cries non-stop if he is swinging! and amelya is paitently waiting for my video to load so SHE can use the computer. she loves the new game that we're reviewing...and i promise the review is coming soon!! i had to email the lady a few questions and am waiting for her response. settle down. :0)
while amelya is playing. i am going to be cleaning. argh. actually it's more like organizing. the playroom. is.a.BIG.mess. so because i can't expect them to do it, it's way too messy for that. i am going to re-organize and stay on top of it. truthfully since we've had the playroom this is the messiest it's gotten. so i'm quite happy about that. i've also really been thinking lately our kids have WAY too many toys. like seriously way too many. so i'm sure i'll be 'thinning' them out while cleaning today. i'm thinking as well i could give them to my haiti lady. hmm. great. at least i know some other kid would be excited to have a toy my kids haven't touched in ages. sounds like a plan. i usually go through the kids' toys every few months and get rid of some. this time i'm hoping to get rid of more than some...like maybe quite a bit...that's a little less than a lot. :0) because i know once the room is cleaned up they'll be playing IN it more again. then playing with the toys again. lately they've been bringing out what they want to play with in the living room. so it'll be nice for them to have their room back again.
i am hoping to rid the room of toys though. really. i mean do they really need all of them. nope. i just have the problem of a good 'deal'. it's my goal to be better at looking past those deals. and buying things that they need. i've also purposed it to only buy them things for a 'reason'. like christmas or their birthdays. they seriously do not need a toy everytime we go shopping. i have been doing really good at this lately. i've been quite pleased with myself. i think the last 'toy' we bought for them was actually a book from walmart for valentine's day. so really i think books are okay ANY time. so i guess the last toys any of them got was for christmas. of course amelya has a birthday coming. i bought her a little people set she doesn't have. and two groovy dolls. (i'm so excited to give them to her because she's been eyeing them up at the mom and pop place) that's all she is getting from us. and really she doesn't even care i'm sure. my sister today said she's going to take amelya for a pedicure and out to eat. to me, that beats any material gift. instead she'll get a speical time with auntie amy. so i think that's cool. my mom and dad are giving her, her own digital camera. which is way fun for her!! i know shaun's mom is getting her some dora dvds. we don't have cable so she doesn't get to see dora a lot, either that or i'm spending money renting the dvds. so it'll be nice to have some of our own. one of shaun's sisters is getting her a game. so she's not getting too many toys. i don't think of games necessarily as toys. so it's all good.
well the video is loaded. so i'll leave you with that. enjoy!! :0) have a happy friday and weekend too.
well the kiddos are finishing up breakfast. so i'm quick writing you.
i want to say thanks for all the prayers about everything. it truly means so much to me/us.
shaun decided to tell the guy we can't make a decision so fast. so we didn't tell him by yesterday. we're still praying and seeing what god guides us to do. right now we're both leaning towards the newer tractor, but still weighing out the options, and seeing if that is what god truly wants us to be doing. so we'll see...
we're probably going to be planting peas this year. the 'pea guy' came last night. we are going to look at the contract and run some numbers with that and see if it is more profitable to do peas or just plant hay. it's so hard to run numbers though because obviously farming depends the most on weather and such. so we have to figure out high end and low end and middle and and and and. we had peas a few years ago and they didn't turn out so well, but the year before we were married shaun had peas and they turned out fantastic. so it is really hit or miss.
oh...we figured out where oscar's flu poop came from...he had a treat for shaun yesterday morning. poo and puke. but at least in the puke we could see where it was coming from. our neighbor spreads some hay and straw stuff (i'm really not sure exactally what it is) on our field by our house. well apparently oscar thinks it is some sort of appetizer. and eats it. well dumb dog...do that and poo in my house...and you're out. outside that is. so we're making him sleep outside for a few nights to get it all out of him. but let me tell you how grateful i was that shaun saw it!! :0) but the dumb dog poo'ed all over one of my area rugs. so now shaun says i have to get rid it. because instead of cleaning it, my dear hubby just put it outside. where it got rained on. and now shaun says he's burning it. *tear* i really like the rug. oh well. it truly is 'just a rug'. when i die i can't take it with me...so i'd be leaving it eventually anyways. just sooner than i thought i guess.
so today i am taking amelya for her screening for 4-k. they called me yesterday to set up an appt. there was no one there when i went last week...something about no school...so we'll see how that goes. i don't think i have to worry...but it's nice to have a 'free' hearing and vision screening. guess i'm cheap.
well the kiddos are done eating breakfast. amelya also wants to play a game. i was offered a chance to do a review. so she's reviewing the game for me. look for that to come in the next few days. it's kind of a fun thing. especially for those of you with kiddos or know some kiddos. :0) so i'm off to do that. oh wait. before i do. you must go check out this blog...she's preggo!!! yay. i've been following her story through infertility and ivf...and it worked. go give her some love. because for those of us who know what it feels like to see two lines and 'pregnant'...it is undescribeable....okay now i'm done. for real this time...
so. i have the time. so i'm going to ramble. plus i think i need to just ramble. so here you have it!!
we had a super good weekend. shaun fixed our washer on saturday night and i washed that night and all day yesterday...and have more to do today...i'm just so very thankful for such a handy husband. and if you're wondering...he liked my dress....**wink**...because i'm sure you were wondering...
...sunday we went to shaun's mom's house to have lunch. well it was really a late lunch-but whatever. we played apples to apples, i love that game. and we watched fireproof. i loved it the second time seeing it too.
shaun and i finished up our fireproof your marriage couple's kit this week. it is kind of a bummer. i need to find something now to do every sunday. i have been looking forward to doing it for the past six weeks and now i won't have anything. SHAUN even asked if we were going to do something else!?!!? that totally blessed my socks off. HE wants to do something...I am not the one 'pushing' it. yay. so i'll have to search and find something fun to do i guess.
yesterday was a busy day. i went to our tax appt in the morning. i'm just praying to get some money back. with the farm (well land actually no animals) we seem to 'make' money...i just want to know where it is all hiding?!? serious. shaun stayed home with the kiddos while i went. it worked out quite nicely.
after i got home shaun left to meet with our 'tractor' guy. our lease is up on our tractor. so now we have a decision to make...and it really comes with loads of options:
option one: buyout this tractor, pay 1500 more a year
option two: lease this tractor again, pay 1200 more a year
option three: lease a NEW tractor, pay a little under 2000 more a year
option four: give the tractor back, pay 0 more a year...for a tractor payment, but rent one when we need one and buy a skid-steer instead...
option five:sell the house, the farm and move...
seriously option five has crossed both of our minds. i had been thinking it. but didn't say anything. then shaun said it too yesterday. so really we have a lot to pray about! the stinky part...shaun HAS to know by TOMORROW what he/we want to do!! talk about not giving a person time! shaun also thinks that buying a new tractor would make people think we have all this money, when we don't...at all. i wish people KNEW what costs really go into running a farm. it'd make them realize a lot. i mean seriously a new tractor costs more than some people's HOUSES!! i'm not even kidding! that's why leasing it is a better option for us...lower payments.
we also found out that we have to pay our bill in 'full' to the co-op every time we get one. last year we spent over 22 THOUSAND dollars to the co-op. but we paid them in a couple of bulk payments, after we recieved money for our crops and etc. there is NO way we can just pay our bill in full every time we get it. so that leads to more prayer about how to go about it. should we 'up' our operating loan at the bank? should we go through the co-op financing options? should we should we should we?!?! i don't know. option five keeps getting better in my books. especially when we've had our operating loan for a few years and the past two have only paid the interest due. yikes. no fun.
days like today make me want jesus to come back pronto. but then i think of all the people that haven't accepted him and then i say wait. just wait until this or that happens. but THEN i realize...it's all in HIS timing. his absolute perfect timing. BUT i am just so ready to 'go home'. to be in eternity with my savior. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...there will be no tears, no worries, no fears, just plain ole worship. i can't wait. i'm just praying you'll all be there to join me!!
church was good this week. we talked about loads of stuff...we are currently studying through the book of isaiah and were in chapters 39-40 this week.
my favorite things this week::that we need to be open and willing to hear GODLY counsel, from god or others...and then after hearing it...are we going to use what we hear??
that god will turn 'bad' things and use them for good...take the crucifiction for example...the people behind it meant it for evil against jesus...but look at the good that came out of it...redemption from our sins!!
when god looks at us in heaven, he will see jesus--which equals no sin, SOOO we NEED jesus in order for god to SEE jesus and get to heaven in the first place...
the one thing that convicted me the most this week was this question, why? (as in why do you go back to 'that'...that being numerous things)
i struggle with that part. like why do i go back to trusting MY ways. why do i think I can do things on MY own. why do i trust god for some things but not all things...all the time...argh. it's frustrating. but then i have to remember i am human. i am will fail and fall...BUT jesus. he saves me from the bad stuff. god will see him when he looks at me. i need to remember that and live like that...
like i always try to plan so much. then they don't happen how i wanted them too. then i get mad. why? i mean i'm not saying don't plan anything...i'm saying plan everything LORD WILLING. because THENNNN if the lord wills it...voila it's done..if he doesn't...then it doesn't happen. i think if i go into it with the mind set of lord willing...i won't be set up for disappointment. we spend far to much time being disappointed i think. and really it's our own faults. what will be will be...so why can't we let it just be?!? sorry to get all deep on you. it's what has been on my heart lately...
on a different note. dustin was four months old on sunday. he had his check up yesterday. he was 15 lbs 4 ounces...and 27 1/4 inches long!! he is a good TWO INCHES bigger than all three of the girls at the same age. weight wise they are all around the same weight, within a few ounces of each other actually. but i just can't believe how TALL he is. his feet are pushing tight up against the bundle me thing on the car seat. and the height limit on his car seat is 29 inches. so we'll have to move him up pretty soon. probably by six months. i usually will move the kiddos out of the infant carrier once they can sit up on their own. and that has been by six months-ish. i think caitlyn was my latest sitter at seven months. i hate lugging the thing around. it's easier to just carry them on my hip...or in my sling or wrap.
amelya's FOURTH birthday is NEXT WEEK!!??!!? i can't believe it. we're going to chuck e cheese on her birthday. then shaun's family is coming over next sunday. my mom and dad are going to florida....can you believe they refused to bring me? lol. well they didn't refuse to bring me...just pay for me...and my entire family...i can't imagine why!
so at any rate. i have all the stuff ready for the haiti people, well almost ready. i have a few things to get from a friend, but the kiddos and i went to target today to buy the rest of it. i let them pick out a few books from the dollar section. amelya was so excited to pick out stuff 'for the kids'. i'll be sure to pick a winner of the super cool devotional by the end of the week. just in case there was/is anyone else who wanted to give. click up on top on my giveaway to even know what i'm talking about! i'm really stoked to give the stuff to the lady!!
so that's that. i'm done. well actually caitlyn is up from her nap...so i must get back to mommyhood...
here we are again...monday. and as every monday it's time for NOT ME MONDAY, hosted by your friend and mine ms. mckmama be sure to join the fun as well. and let every one know what you did not do. and be sure to leave me a comment so i know you were here! cuz i want to visit YOU too...
...so last week i was at mom's group. i was NURSING dustin. so when another baby crawled up on his car seat i didn't jump up and sort of freak out because i thought HE WAS IN IT! i didn't feel very foolish. so i didn't say "it's not like he's sucking on my boob or anything"
...on wednesday i put in my contacts. one felt funny. i didn't wear it anyways. i didn't get bothered by it all day. so on thursday when i tried to put it in again it still didn't feel funny. when i looked at it closely i didn't see a HOLE in the middle of the contact. i did not wear a contact for an entire day with a hole in the middle of it. that would be silly.
...i was excited to go to the mall on friday because i had a coupon to VS. i did not go there. with all four of my children. i did not look for something 'fun' to wear because shaun hinted at that. i did not quickly pick out something because my girlies were picking out there own 'dresses'. they were not saying how pretty the dresses were. when i finally just grabbed one breigh did not have a minor tantrum and cry and say "mommy i want a dress too!!" i did not tell her she can wear one when she gets bigger. because i picked my said 'dress' out too quickly i did not pay 78 DOLLARS for something 'fun'. that'd just be crazy...i.am.not.crazy.
...yesterday we were playing games at shaun's mom's house. i did not spill shaun's very cold glass of water all over the table. i did not quickly grab my apples to apples cards up so they wouldn't get wrecked. i did not let shaun and his mom clean up my mess. that'd be lazy. (but at least i saved the cards...)
...and last but not least...i did not get to meet TWO blogging buddies IN REAL LIFE last week! it was not loads of fun meeting them. (well that's really a lie. i did have tons of fun meeting them...)
so there you have it. i'm glad that's over with. i'm also glad i remembered things for this week. but i must keep this short. caity bug is awake. and i have the rest of my taxes to organize. i'll try to blog later...we'll see. toodles for now my friends!
for those of you who don't know. shaun has a humungo family. and well. it got one member bigger last night. shaun's oldest cousin and her husband had a baby!! a boy. malcolm paul. go check him out on their blog...awww. makes me miss that newborn baby. geeesh. and dustin is four months old TOMORROW. ahh. where did these four months go?!?!?!
so. we're still going to play volleyball today, even though the roads are kind of icky looking. the girls laid around this morning, but seem to be feeling fine. so we're going to truck out after nap time. i'm excited.
the washer is kind of fixed. so that's good. i think we need a different size o-ring. but as long as it works for now...I DON'T CARE. i just wanna finish washing the diapers!! so. that's that. i'm off to shower. and hoping i can finish wash when i am done.........toodles. oh and tomorrow apparently we're eating at shaun's mom's house. so i probably won't be around much. so see you monday. :0) don't miss me too much...
because i know you'll pray..even for silly requests. please pray that shaun can fix our washing machine. it broke. in the middle of a load. of cloth diapers. and it is a front loader. which means no getting the diapers out because the door is locked. argh. and this is even dumber but i don't want a repair man to come, because my laundry room is a disaster zone. like so disasterous that it'll take me all night to clean it out if it turns into repair man. geesh....and i bought something 'fun' today...looks like THAT may not happen...**wink wink**...tmi...sorry. thanks for the prayers my friends...
:::UPDATED:::well well well GOD has done it again. my lovely handy husband has totally figured out the issue with the washer. he believes it is the motor...and it was probably wrecked due to a ZIP TIE from his work clothes getting stuck in it. yeah...won't work so well...lol...so needless to say i missed scrapping because he worked on that and we didn't get done with supper til after eight. BUT at least i'll be able to finish washing the load of diapers after we get the motor tomorrow lord willing. so maybe THAT will happen after all......sweet dreams my praying friends. and THANKS BUNCHES....i'm sure shaun is thankful too....he he he he
whew. this week has been a busy one. i have been super busy.
i am in the middle of an email to a friend who probably thinks she really stinks like poo...but hey at least i started your email. :0) she wrote me a novel, and i promised her one back. i just haven't had the novel time to sit and write it. or if i sit down it isn't for long and the kiddos were up from their naps...anyways...
yesterday i chilled with the kiddos and then we made some last minute plans to go to hu hot with some friends of ours. it was fun. we had SIX kids and FOUR adults. lol. they sat us in a back corner room thingy...it worked out really nice because the girls could kind of be loud together and we weren't disrupting anyone else. and they weren't like crazy loud just giggling...which gets loud when you get them all together!!
hu hot was yummy...as always. i really do love that place. and shaun even liked it last night. sometimes he gets all picky about it. we had a nice time out to eat. i even sacrificed watching survivor and CSI. lol. i just wish i could've taped them. but we aren't all fancy and don't have dvr soooo i'll catch up on survivor next week...and CSI is bound to have a rerun episdoe. i hope.
now TODAY. i get to meet another blogging buddy. TWO in ONE week how funis that. i am meeting the mommy behind the mommy diaries, esther. she has some stuff for my haiti fundraiser. and because we both live with in an hour of 'the mall' we're meeting there today. actually this morning. at ten. so i cannot ramble on much more. dustin woke up a bit earlier than normal, like five to six...so i fed him so that way i could get up. and blog a bit. then shower and get the diaper bag ready before the girls get up. i know i'll have to wake dustin up again to go. yesterday he slept til almost TEN after his six thirty feeding!!!
i have to run to town and go to the bank and stop somewhere else as well. the somewhere else at least i'm pretty sure i'm stopping at. see they have four year old kind. screening next week. i've been he hawing around with just getting amelya screened. you don't have to be attending 4K to get screened. because i have no intentions or desire to send her to 4K. but i guess it'd make me feel better to know that she is 'on the right track'. which i am pretty sure she is. she can recognize all her letters, most of her numbers, she can write her first and last name and a lot of the other letters, she knows quite of few sounds the letters make. she'll be four in TWO WEEKS!!??! yikes. i can't believe that!!
but i figured they'll also screen her eyes and hearing as well. so i dunno. if i get to the school i'll do it. if i'm running way late...i won't.
i also have scrapbooking tonight. so when i get home from the mall i have to organize all my stuff. which is kind of a pain. part of me feels like going to scrapping and just talking all night, then i wouldn't have to lug all my stuff out. is that lazy? yea probably. plus i won't get any further ahead will i?
shaun doesn't have to work this weekend!!! yay! i'm super excited for that. tomorrow some friends from church have rented out a sand volleyball court. so we'll probably go and play for awhile. they have two courts there. so one we can play on, and the other the girlies can play in. so it'll work out nice. plus it will be fun to do! i'm all competitive i guess. but i am not really that good at volleyball. i was only in vb in 7th and 8th grade. then i did tennis in high school. not that much of that matters...
so even this weekend will be run run run. hopefully next week slows down a bit.....it has to. but i guess not too much. monday we have our tax appt and oh man that just reminded me i have nothing ready for that!! guess what i'll be doing tomorrow morning. monday afternoon dustin has his four month check up. so i guess monday is just as busy. tuesday will be dance day. but we're going to the chiro monday so tuesday we'll go home after dance. maybe. lol.
so because i'm most likely boring you to tears. i am going to go. besides that...i have to shower...so I don't start stinking...
hey. i get a few new followers and then i leave you all hanging. yesterday was a uber busy day. and i didn't feel like blogging last night...because i was just plain tired.
Breigh... 
Caitlyn...
TWO of MANY attempts at all FOUR...it's harder than you think...especially when you're by yourself!!!
do you know how hard it is to think of something creative to title my not me monday posts. i could just do...not me monday, but no i have to be all creative. which right now i'm not. so you're stuck with. wasn't me. as always head over to mckmama's for more not me monday fun.
...it wasn't me who picked up my soda at mcdonald's and spilled a quarter of it on the floor because the cover wasn't on tight. i would always check the cover BEFORE i picked it up, not after my hand was all sticky. i was not afraid of the wrath of mean manager lady when i told her i spilled some soda. (seriously though, there is a mean manager lady there and she got all tiffy at us one week with our kids...settle settle) so of course when i went to refil my cup it wasn't me who grabbed my soda, with out the cover, and spilled some more on my hand and the floor. there was not a manager lady standing there and said, don't worry about it someone's coming to mop up the floor. good thing she didn't know I was the reason they were coming from the LAST TIME i spilled my soda. because THAT would've been embarassing!!
...it wasn't me who cried and laughed at the same time when i read my valentine's day gift from shaun...more on that later...
...it wasn't me who ran around like crazy picking up my house when my mom called to say she was coming out in about ten minutes. i wasn't relieved to have it all picked up when she got here a half hour later. whew. my house i always tip top clean so i never have to run around. if you wanna surprise me with a visit feel free....no really.please.don't.
...it wasn't me getting excited for the mail all week because i got more fuzzi bunz diapers in the mail. i'm not all excited about this cloth diapering stuff that i did not dedicate a whole entire post to it either.
...it wasn't me excited to see i had three new followers last week...thanks guys. i didn't get excited to have over 13,000 hits either. that's just too obsessive. i.am.not.obsessed.
...i am not going to shamelessy plug my giveaway. i am not asking you to check out the full details. i am not going to ask you to please post it on your blog for a chance to win an uber cool devotional book. i am not going to ask you to pray about giving to the cause to get two more chances to win. i am not going to remind you that you do not have to give to win, all you have to do is post it on your blog for a chance to win. if you give you get a couple more chances. if you don't have a blog...why not? get one. :0) but seriously i am going to ask you all of those things, because i really want to bless the drs and nurses going down to haiti with loads of things for the people they work with in the clinics down there. please? thanks.
...oh one more thing...i am not obsessed with hitting mckmama's four millionth it. i am not so obessed that i totally miscalculated/misread the numbers last week and was way off. and i am not kind of bummed that i will probably miss it today because i am leaving for mom's group. oh well. there is always five million. ha.five.million. and i'm getting excited over 13,000....
so there you have it. :0) good thing there was not dog poo to talk about this week. oscar has been fine all week. well he slept outside too a few nights. but since we've allowed him to sleep in the house again...no more doggy flu poo....
well saturday was valentine's day. big revelation. i'm sure. but anyways. we're not to huge on doing anything for v-day. but we always will get each other a little something something. no NOT that something something....lol...my special friend is visiting anyways...too much information i'm sure...my blog. my information. deal. OKAY to THE POINT...sorry my husband's russian buddy (as shaun calls him) woke me up this morning. WHAT?! i'm sure is what you are thinking. see shaun had to work by five this morning and forgot his phone. so his russian co-worker called him...me this morning looking for shaun. which i probably sounded like being woken up by the phone call. it was seven..so it wasn't that bad...but i was still tired...and now i'm way off track. geesh.
here i'll start a new paragraph. maybe this will help me get to the point...or not. :0) so. we've been working through the fireproof your marriage couple's kit the past five weeks. week three talks about your marriage vows and the covenant you made to each other. the challenge is to renew your vows. so we decided to write some vows to each other as our valentine's day gift. let me tell you that was SO much better than any material thing he could've bought me. on saturday we just gave them to each other. but last night when we sat down to do our session we read them aloud to each other. which was way fun. and is why i laughed and cried while reading his note. he was all serious and sweet on minute and silly the next. i'll share some of it with you.
here are some of my favorite vows from my sweet and silly hubby:
i will love you when you get old and wrinkly. (we have always told each other this, so it was fun to hear. because we haven't told each other that in a while)
i will always put god in the middle of our marrige. (that's an obvious one, but one that needs to always be remembered)
i will kiss you even with BBQ sauce breath. (he doesn't like bbq sauce. i do. isn't it nice he'll still kiss me though? :0) )
i will still play games with you even if you are better. (which is funny because he usually ends up beating ME)
i will help with wash and dishes. (when he read this one aloud he scrunched his face. must've forgot he wrote that one...now i have proof!! lol.)
i will love you even if your farts smell...well mine can't be any better. (yes people i fart. and yes they smell. apparently bad. lol. i laughed when i read that one. and last night when he was reading it aloud i let one out, on accident, right when he was saying that. ohhhh it was so funny.)
my favorite one is this. i will always love you amanda. i love to hear/see him use my name. i'm always called mom or mommy. hardly amanda. so it is nice to hear it from him. then of course he had to be all silly to end his letter...you are my friend, encourager, lover and most of all my wife. you poor poor poor girl. he he he.
oh it was a riot. i'll share a bit of mine that i wrote him. so that way you all don't feel like i'm totally sharing everything only he wrote. i was a bit more serious in mine. but also had some that were silly.
this one is his favorite. (i started my letter out i vow to you...)
...to make-out with you more. ( of course he's a boy and this is his favorite, but the other week he said we don't make-out a lot anymore. just beause we make-out doesn't mean anything else has to happen...so i vowed to do that more...)
...to always put god first. you second and our kids third. i need to remember that order. (which is so true. i am good at getting god first, but sometimes feel like i put the kids before my husband. that is not the right order)
...to never feel like giving up on us and to let you know if i ever feel that way. (this is a hard one to admit. the past few years of pregnancies have been hard on my emotional rollercoaster. there were many times i wanted to throw in the towel...and just be done. but PRAISE GOD. he saw me through those dark dark places and led me back to him. and to my husband. i think that we all may feel that way, even for a split second, but it is what we do with that emotion that means the most.)
...to support you and your dreams. even if it ever means moving to iowa or minnesota. (i have no problems with either state, except for the fact that none of our families are there. but i know he has dreams, and if god should fufill those dreams outside of wisconsin...i will and have to be there with him...)
i had 22 vows for my hubby. he probably had close to that as well. i ended at 22 because that's 'our number'. we started dating may 22 and got married november 22. 'awwww'.
i encourage and challenge you to do this with your husband/wife. no matter how long you've been married i think it is fun to re-visit the whole vow thing. and read them aloud to each other. it doesn't have to be anything fancy in a church in front of family. it can be in your jammies with no make up on sitting on your couch by yourselves. let me know if you do. and how much fun it was. it'll open up so much coversation i'm sure of it. :0)
sorry for the uber long post today. for those of you visiting for not me monday...it's usually long like this...and please come back and see me again! i'd love you to stay and get to know me some more! :0) let me know you were here...so i can come and stalk you too....good day my friends.
hey!! here is the cloth diaper post i promised. and good thing it is still 'this week' so i wasn't lying when i told you it would be coming! i'll answer the questions i've been asked and just give you my opinion on the whole diapering thing, because after all this IS my blog so that's what i get to do.
this is a picture of our diapers. i have the girls prefolds in the plastic tote, i want to buy another one yet...and the two white piles are the inserts. dustin's prefolds are on the other side of that. i also have the stacks of disposables out. but we haven't touched them much lately. on teh bottom is three baskets. one for each kiddo in diapers. in the baskets are the covers and the fuzzi bunz diapers.
::THE DIAPERS I'M USING::
for those of you who don't know already...i am using prefolds and wraps at home and a pocket diaper when we are out and about. the only reason for using the other diapers when we are not home is that it is a bit faster and easier to change the pocket diaper versus the prefolds. i feel that they both do an excellent job of absorbing for my kids and have not had many leaking problems at all. in fact i've only had to change caitlyn's outfit because of a leak, and the diaper leaked because i didn't have the insert in straight! (i do make sure of that now!!)
THE BUMMIS WRAPS. they come in such cute patterns. these are just two of the ones i love!
THE PREFOLD. this is what gets 'folded' up inside the wraps.
THE FUZZI BUNZ. they come in cute colors and some patterns too!!
INSERTS. here is an insert that goes in the fuzzi bunz.
MY TOTE AND LAUNDRY BAG INSIDE. simple as that my friends.
WHITE MESH BAG TO PUT COVERS IN. again. simple.as.that.
THE SNAPPI!! love it!!
you like those? you are SO jealous of those. aren't you? too bad. all three of them are all MINE. those are the incredible, awesome socks that are the great 'tacky' christmas gifts from jessica. i won her photo naming contest and this was my prize. she even threw in TWO extra pairs of socks!! how nice is that!?! and it came in a super cute pink envelope. that my husband thought was a gift for 'him' in a form of lingerie...ha ha ha ha. i laughed really hard at that one...he seriously was all excited when he brought the mail in and saw that package. i'm still giggling about it.
okay on to other fun stuff. because you know one fun thing is not enough. if you all remember i posted the other day about donating my 'not so perfect' cloth diapers to a really nice lady who does work in haiti. welllllllllllllll i've been feeling a little tug at my heart to do more for this lady. so with her permission i am going to ask YOU for help. i emailed her and asked what kinds of other things they would be in need of for her next trip down to haiti. her email back to me had a few 'simple' items they are in need of. infant or kids vitamins, formula, peanut butter etc. SOO i got to thinking and praying. i know that i have a few cans of formula in my cupboard that i got from the hospital that i won't use because of nursing. and i got to wondering if there are others like me out there.....
so. here's my point. wanna help? can you help? if you answered yes. thanks so much. first off i think the most important thing to do is pray for these people in haiti. just like we should pray for everyone.
secondly. i'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to bless becky, the lady, with loads more stuff to take to her trip to haiti. and i know that by blessing her...we'll be blessing the people in haiti. and i truly know that you will be blessed. so if you would like to help here are some options...
...have some unopened formula cans you won't be using...send them to me...
...or any of the items that she listed. the list seems small but i am sure that they will take 'whatever'....don't want to pay huge shipping costs to mail me the stuff? well i was thinking about that. so if you feel led to help you could buy a walmart gift card and tell me what you'd like me to buy with it and i will go get it at our local wally world. or where ever i guess. i'm from wisconsin so i know that we don't have all the same stores, but i figured wally world is kind of a 'staple store' that most all of us have.
if you feel so led...please email me for my address and i will get it to you. and then you can mail me a package or a gift card for whatever you'd like me to buy.
i'd also love love love for you to post about this little 'gift raiser'. if that's correct. so much so that if you dooooooo there may be a little prize involved for you. :0) like that? and NO it's not the socks above. i do actually plan on wearing them. they will keep my feet warm in this lovely wisconsin weather. which is no longer spring like. it was on tuesday...anyways i digress......so if you want to be a part of this prize here is what you can do:
...link back to this posting on your blog and let me know about it. (1 entry)...donate to the cause. (2 more entries)
...the prize? well here it is:
this is the devotional book that shaun and i do. we are almost through it. but of course i'll send you a NEW copy. because i can't wait to go through it again with him sometime again. it is a great devotional book and i feel that it is SO important to do together as a couple. now i know some of you may not be married, but you may be soon...or you may be invited to a wedding...what have you...this book would make a fantastic gift. in fact i gave it as a gift to the mommies in my moms' group for christmas this year. it is a different kind of devo. here is what amazon.com says:
Ladies are tired of trying to engage their man in something he is reluctant to do... like devotional time. Guys are feeling like the term "devotional" is code for "boring". Plus, husbands and wives have different views on what intimacy is all about.
For those who are wondering if they're living more with their "roommate" than their "soulmate," then this devotional can help them meet on common ground and discover each other in new ways. Men won't even need an alarm clock to wake them when "devotional time" is finished!
Filled with insights from a real couple on real issues, Songs in the Key of Solomon will get spouses laughing, thinking, sharing, touching, and praying possibly all during the same reading. Each offering in this devotional is designed to spark connections around issues that matter, so couples deepen their emotional, spiritual, and physical unity and ignite new levels of intimacy. (One devotional even involves a bathtub and some candles!)
Here is an invitation to discover the music in marriage maybe for the first time... or maybe once again.
sounds fun doesn't it!! and it is. shaun and i have had so many fun talks while doing our devotional time. talks that we would've missed had we not asked the questions to each other in the book. oh yeah did i mention the subtitle to the book? well it is this: in the word, and in the mood. lol. so it is definitely not your 'ordinary' kind of devotional.
plus it is written in part with her hubby, by anita renfroe. the lady behind the mom song. if you have never seen that video you MUST!! it is hilarious.
oh and i need the stuff by FEBRUARY 27TH. becky has a 'pack it up party' around the first of march and they leave the 12th for the trip. that would give me a few days to get it to her.
i'm really excited to see what will come of this. and pray that you will pray about helping out. i KNOW that there are people in our own city, states, and country that also need our help. i've just been presented with THIS opportunity and am going to take it. i am praying that you will too.
and how is this? if together i get FIFTY comments on this posting i'll give away TWO copies of the devotional. if i get FIFTY people to DONATE i'll give away a third copy. so see you can help and win the devotional and help get some 'spark' into your devotional time together. so please spread the word!
i'm excited to be doing my first give away and still be giving more than just that.
so thanks. and sorry for the long post!! but it's common for me anyways. and btw i am STOKED that survior starts tonight and amazing race starts sunday. i am not at all addicted to television.
well here is my weekly review.
i will tell all...so if you haven't watched it and want to. skip over the bl part.
sooooooooo i LOVE that the teams went with their hearts and didn't 'play the game'. it game player in me wanted them to play the game and send dane home. i hope this doesn't get them all in the end though. they all had valid points during their discussions on who should go home. i'm glad blaine got to go home to be with his baby. i couldn't imagine missing those first few weeks.
and can i say woot woot to the purple team for winning the challenge. i was SO excited. and good thing they won...otherwise one of them would've been back in good ole wisconsin. i am hoping kristin will get under 300 next week.
i was SO excited the brown team did well. they deserved a good week for once.
the yellow team frustrates me. i know that she missed her family...BUT i totally agreed with jillian. i think mandi should've worked out. her husband would've understood. but to each their own i guess. aubrey kind of drives me crazy too.
the green team. hmmm. tara seems to be pulling her slack, laura on the other hand...mmm...not so much. i don't get it. have these people never watched the show? do they not know that yes it is going to be hard. and yes you're probably going to get your butt kicked by the trainers. that is what you signed up for. hello!?
i so love the blue team. they're so passionate. i dunno. just fun guys i guess.
it's going to be interesting next week to see how bob reacts to his team playing with their hearts and not 'the game'.
soooo....then i watched without a trace. good episode. makes me wonder in real life how many guys 'get off' and the authorities know it. hmmm.
i watched a blurp of the octuplet mom. i don't know how i feel about it. i feel sad i think. and kind of mad. there are SO many people out there who want babies. i feel that she abused her right to have kids. i don't know. it's all just kind of frustrating to me.
anyways. i started this yesterday. accidentally hit publish. and then quick tried to take it back. well that didn't work. so now you all are clicking to see my bl review and it's not there. sorry. so here it is or rather there it was up there. i have something fun to post about later...but i have to finish picking up my kitchen and you know take care of my kids til nap time. then i'll be back to tell you all something fun. :0)
hope you don't mind. i have no set topic to post about. but to keep you readers reading, i must post. :0) lol.
last night we watched my friend's daughters. ages two and a half and eleven months. yep that's right. six kids. under amelya's age. it was fun. i loved every minute of it actually! shaun on the other hand was way stressed. we were making supper and i said don't you just LOVE this. a full kitchen with kids. he said. um. not really. it stresses me out. now i'd understand better had something stressful been happening. but there wasn't the big girls were all in chairs, dustin in the bouncy, caitlyn in a booster seat and allie in the high chair. boys. does this mean we're going to have six kids? mmmm. probably not. but you never know!! lol. my mind still goes back and forth about even one more kid...much less...two more kids...so we'll see...
so. i sold that nursing cover!! woo hoo. and because i dropped it off at her work...she asked if she could pay me FIVE MORE DOLLARS. um. sure? lol. it was really nice of her to offer. and it wasn't really out of my way anyhow. and those cloth diapers i was trying to sell? those are gone too. however. not sold. i gave them away. there was a posting up on craigslist about a woman who goes to haiti and is in need of cloth diapers down there for the babies. so i emailed her about my diapers and told her she could have them. i then decided to give her some of the prefolds i bought as well. i'm getting some different diapers from a really nice blogging friend who offered to sell me some for cheap. and decided to thin out the prefolds i had then. i was going to sell them, but decided that i'd love for someone who truly NEEDS them to have them. the lady is a nurse who goes down to haiti and works at the clinics down there. she said she is getting sick of getting peed on and thought cloth diapers would be great. so i'm extremely blessed to be able to help her out. and other mommies down there out. if i can't go down to help then she can do it for me!
i've also had a request to do a post all about cloth diapering from someone with questions. i told her i'd work on it for this week. before i post it i'd like to know if anyone else has any questions about cloth diapering? about diapering THREE? :0) i'd love to help out anyone who has any questions. i totally am enjoying my cloth diapering and think it's quite fun. it's almost addicting though, buying all those cute diaper covers and fuzzi bunz!! :0) it's like me buying shoes and hats for my kiddos. i LOVE shoes and hats. so yeah...ask away! and i'll post hopefully later this week about it. besides it gives me a 'purpose' to a post then!!
i've been debating doing another random find out about me post. only because after doing them...i realize more random crazy things i do!! lol. so we'll see. maybe i'll bless you all with that sometime soon as well...
okay so the lovely pres was on last night. on every stinkin channel...we don't have cable. at times like that i wish we did. i mean can't they put it on ONE channel and those who WANT to watch can and will...and for those who just don't want to...can enjoy watching something else? sorry to whine. but it's the truth!! the bachelor was good. i'm glad he got rid of naomi. i think i see him with jillian actually. or molly. melissa is only okay to me. i dunno. i just hate the make out sessions. oh well. it's almost over...and next week i think deanna comes back...ohhhh that'll get exciting. tv drama. geesh.
biggest loser tonight! i love that show. i know you all pretty much knew that though. so i'm sure i'll have a review tomorrow.
and before i bore you anymore. i'm off to do something. i don't know what. but something.
i have yet to learn...and have yet to start my posts before monday. today is monday. not me monday. join the fun with me and everyone else over at mckmama's.
today my not me will be short. because i don't have the time to sit and think about what i didn't do because...my dog didn't do this...
...on saturday morning shaun was home...we planned a nice relaxing morning...til i went downstairs and saw a humungo pile of doggy 'flu' poop...all over our floor...i let the dog out to save his life...shaun said it was a good thing...he would've not been happy had he seen the dog and the flu poop all over together...i was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy that shaun was home and could clean it up. and i didn't laugh once as he gagged while cleaning it up. nope.
...then i woke up this morning. i was not excited for a monday. i guess really i wasn't...but anyways i get off track...i did not walk down the steps to see more 'flu' poop from our precious dog. i am not putting off cleaning it up by writing this. i am not probably going to gag. i do not think this is my payback. i did not call shaun and tell him he should come home to clean it up and go back to work. i am not almost in tears about having to clean it up. i do not want my dog to start sleeping outside and having his flu poop out there.
i am a bit thankful i am sick though. because maybe i won't be able to smell it as bad. ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i don't want to do it. but i suppose i shall quit whining and get to it. because i know shaun wouldn't be happy if it was still there when he gets home from work. i just would rather it be doggy flu puke instead of poo...i think puke is easier...but i leave you with this verse...because it is the verse i will need to 'get through' this...with God all things are possible... —Matthew 19:26
sorry guys. i do have to go. i WISH i was making this up. toodles....
renee did this husband meme. i thought it was cute, actually there are two of them. so because i felt like doing an 'easy' post this morning....here goes nothing...play along if you'd like...and let me know if you do!! ;0)
Husband Tag
1. Where did you meet? sweetheart hop dance (although he 'noticed' me at the grocery store first i guess...he was just too shy to 'meet' me...)
2. How long did you date before you got married? exactally four and a half years (to the day) i was in high school yet people! that's what took 'so' long
3. How long have you been married? little over five years...wow!! ptl.
4. What does he do that surprises you? it actually surprised me a bit that he was so 'on board' with this cloth diapering stuff. he doesn't mind doing it at all. i'm so thankful for such a easy-going guy!!
5. What is your favorite feature of his? i love his eyes and his smile
6. What is your favorite quality of his? that he is sensitive...he was the first boy i've ever seen cry, and he wasn't ashamed about it...
7. Does he have a nickname for you? he is the only person i allow to call me mandie, he also calls me bunny i don't even know how that started
8. What is his favorite color? red
9. What is his favorite food? he loves my cheesy hashbrowns...it's about the only 'good' thing i can make...but after i actually ASKED him he says stroganoff...yuck i don't like it...so he doesn't get it. :0)
10. What is his favorite sport? he doesn't really care too much about sports
11. When and where was your first kiss? june 1999. in his car. apparently he was just looking at me and i thought he wanted to kiss...so i kissed him. he tells me i totally surprised him by that...but he was totally fine with it. lol.
12. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? i love just laying in bed and talking with him and laughing together...that's my most favorite thing...
13. Do you have any children? well this question is kind of obvious...umm yeah. we have four beautiful babies here on earth...and one in heaven that i can't wait to meet one day...
14. Does he have a hidden talent? hmmm...not really...he's really good at fixing most everything...but that talent isn't hidden
15. How old is he? 28
16. Who said I love you first? he did. he always said i like you. i like you a lot. and one night after that it was i love you.
17. What’s his favorite type of music? christian or oldies
18. What do you admire most about him? he works so very hard to provide for us and that he can fix most everything. and i love watching him be a daddy to our babies...
19. Do you think he will read this? most likely not, he doesn't read my blog...that i know of!!
HUSBAND MEME
1. He’s sitting in front of the TV: What is on the screen? right now? hannah montana. lol. he watches pretty much everything. doesn't really care too much, and even though he may not want you all to know this...he's been watching the bachelor a lot this season and is in to it more than I am!!
2. You’re out to eat. What kind of dressing does he get on his salad? French
3. What is one food he doesn’t like? bbq sauce
4. You go out to the bar. What does he order? we don't go to the bar. but it'd be a mountain dew if we did
5. Where did he go to high school? chilton high school
6. What size shoe does he wear? 10 or 10 1/2 depends
7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be? tractors
8. What is his favorite type of sandwich? ham and cheese
9. What would the Husband eat every day if he could? i don't think he'd like eating the same food everyday
10. What is his favorite cereal? something really boring without sugar...he was serious deprived as a child and not allowed sugar ceral!! poor kid. his favorite is the corn chex cereal. i'm so not making that up!!
11. What would he never wear? sandals or flip flops. the guy wears socks and shoes to the beach! :0) lol.
12. What is his favorite sports team? doesn't care
13. Who is his best friend? ME! ;o)...really it is...i asked!
14. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn’t do? nag. geesh. i'm regretting asking him now...
15. How many states has he lived in? just one. even the same city too!
16. What is his heritage? german and irish
17. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind is it? angel food...or none...like this year. which he is now reminding me of AGAIN!
18. Did he play sports in high school? cross country and wrestling and football
19. What could he spend hours doing? staring at me. :0) i made that one up. here's the second one...sitting in a tractor in a field, with me in it....and then he can do both. he he he he....
ohhhh that was fun!! play along. come on! have a happy saturday and sunday too...because i don't think i'll be back til monday!! :0)
yeppers. i got them today. so here is the results as i got them. i was on the phone so the dr left me a message. here is how i heard::
hi, amanda. this is dr lee in for dr andrews. i wanted to get you your results for the biopsy. it looks as if it is (beep) so give me a call and we can discuss this. *random talking* and again like i said the cyst is a normal BENIGN cyst...
i missed it the first time because my phone was still beeping telling me that i had the voicemail i was already listening to. geesh. but yep...NO CANCER. it's BENIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!
PRAISE THE LORD!! GOD IS SO SO SO SO FAITHFUL AND GOOD!!
but you know...even if it would've been cancer...god is still so so so so faithful and good. but i'm praising him for answering my prayers of it being no cancer. it feels like i can breathe again. i think i've been holding my breath since last friday. and praise god for answering my prayers and getting me the results sooner rather than later. i was thinking it'd be at least next week! but YAY. it wasn't.
i can't tell you how relieved i am to be 'done' with all of this waiting stuff. i can't tell you how much i've learned through all of this. it's been a crazy ride the past few months. but a good one. one where i learned SO much about myself and the awesome god i serve. i'm excited to learn more too. because i know he has so much more to show me.
i want to thank you again...and will always be so thankful...to all of those who prayed for me through this, who asked others to pray for me and who shared such kind words! you will never know how much it all meant to me. god has blessed me tremendously with all of you, my friends. i feel close enough to you all that i can, and WILL call you that.
now i have a favor to ask. i want to see the work god did through all of this...and i want you to see it too. if you've prayed for me...will you comment and let me know? if god has shown YOU something...will you comment and let me know? or just comment. i want HIM to be glorified. for HE is the one who did ALL of this. no one else. i just want to share my story. :0)
thanks again my friends. i LOVE each and everyone of you...and i've been praying for YOU too! :0) loves loves and more loves!!
**UPDATE: for those of you who have searched the first born facebook survey...when i did the survey there was no question four when i answered it. had i known the question i would've answered it. my answer to the question number four is no. never. no way.***
well here is the 'new' thing going around facebook...the first born survey. i thought it was a bit unfair to not include my other kids in it...so here is the answers to the survey...for all four of my kiddos. enjoy!
Here you go mommies- a different kind of survey for a change - it's all about your first born! and since i agree with my sweet friend chantae...i am doing it for all of them...so here we go...Just copy and paste it in a new note for yourself and send it to 20 friends.
1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? A: yes B-D: were blessed surprises
2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Yeppers
3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? A: i bawled B-D: woah...reallly? okay.
4. did anyone notice there is no four??!!??
5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? A: 21 B:22 C:23 D:24
6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? A: took a test and voila preggo B: took a test and woah preggo C: took a test in the walmart bathroom...i HAD to know...and geesh preggo D: took a test in the walmart bathroom...with all three girls and WHAT!?! preggo...HOW DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING. lol...so if you ever see me headed into the walmart bathroom....:0)
7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? A-C: Shaun D: amelya
8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? A-C: no desire D: wanted to know
9. DUE DATE? A: March 2, 2005 B: June 26, 2006 C:September 14, 2007 D:November 1, 2008
10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? A: little B: little more C:puked A LOT D: felt sick all day
11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? A: Pepsi B: cheese C: anything sweet D: pretty much anything sweet again
12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? A: getting up and down off the floor at work...it's hard work preggo!! B-D: you're preggo AGAIN!?! how old are they? yada yada yada
13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? A-C:girl D: boy
14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? never. not once.
15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN? A:45 B:36 C:33 D:40ish
16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? A: yes...you don't get anymore after that...how come?!
17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? i knew
18.DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? A-D:back pain. good thing for D i knew a good chiro!!! it was much less
19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? A-D: st elizabeth's...different room each time! and different nurses most of them too!
20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? A: almost eight B: five-ish C: six-ish D: 12-ish
21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Shaun
22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? A: there were tons o people in there...i wouldn't have changed it for the world!! two of my aunts, my sister, shaun's two sisters, shaun's mom, shaun's aunt (plus the doctor and nurses...and i needed the vacuum to help so i also had the nicu nurses too!) my mom was there for a little while...something about a trip to mexico had to have her leave...lol
B: tons again...this time my mom choose to not go to mexico...my sister, one of shaun's sisters...the other watched amelya, shaun's mom, shaun's aunt, the doctor and nurses
C: just me and shaun!! although my mom came to 'check on me' on her way to work and got to see her first...perfect timing!!
D: just me and shaun...and that's it...well besides the dr's. i really enjoyed giving birth both ways. besides by the time you want to push it don't matter who is there!!
23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? natural
24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? only nubain.
25. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? A: 9 lbs 4 ounces B: 7 lbs 10 ounces C: 8 lbs D: 8 lbs 7 ounces
26. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? A: March 5th 2005 B: June 14 2006 C: September 6 2007 D: October 22 2008 (because of amelya's big birth weight i was induced after that...thank goodness!!)
27. WHAT DID YOU NAME YOUR CHILD? A: Amelya Francis (after my grandma and shaun's dad)
B: Breigh Mayann (May is after my mom and Ann is after me and shaun's mom)
C: Caitlyn Michaela (i've always wanted a caitlyn and michaela is after shaun's middle name of michael)
D: Dustin Russell (dustin is after shaun's brother kyle and russell is after my daddy)
28. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? Amelya will be FOUR in march, Breigh is a little over two and a half, Caitlyn is seventeen months this week, and Dustin will be four months old this month...geesh where does the time go!?!?
that was fun. give it a try if you're bored...lol...nighty night night my friends!
