Cason was just happy to escape his nap. He cuddled Gia.
AND Paige.
I walked out of the room and when they started cuddling they yelled for me to "come see". They know when I'll think they're cute.
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
A Cuddly Afternoon
Today I took the kids for a drive to get Cason to nap. We drove and drove and drove and he was NOT looking sleepy. He just kept playing, and then Paige, who never naps anymore, fell asleep and he was still wide awake. So I gave up and went home. Paige actually woke up fairly happy, although she pretended to be mad I interrupted her nap.
Cason was just happy to escape his nap. He cuddled Gia.
AND Paige.
I walked out of the room and when they started cuddling they yelled for me to "come see". They know when I'll think they're cute.
Cason was just happy to escape his nap. He cuddled Gia.AND Paige.I walked out of the room and when they started cuddling they yelled for me to "come see". They know when I'll think they're cute.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Scottie Mobile: Completed
Well it doesn't spin or play music, or even hang all that straight for that matter, but I still think it's pretty cute.
I rediscovered some argyle ribbon I bought a while ago with no purpose for it in mind. I just thought it was cute, because I love argyle and I love black and grey. It worked perfectly for little collars for the black scotties.
So I'll just put pink or blue on the 2 white ones later. Then I drew the bones on a piece of wood and had Jess break out the jigsaw. Painted it white, tied it all together with some fishing line, and voila: A mobile.
Now let's finish with this post-bath cutie:
I rediscovered some argyle ribbon I bought a while ago with no purpose for it in mind. I just thought it was cute, because I love argyle and I love black and grey. It worked perfectly for little collars for the black scotties.
So I'll just put pink or blue on the 2 white ones later. Then I drew the bones on a piece of wood and had Jess break out the jigsaw. Painted it white, tied it all together with some fishing line, and voila: A mobile.
Now let's finish with this post-bath cutie:
Tiny Scotties
A couple days have passed. We did a little cleaning. Had a couple dance parties. This one was planned and executed by the kids without any help from us. They even set up chairs so they could take turns dancing and watching from a seat.
Paige dancing, Cason watching:
Cason dancing, Paige watching:
Saturday I had a baby shower, a visit from an out of town friend and her new baby, and then we went to dinner for Alex's birthday. After the dinner the girls came to spend the night. They were really excited, so we went to Hastings for a movie. Faith decided she wanted to go home with her mom before we even made it to our house. Haha. But we went home so they could play a little while before her mom got there. Alex did some cooking, sometimes with, sometimes without Paige. (Sorry in advance for how dark these pictures are, our camera's not doing too hot)
Faith ate cookies and threw "bones" for the little dog children to fetch.
After Faith went home the other three settled in to watch what may have been the most poorly made movie I've ever seen. "Cop Dog" in case you're wondering. But they liked it.
I couldn't watch too much, so I worked on a little baby project. Little tiny scottie dogs for a mobile for the baby's room. They were fun to make, quick and easy and cute. They'll just need little pink bows or blue collars later. Then I had to make bigger ones for the kids, because they kept stealing my tiny ones.
We also had the 4th of July/Mollie's birthday of course. I forgot my camera though. :( It was smaller and quieter than usual, but still lots of fun. I may have tried 3-4 different desserts. Shooting for an 80 pound weight gain this pregnancy. Paige wanted to watch a movie at Mollie and Tim's, so we kept the poor people awake longer than they probably wanted. Then she didn't want to leave when we tried to convince her to in the middle of Snow White. So Mollie asked if she wanted to stay the night. She said yes, so we kissed her and said our goodbyes. Then we drove for a few minutes, waiting to see if we'd get a call that she changed her mind. We did, of course. This was only her 2nd time even thinking about spending the night somewhere, so she's not QUITE ready. So we turned around and picked her up again. :)
Paige dancing, Cason watching:
Cason dancing, Paige watching:
Saturday I had a baby shower, a visit from an out of town friend and her new baby, and then we went to dinner for Alex's birthday. After the dinner the girls came to spend the night. They were really excited, so we went to Hastings for a movie. Faith decided she wanted to go home with her mom before we even made it to our house. Haha. But we went home so they could play a little while before her mom got there. Alex did some cooking, sometimes with, sometimes without Paige. (Sorry in advance for how dark these pictures are, our camera's not doing too hot)
Faith ate cookies and threw "bones" for the little dog children to fetch.
After Faith went home the other three settled in to watch what may have been the most poorly made movie I've ever seen. "Cop Dog" in case you're wondering. But they liked it.
I couldn't watch too much, so I worked on a little baby project. Little tiny scottie dogs for a mobile for the baby's room. They were fun to make, quick and easy and cute. They'll just need little pink bows or blue collars later. Then I had to make bigger ones for the kids, because they kept stealing my tiny ones.
We also had the 4th of July/Mollie's birthday of course. I forgot my camera though. :( It was smaller and quieter than usual, but still lots of fun. I may have tried 3-4 different desserts. Shooting for an 80 pound weight gain this pregnancy. Paige wanted to watch a movie at Mollie and Tim's, so we kept the poor people awake longer than they probably wanted. Then she didn't want to leave when we tried to convince her to in the middle of Snow White. So Mollie asked if she wanted to stay the night. She said yes, so we kissed her and said our goodbyes. Then we drove for a few minutes, waiting to see if we'd get a call that she changed her mind. We did, of course. This was only her 2nd time even thinking about spending the night somewhere, so she's not QUITE ready. So we turned around and picked her up again. :)
Friday, July 2, 2010
Ultrasound Day
One more scottie painting:
I am not going to be winning any competitions with my sewing skills, but I finished my quilt. And from at least 4 or 5 feet away, it looks pretty good. Ha. Enough to make me proud of myself.
Front:
Back:
Now I start gathering fabric to start the boy quilt.
While I was sewing on the binding today the kids had a tea party. It was cute. Paige talks in an extra girly and fancy voice. "Would you like more tea, Cason?" He of course answers like she asked him to come hunting. "YEAH." They were both having fun, until a while later, when he was stealing cups and she was getting possessive. I heard them arguing, Paige said something and when I looked over Cason folded his arms across his chest and yelled "FINE!". Then Paige told him "I'm going to have a tea party instead of YOU!" and he shook his finger and said "NEVER NEVER." Haha. Pretty soon they were playing happily again. Right now they're at the picnic table, and Paige asked Cason "So what did you do today?" Then she told him "What I did today is get my makeup to put on me. All my kids were in Vegas."
We had an ultrasound today. I was really nervous she might confirm my fears that this baby is gigantic, but it was the opposite. She said it's not as accurate this late as it would've been if we'd had an ultrasound much earlier, but based on the measurements she got, the doctor COULD move our due date BACK, to November 1st. He may not do that, since we did have our ultrasound this late. I hope he doesn't, then I'll be less worried that I'm going to give birth to a 9 + pound baby. We'll see what he says at our next appointment I guess.
During the ultrasound Jess kept saying "HIS hand" and "HIS face". Ha. It'll be a girl just to surprise him.
We were trying to show Paige the baby's face, but she couldn't see it. I told her you can kind of see the baby's bones, like a skeleton. She goes "What's the skeleton baby doing?" Ha. If she DOES think I'm going to give birth to a skeleton baby, she didn't seem distressed about it.
I THINK he or she is sucking on a thumb (or whole hand) here.
Besides Jess, nobody slipped and accidentally told us the gender, thankfully.
I am not going to be winning any competitions with my sewing skills, but I finished my quilt. And from at least 4 or 5 feet away, it looks pretty good. Ha. Enough to make me proud of myself.Front:
Back:
Now I start gathering fabric to start the boy quilt.While I was sewing on the binding today the kids had a tea party. It was cute. Paige talks in an extra girly and fancy voice. "Would you like more tea, Cason?" He of course answers like she asked him to come hunting. "YEAH." They were both having fun, until a while later, when he was stealing cups and she was getting possessive. I heard them arguing, Paige said something and when I looked over Cason folded his arms across his chest and yelled "FINE!". Then Paige told him "I'm going to have a tea party instead of YOU!" and he shook his finger and said "NEVER NEVER." Haha. Pretty soon they were playing happily again. Right now they're at the picnic table, and Paige asked Cason "So what did you do today?" Then she told him "What I did today is get my makeup to put on me. All my kids were in Vegas."
We had an ultrasound today. I was really nervous she might confirm my fears that this baby is gigantic, but it was the opposite. She said it's not as accurate this late as it would've been if we'd had an ultrasound much earlier, but based on the measurements she got, the doctor COULD move our due date BACK, to November 1st. He may not do that, since we did have our ultrasound this late. I hope he doesn't, then I'll be less worried that I'm going to give birth to a 9 + pound baby. We'll see what he says at our next appointment I guess.During the ultrasound Jess kept saying "HIS hand" and "HIS face". Ha. It'll be a girl just to surprise him.
We were trying to show Paige the baby's face, but she couldn't see it. I told her you can kind of see the baby's bones, like a skeleton. She goes "What's the skeleton baby doing?" Ha. If she DOES think I'm going to give birth to a skeleton baby, she didn't seem distressed about it.
I THINK he or she is sucking on a thumb (or whole hand) here.
Besides Jess, nobody slipped and accidentally told us the gender, thankfully.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Dance Day
Today Paige had her 2nd day of dance. Although it was the first day she did tumbling and tap. She, Lily, and one other girl were in the class. The other girl was the one who was mean last time, but Paige said she was nice today. Although she also said "She was smelling me."
I have no idea what that even means. Ha.
Veronica, Cason and I peeked in a few times, and it was SO cute. I saw them tiptoeing around, walking along a little balance beam on the floor, and doing somersaults along a mat. They all looked like they were so excited, but they were doing really well and listening to the teacher. Yes, Paige's skirt is definitely on backwards. Didn't notice until we got home and I took this picture.
Cason misses her while she's gone during class. We waited out front with Veronica, burning alive because they keep it unbearably hot. When the girls came out after class, Cason went up and gave Paige a huge hug because he'd missed her. So sweet.
I'm 25 weeks. Although we have an ultrasound tomorrow, so we'll see if they change my due date.
I have no idea what that even means. Ha.
Veronica, Cason and I peeked in a few times, and it was SO cute. I saw them tiptoeing around, walking along a little balance beam on the floor, and doing somersaults along a mat. They all looked like they were so excited, but they were doing really well and listening to the teacher. Yes, Paige's skirt is definitely on backwards. Didn't notice until we got home and I took this picture.
Cason misses her while she's gone during class. We waited out front with Veronica, burning alive because they keep it unbearably hot. When the girls came out after class, Cason went up and gave Paige a huge hug because he'd missed her. So sweet.I'm 25 weeks. Although we have an ultrasound tomorrow, so we'll see if they change my due date.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Phantom Package
Today was a great mail day. Those are the best. First I got 2 separate sets of fabric I ordered. One was paw print fabric for the boy quilt. I love paw prints. One was outdoor fabric to make cushions for the bench out front.
THEN I got a little phantom package from Chris and Sarah. Jess and I love when a random check you're not expecting shows up in the mail, and we call them "Phantom Checks". But this may have been my first "Phantom Package". I opened it up to find a card and a little stuffed scottie dog.
He'll look so cute in the baby's room. I love him, he made my day. Thanks guys. I just have to keep Cason from stealing him. Once he likes a stuffed animal, it's his forever.
Tomorrow I'll not only be 25 weeks, but my insurance through Jess' work will finally kick in. So that means I get to do all the worst stuff at my appointment in the morning. I get to start my day without drinking any water or eating breakfast, which will be excruciating for me since I always wake up starving and have to practically sprint to the kitchen to eat the second I wake up. Instead of eating I get to chug the entire bottle of nasty glucola, so that I can then go in and have lots of blood drawn for a glucose test and all the other bloodwork they would've done sooner if I'd had insurance.
THEN I think they'll schedule my ultrasound, but that won't excite you all, since there won't be any gender news. Which, by the way, has been surprisingly easy. I thought it would be SO hard, but I'm not even tempted to know. I guess because I couldn't care less what we have.
THEN I got a little phantom package from Chris and Sarah. Jess and I love when a random check you're not expecting shows up in the mail, and we call them "Phantom Checks". But this may have been my first "Phantom Package". I opened it up to find a card and a little stuffed scottie dog.
He'll look so cute in the baby's room. I love him, he made my day. Thanks guys. I just have to keep Cason from stealing him. Once he likes a stuffed animal, it's his forever.Tomorrow I'll not only be 25 weeks, but my insurance through Jess' work will finally kick in. So that means I get to do all the worst stuff at my appointment in the morning. I get to start my day without drinking any water or eating breakfast, which will be excruciating for me since I always wake up starving and have to practically sprint to the kitchen to eat the second I wake up. Instead of eating I get to chug the entire bottle of nasty glucola, so that I can then go in and have lots of blood drawn for a glucose test and all the other bloodwork they would've done sooner if I'd had insurance.
THEN I think they'll schedule my ultrasound, but that won't excite you all, since there won't be any gender news. Which, by the way, has been surprisingly easy. I thought it would be SO hard, but I'm not even tempted to know. I guess because I couldn't care less what we have.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Witzes
Yesterday we went to visit Jess for lunch. Before we left Paige was changing outfits because she'd spilled something on her clothes. Between outfits she discovered the hiking backpack in the closet, and got it out. Then she just got herself buckled in like I'd automatically put it on and go hiking. Ha. I can't go to the mailbox without getting short of breath right now.
Cason refused to fall asleep on the way home, so he ended up taking a late nap, while we ate dinner. Jess was holding him on the couch while I got his dinner for him, so when I brought it over he had to slide Cason over to the arm of the couch, and then lean over sideways to eat.
Paige and Cason both came by me riding a broom together, chanting "witch, witch, witch!" Cason kind of says "Witz".
I was quilting last night, and I FINISHED! Now I just need to do the binding, and it's a complete quilt!
While I quilted, Cason took his clothes off for some reason. Probably trying to convince Jess to give him his 2nd bath of the day. But he ended up jumping on Gia's back sans clothes. He was pushing his chin into her forehead and laughing. 
Then she pushed her head up and around to kiss him and he went rolling off onto the floor, and just stayed there laughing and kicking his legs.
I have a new favorite Paige quote. The other night my mom had us over for dinner. When we were getting into the car, Paige asked my mom where HER mom is. My mom said "She's in heaven." Paige said "Oh." So we started driving away, and Paige said "Mama, I don't want you to go to Heaven", and she sounded sad. I told her "I'm gonna do my best to stay here with you for a long time. And Heaven is a REALLY happy place." She goes "THIS is a happy place." After a second she goes "I'm gonna be happy. I'm not gonna be sad EVER. AT ALL."
Perfect.
Cason refused to fall asleep on the way home, so he ended up taking a late nap, while we ate dinner. Jess was holding him on the couch while I got his dinner for him, so when I brought it over he had to slide Cason over to the arm of the couch, and then lean over sideways to eat.
Paige and Cason both came by me riding a broom together, chanting "witch, witch, witch!" Cason kind of says "Witz".
I was quilting last night, and I FINISHED! Now I just need to do the binding, and it's a complete quilt!
While I quilted, Cason took his clothes off for some reason. Probably trying to convince Jess to give him his 2nd bath of the day. But he ended up jumping on Gia's back sans clothes. He was pushing his chin into her forehead and laughing. 
Then she pushed her head up and around to kiss him and he went rolling off onto the floor, and just stayed there laughing and kicking his legs.I have a new favorite Paige quote. The other night my mom had us over for dinner. When we were getting into the car, Paige asked my mom where HER mom is. My mom said "She's in heaven." Paige said "Oh." So we started driving away, and Paige said "Mama, I don't want you to go to Heaven", and she sounded sad. I told her "I'm gonna do my best to stay here with you for a long time. And Heaven is a REALLY happy place." She goes "THIS is a happy place." After a second she goes "I'm gonna be happy. I'm not gonna be sad EVER. AT ALL."
Perfect.
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