Cha-ching!

A couple of weekends ago, I went to a "Mother of Multiples Club" sale and totally found great bargains! All of what you will see below I got for $34! Cha-ching! (I did also get 2 things for the Little Man but I forgot to take pictures of them)

I got all of this for Small Fry - it is all sitting in a baby bathtub.

I love Daddy outfit! :)

2 My First Christmas Outfits

My 1st Valentine's Day - I love the feet!

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This all what I got for Sissy

Pants and funny shirt for Caleb :)


Cutie dresses for Kalei ($1 each)

This little outfit was too cute to pass up!

Small Fry Update

Yesterday (Thursday) we went and had our next ultrasound done to see Small Fry. The high-risk doctor says everything looks great! Praise the Lord! I was very nervous about going today and then we had to wait in the waiting room for 1 hour before seeing him. That didn't help! They also looked to see if it is a boy or a girl. As you will tell from the pictures, Small Fry either had their legs crossed or their hands between their knees making it virtually impossible to tell. Sooo, we will go back in 4 weeks and hopefully he/she will cooperate then.

PS: They are 80% sure it is a girl but are not willing to say for sure. The doctor told me to not go out shopping . . . so we will just wait.

Crossed legs

Foot

Awesome picture!

And to think some believe this all happens "by chance" - ha!

Harley and the vet

The other day Harley had to go to the vet to get the last of his puppy shots and his heartworm medicine. Normally I try to avoid going on a day when I also have the Little Man because Harley is so strong and pulls me everywhere without having to worry about balancing myself and the Little Man. However, on this day the Little Man was with me. So, I tried to plan exactly what I would do and how it would all go down. Go down it went . . .

First I loaded everyone up in the car. The Little Man in the back in his car seat and Harley on his "car blanket" in the front seat so that he would not bug the Little Man. I figured I would put the Little Man in his stroller and Harley would be on his leash but who to get out of the car first?? Well, Harley made that choice easy for me - he pretty much jumped out when I got out. Thankfully I had put his leash on him because he immediately took off trying to drag me everywhere. It was quite the time trying to hold on to him and, at the same time, open the trunk, get the stroller out, open the stroller, try and get the Little Man out of his car seat, put the Little Man in the stroller all without getting dragged away by Harley. Mission #1 accomplished.

Now to get into the office. I forgot that there were 2 steps up into the doctor's office. Yeah . . . thankfully some stranger man who had just dropped off his cat was coming out the door as I was trying to keep Harley reigned in and get the stroller up 2 stairs (oh and yeah, I am 15 weeks pregnant with a high-risk pregnancy - nice thinking Lisa). The stranger man asked could he help me and which should he take the dog or the kid? I said the dog. So in Harley went with the stranger man (he obviously has not learned to not "talk" to strangers yet) who handed Harley off to the vet doctor. All of this while I continue to struggle getting the stroller up the stairs. So stranger man comes back out and helps me up the stairs with the stroller (I was way past not talking to strangers!). Mission #2 accomplished.

So anyway, it was nice to have the Little Man confined to his stroller since Harley, as usual, is wild in the vet's office. He weighs 45 pounds at 4 1/2 months! He has lost 6 teeth (I have 2 more but will refrain from posting pictures of them for those of you who thought the first 2 teeth pictures were "gross.") We also had to discuss when Harley is eligible to "be taken care of" if you know what I mean. He can go in April. No April's Fool joke there. Snip snip.

Now we have to get out of the place. Out goes Harley dragging the vet assistant out the door with the vet doctor helping me out the door with the stroller. Apologies, apologies Mrs. Vet Doctor. Never ever will I bring the kid with me and Harley's Daddy will be bringing him to the vet from now on!

Snow Camp 2009

This year for Snow Camp we went to Stroudsburg, Pa. Yes, we had no snow for Snow Camp but that was more than ok with me. Normally when we go to Snow Camp someone else is in charge and our group just attends. However, this year Chris was in charge of Snow Camp. This makes for very stressful times not only during the weekend but also the week leading up to Snow Camp. We were up many late nights trying to get everything together and making sure everything was correct. Ahh! So we started out the weekend tired!

Friday night we did not do too much - ate a "snack" and attended Session #1. This year's theme was on friends and making sure they are in the right order in your life (God, Family and then Friends). The first night I went to bed about 12 am and around 3:30 am, I was awakened by a group across the hall and a group upstairs from my room. I kindly went and told both to turn their light off and go to sleep. The group across the hall did so - the group upstairs . . . nope. I trugged once again up the stairs and this time (firmly) they must turn their light off. Guess they did but then again I wouldn't know because I fell back into bed.

Saturday was a small group session and a Session #2 at night. In between was breakfast, lunch, games and free time. That night I went to bed around 12 am but this time didn't hear anyone - even when my girls came into our room! Yay!

Sunday we had our last session and then we came home. As usual there was the typical drama but no one was seriously hurt nor did anyone end up going to the hospital. Praise God!

The teens have said that they learned much from the weekend and had an enjoyable time (even without snow)! We only pray that their decisions will not just take them into next week but a life style.

Anniversary Dinner

For our anniversary, my Chris surprised me by taking me to Medieval Times for dinner!! It was so exciting!


When you arrive, you enter the castle past the guards and are given a crown to wear based on which knight you would cheer for. Everyone called you "My Lord" or "My Lady." There are 6 different knights and they all had different colors (red, green, black & white, red & yellow, blue and yellow). We had a red crown because we were going to be cheering for the red knight.


The entire time you are eating, a story is taking place in the area right in front of you. The basic story is that the prince went to some country to sign a peace treaty but the prince from that country actually captured him instead of signing the treaty. The bad prince (green knight) then came and told the good king that his son was captured and that in order to see him the bad prince would have to be defeated in a tournament. The bad prince had it all set up so that after the tournament his bad army would come in and destroy the good king and all his people.

The main part, however, is the tournament. There were horses that danced to the music (Chris knows the particular name of the horse but I don't remember), a falconer guy with his falcon that flew everywhere over your head and a spear/javelin type throw. There were more but I just have to describe them because I don't know what they are called. There were rings hanging down and the knights would ride by and have to stick a javelin through the ring. Sounds easy but it is really hard. They also had to ride by and grab a flag sticking up from the ground and then as they rode back they threw 2 flags back and forth to each other.

The highlights of the tournament were the sword fights and the jousting matches. Although you knew they had very carefully practiced the fights, they were still very impressive! Obviously, the main goal was to defeat the bad green knight. Sadly, our red knight died while trying to protect the country. However, the black & white knight (along with the good prince who somehow got out of his ropes) defeated the bad green knight and the kingdom was saved!! Hoorah!!


The food was very good but if you prefer using utensils, this is not the place for you. They offer no utensils to eat your food with. You must drink your soup out of the bowl and pick up all your food with your fingers. Messy but yummy! We had tomato type soup with lots of cheese in it, garlic bread, chicken (leg, thigh and wing), a rib, 1/2 roasted potato, and an apple turnover for dessert. Mmmm!


Afterwards, we were able to met our knight along with the "royal family." Altogether it was a wonderful, exciting knight . . . night!

First Tooth

Harley has lost his first tooth! I first noticed something was up because he had been chewing on his bedding and there was blood on it. So I called him over to me to see what was going on in his mouth but he was too busy to obey because he was nosing something around on the floor. When I went to look at it - there it was in all its bloody glory - his first lost tooth!

Side note about the tooth: I'm hoping this is normal but his tooth is only one sided. The other side is hollow. Weird! {He has lost 2 teeth now and they are both hollow. One is from his upper left side and the other from his upper right side. At least they are both hollow I guess}

Now I had been dreading this day because I thought it was going to be alot grosser and weirder than it actually was. My friend Cheri had told me that when her black lab had lost his teeth, it was 3 big teeth all hooked together laying out there on her floor. I was also concerned with how he was going to eat if he lost all his teeth at once. So needless to say, I was ok with how this had happened.

Now I just need to wash all his bedding because he has chewed on it and it obviously is now all bloody. Oh, and hopefully there isn't a "Doggy Tooth Fairy."

4 Years

Happy Anniversary to my Chris!

Today marks our 4 year anniversary! When I think back on the last 4 years - wow! - so much has happened! We got married, moved to NJ, worked on refinishing our 1st house, found out we were having Baby #1, prayed and cried through the loss and birth of Victoria, moved to 2nd house, lived without a kitchen for 7 months, worked on refinishing 2nd house, began watching the Little Man, brought Harley home, found out we were having Baby #2, celebrated 4 years (all this is mixed up with youth and church activities - oh! and our crazy life stories!). Who knew?

However, through it all I know 2 things: 1. God is good! 2. My Chris loves me and treats me so well. He challenges me to love and serve God. We have lots of fun together. (Please note this is not an exhaustive list - he is so much more to me!!!) AND . . . he is taking me to dinner tonight to a mystery location! I LOVE YOU MY CHRIS!

Lumpy Long Johns

The other day when our heat was out, my Chris wore his long johns under his clothes to keep warm (yes, even he was cold). Well, the first time he put them on, he commented that they were all messed up. One pant leg was shorter than the other and super skin tight. He kept wondering what I had done to his pants. I simply had washed and dried them. Don't know. But since it was 49 degrees in our house, he wore them anyway (amidst discomfort because of the short tight leg).

Well, being the good wife I try to be, I washed and dried them after he had worn them. When I got them out of the dryer, this is now what they look like. Don't know.




They were all lumpy and hard - extremely hard! Don't know. He has my permission to go and buy whatever new long johns he wants - and I won't dry them. Wash yes, but dry in the dryer - no way!

Snow Day

On Monday we received about 6 inches of snow - uncool. Uhmm . . . excuse me. I mean - wow! Since we had gotten so much snow the Little Man's mommy brought his snow suit so we could go out and freeze (or play depending on who you are) in the snow. But before we went out, we went to church to visit the Little Man's "Oma" (Grandma). As we were visiting her, one of the other ladies in the office mentioned that she had a little sled (seat belt and all) that she could run home and get. Below are pictures of the Little Man enjoying, for the most part, riding along in the sled (we did consider hooking the sled up to Harley but then decided against that option). His face doesn't really portray his enjoyment in some pictures since he was slightly scared when Mr. Chris took him for a ride - a fast ride.

Our Day

Today Chris and I (along with the Little Man and Harley) piled into the car and headed to Stroudsburg, PA to take a look at the camp we will be staying at next weekend for our annual Snow Camp retreat.  Actually Chris called it our reconnaissance trip.  Sounded kinda spy-like.

Anyway - we went and were pleased with the facilities.  I think the teens will enjoy the activities and have a great time.  The one slightly disturbing thing was that they have all types of animal heads in the buildings.  The Little Man thought they were great but I'm not sure about always having an animal staring at me.  They had a whole "Nature Center" filled with these animals.  

Both Harley and the Little Man were great during the whole trip except for the fact that Harley apparently only likes to go to the bathroom in his own yard.  :)

When we got home we discovered that we ran out of oil to heat our house.  It is 58 degrees in the house right now (I came over to church to get warmed up).  Hopefully the oil man will come early so I can wait to take my shower until after we get some oil.  My poor Chris will have to have leftover hot water and then, yup, a cold (or very short shower) tomorrow morning.  

I will have to post some pictures soon of the Little Man playing in the 6 inches of snow we got yesterday.  Be watching!  :)

This post was very random and wandering - sorry.  Must be the cold.  :)