miss you two already

we loved having my sister here

she's super helpful and so much fun

we went swimming, watched movies

and tv on hulu

ate pizza and talked

sure could use some more of all that...

i'm so excited

my sister and her son are coming for a visit

i'm picking them up in an hour

i can't waiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!

chocolate chupcakes

changing our room

i decided i wanted a new look in our room

it's far from done

but here's a sneak peak

ps: don't mind those cords

i let michael turn my candle sconces into corded lamps

but the cords are killing me

i think we'll have to switch back to candles

loving my new serger

last night michael had to study

rather than hanging out with me

boo

so he strongly encouraged me to try out my new serger

i hadn't touched it since the day we got it

and michael was getting anxious to see how it worked

you might say i was a little intimidated

but i tried it last night

and it was awesome

i made this little sweater dress for hazel super fast

then i finished a skirt i started a while ago

and added a little heart to a onesie of hers

thanks for my serger, michael

and making me use it

finally

bunk beds

we got bunk beds for the kids this last weekend

not that hazel's ready to be out of a crib yet

but soon enough we'll have noah and hazel sharing a room when the new baby needs out of our room

the cool thing is, these beds from shopko can be seperate twin beds

side by side which is great so hazel won't climb up and fall off

for now she can't climb the ladder, thank goodness

i'm super excited that the kids can finally use

their matching quilts from my mom

i only wish noah hadn't vomited the top bunk last night

poor boy

16/17 weeks

the baby bump

happy mlk day

today is a nice day

so we made our way to the park

and had a little picnic

this is what our friday looks like

a couple of kids wearing pajamas

watching pbs

while i clean and get dinner going in the crockpot

i love fridays

my hilarious husband

tonight i was getting dinner ready

waiting for michael to come home

when the phone rang

and i went to get the phone

and i noticed noah looking out the window at some flashing lights

the second set we've seen tonight

i saw it was michael calling

and i thought i should tell him to be careful because

there are a lot of people getting pulled over right by our house

when i answered he said

"hurry and get the camera if you want to take a picture of me getting pulled over for a burnt headlight"

who calls while they're pulled over?!

i loved it

i seriously thought it was the most hilarious thing ever

so i opened our back door and let noah and hazel look at their dad pulled over

and i quickly took the above picture

noah yelled "Daddy, look at the ambulance!!"

the cop said, "don't worry everything's alright"

to reassure noah and he let michael off the hook

it was so funny

michael---you're the best

a breakie out

michael proving what an awesome dad he is by sharing his hot chocolate with noah

hazel pondering which shape of free kids pancake to get

noah eventually stepped in and chose for her...teddy bear

me and my baby belly sharing hot chocolate

one time we tried the old european breakfast house

here in town

and we loved it

now we want to go there every saturday

but can't usually justify it

today we went there for breakfast

because michael starts school again monday

a very important reason to celebrate..

it was delicious

just a phase

hazel playing mommy in her swimsuit

hazel loves clothes

just like me

and she cares what she wears

which is new for me since noah never has

sometimes she goes through phases

there have been a few different sweaters that she has insisted

on wearing for a week or so at a time

last night she decided she really needed her clothes off

and her swimsuit on

so we did it

today she insists on wearing it

again

and it is very important to her

luckily she let me put some leg warmers on her too

since it isn't really swimsuit weather

i hope this doesn't last too long

although it is adorable

it's a....

girl

if it's right.........we'll see in like 4-6 weeks

oh that husband of mine

picture from our honeymoon in hawaii

michael's the best

maybe you don't know him like i do

but he's funny

and super super nice

today i was in a crap mood

alllll day

for no real reason

but he put up with it

and eventually

got me to crack

also did i mention that he bought me a serger for Christmas

to support my non clothes buying ways of 2010

so supportive

and right now

he is gone buying me

an at home gender test called intelligender

so we can try it out

and see what we're having

hopefully

we won't paint the walls or anything

because he thinks it will be fun

oh and he's spending his own money on it

what a guy

resolution?

i don't normally do new years resolutions

they seem like a waste of time and effort

i usually forget about them

and i don't see the point in waiting to start a new thing

however

starting january 1, 2010

i am going to challenge myself

to something i've been meaning to do for a while

i am not going to buy new clothes

for our family

i will only purchase clothes at the thrift store

and sew the rest

i think it'll help me be creative

and help me think to save and reuse more, in all areas

i'll let you know how it goes