Somebody Stop Me!

I can't help it that retailers stock their shelves with these little guys around spring time. 

I think this makes 7. 

The Almost Easter Bunny Pic

After taking the girls to have their Easter pics taken, I thought it would be a good idea to go over and have the girls pic taken with the Easter bunny.  In years past (with just P1) it's been something I would do if I was in the area.  I figured it was P2's first Easter I better preserve the memory and get her pic with the rabbit. 

As we walked to that area of the mall, I expected there to be a long line.  It surprised me to see that only a few people were in line.  It was, afterall, the last Sunday before Easter, so I thought everyone and their mama would be in line.  Nope.  Not even close.  In fact, as we got a little closer and got in line, a few people ahead of us stepped out of line.  Not a good sign.  We're waiting, and once we get to the front, a girl comes over with some sample photos and starts giving me the schpeal.  "You can get this sheet and this sheet, OR this sheet and this sheet OR....".  I asked how much they were a sheet.  She happily exclaimed "$24.99".  I think my jaw dropped at this point.  I said "Per Sheet???".  Yes, a sheet.  Holy BUNNY SHEET!  That's grand larceny right there.  Now I've paid for some over-priced Santa pictures during my mommy-dom, but $24.99 for one stinking sheet with a sad white rabbit?!?!?  Ummm, NO. 

I politely told the girl we were just going to visit the bunny (code for: You're on crack if you think I'm paying $24.99 a sheet!!). :)  Meanwhile, I tell P1 that I'm going to attempt to take a pic with my phone and to be looking at me and smiling when I walk back up to them to pick up P2!  (While trying to keep it on the DL because I see the sign that says to refrain from taking personal pics without a minimum purchase blah blah.  YA RIGHT!!)  So I sit both of them down, and oddly enough, when you're not smiling for the camera and trying to coerce smiles from children, there isn't a whole lot going on there.  There isn't much to say to a bunny, and he has less to say back!  So they just sat there.  AWKWARD!  hahaha  After what seemed like an eternity, I grab my phone and slowly walk up to get P2.  In my feable attempt to be sneaky.....

I present to you....


P2's first visit with the Easter Bunny....

HAHAHAAHHAAHHA  I've got proof she saw the Bunny.

$24.99 a sheet my a$$!!!!!!

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NEW Stephenie Meyer Vampire Book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today is like CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stephenie Meyer, AKA Twilight Goddess has just announced on her site, that she's released a 200 page novella based on a character from Eclipse.  It's called The Second Short Life of Bree Tanner and it's coming out on June 5th!!!!!!!  25 days before Eclipse the movie will be released!!  Awesome awesome awesome!!!

THANK YOU STEPHENIE!!!!!  Your fans have been waiting for something new from you for a while!!!!!!!!!!

Easter Approaching

Easter is always a fun time at our house. Not only do we celebrate the resurrection of Christ with a wonderful feast,  we decorate eggs, make a special dessert for Mimi's house (last year it was fancy decorated cupcakes), deviled eggs galore, gorgeous spring weather (hopefully!) and just lots of fun with the extended family.  I tend to take a million pics of the kiddos and love when they are all dressed up!  Here's a tip!  Easter is the perfect time to take pics for moms/grandma's Mother's Day presents!!   

Since this is Pen's first Easter, I had to go out and find a special basket.  Since she was about 3mo old, I've been buying little stuffed lambs for her.  It started with one and now she has about 5 of them.  Now whenever I see a cute stuffed lamb, I buy it for her.  Well, almost.  Right now our grocery store has one for Easter and it's HUGE!!  Almost life size!  I've thought about it....hahahaha  Anyway, as I was saying, lambs.  When I was at Hobby Lobby, I found the cutest basket and guess what it has attached to it?!  That's right!   A lamb!  I couldn't resist.   For her basket, Pen's getting a new pair of sandals, a new sippy cup, a Carter's plush bunny (gasp!) some plastic eggs filled with yogurt melts and a few new sets of PJs.  Piper is getting two new pairs of flip-flops, a bathing suit, The Princess and the Frog DVD, a new outfit, plastic eggs filled with money and some candy.  When I was a kid, my Easter bunny would put money in my eggs and I thought that was the coolest!!  The tradition continues!  Thanks Mom! ;) 

One thing I always do is have pictures taken of the girl, now girls, for Easter!!  I was able to find and purchase matching dresses for them!  That sounds pretty easy, but finding matching dresses in a size 12mo and a size 8 is EXTREMELY difficult.  That's why when I found them, I HAD to buy them.  Now black wouldn't be my first choice for an Easter dress, but I'm actually pretty pleased with how these turned out!!  It doesn't hurt that I have the two most beautiful kiddos around. ;)

I love how P2 is standing on her tippy toes here. 

See it below!  It's Lamby the fourth. :)

This is P2's new silly face.  She knows we crack up when she does it, so it's now a habit! 

I LOVE this one.  The expression is so sweet!

This is one of my faves too! 

These were taken on Sat after I got the dresses in the mail.  They tried them on and I snapped a few pics!

Happy Girls!

My BIG FAT POSITIVE!!!

Since I didn't want to forget about this day (thanks Jess!), I'm going to post what I posted on a message board the day I found out I was pregnant with Pen.  The day was Wednesday, 9/3/08 and after 11months of trying to conceive, and one day before our appt with a specialist, I finally got a positive pregnancy test!!!  For the record, she was conceived on the weekend of 8/22/08 and here is what followed!!!  :) 



I'm sick today though, actually have been sick over the weekend. Sore throat, low grade fever, tired...so I came home early today. Before I came home, I had to swing by the OB to pick up my paperwork to take to the RE tomorrow. So once I got that, I decided to stop at the drug store and buy some medicine, cough drops and a Preg test since I was out. I WAS on a break.......

So much for my break!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it!!!!! It took less than one minute for this thing to blare the word PREGNANT at me!! If I hadn't already peed, I would have peed my pants!! I was shaking!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know if you can tell, but P's shirt says "Big Sister". The balloons are for DH. He doesn't know yet and we're waiting til he comes home!!!!!! OMG, I still can't believe it.

Shaking, the first thing I did was text my friend Amy to tell her the news since we'd been trying to get preggo for what seemed like FOREVER!  I sent her the pic and I think she was as shocked as I was!  Then I tried calling my mom.  I tried her cell.  No luck.  Her home.  No luck.  The cell again.  And again.  And again.  I kept getting voicemail and I didn't want to tell her in a message.  So I asked her to call me back.  When she finally did, I played it calm.  "Hey Mom, how are you doing?"  "Pretty good, how are you?" "I'M PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"   We both laughed!  It was GREAT!!!!   Then I went and bought the balloons for M.  I wanted something to put on the porch to announce the pregnancy!  I had bought P1 a shirt that read "Big Sister" on it and she was quickly outgrowing it so against my better judgment, I shared the news with her when I picked her up from school!  I wanted her to wear the shirt when daddy came home!!  When he walked in, the first thing she said was "Daddy, Look at my shirt!  I'm going to be a big sister!!!".  He looked at me and said "Really?!" and I said yep!!  It was a beautiful moment!!!!  The rest is history and I'm so blessed to have another baby girl to add to my collection!!!

Snotty, Barfy, and Froggy.

BARFY

I'm running on little sleep.  It's almost 4pm and I'm fighting to stay awake.  Yesterday I came home to find a lethargic P1 lying on the couch, rosy cheeks, and a grump look on her face.  I ask what's the problem and she says "I'm Sick."  Ummmm, OK, care to elaborate for me??  M told me she had thrown up three times already. 

Now, first you must know.  P1 has vomitting issues.  She's had it for a few years now.  Fine one second, barfing the next.  No rhyme or reason. Can't figure it out to save our lives.  We've taken her to see Pedi-GI doctors, she's had a scope down her throat (the proper name escapes me!) and she's had a Ph-Probe done to check for acid levels in her tummy.  She's had CAT scans, ultrasounds, and EKGs and all come back normal.  She was diagnosed with slight reflux, which was a shock because she NEVER had reflux as a baby.  We were instructed to put her on Nexium powder, once a day for a few months and we did.  It seemed to help, but the doctors agreed she couldn't be on it forever.  After a while (much longer than the dr. recommended), we weaned her off of it.  The vomitting never ceased entirely, but now it's becoming the rule rather than the exception.  Since I'm horrible at keeping notes about it, I'm going to use my blog as a way to record her episodes from now on.  I apologize in advance. :)

So, this makes episode #2 for March.  She did throw up last week at the gparents house.  She ate nothing unusual there. 

Yesterday, she did have her normal lunch, but she did start the morning off with some kind of cereal bar that her friend gave her.  It sounded like it was full of sugar, but that's about it.  The vomitting didn't start until later in the evening, so I doubt there is a connection there.

Poor thing was up and down all night.  She sleeps with a bowl at night in case she can't make it to the restroom in time.  She's got pretty good aim. lol  I ended up sleeping next to her on the couch to keep her company since she didn't want to sleep in her room. 

I got little sleep. 

SNOTTY

Then P2 woke up yesterday morning with a snotty nose.  I mean, REALLY snotty.  She wasn't running a fever, so I took her to school anyway.  She seemed OK once we got there.  Then last night she started running a low-grade fever and coughing.  She woke herself up several times last night, but thankfully she lulled herself back to sleep. 

FROGGY

On Sunday night, M started complaining about feeling congested.  Then yesterday complained about it again and really thought he was starting to come down with something.  This morning, when he was coming home from work so I could come in for a few hours, I noticed he sounds awful. Like he has a frog in his throat!!  He says he feels ok, just sounds horrible!

  Good Lord...the cat and I are the only ones not sick at home.  Wish us luck!  Knock on wood.