Avoiding Sleep

I really need to head to bed, but felt like stopping here first.

-This evening I did some shopping with Callie. She did great. I hope she loves to shop when she grows up.

-While I was shopping I left my bag in the cart at Michael's. :( I also fell in love with Hobby Lobby again.

-Yesterday Jeremy preached at a church about 2 hours from here. I'm always a little nervous about new churches. Why is that? I've decided it's pride and fear of man, which are the same thing in some ways. I shouldn't have been nervous, the church was very warm and friendly.

-The church we were at was close to Matt and Heather's so we spent the afternoon and evening with them. It's always good to reconnect. The boys love it there. Nathan was pretending he was Riah today and he was very offended when Isaiah tried to convince him that he was Nathan, not Riah.

-While coloring today Nathan showed me a broken crayon and very seriously said "Mommy, it doesn't work, put a battery in it".

-Callie is MOVING! She is on the move constantly. She's almost hard to hold because she wiggles so much. She's not crawling yet, but if she's put on the floor we have to keep an eye on her because she will move around.

-I made a gluten free chocolate cake tonight. Jeremy actually liked it, even after I told him there was no flour in it, just chickpeas.

-After 6 months away, my parents are now on their way back to TB. They've spent the last few months in Oregon with Brandon, Cindy and Anna. I'm not sure what my parents are feeling heading back "home". It's funny growing up whenever my parents talked about "home" they were referring to where they grew up. Still after 30 years in the North they talk about coming home. Yet whenever we would be in the states visiting we always talked about home as being RL or TB. Just weird thoughts rolling around in my head. I always feel a little sad thinking of my parents (or any family member) out there driving hour after hour after hour on long stretches of highway. Just one car in the midst of strangers.

-Speaking of Brandon, Cindy and Anna Lee, most of you already know this, but they are expecting twins in December! I'm so excited to be an aunt to twins! This is a new experience for our family. I can't wait to meet them!

-I must get to bed or I will be very mad at myself in the morning.

I'm feeling very uninspired when it comes to posting an interesting blog so I'm just going to post some pictures. Hope you all are having a relaxing, restful Sunday.

Sweet Callie. Almost 6 months!

Lunch on the porch

Brother and sister.

Proof that we (mostly Jeremy) are messing around with our new camera.

"Working" in the yard.

Chilling with Daddy.

I don't think this one needs words. :)

Memorial Day

I know some of you follow The Pioneer Woman's web site. In case you don't check out these pictures (there are 5 different groups so keep scrolling down). I don't think I've looked at any of these groups of pictures without getting tears in my eyes. Freedom sure isn't free...

Today

Today was just one of those days. I managed to make it to Aldi's and Wal-Mart and did one load of laundry, but other than that I'm not sure what else I got done. I guess I did make supper and took care of children, but over all it was a rather unproductive, unmotivated day. Thankful tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet.

I filled up the little pool for the boys this afternoon. There's almost not room for both of them in it anymore. They loved it though and didn't complain. It's now full of grass -"people". I'm excited to put Callie in one of these days. She has two very cute bathing suits to try out. I figure she can enjoy them now before she gets to the age where she has to learn about modesty. How am I going to teach her to be modest?

Yesterday I planted a garden. Laugh, choke, wink, wink. I've decided it's an organic garden. Only because it doesn't look like anything you would normally call a garden. Basically it's just a little patch of grass that we dug up and I threw in some plants. It's right next to our shed. Under the shed lives George, the groundhog. So far he hasn't bothered anything. So far...

Callie is only 5 1/2 months old and already I'm fighting her on something and probably losing. She likes to suck her thumb. It's so cute and it really does help her sleep better, but I feel discouraged thinking of having to make her stop sucking it at some point. There are so many things to teach children to do or not to do. I really wanted to avoid this, but it doesn't look like I'm going to win this battle. Oh well. She also really likes her Nuk, so maybe there's still a small hope. On the upside, she is finally sleeping through the night. And as always, she's a doll and I can't stop kissing her cheeks.

I'm trying to to potty train Nate. I think I'll just stop there.

Isaiah and I had a rough evening. However he just told me he loved me and that sometime he wants to paint a heart on my hand. I do love that kid so much. Nate heard him and said he wants to paint a heart on his hand too. Isaiah said he can't do that because boys don't like hearts. Only girls.

Looking forward to a new day tomorrow. God is good and is grace is sufficient.

Five Months

Nathan at 5 months. I still love squeezing those cheeks! I think Callie has some of his chub, but not as much. :)

Isaiah at 5 months -seems like yesterday and 20 years ago. I think Callie's eyes are shaped like Isaiah, but they look like they may be blue or green like Nate's.

Callie at 5 months. I think she's a good mix of her brothers when it comes to looks

She can roll both ways, but usually gets on her belly and forgets that she can also roll back. Belly time is getting more enjoyable for her.

I'm not sure if a mother is supposed to say this, but I think she looks like me on this picture. :)

At 5 months:
-Loves when people talk to her. She seems much more interested in talking to someone than playing with toys. She's a girl!
-Loves her Daddy. She starts looking for him when she hears his voice. She does not like it if Jeremy raises his voice at all. He was pretending to be Goliath awhile ago while reading to the boys and sacred poor Callie. She's sensitive -she's a girl!
-She's finally starting to sleep through the night. I'm not holding my breath, but I sure hope it lasts.
-She is now eating rice cereal well. Sort of well. I still scoop up half of it and stick it back in her mouth.
-She's a very good baby.
-She brings lots of joy to our family.
-She is loved by her brothers. Isaiah calls her "Baby" when he talks to her. Not sure where it came from.
-She is growing up very quickly

Pictures!

I am finally able to upload pictures! Thanks to Selena for telling me about a program to use to make the pictures smaller before uploading them. Here are a bunch of random shots. (Note: Callie does not wear this hat all day every day, just for all these pictures. :) Easter Sunday. No, I did not get a picture of all three children

Easter egg hunt at Great Grandparents. (with cousin Chloe)

Kisses from Grandma

He like the underwear, it's the potty he wants nothing to do with...

Four Months

This and That

Still working on getting new picture on here. In the mean time here is a really boring picture and then a more interesting one. Enjoy!

I cut Jeremy's hair the other night and thought I'd share a picture. :) Sorry, maybe that's gross, but I'm always amazed at how much hair he has. This is even after I has swept it up some. It was a good 1 1/2 dust pans full. I wish we could sell the stuff! I love his hair.

Some of you have been asking about my parents. They are now in Oregon with Brandon and Cindy and Anna Lee. Dad emailed this picture. It's a great picture of all of them! I wish we were all there.