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Computers eat up my time!

So, I woke up at 5am and what have I been doing all morning while the munchin sleeps? I've been reading people's blogs. I have now enjoyed almost 2 hours of sitting in front of a computer. It's a good thing my children are normally early birds, because I feel so darn lazy! I could easily waste my time sitting at the computer longer... however, I need to go get ready for work. My goodness!

Like Father, Like Son

I don't know if you can tell, but these two boys look a heck of a lot alike. Above is Dylan. You can't really see his curly, curly hair, but it is there. The bottom picture is of Matthew. Levi saw the picture of Matt and said, 'That's Dylan". Practically. We see it... do you?

Happy Birthday Jeanette~!!

Today my dear friend Jeanette turns 30. Happy Birthday Jeanette!! I have been friends with Jeanette since we were 7 years old. Wow!~
She is amazing. I am so impressed by her strength and abilities. Her husband is currently in Iraq. I don't know how she does it... life, kids, being a mom, and having her husband so far away. (Thank you to Chris, too, for serving our country). Plus, she's beautiful!

I was looking through my scrapbooks to find some pictures of Jeanette in our "younger" years. However, at the start of my scrapbooking obsession, I cut up pictures pretty good and into funky shapes, so there were no regular pictures, and they weren't very zoomed in for you to see her very well. So, above are pictures from 2 1/2 years ago.

I just think she's fabulous and I am very thankful that she is my friend. Happy Birthday!

What Levi says about me...

This is a cute idea. Copy this note, ask your child the questions and write them down exactly how they respond.
1. What is something mommy always says to you? Thank you
2. What makes mommy happy? helping
3. What makes mommy sad? When I hit Dylan
4. How does your mommy make you laugh? When you tickle me.
5. What was your mommy like as a little girl? You liked me.
6. How old is your mommy? 10
7.What is her favorite thing to do? Tickle me
8. What does your mommy do when you're not around? You go to work.
9. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? I don’t know.
10. What is your mom really good at? Painting and teaching me how to play with things
11. What is your mom not very good at? Not good at video games
12. What does your mom do for her job? A mommy
13. What's your mommy's favorite food? Chicken sandwich
14. What makes you proud of your mommy? When you make brownies
15. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? Not a character
16. What do you and your mom do together? Play a pizza game
17. How are you and your mom the same? We both have hair and the same shirt
18. How are you and your mommy different? We don’t have the same blue shirts
19. How do you know your mom loves you? Cuz you always make food for me.
20. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? To the gym and I like to go to the gym too.

It's all in the memories

I went to a craft fair last week and I bought two things. The washcloth bunny below holds an ice cube and is intended to be cute and non threatening when a child is bleeding. I bought it because my Grandma used to make these for us. That's the whole reason I bought it. (Plus, I'm sure my boys will need it at some point). I also bought tupperware. I fondly remember brown, orange and yellow tupperware the same style as these. I loved those bowls!! I saw these, LOVED the colors and had to buy them. All for the sake of memories. (Plus, they'll be useful).

I read your blogs

Hey people out there. If I know you and you have a blog, I read your blogs. The only catch is that the only time I can usually read them is on my lunch break at work. AND.... they blocked commenting and logging on to blogs. This means that I can't post anything at work and I can't leave comments. So, if you haven't had a comment from me, it's not because I don't care about what you say, it's because I can't.

I do have times in the evening (like right now) that I can be on the computer for like 10 minutes, but that's not time to comment on everything... I have children to play with, a husband to visit and books to read. So, please feel loved, even if you don't hear from me. It's the blasted "Baracuda Filter"'s fault. Not mine.

Have a lovely day!

P.S. If you thought you missed my big announcement about being pregnant, the post with my picture (3 posts down) WAS the announcement. So, don't feel left out. I usually don't say anything for a long time because it sucks losing babies. So far, so good!

Dylan is ONE

I love this picture.. What's in there??

This is our handsome one year old! He's a good little boy who is very good at entertaining himself

This was the cookie experience last night. Matt bought those sugar cookies with too much frosting that are pretty good. Dylan enjoyed it!

This was Dylan when he woke up this morning. He was just talking in his crib. We came in singing and he was happy as can be.

The boys getting each other

Dylan says, "ha ha Levi! I'm a big boy now!"

For dinner he had beans (and cheese and tortillas)

Look what he got! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa W!

Levi has a blog

Hello world. Levi has a blog. I am going to make it private really soon. If you are interested in checking it out, he is:
www.levi-the-lion.blogspot.com

He has his own blog so he can learn how to type. So, if you have comments and suggests on spelling and capitalization, please leave them. Thank you!

I'm feeling large.

You wouldn't guess I am only 14 1/2 weeks pregnant based on the lovely size I am. I like to think it's because it's my 5th pregnancy... it's like my body instantly knows what to do and says, "Oh, let me help you out by making your uterus huge". Thanks a lot. My students are still looking at me strangely though. They can't decide if I am just getting fat, or if I'm pregnant.

Levi keeps telling me that it's a girl baby in my tummy. He "already has a boy baby". He's also named her... "Isabelle". I told him that he has a step sister named Isabelle and a friend at church named Isabelle, so her name is NOT going to be Isabelle. AND, we don't even know if it's a girl or not. Levi has a lot of questions. I brought home an ultrasound picture and he wanted to know how they took the baby's picture and how the baby got in there. It's lots of fun trying to explain this (in a safe, not too much information, kind of way). Anyhow, we are excited!

Gratitude

Some things I am thankful for:

PTO to stay home with my sick children.
I had a date with Matt last night! We played ping pong. It was awesome!
It's almost Easter time. That means Cadbury mini eggs. Yum!
Warm blankets, good books, and rain.
Disposable diapers.
I like my inlaws.
Having the Gospel in my life.
Snail mail.
A house, cars, food, clothes, toys, jobs, and friends.

We're really quite blessed.