PINK EYE!!

I've never had pink eye before, and I now know why everyone hates it!! Emery came down with it on March 12th, along with an ear infection. The same day I got the flu, fever between 100-102 for several days. We tried diligently to make sure nobody else got pink eye, but we failed miserably.

Ella came down with it on the 15th, it was a lovely birthday. I got it later that night. All spring break week we were recovering as I washed sheets, blankets, towels, etc. We religiously used hand sanitizer to prevent Evie and daddy from getting it. I though I had succeeded until today.

And now Evie has it. 2 weeks of pink eye. 2 weeks of crud going around our house, 2 miserable weeks.

We've had other good news during this time- so that has helped. I'll share that later when it's more official!!

So, I hope that all of you are healthy and that you may never get pink eye!!

Historic day!

I don't have a picture of it yet, but we had a historic day on Friday. Ella learned how to tie her shoes!! She learned in a matter of minutes! I guess all it took was a new pair of sparkly pink shoes to motivate her!

She was so excited she kept untying and re-tying her shoes all day long! And she would show anyone who would stop and watch! It was so cute!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!

Check out this clip!

Ok- so a friend of mine sent me this clip. I literally was crying so hard the girls didn't know if I was hurt or not! It is funny!! Enjoy!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83JDXXKzOXg

V-day cards!

It's that time of year again to make V-day cards! And NO I'm not pregnant this year! I did take pics of the big girls again to make little tags for their V-day bag/gifts for their classes. Nana and Papa helped out by finding the main part of our theme, plastic shovels. Their cards say 'I dig you, happy valentine's day'.

The girls were in a great mood today and I got quite a few good ones. Hard to narrow down, but it came down to these! Enjoy! And have yourself a 'sweet' week!

A few more of the cutie patootie!!

Baby blues!

Oh yes- I've got the baby blues- that is in blue eyes in my baby!! I finally got a chance to take some pics of Evie today. Ella was home sick with the croup, and Emery with the flu, so I figured now was a chance to get some pics! Evie didn't cooperate for long, but I did get these 2!

Check out those eyes!!

Sorry!

Wow! It's been a long time since I posted! Sorry about that!!

Things have been a little crazy around here between getting the basement finished, Christmas, Tad finding a job, and oh yeah 3 KIDS!! I barely have time to sit at a computer! I don't have any pictures to update (yes I'm bad I know- don't remind me), but have a couple of funnies.

1. "Can I have some cartoons please?" said Ella at dinner last week. The restaurant we were at had tv's in the booth, and Tad and I were watching KSU play MU. I said "No, we aren't watching cartoons, your dad and I are watching a game, and you aren't eating your dinner." She said, "No, some cartoons, the crunchy things I like to eat!" and pointed to Tad's salad. It dawned on me she meant croutons! Ha!

2. I think you had to be there for this one, but last week leaving church, Ella handed her papers to Tad. One was of Jesus that they colored. She was so excited, she told Tad "Look I even gave Jesus pink shoes!!" And they were definitely pink!

3. I guess we have to teach Emery what a 'wedgie' means. The other night we were eating dinner with Tad's sister, and Emery kept squirming and grabbing at her bottom. Tad asked her if she had to potty. She said very loudly, "No, my panties are stuck in my bottom!" We bust out laughing.

I'm sure I have more, I just don't have Tad or the kids awake to remind me. Mom might remember some recently too!

Other news- I fractured my left foot while working out! Who does that? I don't even remember doing anything specific besides 8 minutes of lunges and thinking my legs were going to fall off. It started to hurt that night and progressively got worse. Urgent care said it was sprained but when the pain didn't subside I saw an Ortho on Friday. He saw a fracture and said I also bruised the bone. Not exactly sure how you can bruise a bone, but whatever. Now I'm sporting a very attractive (and expensive)black boot around. It's fabulous trying to manuever the stairs in my house, let alone while holding a baby! Pray I don't drop her over the next 3 weeks while I'm in this contraption.

We also started Evie on rice cereal. She has decided to return to 'newborn' status and eat every 2 hours day and NIGHT!! UGH! She's beginning to like the cereal a bit, but it isn't helping her sleeping. I hope this phase ends soon- I need the rest!

Our basement is almost finished- YIPPEE!! We are beginning to pack up some things around the house in preparation to put it on the market. I've got to get a different one- with less stairs!! We are pushed to the limit with 3 kiddos and finding space. It's just not convienent with all the kids, and one who will be crawling soon. Hopefully we can sell it quickly!

Hope all is well with each and every one of you! I will get some pics taken soon, and post soon! Take care and have a great week!!