Today is the Day!

Thursday May 14, 2009--Sarah recovers completely from her second broken leg in 8 months. It's wonderful to see a real leg again. She had learned to use her cast as a weapon. We all learned to steer clear of that thing when she got angry. Also, it took the paint and finish off of the kitchen chairs, my bed and their bed. I am surprised there are no holes in the wall. You know it's bad when Avery's first reaction to Sarah getting her cast off is, "Oh good. Now you can't kick me anymore!"

Tuesday May 5, 2009--My sister comes to relieve me from my temporary nanny position. Can you imagine what it must have been like to take care of seven children for four weeks--three of those were my own? It was a great learning experience for me but definitely one-time only.

SIDE NOTE (don't worry it's related)--I graduated from college with a psychology major I intended to use to work with children with behavior problems. I worked in lots of jobs that required me to work with children. Then, I got married and had my own children. That's when I learned I did not want to work with children. Why does life keep bringing me back to that profession?

First and Last weeks of April 2009--I worked for my Mom in Jackson, MS. Let's just say I was so busy, I managed to lose a lot more of this baby weight.

Saturday April 29, 2009--Moved Spencer into his own room and had to accept the fact he is growing up. I think he's absolutely the cutest boy I've ever seen. He's at a perfect age.

Update

Finally, Life is beginning to slow down just a touch. I have some cute pictures of Spencer to post. I have some catching up to do soon.

Lil' Sinks

Last night we celebrated Mark's Nephew's Birthday at Dave and Buster's. We had a lot of fun. Anyway, Mark and Avery were off playing some games when she asked to go to the bathroom. Mark had no choice but to take her into the men's bathroom. The first thing Avery said when she walked in was, "Oooooh Dad! Look at all those cute lil' sinks."

Getting so big!

A friend of mine lent me a book called Babywise not too long ago. I had heard of it but never really knew what the concept was. When Avery and Sarah were babies, I tried really hard to do everything just right. They were on a pretty good schedule and were sleeping through the night at 6 months old. I did not move either of them out of my room until 6 months. The truth is that they would have been sleeping through the night a lot sooner if I had moved them out earlier. I am such a light sleeper, I wake up anytime the baby moves. Well, I have had a harder time getting a schedule for Spencer. He is almost 7 months old and I had no plans for moving him out of my room anytime soon until I read Babywise. Spence got kicked out of my room a few nights ago. He has some semi-scheduled eating and napping times. IT'S FANTASTIC! The boy takes long naps and wakes up happy. He is sleeping until 6am every morning. I miss him terribly though and find myself waking in the middle of the night to listen intently to the baby monitor in case he needs me. Here's my big boy in his crib.

Here's my big boy's almost completed room. Keep in mind this is my first nursery and the first child I have ever had sleep in a crib.



Here are my girls sculpting bugs out of Gramma's homemade playdoe. I was pretty impressed.

Rain. Rain. Go Away.

It's 4 o'clock in the morning and I feel a little like this cartoon character with the permanent raincloud over his head. The thunder, lightening and heavy rainfall started at about 4pm yesterday and I haven't been able to sleep since 2am. I keep having these dreams that I wake up in a flooded house. I finally had to go check the weather to see when we are going to get a break from this. I think the forecast says it will stop raining May 6th. Yippee!

So we have no backyard neighbors. We live next to a giant runoff. It got so full during the hurricane, I got pretty nervous. I would have to say, it's at least that full this morning.

Always time for Blogging.

Things have been so hectic lately, I haven't had a whole lot of time for anything. However, I do like to post at least once a week. These are some random pictures I have taken this week.
Sarah "feeding" her baby.

Spence and Sarah hanging out.

Happy Easter!

We had a marvelous weekend! Easter makes me especially mindful of the Savior. I am blessed to have a knowledge of his goodness and mercy.

We dyed eggs with kids for the first time this year.



Avery showing the special egg that Daddy made.


Easter Baskets


Spencer loved his new sippy cup but is not too keen on the baby food yet.

Spence looked so handsome and is learning to sit up like a pro.


My beautiful girls.