Our Last Minute Winter

This was quite the surprise, after an extremely mild winter where we reached at least 70 degrees regularly! It was also an answer to a lot of prayer and fasting. Last Thursday (February 21st) we got about a foot of snow. I was excited that Eric happened to have that day off. And then it came again! On Monday Eric got home and said they had decided to close the office on Tuesday, and he had Wednesday off already. It was so nice to have him home so much this week! We ended up getting another foot on Tuesday, and some more on Wednesday.

Shoveling out from snow storm #1

Snow storm #2, Eric and the girls made a snow cave. The snow was also quite a bit different from the first storm so they were able to make a snowman as well.

And just cause he's so cute...

Cute...and Silly

For the last six months or so every time Lilli asks me to take her picture she wants to just make a silly face. Finally I told her I needed at least one that was a little more serious, you know, like with a smile and no tongue! So this post is dedicated to Picture A, and Picture B!

Jared is still our little monkey, his favorite thing recently is climb to the third shelf of our bookshelf and pull down whatever is there....usually Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty (the two most watched movies in the house), various books, and Mario Kart or Wii Sports Resort.

Of course most of the time these climbing adventures end up in some sort of fall (yep, lots of goose eggs and bruises)

Lilli has recently started enjoying wii video games a lot. She plays swordfighting, bowling, and skydiving to name a few. It's pretty entertaining watching her, she is extremely competitive and I think sometimes comes really close to breaking a sweat. She is definitely going to be the sporty girl in the family. Tennis lessons here we come! She's always asking me if I want to play mario kart, so she can pick out the character and the car and be my coach (I'm not very good, I guess I really need one!)

We have an old ikea shelf, one of the remaining pieces of furniture from dental school days that we have always managed to make room for in our many moves. We keep all our plants on it, and stuff on top..well mostly another "junk drawer" for me. The kids love the bottom, they can often be found there looking out the window, using it as a hard surface to draw/color, or to make a bed! Carmi drags in all the blankets off her bed and lays on it.

Jared and pens....ahhhh. I have tried and tried to get this boy to find excitement in crayons but with no luck! He loves pens. (Hence scribbles on the walls and furniture because he is the next Michaelangelo!!)

I came back from grocery shopping and was putting things away. One of the bags was on the floor so Jared crawled into it. How cute is that?

Lets eat some chicken nuggets while sitting in a bag shall we?

Eric's old camera from his mission has been floating around and Carmi has taken a real liking to it. She's always telling me to say "cheese" I've thought about getting some film for it, just to show the kids what we used before the digital age really took over! (I can't wait until they are teenagers and we try to explain to them what a vhs or cassette tape is!! I guess even now CD's are not even as common as they used to be! haha)

And finally, the promised pictures of Carmi losing her tooth. We ended up never finding it, but the tooth fairy came anyway.

She has definitely stopped drooling less since she lost it. I guess it can be a challenge to have a tooth hanging halfway out.

Today Carmi asked me where Dad was. I responded with my usual answer "at work" then I asked her what Dad did at work, and she said "he goes to get me some ice cream, ice cream is yummy!" She definitely loves it (but who doesn't!) the last few nights when I'm tucking her in she will say "Mommie, can I have some ice cream in the morning" we decided quite some time ago that we would only have ice cream on birthdays and select special occasions (just because if it's in the house I eat it and I eat WAY to much!) So I usually just tell her when the next birthday in the house is.

My sweet daughter, she knows how to make me feel happy. She always tells me I'm cute (which is exactly what I need to hear seeing as I'm over 8 months pregnant, and I'm down to one sunday dress, one pair of pants, and about three shirts that really fit comfortably!)
I'm definitely ready for Nadia to make her appearance, and lets hope it's right on time (three weeks from Monday or sooner! *crossing fingers*), and a quick delivery. I still have low platelets and so I will not be able to have an epidural (which I wasn't planning on having anyway, Jared's delivery was SO much better without one!) but because of that my doctor does not want to induce, because I would have a real problem if I ended up with another 12+ hour labor!

Recent Occurences

Rides from Lilli are a very popular going thing right now! We have a little kids plastic chair and Jared and Carmi take turns sitting on the chair and having Lilli push them across our super slick kitchen floor!

A somewhat successful picture of all three!

 Carmi finally lost her tooth for good (the one she knocked out last fall). Blogger decided it didn't want to upload all my pictures so I'll post it later. She looks so cute with a missing tooth!

Nadia bump at week 34. Lilli did a good job taking this picture for me!

We had an 80 degree day, which just added to our very confusing January weather! We even turned off the heat for several days.