Natalie

Preschool starts the Monday after Labor Day and she is SO excited! It's only 2 mornings a week, and just 2 hours so she will probably be bummed when I pick her up! She has been really into drawing and spelling again. I came home from dinner out with friends last night and she had written "lion" and drew a picture of a lion! I am so proud of my little girl :)

2 Toothed Music Man!

Jacob is in love with music! Anytime Ryan gets out one of his guitars over he crawls! He also LOVES to sneak over to the piano and start playing away on his own! Both of his bottom teeth are coming up and I love how he makes so many cute faces!

Complaints (and gratitude)

I am feeling complain-y tonight. But I decided if I am going to complain, I need to write something I am thankful for as well. So here is my random gripes.

1. Everytime I wash dishes I get the bottom of my shirt/top of my pants wet. BUT, I have running water!

2. My husband wants to go to bed at 9pm every night. BUT, he gets up at 4:30 in the morning to work out before work so he can come home at 4 and spend time with us.

3. When everyone else is in bed I am up cleaning up the house and getting the day put back together and ready to be messed up in the morning. BUT, if I do it now I don't have 2 small people "wallering" all over me.

4. My 3 year old will not stay in her room on the first try for bed. She comes out with "thirsty", "scared", "you need to sew my bunny he has a hole" and every other excuse under the sun (or moon at this point). BUT, she is healthy, able, and intelligent!

5. Speaking of "wallering", my friend April taught me this world. It's the act of small children needing to touch/drool/climb and in any other manner inflict their body upon yours. Jacob should be a world class waller-er. BUT he is cute and sweet and I love that angel baby!

6. I made Ryan "love bread". Really, it's just banana bread and his favorite (and I always have old bananas). I can't eat bananas, they make my throat and mouth itch. So, I spent the evening making it and doing all the dishes and I can't even eat any. He could have washed the dishes. BUT, I know it loves it so it's nice to make him happy.

I guess that's it for now. I feel better that I can think of all the good things, I know I'm blessed!

My mom shared this video with me, and it fits! CLICK HERE

Natalie Spelled!

I was up in the kitchen earlier today while Natalie was coloring in the basement. She came upstairs with this picture. I was looking at the 'random' letters, when I realized they spelled something backwards that she had sounded out. Can you read it?





That's right! B L O N N is how she heard the word BALLOON!! I was surprised she did this by herself!

We Have Teeth...Well, We Have TOOTH!

Well, a baby is NOT the best for trying to get a picture of a first tooth coming through. We were trying to get him to open up for jello and quick get in a picture. So they are mostly blurry or you can't really tell. BUT if you are a mom you can maybe make it out! One bottom tooth is coming out and the other is close behind! Let me tell you, they are there! I have been bit!

Peek A Boo

I caught Jacob playing peek a boo today! Natalie never really got into it as a baby and it's SO cute. I thought he was doing it Sunday at church. He would duck down then stand up and laugh at the people in the pew behind us. But I couldn't really tell if he knew what he was doing. Today, it was obvious! He would put his lovey in front of his face until you said "Where's Jacob" and then he'd pull it down. Once, he only had it up with one hand and had to fix it and use two hands. He also is getting his 2 bottom teeth, you can feel them poking out!

Little House on the Prairie

Laura Ingalls Wilder, I am not. I decided yesterday to harvest the peaches from our tree. First off, I only kept about half and threw the rest that I deemed "gross" into the lake. Even the good ones looked kind of spotty, but not really sure what homegrown peaches should look like. So then after researching on the good ole internetz I decided I could freeze them for later. I washed them, made a syrup from water and sugar to pack them in, and started boiling water to peel the skins off. It took awhile, but I finally got them to start peeling, then dunked them in cold water to help with the process. It was at this point that I started cutting them open and slicing them up. By the time I cut out brown spots I probably only saved about 1/2 a peach. Then, on top of that, every other peach had a little white worm (gagging as I recall this) so those peaches went straight to the trash. I am living in constant fear that I didn't catch some of the bugs in the 'good' peach pile. So after about 4-5 hours of work, I have 8 SNACK size ziploc bags in the freezer, of which I may never eat as I think of the worms *shudders*. Now starting at that poor apple tree...ugh...

Bad Blogger, Bad!

My I've been a bad blogger!!!! Why would that be? Let's list the possiblities...

1. Ryan worked 19 days straight
2. I have 2 kids 3 and under
3. I helped at Vacation Bible School for 2 weeks
4. I've been busy with k. mae designs
5. I've been cleaning the house and going through things we don't need
6. All of the above + more!

Things are well here though. Jacob had his 9 month check up. He's 5th percentile for height at 27 inches and 20th percentile for weight at 18 lb 10 oz. He's crawling, cruising and babbling like crazy. I *think* his bottom 2 teeth are finally about to pop through, which would be his first teeth! Natalie is getting ready to start Pre-combo 1 for dance as well as 2 mornings of preschool! I am excited to watch her try these new activities. I am also on the board for her preschool so I'll be busy with that. I'm also on the board for our local Girlfriend's group. Add those to my monthly bunco and actual Girlfriend's meetings and I'll be a busy momma this fall! Ryan and Drake pretty much follow their status quo around here and are doing well! Hopefully I can get back into blogging!