Thumps and Bumps

17 weeks along and I feel daily thumps and bumps. Funny how with each child I remember each one's particular movement in the womb.
Jackson was all quick, sharp jabs.
Blake was mellow, almost small brushes on the other side.
Chase was floating and dancing and streching and hiccupping - all the time.
This one feels like thumps and bumps - like a knock, knock, knock on the other side.

Kinda fun.


Taking a break and will see you all for a new year = 2010!

Christmas a little early

A little clue for all my friends and family as to what we saw on our ultrasound earlier this week.

SHE (holy cow it feels weird to say that) looks healthy and great and the high risk dr. saw no issues worth concerning ourselves over. Now that Jeremy and I have wrapped our brains around this addition to our family, we are so happy!

Feeling a little worked over

So I'm currently bidding on the above item on Ebay. For eleven flippin' dollars.
What is it? you ask. It is plastic furniture for the Little People Dollhouse. You see I have the LP house and somehow over the past two children, we have lost all the furniture. Now Chase is interested in playing with it, but he has nothing to arrange and rearrange within the house's walls. So off I go to Ebay to find cheap dollhouse furniture. Nuttin' honey. NOthing. Can't find anything except Dora the Explorer furniture.
So finally I found this little bag of furniture - it isn't too girlie (unisex colors) - but be honest, it looks like something you would find in a McDonald's Happy Meal. Although instead of paying $3.29 for the Happy Meal toy (which we would get a very nutritious meal with it) - I'm willfully bidding on a toy that will go for somewhere in the neighborhood of $14.00 including shipping.
If you know me and know how cheap I am, this really sucks.
Oh well, a boy needs his dollhouse furniture.

My Hall of Shame

A few months ago, I was at my cousin's house complementing her on the good work she and her husband had completed on their house.
"Yeah," she replied, "but it is about time for the kid makeover."
"Huh?" I asked.
"You know, when you repaint every wall, replace flooring, fix all the nicks and scratches, and basically all the damage your children have done to your house."

Good idea, I thought to myself and eventually returned to my own home with opened eyes to see what sort of things I would need to do in my own kid makeover. Holy HellBalls - I couldn't believe all the DAMAGE my boys have done to my home once I actually paid attention.
I think I'll feature several of my favorite sections of the house over the next few months, but let me start with what I like to call my Hall of Shame.

This is our hallway leading from the kitchen/living room part of the house back to the bedrooms. Much wrestling, fighting, and general taking down happens in this hallway.

A nice round hole in the drywall where very eager boys decided to slam the closet door open and see what sort of mark it could make in the wall.

Note to boys: it puts a HOLE IN THE WALL.

Outlet in hallway where I plug in my vacuum. One day I as I put in the plug, the outlet literally fell apart and crumbled to the ground.

"What the >.....ss.???" I yelled at the boys.

"Uh, we kind of slammed into it the other day."

No I haven't gone to Home Depot to buy the $.29 replacement cover.

Last but not least, my wonderful and creative 21 month old got his hot little hands on a Sharpie and decorated the walls.

I know that all the repairs I need to make in order to eliminate the Hall of Shame are easy and I can do myself but seriously....I am plain tired!

What I'm questioning today

I watched the movie Paper Heart a few days ago.

So here's my question - Is it for real or not real at all? I can't figure it out. I promised myself I wouldn't spend too much time "researching" it on the Internet, but it is really bugging me. I guess life is going pretty well for me if my biggest dilemna today is whether or not a movie I saw is true or fiction.