Whoops!

Wow, it's been a while, hasn't it? And I just realized that my last post was on my birthday. I don't even remember that.....

Anyway! Kid growth update: Bethany got on the Publix scale and she weighs 33 pounds! She finally broke 30!! She'll look back at this and wonder why I kept everyone up to date on her weight. How long will I continue to do that???

Penny had her 4 month check up yesterday. 13 1/2 pounds, 24 inches! She is such a cutie and smiles at everything. If you are ever mad about something, just come over here and let her look at you. You won't stay mad for long!

So here are some pics -

Bethany after her dance recital:


Bethany and her friend Michael J at the splash pad in the zoo:


Me and the girls after performing on a recital of music by women composers:


B doing a performance after that recital. This is her pose:


A cute one of Penny:


Another cute one of Penny:


This one is random. This spider was in my car a couple of weeks ago. He was smaller than my thumbnail and was very jumpy. If anyone knows what kind of spider it is, I would love to know!:


Sorry I haven't had time to post any pictures on the website recently. I will have more time once all of the concerts are done with next weekend. Yay!!!!!

Also - I have finally finished working on my SAI Chapter website. If you're interested in seeing my AWESOME work, go here. I'm very proud of myself. Of course, I have a lovely husband who gives me a little bit of help...

wrong

Yesterday Bethany, Penny and I were watching an episode of The Little Einsteins. In this episode, the kids have to go find animals to help pull Rocket out of a waterfall in which he stuck himself while they were on a safari. So as they approach each animal, Leo (the leader of the group) asks what the animal is and for fun I say the wrong animal. Bethany then corrects me and tells me what the animal actually is. After doing this 3 or 4 times I look at Penny and say, "Penny, your big sister is so smart. One day you'll be as smart as she is". Bethany says:

"And when she's big like you, she'll be WRONG."

Smart aleck.

bad mom? i don't care!

So some of you may think this is just terrible, but because of what I did Penny took a 3 HOUR NAP!!! (For those of you who don't know, the child sleeps maybe 90 minutes TOTAL during the day)

Here it is:




She fell asleep on my shoulder yesterday (after unsuccessfully trying to get her to sleep in her bed or the swing) and I was tired so I tried laying down. This put her on her tummy on me. Then I just had a thought to try putting her in her bed like that and it worked!

She just takes after her daddy, I guess. And I LOVE her for that!

new pictures!

I can't believe after the past two days that I have a free moment to do this! I've posted some new pictures. Click either of the pictures below to go to each gallery:




And here is another favorite. This was taken on B's camera, that's why the quality isn't as good. But this is a preview of her dance recital!


Enjoy!

Soooooooo Big!

Penny's two month check up today:
11 lbs 9.5 oz
23 inches long

She has gone from 50th %ile to 75th %ile. Maybe I won't have the same clothing problems with her as I did/do with Bethany!

Speaking of, I just today put Bethany's 2T clothes in a bin (though she does still have some 2T pants and skirts in her drawer). She'll be 4 in July. She has a pretty long torso and long legs, but her waist is SOOOOOOOOO tiny. I can't buy any of those cute 2-piece outfits. She can almost wear 4T tops/dresses, but so many pants/skirts she is still kindof in between 2T and 3T. Ugh.

Penny has been sleeping through the night for several weeks now. That's probably thanks to having to give her a bottle of formula at night. She's a pretty sporadic eater during the day and then around 5PM wants to do nothing but eat. I feel like I just can't keep up with her (and don't really feel like nursing for 4 straight hours). So now I nurse her after bath time and then she has 2-4 oz of formula, then to bed. Obviously it's not a problem (even her ped. said so) since she is growing just fine.

Anybody see the eclipse tonight? It's really cloudy here. Hoping to get a break.

more pictures

I've posted the family pictures we had taken before Christmas. Go to our website (the link is to the right) or click the picture to take you to the album. Enjoy!

pictures

I've posted pictures from Christmas. Just click the link on the right for the website then click on "Christmas 2007". Or, click the picture below:

7 weeks...wow

Wow, who would have thought that finding time to blog while having a 7 week old and a 3 1/2 year old would be so difficult?????

Sorry for the slow updating. And sorry for the lack of pictures. Our camera is busted. All we get on the display is white. It will still take pictures, but it's not the same when you can't see! I do have some, though, and I'll post them soon.

Yesterday my friend, Sharla, and I witnessed the first time Bethany has "fed" a baby-doll; if you know what I mean. It was so cute! I remember when another friend, Joline, told me about her daughter doing the same thing. I was kind of wondering when she might start doing that!

Bethany has been doing pretty well with the whole baby thing. She has good days and not-so-good days. Even at school. Monday her teacher told me that it has been taking a little more prodding than usual to get her to do her work. Today she told me that she was her normal self again. I imagine it will be like this for her for awhile.

Okay, let me go work on those pictures. I'll let you know here once I've got them up.

she's here!

Penelope Jane
6 pounds 8 ounces
19.5 inches

The WiFi in here won't let me FTP to our server. So more pictures will have to wait.

And the final movement...

For Penelope -

almost done!

Well, this is it. Tomorrow at 5AM we head for the hospital. In less than 15 hours Penelope will be here! I am a little nervous about all of the prep before the surgery, but I am just looking forward to having her with us, on the outside! So, stay tuned here. We'll get pictures up as soon as Nathan can. I don't think they have wi-fi at our little DeLand hospital!

theme and variations

Maybe she's got a whole suite of these:

our b, budding composer

So Bethany decided to sing a little song the other day.  She sat down at the piano and told me that she wanted to sing a song about Jesus and God and how much she loves them.  This is what she came up with:

christmas in the air

Amy and B spent today putting out Christmas decor and playing Christmas music. Tis the season. Fa la la. Deck the halls and such. All and all a relaxing change of pace. B has been in rare form.

Awkward moment of the day: Bethany just started singing Santa Baby. Amy explained that it was on the radio in the car the other day. Amy and I laughed and then stopped, in an attempt not to encourage it. Not exactly something I want my three year old singing. Little too much innuendo.

We'll laugh more later. Hope you do so now. Merry Christmas!

something worked!

Bethany LOVES quesadillas. I've tried putting chicken or beans in them and she won't eat them that way. She likes them with cheese ONLY (as she prefers most things!). Well, while I was at Publix today I stopped in the baby aisle and picked up a jar of pureed chicken. I spread it (very thinly) on the tortilla before putting on the cheese. SHE'S EATING IT!!!!!!! She has no idea what I did! Halleluia!!!!! Next time she wants mac 'n cheese, I may try putting some pureed squash or something in the pot! I hope that this isn't a one-time experiment gone right. It better keep on working!

Ah, fall!

Last night as I was leaving work around 8:30 I could see my breath!!!! I love this weather. Now what is wrong with the weather people??? I was watching the weather report the other day and the guy actually said, "By the middle of next week we should finally see temps warm up back into the 80's". WHAT?!?!?!?!?! What does he mean FINALLY??? We've been waiting since May for this weather and he's ready for it to get WARM again???

sick

Well, it never fails. I have 3-4 days of lots of work to do and as soon as I get a day off, bam!, I get sick. The change in weather probably aggravated it, too. Bethany is even a little stuffy, but not acting sick. I, however, feel like my head is about to explode. I have pictures that I need to post from the Fall Festival that we went to (rather than the traditional trick-or-treating). We've been so busy since that night I haven't had a chance, and now this. But I can't hardly even see what I'm typing right now, my eyes are so blurry! I'll try again later.

Trying the movie thing

Okay, here's a little movie I took the other day. Since school started I've tried to get her to say the pledges for me and the other day, having the microphone in her hand got her going! She did this routine about 5 times in a row! I got the last time, which, of course, was not as good as the first! She was much more distracted my this time! Anyways, sorry it's a little dark, but it's more about the sound anyway! She starts off with the pledge to the flag then "My Country 'Tis of Thee", followed by the pledge to the Bible and "The B-I-B-L-E". Hope you enjoy!

Okay, I'm here!

Thank you, Jen, for hounding me. And thank you, Melissa, for wondering where I was! :)

Okay, not really time to catch up, but I have uploaded some new pics to the website and I've put a couple of pics here for your immediate enjoyment. The first 3 are of Bethany's room. We finally got around to painting a couple of months ago, so here is the fruit of our labor:





And here now is a recent piece of art by Bethany. She went from scribbles to circles to happy faces and now to whole people so quickly (it seems!). This is a picture of Penelope that B wanted to put on Penelope's door. Notice the amount of hair she thinks the baby will have!




So I hope you all enjoy that little update. I wish my life would slow down for a minute! I have some cute video I need to put up, too, and as soon as Nathan's life slows down, he can help me with that! :)

yikes!

Has it really been over a month since I posted???? I must be busier than I realize! Things have been so ridiculously busy here. I don't even really know what to write at the moment. I was just shocked to see my last post was September 10!

I will have to sit down and catch you all up on what's been happening. But it's 11PM right now and I must sleep. Hopefully by Wednesday there will be something here to read. If there isn't, please feel free to hound me.