When it rains it pours!

It seems like I've gotten one thing after another the last two months and just when I thought it was starting to die down, it got worse! Obviously cutting my finger was my fault, but the reaction I had to the pain meds not so much. Pretty much made me useless for about a week. Jared was amazing and did what he could to keep everything going. Then about two weeks later we find out we're expecting and the morning sickness, or perhaps I should say all day sickness, kicks in. Thankfully Melody knows how to pretty much take care of herself. She's been a life saver! She makes lunch, starts movies, gets snacks and drinks for the two of them. I didn't even know she could do half the things she's been doing! Then out of nowhere I get sick on top of being! A sinus infection and bronchitis. Really?! I haven't been sick since we moved here almost three years ago! So, again, I'm out of the game. Needless to say it's starting to get old and I'm seriously looking forward to the time that I can take my kids to the park and run around with them half the day like we used to! Through all of this Jared has been a-maz-ing! He just recently got a promotion at work which has led to extra workload for him, and he was in the middle of taking a class that required major studying, but he still managed to take care of me and the kids and the house on top of it all!

This last weekend he confined me to bed so hopefully I'd be feeling better by the time he had to go back to work. Sunday afternoon I finally woke up and everything was really quiet so I got up to see what they were doing. This is what I found...

Thanks babe for just being amazing!

You know you're a parent when...

...your three year old proudly announces that she pooped in the potty and you both run in to see the evidence!

This really is a huge deal because she's had zero interest in potty training so it was high fives all around! We're hoping to get maybe a few diaper free months in there before the baby comes!

Old videos

These little gems have been hiding out on Jared's phone for a while now. I guess I nagged him enough that he finally got them off the phone and onto the computer :) Enjoy!

*be advised the word poop is used in abundance*

More Christmas

Jared recently made our closet into a mini office which is great for him when he's studying or working from home because you can't hear anything out side of the closet. Not so great for me when I have things to do! Here's the video I was trying to upload earlier while Katie dumped an entire bag of cereal into the block bucket!

My parents and grandparents went in together and got the girls this really great play kitchen. I knew they were going to love it because they were always trying to play cooking in my real kitchen! I think Jared did a pretty good job wrapping it and he even managed to improvise a bow! They played with it all day Christmas day and it still keeps them occupied more often than I thought it would! YAY!

Christmas 2010

Yay for Christmas pictures!

Felt potato head with velcro pieces that have litterally changed sacrament for us! The first Sunday after they got these we heard ALL of sacrament! Thanks Alexis!

I love goofy pictures of Jared because they make me feel better about goofy pictures of me!

Katie was so silly. She had to pull off every scrap of paper. She was very careful!

She absolutely LOVED this puzzle. Almost as much as the candy that came in the same box lol!

Melody picked out a watch to give Jared. They were pretty excited for him to open their gifts.

And Katie picked out an umbrella. They call it the ninja umbrella lol.

See love for the candy!

Fabulous smelly bath salts! I love love lavender!

Play dough was a hit! They were overwhelmed by all the color selections silly girls!

So for those of you that haven't heard I recently managed to get my finger caught in an emulsifier. It was maybe one of the dumbest things I've ever done! Eight stitches and two weeks later and all is well again. However, for my birthday it was my parents who sent me said emulsifier and a fantastic knife. Both of which I managed to maim my self with. Thus this is my Christmas gift from them. And yes I really do use it lol! Thanks mom and dad!

For those of you still waiting for Christmas gifts from us just hang in there! Between chopping my finger up and not being able to take any pain meds, and then getting sick right after it's not done. Hopefully by the end of the month. Thanks for loving me anyway :)