My Babies

Here is a picture from Monday night after walking in the door from work.
I love my job. I am so thankful I stuck out clinicals and now I can work a great job part time and be home most of the time with my babies (which I do love more than my "career").
Which brings me to my next bit of news. There will be one more baby to love in this house come August. I didn't think we had any more room in this house, but we will make it work. For some reason God decided we weren't done when all this time we had been hemming and hawing about what "we" thought we should do. As always, I'm not in control. "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" was an awesome book, but God is more awesome. He heeeee! I am excited. Anna will be 2 on Aug 7 and I am due on Aug 11.

Thursday night fun

"Me... and my shaaaaaaaaaaaa-dow...."
This is how I do dishes. With an extra appendage.


This pic is for Liz because she always laughs at my kids sleeping in places other than their beds.
I've given up fighting with Abby to take a nap, so sometimes I end up carrying her to bed because this happens around 7:30.


"We're making fake money. LOTS of it."

This and That

This is Adam. He fell and hurt his chin.
Haha ahhahahha hahahahah. Poor guy.


Barb came over and played on New Year's Eve. Anna kept sneaking into her purse.


Sometimes it's a little unnerving, the way they stare at me while I'm baking.

I have been patiently waiting for a musical Veihl child to come along... I think this one's it! (It only took 5 tries. See, persistence pays off.)


The kids got all sorts of Play Doh paraphernalia for Christmas. My personal favorite was the dental one, of course.


When you need a nap, you need a nap. Location is unimportant.


Here she is an hour later, pretty much unphased by all the activity.


I know exactly how you feel, Tommy.

Rachel and Adam had their "Holiday" program at school. I think the preschoolers mentioned Christmas in one of their songs, but none of the other classes did. Booooo hisssssssssss.
On a happy note, Adam was VERY excited when he saw me in the crowd. He said, "There's my Mommy!!!" It made me so happy I wanted to cry.


Anna loves to write. She makes delicate little marks on the paper.


Amanda stopped in with her precious bundle the other day. Tommy just couldn't get enough of her!


The other night Tommy crawled under here and fell asleep. Anna snuggled up next to him.


Casey came home last night with this remote control tarantula. Adam thought it was awesome. Anna kept backing away in total fear.

As usual, I got lots of help baking today.

10 Years

We celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary on Dec. 4. It was so great. The past 3 years we have started our fun day out the same way- lunch at the Golden Dragon in Bay City, then on to downtown where you'll find the antique mall and other fun stops... come along!


Ahhh, the Fabric Fair. Expensive beautiful fabulous fabric. I bought just one yard of this fabric with the trucks, I am making a little blanket for Tommy. I'll post a pic when it's done. I am famous for starting projects and not finishing them, but I do so solemnly swear to finish this if it kills me.


Just like a kid in a candy store! You knew I was going to say that, didn't you.


No he didn't buy it.


This was the cutest old pop-up book ever! One vendor had a ton of these, I could've sat there all day.


And then back to the old grind. Here is Adam plugging away at spelling. For some reason this week's words have been a breeze to practice, but last week included other, mother, brother, and wow were those tough for him. But he only got one wrong!


Monkey see, monkey do!

We spent Thanksgiving at my parent's house. Casey had to work as usual. I'm trying not to be bitter. After all, our anniversary is coming up next weekend and he took Friday off. Wooo hooooooooooo!


I can't believe my kid is reading my old books already! She found this on grandma's shelf and read it in 2 days. I'm pretty sure she reads faster than I do.


The perfect Thanksgiving afternoon. Anna was in awe of grandpa's blanket. Actually it was Becca's, and Becca promptly snatched it off as soon as she saw it there.


So we were watching the Rockette's (I think that's who they were) on PBS and the girls got very excited. Anna loves to dance around, Rachel tends to get her all riled up. I guess that's what siblings are for.


This is totally off the subject (do I ever have a subject?), but Tommy and Abby were playing this afternoon and I heard Tommy say, "Yeah, I've been to Egypt lots of times. I take my mail truck."
I chuckle every time I think about it!

This costume is two sizes too small, but it sure is good for a laugh.


Abby is really starting to get into coloring. I love her little body.


Adam's new hobby is sharpening. Crayons, pencils, pens if I don't catch him soon enough...


It finally came out. Last night I had to put Rachel in a head lock to get her nasty loose snaggletooth out of there. Even her best friend at school told her it was gross. Now that's an honest friend. So after a slightly tearful extraction, my relationship with my daughter was restored after a couple bucks were handed over. Now look at that smile. Then she wanted her other tooth out. What does she think- I'm made out of money???