Recent Funnies

* Elyse watched Daddy shave the other day... apparently she doesn't get to do this often, because her comment was, "Hey, Mommy!  Daddy has ice cream on his face!"

* Emily is cracking me up with her voice and her lingo.  Anytime you ask her something she is enthusiastic about, she answers, "Yeeeeeeahhhh!"

* When my parents were visiting, my dad had Elyse in his lap, and she was entertaining him with some nonsense... He asked her what she thought of his hair (which is cut super short and getting quite thin - sorry, Dad!), and she responded that it's kind of like a 'doggy's' hair :)

* The girls had SO MUCH FUN with my parents.  We enjoyed the live-in entertainment, too :)  I'm glad Grandma gets to return in a month to do some more entertaining!

* Emily and Elyse love to run from the kitchen to the living room, and I LOVE hearing Emily count.  She'll softly say, "nine, nine, nine... GO!"

* Elyse calls Em 'little sweetie' these days.  Pretty cute.  She also pulls that phrase out when she's trying to manipulate Em to something against her will.  Not so cute.

* Elyse's term for describing how cold she is: shivery.  How apropos!

* The other day, Jordan gave Elyse a sip of his soda, and she said that it was so 'tizzy.'

* I love asking the girls over breakfast what they dreamed about the night before.  Elyse now dreams about treats (so she says) and Emily dreams about the moon, the stars, and the sky.  Good to know!

* Elyse's newest spontaneous prayer:  "Thank you for the Lord who blesses us and for cartoons... that Emily gave us.  Amen."

* Jordan watched a Franklin the Turtle movie with Elyse a few days ago, and he pieced together one of Elyse's unsolved mysteries.  She had been saying that her tummy hurt every night after going to bed.  We just chalked it up to a wild imagination trying to avoid bedtime, but apparently in the movie, Bear has a sleepover with Franklin and complains that he has a tummy-ache.  *click!*  Oh, they are little sponges!  Once we asked her if that's why she said it, she smirked and said, YES...

* The other day, we went on our first shopping venture with DOLLS.  DOLLS AND BLANKETS FOR THE DOLLS.  I could hardly believe myself as we loaded up two girls with two dolls.  Special.  Emily is obsessed with hers.  She can be seen walking through the house singing to her baby, feeding her baby, kissing and rocking her baby... it's pretty fun.  I have a feeling I'm going to have some serious talks with her about picking up Jakob by herself when he comes along :)

Okay, and Emily's little marshmallow arms have me aching for summer clothes and chunky arms and legs!  Yay for baby chub :)

A little update

Well, probably not "little."  It's been ages since I've blogged, and I just recently started to remember that I have a blog that I will thank myself later for using!  SO much has been going on, and yet, so little.  Any moms with me there? :)  Big happenings, little happenings... they all kind of form the mushy play-doh mess Elyse makes.  I can't quite distinguish what happened first, but it somehow always involves messiness.  Oh, and fun, of course.  *cough*

I am 35 weeks pregnant, and I'm feeling the torpedo effect.  This little guy is making his mama WEARY.  I truly feel that is the only description for what I'm feeling these days.  Dictionary.com (my great friend) defines "weary" as this:

physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain,etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.

Yep, that says it all! :)  Okay, in all fairness, Jakob, it is probably your big sisters that are causing mommy's weariness.  I can't fault you completely!  I love the weary brain part.  That is right where I'm at.  I am so incredible spoiled that I have two kids WALKING, though... what a blessing!  I am not quite sure how I carried Elyse around for months while being pregnant with Em...?  Jakob, I am SO excited to meet you, but I'm also thankful I have another month or so.  I need to de-girl-ify your bed!

Speaking of baby coming, we have officially transferred the girls to bunk beds.  Can I just say, it's awesome.  They LOVE them, and after about a week in their new beds, the big news is that it was a completely successful transition!  I apparently have TWO children that are too naive to know they can completely run amuck if they desire while we are sleeping...  We haven't had any escape attempts or spills (yet), and they just love sleeping in the beds.  The first night involved giggling for about an hour before they finally passed out!

Speaking of bedtime, the number one daddy in the world gets to be home nightly now!  He got a different position at work and is now able to work all day shifts.  I admit, I had some mixed emotions, but the schedule is very nice overall.  The girls do love his grand entrance every evening, and I really appreciate the help with bedtime.  I also find that I am much more productive during the days when he is not around to distract me with his long eyelashes :)  

I had mentally tried to keep March "free" for baby-prep, but so much for that.  Looks like another busy month is on the docket, which means Jakob will be here in no time.  Little guy, we can't wait to meet you!  I am worried that a crib might not contain you the way you have been kicking the daylights out of me, but I'm sure we'll find a way to get you to be still every once in a while!  You are already a vital part of our family, and we can't wait to kiss your sweet cheeks!  Goodbye, February... hello, March!