What are we Having?

To those of you who have been waiting, I truly apologize for not telling you what we are having : )

This Friday I will be 32 weeks and excited to meet our new little GIRL!

She is a wiggle worm and sometimes wakes me up with all her wiggles *smile*

We are trying to keep the name a secret but Karagen is having a hard time, she keeps telling people  lol

Where have I been?

Every summer get's so busy- and this summer has been a little crazy.

What have I been up to?

No computer for almost 3 weeks.

No longer working at our local Post Office, the Postal service is in the process of shutting it down.

My sister is getting married next week, Oh my!

We have been canning and freezing like crazy, thank the Lord for a bountiful garden!

Getting big and ready for baby to come : )

Laundry, dishes and more laundry lol

I have finally gotten a handle on our house cleaning, A true victory for me. 

The Lord has given me strength and patience, something I pray for daily.

That is all for now, I will do more posting now that I have a computer.  I have to get 5 kiddos ready for church tonight : )  Have a great day!

24 Weeks!

I was so excited to be getting my ultra-sound today. We have an hour drive to my doctor (we have to go across the bay bridge) it is a long drive but it was sooooo worth it, especially when I got my first 4-D ultra-sound! I ADORE these pictures!

24 weeks- 10 lb weight gain! Yay!
So cute!

The baby loved it's face, kept it's hand there for most of the pictures.

Peek-a-boo!

Tiny little hand makes me want to hold it : )

We thought about keeping it a secret-but guess who can't keep a secret?

It's just about me....

Yesterday I woke up with a horribly swollen face, above my eyes, my lips (big and luscious haha), my cheeks, my chin and even my ears. My ears were bright red, swollen and sore. I looked a mess and felt AWFUL! I had chills and a fever as well, so I finally called the doctor and was seen yesterday afternoon at 3:30. He prescribed a steroid for my face, saw me again this morning and prescribed an anti-biotic for a severe sinus infection. Thankfully the swelling in my face was much better today!

Last night Jachin woke up screaming and feverish, we gave him some medicine and he threw up everywhere. So there was a not-so-nice mess to clean up. I was so thankful I was with it enough to take care of him, I cleaned him up and we cuddled in the living-room rocker for an hour. He is going to the Doctor today and hopefully get some relief for whatever is bothering him.

Maryland is great and I love living here, but the pollen is horrible and I have had a lot of trouble with allergies here, never have anywhere else we have lived. Guess I am just getting old : )

That's what's been going on here-I haven't been to church in a week and a half, I am so hoping to make it Mother's Day!

Emmaus's 5th Birthday!

Birthday Pictures with Mommy and Daddy!

Ballerina Outfit!

Grammy made her 4 skirts- 3 of them came with shirts for complete outfits! Thank you Grammy, they were beautiful!

The bag from Grammy and Pop Pop.

Her first Princess cake- not perfect, but she loved it!

Waiting for her cake.

Cupcakes for school, Daddy took her to school with them!

Breakfast, Monday May 2, French toast, scrambled eggs and sausage per her request.

Stretchy lizard, the childrens favorite out of all the gifts.

Art set from Aunt Shell! Thank you Aunt Shell!

Don't you know it's easier to blindfold than to wrap the gifts, and there's a lot less mess : )

Birthday cupcakes on Saturday April 30 when Aunt Shell and Frank came to visit.

Washington Zoo

Karagen had a school field trip to the Washington Zoo. I was the chaperone for the trip as well and we had a set of twins with us, Destiny and Hailey. Karagen was so excited that I was able to come and we had a wonderful time.

On the bus on our way!

2 hour trip there.
Just arrived and ready for lunch!

Elephant walking away-how exciting ; )

Tiger walking away-what do we smell or something?

An alligator-is it real?

The people all around were asking if it was real and I was thinking "Duh, this is a zoo, of course it's real! And when they asked the attendant she pretty much said the same thing- without the "duh" of course!

An Orangutan climbing the cables right over our heads.

The twins Destiny and Hailey.

Waiting to get on the bus and go home.

I was amused to find this on the camera this morning, I took a ten minute snooze, and Karagen got a picture of it. At least my mouth wasn't open : )

Spring!

I look at their little faces, smudged with dirt, smiles shining through.

And realize I really don't have too much to do,

To go and grab the camera, get these memories on file....

For these precious children are only little for awhile.