New Blog in the Family

Here's my sister in law's blog everyone....it's full of great ideas for us moms.



http://www.sisterlings.blogspot.com/



Meghann was the creative one who made the girls the flower headbands. She is now selling her creations. So cute!





She'll be my guest at moms group this week - I'll follow up on that later:)

Ruby at 9 months...

Ruby is super mobile these days. She crawls all over and pulls herself up on things too. Daphne and Maisie walked at 11 months, so I guess I am in for it again!

She has four teeth and seems very frustrated with baby food these days. We are starting to do more table food cut up really small. We really hear from her when the girls get a special treat in the car and she is left just watching them devour a McDonalds cheeseburger. SOON enough, I tell her...

She is still a great sleeper and a very content little girl. I get some screams once in awhile, like when I peel the van keys out of her hands or when she has to get back in her carseat for the umpteenth time...but besides that...she's in my husband's words, a "SUPERSTAR"!

She also loves her sisters and gives her daddy huge flirtatious smiles. And she's definitely won over her Grandpa's heart. Not to mention how Phoebe has named all her baby dolls Ruby. I just love how the youngest child in the family becomes the adored one of all the kids, even if they themselves are just really babies/two year olds themselves...

My cup these days runneth over...and it's God's gift of little girls that is so filling me up!

Miniature Pumpkins

Today was our first moms group of the year! Here's how it went down:

Project Idea Born - This is how they looked in the magazine.

This is how mine turned out at 10pm the night before group!

The ladies each made two to take home!

With the extra stuff the girls made one each at home afterward.

Here's Daphne making her stem out of marzipan.

Watch out when Maisie has a bowl of frosting!

Maisie's Pumpkin.

Daphne's sprinkles...I mean, pumpkin.

And although blog posts can be deceiving sometimes...you know

how we pick the best pictures, tell the perfect story...

This last shot tells you the reality of a project like this at my home!

(my sink looked like that ALL day)

OH, but so fun...

A New Birthday and a New Look

Maisie's third birthday went off without a hitch (only minor things didn't get pulled off...that my mom says I will never remember years from now)

I can't believe three years have passed since she made her surprise, emergency c-section appearance. I should have known then that her personality would follow in the path of her unexpected birth. She always keeps me hopping. But, can any of you argue that Maisie Jo is anything but darling?!

She is growing up FAST and I am holding on tight to her littleness now - there are lots of stealing of hugs and rocking chair moments going on in this house.

We're singing Barbie's Diamond Castle songs while Daddy's off hunting...

We're Going to Miss This...

(this is Maisie, not Ruby!)







It's a strange thing, but I don't listen to music much in the car. The kids are either watching a video if its a trip out of town, we're chatting and pointing at exciting things outside, or listening to some great kids praise music cds. So, when I watched a country music show the other night, I was really enjoying getting caught up on some new songs. I copied the lyrics here below - by Trace Adkins. Man it hit me - especially the part in the bold. I just had to share...







She was starin out the window of their SUV Complainin sayin I can't wait to turn 18. She said I'll make my own money. And I'll make my own rules. Momma put the car in park out there in front of the school. And she kissed her head, and said 'I was just like you'. You're gonna' miss this. You're gonna' want this back .You're gonna' wish these days Hadn't gone by so fast. These are some good times. So take a good look around. You may not know it now. But you're gonna' miss this. Before she knows it she's a brand new bride. In her one bedroom apartment And her daddy stops by He tells her it's a nice place. She says, 'It'll do for now' Starts talkin' about babies, and buyin a house. Daddy shakes his head And says baby just slow down Cuz' you're gonna' miss this. You're gonna' want this back. You're gonna' wish these days Hadn't gone by so fast. These are some good times. So take a good look around. You may not know it now But you're gonna' miss this. Five years later there's a plumber Workin' on the water heater. Dog's barkin', phone's ringin' One kid's cryin' one kid's screamin' And she keeps apologizin'. But he says they don't bother me. I've got two babies of my own One's thirty- six, one's twenty- three. Huh, it's hard to believe, But you're gonna' miss this. You're gonna' want this back. You're gonna' wish these days Hadn't gone by so fast. These are some good times, So take a good look around, You may not know it now, But you're gonna' miss this.



There's power in truth and I know in my gut that:



I'm going to miss this,

I'm gonna want this back.

I'm gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast.

These are the best times.

I need to take a good look around.

I do know it now...and I'm going to miss this!

Plus Two For Two Days

This week my niece and nephew, 27 months, came to stay for two days, while their mommy attended to their daddy, who was in the hospital recuperating from surgery.

We had a lot of fun, some of which was captured in the above pictures. Jabe and Phoebe had their first bowls of cereal WITH milk...we went for a little walk in the field nearby, and I had enough 2T matching shirts for a photo shoot with them.

I had a scary thought while taking care of them on our little walk. Somewhere out there, there is probably a mother who actually has a 5, 3, twin 2 yr olds, and an infant. Here I was feeling great about staying in for two days and just being a diaper changing, kid feeding, nap controlling, bath giving and not going anywhere mom/auntie helper!

I'm so glad we got to make memories and get to know them better. They are such great little kiddos ~ as sweet as their pictures, honest to goodness.