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Jim's 30th Birthday

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Jim with his cake while we sang "Happy Birthday".......yes I did put thirty candles on it Melanie, Eva and Jim Jim, Maggie and Melanie......Maggie wanted to hold Melanie all night it was way too cute. Today we really had a wonderful time celebrating Jim's 30th Birthday today. He said he doesn't really feel any older than he did when he was 29. My mom, stepdad, my Uncle Jim, Lorene, Melanie and Mary and Nathan, as well as Jim's mom Kathy and sister Beth, were apart of the festivites. Jim wanted me to make this 3 layer cake called 1-2-3-4 Cake by Paula Dean with his mom's homemade frosting, it acutally came out pretty could for my first time making a 3-layer cake. I think Jim's favorite thing about his birthday was when Eva sang him "Happy Birthday" to him when she woke up this morning. Melanie at 21 weeks old......sitting in a Maggie's excersaucer for the first time Nathan and Eva dancing to the songs in Mamma Mia Eva taking care of her bab

Bunk Beds

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Jim and I got a decent tax return and we already have recieved it. So we decided that we wanted to get the girls a new beds and get them out of their playpens. We have been looking for several months on the "perfect" one. We wanted it be sturdy and safe, since the last bed we had for them fell apart in our move last year. So the picture below is the bed we finally found and we both fell in love with it. I really love how it has the draws in the steps and under the bottom bunk. The girls room is very small so this will free up a lot of room in their bedroom. We will eventually get a small dresser for their room so their TV, dvd player and humdifier are off the floor. I will post pictures of the girls on the beds once it gets delivered and we put it together.

Friday Fourteen

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14 of my favorite pictures of my Maggie 1. Newborn Picture......2 days after she graced our lives. Another great joy, love and blessing in my life 2. Being so silly and having a blast durning bathtime 3. Being so affectionate......giving her 2 month old cousin Melanie kisses 4. Being bashful and trying to tell me enough with the camera mom 5. Going trick or treating for the FIRST time with mommy, daddy, grandma and big sister Eva 6. Passed out in the middle of Bob and Karen's Wedding Reception on 10-10-09 7. Maggie's FIRST haircut.....she wouldn't sit still because she was so nosey about what was going on around her. 8. Having a blast at Brookfield Zoo with my family. 9. All ready showing signs of an attitude and she is going to be trouble 10. First time in the pool and absoulately LOVED it 11. Just simply loving the outdoors.....just like her big sister Eva 12. Maggie on her FIRST Christmas.....she is sticking out her tounge and either Daddy or Grandma 13. Her

Valentine's Day Mothers' Tea

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When she first saw me The decorations that were on the wall behind the children while they were singing Standing in front of the ladybug she made So today was Eva's preschool Annual Valentine's Day Mothers' Tea. It was so wonderful. It was in the schools gym and there were tables that were decorated and each table had a the teachers name on them. So then I was able to find Eva's name and there was a seat for me. The places were set with a dessert for the kids and the moms. At the spots for the moms were special placemats, cards and gifts that were made by the children. There were three other classes besides Eva's that sang today. They sand 3 songs all together and then each class sang 2 songs. It was so much fun and it was a proud moment for me and I am so glad and proud to Eva's mom. Singing one of the her songs Part of her class So excited to sing and seeing me

Friday Fourteen

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I saw this idea on several other peopls's blogs. Where they would write about a certain number of things that they liked or that was their favorite books or whatever they wanted. One person did every topic that she was writing about with the number 5 and another person did the number 10. And they would pick a day of the week that they wanted. So I decided that I really liked this idea and so I picked the day of Friday because it seems that I really don't ever have anything going on this day. Then I picked the number 14 since I have a hard time narrowing things down. So the first "Friday Fourteen" is my 14 of my favorite pictures of my oldest daughter Eva, mind you I have way more than fourteen but I picked fourteen of them. 14 of my favorite pictures of my Eva 1. Eva 11 days after she has entered my life.......She is just a blessing. Aug 12, 2006(my 25th bday) 2. Her "FIRST" school picture.........Preschool, Gentle Learning Preschool 2009-2010 3. Eva's

A new Milestone

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As a mom and when our children are growing and developing, we get excited when they have achieved a new milestone. When they are little the big milestones are holding their head up, rolling over, sitting up, crawling, standing up, and then walking and talking. Then the older they get the fewer milestones but those milestones are just equally important. My Eva just starting going to preschool this year, which was the first milestone of the year. She has learned her colors, shapes and numbers 1-10, which she knew previously attending preschool. She learned within the last couple of weeks on how to spell her name and now looks at everything to see if she can find her name. She has also been working on writing her name, she was getting the "E" done pretty good but was having a hard with the "V" and "A". When I picked her up today from preschool, I noticed that on a picture she colored of a groundhog, in honar of Groundhog Day, she wrote her NAME. I can

Health Issue Update

So over the weekend I received the results of the nuclear test that I had on Monday. The nurse first said that all they had were the results of my blood work and were showing that I had no other test done. Needless to say I wasn't to happy on hearing this. Then they called me back about a few hours later and said that the results were fine and there is nothing else to do and just take the Miralax that the doctor wants me to take. I got off the phone and screamed on the top of my lungs. I have to get another CT scan in 6 months. So today I decided to call again because it is not normal for a person's urethras to be swollen and back up into the kidney's and causing them to swell. Hopefully they will call me in a reasonable amount of time and tell me what the hell is going on. Will keep everyone informed if I hear anything.

A day of some fresh air

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So excited to be going to the park Happy to be outside......Love her smile So proud of herself Today I decided that I was going to take the girls to the park to get some fresh air. They both were thrilled and love being outside. It was cold but was soooooo nice that we went outside. I think I need to take them outside for at least even if it is for 10 minutes, everyday. Trying to copy and follow her big sister around at the park Maggie tying to get to the slide.....still too little. "Okay Mom, Enough with the pictures." Eva in jail :-)