Frame

Ree's teacher gave each student a wood frame to take home, decorate, and add a picture to. She's using them to decorate the classroom. Ree and I finished her's early last week. I had the scrapbooking supplies on hand of course Ü. I cut out the paper to cover the wood and Ree glued on the letters. It turned out pretty cute! Oh and props to Auntie Lisa for taking the somewhat harried picture.

Twin's Family Party

Here are some pictures from Hammie & Ree's birthday party. A good time was had by all. As you can see, there was an emphasis on dress-up for whatever reason.

Homecoming Dance

G went to the homecoming dance tonight. It's his second go 'round, so he didn't seem as nervous as last year. He cleans up pretty good!

Birthday Fun

Hammie and Ree are 5! They started off their day opening presents from Bill, G, and I. Then they got to go to Chuck E. Cheese for dinner and lots of fun. Like 2 hours worth of fun. Hammie has been begging to go for months and he fell asleep on the drive there. Ree saw the building and knew just what was up. Hammie had a very big surprise once he opened his eyes and realized where he was. Here are some pictures of their day. They are having a family party tomorrow, so I'll post some pictures of that tomorrow or Monday.

5 years ago today..........

I need to take a walk down memory lane. Just like most Moms out there, every year my 3 "babies" get older, I get both excited and a little panicky all at once. Excited because I can workout, dabble with a craft project, paint my toenails, etc. without too much interruption. Such an exciting thing for me! Then I get a little panicky because another year has gone by and I hope and pray they've learned enough in said year to advance through another.

So 5 years ago today, I was packing the last few things into my overnight bag to take to the hospital where I was scheduled for an early morning c-section. To say I was totally "over" the whole pregnancy thing is an understatement. I was crabby, in pain, and exhausted. I had just put the last thing in my bag, lifted it down and felt my back slide out. Like, all the way out and it hadn't been good for about 5 months prior. My poor Billy came rushing in to help me up and I very crabbily limped to bed uttering naughty words under my breath.

The next morning we got up super, super early to get to the hospital to finally have the babies. Bill hit every single pothole imaginable from here to there. The nurse made sure I had one of those special beds with the fancy inflatable mattress when she saw I could barely walk from the wheelchair to the bed. Then my sweet, totally awesome doctor thought it would be humorous to poke fun at the fact that "wasn't I glad my back had only been completely out for 1 day?" At that particular moment, I didn't find the humor in his ribbing. Plus he was eating an apple and I was starving. Rude!

Then.......they took me into the operating room, got me ready to go and we had our sweet little bundles of healthy joy + love at an astonishing 1 minute apart. Hammie came first, then Ree. One of the nurses snapped a great picture of Bill and I checking them out for the first time. All the months of worry, pain, crabbiness, and fatigue were worth it in that one moment.

The Latest Bike Accident

I came home from work Friday night and took a rare nap. The whole entire family ('cept me) has had a nasty cold, and I was feeling over-tired so I laid down. I got up and walked out of our room in ancient pajama pants and one of Bill's undershirts. At the end of the hall there were 2 extra teenagers sitting in our living room looking at me. So, back down the hall I retreated to put on a nicer top and my jeans. Bill and the little kids came back to tell me they had ordered pizza for everyone and that G had gotten in a slightly worse bike accident than the last one. Here is the story of the latest wreck.

G was out riding bikes with some friends. He went over a jump and wrecked. Apparently some younger kids were messing with the jumps and G didn't realize there was a lip at the base of the one he was going over. I don't really understand jump design, but apparently this was a big deal. Amazingly he's not all that sore. He has a numb area on his hip owie, which I'm assuming is a bit of nerve damage that will heal with time. He's hoping for some "good scars." Here are some pictures of the carnage.

Doctorin' Dog Toys

After G's bike accident, there's been a lot of doctorin' going on around here. Addie has been fully examined (didn't have my camera handy) and after she began to protest, her lizard dog toy received an exam. I immediately de-germed my table after this picture.