Baby News

I get a weekly e-mail about how the baby is growing at this stage in the game. Here are some of the stats from this week's e-mail. At 11 inches, (the length of a spaghetti squash) and almost 1 pound, your baby is starting to look like a miniature newborn. Her lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and she's even developing tiny tooth buds beneath her gums. Her eyes have formed, but the irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment. If you could see inside, you'd be able to spot the deep wrinkles on her skin, which she'll sport until she adds a padding of fat to fill them in.

Cole Boy

Cole dresses himself each morning and does a pretty good job of it. But WOW! This morning when he came downstairs my eyes about popped out of my head! He must've noticed because he said, "Mom, this is ALL I could find to wear!"

Cole spends a lot of time talking about our new baby. Today he told me he was going to draw a picture of me and the baby. I wasn't sure what to expect, but this is what he came up with. Isn't it cute?

Trevor's Hooked

Friday night David taught the boys how to play Mancala. Trevor is hooked! He absolutely loves that game! I didn't have a chance to play him until this morning, and you know what? The booger beat me! He said, "I love this game. I could play it all day!"

Jonah

Get the New Look

Here's Logan singing, "Get the New Look, from the Old Book." I didn't even know he knew that song!

Jumping Jacks

Here are a couple of videos of Trevor doing his jumping jacks. Believe it or not, he's come a long ways! =-) In school they do some type of PE and exercises on Fridays, so I guess tonight he was in the mood to show me what he could do. As you can see on the second video, Logan decided to join in as well. Enjoy!

Working on Our Collection

We're slowly working on our collection of baby GIRL things. I haven't actually purchased that much. My mom and sister both sent me some things, and a dear friend from college sent me another dress that's not in this picture. These are all hanging in the dining room from the shelves, since I haven't figured out which room our little GIRL will get. Plus, as an added bonus, I can see them each time I walk through the room and enjoy just dreaming of dressing her in her new clothes!

Silly Time

We just had a nice evening at home tonight. After a delicious dinner of chicken parmesan, we played Sorry. Mommy won, of course! I tossed a football around with Logan while Dad and the boys played another round of Sorry.

I'm not sure what was wrong with my camera. I guess I need to mess with the settings.

Library Day

Here are some pictures from the library trip Saturday. I used

the cell phone, so that's why the quality is so poor. But you can still get the idea.

Some Photos

Potato Recipe

Well, as you might have guessed, we didn't go with the scalloped potatoes today! I made a new recipe and it was so yummy and easy, I thought I'd share it with you.

Olive oil -- a few drizzles
1 pkg. dry onion soup mix
diced onions (optional)
cubed potatoes

Wash the potatoes well, then cube them. Spray a crock pot with non-stick cooking spray. Add all ingredients and mix well. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours.

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They were very yummy. Even David commented on how delicious they were.

More Blessings

Time and time again, I am amazed at God's blessings on our family since we've moved here. I can't even begin to tell you all the things God has provided for us: fresh produce, free firewood, gift certificates, etc. . . ..

This week a couple stopped by our house and brought us a ten pound bag of potatoes and a large ham. No reason, they just wanted to be a blessing. How nice of them! So tomorrow we're having ham for lunch, and I am thinking of scalloped potatoes to go along with that, but haven't made up my mind yet. (The baby may decide on something different come morning! LOL )

God is good. . . . . all the time!

We Finally Found Out!

In case you're wondering, we finally found out the gender of my sister's baby. Because of some insurance complications, she didn't have her ultrasound until Friday -- even though she is due a month before I am! I was excited to call her and find out that she is having a boy! Yeah! I have somebody to give all of Logan's cute, little baby clothes to. Monday I'll spend some time washing baby boy clothes and packing them up. I'm so happy for them!

Good Weather

This week we had a nice change of pace. The weather got up to the 50's this week for several days. It was very nice and pleasant. I haven't looked at the forecast for the upcoming week, so I'm not sure what's in store for us. We did get a dusting of snow on the ground today. Boo-hoo! I was hoping the groundhog maybe lied about seeing his shadow! Hee-Hee! I think we're all getting a bit of cabin fever around here, so it was nice that the boys got to spend a couple afternoons outside on their bikes. Hopefully that will tide them over until the spring season decides to greet us.

We also had some big, gusty winds this week! Wow! We live in an amazing two-story brick home, but there were times I was expecting this house to come crashing down around us! The winds reached 60 mph here Wednesday night! I was on the phone with somebody after church and I heard a loud BOOM! I wasn't sure what it was, but when I walked into the living room, I saw that one of the panes of my windows had just fallen right into the house! It did not break, but it knocked over my end table, broke a piece from my lamp, and made a mess! We were pretty amazed at that powerful wind. All night as I slept rather fitfully, I kept waiting to hear another crash! Thankfully the Lord spared us a second episode of window-crashing!

Here's something funny. . . because of the high winds, we had a two hour delay from school on Thursday morning! David got up and ready as usual, but when I had turned on the news, I saw that there were some school delays. We were kind of surprised about that! A friend jokingly told me maybe it was because they were afraid the Mennonite buggies would flip over! I don't know why, but we did enjoy a couple of lazy hours that morning, and a short school day for David!

Pray for the New Baby

Logan still seems to be excited about having a new baby in the house. Every mealtime, when David finishes praying, Logan says, "I want to pray for the new baby too." So we wait for him to bow his head and pray for his new sister. It's just so sweet I want to grab him up and squeeze him right there and then!