PLAYHOUSE

I love my husband for many reasons but one of them is definitely because he is a handyman. Another aspect of him that I admire is that if he gets an idea in his head he does it. Well I am glad he has both of these traits so that I don't have to worry about him being "Tim the Toolman" and have to call in a professional after he has messed up. He had an idea for a playhouse for the girls and it wasn't too long before he built it! And let me tell you, it is amazing! It is literally a little house that you could sleep in. It is tall enough for an adult to stand in and it is outfitted with sheetrock, paint, electricity, a linoleum floor, and real working windows. He has plans to put in an AC soon as well. Saige always tells her Daddy thank you for the house which is just so adorable!! I am looking forward to them having many years of memories in it!

the girls LOVE their house and are very proud of it
Saige

Meadow

Notice where her hand is... Patrick had to make an improvement because one of Saige's friends' got his little fingers smashed in the door hinge. Sorry Asher!

Saige cooking in her kitchen

Meadow waiting for her food

nursery painted... check

So we attempted to start some of the things on the "before baby arrives" list this weekend. And well, I think our house exploded! We took everything out of 2 rooms, painted them, reorganized them and put them back together again. But what came of that was a little experiment. Since we painted the nursery, aka Meadow's room, we had to move her bed out since the paint fumes were too strong. So at 7:30 at night, our friends, Scott and Blossom, helped us move the crib into Saige's room. At first, Saige was very excited at the prospect of her sister sleeping in her room. And actually after some chit-chatting, they fell asleep. But the next day at naptime was disastrous! See, Saige takes after her Mama, and she really needs her sleep. So after an hour of Meadow standing up and saying, "Saige," she had just had about enough. She kept telling us, "Meadow keeps talking to me!" So after 2 hours of us going in to reprimand them, we gave up and got them out of bed. For the next hour, Saige was literally on the verge of tears whenever she would talk because the girl was so tired! It wasn't pretty. But luckily, Noni and Papa had volunteered to take them that night (unbeknownst to them) and the adrenaline of getting to see their grandparents helped fuel them the entire evening. I am SO thankful that we had a relief team because we were exhausted from all the cleaning we had done that day. But we have started the process and it feels good to have something done. Our guest room/office is organized and the nursery is on its way to being done. I think that we will put the girls in the same room at night, but separate them during naptime for awhile until the newness wears off. I will let you know how that goes!

Before: baby girl pink

After: baby boy green!

wordless wednesday (a day late)

less than 100

I have less than 100 days until we have our third child! That astounds me, I mean seriously can time go by any faster? I have a lot to do before then, like:

• get Saige and/or Meadow out of diapers
• move Saige into a twin bed
  
• then bring Meadow into Saige's room because they are going to start sharing
• paint and decorate the girls' room
• paint baby boy's room
• help Patrick get the spare room in order

If anyone has some suggestions on the list above, PLEASE let me know! :)

wordless wednesday

wordless wednesday

Here is a short video of the girls being silly after nap time. Notice how Meadow takes cues from Saige on what to do next!

It's a ...

Peanut #3

Peanut #3

Well I wanted to do something cute for the blog announcing the big news but we have all been under the weather this week and aren't feeling up to it. So this pic is all I have.... Can you read what the tech wrote down??? We had her write down the gender on the paper and decided we would go to lunch and read it then. I'm so glad we decided to do that because while she was showing us the heart, brain, etc. (and saying words like "perfect" and "beautiful") it made me appreciate that we had a healthy baby and at that moment the gender didn't matter. It was good perspective and made finding out all the more joyous, knowing that God blessed us with another healthy baby to love and take care of!

If you can read it, let me know in the comments!! :)

The Beach, A Fish and A Wedding

Can I just tell you that I have fallen in love with Florida? Patrick and I went to Jacksonville/St. Augustine, FL for 5 days and had the BEST time! We got to lie on the beach, Patrick got to go fishing and I got to hang out with girlfriends. We stayed at the homes of some lovely family friends and felt so welcome (and we got to eat their food). And the end of our time there was the wedding of one of my best friends, Lauri, which was the culmination of a fabulous vacation.
We missed the girls, (thank you grandparents) but the trip was so relaxing and refreshing that I think it has made me a better mom. Or atleast it gave me a better tan! Ha!

Patrick and my pregnant self at the beach

This picture is for you, Jeffrey!

The Beautiful Bride, Lauri

Doesn't she look so much like her mother? I love this pic!

Me and Lauri

peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ

"He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God." Romans 4:25 - 5:1-2

I love Easter. I mean really, it is such a glorious time to honor our risen Saviour and tell the cyncial world that He is alive. We must do this year round, every Sunday is a reminder of His resurrection, but as a world wide Church, it is wonderful to honor His Life together despite our differences while the world is watching.

With the girls, I felt that I had "one more year" before I really needed to figure out how we were going to honor Christ and not the Easter Bunny. Anyone have any suggestions? I would LOVE to hear them.

Despite, my ill will towards the Bunny, here are some pictures after celebrating Easter dinner with my parents. It turned out to be a lovely day, but since it poured earlier in the afternoon, we had the egg hunt inside. They enjoyed finding eggs and holding their baskets and Saige especially enjoyed getting chocolate! That girl loves her chocolate. In fact, she has been punished twice for opening the chocolate without permission on two separate occasions recently. And she is for the most part a very compliant child, but I guess she thinks it's worth it. I can't blame her really and it's hard to tell her she is in trouble with a straight face when she has chocolate around her lips! :)

Here she is in chocolate heaven!

Meadow and her bunny

Coming to show me more chocolate!

Put the camera down and open please, Mommy!