Baby #4

So today March 1st marks my 10th week of this pregnancy. I am a little overwhelmed. Shane lost his job in January and doesn't seem all that enthused about trying to get a new one, so i'm having a hard time with that. Morning sickness has been moderate although not as bad as with Avery. Smells seem to be affecting me more this time. I can walk in a room and a smell can set me off. Had my first U/S on 2/17. Just one baby phew!!!!! I think this time i'm going to find out. I wasn't going too, but i keep telling myself if its a girl i need to get things as i have nothing. I'm a huge yard sale person and i love sales so this summer would be a great opportunity to stock up. lol

March 1st - I know I know, been a while

It was been months since i have been back on here. So much has happened. Avery turned 1, we had Christmas, Gregory turned 10. Emily turned 12. Good lord. How did i miss putting all that down? i just lost motivation i guess.
Anyway, New Year. And another baby on the way. That's right. baby #4 is coming September 27 2010. Although according to my Dr. i'll have him before that as i'll have a scheduled c-section. So once again life is going to get crazier and even less sleep to be had, which sometimes i don't think is possible.
This year marks the first year of me trying to be creative with cakes. lol I made Gregory a spiderman cake:

and this past weekend i attempted Emilys. She had a sleepover cake:

I cant get this picture to turn around for some reason.

Avery had grown like a weed since last i posted. He is now 18 mths old and loving the winter (the only one i think). Love to be outside in the snow. And this year we have had record snow fall, its just been non stop. Here are a few pictures from this winter:

I will try my best to do better, with keeping this up to date.

Camping

So the weekend of July 18th we decided to go camping. our first adventure camping as a familyand especially with a baby, so we decided to stay in a cabin, 1. it was cheaper than going and buying tents and all the equipment we'd need and 2. i'm way too much of a girly girl to campin the dirt with bugs! So friday we get up, ready to head off, our cheap vacation, or so we thought ended up costing a small fortune just making sure we had enough food and supplies. And off we headed to Hemlock Hideaway Campground in Huntingdon.

It of course as it has been most of this summer, was raining when we arrived. I don't just mean raining, torrential downpour. We found our cabin, which was right at the top on an incline, which if we ever come again, please remind us not to get cabin 6. It was lovely, but i didn't like the hill at all, especially as the bathrooms were at the bottom of the hill. We unpacked in the rain, the kids loved the loft that they were going to sleep in.

The rain took a little break, so i took the kids down to the pool for a bit while Avery and Daddy took a little nap! we came back decided to start trying to light a fire, wasn't the most successful thing in the world, but we made do. Finally i was lit after Shane and the kids made several trips to get fire wood. Came back and we made hotdogs, baked potatoes and then of course smores. Avery sat in his wagon while all the eating and talking around the camp fire ensued.

Master chief at work. Saturday morning we got up to unseasonable cold tempertures for July. But we made the most of it, the boys went fishing, shane caught a fish. Avery and i took a little nap. We all went swimming. Avery had his first time in the pool and swimming, he liked it but we wouldn't let him in very long becuase of how chilly it was. We then sat around the campfire again, made mountain pies, pizza ones and then my new favorite. Peanut butter/chocolate/marshmallow mountain pie. OMG it was soooo good. Sleeping in the cabin was interesting, i couldn't get away from shane's snoring, so there were moments in the night i seriously considered going and sleeping in the car, no matter how many times i kicked him, or thumped him, nothing, doesn't even flinch!

Here are a few pictures of saturday:

So Sunday arrives our day to leave and naturally its 80 degrees and sunny outside. So we pack up after making breakfast around the fire one last time and head to the lake for part of the afternoon. Thought we should at least make the most of the nice weather. Wasn't as relaxing as i hoped it would be but we had fun all the same.

4th of July weekend

Saturday started out cold, we headed off to Brian and Lynn's for a cook out, made my new favorite dessert (thanks renee) cool whip pie and the pototo's that everyone seems to enjoy. They had a lovely set up in the back yard and the kids had a wonderful time playing, we ate a lot and watched some fireworks that Brian set off.

Avery discovered Grass for the first time. At first not his favorite:

He wouldn't put his feet down and didn't want to touch it at all, till mean Mummy just plopped him down in the grass and he was "forced" to get used to it.

but then he was off and loving it, and of course then we couldn't keep a hold of him.

the day went on and the kids sat and watched the fireworks before we left to meet Renee and Jeff to see the Lakemont fire work show.

Day two. We took the Kimball Pontoon boat out on the lake at Glendale with Renne and Jeff and their kids Josh and Matt, we had a great time, all got burnt (except Gregory who always tells us "i never burn i just tan" thanks Greg). Avery loved his first adventure out on a boat, thought the wind blowing his hair was hilarious.

Here is Avery's melt down on the lake before it was all too much....

Bumps on the head

So its great that Avery is now mobile, that he can explore everything, and he loves it, he's off like a shot every chance he gets. Doesn't stop for a second, other than a minor drink or poop break. but his new found freedom come the accidents, it seems he is falling down and banging his head every 5 mins, that poor boy, and its always the worst thing that has ever happened to him. You scoop him up, cuddle him and then he's off doing the exact same thing again. its nuts! so we came up with a solution, we baby proffed him. Well Gregory helped with the aid of his Gladiator helmet.

Sr. Company

So, there are moments in your life, that you look at your kids and you could burst with pride! yesterday was one of those moments for me. Emily has been taking dance since she was 3 years old. And yesterday all her hard work payed off. She made The Sr. Company. She'll be the youngest dancer in there. Of course for me that means a lot of added expense, she'll be taking ballet, pointe, hip hop, jazz, tap and lyrical, so that's all of those costumes and competition fees! but i'll find a way, she is so excited. She really needed this confidence boost. After breaking her toe before the recital last year and then not getting the lead for the nutcracker, this helped so much. Solo's start next week so i'll be sure to keep you all posted on how she is doing as the year progresses, and how much hair i have lost trying to pay for it all. hehe

June 13th Recital

So we made it to the end of year recital. Emily did great, she was in 5 dances in the first half, so lots of fast comsume changes. She was so nervous, especially doing the senior company part. A girl had gotten hurt and couldn't dance and they chose emily to take her place. She looked to little next to them though, it was very cute.
As always nothing goes off with a hitch of some kind. It was my bright idea to drag her outside before and get her pictures in the garden, well naturally she found the only wet spot in the yard and stood up with mud all over her pink tights. So we scrubbed. Nothing, we soaked. Nothing. finally decided to just go buy a new pair, got to the store at 230, they close at 2. Seriously???? So i brough oxy clean spray remover (best invention ever), it worked wonders. Thank you oxy people!.
Avery enjoyed his first recital, along with his new found love of his puff snacks. Almost like cereal and with no teath still, he's mostly gumming them, but he loves them. Think he enjoys the independance a little of being able to do that on his own.
Here are a few pics of the ballerina.