Betsy's B-day

Hey Bets,
I've been thinking about you throughout the day today. Happy 29th! Hope you had a great Christmas and an equally great Birthday. Let me know how it feels to be 29--mine is just around the corner :)
Much love
Lizzy

Slap Me the Next Time I...

Today I tried my hand at adding another child into the mix. I kept a 2 month old baby for most of the day. I think it would have been okay had i not had to actually do some everyday things like actually leave the house! Oh me oh my talk about insanity. I will say however, that by 2pm they were all sleeping in seperate rooms. So then i proceeded to other normal things like lunch and laudry. So with all that said, the next time i say i want another one right now SLAP ME! I will be ready in a year i really believe but now is a whole different story!
I am hoping to post some pics of our holiday season tomorrow. Right now i need to veg in a major way!

Meow.
Mandycat

"Oh Trish-mess tee, Oh Trish-mess tee...

How lovely are thou branches!" I love hearing Kenna say the word "Christmas"--and I especially love to hear her sing. Today at lunch we were playing Christmas music and she was singing, "rejoice, rejoice..." in O Come O Come Emmanuel. I can't imagine what it must do to God's heart for him to hear his little ones praise his Son--it certainly fills mine with immeasurable joy!

She got her first Barbie from my aunt yesterday and studiously combed and 'ficked'(fixed)her hair today. She's such a little girl! I can't believe how she is growing and changing right before my eyes. Eli bought her some snow boots that have little pink fluff balls on the end of the laces. When she walks in them it looks like she is wearing a cross between ski boots and leg braces! But she loves them.

We were dumped upon again this past weekend. We got several inches of snow and weren't even able to go to church on Sunday. I wonder if Fulty-cat got much? Betsy--got your Christmas card via e-mail just now. Loved the picture of Brevin trampolining!!

I hope all my cats are doing well. Vanessa, Fulty and Klep--we'd love an update. Byrd and Bets--keep us posted on your holiday events.

Much love
Indy-cat

Happy Birthday

Wanted to wish Mandy a very happy birthday- even though Liz beat me to it (I think we are the only 3 that actually look at this any more)!

Also, the clomid apparently wasn't our friend this month so we will try again next month- although we will be in Ohio and Swartz will be gone at crucial times so I definitely think we will be waiting until January for better results!

Is Byrd turning 28?

Happy Birthday Byrd-cat! Hope you enjoy your 28ness. 30 is just around the corner--can you believe it.
Lizzy

oops...forgot

The reason I titled my last blog "a quiet toddler is a naughty toddler" is because one morning ELi and I were a little slow getting out of bed in order to supervise Kenna. She was in her room and was just a little too quiet. When I finally got up to go see what she was up to I discovered that she had gotten some vaseline out of my diaper bag and had smeared it all over her baby doll. Hmmm....I think I'll have to teach her my infamous vaseline stunt. Anybody up for a butt-print?

A quiet toddler is a naughty toddler

Hello Dear Cats,
Yesterday Duncan and I appeared as Mary and Baby Jesus for the chapel service at our church's daycare. Eli and Kenna tagged along. When Kenna saw me walk out in my Mary costume holding Duncan wrapped in a blanket she yelled out, "Baby Jesus!" It was endearing. Apparently she's understanding something that we're teaching her as of late.

It's been snowing up here. Kenna and I made a snow man today and then pretended to be bears roaming around our front yard. I'm sure that if any of my neighbors saw me on all fours crawling about our yard they may very well think differently of me now. The things we do for our children.

Lizzy

Heathens on Saturday...

Well cats i have two stories that must be shared.

1. Let me begin by saying Ava JUST TURNED 2 not 12. Saturday morning i was getting her ready to go to a church thing. She was aggravatin the snot out of me by dumping her bag of hairbows out continuously. So i asked her to stop. She then proceeds to look me square in the face and says, "Get over it, mom." Yes. It is true. B-A-D-D!

2. On the same day, Daniel was in charge of throwin a diaper and some wipes into my bag as we left for the church thing. We get downtown to Market Square. We have been there about 10 minutes and Ava takes a ridiculously smelly dump in her diaper. I go to get my purse and of course there is no diaper or wipes in the bag. So, it was Daniel who forgot them so it was Daniel who i told to truck himself over to the parking garage and change her from the emergency stash that was in the van. Ten minutes later Daniel returns to tell me he didn't find any diapers in the van. Note here that there were diapers in the van-they just didn't jump magically into his hand when the van door opened! So at this point i asked him so what is Ava wearing on her butt? He proceeds to tell me, and cats i swear this is the truth--he found one of my pads in the van and she is wearing it! Yes! I know... Well, i am mortified but we continue our walk around Market Square. Ten minutes later i sit down with Ava and notice none other but the pad is around her ankle. The dingbat didn't even take the paper off the pad. Seriously....