Makin' Banana Pancakes

Saturdays at our house are known as "Pancake Day". On all other days breakfast is pretty boring, but Pancake Day, now that's something different. That breakfast is so special, that the entire day is named after it! Here are the kids this morning enjoying their banana pancakes with chocolate chip smiley faces.
Not the kids, the pancakes.... although the kids soon had chocolate chip smiley faces as well....





The other day, Brady and Jax were playing a video game and Vance wanted to get in on the fun. He was a bit tired though.....



Lilah on her 2 month birthday! She's wearing what Brady calls her "ridiculous socks". I think they're cute! He just doesn't understand that when it comes to little girls, the more lace the better!




I'm without a husband again this weekend. He's in San Diego shooting a wedding. I'm jealous because not only does he get to see Jerry and Jess all weekend, but it's also about 80 degrees there! He called to let me know that he already has a suntan.... wasn't that nice of him?

There doesn't seem to be any other interesting news to share, so I guess I'll sign off for now.... cheers!

Newest Taste treats....

I need a direct line to the Poisen Control Center. Evidently I don't feed my kids enough. Today Vancey decided to tear the plastic wrap off of the raw chicken I had defrosting on the counter for dinner and eat a bite. I know, it's 'scusting as Vance would say. I found out about it just as I was leaving to take Lilah to her 2 month check up, so Brady quickly called Poisen control, and they said to give him lots of fluids and watch him for the next two days. They said if he doesn't get sick in that time period he'll be fine. They also said that if he's healthy and not taking any medication he only has a 50% chance of getting sick. Seriously, I realize it was almost lunch time, but he can't have been THAT hungry.... Quick, everyone tell me that I'm not a bad, neglectful mommy!!

As previously mentioned, today was Lilah's 2 month check up. Healthy as a horse (who came up with that saying, anyway?) and weighed in at 11 lbs, 7 oz. 4 pounds gained since birth 8 weeks ago!

Well, I'd better go fix dinner, or risk one of my children helping themselves to some raw meat again.....

This, That and the Other Thing.....

So I was inspired while reading my cousin Sarah's Blog . She had just gotten a new hair cut and mentioned the fact that she hadn't had it cut since last August. I laughed when I thought about it and realized that I hadn't had my hair cut for over THREE years (not counting me whacking at it). Then I thought that perhaps that wasn't quite so funny, and I quit laughing and promptly decided to go get a hair cut. And I really like it! So here are the pictures. Is it me?





Brady got some great smiling pictures of Lilah this weekend...she smiles at daddy all the time. All he has to do is talk to her and whistle and he get's the best grins!



Since Jerry is so bad at updating his blog (love you bro) and everyone is always asking me about Jess and how she's doing, I thought I would post this cute picture of Jess and Cohen that he sent me this weekend!



Here is a cute picture of the kids in the King Solomon crowns that we made in school today. Vance had just declared that he was NOT going to smile! The kids decided that they were King Peter, King Edmund and Queen Susan. (We are reading the Narnia books for our read-aloud right now)



Lilah is doing well, but is wildly unpredictable when it comes to sleeping at night. She can go to bed at 9 and sleep through the night, or go to bed at 9 and wake up in four hours, or decide to not go to bed until 12, or go to bed at 9 and wake up for two hours in the middle of the night..... and on it goes. Last night it was the last choice on the list. I got 2 hours of sleep, was up for two hours and then got 3 hours of sleep before it was time to get up. 5 hours interrupted is so NOT enough for me. It makes me crabby.

Our weekend weather was so lovely! It was about 75 degrees Sat and Sun. We worked outside all day Saturday and got the lawn thatched and raked. It looks so good now! On Sunday, Shan and Marcus came to church with us at RLM and then came over to play. We had dinner and took the kids to the park, the guys threw the baseball around and then we came home and played a game of Scrabble (of course!). I would have won, but with my last tile I set Brady up for the win. Dumb me! :>)
It was a fun day, and wore the kids (and parents) out completely.



AND THEN.... this morning we woke up to an inch of snow. And it has snowed and melted repeatedly all day. YUCK. Where is spring????? Rain I can handle. Snow is ridiculous. Come on spring.... we're waiting for you with baited breath! Come out, Come out wherever you are!

Here comes the sun

Well, Da, You'll be happy to know that I obviously jinxed myself with that last post.... I should have known better than to brag! :>) The last two nights have been terrible. I think I've gotten 5 and 6 hours of sleep respectively, and those were interrupted. It isn't that she's not sleeping once she's asleep.... it's getting her to sleep. All I can do now is hope and pray that this isn't the beginning of her "colicky" phase (all of my kids went through one). She has been such a good sleeper since the beginning that we were hoping that we had avoided that this time around.  

I think spring is finally here! According to the local news it's going to be 70 degrees by Sunday!  Wahoo! I'm really excited to have some warm weather. 

 Of course, that means that I have to go work on the lawn... we rented the house in January with tons of snow on the ground and unfortunately found out when the snow melted that the previous renters did NOT rake the grass before it snowed. It looks like there are the clippings of about 3 mowings now choking out the lawn. It's a mess.

 We also found out the the neighbor next door thinks that it's a good idea to let his dog use our front lawn as a bathroom-- that way he doesn't have to clean up after it! Grrr. I've actually caught him at it- with his dog on a leash no less. If Brady had been home I would had given him a piece of my mind, but unfortunately the guy quickly ducked intohis own garage and I wasn't brave enough to go after him without backup! :>)

Here's a picture of my big boy. I had to take this the other day when he was on his way outside to play because he's just starting to look so "grown up". I can't believe he's going to be 7 this summer! 

We want to give a quick congrats to Cristy and Nathaniel.... They're getting married!! Congratulations Cristy! He's a lucky guy. 

Okay, well I have to go wake Lilah up. She's obviously tired from the last couple of nights; she's been sleeping all day! 

 

Here's the proof. She smiles when she has nice dreams....

Talk to everyone soon....

Big news

Lilah slept through the night for the last 2 nights in a row!!!

She nursed at 8, laid down at 9 and slept until after 5 AM! 

It was great.... we hope she keeps it up!