YAY for teeth!!!

G3's first tooth is finally through. I didn't think this day would ever come. :-) Her bottom right (in front of course) tooth is through!! She looked at me like I was nuts when I cheered-and then she laughed. G2 seemed upset that we weren't cheering for her, so I cheered for her having teeth too and she grinned real big and laughed. lol :-D

We no longer have a toothless wonder. :-)

Silly kids :-)

G1 has started calling his elbow his "arm knee". It's really funny and super cute-if I do say so myself. :-) He has also started 'correcting' me when I say Geneva. He tells me "No, Mom-Gretchyn!" Well, of course I am right and he is wrong-but it's cute that he does that. All because we correct him when he calls G3 Ge-a.

Tonight G2 crawled up underneath the seat of the exersaucer and stood up with her head in the seat part. She was so funny. She looked out through the leg hole and just laughed. She had G1 and G3 cracking up too.

After G3 got finished eating lunch today she passed out in her seat. One second she was looking around 'talking', the next minute she was asleep.

Matt and I exchanged anniversary gifts today-instead of waiting until Monday. We both knew what we were getting and wanted them NOW! lol :-) I got a video camera. YAY!!! Matt got Halo 3 (for those of you that don't know what it is, it is a game for the XBox 360). :-( I know I got it for him, but I hate him playing games on the stupid XBox. He ignores everything and everyone around him all day long when he is playing. Anyway, that's not the point. The point is I got a video camera and I am super excited to really start using it. :-)

You mean to tell me they are suppose to go on the other end??!?

G2 wearing an old diaper as a hat

G3 wearing a new diaper as a hat

The girls wearing their new diapers-the correct way

G1 wearing his new diaper-also the correct way

Ramblings....

The kids are all becoming so much fun, and soo much work. They like to follow each other around. Generally it is G1 in the front leading the way. He will get down on his hands and knees and say "Come on Ge-a" (leaving out the -nev- part of Geneva, it's what he calls them both), then takes off with the girls following. Sometimes the girls will just following each other; they will go into G1's bedroom, through the bathroom, into my bedroom and then back to the living room. They could do that all day long if I would just leave the doors open. It is so much fun watching them all interact-when they aren't fighting. The girls have really started to fight each other over toys and bottles and cups and everything. They also have started fighting with their brother over the same things.

We have been dealing with a lot of whining lately. I can't take it. I don't know what has gotten into all the kids, but all they do is whine. I'm about to lose it. Matt and I are going to St. Louis for our anniversary (October 1st) on October 2 and 3 and I can't wait! I will finally get a break from all the whining.

I can't wait to move. I hate living here with Matt working an hour away from here. He is just gone from us way too much. Plus I am sick of never having a vehicle because we only have the one and he always has it. There are days that I will drop him off to carpool, but there is one guy that he carpools with that makes me feel horrible for doing that. I don't understand what the big deal is about me dropping Matt off on days that he is not driving the carpool, but whatever. So, the kids and I are stuck at home all the time and it's driving us all nuts.

The house is disgustingly messy. I just can't get anything done. Anytime I try 1 to 3 kids start screaming at the top of their lungs, and if they don't start screaming than G1 (sometimes the girls too, but mainly G1) takes everything out of everything and throws all the trash around the house. So, that defeats the purpose of me cleaning. I just think it would be easier to pack everything up and move instead of trying to clean everything up. :-/

Laundry hasn't been done is who knows how long. Well, I have washed diapers and Matt's work clothes, but for the most part laundry just doesn't get done. I don't have a chance to do it. I can't go down to the basement for more than a second because I can't trust G1 with the girls. I don't ever get clean laundry put away so that makes me even less motivated to do more laundry.

I need to hire someone to come in and clean, but there is no way I would let anyone in with the house looking the way it does. Or I need someone to take all 3 kids for a day so I can clean, but noone will take all 3. It's either G1 or the girls, generally just the girls because G1 is so out of control that noone ever wants to watch him. It's frustrating.

I'm sorry this is so down and depressing, but I've had a lot going on and I've been needing to vent. I just don't have hardly anyone to vent to about things. :-/

Oh, Aislinn the diapers I use are Dappi brand I think. They are just cheap diapers that I found online. I had tried prefolds, but G1 learned how to undo the diaper pins and I couldn't figure out how to get them tight enough. If I had all the money in the world I would love to get SwaddleBees. I have a few of them and absolutely love them, but they are just so expensive. What kind are you using? Got any tips for me??

I almost forgot, here are a couple of funny pictures from the other day. I was feeding G3 lunch and G1 decided he wanted to help. He did a pretty good job-at first. Then as you can see better from the second picture he got it all over her face. He finished up by eating most of it. lol

I will try to be more upbeat next time. :-/

Diaper update

Our new order of diapers came on Thursday. The fit!! :-) Of course they leak a little so I am still trying to figure that out. But I have them and I WILL make them work!!

Nothing else new right now, I don't think. ;) But I will try to post a longer post later.

Bath time

We got new bath seats for the girls so I can bathe them at the same time. They seemed to really like them. G1 even got in and took a bath with the girls.

Oh, and we have another tooth. G2's tooth next to the other one popped through today. G3 is still working on hers-which I can feel through the gums, but it won't come through. So G2 has 2 and G1 has gotten 2 in the time and G3 is still hanging in at being the only toothless one!

Playing at Grandma's

G1 went to Grandma and Grandpa's (Matt's parents) for a little while yesterday. When the girls and I got there to pick him up he had just fallen asleep so the girls got to play for a while. They played with Grandma's 'babies', which NO ONE is ever allowed to play with. Cathy told the girls they should feel lucky. :-) Then Great-Grandma showed up for just a few minutes and the girls chased her dog, Buffy. I had just gotten them new headbands and I wanted to show them off, that's the main purpose of this post. :-)

G3 with the 'babies'
G2 on her way to the 'babies'
G2 with the 'babies'
G2 and G3 playing with Uncle Benjamin
G3 watching outside

G3 and one of the 'babies'

G2--sooo pretty!

G2 and G3 chasing Buffy

"Hey, Buffy, where are you going??"

G3 making a goofy face for the camera

Airplanes

This morning we went to the airport. It was Aviation Appreciation Day. We ate a pancake breakfast and walked around and looked at airplanes and helicopters. We also watched a K9 demonstration. We had a lot of fun. It was a bit chilly, but all in all it was a fun family outing.

This is an Army helicopter. We went inside it, it's pretty cool. It is HUGE!!


We watched this plane take off.

Here's a picture of Matt and G1.

G1 was ready to go 'Bye-Bye'.....

......on this plane: (that's Brian standing next to the plane with Matt and the girls)

Brian, Matt and G1 next to a Navy plane.

Reno (the K9 dog) was finding drugs on this car.

Reno 'attacking' the man-he was the helper. (The photographer was hiding inside the car.)

We are 9 months old today!!

Only 3 months until the girlies are a year old. It seems unbelievable! Anywho, here are pictures of my 'BIG girls'.

G2:

G3:
G2:

G3:

Aunt Mallory

We went to watch Aunt Mallory play her first volleyball game today. Sadly, they did not win. (Better luck next time Mallory!) But it was still fun to go watch her. It so strange to me that she could be old enough to be in sports. But I imagine that's what my older siblings think about me being married and having children. Here are a couple pictures of Mallory during the game.

She's #27.

She's the one that is circled. Doesn't she look like a pro??

I added these pictures of the girls just because they were there. :-)

G2:

G3:

I did it!!

I was able to take all 3 kids for a walk all by myself. YAY ME!!

G1 rode in the stroller, standing on the foot rest in between G2 and G3. I put his harness on him just incase he wanted to walk. It was too dark for him to walk. Man is it tough to push all 3 of them in a Graco DuoGlider.

I just had to brag about the wonderfulness that is me! Now, I know I can do it (of course it's going to start being to cold now).

More sleeping pictures

I put the girls in the playpen so I could work on laundry. They started getting tired so I gave them their bottles. G2 decided she didn't want her bottle. So, this is what she did to fall asleep.

Yes, that is her on top of G3.

G3 was not pleased, so she worked on pushing G2 off of her.

"Ah, finally I got that girl off of me, now I can go to sleep."

So sweet...

Girls playing in the bathroom

This is what the girls were doing while Gavyn was taking a bath.

Yes, the toilets were sanitized!

We have another tooth!!

Heheheheh...But it's not G3. Nope G1 has another tooth. Now he has both 'vampire' teeth on top and only one of those on bottom. It just came through last night or this morning. But I had to post to see if you (I'm talking to you Marcia) :-) would think it was G3 that I was talking about! :P

Well, that is all our exciting news for the moment. Have a good Sunday all! :-)

We have a tooth!!!

Geneva's first tooth just popped through today!!! YAY!!!! Now we just have to work on the hair. :-)

All about ME!

Four jobs you may not have known I have had in my life:
1. Gas station attendant at Wever Junction
2. Cashier at Hy-Vee
3. Sandwich Artist at Subway
4. Teacher's Aid at NLSD

Four movies I could watch over and over:
1. 10 Things I Hate About You
2. Boondock Saints
3. Donny Darko
4. Sweet Home Alabama

Four places I have lived:
1. Mt. Pleasant, IA
2. Harlingen, TX
3. Keokuk, IA
4. West Burlington, IA


4 TV shows I like to watch:
1. FRIENDS
2. One Tree Hill
3. Gilmore Girls
4. Scrubs


Four places I have been on vacation:
1. Chicago
2. St. Louis
3. West Virginia
4. Kansas


Four favorite foods:
1. Pasta (just about any kind-no wonder I can't lose this extra weight) :-)
2. Steak
3. French Toast
4. Manicotti


Four places I would rather be right now:
1. I'm okay here-this is where my children are
2.
3.
4.


Four of your favorite drinks:
1. Water
2. Lemonade
3. Hot Chocolate
4. French Vanilla Cappuccino

Four Wishes you have:
1. Happiness
2. A house closer to Matt's work
3. Keeping my children healthy
4. Having all of our debt paid off

Stupid, Stupid ME!!

So, our diapers arrived today. YAY!! (kind of)

It turns out that I ordered the wrong size. I ordered the smalls (6-13 lbs) instead of the mediums (13-24 lbs). I was sure that I ordered the mediums, but I guess not. :-( I thought about seeing if I could exchange them, but decided that it took long enough to get them here that I would just wash these and use them until I am able to order more. They fit on the girls-real snug but they fit. But I can't get them on G1. They will work for just a short amount of time, but I was hoping to get G1 into the cloth diapers now too. {{sigh}} I'm so angry with myself right now. Good thing they aren't really expensive.

Matt said we have to wait awhile to order more, but I'm hoping to have the money with the next paycheck. I guess we will see who wins that one. :-)

I guess if we have any more children (not likely, but there's always that chance I guess) then I will have the diapers to use for them right away.....

Diapers

Our new diapers are in Des Moines! They are only 3-4 hours away. I am getting anxious. I can't wait for them to get here. I ordered them a week or more ago; but it seems like AGES!! Hopefully they will get here fairly early tomorrow, so I can get them washed and start using them. I just had to share because I am so so SO excited!!

Oh, NO!!

G1 got stung by 2 bees today. The first one stung him on the inside of his lip while we were driving to the library. The second one stung him while we were at the park having a picnic. He is fine. I was completely worried for quite awhile, but he is fine. He only had a little bit of swelling with the first one, but he was still able to drink and eat. I think it was more traumatizing for me than it was for him.

"I've missed you Daddy!"

The last couple days Matt has worked 12-hour shifts. Yesterday it was 11 AM-11 PM, today it was 7 AM-7 PM. When he came home the girls were all over him. They were excited to see him (G1 was too). Here is a couple pictures of G3 cuddled up with Daddy to go to sleep. They are soo sweet!

More fun in the sun

Yesterday the kids and I went to a cookout at a friend of mine's house. My friend (LeAnn) has an almost 17-month old little girl (Finley). While the food was cooking and while we were eating all the kids were playing in a sprinkler/pool thing that Finley has. I got a few pictures of the kids and 1 video. It's not the best video but I'm going to share it anyway (mainly because I've figured out how to put videos on here) :-)

G3

G2

G3

G1

Finley giving G2 kisses

Finley giving G1 kisses

G2 and G3

G3 and G2

G3

G3 and G2

Finley

G2