Birthday cake

Sunday was my birthday. Mom and Dean got me a pretty cake. The older 3 Gs helped put the candles in. G1 even helped me blow the candles out. It was kind of fun to blow out birthday candles for myself. It's been like 6-7 years since I had.

Thanks for the cake, Mom and Dean.

Tummy Time and other pictures

G2 has a black eye right now (actually it's almost gone). What happened is--G1 knocked her down (not sure if it was on purpose or not) and she hit our bed frame. Poor girl--it looked so bad. She looked like she had dark purple eye shadow on.

This is G3's "CHHHEEEESSSEE" face.

The "big" G's love playing in G4's swing--I'm not sure how to convince G1 that he really is too big though (this is G2 by the way)

This is one of the few times that G4 did not throw fit about having tummy time. I've never had a child throw as big of a fit as she does about being on their tummy. Of course I think it helped that G3 was sitting/laying with her, playing with her.

G3

Yesterday we went down to Mom's (Grammy's). G1 has a new friend--it is the "Chief" that she has on her front porch. G2 (in blue) and G3 (in pink) were a little apprehensive about him though.

G4 yelling at me

G2

G4's favorite thing is her swing. If nothing else (including nursing) will make her happy we know we can put her in her swing and she'll be fine. It's so cute; sometimes she gets so excited, her little feet get kicking so much.

I can't believe how big all the Gs are getting. G1, 2 and 3 have all caught up (mostly) to the size of other kids their age. The are all talking so much. We are starting to understand a lot of what G2 and G3 are saying. When they are getting along they are so much fun. I love that they can all communicate their wants and needs to us so well. G4 is smiling and "talking" so much. She only laughs a little bit; me and the girls are the only ones she's laughed for so far (that I know of). She is wearing mostly 3-6 month clothes and she's not 2 months old yet!! They all love each other so much. It's wonderful.

Oh, a big milestone for me--yesterday before going to Mom's; I took the 4 Gs to the grocery store all by myself (Matt was with Poppy) and other than getting back in the Mountaineer, it went really smoothly. I was so excited to know that I can do it. (Not that I really doubted that I would be able to...)

New Glasses

Matt now wears glasses and I got new glasses. Here is Matt's before glasses and with glasses pictures. And pictures of me with my old glasses and my new glasses.

Love at first sight

Belly pictures (done by Marcia)

Tag I'm it!

Tag…
A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning
B. Each player answers the questions about themselves
C. At the end of the post, the player tags 4 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they are tagged

10 years ago I was: 12. Hey I still am today! :P

5 things on my ‘to do’ list today:
1. Relax
2. Take it easy (it may seem like it's the same as relax but believe me in this house they are 2 totally different things!)
3. Stop stressing out
4. Get dishes done
5. Get laundry started

Things I would do if I became a billionaire:
1. Pay off student loans
2. Finish renovating this house to our exact specifications
3. Build our dream house
4. Pay off the rest of our debt
5. Adopt twin boys

3 of my bad habits:
1. Impatience (it must run in the family Marcia)
2. I'm an "all or nothing" type of person (ties in with perfectionism).
3. Over-thinking everything

5 places I’ve lived:
1. Mount Pleasant, Iowa
2. Harlingen, Texas
3. West Burlington, Iowa
4. Keokuk, Iowa
5. Galesburg, Illinois

5 jobs I’ve had:
1. Gas station attendant
2. Sandwich artist (yes at Subway)
3. Cashier
4. Teacher's assistant (to my mommy! :-) )
5. A mother (my favorite and hardest so far)

Things most people don’t know about me:
1. I'll go along your lines Marcia--my belly button used to be my favorite "body part" on myself. And then I had kids (namely twins) and it's gross looking now. :(
2. I really am shy. I just about have a panic attack anytime I meet someone new--whether they be "old", my age, or little kids.
3. I love to bake and would love to one day open my own bakery.

4. AND/OR I would love to become an event planner

You’ve been tagged:

1. Ashley

2. Ginny

3. Jacob

4.Zac

The new me--don't cry too much Marcia!!

With #4 on the way I decided that I needed a hairstyle that would be easier to deal with and would not give me the option of putting it up in a ponytail. So, I let Matt decide on the cut and he chose a new color for me too.

This picture is right before I colored my hair.

This is while I was coloring my hair--don't you love my mohawk??

Being silly after coloring my hair.

The new me!

I'm still not sure what I think of this yet--but I do think it makes me look older and more like a "mom". lol