Never mind

A couple of posts back I said I was going to combine my craft blog and this blog. I have since changed my mind. Instead I will be starting a new craft blog. You can find it here: www.craftingamidchaos.blogspot.com

And because I think it's cute, here is a picture Nadia took.

Halloween

Halloween used to be my favorite holiday. I loved the decorations, the dressing up, trick or treating, all of it. Well except for the scary movies. This year, however, I just can't seem to get in the Halloween mood. I'm usually all about dressing up, this year, maybe I will maybe I won't no big deal. I think something is seriously wrong with me. Perhaps it is because Halloween is on a Sunday this year? I don't know, but I'm definitely missing my Halloween Spirit.

Smokey Skies

There has been a wild fire down near my parents for awhile now. The valley is often full of smoke and ash rains down. Monday evening the sun was neon red.

(Unfortunately, my camera was unable to catch the color properly,as the whole sun was red!)

I've been thinking . . .

and I've come to a conclusion. I have too many blogs and I'm lousy at keeping things updated. So in an effort to make things easier I'm going to consolidate two of my blogs: this blog and my craft blog. I'm pretty sure no one other than Becky or Traci ever even looked at the other blog anyway.  Hopefully, this will make me update more often, and as much of my time is occupied with crafting it makes sense to just include it here too. Now I just need to remember to take pictures.

Before and After

Here I am 2 days before Maes was born.

Now that a week has passed I look like this. Nadia informed me she was glad my pregnant belly is gone because now she fits on my lap better.

Me at 38 Weeks

Jeff took this picture on Thursday because his Mom demanded it. The more I look at it the more I realize I don't look that big, but I feel big.  We're just hanging out right now waiting till Tuesday when I'll be induced and baby Maes will join our family. Maes has strict orders to wait till then though. No coming early because Grandma Becky is out of town.  Hopefully he'll obey.

36 Weeks

Only 4 weeks left till the due date. My last shot was yesterday and we're already 3 weeks past when Finn was born. I think we've done well and if I didn't have a few more projects I wanted to complete before baby gets here I'd be ready for him to come.

Super Tired

Well, I've now reached the stage where I seem to be tired all the time. It doesn't help that I'm not getting much sleep at night, especially when little munchkins come to join us in bed. Well it's usually just one girly munchkin, but still she likes to cuddle up to me and there really isn't much room.

On a happier note, Jeff is done with classes this semester and only has 2 finals left! On a not so good note, the class he was supposed to teach this May got canceled. However, they gave him a class that starts in June and goes till the end of August, so more work overall.

As for my previous crafting, I'm finished with the onesies. Although they say they are 3-6 months, they don't seem much bigger than some newborn onesies I have so . . . Oh well. As for the blankets: I finished 1, but have now decided to give that one to Finn. They are huge and he really likes it and I figured Maes doesn't need 2 like that.  So I still have the 1 blanket to make him and then I should be done.

I ended up spending more money for something for Nadia's birthday, and then decided maybe it won't be a birthday present after all and will wait till Christmas. Don't know for sure yet (I haven't finished it and don't really feel like finishing at the moment, which is why I'm debating). I have a hard time sticking to one project at a time and finishing it. I get bored part way through. Darn it. So who knows what will happen.

What We've Been Up To

With just 8 weeks till the baby is due, I've been busy trying to get things ready.  I've made him several blankets (I still of 2 more to go), 12 burp rags, and a pouch sling. I still plan on decorating some onesies. They're size 3-6 months though so I'm not in too big a hurry.  I've also been making things for Nadia's birthday. I know it isn't till August, but we have little money now and will probably have even less then (if that's even possible) so I thought we'd try and get her some presents without spending any money at all. So that means making things out of my crafting stash. I'm not sure how much crafting I'll be able/want to do once the baby is born, so I thought I'd get an early start. So far I've gotten several things done and only spent $3. So we're off to a good start. Even if I didn't get anything else done, she'd still have a good amount of fun gifts.

Today was a sad day for Jeff. Spring Break is over and he had to go back to school. No more lazing around and being driven crazy by the kids.

Yesterday may have been even sadder though. Nadia told him, "You're not my daddy anymore." This was after they were rough housing. I'm not sure she even knows what she was saying and she obviously didn't mean it, but it bothered him a little. I told him to wait till she was a teenager, I'm sure we'd be hearing more things along those lines.

On Friday Jeff and I were able to go to Galveston and stay at a bed and breakfast. The bed was amazingly comfortable and they had this cool little chair area that was awesome too. However, I've had better experiences. First we were supposed to have internet access (which we needed for a long standing game we play every Friday night with some friends from all over) but it wasn't really working very well. Then the power went out. Luckily it came on after a minute or so.  The worst part was the large (and I mean large) cockroach in the bathroom. I've never really liked them, but I've really hated them ever since I stepped on one with my barefoot while we were in our old apartment.

I guess that pretty much sums up spring break. We didn't really do anything before that. Well I guess on Monday we went to the park with the kids which was fun. We even managed to fly a kite, sort of. It didn't work too well, but the kids enjoyed it.

Jeff Update

Awhile ago Jeff got a job. He's going to be teaching LSAT courses. Right now he's been going through training, but he's supposed to start teaching classes in March. So we'll be staying put this summer. Which is really so much easier on all of us. Best of all Jeff will be here when the baby is born. For a while we worried he'd have to fly back when I called him and told him I was in labor. That would not have been fun, especially since my babies tend to come quick.

Always Behind

It looks like I can't keep blogs updated. Now it's to the point where probably people have stopped coming. I've decided I don't really care about that though. Jeff and I went back and read through our blogs the other day, and it helped us remember things we had done. So, basically this is for us, so we don't forget everything that has gone on.

Part of my problem is that my camera went missing sometime before Christmas. Last I remember it I was taking it away from Finn and Nadia. No memories of it since, and I haven't been able to find it. Kind of depressing, especially since there has been some really cute shots I've missed because of it.

Jeff and I are expecting our third baby. It's another little boy. Nadia says we will have a girl when the boy is finished. We'll see.

This pregnancy has been quite the experience. Because Finn came early, my doctor here has prescribed progesteron shots to keep this one from coming early. Every week (usually Monday) a nurse comes to the house, does a checkup (and also listens to the baby's heartbeat), and then gives me a shot in the hip. I barely feel the needle anymore, but the hormone can be quite painful at times. Not to mention my hip usually hurts and or itches for several days later (often until Thursday).

So, I'm really bad at keeping this blog updated. I think my last post was in May. Geesh!

Mmm, so now that I've decided to update, what should I say. Jeff was gone for the summer on an internship in Idaho. While he was there the kids and I stayed with my family for the summer. They loved it.

We're back home now, and Jeff's back in school. The kids are . . . well tearing things apart. Me, I'm getting back into crafting.

Happy Mothers Day

I hope all the mothers have a wonderful day.

It's been great here so far. My babes (and husband) let me sleep in. Plus I get to sleep in for a whole week. How nice is that?

Lacking Patience

I'm afraid that I lack the patience to be a mom today. So if anyone wants my children (especially the girl child) feel free to come and get them. She's been crying practically nonstop since yesterday evening (well she's crying whenever she's awake.) Yesterday we put a band aide on her and it has been hysterics ever since. The actual scrape didn't bother her, but the band aide . . .

Finn is off to the doctor's today, so we'll get to see what he ways now that he is 14 months old. Hopefully he ways enough to face forward in his car seat. I'm doubting it, but I could be wrong.
We'll see.

Should I Stay Or Should I Go

We update our blog so infrequently, that I wonder if people even bother to check or read it anymore. So it brings up the question: Should we even bother keeping anymore?

Been Awhile

It's been awhile since I've last updated this blog and some things have changed in our lives. I've started selling Mary Kay. I have my own Mary Kay website and everything.

Jeff is still working on law school stuff, though this week was his spring break so we were able to have him home with us. The kids of course think this is great.

If you've seen the kids blog you know that Finn had his head shaved. It's growing back in now and is at that fun fuzzy stage.

Easter is coming up fast and I've yet to start planning for it. I was going to get Nadia her own digital camera, but we may have to opt out for a less expensive Easter. Unfortunatly, we will be here in Texas by ourselves. It was our first Easter living in the same town as grandparents so we thought the kiddos would get to play with Grandma and Grandpa, but they had other plans. They are off to Philadelphia to enjoy some time with Aunt Traci. So we'll be having a quiet little Easter here.

Going Crazy

Today is just one of those days. I think I'm going insane. Nadia has had a relapse in keeping her glasses on. I'm not even sure what happened to Finn. If I had known turning one would turn him into a little rebellious goose I would have hoped he day would never come. I've changed more dirty diapers today than two children should be able to produce. Nadia's tried to defy me in almost everything.

On the other hand it was somewhat productive and I was able to finish a project I was working on for a while. I ended up bringing my sewing machine into the living room so I could work with the kids in the same room. They both did remarkably well with it. However, now that we are near the end of the day hyperactivity is ensuing.

What's Happening Here

Jeff is back at law school. He has to stay later on some days than he did last semester, but other than that he's okay. We've been doing okay here as well. (With the exception of one day, but Grandma Becky came to the rescue so it worked out.)

As for me I'm living my life in crazy land. That is I'm crazy. (When I say this out loud Nadia says, "You not crazy. You mommy." Of course at other times she assures me that I am correct.) The reason I say this is that I love to plan projects. Only I always end up overplanning and have to many things to do at once. That's how it is this time. I have way to many things to complete by Valentine's Day. Some are Valentine related, most are not. (By the way, if you want to check out the results of some of my projects you can check out my new blog: Dabbling in Creativity.)

Finn's birthday is next Friday and I'm busy planning and getting things accomplished for his party on Saturday. Then I have Valentine projects as well as Jim Henson themed items that I am crafting for a lady. (My new blog will explain what this is all about.)

These are my definite plans. Then I have all the other things that I want to plan. Things I want to make. The list is endless. I just find too many fun things to do.

As for the kids: well there busy being kids. If you want some more details you'll have to check out their blog.