Please don't be offended....

but if you come anywhere near me in the next few weeks, and you smell of:

deodorant (especially men's),
Shampoo and conditioner,
Old Spice body wash,
Colgate, Aim, or any other kind of toothpaste,
Spearmint/Peppermint gum
Chicken Stew,
Sausage,
or nursing home.....

I will most likely have to make a run for the bathroom.

Please don't take it personally.
It's not you. It's me.


C

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Dear friends and family,

I have lost my phone, permanently this time. If you need to get a hold of me.....well......you won't really be able to.

But here are some fun pictures!





Tia has a thing with playing with her food. Today she used Ranch dressing as fingernail polish.

Hayley's first soccer game. This girl is a speedy little thing!

When you're that fast, you're bound to get hurt a time or two :). Here is Coach Daddy comforting his little girl.

This is what happens when Tia puts on lipgloss without a mirror....

Do you ever have those nights where you kneel down to pray, then get up/wake up 15-20 minutes later with this on your forehead?

I call it the prayer mark.

PROOF that I pray long and hard for each of you ;)

smooch

J flew down to Florida for the weekend, so it has just been us girls at home. We've had a good time but can't wait for his arrival tomorrow. I do hate sleeping alone. Even if he does steal the covers, and take up most of my side of the bed.

Here are just a few more quotes I've been meaning to write down before I forget them:


A couple of months ago J said to me:
"Come here Honey, you haven't kissed me in a while,"

Usually if the girls see any smooching they cover their eyes and say 'EWWW! That's 'Dis-tus-king!'

Tia was standing right next to us, so I looked at her and asked, "Tia, what should I do?"

She looked at me with a very concerned face and very adamantly said, "KISS him!"

I laughed a little bit at how seriously she was taking this, and then asked, "But isn't that gross?"

"I'll go in the other room." she said, and without another word she ran into the other room so her daddy could get his kisses.




I love reading to my girls because of comments like these:

"Look at those great illustrations!"
" You can totally tell that those illustrations are made from markers (or clay, or paper, etc.) "

and my favorite, when I'm in the middle of reading a story:

"Mom, I'm kind of losing 'entrance' (interest)."




I was walking up a gigantic hill while pushing Tia in the stroller. She kept wanting me to stop and pick things up off of the side of the street.
"Just let me make it up to the top, before I have a heart attack," I said, "then we can find things for your collection."

"What happens when you have a heart attack?" She asked,
"You usually die." I answered.
"Do your red blood cells get bigger? Is that what makes you have a heart attack?"

Red blood cells? What kid says that?



You know you're a stay at home mom when you're counting to three (or ELSE) and you accidently say
'one..... two...... free.' instead.

Kinda ruins the disciplinary effect... and your six year old has a hard time taking you seriously after that.



Hayley: "Mom, I'm not trying to be difficult, but could I please have a peanut butter jelly sandwich instead?"


When I found out I was pregnant, I was much too excited to keep the news from Hayley, so I asked her if she could keep a secret (dumb question to ask a 6 year old). She said 'yes' of course, so without saying another word I showed her the pregnancy test. (She's very familiar with these, unfortunately)

"What?!" She squealed. "You're PREVNANT? WAAAAAAAHAAA! You're prevnant?? I'm going to tell Daddy!!!!" (as if he didn't already know.)

It was just the reaction I was hoping for.

Time to get ready for church. Today I'll be sustained (or not) as the second counselor in YW.
Kind of scary.

Lots of love,

C

Cute/Offensive quotes.

Hayley in the backseat of the van: "I'm thankful for the op- pur- tu- nity, we had to go down the water slides today."



Hayley while I was inspecting their very clean room: "You should really be "pressed" (impressed) with Tia. She did it all herself. I didn't do it a bit."




On our way home from a friend's house, I was scolding Tia for playing on the front sidewalk next to the road and out of my view.

Me: "T, If you go where I can't see you, some bad man might come and take you away from me and drive you to another state- Then I'll never be able to find you!"

Tia: What state?

Me: I don't know. Any State.

Tia: But what State?

Me: Like....California.

Tia: What else states?

Me: Maybe Florida.

Tia: What else states would he take me to?

Me: I don't know. Virginia......Delaware.....

Tia: Why would he take me to Delaware? I already live in Delaware.

(Scare tactic unsuccessful.)



Tia's Prayer:
"Please bless that we won't eat too many sugary things and only eat them once in a while, and eat the good things every day...and please help us to look both ways before we cross the parking lot."

This prayer has yet to be answered.



There was some serious lightening and thunder going on outside, so Hayley ran in from her quiet time, and sat next to me while I Googled 'Wilmington Weather'.
After looking over the forecast she said "Why don't you just type in 'Is it safe.com?'"



After my hips knocked into Tia on our front steps:

Tia: "Mom, your hips are small."

Me: " Oh, well thank you."

Tia: "I just didn't want to hurt your feelings by saying your hips are big."

sesame seed

Okay everyone. I'm about to break my own rules by sharing this highly classified material.....but what's the point in keeping secrets??



Especially when it's as exciting as...




































A BABY
in my BELLY!!!




I can't believe I just blurted it out like that ;)
It is so early, and so much could happen still, (since it's really only the size of a sesame seed) but at this moment we feel extremely happy and blessed and wanted to shout it from the rooftops.

Plus, we could use all the prayers we can get.

Love to all,
C