Pictures as Promised!

Our Goobers!

Our family! Not the best picture of us, but not bad considering I took it myself!

Daddy and his MK- notice the uncanny resemblance!

Brianna and her paci- an acceptable alternative to the thumb :)

Brianna at 2 months

Brianna and her friends from Church (from left to right):
Cheyenne born 11.22.08, Cadence born 10.11.08, and Brianna born 12.6.08

Daddy and his little "thumb sucker"

Mk and her bears

During our "ice storm" that lasted all of a couple of hours before it melted.

Lets Play Catch up!

I haven't written in a while. Life has been crazy as usual only with the added twist of Me and Mike getting the flu and bronchitis and Brianna got a mild version of the flu. Somehow Mary Kate avoided it all and has not been sick at all. I don't know quite how that is possible, but she has managed somehow. So, I think we are all finally getting back to our usual craziness instead of the crazy sick craziness. Only now the mounds of laundry and dishes are taunting me. Stacked up, staring at me and saying "HA! You have no time to do all of the things you need to!" or something like that. I don't know. Maybe I need to be committed since I am hearing my laundry talk to me. Oh well. Tonight I was so frustrated. Mike was sweet enough to wash a load of laundry before he went to work (although that was probably less to do with being sweet and more to do with needing a work shirt). He washed a pair of jeans for me since all of mine are dirty. So, I wore them to church tonight, but they are still good for a couple of wears. Well, not anymore. I was nursing Brianna and all of a sudden she started pooping. No big deal right, her diaper wasn't that full. However, somehow it just poured out the back and down both legs. So now my only clean jeans are covered in baby poop! Fun right! On a more pleasant note, Brianna is now sleeping from 1030 PM until around 9-10 AM!!!! How lucky am I! It is so nice! I have a bunch of pictures to post, but I am on my laptop and they are on my desktop. I will post a picture post later.

Thumb Sucker

Brianna is getting so big. She has her 2 month appointment on Friday and I am dreading her shots. Her new thing of the week is sucking her thumb. Twice in the past 24 hours (that I know of) she has put herself to sleep with her thumb in her mouth. I have mixed feelings about this as on one hand I won't have to wake up and put her paci back in her mouth at 3 in the morning, but on the other hand you can't take away a thumb. For now I am not going to fight a 2 month old over her thumb. It is more effective to bang my head against a wall. Mary Kate is also getting so old. I realized the other day that she knows the pledge of allegiance. I mean knows as in says what the words sound like when you are hearing other people say them. She says it every Wednesday night in her opening ceremonies for AWANAS. It is very cute. Also, she is over halfway through with her Cubbies book. She has memorized 14 verses this year. It is amazing how smart she is! Lately she has started really praying at bedtime. She used to say "now I lay me down to sleep..." and so on then she would bless her toys and such. Now she says the now I lay me down to sleep, but then she really prays. I don't remember all of what she said, but it went something like this: "God, please let my dreams come true and let me grow up and be a mommy and grow up and thank you for making us and thank you for the Bible and give me good dreams" there was a little more, but I don't remember it all and it was somewhat repetative. Anyways, I am exhausted and coming down with a cold so I am going to go to bed. I have the most amazing daughters and I am so thankful for them.