Finally...

I finally used my sewing machine!  It's only been since April that I last opened it.  I had to make a gift for Saturday, and to go along with the other things we have I made a little blanket.  I think this print is so cute!  I'll probably sew a little more tomorrow afternoon because I've not had work in the afternoons and I have one more baby gift to make. 

I don't think I have much time...I saw a flash of lightening outside and the girls hate thunderstorms so I'll probably be upstairs in a few minutes!  Better go enjoy my few minutes of freedom!

Our Lovely Weekend

We had company last night and I never got to post!  I actually forgot all about it:)

Joel and I celebrated our fifth anniversary on Friday, and some wonderful friends of ours gave us a weekend away in the mountains at a bed and breakfast.  It was lovely. 

This is the only picture we have of our weekend.  Right after I took this, the camera battery died.  We took a walk by this lake.  It was beautiful and the weather was perfect!  No humidity and not too hot!  It was so relaxing to just be alone and away from home so there were no demands.  We've decided we are going to try to set aside money from our tax return every year to go away for our anniversary. 

This is our silliness from yesterday:

I finally got out Pilly's size 6 shoes, and she put some sneakers on her "Spotty Puppy."  Pnut wears size 7.  I hope Pilly doesn't catch up to Pnut because they will probably want to wear the same pairs of shoes!

I should probably go check on the girls...I'm not sure what they are doing upstairs!

It's A...

Well, we won't be having another one of these.

Or of these.

No more pretty little dresses.

No more sweet pink outfits.

Because we are having a boy.  A boy!  Now I have to adjust to the world of sports and superheroes.  Not that it will be too much of an adjustment since my husband is all about that already.  So here's to some new fun!

The great name debate has already begun!

A Wordless Wednesday

Not Eventful!

Today, the girls got to play with some paper dolls that Joel brought home from work for them.  They drew "beach scenes" for the dolls and we taped them to the wall.  They made their dolls talk and play in front of them and then just mostly ran around the house being silly with the dolls.  I tried to take a picture of it, but it kept turning out blurry, probably because the move so much!

Tonight we made Pioneer Woman's Blueberry Crumb Cake.  It is so good!  I really recommend making this.  We will probably have it for breakfast as well as eating it for dessert!

We had a busy, but (thankfully) relatively uneventful day.  I'm just about ready to fall asleep now!

Yay! Pictures!

Great news!  We borrowed my parents' memory card reader so we can copy our pictures to the computer again!  Yay!

Today, the girls found Joel's peanuts from the baseball game he went to yesterday so they were enjoying opening them and eating them.  Pnut had to do most of the opening.  Pilly kept licking the outside of the shells.  Yuck!  Then when we were outside, they decided to leave some for the squirrels.  So we are probably going to have some well-fed squirrels around!

Pilly is doing wonderfully with potty training!  She went on the potty all day and stayed dry last night and at nap.  She is consistently staying dry at nap every day so I think I will be able to easily transition her out of diapers there.  I'm not sure about nighttime...it is a little bit more of a risk!

The girls were supposed to be upstairs (you know it's not good when it starts like that!) listening to a Jungle Jam tape in their room.  After the story had been on for a while, Pilly calls down, "I need more wipes."  I moved quickly up the stairs to discover that she had filled the toilet with a brand new roll of toilet paper that she unraveled.  Gross.  So I got to clean that up:)  I laughed about it later, but not then!

Whew, I'm ready for some rest.  I worked a lot today.  I'm trying to get back to where I was before those 7 long weeks off, but it takes me longer with these different accounts.  So have a good night!

The Season is Over

Well, the team didn't win the play-offs so no hair or beard cut for Joel.  Boo!  However, they had a wonderful season, and there is always next year!  I enjoy going to softball and getting out of the house, but it will be nice to have weeknights at home again!

In exciting news, Pilly peed and pooped in the potty today!  She told me she had to go both times.  I don't even take her every 30 minutes anymore.  I guess she was just ready this time!  I think I will segue into not wearing diapers at night once she has got the hang of it during the day.  I had Pnut in them for a long time at night until suddenly one day it just hit me that that was kind of silly!

So I'm tired tonight.  It was a long day and really humid at the game, which always makes me tired.  Have a good night!