Diaper Head

Today, Christian and I were downstairs enjoying a movie together, when all kinds of giggling came from upstairs. It was the diaper heads. Pat was in charge of the girls, and this is what he came up with to entertain them. It worked, they were running around and laughing like crazy. Only my husband would think of something this bazaar. I don't know to many people who think, "huh, maybe I should put diapers on my kids heads". Oh well, they liked and it's good for a laugh.

A New Chapter

Yesterday was my last day at Imperial. It turned out to be a very nice day. I received a lot of wonderful cards, gifts and words of encouragement from my friends and co-workers. They have all given me tremendous support as I start this new chapter in my life. My friend Kristi set up a gathering for me after work, and several people came to say good bye. I feel truly blessed to have worked with such great people.

Today is Saturday and during my morning cleaning (the girls & Pat made a big mess while I was out last night), there was a knock at the door and some beautiful flowers. I didn't have a clue why any one would send flowers, but was happily surprised to see the card was from my new bosses. They will not be there for my first week, but wanted to welcome me to the company, now if that isn't classy I don't know what is. Later today Kendyl and I are going to go grocery shopping (Kendyl's favorite thing is shopping, so she wants to join me). Lia is going to stay home and play with daddy. Christian is off at a friends house for the day.

Daddy & Kendyl coloring early this week

Big Smiles

Messy, Messy Girls

Christian and I (and his friend Matt) baked a cake yesterday and we all enjoyed it. Some of us more than others!!!The girls really needed a bath after the cake. They enjoyed both the cake and the bath.
Today was the start of my last week at work. I'm going to be starting a new job next week. It's both exciting and sad. A good friend of mine, Kristi, took me out to lunch today and I really enjoyed chatting with her. I have made some lifetime friends at my job. I hope to do the same at my next job.

Brrrh!! it's cold out

It has been a cold weekend (9 - 10 degrees), but we've still managed to do a lot of stuff. Yesterday we went to the doctor's office, Kendyl had her staple removed and didn't even seem to notice what the doctor was doing. She just kept on playing with toys and two seconds later it was all done (now if I can just manage to keep her in one piece it will be a miracle, she's such a tom boy). Lia had four shots, and has four more scheduled in a couple of weeks (after this batch she's done until she's 4....that makes me happy). Afterwards we all went out to eat and then went to the mall (which lasted about 10 minutes because Kendyl wouldn't stay in her stroller).Today we have been to church, had lunch and said goodbye to grandma. Now both girls are down for their naps (one of my favorite times of the day.... I have a couple of hours to myself...I'm going to pick up the house a bit and watch some TV).Pat is still having fun on his trip and he'll be back tomorrow. We are looking forward to him coming home (the laundry is piling up and I've had to do dishes twice....oh and Tuesday is garbage day....just kidding we just miss him).

TGIF

I am very glad today is Friday. It seemed like a long week for both me & Christian. Christian has had exams all week and I have had auditors in at work (I love the year end audit, but it is a lot of extra work). I am pleased to say my audit went well (I am fortunate to have a good staff to help me and a good boss to trust me).Pat is enjoying his time away with his friends. He is in Copper Harber tonight, it is about as far up north as you can get. He called tonight and only had a little bit of time to talk, but it's sounds like he is having fun. We miss him an look forward to seeing him on Monday.In the mean time, my mom is here to visit. We are going to the doctors first thing tomorrow morning to get Kendyl's staples out and Lia's shot's (not a fun time). Hopefully we will be able to do a bit of shopping (Kendyl's favorite thing) tomorrow after the doctor's appointment.
DADDY WE LOVE YOU AND CAN'T WAIT UNTIL YOU GET HOME!!

The New Stroller

Kendyl always talks about shopping with momma, so we got a new stroller that will allow me to take both girls at the same time (no more dragging Christian with me so he can push the other stroller...I'm sure he's more excited than I am).
It's nice because Kendyl can sit backwards or stand in the back, and Lia is able to sit up front with out getting "bonked" in the head from her big sister. And I can actually steer this stroller, the last one I had I was forever crashing into everything. Not fun for the girls and really embarrassing for me.This is going to be a busy week for me. I am busy at work with our year end audit and Pat is going out of town until Monday. I think I'm going to be very happy when Tuesday rolls around and Pat is back to help out.

Saturday

Ouch!Okay, so I feel like the worst mom ever. Kendyl wound up in the hospital tonight with an ouchy. She was in Lia's room and I was cleaning the family room and she came running to me with a cut on her head. I yelled outside and had Pat come inside to help me, we went the hospital. Poor little thing had to get two stitches. We were really blessed that our neighbors took care of Lia while we were in the hospital. Christian has come down with the family bug (both Pat and I seem to have been sick for the past month) and was unable to help.We came home, ate dinner and wound up having a pretty nice "rest of the day". I talked to my mom and Pat's folks and had some wonderful conversations. I feel blessed to have great families. The kids finally drifted of to dream land so I am left to have a few moments to enjoy the rest of the night (which is pretty much over, as I'm looking forward to closing my eyes and going to sleep).

Potty Time

Not that I'm at all close to potty training Kendyl (I'm thinking Lia may be trained first), but I thought these pictures were very cute.
Kendyl loves playing little mommy to "baby Lia". I thought this was too cute!

Well it's Saturday again and I'm glad to have some time to spend with the kids. I'm planning on taking the kids shopping today (Kendyl is in love with shopping, she talks about it all the time). Christian is going to start running track soon, so we need to get him some new running shoes and other gear. Were also going to get a new double stoller, because I hate the one that I have now. With both kids in it, I can't get the stoller to turn, so I'm always crashing into everything. I guess it's just time that I stop complianing and get a new one.

Busy Day!

We had a very fun and busy day today. We slept in until about 8:00, then got out of bed and ate breakfast. Christian had a friend spend the night, so they were up gaming most of the night. We left at 10:00 and Christian and his buddy were still sleeping (he later called me to ask me where everyone went). We went to the vet, bank, Goodwill, Sam's Club, Children's store (to drop off old toys), Target... by then it was close to nap time (for all of us). We headed home home and all took a short nap. Pat and I would have liked to nap longer, but the girls wanted to play. After the girls got up, I played with them downstairs until dinner time. Pat made dinner and then Kendyl, Christian and I headed to Meijer's to pick up the stuff I forgot on our earlier run. I did have time to take plenty of cute pictures of the kids.

Lia & Her Sleep Sheep (a gift from Granda & Grandpa Nelson)

Little Miss Kendyl

Lia & Big Brother Christian
Kendyl & Daddy

So much for Lia's New Years Resolution

I wanted Lia to give up the bottle for New Years. I threw them all out (except for two, just in case). Kendyl found them and they both had to have one.... I guess I'm going to have to try again (and toss these as well).

Silly Girls

Kendyl got in first and then Lia followed. I couldn't resist taking some pictures of both my girls crammed into a baby doll crib.

Boys & Their Toys

We got some snow last night, so Pat (A.K.A. Monty Drive Road Crew) went out to clear the road for all of us.


Hope everyone had fun last night. We stayed up until about 12:02 then called it a night.