Katie was born this day 6 years ago. Such a precious little light in my life. She can be a pain, sure, but I can’t imagine life without her! I took her to Kids n Clay tonight to paint a peice and have fun with mommy. She gets to eat whatever she wants (lasagna and ice cream pie), and is anxiously awaiting the weekend when she and her sister get their birthday gift. Here are a few photo’s of her, today and the day 6 years ago.

We moved the moving date up. We get the keys Thursday, and paid half of April up front, so we are gonna move in faster so we can take time cleaning the old place and making sure we get our deposit back. We are planning on sleeping there Saturday night. Fast paced move means messy. We are doing it as cheap as we can, borrowing a friends service van for the big stuff, getting friends help. I am really excited, but tired.

The cold I got 2 weeks ago, hasn’t left yet, because it irritated my Asthma and my body being weakened by the baby isn’t able to do all 3 at once. So now I am on all kinds of Asthma meds again because my oxygen is the baby’s oxygen, and I am barely getting enough. If my levels drop to low it could send me into labor, among worse things that could happen. The cold seems to be improving as I treat the Asthma, but the asthma isn’t improving. This does not make me happy. This also makes me more tired than I already am during the third trimester/

I am doing my darnedest to enjoy my time with the little ones cause they are all at fun ages. Charlotte is talking more every day and her personality is such a shining light. Aiden is making more sense, and is getting funnier. We were planning on throwing a friend party for the girls, but it isn’t working this year, so we gave them the option of a friend party or their own Wii and no other presents from us (it would be used, and therefore cheaper than the party plus their individual presents). They thought it over, and unanimously answered they wanted a Wii of their own. Of course they will still have their family party, but it frees up time and energy and keeps them very happy.

So that is the excitement around here. We will post pictures once we are moved in. Should be soon.

Bekah and I hid the eggs, and the younger ones hunted. Daddy helped Lolo get the hang of it, and she had a 30 second head start.

Everyone has a cold here. It sucks. Tomorrow and Next week is spring break.

We are moving. That’s why it has been so quiet on the blog front. Changes are coming. We aren’t moving far, about 4 blocks as the crow flies. Same square footage, slightly older home, with outdated appliances. But I love the house. It has some serious bonuses. I don’t know why it is I always move in the third trimester of my pregnancy. We start packing up after easter, and driving a car load over at a time, till the big stuff. Photos next week (:

I got my C-Section date too. Same day as I found out we are moving. I personally hope we go into labor on thursday before hand, cause it would be less disruptive. But we will be ready regardless. Everything is ready for the nursery, and I am excited to show it off once we get it into the new place. I think it turned out awesome.

So an exciting bunch of stuff going on, on a boring looking post. Sorry… the next few posts should be prettier.

OB appointment earlier today. All is well. Blood pressure good, weight great. 7 lbs gained over entire pregnancy. Had an ultrasound. Baby is big but on schedule. He is 4lbs 11 ozs approximately right now. 8 weeks and change left, and at the rate his going he might be my biggest baby yet.

I tweaked my back hauling my 3 1/2 year old son out of the parking lot and into the car while he was throwing a fit. Right now I am laying on the couch trying to get enough energy to clean the kitchen, finish the laundry, make lunch, and prep the last 6 freezer meals. Lucky for me, Tim is cooking dinner.

Speaking of freezer meals, the food saver is a god send. And I don’t say that lightly. It took me 2 years to get convinced I needed it, but I am. I saved a ton buying and repacking my meat, and prepping meals ahead. In my house right now, I have enough food to feed my family for a month. I spent 350. That wasn’t even heavy coupon shopping like I normally do, it was just shopping for recipes between albertsons and Costco. Sure I caught a few screaming deals, but no where near my normal savings percentage. Now I am making/prepping and freezing 18 of them for the hard first month of new baby, and the other 13 meals are for this week and next.

I am in an organizing nesting mood, so I have been cleaning drawers and cupboards (in every sense of the word) in the master bed and bathroom. Getting rid of stuff too old, re-organizing, and scrubbing them out. I figure since I will be spending a lot of time in those two rooms, it only makes sense.

The Nursery is coming along nicely. The quilt is on its way, the chair is on order (after they broke the first one), and the pieces are coming together. I can’t wait to share the finished project. Charlotte is a huge fan. She loves the owls. I can’t wait to see how the art Bethany is working on comes out. I designed an announcement for the baby, to send off to Costco once he arrives.

We have a busy weekend coming up, so don’t expect much out of the blog till next week.

Charlotte has now 8 teeth. 3 on top front, 4 front bottom, and one molar half way in. Poor thing has been having a heck of a time.

Aiden is being potty trained. Its called a Plastic bag over thick cotton undies, a star chart, and the prize being big boy undies at the top.

Katie lost a tooth. She was really excited about it.

Bekah is being kind of easy, so not much there.

I have a dr appt and ultrasound scheduled Thursday. Should get my c-section date then.

Charlotte turns 18 Months old on April 5th. I took her in to have her 18 month old pictures. She has one more week of church before she is nursery age. I am excited because she has just hit a difficult stage to have her in class with me. I will miss her cuddles, But I know she will be happy to play in nursery and her Uncle Dave & Aunt Julie will take good care of her!

I have been busy busy, and every day this week is packed.

I have fun with my sister in law today, then my brother over for dinner.

Tuesday I have to make 8-10 qts of chicken tortilla soup for the RS Birthday Dinner. I also have to make sure Kate and Tim get off to gymnastics.

Wednesday being Saint Patricks Day, my family is coming over and we are having a Irish dinner and games.

Thursday is the RS Birthday Dinner.

Friday is a Dr. Appt for Tim.

Saturday is Home Depot for Aiden, and Horses for Bekah.

Sunday Tim is Home teaching. 

Somewhere in there, I need to research and work on frozen meals, grocery shop, finish my Blanket, and work on the Nursery.