ringing in the new year

this about sums it up.  stomach flu for the whole fam.  not fun.

christmas morning recap

not once but twice

i heard a cry.  tried to wake myself and remember if i had a bottle made up in the fridge or if i would have to fumble around in the dark to make one.  before i could finish my thought or even my dream, i heard it.  a child puking.  this would not be my normal wake up call from kinz.  i couldn't even get untangled from the blankets before i heard it again.  sid had puked, not once but twice.  and since she has been on such an OJ kick, it was orange.  i calm her down and change her bed sheets.  one of my least favorite mom tasks.  i return to bed, but know not to fall asleep because kinz will be waking soon.  she is like clockwork.   30mins later kinz is up.  i go to her room and find she has wet the bed.  i have to change sheets again.  not once but twice.  i return to bed... again.  this time i can not get situated.  i am a stomach sleeper but am approaching the stage in pregnancy when it is becoming uncomfortable. 
a day passes.   the girls wake up at 6am.  we eat breakfast.  kinzie pukes it up.  not once but twice.  my queasy prego stomach can not take the smell.  i almost puke.  not once but twice. 

my last minute christmas shopping has been put on hold since the girls need to stay in and recover from whatever it is they have.  lets hope they are not sick on christmas or we might be celebrating on a different day.  i must come to the realization that in just 6 short months, it will be not twice but three times. 

i think i'll return to my dream now.. ah basking in the sun on a warm beach. 

we should just get a cow

and perhaps an orange tree.  sid has decided OJ is all she'll drink. 

in case you haven't heard...

12 weeks

look two posts in one day!

took the girls to the christmas party at the firehouse.  they had a hay day.  lunch, crafts, santa, gifts, and of course popcorn.  no trip to the fire station is complete without it.  
after dad and i got them loaded in the car and we were headed back home, sid turns to me and says "that was the best christmas party EVER!" 

for one good little girl

just finished kinzie's christmas gift.  a set of hand painted nesting dolls.  i hope she loves them as much as i do.      

night at the movies

the girls watched rodolph the red nosed reindeer for the first time last night.  i can't believe they actually sat through the whole movie.

happy turkey day!

to celebrate we made turkey and banana pancakes. 

case closed

remember the lost car keys post from last april?  well, while cleaning out kinzie's closet.  guess what i stumbled upon... stuck inside a pair of boots, that were in a box, that was in the back of the closet, under another box.

zoo lights

this was taken while watching the monkeys, before the lights came on.

among other things

we call her...baby girl

and kinz kinz
and punk-a-poo
and sissy
and squawky chicken
and occasionally "the stinky one"

isn't it funny the things we call our children?

old pic from summer time. it brightens my day. dust got into my lens and i might as well throw the thing away. with christmas approaching, i doubt i'll indulge in a new lens. so i haven't been been taking any pictures as of late. which is why you haven't seen many postings  :(

through the view finder

here's a bit of creative fun to make up for my lack of postings lately.

happy birthday dad!

no swine flu in this house

we just got our h1n1 vaccination. never really worried about the flu before, but with all the hipe around this virus i thought we should get the vaccination. this vaccine is so new, i still can't help but think somewhere down the road they're going to find something wrong with it... too late to worry about that now though. the girls will have to go back for a booster shot in a month. (just found out about that today.) hopefully we can get into another clinic in a month.

sid got the nose mist.

then and now

sid wore the costume my mom made for me ages ago. can you guess who's who?

no tricks, just treats

thundering waters

5 years and

2 kids, 1825 sunsets... and counting.

believe it or not, i have no digital photos from our wedding. so here's random pics from the past 5 years.