Pumpkin Politics

We spent Sunday afternoon carving pumpkins at Grandmama and Pappy's. Uncle Josh, Aunt Sarah, Uncle John, Aunt Emily, Husband, and Myself each carved a pumpkin. Pappy and the kids voted on their favorite pumpkin but, we want your opinion. There are 6 pumpkins to choose from. I have included a daylight picture and a dark picture of each pumpkin. Please vote for your favorite on the side of this page. I will reveal the pumpkin owners and the winner on Friday. Happy Voting!


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PUMPKIN # 6 (there are several views of this pumpkin):





All 6 PUMPKINS!

Me Too

Out of the blue The Belle tells me: "Momma, I am really wishing that baby was out of your belly so I can play with her." I am really wishing she was out of my belly too. Only 9 more weeks to go and soooo much to do!

Poor Girl

The Belle loves Sunday and Wednesday nights at church. On Sunday night Ms. Sherry is her teacher and on Wednesday nights Ms. Pam is her teacher. Both ladies are wonderful and The Belle loves them. She asks everyday if she is going to one of their classes at church. So, of course when she woke up this morning the first thing she asked is if she was going to church tonight. She was so excited to be going to church tonight. She asked all day long if it was time to go to Ms. Pam's class. Around 4:00 she told me she was tired and her head hurt. So, I checked her temp. and sure enough she had a low grade fever. Then, I had to tell her the bad news: that she couldn't go to church. It was so heartbreaking. She tried not to cry (her bottom lip was shivering) and then all of a sudden she was sobbing. Then I started crying. She kept telling me that she didn't have a fever and she could go. It was one of the saddest days for me as a parent. She fell asleep at 5:30 and slept until 7:30. It is 9:30 and she is lying next to me in the recliner sleeping. Hopefully, this fever will not last long and nothing else will come along with it. There is a little good news: the dryer is working.

The Hits

Husband and I have a saying we use alot that we got from the movie "Just Married" (if you have not seen it, it is hilarious!) The saying is: the hits just keep on coming. Well, that is how I feel here lately. It seems as if everything around here is breaking or falling apart. Within the past few months we have had the following to happen: phone line struck by lightning, hot water went out, leaking tub, leaking fridge, and today the dryer quit. It quit just in time. I had a load of towels in the dryer, a load in the washer, and 2 loads on the floor waiting to be washed. I know it is all small things but it seems as if it all happens at the same time. I hate to complain but that's what is going on around here these days.

Words of Wisdom

Unfortunately, I failed my 1 hour glucose test on Friday so I spent today taking the 3 hour test. I don't know which is worse: having to fast or getting poked with a needle 5 times within 3 hours. Thank goodness it is over. I am praying now that I will pass it. I had to go through the same thing when I was pregnant with The May. I have felt yucky all day. Husband had a deacons dinner tonight so my mom cooked supper for me and the girls. When we got home I was so tired and was anxiously waiting for husband to come home. I turned on Dancing With The Stars and The May proudly announced "it's dancing time"! The girls spent the next 25 minutes dancing non-stop. They were so cute dancing together. I was too exhausted to grab a camera. Maybe next week.

Growing Girl

The May had her 2 year old check up yesterday. The Belle went with us so she could see a positive experience at the doctor (ever since she had tubes put in she HATES going to the Dr. and has a complete meltdown). It was a great visit. The May was very willing to get on the scale, to let the Dr. check her ears and throat, and to get measured. The Belle took it all in and saw that there was nothing to be scared of. She actually let the Dr. look in her ears; which is a MAJOR breakthrough. The May has jumped to the 75th percentile for her height. It felt really good to leave there with no one crying. Our next visit will be when baby girl # 3 arrives (unless someone gets sick before then). Hopefully, it too will be good.

Birthday Blast

We had a great weekend. The May had a wonderful birthday party on Friday. She got lots of cute presents. Her favorite gift was from Grandmama and Pappy: a baby stroller and the baby pictured below.

The baby has a sensor in her forehead and anytime something comes within 18 inches of her she begins to coo and move. The May thinks she is a real baby. She also got a sand box from Nana and Papa. We finally filled it up with sand yesterday. The girls played in it for 2 hours last night. Saturday The Belle had gym. We came home and all of us took a 3 hour nap. Then we went to Jude's birthday party. The girls had a blast. Aunt Sarah bought a pinata. The girls loved filling their buckets with candy. Sunday we went to church and ate lunch with Grandmama and Pappy. We all went to bed early Sunday night. We spent yesterday cleaning up and playing with all the new toys. It's going to rain all day today so, we will be spending our time indoors until we go to Moe's tonight.

Countdown is On

I have T minus 4 hours until The May's birthday party begins. Here is my to do list:

fix lunch
cook chilli for party
make the beds
wash/dry/fold about 3 loads of laundry
vacuum
clean up the tornado of toys in the living room
wash dishes
get all party stuff set out
dress both girls
make myself look a little decent

Instead of getting my junk in gear, I am sitting in the recliner reading blogs. At least my new clothes that I ordered from Old Navy came in. That kinda takes care of the last thing on the list since I won't have to iron.

The May at Moe's

We started The May's birthday off Tuesday with balloons and blueberry muffins. Her party is Friday so, we didn't celebrate too much. The Belle and I sang happy birthday to her at breakfast and she blew out the candles on her muffin. We eat at Moe's every Tuesday night (kids eat FREE!) with Uncle Josh, Aunt Sarah, Margo, and Jude. The May loves Moe's (as you can tell in the picture) so we stuck to our normal routine. Grandmama and Pappy joined us for dinner to celebrate. Grandmama baked cupcakes (which were very yummy). After Moe's we went to Toys R Us to buy The May's birthday present. The girls loved looking at all the toys and we got some great ideas for Christmas. I am going to try to spend the next couple of days cleaning around here for the party. I say try to clean because it is getting really difficult to do much of anything at week 28. Only 12 more to go! At least my Mom came over and mopped my floors. That was a huge help.