Christmas Countdown and SNOW!

Today was another fun day for us at the cabin!  The kids made Christmas countdown chains, played in the fort under the staircase, and even caught snowflakes on their tongues this evening!!  I made Berkley a Christmas tutu and learned how to make leg warmers (for her...not me!!).  I wish I had more time here because I have a few projects I want to work on and I just can't do it at home.  Not only that, but I'm dreading taking down the Thanksgiving decorations and putting up the Christmas things.  Only 12 days till we host our first party!!! YIKES!

Anna, Ledger, Case, Brody, Aiden, and Hunter 

are ready to countdown the days until Christmas!

It started snowing tonight!  It was soooo exciting!

Here we are bundled up outside in the freezing snow! If anyone knows how to get a 4 year old to look like he's having a fun time taking pictures, let me know!

Gingerbread Houses

Today we attempted to get in the Christmas spirit by making gingerbread houses.  Sugar went to Target and bought the kits for all the kids.  They looked easy enough.  Simply glop the frosting all over the house and decorate right?  Wrong.  They were extremely fragile and wouldn't stay together.  Both Brody and Case opened their kit to find both roof pieces broken.  Sugar and I did our best to make them work, but no luck!  Luckily she had purchased 3 kits where the house was already put together and all you had to do was add the candy decorations.  They ended up turning out great, but not before lots of tears and sad faces. 

Poor Brody.  His roof just wouldn't stay on his house!

After 2 tries, Brody's gingerbread house turned out darling!

Case had more fun eating the candy for the houses!

Ledger was thrilled to make a gingerbread house and eat all the candy that went on it!

Sarah and Anna did a great job on their Gingerbread House.

Aunt Michel and Aiden were having a little too much fun!

Sugar tried so hard to make Cases broken gingerbread house work. 

Brody and I worked hard to make his broken gingerbread house work, but we failed terribly!!

So Thankful!

Today I am Thankful to be at the cabin with my family and friends.  Our Thanksgiving lunch was awesome and now the men are off to hunt in the wilderness.  I will enjoy more time at the cabin relaxing and making tutu's for Christmas.  Hope you are all enjoying time with your loved ones.  

Just Shoot ME!!

 Today, I spent the first 5 hours of my day in Traffic School.  Although very informative and educational, it is not my favorite place to spend my Saturday mornings!! Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah!!!!  Happy that's over!

8 Weeks!

It's hard to believe the little Misses is 8 weeks old already!  Where did the time go?  Oh I know, I'm half asleep each day and don't have a clue what is going on!! So yesterday I took Berkley to the pediatrician for her 8 week check up.  Can I just say, I loose sleep over these appointments!  I hate the fact that they are going to juice her up with immunizations!  I hate it hate it hate it!! I know they are good for our kids because they prevent childhood illnesses.  While I don't want my kids coming down with Polio, Whooping Cough or Measles, I don't understand why the shots have to be given all at one time.  Why should my 11 pound baby have to get 5 shots plus an oral vaccination at one appointment?  It just doesn't seem right.  It doesn't feel right.  How could a little body like hers handle all that juice?  It scares me every time I take one of my kids and they tell me they will be receiving 3, 4, or even 5 shots that very day!!  WHY?  I've talked to my pediatrician about it over and over!  He tells me I'm crazy.  Am I?  I've talked to other Mom's and Dad's out there who have kids with Autism or Diabetes.  They SWEAR it was caused by the immunizations given all at one time.  Why do all the parents feel one way, but the doctors feel another?  It puzzles me!  So you may be wondering why I don't just spread the immunizations out one month to another.  After all, it's not like I'm against immunizing kids.  Well the answer is simple.  My pediatrician won't let me.  He says there is no link between Autism and immunizations.  He says there is no reason to do this.  What is your opinion?

My beautiful baby GIRL!!  

Back to my baby girl.  At 8 weeks she is smiling, talking and sucking on her hands.  She is alert and loves to look at everything around her.  She weighs 11 pounds 4 ounces and is 22 and 1/4 inches long.  She loves her swing and spends most her days chillin in it!  Her night time schedule has changed the last week...not for the good.  She sounds congested while she is sleeping which causes her to not sleep as well therefore wanting to be fed and soothed!  I can't complain because she is only getting up 2 times during the night (sounds pretty good Libby...right?) She still sleeps in a cradle next to me each night.  I love this!  Every time she starts fussing at night I can't help but to giggle inside with excitement. Never once have I rolled out of bed to feed her and thought to myself, "When will this be over?" I'm a Mom to a sweet baby GIRL!  How luck am I?