Up and running

The weekend took a turn for the better after my last post. On Saturday evening, we had a delicious dinner, went and got groceries (I know, thrilling), of course got some ice cream cookies for dessert, and tried some new draft beer that hubby discovered. Sunday, we went to church, worked on a few projects (hopefully I can get those done and post a tour update soon - girls room is progressing!), shopped for more girls clothes (the cuteness, overwhelming, now I have to do the returns trip), had a great dinner, and I had a relaxing evening while hubby stained some doors for work (his idea of relaxing?). It was a good weekend.

There's a good chance we're getting another foster kid today that will be very close in age with one of our girls. So that'll be interesting... I'm assuming it will be very short term as they seem to be for us so far, but I can't say for sure of course. (I say this because we cannot take more than one right now due to vehicle space and most foster kids have siblings so they get moved to homes that can take more than one kid. We end up being the emergency option, not the long term option. I'm neither upset nor happy about this, it's just how it works out).

I was all set to go to BodyPump this morning but when my alarm turned on, it was promptly shut off and I was asleep again within a minute. What is wrong with me?? I'm not sleep deprived; both of my girls pretty much sleep through the night and I went to bed at a decent hour. I don't know how to make myself get out of bed. It's ridiculous. I'll try again on Wednesday since Tuesdays don't work. I really want to try running on my trick foot but we shall see if that happens with the arrival of another kiddo. 

We're taking it slow this morning, hoping to feel relaxed before the craziness of the week kicks in. Any chance that will happen? 

And finally, I will leave you with some pictures, since that is the main reason most of you visit this little corner of the blog world, am I right? :)

The following pictures are not from this weekend but need to be shared.

Tis the season for black cat shirts.

Also ready to model her outfit, which was promptly changed about ten minutes after these were taken due to an...incident... but don't you love her fish face??

I tried this outfit on at Old Navy and immediately keeled over in laughter. The 70's called, give that outfit back, yo!

 More pictures from our outdoor time a couple of weeks ago.

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Quick! Cheer me up!

As I sit here on the couch, having not showered in too long to admit, cup of coffee gone (my brain is screaming moooore please), temperatures freeeezing (well not really but ohmygoodness we aren't used to this yet), I figured posting about the good old days, you know, last weekend, would do a mama good.

I thought I'd already written about last weekend, but I can't find it so here's the update. We went to the lake to enjoy the Autumn weather, and it was fabulous. A bit chilly, rainy for some of it, but fabulous. We had nature walks through the enchanted forest, baking sessions, a great steak meal, and time with my grandparents we hadn't seen in too long. They looove the girls and were craving them, so we were happy to oblige. I didn't think to get pictures there, but here are some from the rest of the weekend! 

That girl is too cute even without any legit clothes on (not for lacking of trying, good job papa)

She was mad that I wouldn't let her stir by herself.

Look at the girls. JUST LOOK AT THEM. Bahaha what a terrible (but awesome) picture.

Have a great weekend!



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Josie says

One of my favorite things about this age is grammatical errors. Their little brains work so hard to memorize what we are saying when they are first figuring out speech, but it is fascinating to watch them logically try to figure out grammar and uses of different words in different contexts. Deep, right? Anyways, within five minutes this morning, I heard this:

"Where did Mommy going in?" (repeat 5 times until she saw me, a mere ten feet away from her and not hiding)
"What did Mommy did?" 
"What is Mommy doing in?"

I just love it. Innocent and adorable.

Terrible picture, but still full of personality.

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Five on Friday

1. I've got something funky going on with my health (ah! so there is probably a connection to the headaches I've been experiencing) the last couple of days and I'm over it. I have no voice and my throat is swollen. My nose is starting to drip and my whole body has that awful ache. Anybody else get grumpy when they don't have a voice? Especially when it comes to communicating with the girls. It's hard to be effective when they can't even hear you say "no" or whatever else is vital for them to hear.

2. The weather has been amazing here. Like this may be the best Autumn weather we've ever had, at least that I remember. Every single day is like a birthday present surprise. I open the door and feel a huge hug wrap around me. Okay, maybe that's just a bit much. But seriously. 

3. I mixed together dark chocolate cake mix and a can of pureed pumpkin and thought that it'd be the sweetest dessert ever. Spoiler alert: It wasn't. I've heard others rave about it but I wasn't all that impressed. To be fair, I did really like it right out of the oven. But, day old cake muffins (should I call them that? I think it works...) don't have the same appeal and they got moldy, yes moldy, within a couple of days. I'm still on the look out for more pumpkin recipes though. 

4. I think it's safe to say that my foot is about 90% healed. I haven't tried anything strenuous yet (I'm looking at you, running) but I can walk without any problems and don't have to stick to just one or two pairs of shoes. That's serious progress, folks! I'm still taking it slow to avoid re-injuring it, but I'm so glad it's feeling better.

5. I've tried to preorder the new Avett Brother's cd and iTunes keeps telling me that they could not complete my request. what????? Why? Tell me why. Seriously I don't get it. "Temporarily Unavailable" should not mean always.