Common Conversation

This conversation seems to be the norm lately:

Cooper: "mama, can we go outside?"
Me: "Sorry Coop, mama feels sick because of the baby in my tummy. When daddy gets home he'll take you outside."
Cooper thinks for a moment, comes over and kisses my belly, then says: "All better! Now can we go outside?"

I wish it were that simple! I love my kids... even though I'm so sick!

7 Interesting, Wierd-o things you might not know...

1. I donated my hair to locks of love when I was a teenager, twice.
2. I love cleaning my kids ears and clipping their nails. Wierd, but they don't mind.
3. When in a time crunch I can shower and get dressed, make-up and all in 7 minutes. (but it looks like it was a 7 min. job... that's the downside!)
4. I have double jointed thumbs, I can bend them backward at a 90 degree angle.
5. I still like to read the back of cereal boxes.
6. The only guy I ever dated that wasn't a loser turned out to be my husband :)
7. I used to shave my arms.

Now you know all kinds of stuff about me that you always wanted to.
The end.
( I was tagged by Beth, check out her wierdo things HERE)

Syphus Fam Sept. 2008

We haven't taken a picture of all my brothers and sisters for a long time, so this is close to miraculous. I think there is 25 of us including all adults and kids. We will be adding 2 more next year with Taylor's baby due May 14 and mine due June something. And perhaps Shawn will make another contribution???? Shawn??? eh? Look how happy I was before I got all pregnant and sickie!
I think this picture epitomizes their relationship: Cooper doing something that would bug any normal person, but Leila is too absorbed in something else to really mind. Too sweet.

No Food Allowed

I found the pregnancy sickness that was lost for a few weeks. It is now my constant companion as I go through my day. I have a hard time even thinking of food, let alone making it for my two little eaters. Jesse has found that the best way to get me to eat is to not tell me what he's making (the process of preparing food makes me want to.... you know!), and then just put the plate in front of me. I can usually force a few bites down, enough to lessen the nausea. I just hope I can make it through to the good part of pregnancy! Wish me luck!

My easy Dinner trick

I was sitting here, doing my blogging, thinking, that usually at this time of day I'm thinking of something to make for dinner. Not today however, because I put spaghetti sauce in the crock pot this morning! It's such an easy thing, as I finish dishes from breakfast, I throw this baby in the crock-pot and whamo! Dinner = Done! I know, I know, spaghetti is the easiest thing to make anyway, but really... it CANNOT be easier than this! I love it for the simple fact that when it comes down to dinner time, I do virtually NOTHING and I have a home cooked meal! So for the rest of you, trying to think of something for dinner, here's my mom's easy crock-pot spaghetti sauce recipe:

Crock-pot Spaghetti Sauce

2 cans tomato sauce

2 cans chunk tomatoes

1 onion, chopped

1 T. Garlic Powder

2 bay leaves

Cook on High (stirring occasionally) for 9 hours, or until onions are translucent.

Where did it go?

I'm 5 weeks along with our 3rd addition, and usually at this point in a pregnancy I'm so sick I can't even move. But I can't even tell a difference... other than slight fatigue. Every morning I wake up, my eyes pop open, and I do a little "sickness" check mentally, asking myself how I feel. But every morning, I feel fine! Hallelujah!!! I've known for a while that #3 needed to come soon. I was dreading it for 2 reasons: The sickness, and as a result of the sickness, being a grumpy/bad mom. I've been praying and praying that if I got pregnant again I would be able to still take care of my 2 other babies. Prayer Answered! But still one question... where did the sickness go?

Marathon 2008

Our DJ, Sam:It's darker than it looks, but it was also wetter than it looks too!
our cheerleader:
Taylor trying not to be sick :)
bright smiles at any hour:
That pretty much sums it up. It rained. We toughed it out. The runners were wet, but as always, cheerful and awesome! Go Annie! Woot Woot! (her official time was 3:39, I think it's because we cheered so loud... or the training, whatever.)