Ultrasound

Ultrasound. Isn't his or her profile so cute? They didn't give us any lower body shots like they usually do. My first due date was February 13th but after this ultrasound they changed it to February 2nd. We'll see how things go!

Charlotte is Almost 2

Brooklyn on her second birthday.

Mackenzie on her second birthday.

M at 3 1/2 and B at almost 2

Char almost 2 with B almost 5

Charlotte almost 2? Time flies when you're having fun...or when you're
trying to survive life as mom of 3 busy, emotional, beautiful little girls.

Expecting the Expected

This morning I was grinding wheat, making a floury mess. The big girls were running around pretending it was pixie dust. Char was screaming chasing and trying to get in on the action. I thought, Yes, we might as well add some crazy to the crazy. So that's what we are going to do. In early February.

The Twins

The Twins are our back yard neighbors. They could not be more loved by the girls in this house. And who else would teach them about force fields and electrocution?

London 2012

Good times in London.  We saw USA women's volleyball team beat Korea. We were lucky to be able to trade our tickets so we could see the US for both volleyball and basketball. My favorite event was the men's beach volleyball. We watched the bronze and gold/silver matches. It was awesome to be so close and to see the medal ceremony in person.

Paris

We have been hoping to go to the London 2012 summer olympics since they announced that it would be in London about 7 years ago. But of course before we went to London, Robert thought he needed to spend a few days in Paris. We spent Sunday going to church, strolling through the jardin des tuileries, Musee D'orsay and another day at Disneyland Paris. Yes, EuroDisney. I never claimed we were the most sophisticated people you've ever met.

Torticollis

Torticollis is the name the ER Dr. gave to what created this miserable day for poor Char. She woke up at the crack of dawn, holding her head to the side (like in the picture above), wanting nothing but to be held and lay her head on our shoulders. She wouldn't get down or eat or do anything and would scream at the slightest movements which was disturbing. Finally that afternoon I took her into the instacare and they told us we had to go over to the ER in case it was meningitis. Ok scary. After so so much waiting we finally saw the Dr. who said it was basically just a neck spasm and just give her some pain killer until it goes away. It was such an awful and weird day. That evening it started getting better. Robert gave her a blessing and she snapped right out of it. One of those super fun parenting days!