Girl Number 3

I just had my ultrasound this morning and it looks like we're having another girl. I quickly got over the slight disappointment that it wasn't the boy I was hoping for and now I'm just ready for delivery. Too bad I still have 20 weeks to go (actually probably 19 since I tend to bother my doctor until she induces me a week early)! From the ultrasound it looks like I'm going to have a shy girl on my hands. She had her face completely hidden behind her hands, and her legs crossed. The ultrasound tech. was getting very frustrated because he couldn't get a good shot, then she finally decided to cooperate and uncrossed her legs just long enough for us to tell that yes, she actually is a girl. Do you think that's shyness, or just plain stubborness? Hmmm. If anyone has any super cute girl names that they're willing to share I'm all ears!

What we've been up to

I haven't posted anything in awhile so I just thought I'd let everyone know what we've been up too. Not anything too exciting. As you can see from the above picture, Annie's decided it's fun to take her clothes off several times a day. Most often when she's supposed to be in her crib taking a nap. Gabby's latest activity has to been to change her clothes several times a day to different combinations of shorts and tank tops. Some battles just aren't worth fighting, I told her if we go anywhere she has to put on warm, matching clothes, other then that she can wear whatever she wants, I don't care. We went outside and played today after nap time, the sun was shining and it felt so nice outside. When we finally came in so that I could get started on dinner I got on the computer to see what the high was today. It felt so nice I figured it had to be somewhere in the forties. Nope, 36 degrees. How sad is that when 36 degrees feels so nice! I am so ready for spring!

Pure sugar anyone?

This is a picture of Gabby eating a Fun Dip that she got at her preschool Valentines Day party. It's her first one. So what do you think? Am I a horrible mother for letting my 4 year old daughter eat a sugar stick dipped in bright green sugar from a pouch? Probably.

A Conversation with Annie

This morning Darren was sitting on the couch and Annie came over and licked his pant leg.

Darren: Why did you just lick me?

Annie: Cuz...I like you.

Art Projects and Cold Weather

Gabby has been very into art lately. She is constantly wanting to draw a picture or paint, or whatever else she can think of. It's also been absolutely frigid here, so we haven't been venturing outside unless absolutely necessary. The other night while Darren and I were watching t.v. I spent some time cutting out shapes with construction paper. I cut out all different shapes in all different colors and sizes. Then the next day I got them out for Gabby and also gave her a glue stick and a few sheets of paper. She loved it! She spent at least an hour, if not longer gluing the shapes on the paper to make different patterns and pictures. It is definitely something I'll be keeping up throughout the winter, and let me tell you winter is here!

Better Late Then Never

I guess it's about time I posted my Halloween pictures. Since its been a month and a half. Since I don't really remember that much about Halloween at this point, I'm just going to post the pictures. Gabby was a cave woman and Annie was a butterfly.

A Plan Backfired

So lately we've been having trouble with Gabby staying in her room after we put her to bed. She comes out at least three times every night for various things. Basically, she's a staller, and a very good one. So I came up with a plan that I was pretty sure would work. Tonight when she came out I said in a very pleasant voice, "Well, since you keep coming out you must not be tired, would you like to come down and do some chores?" To which Gabby responded "What chores?" and I said, "Oh I'm sure I can find something." I expected her to say no, that she wanted to go to bed. But no, she wanted to come down and do chores, so I set her to work cleaning out the fridge. I was still pretty sure that after a few minutes she'd be tired of it and ready to go to bed. Wrong again. She had a great time. She sang while she scrubbed and had a big smile on her face the whole time. Then when she was done she wanted to do something else. I told her no, it was time for bed because it was already 8:30 and she had preschool tomorrow. She then proceeded to throw a fit because she wanted to do more chores. But at least my fridge is clean, right!