Two Heads Are Better Than One

Jennifer's little boy, Ethan, and Ashlyn playing blocks and building towers.

24 Nite

Monday's are 24 nites. It was a twisty episode as usual. Jack's dad is behind everything...it's gettin' good now. Next week is 2 hours long.

Our laundry dilemma is over. We are having a new washer & dryer delivered tomorrow afternoon. YAY! That's the fastest I think I have ever made a decision when a lot of $$$ was involved. Guess we'll have to keep watching the funds. My mother-in-law was kind enough to do some laundry for me today. She's the best!

I have a feeling that we are going to go with Chloe for a name. I have a boy back-up just in case they were wrong, Jacob (Jake) Neal. I don't know if Lincoln likes it completely, but that's ok. He'll learn to like it. :)

Preschool tomorrow...I better got lay down so maybe I'll fall asleep by midnite.

Later...

Who's Is She?

I had to get one more post in to show you all this picture.

She wanted to go swimming today. She obviously doesn't understand what temperature is yet.

Cold Enough????

Weatherbug says that Red Wing is -18 right now. I know it's been colder than this before, but boy were we spoiled here in Minnesota this year. My open house for lia sophia jewelry yesterday didn't go as well as I was hoping, but I have to say...I understand why I didn't get a rush of people on this cold weekend. I wouldn't have wanted to go anywhere if I didn't have to either. It was fun though and all my girlfriends from high school stayed for supper and conversation. I am sure that I'll just try again this summer when another new catalog comes out.
My dining room and bathroom on the main level I think are finally at about 68 degrees now. They were at 60 (if not colder) all day yesterday and evening. We had to get some space heaters out. Then this morning I went to do laundry and discovered that my dryer died. I pushed the start button and nothing. And...Ashlyn had her first accident overnight so I had to get her clothes and sheets washed. So, we took what was in the washer and transferred that load to a basket, took another basket and filled it with Ashlyn's sheets, wet clothes and more stuff to make it a whole load and headed to town to the laundromat. There are a few advantages to the dryer dying...first, laundry didn't burden my day today and second, now we'll actually be active in shopping for a new washer/dryer. We've been talking about it for a year now. Sure, we could probably fix the dryer we have, but we might as well get the purchase over with now. The set was owned by the family who lived in the house before us and then they sat for 2 years or so in this empty house not being used. Yuck.

Sunday nights are my least favorite time of the week. I have the worst time getting motivated to go to bed because I know when I wake up, I'll have to leave the house. However, I am pretty sure the lack of sleep and doing way too much is contributing to the swollen ankles and headaches I have every day. I suppose that's my que to go to bed now. 'Nite all.

The Best Valentine's Idea

So, Luke brought home some papers from preschool yesterday about Valentine's Day and their party. Miss Stephanie sent home a page that had every students picture on it along with the 5 teachers that are involved from a day-to-day basis. We are to attach a picture on the valentine card instead of write names. I thought that this was the most brilliant idea ever. Of course the picture here shows Luke's (just an example), but I wanted to show how this is the greatest idea. The littlest things can amuse me sometimes (ok, all the time). The best part is that I am stamping and making the cards myself so this allows me to use the pictures in a really creative way. I can't wait to get started.

By-the-way...congrats to Aunt Tiffany. She passed her nursing boards yesterday. She is now going to be working in Hastings as a real nurse. :) Way to go!!!!

The Name Game

It's probably just me having problems naming this little girl. We've both made a list. So far, and this is subject to change I am sure, but we have narrowed it down to Chloe Christine or Apryl Christine. I still like Carly too. It'll probably change a few times before May and we'll probably be naming her in the hospital, but at least we've started thinking about it.

Did Time Stop?

I have 3 1/2 months to go...that's 15 weeks. It's also 101 days. I want to have this little girl now. I shouldn't complain...I have no right, but I am so uncomfortable. I told my nurse that if I have this baby past my due date I'll have a melt down. She probably would be rich if she collected on every time she heard that. Yesterday was my glucose test. I drank a rancid lemon-lime liquid sugar drink and sat for 1 hour. Then they took my blood. I failed that test. A normal sugar level after that test should be about 130-140, mine was 190. So, can you guess how I get to spend my afternoon next Wednesday? I get to fast for 8 hours (nothing to eat and only water to drink all that morning) and then go in at 12:45 pm, drink the sugar again (I am so picking the orange this time) and sit there for 3 hours. Once I drink the sugar, they take my blood an hour later...and an hour after that...and then the hour after that. Sounds like a blast. Sorry, I'm done complaining...if this is the worst thing that happens, Gestational Diabetes, during this pregnancy I should consider myself blessed.

Ashlyn is still going strong on the potty training. She even got to go back to ECFE today. That was her incentive because she loves 'school' so much. She was excited.

Luke is really excited for the next Monster Jam. Everyday he asks me where the 17 is for this month. Very funny. This one is going to be special though because his Uncle Clinton and Aunt Bonnie are coming with. We were hoping that Uncle Grant and Aunt Tiffany would come too, but Uncle Grant has to work that weekend and who knows...if Aunt Tiffany passed her nursing boards, she may have to work too.