31 Weeks...and counting.

It was suggested by someone that I should put a picture up of myself
being really pregnant, so here it is.

We Got Out Again

Well, we were able to get out and play on Friday afternoon right before lunch. It was a beautiful day. I figured I better get the kids out there before everything melts away. It had been so windy up until Friday. We made some snowmen (which the kids proceeded to destroy with branches) and we slid down our little hills on our butts. That, apparently, was way more fun than a sled. We spent about 45 minutes out there and then ate lunch. Hopefully we can get out there again before everything is gone. We'll see.

I'm 31 weeks pregnant today. Such a short time to go but yet so far away. We've been having issues with Ashlyn lately (I mean more so than usual for those who know her) and now I am a little nervous for the baby to get here. I am still looking forward to my vacation in the hospital though. That sounds so sad.

Why are curtains so expensive? JC Penney's had a huge curtain sale this weekend. I went to check it out. Sale???? Whatever. I found a lot I loved, but it would have cost me $720 to cover 6 windows, 3 in each room (living & dining) and that wasn't even including the hardware. $720...that was the sale price. That isn't a sale to me. Maybe I'll just put blankets up in the windows. That's cheaper. We have plenty of blankets around here. It's like trying to find crib bedding. Why does a crib bedding set of 4 (sheet, skirt, quilt, bumper) have to cost more than $100? Some sets are $500 alone. It shouldn't cost more to put bedding on a crib than it does to put bedding on a queen bed. Does it really cost that much to make something so small? That should be a crime. Alright, I'm done now. :)

Time for bed. I hate Monday's...OK, weekdays.

America Voted...and they aren't my 'Idol's'

I watched American Idol tonight. Now, I didn't watch the girls last night, but whoever didn't vote enough for the one woman and one man that should have stayed...I am not happy with them. I hope that someone important was watching and give those 2 the best break they could have. Stupid, stupid, stupid. And another thing, my favorite show, Grey's Anatomy...I am really sick of the re-runs. Just when they start new episodes they start in again with re-runs. It's getting old. I'm a little bitter because now that I am forcing myself to sit and watch TV at night I can't seem to find a show that isn't a re-run lately.

Why am I making myself sit down??? Because I have noticed that if I run myself to thin in a day (and I do this everyday, every week) I start having pains like contractions. If I settle down, I feel better. A no-brainer, but I will be bringing it up at my appointment next week. I may want to get this baby out, but she's not ready yet...not for another 7-10 weeks. (still hoping for 7) My other 2 pregnancies were so much easier...I don't get this.

On that note, it's after 11 and I need to go to bed. 'Nite!

My First Baby Is 5

"Wow, another monster truck!"

"Make a wish"

"Yeah, I'm five..."

My first baby is 5 now. He had a great birthday yesterday. He owns more monster trucks than he needs to, but he has an addiction and, well....you gotta be able to rely on family to enable it. We're enablers...I know. He also got a couple games, a Darth Vader (sp?) mask, some clothes and some money. We're going to the mall on Saturday so he can buy...Monster Trucks. Figures. We had a nice dinner at grandma & grandpa Sjoquist's house for grandma's and Luke's birthdays. Kindergarten, watch out, here comes Luke!

Just 'Cuz...

I got this picture in an e-mail and just thought it was kinda neat.

Photo Of Us

This is our little family...photo was taken 7-8-06 at Clinton & Bonnie's Wedding


This is a photo of the all us Sjoquist's...7-8-06, same wedding. Everyone is married now.

10 More Weeks.....

...medically anyway! I am hoping to have this baby in more like 7-8 weeks, but we'll see I guess. In about 7 weeks I am going to see what I can do to start that labor process. :) Everyone I tell that to thinks I am wrong, but they aren't me right now.

I wonder how may parents out there know what I am truly talking about when I say, "My kids had way too many clothes." I cleared out the kids' dressers to their current sizes. I then proceeded to take all the paper grocery bags that I have, haul them up to my bedroom and marked everyone with a sharpie by size. I then started tossing clothes in them. Boys on one side of the room and girls on the other. Once that was done, I then made my husband haul in all the rubbermaid totes of clothes from the garage. I went through every one, marked more bags and sorted. I only have two boxes left now to haul in from the garage. I also have a very crowded bedroom full of bags of clothes. Not one girl newborn outfit is going to work for this little girl because all Ashlyn's stuff was for winter. Figures. Oh-well. Nothing wrong with a baby wearing onsies all summer. :) I am planning on eBaying all the boy stuff with the exception of MN sports team outfits. It'll be a pain, but I don't have the storage space for it all. This sorting experience has made me see that they both had way too many clothes (at least I didn't buy more than half of them). Hand-me-downs are great until you have to store them, but man they save $$$$$. :)

Well, we finally got the kids outside on Saturday afternoon, but it's been so windy that they didn't spend more than 30 minutes out there. I wish the wind would just go away so we could get out there and make some snowmen. I included some pictures of the kids sliding on the big hill we have in the driveway. When you don't have natural hills you make 'em with skid loaders. :)

Daddy helping Ashlyn down the hill.


Daddy helping Luke down.


Daddy making a path down the hill to make it easier. What a dad.