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March iPhone photos and Kids Say

March was a pretty crazy month! I just realized that I never did report back to the blog about the results from my MRI. I’m so happy to be able to tell you that it came back clean! No mass found in my arm, nothing to worry about! I will keep an eye on it to watch for changes. But as long as it stays the same, there shouldn’t be any concerns. It is my dominate arm. So maybe it’s all the baby carrying and carseat holding that is bulking up my forearm. We may never know!

Now for a little recap of March.. (in no particular order)

perhaps one of the best parts about March was welcoming spring!

we love tubby todd, and that amazing sunset has me looking forward to the many more we’ll see this year from our windows

You know I would never miss the opportunity for free ice cream cones!

And imagine my surprise as I was getting dressed (at only 11 weeks pregnant) when I noticed a belly already popping out! Totally makes me terrified of how huge I’m going to get.

Something I’m working on is being in more pictures with my kids. Any pictures with me usually end up deleted or buried on a hard drive. But with what we faced this past month, I just want to be in a few more pictures with them.

Also, we visited a racquet ball court a couple of weeks ago. We didn’t play, just showed up to take pictures. But I love the buildings!

a few pictures with the family/kids. And most likely the last snap of me and my 2 BFFs before Stef has her baby. It has been so much fun being pregnant with them! (that was last Sunday at 12, 37, and 22 weeks–I think!)

they are a wild bunch, but those faces are the sweetest!

This past week we went to a Chick Fil A opening! It had been over two years since the last one so I was really looking forward to taking the two oldest and camping out with all our friends. Unfortunately, it stormed off and on for most of the 24 hours we were there. Our tent was soaked and all our stuff got wet. Let’s just say that I kind of wanted to cry in my tent half the time. But we survived! And we did manage to have some fun. It was nice to have the day “off” from taking care of the little ones. But I have to say, even though it’s hard and exhausting work to take care of 5 little ones during pregnancy, it’s a whole lot easier than camping out in a wet tent. I’m thankful for those 52 free meals though…and of course I would do it again.

And now for the wimpy Kids Say post–(I’m telling you, March was crazy! I was pretty horrible at documenting…but here are a few!)

Kai–“Mommy, your hair looks like Chewbacca’s fur.”

Me–“Night night. I love you, pretty princess!”
Evangeline–“No! I’m a queen!”
(because she wears her Elsa dress pretty much 24/7)

Liam–“Is a platypus a real animal?”
Me–“Yeah, they’re real.”
Liam–“Really? I thought they were just a legend.”

Me–“You know what’s funny? It’s snowing and today is the first day of spring.”
Kai–(cracks up) “That’s really funny. It’s like God is playing a joke on us.”

When Kai saw a spider on the ceiling..

Kai–“I wish I had a real gun. Then I would just shoot it.”

April 2, 2016

Blog, Family, Kids Say

February iphone and kids say

February was a pretty interesting month. I knew about my pregnancy the entire month but waited to announce it until after I had my ultrasound (for personal reasons.) I can’t really complain about the amount of sickness I’ve had. Compared to others, I have it easy as far as that goes. But the exhaustion and taking care of 5 other children is what’s really doing me in. But even then, I am blessed to have it relatively easy.

Anyway, just sharing my pictures from February. And if you follow me on instagram, I’m pretty sure these are all repeats so feel free to just scroll on down to ‘kids say.’

There’s a new (free) iphone app called A Color Story for editing photos. I use it for all of my photos now! I absolutely love it. I did purchase the bundle but even the free filters/tools are awesome. They had a little color challenge back at the beginning of the month–here are some of the photos

(obviously orange, yellow, green, blue)

You have no idea how many years I’ve driven by this purple building and wanted to take a picture. Finally made my dream come true! You can bet that you will see more pictures of us here in the future. Also, we painted Evangeline’s room pink! Her choice, not mine. But I think I’ll love it. It’s not exactly how it looks in the photo below..

a few Valentine’s shots

valentines day cookies and pink hot cocoa

love these two! (also, that’s a more accurate portrayal of Evangeline’s wall color. It’s a bit overwhelming right now with all the pink but hopefully once we start hanging up some wall decor, it’ll tone things down a bit!

Always lots of sweets in our house. The elephant cookies in the first photo are from a giveaway that I won on instagram 🙂 And the cadbury mini eggs? I literally almost cried when I realized they were back on store shelves. I’m obsessed!

1) I love this picture of us. 2) Those socks are my favorite!! I pretty much want to revolve all her outfits around them now. 3) Evangeline’s BFF, Legacy, turned 3 last week. It’s adorable to watch them play together. 4) It was 77 degrees a couple of weeks ago so we had popsicles on the front porch….in February!! C’mon spring!!

Don–“Night night, Evangeline. I love you.”
Evangeline–“No. Call me ‘pink ninja.'”

Evangeline–“Are you washing the dishes?”
Me–“yeah”
Evangeline–“Is washing a dishes makes sense?”
(Umm, does that question make sense?)

Kingston–“I’m starting to get a headache.”
Evangeline–“I’m going to start getting a headache too.”

I asked the boys (Liam, Kai, and Kingston) to go pick up a burger for me.
Liam–“We can’t drive.”
Me–“It’s not too hard. One of you can push the pedals and another one can steer.”
Liam–“There’s an age limit to drive. You have to be like 8 or 9.”

Kai–“This is not a night night kiss…”
***gives me a kiss****
“….its just because I love you.”

Watching a video from 5 years ago…
Kingston–“Where am I in the video?”
Me–“You weren’t born yet.”
Kingston–“I was in Daddy’s tummy?”

Me–“Kingston, can you make some cake for us?”
Kingston–“No. You should make it because you’re the big one.”
“….you’re a big person. So you should make cake….because you’re like that.”

Evangeline was talking about her daddy moving into her room with her.
Me–“Well where would he sleep?”
Evangeline–“Right here” **points to her crib.
Me–“In your crib? I don’t know how he’s going to feel about that.”
Evangeline–“He’s going to feel nice.”

Evangeline–“Mommy, I have sneeze in my hair.” (Snot)

Kingston asked me to read the bottom of a Star Wars toy for him.
Me–“It says ‘Hasbro’ and ‘China.'”
Kingston–“Kai, this guy’s name is ‘hashbrowns and chino.'”

March 3, 2016