"Big Candy"

We got Karilyn and Heidi giant chocolate Hershey's kisses for Valentine's Day. I was especially excited for Heidi's reaction because Hershey's kisses are her favorite kind of nandy.

She opened it up and said "BIG CANDY".





On another note, I'm a little sad that she says "candy" now, as opposed to her "nandy". Oh yes, and once again, she's in her deer hunting jammies, now you can begin to understand the problem.

My New Purse

My boss bought all of us loyal employees new purses for Valentine's Day! We are all so excited and hyper. There has been a lot of frantic texting going on about our excitement. He said it was worth it just for the entertainment value of watching us go crazy over picking out our new purses. Here is the one I picked out:

And it's reversible!

I've never had a purse that cost so much, and I probably never will again!

OUCH!

Tonight at Heidi's music class she came to sit on my lap and flung her head back hitting my mouth. It really hurt! Here's what I looked like after 2 hours:



Karilyn and Dave made some adorable snow men a few days ago:

Kids on Wheels

Tonight we took Karilyn and Heidi to a church party at the roller skating rink. I can't say what they did was actual roller skating though, it was more like roller falling. At least they had fun, isn't that what it's all about?





Oh yea, and Heidi HAD to wear her swim cap!

Dirty Laundry

I know I already posted some pictures of Heidi, but I had to add one more. I just found her in the laundry bins. She climbed up the cat's scratching post and on in. She wouldn't have been able to do that yesterday as it was full of dirty laundry.

Notice the hunting pajamas, maybe I should leave the pajamas in the dirty clothes bin and only take out Heidi.

She also dumped nail polish into the kitty litter. What two year old can twist off a hard top? It's my fault though, I told her not to jump on my nice folded clothes anymore as I was trying to get the clean clothes put away, I guess she had to go find something else to do that was "fun".

I think I'll do like my smart sister, Amy, and stop doing laundry, it only leads to trouble anyway.

Crazy Hair

Heidi woke up with some CRAZY hair today! I would like to believe that those who have to wait a long time for their kids to get hair that it would be all nice when it finally came in, well, that's just not the case.

Here in that picture you can see her infamous "deer hunting" pajamas. She gets very upset if she can not wear them EVERY night. The only way to calm her down when they are dirty is by letting her wear Karilyn's pajamas, which are huge on her.

She also LOVES talking on the phone now. This is a picture of her talking to Grandma.


And I have to love this picture, as it has never happened in our house before. Heidi got tired and climbed up in the chair and fell asleep.


And one more thing...

What does it mean when you do a wish bone and the top end completely falls off and both of you are left holding just a stick? Does it mean you have bad luck or something, or was it what you wished for that caused such a rare thing to happen? I wished for Dave to help me do some cleaning, does this mean he will never help me clean again? Or maybe it was what Dave wished for, hum, I think I'll ask him later. Are you allowed to say what you wished for even though you didn't win, or would it count as a tie and we both win, which in that case my wish is now null and void because I just told? Well, at least we had a good laugh when we both pulled and the top part flung off and went flying across the room. Well, he hasn't helped me clean yet...wait I think I hear the clanging of dishes coming from the kitchen. Maybe my wish has come true after all?

Well, regardless of what my husband may or may not be doing I'm off to do some more cleaning, someone's gotta do it and it won't get done if I don't.

An investment in my health

I always have very low hemoglobin (iron) levels, it usually measures about 11. After both births it dropped to a low 7 range. I never had a transfusion, but this is a range where most doctors will give you a transfusion. Instead I took horrible iron pills, which come with all kinds of nasty side effects.

I always try to eat a diet high in iron, but it never seems to be enough, so I thought I'd search for other options. (I'm trying to make this birth a bit more "pleasurable" than my last two.) So I found a natural iron supplement which I started taking a little over a week ago. I think by boosting my iron levels now, it won't be as inclined to drop so much after I deliver.

Since I started taking it, I haven't gotten a bad headache every day at 5:00 and I've only taken one nap! I was so tired all the time that it was hard to keep my eyes open and I was taking a nap everyday that I could when Heidi took hers. I feel like a different person, I hardly even get tired now and I've been pretty much headache free. I've even been staying up late some nights, where before I couldn't function after 8:30. I think I've been less irritable also, but you'll have to ask Dave and the girls if that's true.

Anyway, It's so good to feel so much better. The iron is really expensive though, I used my hard earned paypal money to order a supply for the rest of my pregnancy, but I think it was money well spent. I hope it's not just a placebo or that I'm now 21 weeks and I'd be feeling better anyway. Well, whatever it is, I'm going to keep taking it.