Bubbles

Ella and Silas typically take a bath together - but one usually wants bubbles and the other doesn't (and they can never seem to agree on the same night). Somehow they managed to come to a bubble agreement and here's what it looked like:

There is no doubt - she's a nut!

and I do see Broadway in her future!

Being the helpful big sister and rubbing bubbles out of Si's eyes

A quick Margie update:
She had an 8 hour surgery on Monday, is still in the hospital and doing well. She is up walking around and Dr. L is pleased with her progress. Say a prayer that she heals quickly and has no complications.

Zoo Night

We had a fun time at the zoo last night, helping our friend, Danielle's, teen group raise money for their Costa Rica trip. We got to meet Jungle Jack Hanna. Silas wasn't really impressed but we were!

Silas was impressed however with the snake's ooky, spooky tail when it moved.

Mason got a kick out of holding the snake.

My favorite was Pokey the Sloth. He was really funny to watch.
He moved like he'd been smoking some wacky tobaccy.

Ella really liked the snake too though you can't really tell
that from the picture...

This was Ross, one of the new cheetahs at the zoo.

We also got to go on a night walk of the zoo - it's a spooky place at night! We saw some of the animals in North America, the Discovery Reef and then some fun stuff at the Education building (like a hedge hog, baby gators, a porcupine, an aardvark (really strange looking things!) and some other fuzzier animals too.

March 10, 2003

From my pregnancy journal...

I was at Kohl's shopping when my water started leaking...thought I had peed my pants :(
Called the doctor around 5:30pm, they said come to Riverside to check it out. The nurse checked, said it was fluid and "you're having a baby!"
They started Petocin at 6pm....nothing happened until 8:30pm when I started having contractions...bad contractions! At 9pm I was ready for my epidural but the damn guy didn't show up until 10pm!

I'm a happy camper after I got my drugs!

About your new baby:
How did you select your baby's name?
Ella after the poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Margaret Patricia Lynn after family

Time of birth:
11:20 pm
Weight: 6 pounds 11 oz.
Length: 20 inches

The first thing I remember is how loud her cry was as soon as she made her entrance into the world. She was so perfect looking...tiny and petite.

I was in awe at how beautiful she was, right out of the womb - even covered in slime. She came out looking up, her eyes wide open. She pinked up very quickly. her mouth looks just like Mason's, especially when she cries.


She is very alert...she didn't sleep much the first night at the hospital. She wanted to be held close.

From a few weeks later...
Mason loves his baby sister. He kisses on her so much that we have to tell him to stop. He doesn't wipe the food from his face and then kisses her and gets it all over the top of her head and hair.
The first few weeks have been rough. She is fussy, I've had mastitis, a uterine infection, thrush, and strep throat. And she NEVER sleeps unless we hold her. But how I love my baby girl...

Happy Birthday Miss Boo! Have fun being 6!
We love you!

Bowling Birthday Bash

We celebrated Ella's birthday this weekend. She decided this year that she would like to have a bowling party.

1 party girl + 2 brothers +12 girls + 1 boy (Ethan - who loved the idea of being surrounded by so many girls) + 1 Grandpa and 1 Aunt Amanda + lots of parents = we had ourselves a party!

Ella HAD to wear her favorite party skirt...and her favorite shirt (Daddy's Snow Angel). If you've seen pictures of her 4th birthday...this outfit will look very familiar! Loved watching her bowling in her party skirt!

Making the party room festive - getting ready for birthday cake!!

Ella took the blowing out of candles very seriously this year!
I hope she gets her wish (unless it will cost me LOTS of money...)

My girl will be 6 on Tuesday...impossible!!

some career planning with miss boo

we were brushing her teeth tonight and she said something that prompted me to ask "what do you want to be when you grow up?"

Ella: a babysitter.

Me: Like Kelly?

Ella: No!

Me: but why???

Ella: because I want money, not checks :)

Honestly, I can't blame her...at least once a month I forget to bring Kelly her check when I come get the kids...

Cheese!

Taking some pictures today..just trying to get some everyday shots.

got miss boo...sleeping, or at least pretending too...

and got miss boo again...acting like a crazed girl...like she is...

and got mason shooting some hoops after being sick and it being COLD all week...

and, well...si...what is there to say?

Out with the Old...In With the Older...

As we continue on our purging binge in our house (binge/purge/binge/purge...a very vicious JUNK cycle around here!), this past weekend we tried to tackle the front room. When we put the hardwood down, the toy box got moved to the front room and it has become a big Free For All...

This is what the room looked like mid-purge, but that's what it looked like before too...not good! I'm happy to say that all (or at least 99.9%) of the toys were able to be contained in the toy box after tossing a bag full of total junk.

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Another challenge around here...Silas has decided over the last few weeks that, unless we are going someplace, it's really not important that he get dressed in clothes. It's all Jammies, all the time. He put his pj's on Thursday night at bedtime, and 64 hours later, decided he'd get dressed in "real clothes". Now, he did get a bath in those 64 hours, but refused to put anything back on but his "jammy feeties".

Finally clothed on Sunday....
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Another home decor project. When we got our King sized bed...about 10 years?....we did not buy a headboard and have gone without since. We've talked about making one for years. A couple weeks ago, Justin was working on a house and they had this door - it's 102 years old!
So, they gave it to him (binge)

Next time you see this door, it will be sanded, painted and acting as a headboard for our bed. I can't wait to see it all done!! How "shabby chic" is that? Is that still a decorating term?

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And one more Silas conversation - seriously, 3 is the best age ever for the crazy stuff that kids say and do!
He was talking with Justin here:

Si: Daddy, I'll be big soon

JP: you will?

Si: yeh

JP: why do you want to be big?

Si: (a bit of a repeater...) so so so, I can get the smoke detractor...turn the smoke detractor off when it goes off so it don't freak Zoe out..
detractor=detector
Zoe = FREAKS out now if the alarm or smoke detectors go off, of if it storms out...