We Did It!

We saved enough birthday, allowances and change jar money to buy one of these great jumping things!!
Here's Jedi patiently waiting his turn.
Sometimes we allow 2 at a time, but usually it ends up only one person per time and a whole set of new rules, like:

No sitting on the edge
No sitting underneath
No putting rocks on the trampoline
No putting sand on the trampoline
No jumping on your sister
No pushing your brother
OK, back to one child only!
No water bottles while jumping
No, girls cannot take off their shirts
I know it's not fair, but you cannot do it.
10 minutes each
Your times up
OK, it's your turn.
Yes all these things are said during each 10 minutes....I'm exhausted just typing this...
Yes, it's all worth it, the kiddos are also exhausted and ready for bed about a 1/2 hour earlier than usual, if I could just get supper on earlier....

Homemade Treasures!

My Mother-in-law has talents beyond any imagination that I even can comprehend! She sews Raggedy Ann's for all the girls and I think is working on a Raggedy Andy for a certain boy...
She sewed Sweetie Pie these beautiful PJ's and doll and booties!!

Isn't this doll, just the cutest thing?

These booties are just precious!!

Melissa, sewed me this beautiful nursing shawl to cover up with when nursing in public! (it's sewed with Raggedy material!)

Suzie, sewed me this beautiful, soft, flowery, blanket for Sweetie Pie!

Again, my mother-in-law knit this beautiful back-pack for Mary Hannah!

This is a 4 generation picture of my husband and his mother and grandma. His grandma is 94 and lifts weights to keep her strength up!! She still chopped wood until a few years ago!! She's an amazing, beautiful woman! Tom's birthday is shared with our Blessed Mother's and our goddaughter Eva, on September 8th! (he's 42) Mine is the next day, so it is a whirlwind of phone calls, visits and desserts!! Add a new baby and it was a really crazy couple of days!!

My mom has taken up painting for a hobby the last few years and painted this for Tom and I for our birthdays!

I have no talent, really, I can't sing, I can't dance, I can't even do a cartwheel! I think it is God's way of making me humble. I used to be thin and pretty, God is making me humble. (at least I tell myself that!)

Talented people! Wow, I admire all of you, you are amazing!

(I pictured another homemade gift in the previous post, check it out!)

I was also given a homemade afghan made of beautiful, soft white yarn, made by one of my husband's client's mothers. We are saving it for Baptism at which time I will show pictures of it!

Prayers For Therese!

This beautiful hat was knit by Therese. She is delivering her sweet baby girl today, please pray for a safe, happy delivery for her!

Coming soon, I plan to post all the wonderful home-made treasures Sweetie Pie has received, like this beautiful pink hat! (See even Sweetie Pie likes the hat, she's smiling!)

****update, Therese delivered her sweet baby girl and both are healthy and happy!!!

I'm 40 Today!

Christine came over today, stood in the doorway and said "I'm here to see the old lady!" I said "what are you talking about, she's standing in the doorway!" (she's a year and a half older!)

It was great to see her and she got to hold her goddaughter! She came with a meal, dessert and gifts and 40 cans of Diet Coke! She's the greatest! And she got to hear her baby's heartbeat today!!!

I have a ton of ideas for posting, but no time it seems to post, busy holding my sweet, sweet baby!! So sorry if it's been quiet here on the blog front!

The Best Thing in the World!

Is holding a newborn baby!
Oh, how I wish I could keep her like this forever!

Soft and kissable!

Always hungry!

Always hearing those words "Can I hold her now?" I have to admit, at Mass yesterday, I was a little jealous, I wanted to hold my new baby, but between each child holding her, I really only got a tiny bit of holding time! I can share my favorite thing in the world, because they gave me that same favorite thing at one time too!

Mary Hannah is 5!

Finally 5!! She is the last of the kid birthdays, September 2nd. And she has been waiting and waiting and waiting!!

While I nurse the baby, I love to watch cooking shows and while watching Paula Deen bake a bundt cake, Mary Hannah said "Wow! Look at that giant doughnut!!" SO, we had to make a bundt cake for her birthday, which Grandma helped her bake! Here she is holding her new Wal-Mart fake American doll, which she named Crystal Light. But, she will inform you it's only "Crystal", Light is only her last name. Hmmm...wonder what mom drinks?

She has really changed since the baby has been born, she helps so much and is so loving and wonderful with the baby. She will do anything to get her turn to hold Sweetie Pie! Her cute freckles make her so kissable whether she likes that or not!

Space Aliens for birthday tokens, games and fun!

Sweetie Pie slept through the whole party!

Mary Hannah does have a sense of humor, she is yelling "I'm being electrocuted by an alien, heeeeelp!"

On the Friday before I had the baby, August 21st, we had her birthday party with her friends, as I knew I would not be up to much after the baby. She picked a butterfly theme. She picked all the colors of everything and did not want a theme butterfly cake, she only wanted cupcakes with butterflies on them. She has it all set in her mind.

Butterflies and flowers everywhere!

I was worried she would grab the presents and not remember to thank each child, but she was sooo happy and immediately hugged each girl after opening their present, saying "This is just what I wanted!" It was really precious to watch! She had 3 little friends over and with our 3 girls, well, it was a perfect party!

The girls were the butterflies and sipped nectar out of their flowers!

I forgot to load a picture of the butterfly pinata, our craft, butterfly tatoos and the treasure hunt, but trust me, they were done and they were fun!!

What Do You Think?

We turned in our penny jar $60 some bucks, the kiddos have been saving their money, Tom and I are saving our birthday money and we are saving up for this!! We have 2 doctors as neighbors, one of them has this in their backyard, and they allow only 2 jumpers at a time. I guess most injuries are caused by more than one jumper jumping at a time and jumping into eachother. We need something more fun here at home to do, especially for Jedi who is surrounded by all girls all day!