peace

All the little loves are in bed.  M is working a double shift today, and won't be home to midnight.  The house is quiet.  And it seems that my mind has slowed down for the day as well.  I thought I had a lot to say, and yet I'm at a loss for words.

I'll try again tomorrow.

I had a dream...

that I wrote a nice long blog.  Guess that means its time to update this.  Which I will do tonight,  after all my little loves are in bed.

Once Again, Neglected

My poor ol' blog has once again been neglected.  But, this time for good reason. 

Lil' Miss M joined our family on June 2nd at 5:21am.  She weighed 7lbs 9oz, and was 20" long.  A perfect little girl if I do say so myself.

Life since she joined us has been wonderful.  She sleeps amazing, and when she is awake is a very content, happy baby. 

There was a time when I was unsure if we would ever have our own little family.  And here we are, blessed with 3 amazing children.  Our little family is finally complete.  My heart is full, I couldn't ask for anything more.

Best Part

of my Mother's Day

first time they've both napped at home in a very, very long time.  Guess the little guys were tired.

Spring! It's here!

It would seem that spring has finally decided to visit NoDak!  We have been spending a lot of time outside in the backyard.  Every time we actually need to go somewhere its a fight to get the boys from the house to the truck because they want to go play.


It feels so good to be able to open the windows.  The sunshine and fresh air can totally brighten a person's day.  Unfortunately I think the boys have allergies, and too much time outside results in runny noses and slightly miserable little men.

my turn

well, here it is.  Me.  And the bump.

For the first time in a very long time, I felt cute today.  And I decided to take advantage of it.  M took the first picture before he left for work.  And then I decided to see how well I could do using the timer on my fabulous fancy-shmancy camera.  I have to admit that I'm pretty impressed with how well my self-portrait-ing came out. 

As you can see, Lil' M's room is coming along!  In truth, that is only completed part... and even that isn't 100% done.  I'm waiting on a few more packages to arrive.  And the weather to improve a little so I can do some spray painting.  My goal is to have it done in the next 2 weeks.  And then I'll be washing all the adorable little baby{girl} clothes, packing my hospital bag in case she wants to come early, and waiting (very eagerly) on her arrival.

this evening after bath time and supper I decided to pull out the camera and have some fun with it.  The boys were more than willing to cheese it up for me, along with insisting that I cheese some of their cars.

I feel so proud and honored to be their mommy.  I keep looking at these pictures in amazement that they are really, truly mine.  This little family I've been blessed with... there is no better thing...

I've been having the most fun trying new recipes lately.  I've realized that I can save a lot on our grocery bill if I have every meal and snack planned, instead of just having our supper planned and figuring out the rest as needed.

This morning we had yogurt parfaits for breakfast.  And for lunch I made delicious pesto pasta.

Both the boys are either coming down with something or allergies have descended upon us, so G didn't really eat anything.  Z on the other hand LOVED it!  He told me over and over that it was "dewicious", and ate all of his.  Part of mine.  And all of G's.

Other fun new things I've tried lately are sweet potato muffins.

Another thumb's up!

And then there are the bologna and cheddar muffins.  I've always been afraid of muffins.  I have problems mixing them just right almost every time.  But I've realized what an amazing thing they are, and what a great quick meal they can make in a pinch.  These were supposed to be ham and cheddar, but it was a "I need to go shopping, what can I make with what's in my fridge" meal.  And ta-da!  Bologna Cheddar muffins!

are they not the cutest little boys ever?!

Some more things on the menu for the next few weeks that I'm excited to try include....

bang-bang chicken salad
ham and cheese crepes
egg pesto melt
and
homemade graham crackers

We got the Jeep back on Wednesday.  It seems to have been an electrical problem.  The codes that came up said that the fuel injectors were ALL bad.  And that there was some problem with the throttle making connections with something.  The mechanic cleared all the codes out, cleaned a few things and it seems to be fine.  Of course, only M has drove it so far.  And it only has problems for yours truly.

Yesterday was a very long day.  I had training in Minot for the apartment complex I started managing.  Which meant getting me AND the boys out the door by 7am.  What a chaotic ordeal.  I dropped them off at the daycare I used once before.  They immediately started running around and playing.  And didn't even come and tell me bye =(

After a long day of training, which ran late, I went and did my grocery shopping.  And then went to pick up my little men.  Oh, how I missed them.  10 hours without hearing or seeing them is way too long.  I was so anxious to get them I could have cried.  They were at the basketball game, completely passed out in the stroller.  The daycare lady said they did amazing and played and ran all day long.  Only a few times they asked where I was, she told them I had to go bye-bye, and they were fine. 

It was good to have a day away.  It made me realize how much I love being able to spend every day with them.  And how much I miss them when they aren't around.

I need to go back to Minot sometime in the next week to get some training and certifications, and I'm already dreading having to leave my boys.

Taking A New Turn

Yesterday's post started the new turn of my blog.  When I originally started this, M was in Georgia.  The boys and I were in New York.  I wanted to make sure that I wrote down the little things of our day so M could be part of it.

But now here we are quickly coming up on our 2-year anniversary of living in North Dakota.  Together, as a family.  Our life is changing again with the arrival of our little girl.

While this blog will still talk about my adorable children, because they are indeed my world, I'm also going to start taking the time to just write.  Write whatever it is that I'm thinking about.  I realized yesterday that my facebook status has been an outlet for a lot of this.  Only, there is so much you can post on facebook. 

And so a new chapter begins...