Wordless Wednesday

Just Another Tuesday? Never.

I just wanted to post some pictures of the kids first. After those, I'll give the news from the Drays today. I love this one, and I think Mother Hen's mom will too...when I develop some. I haven't been able to develop since October. She looks like she could be his sister in this picture.

This is my FAVORITE new picture. Look how happy Snug is to be helping with Baby J.

Do you love our new tub? We do! You can see Baby J's tub in the big one...he isn't sitting unassisted in water. I let Snug hold him for a quick sec while I snapped a couple of pictures. I couldn't get Baby J to look at me for anything though.

I am sure I am violating every copyright law known to man by posting Baby J's 7 month pictures this way...but I had to share them. They turned out so cute. Seeing the one in his diaper remindes me...I got 11 Swaddlebees diaper covers/pocket diapers...depends on how you use them, and 3 bamboo liners for $24 today from Craigslist. That was such a good deal. The girl I bought them from was really nice and generous. The original deal was 8 diapers. She threw in the rest.

Ok, so it is never just Tuesday here. Between getting Craigslist things, preschool schedule, and a playdate we had a busy day.

We also found out some news about #1 that isn't great. He has Graves Disease. We're not sharing a whole lot at this point, but it explains so much about the last few weeks. Please be praying for him and some decisions we have to make. So is it just another Tuesday? Nope!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Wow...I twittered about taking stupid pills this week and I really think I did. Here is my not-so-short-list of things of course I did not do. Too bad I can't blame it on baby brain anymore.

I did not drink pop this week...twice. Oh how I wish I could give it up completely...it is seriously my vice.

I did not make a quadruple recipe of Draycare pancakes (scroll WAY down if you click that link to find the recipe) for 6 people-that would be enough pancakes for about 15 people. I was trying to double the recipe...ran out of room in my bowl so I split it up and continued to add ingredients...only I kept making a double recipe in both bowls.

My son did not wear a tiny blue turtle barrette to playgroup on Friday. In all fairness, he traded it with another girl and let her hold his precious blue bear...but still...

I did not at the same playgroup grab another person's daughter, plop her in my lap, and proceed to put E's socks on her. Her mother took it very well being a friend of mine, but wow, I was glad it was someone I knew!

Along the same child predator lines, I did not kiss a total stranger's baby I was holding at a Pampered Chef party over the weekend right in front of her. I think it is just a habit, I pick up small children all day long and kiss their little heads. Oh dear. (I did have her permission to be holding, just not smooching)

I did not drop Baby J out of the stroller and onto the floor. HE IS FINE NO PANICKING (because I know my mom and my Aunt Kim just had mini heart-attacks). He was securely fastened into his car seat which got tangled in a blanket and tipped off the stroller. He didn't cry, complain or anything. He just looked at me like "You're gonna blog this, huh?". I felt horrible.

I did not put Snug's blue kid toothpaste on my toothbrush and then try to brush his teeth with it. I did not then decide not to waste perfectly good toothpaste and use it myself. I must say it doesn't leave that minty fresh feeling I enjoy from Melaleuca.

I did not put an Imse Vimse liner into Snug's underwear at a basketball game because it was in double overtime with 45 seconds left and the game was tied. He said he needed to have a BM and I didn't want to clean that out of his pants. Nor did I want to miss the end of the game/walk in front of a ton of highly stressed parents watching their girls in districts! I had JUST taken him to the bathroom between overtimes and I was pretty sure he was just tired of watching the game. I was right, when we went to the bathroom less than 2 minutes later, he just laughed and said he was "all done" before we even got into the stall. They won by the way...go Warriors :o)

Random Picture Challenge

I saw this on It's Twinsanity today and thought it looked fun...then when I saw it again on 4 Love of Family I decided to investigate. Turns out this post is open to anyone, as long as they link back to 4 Little Men and Girly Twins. I can do that! This is my tenth folder of my picture folders, fifth from the end, as directed. I looked at my picture files under "My Computer" and found the picture...when I went into Blogger and went to open it, the files were arranged differently, and I got this picture. Interesting!

This picture brings back memories! Every year we take a family picture to put in a little Creative Memories scrapbook I update each fall. It is our Thanksgiving album and we put in the picture and write what we are most thankful for that year. This is one of the pictures, but not the one we chose because Meechie (RIP), Chester, and yours truly are not looking at the camera. We are sitting on our front porch, and apparently it had been raining. We had been married for 1 year 2 1/2 months at this point. No kids yet...but a year from then we had Snug, and 3 years from then Baby J. And yes, for those of you who are not my IRL (in real life) friends, my Lucy dog only has 3 legs...you are not seeing things.

BTW, never posted it yesterday, but Crystal, you win on the EYE SPY contest...the eight items are as follows:

1. Wooden Block set-generic
2. Carter's block set
3. Bob the Builder Scoop truck
4. Baby Einstein "Dogs" book
5. Small dinosaur from ????
6. Red die
7. Wooden airplane from Target dollar spot
8. Inside (can't think of library term) of Kevin Henke's "Kittens First Full Moon"

Deb, you were close...but it was indeed Scoop. We own Scoop and Rolly...and I wish I had more...they are favorites here. I priced them on E-Bay and they are pricey...we got these ones with some hand-me-downs. Crystal, I will contact you personally!

Mitt, This Is For You-And They ARE NOT Tights

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Mitt, you are always talking about your blog addiction...I found this when I was reading Carrie's blog today and thought of you...so I took it...and I bet you will too!

And now..they are NOT tights. BabyLegs are not tights...more...legwarmers. Ok, ok, they look like tights in the video...but I'll have to take some better pics. You can search babylegs or skidpants, they are on the market as both. We have this problem with Baby J's pants and socks not meeting up...look at the picture below. This is the ONLY pair of socks we have for him that can pull up like that. Now that he is 'moving' his pants ride up constantly...the same thing happened to Snug too (still does).

Usually there is a 6 inch gap between socks and pantleg. It is cold out people...and his legs are actually getting chaffed. So, after inquiring what I could do about this I discovered BabyLegs. They have no feet or 'crotch' to them...they are independent of each other. On Baby J they are actually kinda loose (I even can pull them over his feet if I want), but I tried them on Snug and they fit him too. We have striped ones too, not just jolly rogers. They also help once you are potty training. Snug ran around in underoos and no pants for quite a few days. Since these don't go more than thigh-high there is nothing to take off when you go to the bathroom, and the underoos slide off them easily...and then they have something on their legs! Remember...house set at 63...cold house...not pants=not comfortable.

They are not tights! I promise! These are a winter/potty training thing. *sigh*