The new doo, a few pics, and other things...

well, i had my first haircut in over a year today!  i feel much lighter now.  so i wanted to share a pic of the new doo.  will it look like this every day?  probably not, since the lady who cut my hair also styled it, but it's fun to hope i can keep it up! :)

it's less than four weeks now until my due date and i'm getting so anxious for nadia's arrival!  starting today we are going to be house sitting for jonathan's mamaw...we'll be there for a month.  i'm not sure how often we'll be online as we'll only have dial-up internet while there. 

and just for fun, some new random pictures...

the pictures left to right, top to bottom:  jonathan playing dollhouse with liberty (what a great daddy!); liberty & leila playing nicely together; leila thinks she's so funny when she walks around with the bucket on her head; liberty when she was sick with croup (poor baby!); the girls opening their christmas gifts from aunt ashlee, uncle dan, daniel & sidney; liberty w/ her first barbie doll; leila with her new toys; aunt sarah reading to the kids.

who knew?! and other random things.

hello there.  the other night we were on our way to bed and liberty said she had to go potty.  i didn't really believe her b/c i thought she was stalling the bedtime process, but i took her anyway.  she said on the potty for a while and did nothing, which irritated me.  and then she pooped.  a lot.  on the potty.  who knew you could get so excited about pooping on the potty?!  so i just had to share.  she hasn't done it since, but i'm so excited for the big step she made!  and i have to share something kind of funny she did afterward.  she got off the potty and looked inside.  she said, "mama, i want to see the poop."  i told her it was kind of hidden in the toilet paper now, so let's flush it.  she kept looking in the toilet and finally said, "oh wow!  that's cooool!!"  oh my...she is a funny one!

in other news, the girls have been sick with a cold for about a week.  leila's seems to be making it's way out of her system, but liberty's got really bad last night.  her cough was so deep, she was horse, and she had fever.  and was so lethargic.  i called the doctor this morning and they got her in (thankfully they by-passed the "new patient visit" and let her have a sick visit first).  the doctor thinks she has croup.  he put her on an antibiotic, a baby steroid (to reduce the swelling in her wind pipes and voice box...), and then eye drops b/c she has a goopy eye.  poor baby!  hopefully the meds will help this weekend and she'll be good as new next week. 

also, a week from thursday jonathan's mamaw is going out of town to visit her sisters and other family.  she plans to be gone for a month and wants us to house sit at her place.  so jonathan, the girls and i will be living at her place during that time.  it will be nice to have some time to ourselves and for jonathan's parents to have a break from us!  i'm not sure how often we'll be online there...we may get dial-up service for the month, but you know how that is these days! 

anyway...liberty can't sleep so i'm up late rambling in a blog.  i've got a sore throat and my body is starting to get achy, so i guess i'm finally catching the cold that's been going around.  ugh!

oh yes...we are on a few waiting lists for places to live, so please be praying with us that God will open doors for us to get into our own place asap!  thanks so much for your support!

10 Smile Tuesday

it's tuesday yet again...and the tuesday after christmas, too.  i have tons of pictures to post, just to warn you!!

1.  gifts from poppo and memaw in michigan.  the girls are especially fond of the dollhouse, an airplane toy, the memory game and the shapes toy.  thank you poppo and memaw!!! 

2.  the girls really seemed to enjoy the dolls and blankets i made for them...although somehow liberty's doll came up missing on christmas day, much to our chagrin!  seriously, it's driving me nuts and liberty keeps asking me for it on and off.

3.  packages in the mail from my gram.

4.  the beautiful, sweet sweaters my gram knit for the girls that came in the above mentioned package.  there was even one for nadia. 

5.  these stockings for my 3 girls also made by my gram.  so fun!!  thanks again for the goodies, gram!!

6.  liberty's current favorite book.  it's so cute!  we have read this one over and over since she got it for christmas.

7.  starting on nadia's hat.  her due date is sooo close and i have much i want to make before she makes her debut.

8.  daddy and libbs watching "the polar express" together (or as libbs calls it, "the train movie").  they both love trains.

9.  sunshine.  after days of gray skies and lots of rain, i'm loving the sun shining through the windows today!

10.  a gift certificate for a haircut (thanks to jonathan's parents!!).  i can't wait to use this...it's been over a year since i've had my hair cut (yes, i did say a year!). 

and a few extra pictures from christmas with the whole family...

10 Smile Tuesday

well here it is tuesday again...where is the time going?  and it's Christmas week to boot!  i just looked through my pictures and realized i'd hardly taken any this week...but, i did finish making all of my christmas gifts with a couple days to spare! 

i hope you're all enjoying the holidays.  we're enjoying ours, although i must say i am really missing the snow back in michigan.  they've gotten quite a bit out there and i just want to go jump in and play!

1.  Christmas.  i just love this time of year...snow (although not for us this year), good food, family, friends, and of course the reminder of Jesus coming to earth and everything that entails. 

2.  finishing leila's rag quilt for her and her baby doll.

3.  finishing these black apple dolls for the girls for Christmas.  (the blond haired doll is for libbs, and the brown for leila-bear).

4.  attempting to teach a friend to knit yesterday and the good visit we shared.

5.  another good checkup for the baby and i.  i went in for my 34 week appointment yesterday...i measured 32 cm and nadia's heartbeat was in the 160's (which is high for her...she must have been doing a workout or something, ha!). 

6.  pigtails.  i cannot get enough of doing liberty's hair.  she's been letting me fix her hair a little more often these days and actually leaving it in for most of the day, which makes me so happy!  (it's the little things!)

7.  leila is finally sleeping better most nights (with the exception of some teething nights).  we are so relieved!

8.  speaking of teething, leila's 6th tooth has finally poked through!

9.  knitting.  oh how it relaxes me.  i'm really itching to start trying new things lately...maybe after i'm finished making a few things for nadia!  if anyone knows of a good, fairly easy christmas stocking pattern or a sweater pattern that's done mostly on circular needles (or any good beginner pattern), be sure to let me know please.

10.  my family.  my wonderful husband who strives every day to be a good hubby and daddy.  i'm so proud of him.  and of course my two beautiful girls who are always making us smile and laugh (in between trying times, of course!).  i love my family oh so much!