Because inquiring minds want to know...

Not the best picture, but for those of you who ask or want to know... here's me at 5 1/2 months (22 1/2 weeks). Over half way, but still lots of growing to go. Yuck. :)

Funny but not so funny

So I have this friend from HS who has a car cleaning company. Mind you I've never had anyone clean my car, or my parents cars. Growing up, that was our job. My Dad would do his, but his wasn't really ever dirty. So, thinking about paying someone to clean my car, I felt a little, I don't know, lazy I guess. But if you'd seen my car, I don't know when I'd get the time to do it.

Anyway.... so my sister had this guy clean her car and so I set up an appointment. I was after her car, which is also a suburban. When she told me how much it was going cost, I told her they'll come back with a higher price once they see it. We kind of laughed.

So I showed up with my car and he was still working on her car. Her car was new (used) and really clean and it took him over 3 hours to clean. He asked if he could look at mine so he'd know how long it would take. A few minutes later he (the employee) had my friend on the phone. Long story short, he said my car needed "special attention" and I would be charged an overage charge. It took him 5 hours to clean. Yikes right?!!! Well worth the money though. If you had seen my car. Hopefully you didn't though!!!

Easter

Here are some pics from our Easter. It was a nice day. Good to be with family and fun to watch the kiddos on their egg hunt. I tried to get a decent picture of our kids, but they weren't working with me very well, neither was the big kid (Brian). He said, as he often does," I hate taking pictures". I mean seriously. How old is he? JK. Anyway, so this is as good as it gets this year!

Finally..... some love

Thank you to all of you who either emailed or left a comment on how to get your kids to stop fighting. I appreciate all the words of advice. This past week was actually a good week. I've realized that they fight less when I monitor their tv time to 1 hour a day. Who knew?! Anyway, here is a picture of them caught in the moment of playing together and being sweet, to remind me on those days when I think it's impossible for them to get along.

From boy to man....

So I'm sure some of you have asked yourself, "at what point does a boy become a man?". I have a small answer for you. I think once they can watch tv like this (the last 2 pictures) and not be phased, you can pretty much see the man starting to show its ugly self. JK.

Cooper's 1 year pictures

Here are a few pictures from Cooper's 1 year old "session" in case you don't check my photo blog. For those of you who do, sorry.... repeat.

It's a ....

Well, for those of you who voted boy, we were wrong. It's a girl. I thought it was going to be a boy, but apparently not gonna happen this go round. We're excited though. Hopefully she'll take a little after Cooper's personality, well, his personality thus far. :) The other good part is that I've only gained 2 pounds. Wahoo. Not that I've been trying really 'cause if you'd seen what I've eaten lately, yikes! Anyway, so here's to hoping for better eating habits and preparing for our little girl to come.

HELP ME!!!

So I know a lot more people look at this than actually leave comments, but I need all of you out there to either comment or email me. What the heck do you do with fighting/teasing siblings?!!! I don't mean like fist fighting, well, not yet anyway. I mean the "that's my favorite. No, it's my favorite" taunting, or the "I hate you. You're ugly. You're stupid." rude things they say to eachother. I am so sick of it and I don't know what to do about it. Sticking them in the room to work it out doesn't work, making them say I love you is obviously very insincere. Anyway, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Here's the email if you don't have a way to leave a comment.

chudleighdmd@hotmail.com

Copper's 1st Video

Cooper's 1

So yesterday was Cooper's 1st birthday. Quite a change in dynamics from Elizabeth's 1st to Cooper's 1st. I think we just realized that the first birthday is for the parents, not so much the kiddos, so this year was very low key. Just my parents and sister came down for the presents and cake "ceremony". It all happened in like 15 min. since my Dad had to rush out to the airport. Anyway, 15 min, 1 hour, all the same to us. Just a few pics for those of you far away. :) Love this little boy. He's brought us so much happiness and love. We think he's pretty special and are so glad he's in our family.