Two Weeks?

Two weeks. Two weeks was the deadline my friend Shanna gave me to update my blog and that was 4 or 5 months ago. I usually am great with deadlines and meet them. My deepest and truest apologies because I said I would and I did not come through. I want to blog more often, but it is getting pushed farther and farther down the list. I need about 8 more hours in a day. But here it is Shanna (assumming you still even check my blog), my girls' birthday cakes from 2010 as promised, just a little, okay, alot late.

Here is Meghan's we did a duck cake this year. She turned 2!


And here is Emily's Carousel Cake that she begged for for about 8 months.

I think they turned out alright if I do say so myself. There was so much cake leftover.

Now I am not promising anything so that my honor won't be ruined. but I will try to do a blog at least once a week. I hope that sounds fair my friend Shanna.

The Tampon

The tampon, a little invention designed to make the menstrual cycle a little less gross for lack of a better word. But did you know that they can be used for so much more. I bet you didn't. Since you have never lived in my house; let me enlighten you. Tampons (unused of course) can be used for:

* Sword fighting

* "Paint brushes"

* Make up brushes

* Roads

* They can be "people"

I walk in to the bathroom and the entire box has been dumped out and they were all opened. I started to get mad then thought whatever they are happily playing together. Em then brings two tampons to me and says, "mom the tampons are talking to you" and then makes up conversations for them.

There is something fascinating about Feminine Hygiene Products. Last year the pads were the most exciting "stickers" in the house. I found unwrapped and stuck all over the bathroom wall.
Note to self. Find another place to store those.

Fun times with my Sister

Here are some shots of the girls playing together in their various forms of fun.

They love to play in the laundry basket.

I rarely get a picture where they both are smiling. Here Meghan is actually laughing hysterically while Emily clearly doesn't want to share the chair.

Helping "clean up "the utensils after banana bread baking

In this one Emily is so happy to give hugs and Meghan is actually screaming to have her let go. Can't we all just get along?

This is one of my favorites. I love that they love books and I love that they are enjoying them together.

Thank goodness its what?

We've heard the phrase thank goodness its Friday. Well let me tell you about my Friday last.

*Come home to Emily being awake at 10:30 at night on Thursday night. Just hanging out on her bed playing and reading books. At least she was enlightening her mind.

She doesn't go to bed until after 11:00. So why would she wake up at 6:30 in the morning on Friday instead of sleeping in? I don't know maybe because she is psychotic.

*Get her and Meghan around, breakfasted, etc.. Give Emily breathing treatment. (Both girls have been on them for 2 weeks. Well, Emily one and Meghan 2).

* Have a business training meeting at 8:30. Meghan refuses to be put down with out screaming her head off and Emily will not sit and watch a movie so we won't be bothered. I remember some stuff.

*Give Meghan breathing treatment. That is the biggest joke. It is like torture for both parties. Get frustrated and bawl.

*Baby goes down for nap a little after 10 and right after treatment.

*Emily and I bake 3 tiered chocolate birthday cake for Brock's surprise birthday party the next day.

*Meg wakes up from nap.

*Lunch.

*Try to get house cleaned and ready for people coming next day. Decide to wait until kids go to bed.

*Meghan crawls around screaming and holding on to my leg while I try to decorate cake all the while fighting back toddler "helping" fingers.

*Put both girls down for nap

*Have no recollection of what I did. Other than get things ready for that night. (Pack diaper bag, etc...)

*Run upstairs to two screaming children. Emily did not make it to the bathroom after her nap and Meghan just woke up grumpy (yeah, surprise).

*Clean huge puddle on carpet (where does she store it all?)

*Decide she should just get a bath. It's been a few days. Might as well do the baby too. Her antibiotic causes diarrhea. Bath should help with rash.

*Get baby out of tub and dressed in jammies. Its only 4:30 but I am being proactive.

* Go into Emily's room to realize she had peed on the bed too. How many bladders does she have?

*Run the linens and some other clothes down and start load in washer.

*Run back up stairs to screams of "Mommy". I enter the bathroom to see Emily holding a very soggy lump. " Mom, Meghan threw the toilet paper into the tub." I notice that she also threw in a tampon or two. Unwrapped even.

*Scoop up as much T.P. shreds out of tub as I can, let water out, refill tub and wash toddler.

*Get her dressed in jammies as well and decide it is time for dinner.

* Open fridge to get our thawed venison to make spaghetti. Exclaim "Oh Great!" and clean up deer blood that leaked through the Ziploc bags s it was thawing. Come on lets make some more durable bags please.

Decide we are just having left overs. Emily white chicken chili, Meghan cheese to help with the diarrhea. I'm sure she ate something else but I don't remember.

*Anna comes over a little after 6.

*Brock comes home a little after her.

*We throw the girls into family car. Brock takes the girls to my dad's while he visits the accountant to get the taxes done and Anna and I go out for a well deserved break from sick kids and crazy life.

*We ate at Carlos O' Kelly's and went to the Home and Garden show to which I had gotten free tickets (yeah).

*Kids were in bed when I got home. Snuggled with hubby, watched the Olympics and went to bed.

Whew!

Moving on Up

Well little Miss is moving on up on the growth chart. She is now in the 45th percentile for height and the 15th percentile for weight. Compared to big sister who was always 75th percentile for height and 25th percentile for weight. I think Em is taking after Brock and Meghan me. But he thinks Emily will grow fast then stop like I did and Meg will hit a growth spurt. Only time will tell.

My little Helper???

Meghan has become quite the explorer these days well she has been for a while I actually was just able to capture it on film.Here she is helping to "clean out" the cupboard that has all of my baking supplies in it.

Here she is "sorting" the recycling. I love the "what did I do" look.

Snow much fun!

This past week we decided to venture out and enjoy the snow we currently have. You never know with Indiana weather. It changes so often I thought we better have fun now before it either gets hot and melts or the rain comes and washes it away.
This was Meghan's first time playing in the snow.

My little angel.

Sisters

"Here Meghan let me feed you. I do it myself mom"
The look says it all


They really dig that baby Einstein.

Kidneys

I thought this picture of my "kidney" tomatoes would be a great way to talk about Meghan's latest ultrasound update. Her kidneys look the same. The right one still has hydronephrosis (sp) and the left one still has reflux. We'll check her again when she is 18 months. Dad is going to do that one because they do the IV, Catheter and they strap her down to a table for an hour. That was fine when she was 4 months and slept through it but I won't do it at 18 months.

Meghan's New Look

So Miss Meghan got glasses. It turns out she is extremely farsighted. But she is so cute even if she can't see.

Fashionably pink specs.

Here she is eating a Graham Cracker! Mmmm.

Six Months Old Already

Wow I can't believe how big my little baby is getting. She is so close to crawling. She gets up on her hands and knees and starts "revving" She is soooo cute.

Milestones

Meghan will be 5 months old coming up on the 9th of May. She has reached another milestone. She can turn over from her back to her stomach. However she only does it when she is sleeping and the wakes up screaming because she can't get back over.

Meghan at 2 1/2 months

Meghan Update

Well we finally got our film developed to get some pictures put on my blog. 2009 New Years Goal for the Fruth's buy a digital camera!!!