another year older, another year wiser???

Saturday, February 20th, was my 28th birthday. We started the day by going to lunch at Pine State Biscuits. It was SO GOOD!!!!! I forgot to take a picture of my lunch, but this is what Scott got (we got the same thing except mine did not have an egg on it) It was fried chicken, cheese, bacon, and homemade gravy all on a homemade buttermilk biscuit. Oh, I am hungry just thinking about it, I can't wait to go back!

After Pine State we headed over to Otto's to get some lunch meat. Seth and I love watching Diners Drive-ins & Dives and both these places were featured on that show, which is why we wanted to check them out. Of course Otto's was delicious too! Then it was time to take the kids home for a nap. While they were napping I decided it was time to redo the lamp in Kimmie's room. I bought it used at Goodwill last June. It wasn't too ugly, but just wasn't what I wanted, but the price was right. I went to Joanne Fabrics and bought some super cute Micky fabric and......

before

AFTER!!!!

I was worried the dangly Mickey's would look too "mexican" (I hope I don't offend anyone by saying that) but I thought they were too cute to pass up:)

After nap time we took the kids for a walk. The weather has been beautiful lately. After our walk we headed to Chili's for dinner (they shut down the one by us over a year ago and the closest one is 20 minutes away so we never go) The kids were great on the drive to dinner, but our luck changed when we pulled in the parking lot.....Chili's was GONE...CLOSED....:( So, we got back in the car and by this time it was getting late. After much deliberation and lots of driving we ended up at Old Chicago I love pizza, so I was very happy with that decision. After we put the kids to bed that night Seth & I headed out to a late movie. We saw Valentines Day. Disappointing movie, but still had a great time out with Seth.

I got a bunch of candy, the Glee Volume 2 CD & an i-pod shuffle, (and flowers from my visiting teachers - thanks girls!) It was a GREAT birthday!! I am so excited to use my i-pod. It is exactly what I wanted for my marathon training (in case you didn't know, I am running the Newport Marathon on June 5th!)

Of course my post wouldn't be complete without some pictures of the kids:)

getting baby brother after nap time, she was playing peek-a-boo with him

play time outside, the weather is amazing!

oh, I just LOVE him!!!!

Two Lips

Here is a great conversation that happened tonight between Kimmie & Cyndy that I had to share. They were sitting on the floor by Cyndy's laptop and here is how the conversation went.....

Kimmie: "Oh, look, flowers" (as she points to Cyndy's computer background)
Cyndy: "Yeah, those are Tulips"
Kimmie: "Cyndy has Two Lips. I have Two Lips!" (as she points to her lips)
She then continued to say that Mommy has Two Lips, Daddy has Two Lips and baby brother has Two Lips.

What a funny girl, so sweet and innocent:) I think "Two Lips" are my new favorite flower!

Fracture

Last Thursday Seth tossed David onto the bed (like he has a million times) but David landed on his arm wrong and started crying right away. At first we thought maybe he dislocated his shoulder, but after moving his arm around and checking everything he seemed to be doing better. He could move his arm, hand, and fingers. There was no swelling and no bruising. We calmed him down and gave him some ibuprofin in case he was sore. He started playing and was dong great. That night he woke up really upset and kept us up most of the night. We decided maybe something was wrong with his arm that we couldn't see. Friday he was doing better, but every time we would touch his arm, near his wrist, he would cry and pull away. So, off to the doctor we went....then off to get x-rays....a distal radius fracture! Poor David! They put on a temporary cast and today we took him to an Orthopedic doctor to get the cast put on. The good news is he should only need the cast for 3 weeks and it doesn't seem to bother him at all. He still plays, tries to crawl, and reaches for everything! We let Kimmie pick out the color for his cast, she picked blue -good thing, it would have been a long 3 weeks with a pink cast:)

playing with his toys with his temp. cast on

waiting to get the cast put on

I never miss a chance to get a family photo

what a handsome boy!

HI!!!!

the kiddos.....

I can't get enough of these two little cuties! I just love them so much!!!!

before church today

being shy

sibling love

running from the camera

silly Kimmie & happy David

*HUGS*

What a happy little boy

playing

So our kids sweat more than the normal person does. This is how Kimmie looks when she wakes up from naps....

she's still a little sleepy:)

I wear my sunglasses at night

Kimmie & Cyndy watching a movie.....by the way, the movie is NOT in 3-D, Kimmie, just likes wearing the glasses:)

Kimmie has also found a new place to take naps

Birthday song

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICKY!!!!

(my sweet little sister)

Here is a gift from Kimmie....

I love how at the end she says "now come back, ok?" She keeps asking me when Aunt Nicky is going to come, she says "tell her to put her coat on"

crafts & kids

So I have been in the mood to craft lately, but that can get expensive. While I was looking around online I found how to make homemade magnets. They are super cheap to make and a lot of fun! I made these Twilight magnets for a friends birthday gift. I have a few more ideas for some magnets so that should keep my crafting urge under control for a while.....

I put the kids in the bath together the other day. It went pretty good. David loves to splash & Kimmie loved to help wash David's hair. They are too cute!!!

Kimmie has been sucking her thumb so much that she has little blisters that are forming deep under her skin. It doesn't cause her any pain, but we have to keep it wrapped as much as possible, just to keep it dry.

It's a bird....it's a plane....No! It's David!!!!

We went to a birthday party for some friends and it was a Halloween theme. Kimmie dressed up as Jessie from Toy Story 2 (I got the costume from Goodwill for $3!!!) She loves Toy Story, or Buzz Lightyear as she calls it.