Six Years!

Sunday is our 6 year wedding anniversary. I still don't know how I was so blessed to get to meet this wonderful man and that he actually fell in love with me!! He is my perfect match in every way. Some of the ways we match...
1- He's tidy. I never had to ask him to pick up his wet towel off the bathroom floor, or put his dirty clothes in the hamper. He likes things in their place like I do. I know...nice huh.
2- I like to cook, but dislike doing dishes. He doesn't like to cook, but doesn't mind doing dishes.
3- I like to entertain. After we've had guests over we both just start cleaning and it's all back to normal in no time. Daunting tasks seem like no big deal when he's working beside me.
4- He likes my laugh, and I think he is hilarious!
5- His dimpled smile makes me melt.
6- We are both frugal. He loves the good deals I find, and I don't worry about him spending behind my back.
7- I love to talk to him and get his perspective on things. He always sees options I don't and helps me find good solutions.
8- He's smart and always improving himself. I learn a lot of things from him.
9- He works hard. I know he will always do what it takes to provide for our family.
10- He loves me, and I love him.









I love being married to this man and look forward to many wonderful years to come with him!!!

It's a BOY!!

We had our ultrasound today and everything looks good and healthy. When the Dr. walked in he asked Lydia if she wanted a brother or sister, she answered that she wanted a brother. Upon returning home she drew a cute picture of her reading a story to her baby brother. She's very excited. I'm excited of course, but a little apprehensive about raising a boy as opposed to a girl. Tim is walking a little taller and VERY excited about getting a son. He's envisioning coamping, hking, golfing, and rebuilding old cars with his son. He's a little worried about his boy being hen pecked with so many older, spirited girls in the house. We went to Target to pick out an outfit to celebrate. It went something like this:
Angie: Oh cute! How about this one.
Tim: No way! We aren't going for cute here anymore.
Lydia: This one is cute! It has hearts.
Tim: Ummm, I'm the authority figure now on clothes for the baby. This is the right one.
Angie: Isn't this one cute too?
Tim: No, this one. You may need to run clothes by me before you buy them for my son.

He said "my son" a lot today. For a moment I was a little scared he wouldn't take his girls on the fun adventures they enjoy so much with him. Then he bought a sled and asked the girls if they wanted to go sledding today. So, all is well in our household. We are excited to welcome this baby boy into our home in a few months.

So, what are some of the little differences you've noticed between raising sons vs. daughters?

Fancy Lydia

Lydia and two of her friends went to a Fancy Nancy tea party at our library on Saturday. For those who don't know, Fancy Nancy is a great picture book series about a little girl who loves to dress up fancy and use big fancy words. Lydia LOVES them and was thrilled to go to a fancy tea party.

They got all dressed up and were given rings, a necklace, and a tiara (a fancy word for crown). Then they were seated and played a game deciding if an item was fancy or plain. Next they learned some fancy french words and then recieved their refreshments of pink lemonade and a cupcake with pink frosting and sprinkles. Lydia was concentrating so hard on keeping her pinkie up while drinking her lemonade that she spilled it all over her lap! She and her friends had a great time though. I love this little community and the fun things they have for families to do.

Settling in for a Long Winter

As I look out my window and watch the snow falling yet again, I think of how long winter really is. The only redeeming quality of winter is Christmas, and that takes place 4 days after winter begins, leaving up with 3 months of unwanted winter wonderland. Add to that continued nausea, constant headaches, backaches, and a cold that won't go away, I need spring (and this baby) to come already! My poor girls want to enjoy things, but lets face it, mom is really boring right now. So, here is my question to all of you out there. What do you love about winter and what do you do to beat the winter blues? (Heather, I don't want to hear anything about Mexico here either!)

A Joyful Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas filled with family and memories. This year my mom and sister came from Washington to spend Christmas with us. They added such an element of fun. We went to Gardner Village, saw Christmas lights, made cookies, read stories, ate treats, and played games and with new toys.

Dad got a multi-function ladder and a new Makita drill set (it has a long involved name that means something like a Red Rider Bee Bee Gun with Compass in the Stock, but I don't know it). Lydia's favorite things were her Tinker Bell things. She now thinks in fairy.

I got Cruicut cartridges and a new knife set. Ali's favorite thing was a computer (like Daddy's!). It keeps her from playing with Tim's so much. She's a gadget girl, she can navigate Tim's ipod touch better than I can. We're starting to save for MIT now.

So, everyone's wildest dreams came true and Lydia is now working on her list for her birthday (in June!). Lydia also insisted we put candles on the cake and sing "Happy Birthday" to Jesus. I love Christmas time and all that comes with it. I'm so grateful my mom and sister were able to come and share it with us. They made the holidays perfect. It is always sad to see it go. We hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season as well and that this year brings a lot of joy!!

Christmas Dancing

We had a lot of fun watching our girls go crazy over their uncle Ryan's Christmas lights show he made last year. Just another family tradition we have. We inserted little subtitles throughout the video to liven the it up a bit

Oops, She Did it Again!

Once again Lydia has taken it upon herself to cut her hair. We had some guests over on Sunday, and as they were leaving the mom said, "Lydia, your hair is getting so long!" I commented that I'm letting her grow it out, but that her bangs needed to be cut. Lydia left the room and we said bye to our guests. As I walked into the kitchen to clean up Lydia approached me and said, "Mom, I'm sorry I cut my hair." Sure enough, her bangs had been "trimmed". I guess she didn't think I would actually get around to cutting her bangs, so she thought she would help me out by doing it herself. The problem is she thought her bangs extended on the sides quite a bit. I took her to get it fixed, but it was a lot harder to fix this time. She will have very short bangs and a mullet for a while. At least I wasn't planning on taking family pictures any time soon. Here's the damage.

I hope this will be the last time. Ali actually cut her hair a couple of weeks ago too, it just wasn't very noticable, so we just let it go.

I'm curious, do boys cut their hair?