So with mine eeenjury I have come to appreciate the blessing of hands. I have been amazed at all the things I have trouble doing or just can't do with only one functioning hand. I have compiled this list for all of us to enjoy.

1. Picking up my kids, not that I pick any of them up except for Josh!



2. Putting a lid on a sippy cup.



3. Making dinner, while possible it is a much more difficult task and hopefully it doesn't involve cutting anything because with one hand it is hard.



4. Typing



5. Folding Laundry



6. Putting Sheets on the bed



7. Blow drying and styling my hair - impossible. Needless to say I am so hot this week



8. Shaving one of my armpits, the other one is fine.



9. Washing the right half of my body



10. Putting deodorant on the right side



11. Doing up my Bra, I have come up with another method to get it on



12. Cleaning, this has been put on hold, but I am going to vacuum and dust



13. Washing off Josh's glasses



14. Opening mail



15. Opening bandaids and gauze, I discovered that today



16. Fixing Brookies Hair


17. Helping Josh pull up his pants.

Really I could go on, but I don't want to bore you all to death. Let's just say I am grateful for my two hands and when they work!!!!

DAMN THOSE MIRACLE BLADES!

WARNING SOME GRAPHIC PICTURES WILL FOLLOW - PLEASE AVERT YOUR EYES IF YOU HAVE A WEAK STOMACH!

I had a fight this week with one of my miracle blade knives. I was making one of my favorite things - Strawberry Avocado Salsa - and as I attempted to get the pit out of the avocado with one of my Miracle Blades everything went horribly wrong and I ended up slicing open my hand. Really it was bad, I mean really bad. Steve came over and took a look and placed a call to our friend who happens to be a Dr. and has been known to do stitches for complete morons like me. Most thankfully he was home, even though on call, and so off we went. I sat on a bar stool in their kitchen while Jeremy pieced my hand back together, Steve took pictures and Talli made sure Jeremy had all he needed. Despite having needles jammed into the wound to relieve the pain it all went well. I was so glad , (note the sarcasm) that I could help Jeremy keep up on his stitching skills since he doesn't use them all that often. 2 or 3 layers of stitches later with 11 of those beautiful things on the outside I am put back together, but still in plenty of pain. My index finger is very bruised and swollen and it is going to be a long couple of weeks before I can function normally with two hands. Thanks to Jeremy for his expertise and willingness to help, it was a huge blessing not to have sit in the ER all night on Sunday!!!

With that her are a few pictures for you to enjoy!

His future his so bright, he's gotta wear.............

After a couple of visits to the eye DR. a diagnosis of MILD Ocular Albinism (google if you would like to know more), dialating his eyes for 3 days so we could get the prescription right, waiting for Daddy to be able to come with us to pick just the right frames, and waiting for the back ordered frames to come in, here he is. We picked them up today and if I do say so myself, he is adorable. He is doing alright wearing them, but I think it will take us some time to work up to wearing them all day. I think he is starting to realize he actually can see better, but his eyes need to adjust and so does he. So does Mommy! We also need to go find a really nerdy back strap, but after investing so much into those eyes, we've got to protect the glasses!

Notice that he has his cheesy grin. Why can't kids just smile normally! Oh well, he is cute anyway.

Easter!

We had a great Easter Weekend in Orange County. The kids enjoyed playing with their cousins and we enjoyed spending time with the Parental Units and Ryan and Nicole. It was nice a relaxing and felt great to get away. I didn't take any picture really except one of my kids all dressed up for church. Boy, if I do say so myself they are pretty fantastic looking children!

Coming Soon......

Tater in Glasses? Tune in next week to find out!

Conversations to Remember!

Last night we had a thunder storm. Josh has probably never heard thunder because they are such a rare occurance for us. He came out of his room and this was our conversation.

Mom - What is up, get back in bed.
Josh - I SAW a crazy noise
Mom - You did (of course I was also giggling)
Josh - What dat noise?
Mom - It is Funder, the sky is making loud sounds
Josh (After sitting on my lap and another round of thunder) - I DON'T LIKE that FUNDER!!!!

It was too cute, at least I thought so. And I loved the Thunderstorm!

Last night Brooklynn lost her second bottom tooth. She was against a photo so sorry. Anyway, this was our conversation this morning.

B - Guess who came last night?
M - Who?
B - The tooth fairy
M - Wow, I forgot about your tooth
B - Hopefully she didn't have a hard time getting through the thunderstorm.
M - Ya, hopefully her wings didn't get too wet.
B- Yep, she might need a new WING SPAN!


Haha, wing span? Where do they come up with this stuff!

How Much Is Forgotten!

Not just because I have pregnant brain, but because I feel like I have never experienced this before - being pregnant that is. Each pregnancy has been so different and this one is following suit. The exhaustion is sometimes more than I can stand. I can fall asleep instantly during the day but at night I toss and turn and have some of the craziest dreams ever! While pregnancy and I don't mesh too well, I am not going to complain about being prego. At least I will try really hard not to. I may complain that I feel crappy (that is a given right), or that my back hurts or maybe, ok probably, even that I am huge, but in all honestly I am so very grateful that I am pregnant. What an enormous blessing it is to be able to have kids. All three of mine are amazing and I feel very blessed to be a Mom! I think the Lord in his wisdom dilutes our memories or else why would we do this more than once. All I know is that I am off on this journey again and boy does September feel like a long way off. Especially considering that sometime during the beginning of August my Dr. has already directed me that I need to "Take it Easy." What specifically that means I don't know, but when he started the conversation by asking, "Where is your family?" I didn't take that as good. I think it means I may have to rely on my fantastic friends for help. It also means there will be no putting off being prepared. Not only prepared for a baby, but for school to start, with food that is easily thrown in to cook and with the knowledge that by darn this baby is staying in to the end.

I don't have the date for my ultrasound yet, but it will be sometime near the beginning of May. Cast your vote on the side bar!!!