Christmas Card Video

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  2012 was full of blessings!

http://youtu.be/ZTHBfnC0guM

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Hiccups!

One thing that I enjoyed about being pregnant with the other kids was when they had hiccups.  It may sound weird, but there was something really neat about feeling the constant and predictable thump in my belly as they would hiccup.  I hadn't felt this baby have hiccups yet.  I wondered if it had anything to do with the cysts on her lungs.  But I finally felt them the other day!  Yay!  She is a very active little baby and it is fun to let the big kids feel her kicking.  Brooke loves to give her kisses. She knows there's a baby in there! 

I have been feeling pretty well during the beginning of the 3rd trimester.  Starting to get tired a lot, but my iron is a little low, so I am working on getting it built back up.  I'm still pretty comfortable, althought somtimes she gets her feet in my ribs and it kind of hurts! 

The rest of the family does fun stuff like ride on Daddy's back while I sit and watch them. 

These three are quite the group.  It's so fun to be their mom!

Motherhood is a Calling

I read this post today and wanted to share it, and maybe read it again someday. 
Motherhood Is a Calling (And Where Your Children Rank)


http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/motherhood-is-a-calling-and-where-your-children-rank?fb_action_ids=10152303025085468&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210152303025085468%22%3A10150256258984490%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210152303025085468%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=[]

 

Is it December?

We are enjoying our 70 degree December days!  Today is December 3rd, and Addy and Luke wanted to play at the pond.  After a while, they asked if they could take off their shoes and socks and squish their toes in the mud.  They pretended that they were wearing black shoes.  When they found a deeper spot and sunk in a bit, they were thrilled to be wearing boots!  You can sort of tell in the picture that they have mud up to their knees. 

 

One of the books we are reading this year for geography is called "Paddle to the Sea."  Both kids love that book and when we go to this pond they like to throw little logs and sticks in the water and say, "Look!  It's paddle to the sea!"  The book is about a little boy who carves a canoe out of wood and leaves it in the snow up by the Great Lakes in Canada.  We follow it as the snow melts and it travels along Lake Superior. We learn about where it goes and what it sees as it floats along. 

It is fun to learn alongside the kids.  1st grade is really interesting!