Thanks Dad!!!!

'Tis the season for water, water, water. I came home from work last night to find a basement of water. Water was pouring in through a window, spurting out a wall and all over the floor on half of the basement. Thank goodness my dad was in town and came over to save the day. All is mostly better now. We have seepage in some places we haven't had it before, but seepage I can deal with. If only it was money that was pouring through the windows, then we could waterproof the basement and finish it! That might happen in 20 years.

The Sparkly Shoes

These are Sami Jean's famous favorite Sparkly Shoes that she must put on the second she wakes up in the morning and wear as much as possible until I pry them off of her sleeping body at night. I have been limiting her wearing them to just in the house because of how much she loves them and knowing the second she wears them out of the house they will not be so fabulous anymore. Also on her list of favorites: Those Belle (Beauty and the Beast) socks. I'm pretty sure that was day 3 of them being on her feet.

The Cutest

Isn't she?!

I bought this skirt/pants (one piece) combo on our Target trip yesterday (technically, Grandpa Ken did - thanks!). Sami loves it and so do I. It reminds me of one of my favorite outfits when I was little. She got to wear it to church/lunch with Grandma Pam today and to her cousins' (Grace & Nora) where she has been spending the afternoon!!

Since I have been child free for the majority of the day, I got to take Roxie for a walk, play with Leroy, pick up some dog poo (yuck!!!!, hiring the rest of that disgusting job out) and shovel the driveway/sidewalk. I was going to take Leroy for a walk too, but I can't take them both at the same time and now I am exhausted. Once again, Leroy has to take one for the team. I had planned on getting the kitchen reorganized as well, but that is definitely not going to happen.

Bra Shopping

On a Saturday afternoon trip to Target with Sami, I was looking for a new bra. As I stood in the aisle, a woman standing a few feet away from me, Sami exlaimed "My Daddy wears this bra!" I talked to Joe about this and he swears that he has NEVER worn a bra in front of Samantha.

She was obviously thinking about her daddy a lot yesterday, especially on our shopping trip, because with almost everything that I looked at she told me that her daddy liked it. Six weeks to go!

The Sleep Deprivers

If I am not awakened at 2am by the sound of dishes crashing in the kitchen (Leroy helping himself to the leftover spaghetti mess that I failed to clean up Friday night), or at 2:30am by the sound of Samantha crying in horror because she woke to realize that she wet the bed (doesn't happen that often, but when it does it makes her feel awful, no matter how much we tell her it's okay and normal), then I will definitely be waking at 3am to the sound of Roxie whining in her kennel relentlessly and the sound of Leroy's claws on the floor as he paces because Roxie's whining stresses him out. I'll let her out to pee and put her right back in her kennel, only to wake to her whining again at 4-4:30am just because she feels the need to do so. Dog for sale. Take your pick. But you can't have the kid, she's all mine. No matter how much she stresses me out, I'd be so lost without her.

What's for Dinner?

Spaghetti!

I DID IT!!

I not only made it to work on time, but I'm EARLY!!!
Kate

What's for Dinner?

Okay. So this week doesn't really count. This week is our adjustment week. We are focusing on adjusting to our new schedule (morning routine, taking care of the dogs, taking care of ourselves, taking care of the house, etc.). So NEXT week I'll really focus on making good meals.

Saturday was sort of a vacation day, so we had McDonalds.
Sunday was Tuna Helper and Sami chowed that down. She even had Tuna Helper for dessert.
Monday was dinner at Great Grandma's (yummy chicken, mashed potatoes & gravy and corn).
Tuesday was Chicken Alfredo pizza.
Tomorrow I am going to make spaghetti. That's the plan anyway.

Things have been going good for me and Sami and the yard rats. Today I feel like I have better control of things. Joe usually comes home from the gym in the mornings to finish getting Sami ready for the day and take her to daycare (she takes forever to get ready because she has to eat breakfast right when she wakes up-like her mother-and then she eats breakfast again at daycare). So the mornings have been the toughest to get used to. Yesterday I was 30 minutes late for work and today I was 10 minutes late. At this pace, hopefully tomorrow I am on time or even EARLY! I think I figured out how much time I need to feed the dogs, let them play outside, feed Sami, get her dressed, brush her hair, brush her teeth, tell her to put her shoes on 57 times, get myself ready, let the dogs in, tell Sami to put her shoes back on and put her coat on, no-put it on the right way, some more arguing, and eventually make it out the door usually while still arguing. Whew! I'm exhausted just thinking about the mornings! Glad that I'm doing this with just one kid (and two dogs).

Hopefully I'll have some more pictures for you soon.

Busy Day!

Joe left at 4am and made it all the way to Ardmore, OK by 6pm. He should only have a few hours of travel left tomorrow! Sami and I have been busy taking care of the dogs, learning how to stand on ice skates, sledding and watching movies.

We went to the ice rink this morning so that Sami could try out her ice skates for the first time. She did really good for never having skates on her feet before. It was more like ice walking, but the whole point was just to get a feel for it.

Then after a little afternoon rest, we went sledding for a little bit. Lots of fun, but a bit difficult because I was wearing Carhartts that were pretty snug around the waist, making it difficult to bend and sit on the sled. I made the mistake of not paying attention to the terrain on the first hill that we went down and the three of us (Sami, myself and Juan Carlos) hit a big bump in the snow and the next thing you know we were on the Air Traffic Control map.

Tomorrow is the beginning of my What's for Dinner? daily posts. Well, maybe daily. I'm going to be sharing about my adventures in the kitchen. I think I will be keeping it simple for tomorrow night, but hope to work my way up. My goal is to have Mac & Cheese less than once a week. We'll see how this goes.

Baby update

19 weeks, 5 days. Baby weighs about 11oz. and is a little olympian in there - very active. Turns out that wasn't gas I was feeling afterall. Heartbeat was 136 during the ultrasound and 30 minutes later, when the baby was still long enough for the doctor to catch it, it was 160. We followed through and DID NOT find out the gender, but we think we know what we're in for.
P.S. The bottom shot is the feet which are looking average in size.