He's getting so big!

Feel My Pain

Here's three things that hurt like hell that most women refuse to talk about...

1.When a booger grows over a nose hair and connects to the inside wall of your nose.

2. Getting a chigger bite in a stretch mark.

3. A breastfed baby whose teething.

Update to yesterdays blog
17 kids in the childcare room today, I've decided 17 is TOO many.

Schizophrenic, Bi-polar, Contrary

Even though I have had to wash my couch cushions and mop up pee off the floor, no matter the screaming baby who won't take a nap, I seem to go through moments of wanting no more children or 19 more. I started thinking about it because "Yours, Mine, & Ours" is on . I LOVE this movie, it's exactly the kind of chaos that I want in my family. If you haven't see it, watch it.

Pics from Today

Now, normally we wear cloths around the house, but we are trying to potty train. If you are shy when it comes to little tushies turn away.

Grandma's Birthday

Grandma, Mandi, Jace, Madeline

Tragedies and Triumphs

Here's my week in snippets...we'll start with the good stuff.

We've got the boys sleeping in the same room, and the best part is we are putting them both in bed awake and they are falling asleep together!!!!!!!!

Gentry started signing "more" today. The funny thing is it wasn't for more food, but because he wanted the necklace I took away from him back...

Micah research project got approved by Martek, this is big because he'll be able to use work hours to do school work, and he won't have to drive to Lex. to work on it. Ya!!!!!

bad stuff

sister filed for divorce, husband checked out of rehab.

aunts live in boyfriend got hit by drive by, paralyzed from waste down

Micah's aunts house is covered in floodwater, lost just about everything

I finally conceded to putting Grey in school under the compromise of a Montessori school...never mind it's $3000 for 9mo. of 3hr a day schooling...back to homeschooling I guess.

Back to Reality

Over the past week Micah and I went on vacation with my family. It was the first time in years that some of us have been together so it was very special. We picked up my little brother, mom & dad from the airport last Saturday. We then headed to the Corvette museum and Mammoth caves. The next day we drove back to our house to pick up enough food to feed a small army (i.e. my family). After loading our car to absolute maximum capacity we left for Natural Bridge where we rented a cabin. My brother and his family drove in from Maryland and met us there. We went hiking, swam in the pool, had a birthday party for the boys, grilled awesome food, and just celebrated being together again. It was probably the best vacation I've ever had, not because of where we were but who we were with. And since I can't really find the words to express it here's a picture montage...

Here's pics of us just putting around the cabin.

The boys smoking cubans around the campfire.

I made little cakes for the adults to enjoy after we had the kids birthday party.

Eli & Grey's 3rd Birthday party.

Hiking around Natural Bridge

We grilled a 12lbs. salmon!

The pool at the resort was a huge hit.

The evening parade of matching pajamas...thanks Jen.

The boys going fishing at Hoedown island.

Spending time with Nanny before she went home.