Persistence has lost it cuteness...

On Sunday Carma got it into her head that she NEEDED a Winnie the Pooh, Tiger, Dolly and Piglet's house (in that order, that is how she said it at least a MILLION times). I told her "NO" over and over again. She honestly kept it up for about an hour straight and then 4 or 5 hours on and off after the break down. I recorded her b/c it was so hilarious (at first), I mean if I were half as persistent as she was at something I wanted I could be a millionaire or really skinny or President .... Her ideas of HOW she would get what she wanted were equally as impressive.

I said "NO Carma, we can't go. First of all it is Sunday, Second, you don't have money, Third, You didn't earn a toy and you aren't getting one for nothing and Forth I can't go to the store b/c I am sick (bedrest)". Here are some of her replies:
"I will carry you to the store"
"Come on mommy (in her cheer leading voice) You can do it, I know you can!"
"It will be fun mommy, I promise, you will have fun!"
"I will take you in my magic chair"
"I do have money in my car" She then runs to the van and brings me two pennies..HAHAH, she is so cute!
"I can drive by myself like this" hands moving up and down in driving motion..kind of. haha
"I will drive by myself" She gets into the van and buckles up. Then realizing that I am not going and she isn't going anywhere we start ALL over again with the "Come on mommy, come wis me"
After finally realizing that it isn't working and the magic chair isn't working she had a break down... but not for long. She put a smile back on her face and went right to work again... she is AMAZING! I mean she has taken OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER to a whole new level.




Regarding my Photo's. SERIOUSLY, y'all are SOOO NICE. Those were the NICEST comments and you made my week!! I am about to bust up in a "I feel pretty, oh so pretty.." song. And for those of you who have ever been 8.5 months pregnant you know that it couldn't have come at a more perfect time! So really, THANK YOU!
And really it is ALL Chantelle, the photographer and photoshop genius!

It was scary but I did it....

OK, I HATE being photographed, ESPECIALLY huge and pregnant. But my friends talked me into doing these shots... ( Ashley, who can talk me into doing almost anything). It was pretty uncomfortable, and not just b/c the pants were totally cutting off my circulation, but b/c everyone involved in the photo taking weighed at least 100lbs less than I do. However, am I glad I did it... YES!! Chantel did an AMAZING JOB!!! Holy COW I LOVE these and will cherish them forever! Thanks so much Chantel!! And Ashley for making me laugh through the pain:) I love the one with the family touching my tummy... it is priceless to me. It is so sweet.


Seriously, can this stomach get any bigger? NOPE... well, he is suppose to gain about a pound and half by due date, so I guess it will, but how? I swear I can't stretch anymore. In my defense of this monstrous tummy the paranatoligist said the Fibroid looked to be about 10lbs... so I have a 6 lb baby and a 10 lb fibroid. It is fun carrying triplets. Too bad there isn't another baby in there instead.

Goofy Hubby

OK, so only a very few of you get to see the goofy and hilarious side of Michael. He saves it for home and family. He cracks me up though and is way more goofy than I am. Anyway, so you know I got a lap top recently... I have opened it a few times to find goofy shots of him... this was the latest and I HAD to share... HAHAHA It is so hilarious!!!
he is going to kill me for putting this. (He once told me, if you have to start the sentence by saying "Michael will kill me for telling you.. just don't even go on, just stop talking". hahahahah sorry hon, I can't resist and you made this too easy to do.
Here is one he sent me about 5 years ago when I was in Texas. (You will notice this was before he got his gold tooth replaced, yes folks, that was his real gold tooth. Cute huh.) I actually really grew to love the gold tooth and was sad to see it go.
(Carma is watching me do this post and said "is taht daddy? he looks like a funny guy". She is so cute.

When Dana, my sister, was 4 my grandmother bought her this dress. Here is a picture of her... how CUTE IS THIS. I LOVE this picture. The funny thing is I think Dana looks exactly the same. You can look at her baby pictures and tell who it is. Isn't this adorable! After so many years, we wont say how many.. tee hee hee... the dress is still in excellent condition.

My mom had the idea to have Dana photograph both of the granddaughters in the dress.( I wish I would have had the cute thing that my mom made for Dana's hair to put in their hair. That would have made them perfect.) Dana did a fabulous job on these pictures. They are so cute!

Here is my beautiful niece Belle. She is so opposite of Carma. She wasn't excited about the dress or taking the pictures. She had to be bribed. But they turned out so beautiful anyway. I think she had fun in the end too.

Carma was SO excited when she saw the dress. She carried around held it up to her and twirled around and danced with it. It was so hilarious. She was equally excited about taking pictures in the dress. She posed for us. I have to admit, it isn't easy getting good pictures of this girl. Not because she isnt' beautiful, but b/c she is so fast. She goes from one facial expression to the next in milliseconds and holds a pose for no more than a second. But Dana managed to get some really cute ones. Carma is SUCH a cutie pie, I just want to squeeze her! There is definitely only one Carma. I know she is my daughter, and I am biased, but I have never met a child so innocent, imaginative and sweet as she is. I am truly blessed to be her mama.

More pictures of baptism & Birthday

I know many of you hate the slide, but I just couldnt' resist adding more pictures. Some of these are just way too cute. I especially love the one with Grandma Carma with Judson & Carma. My only regret is not getting pictures with maw-maw, paw-paw and Nonnie. I can't belive I forgot.

So, I forgot I had a bday too.... ok, so enjoy the pics of me pregnant. I don't do pictures, but esp not pregnant. But this was a special occasion.

I had so much fun on my bday for being on bedrest. Ashley, my neighbor, threw a tea party for me... with a bunch of yummy treats from Kneaders. There were 3 of us in the neighborhood with bdays all within days of each other. It was so fun to get t ogether and that was so extra sweet of
her to do that for me and for everyone to come celebrate with me. THANKS ASHLEY.

Bed rest STINKS!

OK, well it has been a long time.... again. In my defense I have been on bed rest for 2.5 weeks and sitting at the computer makes me contract, so I could never be on for more than 10 minutes. So, after I whined and pouted Michael bought me a laptop! Hurray! I didn't know how I was going to make it 6 more weeks on bed rest without one. Thanks hon! Now I can catch up on my blog as well as all of yours! I miss reading your blogs so much. For all I know a few of your kids probably graduated from college.

No time is a good time for bedrest, but this was ESPECIALLY a bad time. Judson had his first day of second grade. (that day was the day I spent in Labor and Delivery/ER for 6 hours). He made it just fine, sometimes I forget how competent Michael is:)

The next day he turned eight. Michael also was in charge of the birthday. We had over a few friends and all the boy cousins that live here. I actually cried that I couldn't do it my way b/c Birthday parties are my thing and I like to make a big deal about it. But you know what? Judson didn't even notice that the decorations were missing and there wasn't a theme. He had so much fun anyway.

The biggest news was Judson's baptism. It was so sweet. I was in awe about how much I could love this amazingly sweet boy and what a great kid he is! He is growing up so fast! Sometimes I forget that one day he wont want me to cuddle him in his bed before he goes to sleep or he wont need me to help him with his homework... (which will be very soon since he will be passing me up by the third grade.)
My parents and Dana came all the way up from Louisiana to see the baptism and that meant so much to me, and I know it did to Judson as well. Dana stayed for a week and a half and my parents stayed for 3 1/2 days. ~They had to get back to check on the house after the hurricane. (Everything was fine... HURRAY!)
My mom gave the opening prayer. Dana gave a talk on Baptism and Rachelle (Garrett and Renton's mom) gave the talk on the Holy Ghost. Michael baptized Judson... on his way down into the font he almost slipped and fell into the water. (We actually think he broke his toe, it still is swollen and red). I think it helped put Judson at ease and when I asked him what he remembered most about the baptism he laughed and said "that daddy almost fell and got baptized again." Jon baptized Garrett and Renton. They were all so cute!! I thought my heart would burst with love for these boys.