A "Suvvy" Girl One

Emma still has all of us calling soft, fluffy things "suvvy". click here So when I made the boy blanket with "suvvy" material on the back, everyone thought it was better than the girl one, so I had to make a girl "suvvy" one to be fair. I love the monkeys and so now the boy blanket and girl blankets are equally "suvvy" and there is no discrimination. Now to just get that baby here so we can see which one to use.

Really!

Things like this happen so often to me that I think they are common to all. I am just now starting to think that maybe it is just me.

I had to get pig food. They were completely out and Ryan is so so busy at work and the feed store where we get the food is only open until 5:00p.m. So yesterday I set out in my parents farm truck to get 1,000 lbs of pig food. After purchasing the food and having it loaded, I got in the truck to head for home. Only except the truck wouldn't start. Oh! Goody for me! It has this problem from time to time, and it can easily be fixed if you just crawl under the truck and bang on the starter. Easy enough if you are not more pregnant that you have ever been! I have to admit, I attempted. I got down on my knees and contemplated how I could shimmy on my back with a big ol' belly. Then I got a mental image of me stuck under the truck and unable to get back out! Really! It made me laugh. Then in desperation, I saw a man waiting for his animal food to be loaded. I walked over and with a tiny 1/2 inch cresent wrench (that's all I had) politely asked if he would crawl under my truck and bang on my starter! He looked at the wrench and laughed. Went to the back of his truck pulled out a massive monkey wrench and crawled under my truck to bang on the starter. She started right up. I think he was thinking "there is no way this is going to work" because the look of surprise on his face when it actually started was priceless.
I should also mention that his belly was not much smaller than mine, so maybe he was thinking "what the heck! why don't you just do it?"

Like I said...I am pretty sure these things only happen to me...I hope you laughed! Because I am still laughing about it!

To Baby...

Okay little one. The laundry is washed, folded and put away. The floors are swept and mopped. The bathrooms are all clean. The house completely vaccumed. The closets all cleaned and drawers all organized. The diapers are washed and folded awaiting your arrival. The blanket is made. The new outfit found. The kitchen is spotless, all countertops cleaned off and organized. Meals are made and put in the freezer. The chicken coop is cleaned. The barn is cleaned. The garden is planted with all that can be put in. The yard is raked and the patio table set up. Under the sunroom is all cleaned out and the winter dirt swept away. The pigs have food. The sun is shining. Please come before I have to redo all that work again!

Boy or Girl???

Just waiting to see if it is a boy or a girl!

The kids all think the boy blanket is cuter, so the baby should be a boy. I must admit I like the boy one better, but we will see! Soon!

Easter Sunday

Egg coloring!

{37 Weeks}

WaHOO! Thursday Imade it to 37 Weeks. Life is good. I am a uncomfortable because I have a foot in my ribs and baby is way low. Caleb says it's going to be a big one. I told him you should never EVER say that to a pregnant lady! Ususally at this point I am anxiously awaiting the labor and so excited to be done being pregnant. But this time, I am loving the feeling of this baby moving and know that I will so miss it when it is over. So, I am loving every day. I can't wait to see this little one, and know if it is a boy or girl, and what it's name is and use cloth diapers ( I know! but they are soooo cute!) But I am so content to just enjoy whatever time left I have being pregnant. I am all ready, the house is all ready, I would really love to plant some stuff in the garden, but need the weather to cooperate first, so I just wait. I went to the church today and made a bunch of freezer meals with my friend Vicki! It went so fast and I came home with so much food!

Definately have to do that more often! The kids had a hayday playing in the gym, and in the snow. Yes the snow! We had at least 5 inches of wet heavy snow! Too bad I didn't get the peas and lettuce in the ground first. But good thing Ryan got the garden tilled on Saturday. Wednesday our neighbor Marlene came over and we showed her how we make goat milk soap! It was lots of fun and we did 3 batches of it! Soap had to be made because I was out of soap and because I wasn't paying attention when I was milking one day and the goat got her foot right into the bucket. Instead of just throwing it away (I was almost done milking so the bucket was full) We made soap! Let's see, what else can I do before this baby gets here?

Dance Recital {Everybody Dance Now}

Loving the "Boogie Woogie Piggy" Girls!Could Emma get any shorter? She is tiny, but did such a great job!
Ryan's parents flew up for the special occasion. The girls were so excited to perform for them.
They had pictures and dress rehearsal the night before.

Love that GRIN!

Getting ready on the big night!!!

Buns! Makeup! Big Bows! What more could a little girl ask for?

Emma was so excited to put on makeup and held still for everything, even the mascara.

Mara...she was an old pro since she did it last year as well.

BIG RULE: No crying once the makeup is on. So for Mara that definately meant hair HAD to be done first. She still had a few tears after the makeup darnit, but not too much damage.

Flowers from Yiayia and Papou and Sarah's and Tyler!

Love that face!

We are so lucky to have friends and family to come support us!

What a great night!

Their group definately got the loudest cheers! They were the cutest of course, and I am not really bias!

Nesting or Spring Fever?

Saturday I woke up and started the day by cleaning out under my bed! Can we say DustBunnies? It was crazy. I have been wanting to do it for a long time. And with a little help from Caleb and Max (because of course I couldn't squeeze my big belly under there!) It is spotless under my bed. That of course lead to cleaning the windows, which led to straightening up closets....Then we had to go get the chicks. 35 have found a new home at our house.

Emma Loves Them to understate. Caleb and Max had to take a picture of them with their DSI's. What goofs!

Once the chicks were settled, the chicken coup needed a good shoveling out! After a winter build up of poop!!! yuck! Sam and Noah and Caleb helped me shovel it into the wheelbarrow so Ryan could wheel it to the garden. The garden will love us for it. I am hoping for a bumper crop this year with all the "natural fertilizer" we dumped on it. Ryan tilled it all in and I am planning to plant lettuce, peas and onions this week. A little risky, but if I wait, it may never get done.

That afternoon we had to go get the pigs from the Hutterite Colony. Six stinky Swine now have a home at our place as well. Needless to say, I didn't sit all day, and it left me wondering...is it nesting? or just Spring Fever? I think with as much as we accomplished it must be both!

Getting ready for the Pigs!

Pigs are coming! we made their pen bigger and my ingenious man rigged up a watering system for the pigs so that they have constant water on demand. Sweet! less work! Sam and Noah are squirting Caleb!

Love these guys!

Sneaky Max waiting for an unsuspecting victim to walk by so he can spray them!

Noah and the feeder!

Caleb and Noah took a break on top of the well house! Naturally, that is where a break should happen... If you live here.

Welcome to your new home stinky swine!