playing catch...

playing catch with daddy the other night. it was so cute. david has perfected "throwing" with his feet!! and jamey thinks it's hilarious!!!

the kids decided to wake up at 6:15 this morning... sweet! but, again, they played forever by themselves. and when we came downstairs, they each had an apple to eat! i had to change jamey at some point, but nora got him dressed.

he has been asking to be "larry boy" for halloween. until this week. now, he wants to be "handsome prince charming". and wear his tux. what have we done to this boy??? however, my argument is that we ALREADY paid for the tux. why not let him wear it?? and save larry boy for next year???

this morning, he is in a nice button down, collared shirt, and linen chocolate brown pants. his sissy dressed him.

have i mentioned that if you are trying to shop in hawaii currently, you can find FALL AND WINTER clothes? no bathing suits to be found. just sweaters. jeans. long sleeves. SERIOUSLY???

yesterday was an interesting day. i had had some contractions earlier in the week, and was aware enough of them, but not super concerned. when they started again yesterday, i started to get a little more concerned. after doing everything i was supposed to do for several hours, i decided to make sure the contractions weren't doing more than they should be! (it's "normal" to feel more with more babies, etc...) i wasn't worried, just thought i should have someone else tell me it's normal.

i also remembered the wives who would just come in to the hospital to get their husbands out of work. since i wasn't concerned, i just emailed david and figured i could actually CALL the ship if things got serious. i dropped the kids off at leigh's house and was wonderfully advised to CALL david. however, he called just as i was leaving. he was more panicked than i was! i tried to reassure him that i really wasn't worry, but i didn't want to be stupid about it.

it was sweet. i guess when he told the captain his wife was having contractions and going to get checked out, the captain asked, "what are you still doing talking to me?". i got to labor and delivery, had three more contractions, and then they stopped. sweet... at least they didn't think i was stupid for coming in. but, also GREAT to know that there was NOTHING going on...

and it was fun to hear christopher's heartbeat. and know that running, playing, beaching, etc is A-OK for me still. fun times... we got the kids and all (l, d, e, and us) went out to dinner. d and i picked up froyo on the way home and had a wonderfully relaxing night!!!

thought you'd enjoy a story for the morning!!!

playing...

we played barbies yesterday. i love just watching her play. it's so sweet. and her imagination. we have to play EXACTLY like a movie she's seen. and it frustrates her when she can't remember a line. but she will change the clothes and let each barbie be a different character, even the boy characters! i love it.

yesterday, she was showing me a picture she drew of daddy's ship. it had an anchor (how does she KNOW that?), and there was blood. i asked why, she said, "daddy's ship is fighting the pirates and they are shooting blood at them". decent explanation, i guess! again.... how does she KNOW??

jamey is getting so big. he listens "averagely well" in his class, and they realized he responds best to "jamey", not "james".

i got out all the baby boy clothes yesterday and hung them up. i wanted to see and remember what i have, and see what i might need more of... (i have a lot of long-sleeve stuff for newborns, but i won't need most of that!) i also bought christopher a tiny (0-3mo) swimsuit!!! so sweet... can't wait to use it!

new projects...

can you guess what the "c" is for???

copied from one i saw at babies r us...

and i am OBSESSED with this fabric...

so that's it for today... some new hats i created! (cause the fabric was scraps and the hats were $6.99/3 at babies, and the one owl one i liked was only $5.99 for one. and i realized i could do it better!!!

what i wore wednesday...

this sweet boy. and he wore yellow because it was the color of the day at school. sweet thing. so snuggly!!!

new "juicy" pants and an "old navy" top. and a 21 week baby...

same juicy pants and a new "free people" top. and same said 21 week baby...

again, "free people" top and jean shorts...

a skirt my mom bought and a shirt from target. sweet hubs is wearing new old navy and his aloha wear!

another motherhood shirt and a smaller baby... with a free shirt from old navy!!!

it's been a fun week... and school is tiring the kids out!

randomness...

james playing his "video games". (on the old iPod that doesn't work...)

nora and her artwork. that she so wonderfully decorated my fridge with. some of the pictures even have baby christopher in them!

a post-church snack. potato chips. three happy campers!

ahh... the reward for being so good at running errands...

on our anniversary! love that it listed how far it is to cleveland. (fyi- we are at hilo hattie's killing time before dinner!)

what a joy it is to be married to this man! he is so much fun. and looks so cute in his aloha wear!! the other night, i was SUPER cranky. just in a bad mood. david asked, "what did i do?". it was so sweet. he wanted to know what wrong, but also kept asking what he had done. and what he could do to make it better. i tried so hard to reassure him that i was just hormonal. nothing was wrong, he was the BEST husband in the world! it was so sweet...

jamey had his foot doctor appointment today. they loved the way his feet look... and he gets a new bar and shoe combo. hopefully he will like wearing them better at night. he currently HATES them! it was so fun to have just him at the doctor. i so rarely get time with just him anymore, since he is in school, too. but, i think he really likes it!

nora asked God to be her Savior yesterday. by herself. while she was coloring. jamey and i were talking about God's love and what He did to show His love... sending His Son to die on the cross for our sins, rising again, and all we had to do was believe and ask forgiveness for our sins. nora chimed in. i asked if she had ever prayed and asked God to be her Savior. she said she hadn't, and didn't know how. i asked if she wanted to and she said no. five minutes later, she walked over to me and told me that she had prayed. it was so sweet! then, she tried to get james to do it with her!

jamey and nora LOVE playing "mom and dad" to their baby dolls. jamey will sing "love you forever" to the baby, and say, "it's okay, daddy is here". so sweet! (he has also taken to saying, "i'm sorry, it's my fault".)

i am feeling christopher move a lot now. it's so fun. i was also encouraged yesterday, because i had a decent run. i had been having a harder time running, or running my whole distance without stopping. yesterday, i did almost my whole run! it was nice! i have been trying to really listen to my body and stop when i need to. but, it feels so good to run!!!

i remember...

the day they opened the viewing in NYC, Thanksgiving weekend 2001

ground zero... hauling out rubble. still smoking.

ground zero.

saying "thank you" to one of the firemen.

i remember... being woken up too early by my mom and being so annoyed that she forgot the time change. and even more annoyed that she just called to tell me dad was in arizona. (he had been working at the world trade center)

i remember... her telling me that a plane had hit one of the wtc buildings.

i remember... going to work downtown chicago that day (a block over from the john hancock), and hearing someone talk about TWO planes.

i remember... thinking they were crazy and that could NEVER happen.

i remember... getting off the "l" and feeling like it was 5pm, there were SO MANY people rushing back on the train. and thinking that was weird.

i remember... getting to work and hearing that the crazies on the train were right. two planes HAD hit.

i remember... watching. being captivated. not being able to tear my eyes away.

i remember... having to stop at a shop in the loop, and it was the ONLY store open. and thinking what a ghost town chicago was.

i remember... going to lake michigan to take pictures of the city.

i remember... classes being cancelled that night.

i remember... season premieres being delayed. (and how the clips of nyc in friends were so different!)

i remember... talking to my dad about his stuff, his office.

i remember... taking that first flight to nyc for thanksgiving. and getting interviewed on tv, having come from another big city.

i remember... seeing ground zero for the first (and only) time. and being so moved.

i remember... driving to our cousins' in connecticut and seeing the lanterns lit, WAITING for loved ones to come home.

i remember... dad walking into the dry cleaning place (first time he had been back to nyc, too), and how happy they were that another person was alive! (the place was across the street from where the first pic was taken)

i remember... feeling patriotic and wanting to do SOMETHING. (a fact my mom reminded me of when i decided to join the navy)

oh crap!!

the "chipmunk" setting...

so in love!

the frog one...

a little dizzy!

chipmunks laughing so hard!!
a fun vid... jamey got bit by a "guido" (also known as a "mosquito" on our hike last week. he keeps talking about it. and the "ladybug" that stung him at the beach (again... "bumblebee"...)

and, the kids have decided that "christopher robin" is a better name for baby bad guy.

today, i told nora that i loved her so much. she said, "but i disobey". umm... okay.

and, she told me later, "mom, you are the love of my life". last time i said that to her, she said, "i thought daddy was the love of your life..."

james LOVES to have his sissy sing him his sleep song. it's so sweet. i almost feel like the third wheel. they love each other so much!! it's so fun.

david is on duty today, so cleaning mode wife came to visit... my house is spic-n-span. it's awesome! and the kids were sent upstairs to clean nora's room, or i would give her toys away. it actually got pretty clean!! about to throw the kids in bed and enjoy some lifetime movie network!!! (guilty pleasure when david's not home!!! at least until the fall season of tv starts. or i start netflixing seasons of other shows... just to have something on in the background!)

but, we went to the pool today... i keep telling jamey not to throw in the toys from the side (since he won't get in.) i tell him that if he throws them in, he has to come in and get them. today, i made him do it twice. you would have thought i was beating the kid the way he screamed!!! i felt so bad. and he wouldn't come NEAR me the rest of the time at school... going to have to fix that. my kid can't NOT swim!!

and i have reached that stage. where my D-A-U-G-H-T-E-R picks up on E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G!! thankfully, she can't spell yet. oh crap! i have to be so careful what i say. and how i say it. she's just so smart!!!