My 1st Attempt of Being Back....

I have great intentions of being a "blogger" but it may take a few attempts to accomplish it! I can't believe today is my official due date and Levi has been here for 2 weeks and 3 days. I have been pleasantly surprised at how well my 1st week of a mom of 3 has gone. Luke has been our most difficult one. We made the mistake of potty training the Saturday before my section....obviously not knowing I only had 5 days with Luke instead of the 2-3 weeks I was hoping for. Poor little guy's world was a little shaken. The kids are super sweet to Levi and are very excited to have him here. I feel like our expectations from the kids automatically were raised to a higher level which is NOT fair to them. Mr. Levi has been a very easy baby thus far and we are keeping our fingers crossed that he doesn't wake up a terror in the next few weeks. He just eats and sleeps! If he is awake he just chills and looks around. Luke was screaming or fussing if he was awake so we are truly enjoying our delightful newborn!

Yesterday the kids had a make-up gymnastics and then David took Halle to Lowe's to get her princess gardening gloves for her to wear to pick up apples. David is really enjoying mowing our yard.....I think he mowed it 3 times this week:) He put the kids to work picking up apples and paying them 1 cent per apple. They each earned $1.25. They found a little frog in the process that they carried around and tortured (not really)! It was a great Saturday, perfect weather, a mid-morning walk, and the smell of fresh cut grass!

David is making great progress on the basement. He is finishing the drop ceiling and wiring the electrical. I hope to start the process of putting together the Ikea cabinets this week. I have the most wonderful husband and I am so thankful for him! He has been amazing, he has been my rock and my brain!

Try This Again....

So I haven't blogged since December. I am not sure where to start.....we returned home from Clearwater Monday afternoon. Luke went to bed with a fever on Sunday and it is still lingering now. He and Halle both have nasty coughs as well. I am just praying his fever breaks tonight!!

A funny from the beach......I will start by saying Luke loves the David and Golitha story from his little storybook Bible. We have read it 100 times and Halle can recite it from another room without even seeing the pages. So, we were on the beach and Katie was down at the water with Luke and Halle. She brings Luke up to me and ask him to tell me what did. He says, "threw rock".....Katie tells him to tell me where he threw the rock and he says, "threw the rock at the giant".....the giant being the elderly man walking down the beach.

David was pretty laid back but the one thing he was determined to see was the raging bull! By golly we found it too! He wanted to see the financial district as well. Everyone was standing around waiting to handle the bull's boys. We assumed it was for good luck?!? Anyone who knows the answer to that feel free to make a comment. The FD was a little quieter and there weren't as many people down there, except for at ground zero.

Time Square

Here we are in Time Square. You can see how crowded it is. We were literally shoulder to shoulder anywhere in TS. It was crazy how many people were all around. We went to FAO Swartz on Saturday and the line just to enter the store in the middle of the day was wrapped around the block. Kath and I took one for team and stood in the rain to get in. I came out with Pez and a Hello Kitty marshmallow on a stick. All about the "experience".

David and I had our picture taken with Elmo so we could come home and tell Halle we met Elmo. When I am on the computer she comes over and ask to see Elmo!! You can see his silver sac where he stored all his tips. There was Elmo, Dora, and Santa all along the fountain. There were tons of people standing around waiting for the picture! I bet these characters make some money "working the corner".

NYC

Here is our picture of the tree in Rockefeller Center. It was super crowded and hard to get a good picture. The line to ice skate was long and their were people all around the rink. We ate lunch at Katz Deli. It was insane! It was packed and impossible to move in there. You could order at the counter or sit along the wall and have a waiter. The sandwiches were super expensive.....around $15 for just a sandwich. They cured and did all their own meat, pickled their own pickles, and made their own hotdogs. The hogdogs were soooo good. The restaurant was started in 1883!

Uhhhh...

It is way to late to be up blogging but I just feel like doing it:) My house is a disaster and I can't believe tomorrow is Friday.

Yesterday Halle had her 4 year well visit with our new Pediatrician. She did not like the shot factor. She whined the whole way home....."I don't like the new doctor, I want to go to Luke's old doctor." I just realized that the DR is considered Luke's, most likely because he goes to the doctor more than anyone else in the house:) She did not like the "hole" in her arm and she "does not like sharp things. When I turn 5 I am not letting you take me to the Doctor." She also was doing this weird blinking thing yesterday. I asked her what she was doing and she said. "I am dreaming. Dreaming about what God looks like." She also requested that Grandpa Bill come back down from heaven because she misses him. So precious.

Luke on the other hand has released his inner beast this week. Tornado, earth quake, disaster, destroyer, terminator............just a few adjectives for Luke this week. If he can throw it, jump on it, hit it, bang it, push it, dump it, it was in his hand. No sitting in the corner playing with a car or truck for sweet little Lukey.

Well, I have great intentions on blogging about our NYC and Thanksgiving trip this weekend. I think David is going to get me or us a new computer for X-mas. I have been babysitting for a couple of months so I have some reserve cash I am going to put towards it. Many of you know I make a photobook every year. I am in the process of completing 2008 and I am only 1/4 of the way through 2009. Our Dell is broken, limp, and spiraling the drain!! I would really like to get to a point where I complete a month at the end of that month in my book. That goal is right up there with keeping my house clean and journaling every day.