Motivational advice from McDonalads....

So, I was just sitting here, holding Jamie and enjoying a McDonalds cherry pie while Moira and Lincoln are napping and before the boys get home from school. I look down at the pie box and it says : Caution handle with care I'M HOT. And I think to myself "Not yet...but I will be hot!" Then I think to myself "Maybe McDonalds cherry pie isn't the best place to get motivation" I mean, sure I want to look hot, and feel hot...but not in a cherry pie kinda way. And not even in a "we have to say this because our lawyers said we do because people are stupid and dont know that food is hot so they scarf us down and then burn themselves and then sue us" kinda way. I have no idea what that means...but I think I have underlying issues with stupid lawsuits. Anyway, at some point I want to be hot. But, that would mean I can't have the occasional McDonalds cherry pie. So I think I'll stay "fluffy". Fluffy is good.

I SEEEEEEEEEE you!!!

Here is Gideon....he is such a goof :)

This is Jamie's 1 month picture. How in the world is she one month old already? I'm going to take her picture every month along side her bunny so we can see how she has grown in her first year.

I love when babies sleep like this. "I surrender! I'll go to sleep now! I surrender!"

We finally got to meet Brennan!! How cute is he?? So cute you just want to squish him if you ask me. I just had to take some pictures of the babies together. Brennan is one week old, James is one month and one day old. Lindsay had said that Brennan was 8 pounds 12 oz at his last checkup....Jamie was 7 pounds 14oz.

POW! Right in the kisser!!!

Woohoo! I know it is not very clear...but I was finally able to get a picture of James smiling!! She has been smiling for a few days now. And, before you say she is too young and it's just gas, she will catch my eye before she smiles, so I know it's the real thing. When she gives a big smile she has a dimple on her left cheek. So cute!


I know this week is very baby-centric. More pictures of the rest of the monkeys next week I promise!! Sorry I don't have anything much to say....I woke up at quarter to 6 this morning. Have I ever told you I'm not a morning person? Yeah, well, I'm not. *grump*

Our new Family Motto...

Jamie is just about the same size as the build-a-bear bunny that the kids made for her after she was born! The neat thing about the bunny, is while I was pregnant I got one of the message recorder thingies (yes, I do believe that is the technical name for it. Or possibly it is a sound thing-a-ma-jig?) I brought the recorder with me to one of my OB appointments, and when they checked Peeps heartbeat using the doppler I recorded it. So, when you squeeze the Bunny's paw you can hear 10 seconds of Jamie's heartbeat. Yes, I'm a genius to have thought of that. And I give you permission to steal the idea.

I have to say I hate feet. I hate people touching my feet. I hate seeing other peoples stinky feet. The thought of a pedicure really creeps me out. BUT, I love baby feet. And I also love my kids feet. And I appreciate that they indulged me and posed for this picture for me.

That is one pissed off baby!! James had her first real bath this past week. We waited because though her cord feel off after a week, the belly button was still a bit "gunky" and I wanted to make sure it was completely dried up and healed. In case you couldn't tell, she is not a fan of the bath. At all.

Moira had her 4 year checkup this past friday. She is 33 pounds (26 percentile) and 41 inches (67 percentile). She also had to get all shots needed to start pre-K in the fall. She is actually up to date with her shots, but the next series can be given between 4 and 5, so we decided to just give them now. So the poor girl had 4 shots, two in each thigh, and she also had to get a lead test. Some sadistic person decided that 4 year olds need to actually have blood drawn for the lead test instead of just the finger prick. So, here is Moira showing off her boo-boo.

Here is how Jamie spends most of her day. I love this age. But, man, all the baby snuggles really cause me to slack on my floor cleaning responsibilities. I told Dennis I'd love to get a roomba vacuum (http://store.irobot.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=3334619&cp=2804605&ab=CMS_IRBT_StoreHome_043009_vacuum) but I'm afraid it would turn evil on me. I'd wake up to it trying to vacuum my face while muttering "It never ends! The cleaning never ends! I can't take a break for 2 seconds around here! I have no time to recharge my batteries! I'm not a machine!!"....oh, um, maybe I'm projecting my feelings a bit here?


So, as I said in the blog title, we have a new family motto. It is:

What The...? Sometimes, it is What The Heck? Yes, I know that is weird. But all of my kids say it. Lincoln, at the ripe old age of 2, just started saying it. I blame Dennis. I mean, I know it's my fault, I'm the one that says it most, but I still blame Dennis. It makes no sense to blame him, but oh well. Deal with it.

I have decided that I would like our family motto inscribed on my headstone. It would be hilarious, and yet I'm sure it will confuse people. And, that is how I strive to live my life...to make people laugh and yet leave them asking "what the....?"

Gonna try a new idea....

I'm going to try something new. I want to try to do a "picture of the day". I'm hoping it will get me to figure out how to use some of the features on my camera, and also make sure I take more pictures of the kids. Though not every picture will be of the kids. Probably only 99.99% of them. Hey, you gotta admit they are darn cute models! My idea will be to take at least 5 new pictures a week, hopefully 7 but I can live with only 5. Then on Sunday (or Monday if I'm busy Sunday) I will put up a new post with the weekly pictures. And, since I tend to get songs stuck in my head, I'll post a youtube video of the song too. 'Cause if it is stuck in my head, then by golly I'll try my best to get it stuck in your head too!

This weeks Song Stuck In My Head is: Behind Blue Eyes by Limp Bizkit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrFwtlMd0H8&feature=related
(yes, I know The Who did it first...but I like the Limp Bizkit version just slightly more)

First picture: I finally got a picture of all the kids this week. I bribe them by telling them if they give me a few "nice" pictures then I will take a silly one of them. (Note: this is the silly one haha). Oddly, I always love the silly ones the best. In fact, I just ordered this one on a new coffee cup for myself.

My biggest and my littlest. Spencer just loves Jamie. He wants to hold her all the time. I just feel bad because most the time she is eating, sleeping or getting her diaper changed.

Moira is so thrilled to have a baby sister. She calls Jamie "My Baby". The other day on the way home from the doctors Jamie started fussing, so Moira sang her a lullabye. It was so sweet I was literally crying.

Dennis says Baby James looks like me. I still say she looks like Winston Churchill: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill

Lincoln has been doing great with the new baby. He calls her "Awwww" as in "Awwww, what a cute baby!" Yeah, he's still not much of a talker.

In other blog-worthy news...we went to the first drive in movie of the year on Friday. Because we've outgrown our van, but have not gotten a new one yet, we had to take both cars. Dennis had the three big boys in his car I had the babies in the van. The drive in is about 90 minutes away, but luckily the drive went well. Or, at least most of it did. About an hour into the drive we were in a very hilly area. And I was reminded of why Lincoln should not be in the very back bench of the van. I was reminded of that by Lincoln whining "Mama!" and when I looked at him in the mirror he had both hands over his mouth. Then he got carsick. Yes, it doesn't take much to remind me. Just a 2 year old throwing up all over himself. But, we cleaned him up and went on our merry way.

I do think we have a new first movie of the season tradition. And that would be getting rained on. Maybe we should wait until it is closer to summer before we go for the first time? Ok, lets face it, if there is a good comic book based movie , then we'll be going to see it. Even if it means we have to huddle in the van to stay out of the rain. It's worth it.

We saw the new X-Men movie, Wolverine. I enjoyed it very much. Dennis knows more of the background so there were some things that bugged him, but he did like it too. The boys liked it. And Moira and Lincoln enjoyed the candy and big blowpop suckers that they had. Jamie slept through it, so I'll have to get her review after the DVD comes out.

Well, there is my blog for the week. I hope you enjoyed it. And, I really hope you have the song stuck in your head now. It's only fair, it's been stuck in my head for 3 days now.