"Baby, It's Cold Outside"

Although this is one of my favorite songs to sing at Christmas, I'm not the kind of girl who likes to live it! I was born in Florida, have (somewhat, except for 1 1/2 years of college in IL) lived in Florida all my life and have NO intentions of moving anywhere cold in the near future (unless the Lord picks me up and drops me there). I'm just not into cold weather. On the other hand, my husband is. He used to keep his college dorm window open when it snowed outside and slept comfortably like that. Crazy guy! Anything less than 60 and I'm freezin', so that makes this week and possibly the next week to come not so fun. A bunch of my northern friends (you know who you are!!) have been teasing me about how cold it is up where they live and to be happy that I live in the Sunshine State. Well friends, I am counting my lucky stars. =) The fact that we, as a family, went out fishing at the beach the other night was such a blast and I was so thankful that we weren't out shoveling feet of snow off our driveway. Anyway, spring will be here before we know it right?

As for what we've been up to lately, there's been quite a bit! Over the Christmas break we got some much needed bunkbeds and dressers for the kids. Avonlea's dresser had pretty much fallen apart thanks to our dog who ate the bottom parts and both kids needed a bigger bed. Rob got the beds and dressers put together and I was busy rearranging toys, making thrift store piles, etc. When we picked out some bedding for Lincoln, we decided that the jungle theme in his room would have to change and it's blue and khaki now, still yet to be painted though. Thank goodness we found bedding that already matched Avonlea's paint in her room. I'm not about to start painting everything now, with a nursery to get together too. Needless to say, the new baby will get all the hand-me-downs from the other kids with the exception of some new bedding and a few, little trinkets. Our soon-to-be nursery room is still also known as the laundry room and somehow things find their way in there that don't belong, but it's a work in progress and we still have plenty of time.

The bunkbeds in their beginning stage...yikes, just wood and screws.


Lincoln with his Handy Manny tool set (thanks Mom and Dad!), insisting upon helping.


Avonlea insistent upon helping as well. She loves to hand Daddy tools, nails, screws, nuts, bolts...you name it. She actually is a good helper.


Lincoln in his new bed. Still have to paint over the green with a navy blue to match the bedding. He's been doing VERY well. Only one time has he fallen out and a few times where he's got out of his bed, but over all, he's transitioned very well.


Avy and her new bed. She was a little bummed that she couldn't sleep on the top bunk, but all in good time. We actually turned the bed around so the ladders are on the wall side. We'll wait until the kids are older until they can climb up on their own. Avy is old enough, but if Lincoln saw her going up top, of coarse he'd have to as well and he's not ready yet. Another few years.

The kiddos both have upper respritory infections and are on medication, which I so conveniently spilled half of it this morning (I think I'm entering that clutsy part of pregnancy now!). When I called the pediatrician to see if they could call in more, I found out that most likely our insurance won't cover it. Hmmm, great. That's still in the works.

Our sink broke last night...note to self-don't put large pieces of carrot down the garbage disposal! Rob went out to Home Depot and fixed it super fast-go Rob. I keep telling him that he's the handy man I never knew he was. He keeps surprising me with each task he undertakes. Any man that can completely take down and put up a LARGE amount of fencing (we own almost two lots) in two days gets my approval. He built the kids' swing set entirely by what he saw in his mind. Got an idea, went to buy wood and materials and just built it. I wish I had that ambition and patience. So, the bar is constantly being risen for my hubby. I think I'll ask for him to enclose the laundry room next...tee hee! Just kidding babe (if you're reading this).


The old fence


New fence

My tummy is expanding rediculously! It's interesting that with each pregnancy, I expand sooner, quicker. A friend and I were joking around on Tuesday and she said something along the lines of, "Yeah, I think if I had decided to give birth to a fourth child, just thinking about it would make my stomach expand." That's so true! I'm now four months and feel as though I'm huge. What's a girl to do?

We also went to the circus last Friday night (thanks for the tickets Alison and Bobby!) and did a trade off. We left Lincoln with my parents and took our niece Grace. The girls had a blast and the elephants were definately the highlight of the night. I have to say that I was definately impressed with Barnum and Bailey's circus preformance this year. Fun stuff!



Hope you've enjoyed catching up with us!