Garage Sale Day 2

Well, I'd have to say the garage sale was a success! Made over $170, pretty good for a bunch of stuff I'd consider junk that sat in my basement for over a year! The rest will be going to goodwill, I just don't want anything going back down to the basement. Our basement is completely empty and cleaned out. What an AWESOME feeling that is.

After the sale, E and I went w/ Kt into town and did some grocery shopping and visited a local store that is closing to get some deals. We waited in town until 6 when G got off work and rode home w/ him. His car has been acting up and he had to drive the van in today. We are SO in NO position to buy another car right now... I'm hoping these things can be fixed and we can get a few (like 6-12) more months out of the sable. We are in no position to have 2 car payments! Yikes!! The wiper motor blew out the other day, when we were having terrible storms and this morning when he left for work he realized his headlights were out. Just wonderful. But what can you do?!

T, hope you are about to have that baby as I write this!! We are patiently waiting and praying that everything goes well. Take care and night, K

E 8-25-06

Some early pics of E, before the blog was born

E's baptism 7-23-06

Garage Sale Day 1

Evening everyone, wow, 2 nights of blogging in a row, what's gonna happen?! :) I had a very good garage sale for a friday, made over $80 and even better, got rid of some of my crap. It is amazing what people will buy from you at a garage sale... we did start to get some rain around 5:30 tonight and brought everything under cover, then finally closed about 6:30 cause we hadn't had anyone in over an hour. Seems that the rumor is tomorrow will be busier. 7 a.m. is going to come really early! I've gotta get to bed soon. Hopefully I'll do even better tomorrow, Kt is bringing me a coffee, so that'll help make the morning a little more bearable!

Gotta get some sleep, nighty night, K

Thank god it is my FRIDAY!!

Wow, it has been way to long since we've updated you all... E has now begun to roll over from her tummy to her back, not yet from her back to her tummy, although tonight it almost happened! She has started to giggle, which is the cutest thing we've ever heard! She is doing great and seriously appears to grow from the time I drop her off in the a.m. to the time I pick her up in the evening. Last week at the dr she weighed 13 lbs 9 oz. She is gaining perfectly. They are supposed to double their weight by 5 months, she's almost there! She's been a bit fussy in the evenings around bed time. We've been wondering about teething, but think it may be to early otherwise she may be having a crampy, gas belly. Either way we've got plenty of tylenol and tummy drop to hopefully make her feel better.

T, I hope next time you read this you have a beautiful baby girl in your arms! I can't wait to see her, I bet she's gonna have lots of dark hair!!

So my moose search is going VERY well, we'll just leave it at that for now... stay tuned for more information.

So this weather was quite SCARY tonight!! For one I hate thunderstorms and get all choked up when I see lightening. I seriously think I am deathly afraid of loud noises. As crazy as that sounds I get all choked up and cannot breathe or talk when I see lightening, cause I know a loud noise is about to follow. It is the same way with fireworks, popping balloons, drums in a parade, etc. Have you ever heard of anyone with a phobia of loud noises??? Weird. Thank god for no serious weather in our little area. It appeared to be heading directly our way from the West and just barely clipped us, we got the thunderstorms but not the severe spinning clouds and hail.

Which leads me to the next topic, thank god for no hail, cause I'm having a garage sale this weekend and couldn't (yes I even tried) get my van in the garage! I was so afraid of hail or a tree falling on it, but it survived the storm. Wanna hear something funny?? The rainiest, stormiest day we've had in a long time and G's motor decides to quit on his wipers!! It was really downpouring though, so my dad let him drive his truck home, thank god for dad's like mine.

Ok, we're starting a new section on the blog called: Guess what stupid thing K did today?!
Since I do admit to being a bit fleighty and like duh sometimes we thought this would be fun. At least we hope it gives you a good laugh. SO,

Guess what stupid thing K did today?! Well actually it was Tuesday night. We had lots of rain that night (early Wed a.m.) and I left my drivers side window all the way down in the van. Nice job K. Running late for work on Wed and what do I find when I jump in the van? Wet pants. Oh, and I also left the back windows open, really smooth. Even better, I got to work that a.m. and realized I had forgot my pump. NOT GOOD. We'll just leave it at that :)

Ok, I think its time for some sleep. My goal is $300 at the garage sale this weekend, we'll see how it goes. Wish me luck! Night, K

Comments please...

Ok, I think I have it all figured out now, you all should be able to click on "comments" and write to us... if you are not a blogger, call yourself "other" and leave your name, we'd love to hear your comments, answer your questions or just talk to ya! This blog will be more fun that way, more interactive. That sounded cheesy. Comment away!!

Chicken Pox

Oh boy was that a close one... J, my friend and NP was supposed to babysit E tomorrow while G and I are at work, but she just called and told me her little guy T has been exposed to chicken pox!!! So if all goes as mother nature planned he should have them by Sunday. Was that close or what. I thank god that I was lucky enough to dodge that one!! Luckily I have a wonderful aunt who is going to take her w/ less than 12 hours notice! Thank god for wonderful family :)

Well nothing to exciting to report besides that. I am looking forward to Sunday when my parents are back from vacation and are able to be my crutch again w/ E. It is awsome to have them around for those last minute emergencies, like tonights!! They just called and said they are going through E withdrawl and are coming home from their vacation a day early so they can see her and they quickly added, to see me to :)

I am having some problems w/ my milk production and would take any advice anyone has to help increase my supply... I've been told to pump, pump, pump, feed, feed, feed, drink an organic tea, have a beer, massage... apparently it is now thought to be due to going to long between pumping sessions and due to stress. Whatever it's due to, fine, but what I need is more milk, not to figure out why it went away... suggestions?? I am going to baby class on Monday, so one of the lactation consultants will hopefully be able to help me. I just cry everytime I think about giving E formula. I just want to give her the best thing I can and that isn't formula. Plus its stinky. Enfamil Lipil gentlease is anyway.

Anywho... (thanks T, I got that from you!) I'm off to search the web for something I will call a moose. From now into the future I will call it my moose search. Just to be on the safe side.

Ok, since you all think I'm crazy now I'm gonna jet. Nighty night. Sleep tight.

K