Look What I found

I did a little under the couch cushion cleaning today. I can not believe what I found. I always count on finding a few lost items, but this time was a tad bit more than I expected. I don't even know how we sat on the couch with all this stuff under the cushions.

The best item that I found that actually is not in the photo was a dress up dress. Yes, an entire dress! Seriously I have no idea how we sat on all this stuff without feeling it under our butts.

Good thing is that now I have found many lost pieces to games, toys and other items. Guess when the girls ask if I have seen something they are looking for I will tell them to look under the couch cushions first. Most likely it will be there.

Leaf Fun

I decided today that I would try to blow the massive amounts of leaves in the backyard today into a pile. Being 7 months pregnant I am not going to be bending over time and time again to pick up leaves and put in the bags. That I will leave for the Hubby and kids to do.


So I got out the blower, finally got it started, blew leaves off the driveway and ran out of gas. By gas I do not mean my energy. I mean real gas that makes the blower go. I have no idea which of the 3 cans Hubby has in the garage go in the blower, so no more blower. Had to go old school and grab a rake.


I did half of the yard and the pile I made was huge. I figured that was enough for one day and since my back now hurt it was time to go inside and rest.


The girls were so excited to find the pile ready to jump in when they came home from school today. they really haven't had much leaf pile time this fall with all the rain and cold. But today was just right! they quickly changed clothes and got to jumping. I quickly grabbed my camera and got to shooting.

Only a Birthday Cake a Daddy Could Love

Hubby's birthday was on Sunday so even though A was sick we had to celebrate. B was called to help me make the cake and right behind her came A. Now at this point her temp was almost back to normal, but she was still not all better. As you can see there is no stopping her when she is on a mission. So you see the thermometer under her arm as she is mixing? The cake still tasted fine and knock on wood no one else is sick.

It's Baaaaack

Well so much for positive thinking. I began my third trimester with the well know itching in full swing. Looks like the doctor saying that my ICP could go away as I have more babies was not so correct.

So yes, Cholestasis of pregnancy is a condition in which the normal flow of bile in the gallbladder is affected by the high amounts of pregnancy hormones. The fact that I do not have a gallbladder could also be a factor in all of this. This causes my bile to basically go into bloodstream. Bile in bloodstream causes my itching and later my jaundice. The baby needs my liver to remove it's bile too, so that is a little stress for "Sparkle" too. That is why I will begin weekly blood panels and probably fetal monitoring. Good news is that there is a medication that I can take that might help absorb the bile so itching won't be so bad. Plus based on research (google) an increase in Vit.K can also help. So I will be eating a lot of green veggies now.

Best news it that a side effect of all this is a decrease in appetite. Bad news is that I should try to eat a more low fat diet. How does that work with the holidays and my sweet foods cravings? Not so sure.

Another interesting factor could be the early arrival of "Sparkle". Most doctors like to deliver at about 38ish weeks. I am 29 weeks now. B was 2 weeks early (on her own doing) but A was pulled out at 40 weeks. So who knows what will happen with this one. It will all depend on the readiness of "Sparkle" and my health. I think I might go with early delivery if all looks good for the baby. I mean what pregnant mom wants to go the full 40 weeks anyway?

So not going nuts yet and happy that it is cold for that helps lessen the itch, but ready to ask the doctor to try the meds when I go to my appointment Wed. Still in a good mood, and positive that it won't get much worse. Also thinking who needs 4 kids? 3 might be a good number to really stop at this time :)

Pumpkin Day

A found her pumpkin right away and was super proud that she could pick it up all by herself

B looked and looked until she found her "perfect" pumpkin. There was no talking her out of this one. She actually rolled it quite a distance before Daddy caved and got a wheel barrel.


Even Aunt R got some love from the girls.



I took this a sibling photo in this exact tree many years ago (like 20). I thought it was a perfect place to take another photo with my daughters.

Serious Player

Hubby and I had a short meeting to attend to the other night. It was about B's upcoming sacraments that she will be receiving this year so I wanted both of us there. This meant that Aunt V had to babysit. The girls were super excited because Aunt V the babysitter is way different than just regular Aunt V.

Her go to idea is always a few games of hide and seek. The girls are really getting good at this game and it can now go on for more than it used to. When A first started playing she would go to hide in whatever spot the last person was in. Then when she heard you in the room where she was hiding she would jump out and say "Here I am!"

Well times have changed. During this round A was hiding in the coat closet, which is a perfect place for the little bugger. After some time, B found her. This is when Aunt V was told that A had wet jammies. "What?" Aunt V said. A replied with," Oh I peed my jammies while I was hiding." "Why would you do that A?" Aunt V questioned her.

Because if I got out to go potty B would have found me!!!

Makes for a good reason to pee in the closet than. Glad to see her taking the game so seriously.

New Lessons

Look at that posture!

Getting ready to begin trotting.

Looks rather happy.

This is no pony ride.

Yes, we have decided to let B begin horseback riding lessons. 2 of her best friends have been taking lessons for years and B really wanted to try. I could not believe that on our visit to the stable they actually had her riding a horse. I thought we were just going to watch her friends and gather information. Not so much. She took the offer to ride that day quickly. Now mind you these are actual horses, not ponies! As you can see in the last photo it is a tall horse. So I was a tad worried and totally nervous for B, but she did great.

She had a great first lesson and we decided that do to my nutty schedule and the cost of each 30 minute lesson she could ride twice a month. She was super happy. These photos were taken at her second lesson. This horse and B did not connect so much. So she did like riding, she just was not as comfortable on this horse as she was last time on a different horse.

I really like the instructor too. She is all about having fun and giving the girls responsibility. They lead the horses in the arena and back out to their stall, they also learn other horse care things too. She teaches them without making them feel bad. B has already been trotting!

The stable started as a therapy only stable, but has branched out over the years. During our time slot there are always kids there for therapy. I like the kids seeing different abilities on horses. Plus due to the therapy part there are lots of volunteers there.

We will see how long this lasts, but for now I get to live my "I always wanted to take riding lessons" through my kid. After all that is one of the main reason we have kids right?