We had Abby's birthday party today (Saturday). All of us were there along with Grandma, Auntie Nikole, Payton, Alayna, and big sis Renee. The theme of the day was definitely "it's my party and I'll cry if I want to" . Lots of baby drama all around. But over all I think Abby had a very fun day.

Grandma made a Strawberry Shortcake cake and we had plates, etc of the same theme. We had hot dogs and chips, salad and veggies (hey it was her choice and she is only 4). Every time I would ask her what she wanted for her party all I would get for a response from her was "cake" and "balloons" so when she finally agreed on hot dogs I was happy. I did run to the dollar store this morning and got her some balloons as well- and through the whole day there was only 1 fight over them.

I'll post some pics I promise, of the party and some other stuff that we have done recently (like the last 3 months or so) as soon as I find the usb cable for the camera. I'm back to using our old one since the new one broke after our camping trip, and not sure where that cable ended up.

My little baby girl is 4 today.
Happy birthday princess lady baby girl. I love you.

11 years ago today...

I was the proud mama of a brand new baby boy.

Today I am the proud mama of an 11 year old (where has the time gone!).
Happy Birthday Matthew!

I spent all day Thursday getting Gabriel's room ready to paint and then painting it. All day. Since I am doing 2 colors on the walls I had to paint 1 layer on the top 1/2, wait for it to dry, and then do the 2nd layer and wait for that to dry. Then repeat for the bottom layer, except that took 3 and up to 4 coats of paint in some spots.

So yeah, all day yesterday.

Today? I was putting up the new curtains for the room and get down from the ladder just to look over and see nice new coloring on the freshly painted walls. The ones I just painted yesterday.

Swirly little scribbles. I almost started crying... almost.

Instead I get mad and drag Gabriel in the room and start yelling at him (it's his m.o. after all). Joshua also comes in the room and was nice enough to point out its not scribbling- it's scratches (cry). While I am yelling at him and he's sitting there crying he tells me the worst thing I have ever heard.

"I didn't do it"

Wait... what?!?! My baby just said a coherent sentence- and it had to be that one.

So Joshua and I look over at Abby, who is standing in the doorway at this point and he asks her if she did it.
She gets that proud little grin on her face that only a 3 yr old can do and says "yep". You could just tell she was so proud of herself for helping. You just can't get mad at that.

So yeah, my baby says a sentence and it's all because I was yelling at him. I feel like shit.

Oh and there will be pics of the room, I am only 1/2 finished with it because I have like 1 wall that I need to remove the rest of the border from yet. So when I am finished there will be pics.

I still haven't scanned the family pics yet, so here is the next best thing. I "borrowed" these from the JC Penney Site. These are all the pics we had taken.

No, I still haven't gotten the family pics scanned yet. But to tide you over for a little while until I do here are some from our trip in Jan to the Edgewater Hotel in Duluth.

I know it's been awhile, and I promise to post something half way entertaining at some point :) just not today. Tomorrow I need to stop and pick up our new family pictures (only took a year to do!). Maybe I will get lucky and have enough time/motivation/energy to scan them and get them posted here. If not then it will or will not happen sometime soon- maybe.