Most...boring...month...ever

OH. MY. HECK. January is so BLAH! October-December FLEW by & now January will - - - -not - - - - end - - - -

I did get to go to dinner with a couple of my peeps from good ol' Effin J (Flying J). I don't see these girls as much as I would like to. Sara is having a baby boy any day now (her 2nd son) so we had to get together to celebrate! Once we all started to have children - our social life totally went down the crapper. We went to the Pizza Factory in O-town. I got a bread stick with some Alfredo dipping sauce & when the waitress brought my sauce to me I thought it was cream cheese frosting. It was that thick. AND.....it was fabulous. I could hear myself getting fatter with each dunk. Casey watched all 3 kids while I went out. It was nice (& a little weird) to get away from it all for a bit.

Lindsay Rice - Sara Westbroek - Me

This is how I spend my evenings. My sweet girls turn into cute, needy wee ones. They HAVE to have mom. If they can see or hear me - it's bad! I don't look that exhausted - do I????

Oh my craftiness! Angela & I whipped these cute butterflies out the other night at her house. I love them! Taylor & Rylee were good sports!

I'll end on the cutest picture ever. I'm glad that I get to stay home with these cute kids every day. Some days are hard - some aren't so bad - but I can't imagine having them with anyone but me. (Taylor - pink socks. Rylee - white socks)

Recent Randoms

January - March are usually the most boring months of the year. It is a HUGE challenge to keep Caleb & the kids I babysit entertained all freaking day. So far so good though - I haven't killed anyone yet.

Casey was watching TV a while ago & Caleb came up to him & said, "Hey, can I get in your pouch?"

Let this be a lesson to all mothers as to WHY you don't leave blankets in the crib with your wee-ones. Rylee managed to make herself into a tootsie roll one night just rolling around in the front room.
My little girls watching some Baby Einstein while I did the dishes one night.

Out of all of the places she can go in the house - this is Taylor's favorite.

Caleb roasting his hot dog.....in January!

Taylor & Rylee get a kick out of Simba. The make a trip to the window each morning to see what that crazy cat is up to.

Caleb loves to make a 'lake' out of his play-doh and have a duck swim around. Totally his own idea - I love it.

Happy New Year

Resolutions are stupid - so I made some. No one else is going to set me up to fail. It's all up to me!

-Find joy in every day

-Lose 30 pounds (I make this one EVERY year) THIS IS THE YEAR BABY!

-Go to church at least 2 times each month

-Grow a plethora of green beans & bottle them

-Bottle Peaches & Carrots (Taylor & Rylee LOVE both)

-Exercise MORE!

2011 was so freaking exhausting. I hope that in 2012 I can get some more sleep!

On New Years Eve we invited Shelby, his girlfriend Christel, & Shayden over for a night of fun. We put Caleb & Shayden down on the pull-out bed for a fun sleepover - but that failed. Caleb ended going to his own bed around 11:30. They wouldn't fall asleep! The adults (& Rylee) stayed up past 2:00 playing Texas Hold Em, Last Word & Battle of the sexes. I had a really fun evening. I love playing games.

Taylor has decided that Rylee is her new obstacle course. These 2 are constantly kicking each other, stealing toys from each other & just being typical sisters.

I love Rylee's face in this one. It says, "Are you freaking kidding me??"

Taylor seems to be a step ahead of Rylee in learning new things. I guess that is what happens when you are 5 minutes older!

Starting to pull herself up to her knees.

And she's all the way up! (Don't worry Grammy....dad lowered the cribs this afternoon)

She loves her sippy cup!