Santa Picture 2008

Bring home the Bacon.... Please?!

With each pregnancy I will have one craving and it will last the entire 9 months. I become fixated with it and have to have it. It really makes me go crazy!!! With Reese I had to have Nacho Cheese Chalupas from Taco Bell. With Ashlee it was DiGornio's Supreme Frozen Pizza. And with Kailyn all I wanted to eat was V8 juice and oranges. Well with this baby all I want is ...

BACON!!!!

Isn't that gross?! But I want so bad and I'm not letting myself eat it because it isn't the most healthiest thing to eat in the world. Every once and a while it's OK, but I want it everyday!! I really could just eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner EVERYDAY! And it can't be that crap Turkey Bacon either, it has to be the real stuff! Every once in awhile Brian will pick it up at the Butcher's near his work and I am in HEAVEN!!!!! It's so good!!!!

I really need to get that candle that smells like Bacon... maybe that will take care of my craving for it. Or it just might make it worse!!

Oh I want this pregnancy to be done!!! I can't handle this craziness anymore!!!!!

I am the Walrus... (Baby Update 35wks)

This is me at 35 weeks... I feel HUGE!!!


The baby has just recently dropped, which makes walking and sitting kinda painful. She is weighing in close to a whopping 7 lbs right now. Everything is still the same, nothing has really changed. Just that the baby is even bigger and my contractions are stronger and last all day long now. I am still considered High Risk because of her ENORMOUS size right now. I am really hoping that I will have her within the next two weeks. I am so done with this pregnancy!!

Santa Pictures Over the Years...

Getting a Picture with Santa has seriously become a joke in our family. Usually one kid (or more) is doing something to ruin the picture. But we still do it every year and take bets on what child is going to screw it up. This year, all I want is happy smiling children! No crying! No angry faces! I just want a nice Santa Picture!


2004

This is Reese at just about 2 years old. We waited in line FOREVER! Santa actually tried to hold her, but she had a huge fit so Brian had to sit with her. As you can tell we don't have a 2003 picture...

2005

I think that this one is my favorite! Ashlee is so happy and Reese did a very good job at keeping herself together!
Reese almost 3, Ashlee 8 mo


2006

Smile?!
Reese almost 4, Ashlee 20 mo and Kailyn 2 mo

2007

Ashlee was in the WORST freaking mood for this picture!
Reese almost 5, Ashlee 2 1/2 Kailyn 14 mo

I really do think that these pictures are really funny!

Oh Christmas Tree...

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree, How very HUGE you are!

We decided to get our first real Christmas Tree this year, we usually have a fake one up, but real ones are just so much better! So on Friday we took the Family to Goebel Farms to pick one out. The girls were so excited about finding the perfect Christmas Tree on the way to the farm, but quickly lost any interest in anything that had to do with a tree about 5 minutes after we got there.

So, this is what Brian and I came up with... A giant 10ft Frasier Fir. I love this Tree, it smells so nice and Christmasy! Hopefully, it doesn't die anytime soon... The only thing that bothers me with this tree, is that my tree skirt doesn't fit around the base of the tree stand, one more thing on my list to sew!

The Girls Decorating the Tree

1400 Twinkling Lights

Evansville Holiday Parade

Over the weekend we went to the Evansville Holiday Parade. It wasn't that bad, the girls had a great time and got a ton of candy. The best part of the parade is when Baby Bop attacked Reese... and of course seeing Santa!

Cheesecake Chimichangas

I've been experimenting with desserts lately and I found this! It is wonderful! But not to light on the calories....

Ingredients

10-12 flour tortillas (6 1/2 inch)
16 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
6 tablespoons flour
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (20 ounce) apple pie filling, drained very well
1/2 cup almond toffee pieces
Cinnamon sugar
1/2 cup sugar, and
3 tablespoons ground cinnamon, mixed very well
vanilla ice cream
caramel topping

Directions

1. Beat cream cheese until fluffy; add sugar and eggs, then beat again.
2. Add vanilla extract and mix well.
3. Fold toffee bits and apple pieces into cheese mixture.
4. On tortilla, place a serving in the middle, about 2 1/2 inches from each side of shell.
5. Tuck sides in slightly and roll shell to seal the filling and hold in the cream cheese.
6. When all shells have been stuffed and rolled, place in refrigerator; chill to set filling.
7. In deep fryer heat vegetable oil.
8. When ready, place chimicheesecake in oil and fry until slightly golden, while carefully turning on each side.
9. Remove from oil.
10. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
11. Place chimicheesecake on cookie sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes.
12. Remove from oven and liberally sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture.
13. Serve cheesecake slightly warm with a scoop of ice cream and carmel topping drizzled on top.

Reese's Kindergarten Picture

Tag

I absolutely HATE Tags, but I will do it just for you Heather....

TAG!!!
1. Post the rules on your blog
2. Answer the six "8" items
3. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving them a comment

8 Favorite TV Shows:
1. The Office
2. Grey's Anatomy
3. Rescue Me
4. Days of our Lives (have to admit it, but I have no idea what it going on)
5. Anything on Food Network
6. Old Martha Stewart Living Shows, not the new talk show (don't make fun of me!)
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8 Things I did yesterday
1. Got Reese ready for School, put her on the bus at 7:25
2. Left the house at 8:30 to take Ash to school
3. Went to the YMCA and worked out a little and lifted weights
4. Picked Ash up, went home and made lunch
5. Put Kailyn to bed, started getting really bad contractions, so I took a nap
6.Got Reese off the Bus, and did homework with her
7. Cleaned up the house and put kids in bath
8. 8:00 kids bedtime! Put them to bed. And then layed in bed for the next 4 hours having contractions and wanting to throw up.

8 Things I'm Looking Forward to:
1. Not being pregnant!
2. Kailyn to be potty trained
3. All the cooking and baking I get to do for the Holidays!
4. Christmas!
5. My house to be finished....
6. Bunko at my house! (Still plan on doing it even if I get put on bed rest!)
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8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Tokyo Japan
2. Nagasaki Inn
3. The Giant Crab place in Myrtle Beach
4. Los Bravos
5. hmmm.... having a hard time thinking about this....
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8 Things on my Wish List
1. My house to be finished
2. A giant Wolfe Stove like my moms
3. To not have a heat bill that is over $1000...
4. Go to France with Brian
5. To be a Chef for a really nice restaurant
6. To raise happy righteous children
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8 People I Tag

Anybody who wants to do it!


Wow, I really sucked at this thing....

The cow says....MOO (baby update)

This is the Baby Belly at just about 30 wks. Yes, I know, I'm huge. (Reese took the picture, she did a good job)

So I had a Doctor's Appt this morning, I am officailly considered a "High Risk Pregnancy". (Hurray for me!) The baby is huge and I have been having lots of contractions. The baby is in the 90% right now and will most likely be WAY over 9 lbs when she is born. The doctor is concerned about her size, so now I get to have Ultrasounds with every doctors appt until I give birth. About the contractions: I am "supposed" to stay off my feet laying down for most of the day, because when I move or walk around too much the contractions start up and last for a couple hours and then I feel like I am going to into labor.

Other than that, the baby is fine and healthy, there is no problem with her. Just that she is a cow...