Happy New Year

Yes, I am aware it is already March, but I am a little behind in the blogging world. Sorry, I will try to do better!

Here are some pictures from our "rockin" New Years Eve party. We had food, fun, fellowship and Tinkerbell. I think the party ended around 10:00 when everyone started heading home. Who knew at the age of 32 I wouldn't be able to stay up until midnight.

The kiddos on a pallet in the floor watching Tinkerbell, having some quiet time.

Michael and Ash obviously engrossed in Tinkerbell

Baby Selby sacked out early....she isn't quite the party animal, yet.



These pictures are totally unrelated to our New Years Eve party, I just loved their new fire fighter shirts. Since Uncle Colby is a fire fighter, we had to have some shirts like his!

See it? See it? It says.....MFD...Memphis Fire Department

See my shirt...Love my shirt!

10 Things Tuesday

It has been a long time since I have done one of these. I guess I am not feeling very thankful here lately, shame on me.


1. Z-Pack. I am feeling so much better. Almost like a human being again.

2. My husband finally got his pay situation at work straightened out.

3. G2 Gatorade, Love it, Love it, Love it!

4. Mother's Day Out. Watch out, I am going to the bathroom alone....at least for 5 hours today.

5. I am thankful for our generator since we are still without power.

6. My husband, who built a new fuel tank that would keep the generator from having to be filled up for 3 days. He is a GENIUS!

7. All the utility workers who are STILL working hard to get power restored to us rural people.

8. Oatmeal....warm and filling.

9. My husband for taking good care of me and the kiddos while I was puny.....2 weekends in a row. I think he is starting to suspect something.

10. Hugs and sugars from my kiddos...man I missed those while I was still contagious.

Winter Blast '09

Well, we do not get KAIT, but I have heard rumors of this ice storm being called Winter Blast '09. Clever, clever folk at KAIT. We started getting rain/ice Monday night and is just kind of got worse from there. Thankfully Brian has a generator to run for our heat, fridge, TV, Internet, and lights. We have to use lights and everything else sparingly, but who cares, I am warm! We also have hot water and warm showers....and of course the ever important electricity to run my flat iron...hehehehe

I have a feeling it will be a LONG time until they get to us way out in the middle no where, but my husband has made sure we are warm. Thank goodness for that!

These Pictures are Tuesday Morning

These are Wednesday Morning, what a difference a day makes

Cousin Jake is Wearing What???

My sister brought Jake over last weekend for a day of play while our husbands worked. The kiddos had a great time, and Joy and I really enjoyed visiting. The reason for this post is not to tell you that, but to show these pictures of my nephew, which I am sure my brother in law is going to kill me for and Jake one day will be furious over. Isn't this what aunts are supposed to do?

It is so hard to walk in heels while wearing a unicorn.

Queen Jake, Witch Sarah, and Cinderella Molly

The bride and the witch....now that is a scary picture!

Molly the Kitty Cat?

The girls and I have not felt well this week and thankfully because I am able to stay home with them when they rest, so can I. Yesterday we were all three having a rough day so I decided to lay down with the girls to help them go to sleep quickly for their nap. There tends to be WAY less playing if I lay down with them and it helps get them a better, longer nap.

So I laid down with Molly and she cuddles up to me and starts licking her hand and rubbing her face. Licking the front of her hand and the back of her hand and rubbing all over her cheeks. I smiled and asked her what she was doing and she told me she had something sticky on her face and she was just washing her face. We don't have a cat and I am not sure where she saw that, but it looked like my 3 year old was a cat grooming herself.

What's under your bed?

Instead of being productive and working or cleaning, I am blogging. Shhhh, don't tell my husband who never reads my blog so would only know if someone snitched on me.

Unfortunately, we have a TV in our bedroom. We very rarely watch it, but every now again we turn it on. We were trying to find the remote the other night when Brian suggested we look under the bed. Fear immediately swept my face since I knew I NEVER clean under my bed. Really, never, never, never. We have one of those sleep number beds (advertised by the talented Lyndsay Wagner) and they have a base under them rather than a frame so it is really hard to clean under them....excuse, excuse, excuse.

Anyway, this is what I found under my bed.

Yes, this is an entire collection of hair thingies as they are called in the Stahl house. Notice they are all different colors, shapes, and sizes so it is not just a pkg of them, but a collection. I was thrilled because I am always looking for one. Of course these are going to have to be run through the wash first since they are covered in hair or dust....or both, but still VERY usable.

2 used and very loved pacifiers. Talk about making my uterus ache. I love pacifiers and the way sweet babies look sucking on them and the sounds....oh, just so sweet.

There were MANY other things under my bed, but these were picture and post worthy. I think I will go and be productive now.....maybe even clean under my bed.

What is under your bed?

The Last Time???

I am typing this blog feeling a bit sorry for myself. I am looking around at my close friends and there are so many who are pregnant or about to welcome a new baby into their homes. I am so excited for them, of course, but a little sad for me. Having twins is the only thing I know and it has been fantastic. We won't be having anymore so there are so many first and last times that are my first and last......last. We have so many more firsts, but thinking about the ones when they were babies is making me weepy tonight.

My list of first times that I won't ever have again that are making me weepy tonight

1. The first ultrasound of my pregnancy

2. The first time I felt my babies move while I was pregnant

3. The first time my girls nursed (one of my ALL time favorite firsts)

4. The first time my girls slept through the night

5. The first time they ate cheerios

6. The first time they turned over on their own

7. The first time they walked

8. Their first REAL words

9. My first mother's day

10. Their first christmas

11. The first gut wrenching time I left them with a babysitter (my mom) to go on a date with my husband

12. The first time each of them said "I love you" to me

These are such special first memories....I am not feeling quite as weepy as I was before.