Happy Birthday Jacob!!

Happy Birthday Love!

Just want to let you know that you are wonderful. You work so hard at work AND school. We are so proud of you. You are handsome, funny, and are much adored by me and Gabriel. Thank you for being such an important part of our life.

And what did my hubby want for His B-day besides money for an Iphone? Maternity pants!

But, Mommy. You're Old...

Out of the mouths of babes. The things this clever little man comes up with make me laugh everyday. What a Joy.

We were at the grocery store and I can't lift Gabriel up now (due to the baby in my tummy), so he just has to walk unless there are those car carts. There was a car cart, but I would have had to lift him up into it...

So he then runs to one of the motorized sitting carts. I say that it's for old people that can't walk very well.

"But Mommy, you're old"

Another one was yesterday in the car. 

"Mommy, look! I decorated my face!"

I glance in the mirror and see that he has a fruit snack behind each ear, one stuck to his forehead, and one stuck to his nose. 

The other day we were talking about the meat in the spaghetti sauce and Gabriel knows what animals the different meats come from. I realized that he didn't know how we get the meat.

He's a bright kid, so I thought I'd give it a try.I explain it to how we get the meat, and he laughs really hard because he thinks I'm teasing him.

He thinks for a minute,

"Mom, do the pigs poop out the meat?"

Frosty the Snow Dolphin, Yes, Dolphin

The snow we got a week and a half ago was a perfect opportunity to build something. Now, I discovered long ago that it was always more fun to build a whale, or a T-Rex in the sand instead of a castle. Naturally i would feel the same about snow-people. Although our crazy haired snowman from last year was fun, this year I talked Gabriel into something else, we made a snow dolphin with waves and everything. I did forget to take a picture before he melted. Oops, just use your imagination:)

A snow Angel...

My snow angel:)

Quilts, Quilts, Quilts

One thing that I started working on long ago, just after Brian died, were some quilts for his family. It was hard at first, cutting up shirts and pants that I had so many fond memories of him in and was told to put them away for awhile. I did and I am so glad that I did, however, I figured it was about time to finish them and be done. 

  I am so happy with the way they turned out, the first two pictures to, are the one I gave to Pauline.

 

This one was for Erv and Debbie. The center is a from a pair of hunting overalls of Brian's.

Pitter Patter of a little Pippin

Yes, I am still alive. The Holidays were crazy and fatigue was overwhelming for me. Yes, I am PREGNANT!! WE are super excited! Gabe wants a little brother and wants to name him "Banana Head". He says that if it is a girl he wants to name her.." Banana Head". Silly boy. 

I am just over three months and the current due date is July 21st.

Christmas was great, it was a week long affair and I got a Cricut!! Thanks to everybody! saved up money and Christmas money made it possible. I'm super excited!

Hope all of yours were good. Love you all!

In Stitches

Thanks alot Orvis. Here I am trying to implement discipline on my little one and he was NOT HELPING!! It sure is hard to think about why you are in Time-Out when your dog sits on you! That is why we love him, he makes us laugh, both of them.

Poor Orvis  had a little accident in the backyard. Here is our Conehead puppy with 16 stitches on his foot. He's milking it all he can:)

Love all of you! and Happy Holidays!

Love the Pippins

Cheat'n Steal'n Pumpkin Peel'n

Happy Halloween!

So, Halloween morning we wake up and those perfect pumpkins on our front doorstep were gone, yes, gone, stolen, (I think I saw Gabe's little one smashed on the street corner). Gabe was upset, but I was a Momma Bear. I was so angry, but obviously there was nothing I could do about it. One thing I love about my sweet hubby is that we have the same view on child raising. We took the experience to remind us that among the many things we try to teach Gabriel, one of them is respect for other people's property. 

 It's like that 8 year old kid who was taking McCain signs off of people's property. One guy rigged up a shock fence (just a little one, like  when you stick your tongue on a 9v battery). The kid went to cross his property and got a surprise. Now, if that were my kid I would ask him what he was doing on someone's property and there would be consequences, but no, the dad showed up, probably the one to tell his son to take down the signs.I don't know of all the details, but he chewed the property owner out. I am thankful for my wonderful parents who taught me respect for others and their things.

Okay, blah, blah blah. 

Jake was able to get off of work early and come treating with us. It took about seven houses for Gabe to get the hang of it, but he had a blast. Oh, my proud Mommy moment would be that all the other kids were running across the yards and through flower beds, and Gabriel would stick to the driveways and walkways.

As we started out he learned that he didn't like going up to doors with other kids. One time he "biffed" it because he was trying to beat a ten year old to the door.  The next house Gabe stayed next to me by the road and said that he wanted to wait til they were done. That made me laugh. He's a smart one. His Indiana Jones costume was a hit. I was surprised I didn't see more of them. Our last stop was Nana and Papa's house where Gabe helped Papa pass out candy. Great fun night! Love you all!