Rough Week

This last week, Gray had RSV and an ear infection, Diesel had pink eye (yuck) and an ear infection and I had to say good-bye to Brady for another Army training cycle. This time around he will be gone for 19 weeks (5 months)...... and I have three kids. What am I doing?? We just saw him off yesterday so I am having a pity party today. Our last family home evening, we sat down and made a list of 19 big activities we would do each week as a countdown (Brady's great idea). So I started yet another blog called 19 Activities that will list what we do and show some pictures. This is more for Brady to see what we are up to, but you are welcome to take a peek if you are interested.

http://www.waitingfordad.blogspot.com

Eye of the Tiger

So with Brady leaving soon, we have had fun going to the gym every morning.  He made a great playlist on our ipod and my motivation is high.  Skinny jeans here I come!!  Check out my Fitness Fridays blog if you are interested.

  http://www.denasfitnessfridays.blogspot.com

Fitness Fridays

Ok, so I am starting a new blog called Fitness Fridays.  Every Friday I will "check in" with myself; weigh-in and evaluate my nutrition plan for the week.  I will also post a fitness/nutrition tip.  This is not my new year's resolution, but my postpartum resolution!   Stay tuned......

Happy Birthday to my kids!

November and December are busy months for us.  Gray was born Nov 10th, Maddie turned 5 Nov 11th, and Diesel turned 3 Dec 11th.  (I must only be fertile in February and March:)

Aunt Candace took Maddie on a birthday shopping/lunch extravaganza!  She got to pick out a new dress at Nordstrom, go out to lunch, buy a divine cupcake and her favorite part, wear a tiara!!  Thanks Candace! 

Diesel had his birthday at Jungle Jim's.  Okay, it was a little bit dirty for us adults but the kids didn't notice and had a blast.  Diesel had a black eye on his fun day-totally not our fault. 

IT'S A GIRL!!!

My 12 minute baby: Gray was born on Tuesday, November 10th.  (A day before Maddie's 5th birthday).  She weighed 8 lbs 5 oz and was 19.5 inches long.  I started having contractions at 1:30 Tuesday morning and woke Brady up at 3:30 am to go to the hospital.  We threw the kids and our bags in the car, called my parents and dropped the kids off in the middle of the road off of the freeway.  Madeline was so excited and poor Diesel looked sad and confused.  We got to the hospital at 4:50am (thanks to Brady's wicked driving skills and going 110 mph!!!).  She was born 12 minutes later at 5:02.  I still can't believe I was only in labor for 3 1/2 hours.  

Oh the Gluttony!!

Oh how we love Halloween!! We had a great day. The kids LOVED trick-or-treating, of course! I told them a story about the polite pumpkin that would go around and take little kids candy if they didn't say "thank-you, Happy Halloween!" so they were very grateful all night! I think Diesel got the biggest kick out of going from house to house and receiving candy at each one-what a concept!! Here is Maddie in costume #1-Glenda the Good Witch and Diesel is obviously Thomas the Train. They got to gorge themselves with as much candy as their rotten little teeth desired-when else can we do this?? I definitely consumed my weight in sugar that night.
At Grandma's work party with a cake they helped to decorate-we actually won $25 in a contest! Of course, there were only 3 cakes entered.

Maddie in costume #2-Snow White.

With grandma at the party. They got to decorate pumpkins and eat tons of goodies!
Halloween spooky story-time at the library. Maddie in costume #3-Dorothy. It is good to see that they actually do love each other!
Maddie in costume#4-Snow Princess Cinderella-signature pose! This is what she wore to her pre-school Halloween party. (I did not buy her any of these costumes-my mom had made most of them and she's received them as gifts over time. We went real cheap this year!)Big D finding his pumpkin at the pumpkin patch-he wanted a little one.Maddie was looking for the perfect pumpkin to carve.I totally love fall and would love it even more if I would have this baby!! Here I am with about 3 days until my due date and I'm ready to get on with the show. Any tips on inducing labor at home let me know!

An Affair To Dismember......

So I hosted this year's Harris Family Murder Mystery Party. It was so fun-isn't Halloween the greatest?? Everyone did really good getting into character and it was a blast!

Here's the gang-Bryant, Kamille, Austin, Patrick, Brady, Dena, Robin, Cathy-very spooky!!

Cathy (scary dentist), Kamille (glamorous witch), Dena (some Euro chick??)

Maddie and I. (She wanted to dress up as a witch even though she wasn't technically invited!)

Maddie and Grandma:)

On another note, here are the kids at an elephant parade to celebrate the circus in town.

And at The Museum of Natural History-really fun frog exhibit! The kids like this museum, but Diesel always gets a little freaked out by the dinosaur that talks with a mechanical voice when you feed it money!!