Today's Teaching Moment

"Learning how to use a spoon"

The end result?? A bath immediately after supper and a momma who wished she could fit the highchair and kitchen table into the dishwasher. :)

A Quick Visit at Na Na and Poppa's

Greetings from NC! Just stopping by my parents' house for a quick visit before heading up to WV for a couple of church meetings. It's been 2 months since they've seen Clint so they're giving him a ton of spoiling. :)

So sleepy!

Time for Easter pics!

Meeting the kittens

Is it OK to think he's adorable?? :)

Eating a Popsicle

Opening his birthday gift from Na Na and Poppa

A water table!

In the Past 3 Weeks......

1) I haven't written a blog post.

2) I've turned another year older ( 30 is getting too close for comfort...)

3) Clint's top 2 teeth have finally decided to come through

4) Hubby has started getting busy with his lawn care business.

5) I broke down and finally turned on the AC ( an 85 degree house was just too hot for this pregnant woman to sleep in )

6) Hubby and I completed mini orientation at our mission board

7) I got my hair done as a birthday gift.

8) I found out that I'm going to be an aunt to a NEPHEW! Yay! This makes 3 grandsons for Dad and Mom. Also, my 3 cousins that are/were expecting this year are all having boys. You would think we had something against girls, aye?? :)

9) Hubby's brother got engaged. Looking forward to attending the wedding this fall!! ( Lord willing )

Hooray for Spring!! :)

Spring is finally here and I'm so excited! Spring for me means clothes drying on the line outside, warmer weather, staying light outside longer, flip-flops, short sleeves, my birthday ( I'm getting sooooooo old! ), jelly beans, springtime Oreos,......how did I get started on food?? Oh, yeah.....I'm pregnant. :)

Nothing much new is going on around here. I did have my monthly baby check-up a few days ago and thank the Lord, everything still seems to be fine. Won't be long now and I'll be going every 2 weeks. :)

I did try a homemade dishwasher detergent recently, but I'm not sure if I'm totally happy about it. It tends to make my dishes cloudy. Has anyone else had that problem? The recipe I used called for 1 part Borax and 1 part washing soda. I've had streaky dishes before with name brand stuff from the store so what is the lesser of the 2 evils? Eating/drinking out of cloudy dishes from the store brand or from the stuff you make at home? *sigh* They both sound distasteful to me.

Speaking of recipes, I do have a pizza crust recipe that I'm quite happy with. "Happy" because this one actually rises for me. :) You can look it over to see if it's something that would be worth a try. (NOTE: I do make it with 3 1/4 C of white whole wheat flour instead of part wheat/part all-purpose. I also increase the salt to 2 tsp instead of 1 tsp ).

Clint and I also put up a bunch of organic carrots I got free the other day. I peeled, chopped, cooked, pureed, and froze them while he sat on the floor playing with the peelings. :) Some of them will be used for part of Clint's lunch and the rest for various recipes in the near future.

All for now! Need to hang a load of clothes on the line before it gets too late.

Weekly Family Update

It's seems like one post a week is all I'm giving you lately, but I guess it's better than nothing. :)

We're still staying busy traveling while on deputation and we currently have 8% of the funds raised for the ministry in New Mexico. God has continued to give us traveling mercies and has provided the funds for our every expense ( aren't these gas prices crazy? ). We hope to move out there sometime next summer.

I took Clint to his 12 month check-up today and he made it well known that he NO longer likes doctors. On top of that he had to have some blood work done. Poor kid! :( Never fear! He soon forgot all about it and was back to tearing the house up once we returned home. :)

On the way back from the Dr. I stopped in at Hobby Lobby to see if there was anything I wanted to spend my gift card on. My parents had given it to me at Christmas so yes, I can be slow when it comes to spending gift cards. :) Lo and behold, I did find a couple of western wall hangings for the living room and some western wall clings that were 80% off. I'll probably end up putting those in the boys' room and possibly in the hall bath. I love decorating!

I also stopped by Kroger and got the 30 items pictured below for tax ONLY. Can't beat that, aye?

I think that's about all the news for now..........our baby is due just 4 months from today. We're really looking forward to meeting the little guy! :)

Happy Birthday, Clint!!

Clint's birthday is just a few days away, but we went ahead and celebrated it early due to us being out of town on the day of.

We got a Build-a-Bear certificate over Christmas, but I just got around to taking Clint there here recently. He is pictured above with his doggie.......not really a birthday present, but I thought it was too cute to not share with ya'll. :)

Watching Mommy make the cake

Taste test :)The finished product

Daddy and Mommy love you! Can't believe how big you are! :(

He hated our singing.......

..........but loved the cake. :)

What a mess!

"Beep, Beep".....he liked all the presents he received.

Enjoying the Gorgeous Weather!