My Sweet Kiddos!

I know, I know.....I haven't posted in over 2 months! Yikes.....where did the last 2 months go? I'm not complaining though because I am sooo ready to have this baby!! My husband's cousins took these pictures of my kiddos and I just had to share, I LOVE them! Aren't they just precious!

So what have I been doing that I haven't been blogging? I'm now 8 months pregnant and feel (and look) like I could "POP" anytime! I've been busy....don't worry! I'm still doing some stamping, but have taken a well needed break. I have my pictures almost all organized and put into the scrapbooks just ready for me to scrapbook them. I wanted to get this accomplished before Baby Emelia got here and I think I might actually get it finished, unless she decides to come early!

I have her baby announcement designed with some help from my Mom. I even got the chance to get together with a new friend to scrapbook last week and we had a lot of fun so we are getting together next week again! I've also been busy at work and have been working more than my usual 2 day work week.

The house is coming along too. The house is almost all closed in and only has the windows in the basement and our front and side door to go! The weather hasn't been very cooperative to get a ton done and we got hit Sunday night with a terrible storm. We didn't have much damage, but our friends and neighbors did so Dave has been using his toy, his JLG, to assist in the cleanup. We didn't have power from Sunday night through noon on Tuesday! That was fun!

Maybe I won't be too long between posts this time. I have stamp club next Wed so I will try to share my creation with you!

Thanks for stopping by!

Ava is 5!

Ava turned 5 on April 7th and had a few friends to a pool party at a local hotel. It was an owl theme if you can't tell by the cake. The cake is made from rice crispy treats and then covered with frosting, oreo cookies, and mini m&m's for the eyes.Ava got a "Happy Birthday" banner too! It was hard to get a good picture with all the sunlight coming in through the window!The hotel let us have their breakfast area for the evening and it worked out perfectly for all of our family and friends.Here are my first attempt at Owl Pops! They were a lot of fun (and work) to make, but they turned out so cute and are very yummy! Here's Ava, Mommy, and Kale swimming before the party began. Kale was stuck to me and didn't let go nearly the entire time. Ava loves to swim and had a ball with all of her friends!

Here's Kale playing on the luggage cart!

Ava got so many nice gifts and has her spring and summer wardrobe taken care of!

Here's Ava and two of her friends listening as she reads her birthday card!

And....here's the whole gang! It was a great party and Ava even thanked me the next day! She did tell me on our walk Sunday that she felt older!

Ava's 5 year highlights!

Loves to write her letters and numbers

Knows her alphabet, upper and lower and can count well past 100

Loves to do math, can add in her head and likes to do addition problems

Can read simple books

Still loves to play with her dolls

Has learned how to blow bubbles with bubble gum

Can snap her fingers

Ties her shoes

Wears size 6 clothes and size 12 to 13 shoes

Good eater

Sleeps well in her bed

Likes going to pre-school 3 days a week

We still call her Chicky and Ava Girl

Her favorite color is pink

Loves flip flops, lipgloss, and doing her own hair

Has a sassy attitude, but can be sweet as can be!

Loves to make cards with Mommy

Very creative and getting into drawing

Loves playing with her brother, Kale and even fights with him

We are so glad that we got to celebrate Ava's birthday as we lost our Ethan right before he turned 5! It is such a joy to watch our kids grow up! This fall she will start kindergarten and is very excited!

March Fun!

Kale loves to yell for Dada and this is what he was doing over the weekend when we were playing outside! Dave yells back at him from the "new house" and Kale thinks that is sooo funny!

Ava was having fun on her skooter and decided that she should try on Daddy's boots! You just never know what outfit Ava is going to have on!

Here's my sweet Kale just smiling in his car seat!

Ava's big highlight of March is that she learned how to blow bubbles! We go through a lot of bubble gum at our house!

Here is Kale this morning before I left for work drinking his bottle and wearing his shades! The kid's Easter outfits arrived today. I LOVE them and Ava loves her new shoes. I can't believe they sat still long enough for a picture. I am now on the hunt for a dress for our new little one....that's right, we are having a little GIRL! Amelia Rose should be here to meet us around the beginning of August and we can't wait. Ava is on cloud 9 knowing that she is going to have a little sister!

Check out Ava's shoes! She wants to know if Daddy and I are going to wear orange!

My Sweet Girl posing for her Mama!

I STAMPED!!!

I wanted to finally share a few cards with you. This one is what we made at stamp club last night. I was inspired by Laurie Schmidlin's card here. It was a fun card to make and a little more vintage than I usually do. We used SU's music wheel too so that was fun! This is Ava's 5th Birthday invitation. I LOVE how this turned out and Ava does too. She is getting to have a swimming party with some of her little friends. I used SU's new Punch Fun stamp set with the owl punch. It's just a fun cheery card, perfect for her birthday!

We got to spend the morning with my nephew taking his 1 month pictures. It's hard to believe that he is 1 month old already! It is almost 70 here today and we are loving it. We aren't outside yet, but will be later on....hopefully if it doesn't start storming. Kale is napping and then Ava has gymnastics. The horses seem to be enjoying the nice weather too. Have a great day!

Check Out These Look Alikes!

Kale is 16 months here in the same size "3T" shirt and Ethan is 20 months! Ava had just been born in April of 2007 and Kale will be 21 months when our new baby is born this August!

March is Here!

Here is what our house looked like this morning from the kitchen window of our current house. You can now start to see the beginnings of our second floor! So glad that spring is almost here! Here is Kale David with his new "wee squeek shoes". They drive Dave nuts because they squeak everytime he takes a step. You can take the squeaker out, but it is much more fun this way!

This is a picture of my little nephew's "crazy" hair. He is such a doll and has hair like you wouldn't believe and it is soooo blond. I just finished up the announcements for him today! Of course I didn't get a picture, but I will share soon!

Here is my cowgirl being goofy! Kale had been running around with her hat on so she decided it was time for me to take her picture!

And here is Ava giving her brother a kiss before she hops on the bus for preschool! They can be so sweet to each other at times!

Now I'm off to work on Ava's birthday invitations while Kale is napping! I have a "TON" of laundry to fold, but it will wait.....it always does! Hope everyone has a good weekend!

I'm "So Big"!

I've had a super busy week here, but wanted to share one of my favorite photos that I took of Kale. My sister-in-law taught him to do this "trick". Here is Kale doing his new trick! He won't do it everytime you ask, but it is sooo cute when he does.

We also have a new little addition to our family! My brother and his wife had a new little guy, Dax Thomas! He was born on Valentine's Day and is just adorable with tons and tons of blond hair. Here's a picture of Ava and I holding Dax. Kale calls him "Night Night" because he is always sleeping. He also pats on my belly and says "Night Night"!

This will be another busy week. I'm going to work a little extra just because I have some projects that need to get finished up. I just finished up today 38 wedding shower invites, next up is 75 baby announcements, and then Ava's birthday invitations. She is getting to have a swimming party with her friends at a hotel and is super excited! Her card is going to be an owl theme! Hopefully I'll get a chance to share some of my creations with you! Hope everyone has a great week!