BLAH

I haven't written in a while, and I think it is because I have been out of things to write. I would like to be like Cherst who can write about her day, but that is to hard, and to be honest my days have been pretty boring lately. I have been driving around my moms mini van since she has been in Utah, and I have to say that I could be okay owning one now. Anyway, mom is back now, we picked her up from DIA last night. This morning she and I took the kids to JoAnns to buy some fabric for the chairs that I am making for the kids for Christmas, and also some fleece for baby gifts while Mike finished the shelf above our entry door. There wasn't a great angle to get a picture so this is what you get. The to brown spots aren't white cause they are real wood. They will be painted though when we paint the whole thing white, unless we think we like the two tone look. Let us know what you think.

Later we took the kids to JCPenny's to finish acquiring the parts for the window treatments in the living room. We are still waiting for a shipment to come in. We need the elbow piece for the front rod for the bay window, and we need both rods for the single window. I think I am going to see if I can order them on-line so I wont keep being disappointed when they don't get them in.

*New topic* I bought some games to play with Emily, "Don't Spill the Beans", and "Don't Break the Ice." She loves playing them, and now that mom has been with us she has learned to say "big thumbs up." Well this afternoon we were trying to get her to actually do the thumbs up and she couldn't so she has been practicing. At first we would get the pointer finger and then she would have to concentrate on closing the pointer finger and stick up the thumb. It is kind of funny to watch so I need to takw a video.

I weighed in yesterday and lost a total of 5 pounds within the last 2 weeks. GO ME!!! I have now lost a total of 13.8 pounds. I fit my size 8 pants, and am loving being in them again, but sometimes I like to wear my 10's so I feel skinnier cause I have to pull them up. I know, pathetic. I don't think I can be any smaller than an 8 because my hips have gotten wider after 2 kids, and I started with wide hips. I hope to not have any pregnancies until I am at my pre-Emily weight which is about 10 more pounds. WOW, that looks like a lot when I read it, but I have to remind myself it has taken only a month and a half to lose what I have already lost.

RRRRRR!! Mordecai is awake. I am having trouble with getting him to stay asleep once we put him down, there is no reason he should be waking up. I decided he needs to cry it out so he will learn. He has been crying for about 11 min. and even though I did this with one kid already, Emily, it still tugs at my heart, so I had to turn the monitor down and only glance at it to see if the lights have stopped :( They haven't. If there is any advice from expert parents, please fill me in.