Just a great day

So today I had my first official outting(other than the daily trips to see P) and I got to go to Target. It was about a 30 minute trip and that was enough for me. I wanted to "borrow" Heidi Swapp's very cool craft idea for entertaining the kids through summer. The girls are having a ball with the new crayons and markers and what not. Then we took it a step farther and put a clear plastic table cloth over the entire table to protect it while the kids are coloring. Then when they are done they can slide their pic under it and TADA we have a kitchen table adorned with beautiful pics from our favorite artists. :)

Then Paul and I went to see Preston. It was amazing. He was wide awake when we got there. He was waving his arms around and sucking on his hands. He seemed so "normal" today. He took the first part of his bottle and then finished the rest through his tube. He even gave us a few little cries. What a precious sound that was for us. We haven't heard him cry since the first few minutes after he was born. He is really doing well and hopefully we will soon be a party of 7 at home.

Here is a cute little pic his Daddy took. Please continue to keep out little guy in your prayers. :)

6th baby and I feel like a ROOKIE????

Our newest addition quickly made his way into the world on Friday May 18th. We got to the hospital around 1pm and by 6 pm he was being delivered via c-section(my first). He was 34 weeks to the day. He was taken directly to the nicu where he still remains. Everyday he hits a new milestone. At this point we are dealing with a little jaundice and he has a tube in his nose for eating. He does about half of his feedings through a bottle and the rest through the tube. We are hoping and praying that he comes home very soon. He is doing fantastic and was just a little early to have to deal with breathing, eating, swallowing and everything at once. Please keep our little Preston Lee in your prayers!

Preston Lee

born May 18th

weighing 5lbs 3oz

18.5 inches long

6:06pm

Is someone fooling me or is April really almost over???

WOW, I cannot believe April is ending this weekend. Crazy. The time is just flying by right now.

I took a little time last night and worked on 2 layouts. I used the same colors so I could have the pages side by side. I usually don't scrap 2 page layouts but they look so much nicer to me. So the first one is Preston's ultrasound and the second if a very brave belly pic layout. I never, ever have done these with the other kids becasue of not wanting my pic taken when I look "that" pregnant but I bit the bullet and went ahead and tried one. I know I love the pic of my mom pregnant with me in her swimsuit by the pool. We looked so cute huh Mom. :0) Anyway, Victoria actually took the pic for me. I guess we had a photography class that day. LOL

We had a great dr. appt today and now all the rest of my appts. are scheduled. Our little guy will be here before we even know it. :)

Hope you have a great day, Heidi

Sasha 1st photo shoot

Sasha has had a big day today. She started off early this morning by being introduced to Gus. Gus is an 8 month old Pug that lives 2 doors down. We are very partial to our little Sasha and think she is the most beaufiful Pug we've seen but I gotta tell ya that Gus is a looker. They both were so excited to meet each other. Gus just strolled right up to our front door and I'm sure we'll be seeing him back. LOL

So Miss Sasha was feeling pretty good about herself today. So when the kids went down their nap I took her in the office to do a mim photo shoot. I found some great fabric at WalMart last night that I thought would be so fun for backdrops when I take pics of the kids. I was so anxious to see what it would like so I grabbed Sasha and started taking some pics. She is just so cute. I took about 5 pics just to see how they would turn out. I am pretty happy. Can't wait to experiment with the kiddos. They are always such willing little subjects. LOL

Happy Thursday!!!!

Botanical Garden Field Trip

Last Friday we went to the Desert Botanical Garden. Paul had free passes from AMEX so we figured what did we have to lose. I have to admit I am not a fan of the desert wildlife. I would much prefer to be looking at palm trees and ocean waves but.........we had a fantastic time. The weather was beautiful, the kids were awesome and the plants were actually pretty cool. My favorite cactus is one that resembles and octopus. It was creepy and cool at the same time.

The best part for all of us was the Butterfly Encounter. You go inside this huge screenhouse and there are TONS of butterflies flying around. 2 of them landed on Paul which the kids loved. Some of the butterflies were just HUGE! The colors were amazing. God must have had so much fun when he made butterflies.

I was really proud of the kids. It wasn't the most exciting field trip but they had so much fun. They are still talking about it.......but I guess so am I. LOL

So here is the layout that I did last night.

Have a SUPER day!!!

Broke my streak

So last night I was doing a little cyber shopping and found this really cool flame paper from atomic cupcake. I so LOVE her stuff! I remembered that Cathy had just sent me a pic of Jeffrey driving a Ford GT. So I opened up photoshop and got busy. It felt great to get a little scrapping done. I don't think I have done any since we did that book for my Dad back in November. Oh my gosh, is that crazy.

Victoria finished her spelling book today. Yahhhooo!! It feels great to have one subject completely done! She was so thrilled and then asked me when her new book is coming. LOL

Man, I wish you could hear Sasha snoring on my bed. It is making me so sleepy. LOL 9 more hours and I can go to bed.

Well, hope you have a really nice springy day!

Tired...........

I am more tired this pregnancy than ever before. Hmmm, I wonder why? I mean I wake up tired. I love being pregnant and feel so incredibly blessed to be but I am POOPED!!!! I told my Dr. that I was feeling really tired this time around and he lovingly told me I should feel better when Preston goes to college. :) :) :)
We did get a few things done this weekend. I ordered all of the girls' curriculum for next year. I have spent hours and I mean hours researching so many different kinds of books and what not. Last year we chose a "boxed" curriculum which is pretty much everything you need for the year. Super for a rookie homeschooler like me. This coming year thought I wanted to try something a little different. So now we are doing an "eclectic" style piecing things together. It's pretty scary at first having no one to tell you exactly what you need to buy for your child. So I tried to really listen to what God was guiding us toward. So after spending all day yesterday online, I can say that everythhing is DONE! I feel so great about it too. My goal is to finish our year up this month and then start our next year in May. With our summers being so hot having something to do during the day seems to make sense to us.
One of the books we are using is Apologia Zoology 2 which explores some of the animals God created on the 5th day. The author has an amzing style of writing that just sucks you in. Like did you know that the blue whale has a heart the size of a VW Bug? Or that it has veins so large you could swim through them. Crazy huh! Look forward to more of my little tidbit this year. LOL
Well, Preston has decided to park himself right under my ribs so I think I am going to go lay down with the boys and watch "Cars". Such a great movie to round out our Nascar Sunday.