BOYS

I have been absent from writing blogs for quite some time. I generally only write a blog when there is big news, vital news, and important news. I tend to bask in the attention and excite over all the comments posted remarking on my witty views. This post I expect nothing less. Kel is an expert filling in the two year gaps of Moulton information that I cannot think of a clever interpretations.

So…You guessed it. This is huge news. This is crucial news. This is essential news that I steal the privilege of proclaiming. Kel I’m sure will, and I request, fill you in on gaps of information that the male translations will omit. I will get the good stuff out in the open.

BOYS!!! LOTS AND LOTS OF BOYS!!! Kel is incubating, with 90% accuracy, two non-identical twin males. As you can tell, I am excited. Kel…she is excited that there are 20 fingers, 20 toes, eight chambers of the heart. Relax. I know most of the readers are women. Please… stop huffing and puffing and blowing houses down. I would have been happy with healthy little princess girls. I would have loved the drama queen bedtimes. I would have treasured the tears when Sally told Becky that Susie’s boyfriend was bi-lingual and Becky didn’t know Spanish. I would have relished the money spent on two weddings within days of each other. I would have cherished it all.

Don’t get me wrong…I love Haddyn. I wouldn’t trade her for anything but a fair price. She means everything to me and has me wrapped around her pretty little finger. BUT…I wasn’t looking forward to living in a dark unfinished basement with Stetson until estrogen levels had subsided. This turn of events is better for everyone involved. Haddyn will be my fairytale princess. Kel can have a husband live upstairs, although at times I’m sure she would prefer the plan taken with two girls. EVERYONE is HAPPY!!!

Now the fun begins…NAMES. None of which I have had any luck with winning Kel over. She didn’t like Finn and Sawyer. She scoffed at Bill and Ted. She said DeTray and DeTroy were too ethnic. Butcher and Baker made her crave snacks. Cain and Able made here choose a favorite. Mario and Luigi were too Italian. I thought I had a struck the gold mine when I suggested Avada and Kedavra after watching a Harry Potter trailer. Out of pure spite I threw in Bull and Dozer just to get a “look.” SO…the rule is if you comment on this blog, leave name suggestions. We do have one name we like…Case John (because of Case tractors and John Deere tractors). If you can think of a name that goes with that brilliance, then all the better. If not you choose and get the chance to have named our BOYS!!!

Some Fun Projects...

This post is long overdue and these projects were actually done before Easter, but I am just getting back "up" on life without feeling sick all day, every day. See, I decided to make Haddyn's skirt for Easter this year and I also wanted to make my first ragtime quilt for my friend Sissy's baby, who was due just after Easter. Well, I had no idea I was going to get pregnant and want to barf every day, multiple times actually, so it was purely amazing that I started on each of these projects back in January. (Mostly because I know that I TEND to procrastinate) Good thing I did...that is the only way they would have gotten finished--which they both did AND on time!! Yay for Kelli!
Here are some pics of the ragtime quilt. My sister, Dana, actually helped me quite a bit with the cutting and sewing the squares together, because I had not made this kind if quilt before, but I sewed all of the squares into rows and all of the rows into the blankie!! Then came the fun part...A LOT of cutting! It was fun, but really time consuming! I have enough squares to make another one, but I haven't gotten enough ambition to even attempt starting it. Here are some pics: (Before Wash) (After Wash):The best part was, when I was finished this is seriously what was left on my spool--talk about cutting it close!
Now on to Haddyn's skirt...
1-) Sew material into a skirt.2-) Hand sew the 3 layers of material into a flower.(Just checking size and arrangement)3-) Sew ribbon around skirt and
4-) Hand sew finished flower on. TADA!!!This was my first time following a pattern and it wasn't too bad. There is a lot of language to learn, but it was a fun process. I probably won't be making a habit out of this right away, considering I have two more babies on their way, but I am excited to have a sewing machine now! That makes it a lot easier to make projects as I want and at my slow speed without worrying about getting someone's machine back to them. Thanks for the awesome Christmas present babe!!

A Little Warm Weather

I'm sorry I've been slacking a little lately, but I haven't really had much to blog about. We are keeping really busy, despite the fact that the weather pretty much STINKS. Scott has been working on getting french drains around the house so we can begin with the sprinkler system. I have actually been feeling a little less like puking every second of every day and therefore I have been able to keep up with my house and children a little better. Haddyn and Stetson are just as crazy as ever and would love to spend more time outside, if it would just stop raining and blowing.

I really need to start taking pictures of my pregnant self, since I'm looking A LOT more pregnant than I ever have at 17 weeks. I keep trying to reassure myself I have double, but it doesn't really work. We have an ultrasound next week where we will hopefully find out if the babies are identical or fraternal and how they are doing...as well as what sex they both are! I'm actually more nervous to make sure they are okay than I am excited to see what they are, but that will be fun too!

Here are a couple of pics of one of the only nice days we have had where the kids could go outside and play in our dirt yard. Big man Stets in his plaid shorts, striped shirt...oh, and the pink/purple cup is the coolest addition. :)Here is a fun addition of Stetson on a road trip...drinking water while washing his feet. Oh, and he just finished washing his head and left some tissue behind. HA! That kid doesn't say as much as his sister, but he is just as crazy. We have the cutest weird kids ever, what can I say?? Just wait to see what two at one time will be like!P.S.-these were off my phone and may not be the best quality ;)