First trip to the Dentist

Wow is all I can say.. We went to Eva and Kiara's first dentist appoint to a place in Willsonville. "Dentistry for Kids!" And boy do they mean it.. Right when you walk in it is all about kids! The waiting room was nothing but for kids. They had a huge kitchen area, ship area and a huge doll house that was bigger then the girls. They were fully entertained while I filled out my paper work on a computer! Then when it was time.. The Dentist came and got the girls.. Not the assistant! I was very happy about that.. He sat down with the girls in the waiting room and talked with them a bit before taking us back.

Once back they got a baggy and got to fill it with a toothbrush of there choice (princess of course!) and floss and a tooth mirror. Then they both got to choose what flavor of cleaning paste they got. Cherry was the choice for both. Eva was first.. She listened and did just what he asked and they cleaned her teeth, took x-rays and flossed. He was great with her.. Let her feel all the instruments on her hand first. She got to watch Wall-E movie, but was more interested in what he was doing. Now look at the picture on the bottom left... yes that is a refreshment case with popsicles and icecream!! What.. I have never seen this!! The girls walked right past it!! :) They even had a refrigerator in the waiting room with stuff in it if you wanted it.. The girls picked out waters~!

Then it was Kia's turn after playing around in the room next to eva and in the hallway. it is all kind of open which is nice. I dont think she was suppose to be on the giraffe, but Todd could not resist! Boy it took a little talking with Eva for her to warm up to the Dentist, but once she did it was fine..

Then after the Dentist took picures of them and made them Certificates for their first visit, he took them to the Prize area.. Holy cow.. now my first time to the Dentist was not even close to this!! I could not believe they got to choose from this stash of goodies. Both girls settled on a box that had sunglasses and a pink watch in it.

Todd walked out of there and said "we will never go anywhere else for them!!" This place is great. I was mostly impressed with the Dentist himself.. The assistant did not do anything but write down stuff about their teeth. He did it all. And that is what impressed me!

Finally...

Oh My Gosh!! I am sooooo glad to finally have my organizing of the closets done!! This one was the last and the worst. Mainly because I had to wait on someone to go through all of his books! I was so proud of how much Todd actually took to Goodwill. Now I can work on the computer and feel at peace!! LOL

Dr's Appt.

I had my 13 week appointment today.. It was suppose to be a 12 week appt, but we were on vacation last monday. Better late then never! I had an ultra sound before seeing David. The ultra sound tech was great. She took her time and showed me everything she could. I don't think it hit me till today that I am going to have another baby! The ultra sound is what did it. Before now it has just looked like a jelly bean. Today, though, I got to see so much of this baby. It moved around so much. Hands were by its head and mouth. And at the very end I got to see it open its mouth and move the fingers close to or into its mouth. AMAZING! I was so thrilled to be able to see all of that today. Heart beat is strong at 150.

Today I am on cloud 9.. What a great day! My next appointment is in 4 weeks with another ultra sound.. A pretty big one at this point. I cant wait.. they should be able to tell me the sex of the baby for sure at this next one!

Something New

We decided to go to the Chinese Cultural Fair this weekend. We wanted to do something different with the girls and Eva had seen kids dancing on the news the other day getting ready for this fair. Todd and I have decided that once a month we are going to make it a point to go and do something different with the girls outside of our area. We seemed to be in a rut with the stuff that we do.

Eva was glued to the stage to watch the fasion show. We ended up missing the dancers.

They both got their faces pained. That is hello kitty on eva cheek!

Ohhh Bubble Bubble drinks. The girls loved the strawberry, but the one Kia has (passion fruit) did not go over so well. She was fine till she tasted her sisters strawberry, then it was no more passion fruit!! I should always get the same thing. What was I thinking!

Afterwards we were able to stop by our friends house the McAuleys and Eva and Kia got to play with Clara! It was nice to be able to see our friends that we do not get to see often.

Lambing Season.

We are lucky enough to have a friend, Kelly, who lives on a big farm. She invited us over to their barn during lambing season. That day there had been 2 births. And there were probably 8 mommy sheep with baby lambs right in the area where we could see and pet them. Kia went to sleep right before we got there, but ended up waking up later so she could join the fun.

Eva got to feed the llama that is the protector of the herd. She could not stop talking about this to everyone later on.

Kia woke up and was excited to see the lambs. We were joined by Stacie and her daughters. Kelly also had her two boys with her.

later we ended up scarring a mom sheep and she jumped right out of her pin area. Just too many kids around for her I guess. Kelly got her back in to her babies though! She also fixed my truck which had a rock stuck in the break pad! Let me tell you, that is not a noise anyone wants to hear.. I had no idea what was wrong and she just stuck her hands right in the tire and fixed it!! Thank you kelly! I was about to have a heart attack thinking my rig was broke!! LOL

The next day Eva could not wait to tell her teachers at preschool. And she has not been able to stop talking about the Llama!

Zoey's Christmas Gift

Every year we choose a family outing to do for Zoey's gift in her stocking. This year we were able to get two night in Seaside. We have a timeshare that has a resort in Seaside and we got a call from a rep in Dec. to offer us two nights for an owner update. We decided it would be a great getaway for the girls. When we got to seaside this last Sunday, I was shocked at how nice and warm it was. We got there early to bum around and went right to the beach. The girls had a blast getting all wet and sandy. After check in, we went right to the pool. Eva had been waiting all weekend to be able to swim. We all got in. The pool was nice and warm. But once you got out the wind hitting you from the beach, you started to freeze fast.

The next morning Eva got up at 5am.. Yes I said 5am!! I have no idea what was up with that. But we got dressed had breakfast and were on the beach by 8am. It was a little chilly but really not that bad. The girls walked with me for a good 45 minutes of course stopping every few feet to inspect something in the sand or play in the water. Then we slowly walked back trying to spot Todd who went for a run on the beach. We were probably out there for a good hour and a half before everyones fingers were freezing. Then it was time for some hot chocolate and of course the pool again!

The sun was coming up and hitting the beach just as we got out there! It was sooooo beautiful!

We spent so much time at the pool. Went to Astoria for lunch on Monday. Tuesday before we left of course we had to hit the pool one more time. This time Todd and I wised up and let the girls get in by themselves.. They did great.. I was wrapped in two jackets and two towels around my jeans!! It got cold that last morning. The girls were the only kids in the pool! After checking out we headed to the arcade to play some games and have lunch before we headed home. What a weekend! It could not have been any better!

Feeling better

This last week I have been feeling so much better. The morning sickness has almost gone away completly. Which is sooo nice. My energy is starting to return. I find myself tired around 7pm instead of all day now. So what do I do.. I have been in the kitchen cooking a lot this week. I have had blackberries in my freezer since summer. I have about 8 bags full.. So I took one bag out and decided to try a cobbler. I have never made one before and Todd loves them. So I found a recipe and went for it.

It turned out great. I loved the smell of blackberries in the winter. Made it feel a little like summer! I am glad to almost be back to my normal self.

Bread or Cookies??

So I was in the baking mood today. I made some sugar cookies to practice decorating. Then I made several colors of royal icing. Then I looked at my bananas in the fruit basket and boy did they look sad.. To sad to eat. So I decided to make banana bread. Now this is something I can do in my sleep. Todd loves my banana bread. Well I remembered I had chocolate chips also,,, So I thought.. ohhh I will jazz them up and put chocolate chips in them. Well I already had out my baking sheet and silpat and decided to experiment a little. :) I decided to try them in cookie form. And what do you know?!? They turned out great.

I started out with only 6 cookies, just so I would not waste all the batter if they flopped!! Eva volunteered to be my guinea pig and she tried the first one!! LOL I also tried one and to my suprise they tasted really good.

Now finding the cooking time took awhile.. I timed it for 10 minutes at first. Then had to keep checking on them every 2 minutes.. In total the baking time is about 18 to 20 minutes for this size.

Now Todd will be the final vote to see if they pass his taste test!!

Safari Sams

This last sunday we decided to go do something fun with the girls.. We went to Safari Sams. They played for 2 and half Hours .They had a blast.. Kia had no fear! She went right in and headed up the long rope ladder to make it to the second level.. Eva did the "black diamond" run several times with her Daddy! Kia met a new friend who must have been a little older, she just took Kia's hand and led her around the entire place.

Organizing... organizing!!

Ok.. So this is what needs to happen in order for me to clean out a closet... I have been taking one closet every few days and completely reorganizing it.. I have two left to do!! My office, scaaaarrrrry, and my bathroom closet.. other than those, I have cleaned out 4 including the garage!! This is my closet in the laundry room. (side note: we did not even know this closet existed till after we moved in and were painting the laundry room.. I turned around and wow.. one more closet to store crap in!! LOL You dont see it because when you open the door to the laundry room it is hidden behind that door.!!

Oh.. now I wish it would stay looking like this!! This is after pulling all that stuff out!! leaving only a few things that I knew did not need to be pulled out. Ok so I really should have taken a before picture of it all stuffed full of that stuff. but really.. You would have been shocked that I let something get that bad!! Trust me.. LOL It was bad!! And soooo not me!!

And Voila!!!! Look how nice and organized this is!! And room to put more stuff!! LOL And look up top.. one whole empty container.. I also later labeled everything!! It is a must!!

All right.. Now I have to say THANK YOU to Kirstin for turning me onto these lovely containers.. Which I have decided I need atleast two more for my baking stuff.. These are awesome. They are Snapware containers.. They are at Target and Jo-ann's and Walmart carries them also, but only in a two tier container pack.. Have not found them anywhere else yet.. I am trying to find ones that are deeper for a few taller baking items I have!

Happy New Years!!

Oh.... New Years Eve!! I got out the horns, noise makers and hats.. The girls spent a good hour blowing on these things.. Then they got to settle down and snuggle under their blankets and watch a movie..

They were in bed by 8pm........... Todd and I were in bed by 9pm.... And asleep by 10am... I know.. that is what pregnancy does to you.. makes you tired!! LOL I was awoke twice.. Once by a text message at 11:59..(thanks fireman!!... I will get even for that one.) and then again... really startled at 12:10am by fireworks on our block.. I thought our house was being bombed till I looked at the clock.. So... that was our new years eve... Next year hopefully we will make it to 12 midnight.. Maybe I need a party to keep me up!! LOL

Christmas morning.

After we ate breakfast we were ready to open the office doors.. The girls were clueless.. They had no idea what was behind the door! And that is why I love putting the tree and gifts in the office. I know it wont last long.. Eva is about at the age were she will catch on and head right for the office christmas morning.. but we are loving it while it lasts.

As they ran for the santa gifts they both screamed in delight.. It was awesome. Eva hopped right on her new scooter..
Kia loves her new house and all the dolls that are just her size.

Do you see Eva was not letting the scooter get to far away from her.. as she played with there tea set that is for both of them.
And now the madness begins.

The Princess doll stuff was from Grandpa mac.. Kia and Eva both got these. Thanks Grandpa

Look at Kia.. WOW what a morning. She is just laying there is toy overload!! LOL
It was a great Christmas.. I cant wait to do it with three kids!! It will really be a mad house then.