No See Glasses

I took Abby to the eye doctor to get her eyes tested for preschool The doctor walked in and asked if Abby needed glasses. To our surprise, she said, "yes." Then she said, "I need no see glasses so I can no see the monsters." The doctor burst out laughing and then said, "Well that's one I haven't heard before."
When we got ready to leave, the doctor handed her these glasses (even though she didn't get her eyes dilated) and helped her put them on. He said, "Here you go Abby, here are your no see glasses. Can you see the monsters?"
She replied, "Nope!" and walked out the door. Oh dear!

Pictures of Chuck's birthday are coming soon, but until then here's an Abby story to keep you interested.

We were driving down the road the other day and Abby said, "Mama, who were those people in the garden?" Not having seen a garden, I said, "What people, Abby?" She said, "you know those people in that pretty garden." Thinking really hard and realizing that we had just come from church, I said, "Adam and Eve?"
"Yes, mama, those poeple. They were in the garden and they ate the yucky fruit."
"Yes, Abby, they did eat the yucky fruit."
"And God kicked them out because they ate the yucky fruit."
"Yes, he did. God kicked them out of the garden because they disobeyed God. God told them not to eat the fruit but they did anyway and so he punished them by kicking them out of the pretty garden"
Silence (about 10-15 seconds)
"But mommy, I don't think God should have put the yucky fruit in the garden. Then they wouldn't have eaten it."
And that, ladies and gentleman, sums up the entire human thought process in a nutshell. Yes, I did something wrong. Yes, I know it was wrong. Yes, I disobeyed. BUT, it was God's fault because he shouldn't have put that temptation in front of me....

Remembering and Praising God

How do such heartache and such joy seem to be wrapped around one time period? Tomorrow (March 13) is the estimated due date of our little one in heaven. I miss her, and still think of her often. But I also know that if she had been here, we would not have our wonderful, precious, baby boy.
So I wanted to take this moment to remember our baby. Happy 2nd Birthday in heaven, sweet girl. You are truly missed. And then I wanted to say, Praise God for our sweet boy, Caleb, that brings such joy into our lives and reminds us daily (as does Abby) that God does exist.

If you don't like the weather in KY...

hang around 5 minutes, it'll change. THis is about 1 1/2 weeks after the ice/snow storm. IT was about about 65 degrees outside so we walked to Bruster's for ice cream. We forgot how early it got dark, so the walk back was a little chilly-but it was worth it! Abby and Emily Grace looking too cute.
They're all still short enough for free ice cream. WOO HOO!

My little man. He ate all of his and was begging for ours. Silly boy.

Abby's favorite. Purple dinosaur with eyes and sprinkles.

Caleb's misery

This is what happens when your son is allergic to amoxicillin. :( POOR BABY!!!

Snow day 2-5 :)

So, then, the real stuff hit. Snow, ice, more snow, more ice, more snow. It was insane! We didn't ever lose power, but my parents and Chuck's parents both did. Abby really liked playing in that much snow. And for some odd reason, she loved sucking on the icicles. Caleb still didn't like it very much, and only stayed out for about 15-20 minutes. The funny thing is we probably got 4-5 inches of snow, but because there was layers of ice, Abby and Caleb did not sink down in the snow. (Chuck and I really didn't either). Yummy, yummy icicles.

He did like the sled.

Very dangerous car. Hope he doesn't crash! (We did knock the icicles off after taking the picture)

Dangerous swing. This looks like a James Bond invention!

Abby LOVES making snow angels. It's her favorite thing to do.

This is one of Chuck's footprints. The ice just kind of broke, but we really didn't sink at all. It was very weird.

Pure craziness!

And just because I never get in a picture, Chuck took this one of me. Totally random shot, but at least my eyes are open! :)

Snow day number 1

Last Monday we had our first of many snow days. I have tried and tried to upload a video of Abby and Benjamin having a "snowball fight" but it's not working, so maybe another day. For right now, enjoy the pics. :) Caleb was sick, so he stayed inside with Mrs. Christina and baby Jacob.
Mrs. Christina and baby Jacob (10 weeks old)

Abby, Benjamin, and Emily. They are moving next month and we are going to miss them like crazy. Our other neighbors with kids Abby and Caleb's age moved too. :( We're going to be so lonely.

Isn't she absolutely adorable???

Girlcation

Ahhh. Time away! Isn't it lovely. First ever girlcation was a blast, and it definitely won't be the last! Good talking, good sharing, good food, good times, good friends, good "opening up", and good shopping. Michelle, Sarah, and Dacian

Our loot!

Yummy, yummy bar-b-que

IKEA!!!!! Absolutely WONDERFUL store! Everyone needs to go!!!

Oops!

So we got home the other day to find quite a surprise in our yard. Someone was building a fence in our yard. One problem, we didn't order a fence. Oops! They put it on the wrong street. They have since fixed it. It was really funny-once it was over.

A month late

Okay, so I know I'm a month late, but here are our Christmas photos. Enjoy! Our little Cowgirl Dora.
Josh and Nikki

Aunt Laura, Abby, and Aunt Cynthia...don't ask. I couldn't explain it if I tried. :)

Passing on the tradition. Laura, Chuck and Cynthia

let Abby blow out the advent candles this year.

Rockin' out with new guitars!

Very excited about dolls to put in her doll house.

Yeah! Chronicles of Narnia!

Caleb's guitar

My pink fish. I was so excited! (Another long story that involves Abby getting to pick out a present for mommy "all on her own". Maybe we should give her a little guidance from now on...)

TACKLE GAMES!!!!

And just because he's so stinkin' cute!