#5 Jack Lost his Front Tooth

The pictures speak for themselves.

#4 Vietnamese Cooking

Linh came and did a wonderful activity for my Young Women. She taught them how to make crab cheese won tons and fried bananas. It was so fun. I was proud of my young women for trying everything. Thanks so much Linh!!!

Aren't my girls cute?

#3 Carolina Jones and the Broken Leg

I know the mamas want to see a picture of CC's cast...

Auntie Kaelynn brought Carolina some goodies. She loved the attention and has already colored every picture in her Minnie coloring book.



Carolina is hobbling around like a pro now...it is funny to hear the "thunk" on my hardwood.

A Months Review in Pictures...#2 Angelique's Baby Shower

A beautiful night with a great turnout. Unfortunately, once all the guests started arriving I was busy writing down the gifts...so I sorta stopped taking pictures. I wanted to post what I have though.

Linh made DELICIOUS pork and potstickers. I cannot believe I don't have a picture of Linh...

I took some pictures to show how adorable Kaelynn had made her house. See the cute onsies she hung (and later gave to Angelique).

A cute sign in table with guesses for birthweight, length time and date, and also advice...

The gift table, with "It's a boy" on diapers.

Outside her house.

Angelique's special chair.

The guest of honor.

Ashley...chillin.

A funny picture of the 3 pregnant ladies...

The "hostess with the mostest" Kaelynn...

The spread. Please notice the cute baby booty candy containers Kaelynn made for everyone to take home.

This was a great night. Thanks Jason for watching all 10 kids at my house...that was above and beyond the call of duty.

A Month's Review in Pictures... #1-Yard

I thought I would throw some pictures up. They show what has been happening in my life besides sitting on my couch waiting out the morning sickness. Here you go mom...

We have started some projects in the yard (and by "we" I mean that Joey has hired some guys to do some projects in the yard). We are adding cement by our driveway that should allow for many more cars to park. Here it is ready for cement...now we are just waiting on the weather.

We also had alot of dirt moved around to level another portion of our yard...then it was trenched and sprinklers were added. Can't wait until we can sod it and have more green!

My Baby Broke Her Leg

Okay, so as per the title of my blog...this is a post to tell my family that Carolina Jones broke her leg. She was jumping on the trampoline and her cousin landed on it. The neighbor boy Steve carried her home. I put her to bed that night, thinking she had sprained her knee. Over the weekend, she seemed to be getting better. The slight swelling went away and she could bend her knee. Joey was out of town, and I was struggling with my nausea, keeping the house together and making it through until he got home. This morning, with Carolina still refusing to put pressure on her foot I decided to go get it checked out. I went to instacare...knowing they have an x-ray machine, which I found out was broken! The doctor sent me to the hospital just as a precaution for x-rays. What a day! Her tibia and fibia were broken...so now she has a hot pink cast from above her knee to her toes. So that is the short version. I haven't even really turned on the computer since the pregnancy nausea kicked in....but I thought you would all like to know.

I will post pictures later of her cast, I can't find my camera right now, but here is a picture Joey took on her first day of Sunbeams in January....she was not sure about leaving nursery behind.

My Blogging Hiatus

Okay, so obviously...I've been on a break. My closest peeps know the reason, and I will now announce it to the world. I am pregnant.

I'm a person who gets really nauseous for about the first 16 weeks or so. My main goal during these horrible weeks is to sit very still. I turn into a strange hermit. I watch my kids and home get dirtier by the day. I am about 11 weeks right now....just waiting it out. I have to tell everyone I am pregnant, or they think I am acting very strange. My mom says I get "this look". So, no, I'm not glaring at you... I am just concentrating very hard on keeping my stomach from losing its contents.

So, if you drop by and notice my kids are still wearing pjs at 3:00 in the afternoon, please know, I'm just getting by here! One side benefit...I have lost 10 pounds. My jeans feel absolutely dreamy, for the moment. (Don't worry, I will make up for this later, when I love food again....I can't wait.)

I have been praying alot and reminding myself that TIME WILL PASS.