we see you Ms Sheckler

busted!

Jenifer has found us and is listed as a follower of this blog.  but she should be an authoress, just as we are.  Jenifer... email me please and i can send you an invite to become an author on this blog so you can atlk with us because we miss you and your boys so much...

xoxox

MaryStarr

Love the pictures.

Marystarr, I can totally see that as being an Audrey Hepburn look. I loved that movie, just an all-around classic.

Vivian is getting a leopard gecko. My brother offered to buy her one and we agreed. She got to hold one at a pet store the other day (just to make sure she would actually help with the care of the animal). It was originally supposed to be a corn snake but we are not allowed to own them in the our county.

Love the new pics....we sure make purty babies roud here!! hehe

Thanks for the advice girls....that's exactly how he is......on top of the pain he feels like he's failing the family since he's out of work & things are so tight. Sooooo, I just keep telling myself if my shoulder & back was broken & I had been through 2 seizures in 3 weeks I'd probally be pretty pissy myself.....not to mention when he was in the hospital they were pumping him full of diluadid(woohoo ;p) every 2 hrs for days & I think alot of it has to do with coming off the "junk".....& painpills don't help......I'll just keep sending him good vibes I guess & hope it makes it through "the abyss".

Keli

dancing queen

Here is bunny right before her very first dance class last friday.  Doesn't she look just like Audrey hepburn in Funny Face when she does the spontaneous dance routine in the beatnik club?  wicked cute.

Sarah that looks like an awesome playground!  Riley has grown up so beautiful, she looks like a woodland fairy with her curly hair and her little smile...  It looks like nice fall weather there.  I am jealous.  It is hot here, hot and dry.  This is our summer time.  Indian summer they call it.  Too hot for me.  I like sunny with a light jacket best.

Maigan Allie is so sweet! What great pictures... I think Allie looks just like Eli but with your coloring, and Lizzie is the other way around.  What a fabulous princess she is on her bike.  I like my princesses to have little tough girl edge to em....

I think you are right about men and depression and not being able to sway them out of it.  Matt when he gets down is like a black hole.  It doesn't happen too often, thank goodness, but when he gets in a funk he has to work himself out of it.  Any energy I send there just gets sucked into the abyss.  Im sorry to hear about Eli and Scott being to bummed and grouchy, though.  Big hugs to you and Keli both... no matter how evolved we think our husbands are there still seem to always be times when we will feel like their mommas.

xoxo

MaryStarr

Playground Day!!

Riley loves this place....

So today I took Riley to the playground. She loved it, and I snapped a few pics of her....

Maigan, The girls are beautiful! I love the pictures of the first birthday and of Lizzie with all of the bows in her hair!

Marystarr, Maybe you will get lucky and skip morning sickness this pregnancy. Fingers crossed for you.

The Cake - The pepperoni are candy clay (mixture of melted chocolate and corn syrup). The cheese is fondant (used a cheese grater).

Hi guys...here are some pictures of the girls....

Allie's first birthday

Princess Lizzy

Allie's first birthday

Fancy Lizzy

Keli ~ Here is my opinion on cranky husbands...there is not much you can do. I have much experience in this department this year...5 weeks before Ironman, Eli crashed his bike and broke his collar bone...he ended up with a plate and 8 screws holding things together. He was out of Ironman and has basically been out of touch ever since. Adding to his Ironman depression, he decided to switch jobs three weeks ago and is absolutely miserable. At this point he sees himself as a total failure in all aspects of life...this causes his attitude to basically be total shit. I have tried to shower him with affection, I have told him to quit the new job, I have taken the time to job search, I have forced him to go and workout...nothing helps. I truly believe that when men get into slumps of any kind, there is little we can do to get them out of it. Even the girls can see how upset he is and they are constantly hugging and kissing him and it does nothing. I think you just need to give it time and hope that it works itself out. That's horrible advice, but it's all I've got right now.

Marystarr ~ My morning sickness hit with both pregnancies at 7 weeks...hopefully you are going to be lucky though and skip that part of being pregnant!!

Amy ~ That cake really is cool...I too am intrigued by the pepperoni...and the cheese...how did you do it?

so far so good

Well, yesterday was the first day of week 5 of my pregnancy. Still not sick, thank the lord.  Isn't this the week it is supposed to come on?  Everything i do i am telling myself "better do it now while you can before the morning sickness...".  It is actually a fantastic motivator.  Works for working out, cleaning up, running errands.  

Sarah, my due date is also in may.  May 24th!  So now we are also May 2008 mommies together.  How cool is that!?  I figure I will also go early, or atleast more like 38 weeks like I did with Ava.  But who knows.  I know that most Gestational diabetics have their babes around 38 weeks... so if that is me again I will expect my baby more like the 10th, which is my niece's birthday. i wonder if she would like that or not...

Amy I love the pizza cake.  What are the pepperonis made from?  You are quite the cake decorator lady.  Bravo!

xoxo

MaryStarr

Just wanted to show off this cake that Vivian and I made today.

Ron was gone for the week for work and Vivian wanted to make him a pizza cake for a surprise when he got home. He gets home tomorrow night.

Kri~...we must've been seperated at birth! lol There's at least 6 or 7 of your "randoms" that fit me as well...hehe

I agree it's awesome to have everyone around again.....Reena & Meagan...great to hear from you!!! It's been too long!

Sooooo, I need to vent. (If you don't know what's been going on...scroll down & read my first post).....we went to his endocrinologist yesterday & he told us that he is NOT making insulin(the hospital doctors had no clue what they were talking about)....his normal doc's had just uped his dosage in June too high & that's why he was bottoming out. Also, his disk are not only compressed but fractured as well. There's nothing they can do but give it time. Now, here is where I'm frustrated....he is soooo damn stubborn & won't let me help him at all. He's in all this excrutiating pain & there's nothing i can do...plus, the pain meds he's taking are not working but they are making him extremely moody & rude....which is not like him. I don't know what to do.....he's up all night in pain & i understand that but, i feel like he's mad at me b/c i'm not in his shoes...everytime i offer to help i get shot down but when i don't do something , that irritates him too....what the duece am i supposed to do. I hate to see him struggle but, if he won't accept help i don't know what to do....?????? I'm trying to be supportive but it's getting extremely obnoxious at this point. I'm of the thread that when life gives you another chance( & he got two) you take it & run...forget the negative & move forward with the positive...yes, things are bad right now but they'll get better in time. He is just the type to get pissed off at the hand he's been dealt.........any suggestions? My patience is running thin & i feel like i'm walking on eggshells........... :(