Josiah's quarter

On Sunday mornings, our church does a children's church, which is like a children's worship service. Every week they do an offering, and (usually) every week Ryan and I forget to give Josiah money for it. Today, (after putting a note on the door to remind us) I remembered and gave Josiah a quarter to give right before going to children's church.

After church, I went into the gym where the children meet, and Ryan was hugging Josiah. Ryan told me that he had lost the quarter and was upset. I gave Josiah some more change to give, and we headed home. On the way, I was asking him questions about what had happened to his quarter. I asked him, "Did someone take your money?" Josiah's response was hilarious...he said, "Yes...Zacchaeus took my money." (Yes, I had to look up in my Bible how to spell him name...Zacchaeus the tax collector!)

(almost) 34 weeks

Okay...here's a belly shot:) We took several, and this is the most flattering one. Yes, in other shots it does appear bigger. We also took a couple "belly" shots (of my actual skin). I've never done one of those, and since I don't plan on having any more children...I figured, why not? I'm not confident (or bold) enough to post them, though...so, this one will have to do.

Last weekend, my Sunday school class gave me a baby shower. I got a few packs of diapers, wipes, and some girlie clothes. It was very nice, and I really appreciate every one's generosity. I posted pictures of a couple unique gifts:

a personalized wipe case for Mercy's diaper bag!

I think this is adorable and so creative. There are onesies around the bottom, and the flowers are made out of socks! I don't want to undo this gift...it is so cute:) Josiah and Aedan like it too...Josiah keeps asking me if he can smell the flowers!

A question I've been getting lately is, "What do you need?"...so I thought I'd list some things that I need (just in case you want to know):

~diapers (I actually have more 2's right now then 1's)

~wipes

~a changing table

~bibs

~socks/booties

~breast milk storage bags

~disposable breast pads

~lap pads (for the changing table)...they used to have these at my Walmart, but ours doesn't carry them anymore

~pink crib sheets

~infant gas drops, infant Tylenol, and Infant IB Profin

~butt paste

~head to toe baby wash

~wash cloths and baby girl towels

I'm still feeling pretty good, and am not too achy...the longer that can hold out the better. I'm sleeping pretty well at night; just waking up a couple times to go to the bathroom. My blood pressures have been so surprisingly good. Last week it was 118/68, which is great for me:) I hope it stays that way. My next appointment is next week with the one doctor in the practice that I have never met. I've heard good things about him (like all the doctors there)...he was actually the doctor on call when Aedan was born, but Dr. Gernt did the C Section for me. (She's a great doctor!) We have a busy next couple of weeks, with the Passion Play coming up...then it will be April, and even closer to Mercy's birth:)

this week OUTSIDE!

It has finally been warm enough for me to take the boys outside. There has been a threat of rain all week, but has only rained a little...during naptime yesterday. I was surprised it wasn't raining this morning. I think it's supposed to hold off till this afternoon. The boys have done great playing yesterday and today. Today I even opened the screen door, and stayed inside to fold a load of laundry while they were playing. I told them to stay in the back yard, and they did:) I kept a close watch on them, though, just in case. I heard Aedan say to Josiah, "Hey, let's go to the front yard." Josiah replied, "No, Mom said we have to stay in the back yard."

They enjoyed digging in the dirt. I pulled out some sand shovels from their beach toys, and they had a blast with them.

They were completely dirty afterwards, and baths were needed.

Today, they rode their bikes down the hill in the back. They did well, except for when Aedan attempted to ride down the steps and had a hard fall.

Josiah climbed a tree!

Aedan playing with air planes.

a car ride conversation

Josiah: "Aedan, is sin bad or happy?"

Aedan: "Sin is BAD!"

Josiah: "That's correct, Aedan. Sin is bad."

They repeated this conversation two more times. Guess Josiah wanted to make sure that Aedan would answer correctly every time.

around the house

tent time

a ski slope! the animals are contestants

more skiiing...the effects of Olympic watching

cheese!

Josiah eating his lunch:)

Praise God for warmer weather and for no cancellation of school this week. We were able to go to CBS (the kids' "school" on Thursday and my Bible Study). It's supposed to be 60 degrees on Sunday...bring on Spring!

To Molly:

A Great CVS Deal

The past several months, I've been a little slack on my CVS shopping. I've gotten deals here and there, but have been slacking in the coupon department, which effects CVS shopping for me. I've gotten several toothpastes in the the last several weeks...all for under 50 cents, or so. (With the purchase below, we now have 5 tubes of toothpaste under our bathroom sink. It's good toothpaste, too:) Yesterday, though, I was able to get a great and bloggable (is that a word?) deal. Here's a picture of my purchases:

I started with $9 of ECBs. I also had two coupons for the toothpaste (one for a dollar off, and one for 75 cents off). I had $1 coupon for the body wash, and $2 off for the diapers. With two transactions, I ended up getting all of this for around $13! That is a GREAT deal! (In case you're unfamiliar with diaper prices, a box that size usually costs around $20.) I also got $4 back in ECBs to use for next time. I love it when they have the ECB diaper deals...I wish they did it more often.