Help.. I need some help..

Or maybe I just need to vent.

So.. Hannah decided that sleeping wasn't fun anymore. Infact she hates it. She has decided that getting a thousand things before being able to go to bed is a must, and then when she finally cries herself to sleep, she gets up about an hour later. And then hourly throughout the night... Until like 12.. then she needs to be up for a good half hour.. and then she'll entertain herself in her bed until she falls asleep.

So tonight I tried giving her LIMITED choices and told her that I wasn't coming back in her room (to answer her thousand demands).. She had to cry herself to sleep.. yes, i thought. Well... She went to bed at 6ish.. and 7:15ish she woke up crying... And she was so tired she wouldn't stop crying... and she just couldn't be calmed. After having to remove her from her room since she woke up Emily... A glass of water and a convincing later, she's back in bed. Who knows for how long... A few months ago we decided no more sippy cups of water to take to bed with them.. because it was becoming such a problem.. the spilling, the refilling, the changing clothing because of spills.. etc. And they did fine. ...
Maybe Hannah's at the stage where we had to give Emily a glass of water to sleep with.. that might be.. because Emily was having this kind of problem she would wake up, need a glass of water, and go back to sleep... that's when we started giving them a sippy cup of water at night beside their bed, so they could solve the problem themselves... So maybe we'll have to go back to that..

Any ideas?

I'm extremely exhausted due to this, and pregnancy.. And i'm at my wits ends.. (it's happened more then just these last two days..)

Christmas Quotes of the Day:

So.. we got up at a little before 7 am to open christmas presents.. .which made for a good time.. and some funny quotes...

Lynda decided to wrap the rest of Emily's underwear that was still in a package... She was so excited when she opened it .. she exclaimed, "A new package of opened underwear!!!"

Lynda also decided to wrap Hannah's diapers.. She was bored or something.. Hannah came to Lynda, laid on the floor and exclaimed, "Change me!" She was so excited for her diaper present.. weirdo!

Emily was so excited to try on her new undies, that she stripped right infront of everyone in order to try them on.. Which was a huge surprise for everyone who wasn't paying attention.. and really hilarious!

Life is going good for us on this Christmas day.. I'll probably follow up in a few days with pictures...

But it's almost time for dinner.. We decided dutch style pork chops and dutch style meatballs with potatoes in helping Mom get into the Holland mood.. She's leaving for there at 2 in the morning tomorrow :-D!

Well.. food is calling me! Hope everyone is having an amazing Christmas day.

Christmas Eve.

It's Christmas Eve..

I'm so excited.. Since it's snowy we decided it wasn't safe to head to my parents house to early christmas morning.. So I convinced bryan to let us go sleep over there. I know that all us kids are grown-up now and stuff... But my sister's still wake up early in the morning and get way excited... and this year I get to join them! It's one of my favorite things about Christmas! The waking up early and all excited! .. makes me feel like a kid again..

The girls are so excited already! They got to open two presents today... Since I was just so excited for them... he he eh.. And they can't wait till tomorrow to open the other ones.. It's sooooooooo cute. Hannah keeps saying, "I want santa to come." And we are using it to our benefit... "santa won't come to girls who don't listen to their parents.." and etc.. and it's working so well!!

Okay.. well better get the girls all pack and stuff.. and figure a way to get our car out.. hopefully it won't get stuck again.. it's so embarrasing...

Happy Birthday MOM!!

Today is my mom's like 100th birthday... he he eh.. okay maybe i'm a little off :-D.. He he he!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM/OMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hopefully we can make it out and share some cake today!!


In other news.. I'm 9 weeks pregnant today! (or as the ultrasound would say 9 weeks 1 day.. but will go by my date)
The baby is a size of a grape! In honor of the size.. i think i'm going to feed my kids and me some grapes this morning!!

Bad Boy bad boy....... whatcha gonna do?

So.. Funny story time!

I've been cutting Bryan's hair for a year now (he got the shaver for christmas last year). We decided it's way more affordable, since he needs a hair cut like monthly.. $16 for a hair cut x 12 months... in a year we've saved $192.00, Niccccee. Anyways. Tonight I cut it like normaly. And then trimmed around his neck.. i love a clean neck line.. :-D. Then bryan went to do his touch-ups, he's a perfectionist. OOPS he forgot that I took the guide comb and started doing a touch up in the front of his hair. He turned and said "you forgot to put the piece back on." I looked at him and busted out in laughter..... Like I couldn't breath, I sounded funny, almost died laughter. After about 5 minutes, I tried to fix his hair... BUT I COULDN'T STOP LAUGHING!!! After like 10 more minutes, and a trip to the toilet (yeah i almost peed myself i was laughing so freakin hard), I finally was able to stop laughing long enough to recut his hair.. This time.. very short. Yes I did have to take a ton of breaks... I don't know why it was so freakin funny to me.. But it was. Don't get me wrong... He still looks hot. It's shorter then normal.. More like a ganster/bad boy type of hair cut.. which i'm very much okay with. But yes.. When you see him.. You'll notice it's very much shorter then normal.. AND IT'S NOT MY FAULT!

Just a little more information..

Emily was 6lbs 10oz.. which isn't bad.. but she was born at 36weeks... If she would have come to term.. she would have been like 9 lbs or something...

Hannah was 9lbs 5 oz. She was born right on time (well three days early). We tried and tried to get her out of me.. I got gelled three times. And then finally pitocin.

So yeah.. I can't do another 9 pounder. I am/was really bummed because this was going to be my "natural" baby. I was going to not get a epidural and I was all excited. But.. That is ABSOUTLEY not going to happen this time. Even if by some miracle of a chance I am able to deliver vaginally, I'm going to have to get an epidural for the just in case emergency c-section.

As Daniel pointed out, I am so grateful that I live in a time where c-sections are preformed fairly safely. I am grateful for a doctor who really knows what he is doing. I am glad that we got pregnant here in washington where I could have such a great doctor, again. The doctor really is a great doctor. And I know that he really is thinking about the baby above everything. And I love that about him..

Looking at the glass half full... Maybe I'll be able to schedule it early.. Like at 37 weeks :-D Plus! Then I'll be able to know for sures when the baby is coming :0D

"I got a piece of your hair"

So my kids have quite good imaginations. And they really use their imaginations together... and sometimes they fight...
Example:
E: "I got a piece of your pants"
H: "SHE HAS A PIECE OF MY PANTS!"
--two kids run around, Hannah trying to get her piece of pants back.. and Emily teasing her----
Me: Hannah she doesn't have a piece of your pants she's just pretending...
---Quiet for a whole second----
E:I have a piece of your hair and I'm going to put it in Mommy's hair.
H: OH NO! MY HAIR!
Mom: Here you go Hannah, your piece of hair....
E: I have a piece of your hair and I'm going to put it in Mommy's hair....
H: OH NO! MY HAIR!
Mom: Here you go Hannah, your piece of hair..
--continued until they got bored of it... Once Emily realized I could quickly calm Hannah down about it, she stopped bugging Hannah. And they started playing "going to the mailbox"
(if you didn't get it.. no pants pieces or hair was involved in the above conversations)
I do love my kids soooo much. They really amaze me by their imaginations. Earlier today they were having a "sleepover." And 90% of the time they play really nice together and it's soo cute!