Mother of the Year Award

After many years of debates about who is a better mother (with my sisters)...looks like I won!

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Mom's sick

I have been sick all week. It's no fun to take care of kids, stay up at night with a sick baby, make dinner etc when all you want to do is crawl into bed. Bridger took pity on me and helped me take care of the baby. He did a remarkable job. He changed a diaper, made a bottle, fed Lilly and played with her. He even tried to send me off to bed because he was sure he could do it alone. I'll never be sick enough to let that happen. It's the thought that counts.

Happy Easter... Better late than never

When Bridger was born I took tons of pictures. I have a picture of all his "firsts". Some of which I am embarrassed I bothered with. Lilly on the other hand ...

Her first Thanksgiving she was only a couple of weeks old. I felt good that I even got out of the house to go to our friends house (the Gerber's). In all the chaos I forgot my camera. I didn't even think about it until Jodi took our picture.

Christmas I did a little better.

I had to teach preschool the week of Easter. We colored eggs and did an Easter egg hunt with 6 crazy boys. I could barely contain them so there was no way I was going to get pictures. My mom was even here to help and it was impossible.

I did get this one picture of Easter. Easter is long gone but better late than never.

A must see....thought of the day

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Lilly- 4 Months Old

I Need a Vacation

Derek and I needed a vacation. We used our time-share to get a condo at Eagle Crest in Redmond, OR. We were only a few days into our vacation when we realized that what we needed our vacation from was there with us- Bridger and Lilly. We adore our kids, but we have never had a night alone in over 4 years!

So I spent the week in the condo watching HGTV with Lilly (It was great for about 2 days). Derek spent the week in about a foot and a half of water- a.k.a. the kiddie pool.

By day five we had had enough. So we put Lilly in her carseat in the corner of the racquetball court, with Bridger and a racket to defend her from any flying balls that came their way. Derek and I played racquetball and had a great time while it lasted. We felt only slightly guilty that both of our kids were cowering in the corner :)

Eagle Crest was great. There was a lot of things to do there. We did actually get to do a few other things than what was mentioned above. Derek and Bridger rented a bike and had a great time. Throughout the resort their were sports centers with swimming pools, hot tubs, saunas, racquetball, tennis courts, game room, weight rooms etc. We had a lot of fun playing ping-pong, video games and racquetball. Once Bridger discovered racquetball he left Derek alone about going swimming 3 times a day.

We had a hot tub on our deck. It overlooked a beautiful river. So after the kids went to bed we got to enjoy a few relaxing minutes together and remember why we are doing this.