Our One and Only

A guessing game

Our 1 year old babies. Can you tell who is who?

Baby 1

 

Baby 2

 

 Baby 3

Birth week

1 year ago a garden was budding and a belly was swollen.

 Clothes boxes were emptied and washed and organized.

2 little girls expectantly awated the arrival of a little sister.
 
Our lives were preparing to welcome a new little wonder into the world. 

Work the polls

I just signed up to be a poll worker in the November 2 general election! The public administrator in me is totally excited to get out and mingle with the community, and as an added bonus I get to work in a polling location that requires a Spanish speaker. So I may even end up getting to hablar espanol as well. I better brush up on some voting vocabulary!

Sister from another mister

I love this girl:

She is my wonderful sister-in-law married to my lucky oldest brother.

She is kind, loving, helpful, engaging, relaxed, and creative.

Last week we spent Thursday together and had a great time.

Shopping at H&M with my friend Hays and girls. Visiting the lovely Hobby Lobby. Crafting. Oh, the crafting.

I discovered in Courtney a girl who loves to create things. We both were lacking in the Halloween decorations department and came up with some cute stuff.

 

 

Thanks for hanging out with me Court and for your excellent crafty ideas.

That’s my girl!

Today I let the girls play with my jewelry while I showered and did my hair. As I’m blow-drying Lauren says to me, “Mom, we are sorting your jewels.” I think, “Awesome!” By the time I’m done with my hair I am presented with this:

  

my jewelry organized by type, color, and size. If that’s not my girl, I don’t know who is!

Our 2 day dog

A wonderful couple in our ward breeds Chihuahua and sells them all over the world. We’ve taken our girls to visit the dogs, but each visit resulted in terror, crying, screaming, and hiding. Because of their fear, Bro. Moore insisted that we “borrow” one of the puppies for a few days. So on Wednesday we came home with an 8-week-old girl puppy and named her Lola. The girls were hesitant at first, but eventually warmed right up to her.

Lauren was by far the most attentive, and wanted to hold the puppy whenever possible. She loved to pet it, hold it, and just watch it play.

 

Ellie loved when the puppy was adventurous and loved to chase it and have it chase her.

 

Ada was interested in the puppy at first, but once it started jumping on her, licking her, and nipping her appendages Ada was sure she’d had enough.

The puppy provided great entertainment and kept my girls busy all day long. I even enjoyed her following me around at night when I was sweeping the floors. J snuggled right up with the dog and she seemed to take to all of us.

HOWEVER, having a puppy was a lot of work and I have to say that when she left I felt like a gigantic weight had been lifted from my shoulders. Having her around was like having another baby. She ate stuff she wasn’t supposed to eat, she pooped and peed where she wasn’t supposed to go, she wanted to be held all the time, and she woke up crying in the night. My visceral response to her whining was almost exactly like that to my crying children and I couldn’t settle down and sleep.  After the 2nd night of fitful sleeping we sent her packing to visit our good friends with timid little girls. It is a relief not to have a dog full time, but I’m glad my girls could have a positive experience with a pup. And if you ever need a dog sitter for a few days you know who to call. I don’t want to own one, buy food for one, or take care of one full time, but I’ll definitely take a dog on short term condition any time. 

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General Conference was excellent!