a small home…
-the paci search is greatly reduced.
-no monitors.
-putting away groceries and wal-mart stuff is really quick.
-i say, “where’s our girl?” a lot less.
-the heating and cooling bill.
-less steps to put up laundry.
-i can run children out of the kitchen while i’m cooking and still know what they’re getting into.
-i can mop the entire house from one sink full of water.
-all 3 kids have bedtime company that doesn’t include me laying down with them.
-our girl has 2 people at bedtime (other than daddy and me) to tell her not to climb out …

ok, it’s been a week. but c’mon, i see most of y’all haven’t posted through this holiday either, suckas!
i’m really tired tonight so it’s probably gonna be random. bear with me.
our 3 year old can now say his k’s. he just has to turn it into a habit. i’m thrilled and more than a little sad that kitty cat will no longer be… well… you can figure it out!
my 5 year old’s big boy tooth is already showing through. and he has another loose tooth next to the one that he …

i decided to bring back the wednesday updates i was doing before we moved, but since our appointments fall on wednesdays i’ll move the updates to thursdays. once again, the disclaimer, there will be info in here not pertaining to the pregnancy, but probably most will, so if you don’t want the (sometimes) gory details, skip these updates!
first off, we’ll start with the children that are already here.
-MY OLDEST LOST HIS FIRST TOOTH! it loosened right as we were leaving them with nana and papa last night, was ridiculously loose when …

wild at heart.
if you haven’t read the book, read it. my husband tells me it’s life changing for men. and has changed how i look at and deal with my hubby and boy children.
anyway, just the 2 parker girls went to wal-mart the other night and left the parker men to party it up. i called on my way home at about 8pm (remember, in our house bedtime is around 7pm) and pearl says immediately, “i don’t have the boys in bed yet.” i figured, it’s a beautiful thing - the boys …

wild at heart.
if you haven’t read the book, read it. my husband tells me it’s life changing for men. and has changed how i look at and deal with my hubby and boy children.
anyway, just the 2 parker girls went to wal-mart the other night and left the parker men to party it up. i called on my way home at about 8pm (remember, in our house bedtime is around 7pm) and pearl says immediately, “i don’t have the boys in bed yet.” i figured, it’s a beautiful thing - the boys …

please notice the new “15 minutes” link. please check it out.
this is not one of those random-it-might-be-a-real-story, links.
this little boy is 3. he is a twin. he has 12 brothers and sisters (and you thought we had a lot!).
his parents were my husband’s youth directors when he was in high school. they are awesome people and my honey has great respect for them. pearl’s parents told us the other day that joel was really sick and needed us to pray for him, and sent us a link to their new blog. …

i started writing this post and about a paragraph in i realized it was only making me unhappier to write it. so i stopped, erased it, and thought, “what would make me better?” and my words to my oldest on the way home tonight came back to me, “if you have nothing nice to say - say nothing at all.” hmmm…
so…
here’s to gettin’ happy!
when the dog bites, when the bee stings, when you’re feelin’ sad…
these are a few of my favorite things…
-the song “have yourself a merry little christmas”
-the song “yellow”
-green day
-listening …

yesterday from the kiddos’ room…
after not nice exchanging of fussing sounds between my two (currently) youngest, my oldest says very take-charge-matter-of-factly-accusatorily, ” santa is watching you.” to which my middlest says, “he not really…… ????” i, of course, took care of the discussion by staying completely out of it. let them figure it out.
this will be our first Christmas with just our immediate family in 3 years. i’m so excited. there’s something about being in your own home. with Christmas stuff you haven’t seen in years. and with them …

it’s so good to be sitting in front of this ‘puter doin’ somethin’ other than playin’ mahjongg. don’t get me wrong, it’s a fine game, just gettin’ a little old. so, i’ll start spreadin’ the word that i’m back and those of y’all that get word - pass word!
here’s my first confession: i haven’t read any of y’all’s blogs yet. this is the first place i came (of course, after reapplying for usernames and passwords - 5 months of absence combined with pregnant brain - info gone from my mind!) …