Tanner is 4 months old

Another photo from the newspaper photog, love it! Look at those ominous clouds! We've been having some major rain lately...

My baby is four months old (as of Monday!). I am still not believing it. Where did the time go? We went for his check up today and like his big brother and sister, he is "off the charts" in height (27 "), that's what happens when you have a 6'5" daddy. He is in the 95% for weight (17 lbs. 10 oz.) and head circumference, in other words, he is a big boy. He was so brave getting those nasty shots, only a little squeal and a few tears. I think I cry worse than the kids do! You'd think modern medicine would find a better method to deliver immunizations. He is such a good baby, I swear if I had had him first I'd be having like 10 babies on my way to my own TLC reality show, titled something like "Addicted to Sweet Babies." I am so happy to have this little (or should I say big) bundle in my life.

Speaking of TLC shows, did you hear Jon (of Jon and Kate plus 8, a show I happen to watch a lot) is on the cover of US Weekly? That can't be good. Let's hope he wasn't being a doofus and doing something really shady. I know I'll have to break down and get a copy at the grocery tomorrow, those big headlines are so hard to resist!

don't ya just hate it when...

Don't you just hate it when something you are really looking forward to, gets all messed up? Every Tuesday, I take the kids for a treat after gymnastics. Usually I get them a donut from Dunkin' but yesterday I had a hankering for a Diet Cherry Limeaid from Sonic. I spent a summer as a Sonic Car Hop, complete with roller skates and I love their food, those drinks are da bomb! So I convinced them to get slushies instead (besides our Sonic has half priced drinks every day from 2-4, happy hour!) I considered it a bargain. On the way home, I couldn't wait to savor my huge (route 44) sized drink for the rest of the day. I am such a pop-a-holic! I took one gulp and knew they had not given me a diet, it was made with regular Sprite. I was so bummed, this 44 ounces of sugary goodness was not going to be a good Weight Watchers points selection, it was probably about 20 points at least. It took all the will power I had to dump it down the drain when I got home. Oh, such a sad thing for me, watching those limes and pink soda pop just go down the garbage disposal :( Maybe next time...

Speaking of Weight Watchers.... my total weight loss so far is 18.4 pounds! I don't think I have posted after my recent weigh-ins. I've had a really low loss for last week (only .2, whatever!) but I am thankful I am still losing. Trying to drink lots of water and get on my treadmill every night.

Corie and Bobbi Jo- send me your regular email address and I'll respond to your comments from last post :)

the five of us

Here we are... a newspaper photographer came to our house to take pictures of us and this is what was printed. Why was he here you ask? My hubby has accepted a new principal job and the newspaper felt he deserved a proper sendoff, as he does. He is quite beloved at his current school and students and staff are sad to see him leave. Now how does this affect me? Well, our house is currently for sale and if it sells we'll be packing up and moving. Probably what I consider to be an organizer's (like me) biggest challenge. Honestly, this is a wonderful opportunity for Paul, a great school district with chances to advance and long-term stability, a true top-notch place, it is an honor for him to be chosen to lead their school. And as an added bonus, it is a great district for our own children to attend. I could go on forever about how stressed I am trying to keep the house neat and tidy for showings, and how much I dread the thought of finding a new home, new friends, new schools, how emotional I am about moving, how mad I am that I just now feel like our house is "homey" and now we have to leave, how I cry when I go in my closet (I know I'll never have another like it), how I cry when I see all the trees we have planted in our yard, how I cry about this change in general, etc. But for now, I'm just going to enjoy this photo and the beautiful family it shows (despite my bad hair) how all of us gather around the kitchen for stories, snacks, and more.

a new bib

This is the newest bib I made for Tanner. Don't look too close, you'll see all my mistakes. I'm still tweaking my pattern, trying to get the size just right, but I think he looks pretty cute.

Tanner in the walker

My buddy is big enough to chill in the walker. Zoe and Parker love getting down on his level to chat with him. He is growing too fast, I hate it. Stay small Tanner!

"Who wants a clean house?"

It isn't often that you get to meet people who are true inspirations to you personally. Thanks to my friend, Kristin, who forwarded an email, I got to do just that! Yesterday, we (me, Paul and kids) went to a meet and greet at our local mall for the cast of "Clean House." Let me just tell you, I was lovin' it. I know, I am such a dork. I could care less about meeting rock stars or movie stars but bring on some cleaning, organizing, de-junking, decorating people and I get all weak in the knees! The cast was in town filming the messiest house in America (way to represent Cincy- ha ha). Normally, I would kind of bypass stuff like this, thinking it is too crazy with the kids, whatever but when I told Zoe about it, she said we had to go! She also said we had to wear flowers in our hair like Neicy (which we did). The cast was just as friendly and nice in person as they are on tv. They signed pictures for us and gave us lots of hugs. Matt told me we were a "beautiful" family, hey thanks big guy! Trish was lovin' Zoe after Zoe gave her a drawing she made for her and Neicy was about ready to steal my Tanner. Mark kept saying, "give the baby back!" She called him "juicy", "come see me Juicy" she said, is that so appropriate for my chubby drooling baby?!
Wearing flowers in our hair... Neicy said to Zoe, "heeeey girl, whatchoo doin' with that flower in your hair? Come 'ere and hug me."
Zoe loves Trish and I love her too, she is a Kentucky girl after all!
Don't even get me started on how cute Matt is in person... hubba hubba.

Be sure to look for us on the July 1st episode, the camera man was filming the crowd and us getting hugs from everyone. Eeeeee!!!! I love Clean House!

P.S. Why the hell is my text underlined???? Urgh, computers really piss me off!

Easter pics to share

the loot
the baskets (Longaberger of course)
chocolate bunnies
dyeing eggs
making sugar cookies

All the fun things we have been doing lately...