Still kicking

It's been a while since I updated, but I've been reading other blogs, and it seems that we've been having a taste of what everyone else has been having as well. Hannah was sick over the Holidays - didn't see the little tiger for 12 days! Boy, did I miss her!!

The babies were both sick between Christmas and New Year's. Peter's been fighting a stuffy nose and coughing for almost a month now, and then I really got bad last week. Had been having allergy/sinus problems for a while, but whatever got a hold on me really did it right. You mommies can sympathize with me - you just can't go lay down when you have little ones, no matter how badly you need to! So I saved my sleeping for the evenings and overnight. I now have the battle scars to prove that I've been sick. Don't ask....

Hannah's discovered that she likes her hair to be up in a bun. Not with pins, just with a couple of ponytail holders wrapped around it. Keeps it up off her neck, which is a good thing.

Monkey's hair is (finally) long enough to put into pigtails. She's so stinkin' cute anyway, and the pigtails just make you wanna say "ooooooohhhhhhhhh". I think she likes it as well. She's definately in her terrible two's - believe you me!! Some days are better than others, but still.... there's just nothing like it when she looks at me and says "I love you, Nene". My heart just melts.

Mazie's growing by leaps and bounds. She's starting to test her limits. She's learning to let go and stand on her own, or just holding on with one hand. She's going to be walking before too long. She's enjoying her two top teeth, at least until she sticks her fingers in her mouth and bites herself. You should hear her squall then! LOL Her two bottom ones are right under the skin, Peter says he'll give her until Monday for them to break through.

Peter's overtime has slacked up significantly, but he just got an offer for a different position - Saints, please pray that if it's for him, that he'll get it. And while you're praying, please pray that it will come with better compensation than he's getting now. He's been actually doing the job for well over a year without being paid for the work he does, but it would be nice to have that little extra coming in, and he's well qualified for it. If it's not what God wants, that's fine too. Just please pray.

In the meantime, he's been going several evenings/afternoons a week to paint and work at Mom's house. He's really tired, but wants to help as much as he can. He sat down and slept all evening yesterday - he was just so tired. Poor fella. I haven't gone over because after the girls leave in the evening, I'm totally bushed. I went to bed at 6:30 one night earlier this week! Now that's sad....

So that's what's going on in our corner of the world. If you've made it this far, please leave a comment to let me know that someone's actually reading my bloggishment! :) Thanks!!

Happy 2007 - Really?

Hope 2007 is awesome for all of you! It seems like time is just flying faster and faster. Guess that means I'm getting old.

I finally got to give Meg her Christmas gift today - have been waiting since Christmas to be able to give it to her. I made a scrapbook for her about Hannah. I had also made one for the babies' Mom and gave it to her last week. They both really seemed to like their scrapbooks, which was nice. :)

Been having some "issues" with some people over the price of a couch, which has sorta bummed me out. So sad when people have to act like children and air their grievances publicly instead of handling things in an adult manner. Oh, well - this, too, shall pass, right??

Peter and I are still fighting colds/allergies/sinus issues, going on a month for him, and somewhere around 3 months for me. Ughhhhh. Hannah's still got a nasty cough and runny nose, but seems to be feeling better. Amber's still got a cough and snottiness, and Mazie's just - well, she's just Mazie. Her nose runs when she's crying, but she's majorly drooly - which is probably from teething.

Mazie got two teeth - just after Christmas!! She got the two upper front teeth, and she looks SO adorable! She's got some sweet little ridges still, so she's working on cutting more soon. She's also starting to stand on her own two. Today she was holding onto the side of the playpen and just let go and put both hands behind her head and stood there for a minute until she realized she wasn't holding on, then she sat down pretty hard. She'll be walking before too long.... oh boy!

Baby Emma came to spend some time with us while Mommy took care of some things today - she's so beautiful! She did cry a bit, so I ended up holding her most of the time she was here. It was quite interesting when I did a diaper change, though, because I assembly lined them. Changed all three girls' diapers one after the other, so I sorta kinda got the feeling of having multiples. Scary! But we all enjoyed having her here, except Mazie - she was NOT happy about Nene holding another baby, and boy, did she let me know about it.

So that's the run-down on what's happening around here. I really need to try to do updates more often. Sorry about the slippage. Hope to post later in the week. :)