Christmas is upon us!

My sister in law makes these really cute ornaments out of clay. It is a very time consuming process and she is so good at it.

I had her make this angel for my mom.

This one is for my sister, Kay.

This is for Tanner Rumelli.

This is Taggetty Waggetty. Can't you see the resemblence?

So, I'll need to have her make one for Whitley, and while she's at it, she might as well make one for our new addition. I have been chastised for not making an announcement earlier, but I was trying to wait until after Christmas just because my uterus seems to have a hard time hanging on to the little suckers. This is my 8th pregnancy and you all know I only have three kids. So, it just gets hard to tell people you're pregnant and then a few weeks later you're not. And then you have people who heard you were pregnant and they see you a few months later and you're not showing and they didn't hear that you had the baby yet so they look at you funny and talk behind your back. It all gets really uncomfortable because nobody ever knows what to say, or they say somethng mindless like, "well at least you weren't that far along." It hurts and I've been through it more than my fair share of times so I apologize to anyone who found out in a round about kind of way-sorry Wendy, but be gentle with me(: I think I could have gotten away with not telling anyone, if my sister Kandie hadn't joked about me being prenant on the phone and I didn't laugh, or my two sisters-in-law who said I was showing at eight weeks, or my son who overheard me talking about it and then told his whole second grade class. It's hard to keep a secret when you have so many people who love you! So just pray that I make it the next 6 weeks without losing too much weight, and I think things will be good from there(: I'm due July 3 so I am betting on June 15 or 16. They just seem to come a week earlier every one I have, not that I would want a premie, but it's the whole uncooperating uterus again. So, from everyone here at our house, enjoy this holiday season!!!!

Twilight frenzie!

Okay, so, I was never really interested in the whole "Twilight" crap. People kept telling me I had to read the books, and I was like, "'whatever, I'm not going to waste my time on vampires." But I happened to see a trailer from the movie and my curiosity was piqued. I saw the movie opening weekend and was amazed at the feelings and emotions it brought out in me. So, I saw it again last weekend with my schmoopy, good as the first time, but he didn't get what all the hype was about. So, I've had some time on my hands, not feeling well and being in bed alot, that I thought, "what the heck, why not see what happens next" Last Friday, I finished the second book. Saturday and early Sunday morning I finished the third book, and Sunday and into Monday, I finished the series. The last two days I have been on Stephenie Meyer's website reading outtakes and tidbits, anything I could find. I heard she had started another book, "Midnight Sun" that was in Edward's point of view to go along with the first book, but she wasn't finished with it and it accidentally got leaked. She is quite upset about it and may not finish it. I read the chapters that were leaked and I will be severly disappointed if she can't find it in herself to finish. (It was good!) So, yeah, anyway, word to the wise, don't start if you don't have some time on your hands because they definitely leave an impression. I'm actually kind of glad I didn't read them before because I would have been way too impatient for the next book to come out. Anyway, I guess it has been a good escape from the misery of the first trimester, but I guess I can always dream!!!