We arrived

We arrived in OK in one piece. Sam and Molly did pretty well on the drive. Molly started acting odd the night before. She actually FELL ASLEEP on Kirk's chest in the evening. We were wondering if she might be coming down with something.Once we were in OK she wanted nothing to do with ANYone or ANYthing BUT me. She would cling onto me any which way she could and twist her little fingers all around my shirt. If I could get her little fingers loose she would scream within 2 seconds. I was finally able to get her to see her Nonna by wrapping her tight and having her bottle. She still wanted to make sure I was in her sights though... check out those eyes!! Thankfully she took a little catnap on Nonna so that they could have a little time together.
Sam had a good time hanging out with his 2nd cousin Ashton (turns out he is just as big a fan of batman as Sam!) He is 6 months older than Sam.Molly was finally able to meet Camdyn (who was born about 6 weeks after Molly) It took a lot to get her to be on the floor, let alone to pay any attention to Camdyn, so we had to snap those pictures fast! Here is the typical face whenever she was not clinging to me. I sure wish she could have been sweet to her great grandmother. Well, actually as soon as we arrived she allowed her to hold her for a minute, too bad the camera was in the car at that time.
unfortunately our "feeling" was right Molly just hasn't 'acted' her normal busy self (a tell tale sign for my highly active children) she has been pretty snotty today. Sam is sick today as well. He shows it in a different way, he has been runny a temp around 101-102 for 24 hours now. Poor kiddos are pretty miserable.

I go were

Sam has really been into pretend play lately. I absolutely LOVE to watch his mind work as he mimics daily rituals that we all do. For instance I have been able to eat all kinds of wonderfully prepared meals (all of which comes with a chicken gugget) The other day Sam found my old hat, one of his cell phones and his truck. He held quite the conversation on the phone as seen here:
after his conversation , before he hung up he told whoever was on the other end that he was going to were (work) like daddy. He then had to place his phone into his pocket (it was apparently pretty difficult to shove that thing in there, requiring him to get down on the floor)He then picked up his truck, his paper and said he was going. When I asked him about the items he had chosen he told me he had his truck like daddy drives. He did give a reason for the hat, but I didn't quite understand it. And the phone, well, doesn't everyone need a phone?
Have a good day at 'were', honey!

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Sweet happiness

Here is a fun new place that Molly has learned to play. (actually it is where all the puffs and cheerios land when they don't make it into her mouth and she is 'scrounging')

Mcdonald's on my face

After my Wed morning Bible study (which is on Esther this semester and is really AWESOME!) s it has somehow started to become a tradition to swing by the McD's on the way home. Sam was quite messy with his cheee-erber and this is the sweet site I saw.

who do you look like?

It is really interesting the comments we get about who the kiddos look like. We hear how much Sam looks just like Kirk, then oh he is Kelly all over again. Initially Sam was 100% Kirk. He looked just like his daddy, grand pop and cousin (right down to the awful cowlick on the right side of his head) as he has grown, I do see more of my features in him, though his is still his daddy's side. Same comments for Molly, and then we hear how much Sam and Molly look alike (which I don't see AT all). We believe that Molly has more of my features. Sooo, I decided to go to the experts (well, the Look-alike Meter people that is) and here are the results:

I find it interesting that baby Sam is 11% more Kirk and baby Molly is 11% more me. I wonder if she will be an equal mix as well?!

Baby Sam Look-alike Meter

Sam Look-alike Meter

molly Look-alike Meter

Look alikes

I had so much fun with these, I decided to then see who Kirk and I looked like. Hmmm, interesting to say the least!

Kirk's Celebrity look-alikes

Kelly's Celebrity look-alikes

sweet dreams, my chick-a-dees

When Kirk went upstairs to check on the kiddos before we went to bed last night, this is the sight he saw. Sam is completely sideways in his 'car' bed. I introduced a flat pillow a couple of months ago and he has yet to sleep on it, he is usually just below it or right beside it, but this takes the cake. He has 2 blankets (neither one on him) and all of his "friends" lining the bed (all except Tyrone that is, he is hugging him) from this angle I can not see taggie, though I am sure it is all snuggled up with him with his finger through the yellow tag loop (his favorite)

Here is Molly. She hadn't moved since I placed her there. Notice the pink pacifier in her mouth, as well as a 'spare' green pacifier close by (there is a 3rd somewhere in there too) can never have too many pacifiers (according to Molly) And yes, those of you observant enough to notice... she has FINALLY made it up to her very own room (though I am sure the spare bathroom was quite comfortable). We have all made the transition well. Kirk's fears have come true though, as they are able to wake each other up easier now. Molly has helped Mr. Sam rise and shine early every morning (yay...NOT) Night-Night all

addiction

What ever could make this girl so incredibly HAPPY!?
why it is her new found addiction: PUFFS, PUFFS, PUFFS
yum, yum ,yum can't get enough of these PUFFS!!!

boredom

What happens when your baby sister is sick and your mommy makes you stay in quarantine? Well, apparently you have to find your own form of entertainment. Oh, and what do your eyes spy? Could it be? How cool... a paper towel roll, those are so fun to "toot-toot" in and use as a telescope. Hmmm, there is only one problem though... there seems to be actual paper towels on it. What is one to do? Unroll them all in order to get to the prize:

then, later in the day :
Sam is hooked on 2 shows right now, "bear bear" (aka: prayer bear) and "hearse melmo" (aka: Elmo in the wild wild west) --he calls it horse elmo because elmo is on a horse. After having these shows on many, many, many times throughout the day (yes, I felt sorry for the boy, so he got to watch more tv than normal) I had finally had enough and said NO he could watch 'hearse melmo' later. I guess this was not a good enough answer, he decided to take things into his own hands. This is what Kirk found when he got home from work:
Yes, that is the DVD box sticking out of the VCR. ARGGGHHH. guess that is why he was quiet while I started on supper.
I am soooo happy to say, we are all healthy now and back out and about :)

krispy Kreme again

Buy a dozen donuts at Krispy Kreme by February 14 and get 12 free Valentine’s Day cards as part of Krispy Kreme’s “Share the Love” promotion. Okay, free cards are nice on their own, but there’s a free donut coupon on the back of each card. Nice! Here’s a list of participating stores.

bath Body Works coupon

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Mcdonald's Coffee

Rumor has it that for the month February, McDonalds is offering FREE coffee 5-9am, February 1-28 at participating locations

If your location is participating, you can get a Free medium Premium Roast Coffee, Vanilla, Hazelnut, or Regular Iced Coffee. Only one item per person per visit.

FREE Denny's breakfast

Denny's is giving away FREE Grand Slam breakfasts tomorrow (Tues) from 6am-2pm. Go HERE for the details.

REDBOX FREE MOVIE TODAY ONLY

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BRRRRRR

last night:


WOW, did the thermometer really say 17 this morning? That makes for a pretty cold morning! The sleet started last night just after my Acteen meeting was canceled for last night and my Bible study was canceled for this morning.(I am really kind of happy about that one though, I was going to have to miss it again since molly still has a runny nose and cough) I know it is dangerous, but it is also so pretty to see. I love to see the shine of the ice that looks like everything is covered in glass. Too bad we don't have any real trees around to see.

here is the side of the brick, notice the protected inner side and the exposed outer side:
the "glass grass"
our shrub brrrr, makes me feel cold to think of being covered in ice!
have no fear, it is suppose to be back to the mid 60's by Friday!! (this winter has really been crazy that is for sure!)

Freebie poll

Ok gang, I know, it seems like all I have been posting lately is how to get FREE stuff, but hey, I figure if it looks good/cool and is easy to do why not share with all of my friends right?! If you don't want to do it you don't have to, but it is there if you do right?! Guess that means you might want to check the site often as you never know what might be free out there today, or don't check it very often as you could care less about the freebies. All this to say.... I will be taking a poll to see what you are really thinking. Check out the poll on the right side of the blog and be sure to "make your voice be heard" (that means VOTE!!! :) )

FREE Diet DR PEPPER

Yes, yes yes, it is TRUE!! the people at the Dr Pepper site are actually going to give away coupons for a FREE diet DR Pepper. (maybe it is to make up for those of us who never got in for their promotion a while back) Anyway, I don't really care about the reason, I just want to take advantage of it. I just completed this and for now it is working but, I am not sure how long this one is good for, so I would hop on over here now if I were you. You can chose either a free 20 oz or 2 Liter. I bet you can use the coupon on any DP but not sure. will do my best to use it to buy my Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper YUMMY!

Oh, I almost forgot... this freeby was discovered by my sweet hubby (he is always looking out for me :) )

free Starbucks

ok, all you volunteers out there. all you have to do is tell them that you pledge to volunteer 5 hours of your time for the organization of your choice and they will give you a free coffee. Click here to read the full article. Sorry just found this... it expires on SUNDAY

Poor Poor babies

This week our house has been hit by the common cold. For such a small little thing known as the "germ", it sure is mighty powerful !
Kirk initially had the lovely bug and then it passed to both of the kids. I knew Sam wasn't feeling very well because of this scenario:Those of you who know Sam know that he can't sit still for very long, so when he requested a blanket, I knew. All the boy wanted to do was lay on the couch and watch cartoons!
Little Miss molly seemed to have fared the worst. She had been utterly miserable. Unable to breathe through her nose (which is quite a tragedy for someone as addicted to her fooler as she is!) How are you suppose to soothe yourself when you can't suck on the pacifier? Since she never seemed to get better and she started "barking" like a dog I took her to the doctor. Croup was the verdict. hopefully she will be better in the next couple of days. We started her on some steroids to help as well.

now, I am just waiting for my turn. I have been dosing myself with orange juice and vitamins in hopes to avoid this nasty germ!--- but remember~ all you have to do to avoid the illness is wash those hands (it has nothing to do with those sweet little kisses from a germ infested 2 year old-- that HAVE to be planted squarely on the mouth!, or the sweet little sopping wet fingers that go from the baby's mouth straight into mine, or the coughing/sneezing/snotting that is all over my shirt, arms, legs, hands, face, or the breathing of a pathetic ,snoring infant who will only sleep if she is on my chest. naw, that has nothing to do with it... it is solely hand washing! :) right nurses?!

free Dr Pepper

Hey all you DP fans out there... here is an opportunity to get a free Dr pepper here
This one will be a WHOLE lot easier to get than the "Free DP from the actual DP site!!"
All you have to do is go to your closest ARBYS and use this coupon with any purchase thru 1-31. I am thinking a nice order of curly fries and FREE DP :) hmmm, krispy kreme yesterday, curly fries today.... no one needs to even ask me how my New year's resolutions are going!!

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Free Krispy kreme donut TODAY

Today only (Tues 1-20) in honor of inauguration day krispy kreme is giving away a free doughnut just go to the store!

who me?!

look at what little miss "into everything" got into this week.
Yep, it is a bag of Sam's diapers. She pulled them all out of the of the bag, gnawed on a few of them then... When she realized she was busted, she looked at me with those sweet innocent eyes and started to suck on her thumb as though she had done nothing wrong. Little did she know that by continuing to hold onto the diaper it proved her quilt :)

all i want for Christmas... a little late

We all know the song... "all I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth..." Molly asked for it (in her own baby language that no one understands) but apparently even Jolly Saint Nick couldn't understand it because this beauty didn't make it's appearance until 2 days after Christmas
only one tooth has come, but the second front one isn't too far behind.

auntie annes pretzel

Ok guys,
Anyone ever had an Auntie Anne's pretzel? You would know it if you had! They are yummy. Here is a way to get a coupon for a FREE pretzel, and from the looks of it you should get special stuff each month. Just sign up here and enjoy!!!

****UPDATE****I already got mine in my email box... have you?!-- hope so! hey, did anyone get their gum? I am STILL waiting for my pack.***

Free Suave shampoo

ok everyone out there... here is a free bottle of SUAVE shampoo. be sure to click here to see the details. This is for tomorrow WED JAN 14th ONLY so be sure to register!!!

Boys day out

While on vacation Kirk took Sam out for a special "Boys Only Day" They went to "pump it up". Kirk found out that they actually have one for kids under 3!! PERFECT, so that you don't have to worry about all those "big' kids bullying the little ones. Since it was boys only I made Kirk promise to take pictures :) I guess Sam was not as excited about it as we both thought he would be, bit after a while he warmed up to it and had a good time:


This sweet face says it all!Thanks Daddy for a super fun day! xoxo, SAM

Christmas recap

I am finally back up and running. No, my computer wasn't down, my brain was. We have enjoyed a great Christmas and New Year. Kirk has been off and there has been a lot of celebrating (birthday/Christmases/NY etc), eating, family, friends and fellowship. It is amazing to me how fast the vacation time flies by, but when it comes to neglected housework it seems like it was a very long time! ARGHHH!
We were able to spend some time visiting Kirk's parents the weekend before Christmas. no matter what we do, when we leave ,or how tired he is, Sam just will NOT sleep in the car. He is a good boy for most of the trip, just bad later on when he is whiny/tired and overly-energetic. Miss Molly is ok about sleeping in the car, she just doesn't ever want to sleep when we are there. She was better about it this time as compared to Thanksgiving, though for some reason she enjoys me holding her throughout the night. oh well, just makes for a very tired mommy (and daddy too)
I got (had) to work on Christmas Eve night. It was kind of sad being away from my family, but I reminded myself that I was fortunate enough to have healthy babies and did not have to spend Christmas IN the hospital, but I was able to go home and hug and kiss on my sweet babies. I couldn't imagine how difficult that must be to have a sick newborn in the hospital this time of year (any time of year actually) God has truly blessed our family.
Since we don't believe in or do the "santa' thing, I was able to come home after working a busy night and go to sleep. After I got up and showered we had our family Christmas.
On the 26th we went over to my parents house for Christmas. (yes, we managed to celebrate 1 day over the entire week :) ) Sam is really into this whole opening presents thing. He has really enjoyed opening all the wrapped presents (he was even nice enough to open Molly's for her too) and playing with whatever was wrapped (Molly on the other hand really enjoyed the "wrap")We found out how smart he really is as well. While opening gifts from my parents he refused to open the "clothes" shaped boxes, apparently he knew there wasn't fun stuff in any box that looked like that ha ha! After opening all of our gifts we put the kiddos down to bed and then c'puter pa and money ma hosted the FAMILY FEUD. (my dad created a game on his computer and projector) It was a lot of fun! __and we played for REAL cash!! kirk and I played against one another (originally my brother and family were suppose to be here for Christmas this year, but Rod started a new job about a month ago and did not have vacation time so they were unable to come.) It was too bad they couldn't come. We haven't been able to see each other for a while, in fact, they still have not been able to meet Molly yet. It would have been fun to play against them, but then again it was a lot of fun to beat Kirk :).

here are a couple of my favorite Christmas pictures of the kids:

Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and enjoyed time with your families and friends!