A Long Overdue Post.....

No, I did not fall into a deep, dark black hole......I've just been pregnant with two little ones running around trying to keep up with life that just seems to be whirling by me at rapid speed! Imagine how crazy it will be with 3 children, ahhhh yes I can hear the sound of crying now, me that is, not the kids........just kidding. It was a rough first couple of weeks with the pregnancy, feeling like well, you know something stuck to the bottom of your shoe for about 13ish weeks and having to care for two little ones was not really my idea of fun, but we roughed it out and came out relatively unharmed! Now the daunting task of just making sure I get a enough rest and have enough pep to get through the day is my challenge, I am a night owl by nature, but I pay for it and hate myself in the morning when I hear a chubby little red head quacking like a duck over the monitor at 6:30am, followed shortly after at 7am by quiet unlatching his older sister's door wondering if in fact Daddy has yet left for work.

We have been busy to say the least, just doing life and living it up. We have indeed added two more chickens to the Slimick Farm, they remain unnamed at the moment, but we are working on it. Once they stopped getting picked on by our other 4 chickens and they get acclimated to their new surroundings we will be sure to share some photos of our newest feathered family members.

Until then enjoy some random photos of our crazy adorable children on an outing we had last month to our local natural history museum, and yes after actually viewing these pictures and seeing how long our son's hair was we cut it soon after. Rest assured Jonah now looks like a little boy who has parents who love him.

CHICKEN LOVE

Our girls are growing up and getting big! We really can't believe how much they have grown and it really is evident when we look back at the pictures of when we first brought them home, click HERE to see those pics.

Sophie and Jonah seriously love the chickens. Sophie truly asks to go outside and "play" with the chickens, which really involves her just chasing them around the backyard. Really though, it is no longer a chase since the chickens have sort of given up on running away from her, they have realized that she is RELENTLESS and will not quit chasing them until she has gotten to "love" one of them. Now they see her coming and just squat down prepared for the loving that is coming their way! Jonah, well, he just wants to hug and kiss them..........my tenderhearted little man.

Now that we are getting 4 eggs a day, Neal has made it clear that he wants more chickens, at least 2 more he says. We'll see what happens! Who knows the Slimick Farm could be growing folks!

Butterfly

Roxy

Mabel

Betty

THAT ONE'S MINE

YUP......THE ONE BEHIND THE PLATE WITH ALL THE FOOD IN HIS HAIR........THAT'S MY SON.

MATH

ONE

PLUS

PLUS

EQUALS HAPPY, EXCITED, AND VERY BLESSED PARENTS!

Welcoming Baby #3 sometime in mid October!

GRATEFUL

Yes, very, very Grateful........

Grateful that the Lord was with my husband when this happened to him yesterday on his way home from work.



Grateful that the only real damage done was to my husband's now (more than likely) totaled Jeep.


Grateful that aside from some manageable aches and pains (Thanks to Dr. Layne) Neal is ok.


Grateful, when I think of how much worse it could have been.


Yes, even Grateful that the man who made an unyielding u-turn out in front of my husband causing this accident was not seriously injured either.

FIRE STATION VISIT

Today my friend Heather and I took the kids to the Fire Station near her house. We have been talking about doing this for some time and have finally gotten around to it. As you can see from the pictures the kids had a blast climbing around inside the fire truck and 'driving'. I honestly think they were a little sad to go home! Thanks Heather for bringing your camera so we could capture the fun memories!