An Exercise In Futility or Anti-Frugality or Something

Oh. MY. Word.
Just saw Mini Boden's Fall/Winter Line for Boys online.
Be still my fashion conscious heart!!

Friday Five!

1. spent the day at the shore with granny of the east and our lovely church friends! and successfully lured amelie away from said beach and friends (maeve was borderline hypothermic--she has a deadly love affair with freezing cold ocean water! and had the blue arms, legs and face to prove it! yikes and ha!) to the rides without a nervous breakdown. NICE! both babies were fed, bathed and sleeping by quarter to 7. woot!
2. have a weekend full of plans with the visiting granny of the south. i'm sure it will all be very interesting! chuck e. cheese is in the works and we'll see what happens from there!
3. he shall be called, "E.S.W."
4. any guesses?
5. exhausted. going to be now! (9:20) oh what a glamorous life i lead!

good night! and have a pleasant tomorrow!

The Cutest Birthday Dress Ever--Because What Girl *Doesn't* Need A Cake Shaped Purse!?

Cake Dress. Cake Purse. Cake-tastic!

It's Only Wednesday Morning And This Week, I've Already:

* worn my bathing suit inside out to the pool--only realizing it was inside out after:
a. I had already been there half an hour
b. gotten completely wet
c. eh =)
* set a small fire in my kitchen which
a. resisted being put out by the "decrease available oxygen" route
b. finally went out after I doused it with a box of baking soda.
c. was on the stove
d. led to me spending the night scrubbing the stove
* picked out a baby name that
a. I love.
b. I will tell you after I tell a few people firsthand (like, um, my Parents!!)
*entered my THIRD TRIMESTER!!!! seriously?
a. this pregnancy is going fast!
b. I'm still holding out hope that we'll find somewhere in the 3 mile radius I want to live which is affordable and has three bedrooms. we. shall. see.
c. I still have to do my glucose screening and am so not looking forward to it--ick in the extreme man!!
d. I can't wait to meet my baby!!!
* dropped Amelie off at a local church's vacation Bible school where she has:
a. had a wonderful time
b. learned lots of songs, eaten lots of snacks and played lots of games
c. given me 2.5 hours each day alone with the Maevenator WHO HAS BEEN TAKING NAPS TWICE A DAY. I still haven't figured this one out!!
*this week shall henceforth be known as "The Busiest Week Ever" we'll see if this homebody:
a. survives
b. makes it out to everything we have planned
c. gets enough naps to stay sane-(can there ever be enough naps?!? i think not =)-tee hee!
Happy Wednesday!!

The Wonderful Sisters: A Study In Contrasts

Etsy: Handmade Boy Cuteness

Isn't this little handmade set I found on Etsy tdf?

There is hope for cute boy stuff!!

I'm starting on my must-have-boy-stuff list and I'm happy to report that I don't *need* much and I can't wait to start checking items off!

Oh, and I think I've decided on a name...but you're probably not going to like it =)

*tee hee*

Off to look up fabric appliques! Woot!

Girls At The Pool

Girls On The Go

Girls At The Park (We Love the Park At 8:30 A.M.: Quiet, Cool, Empty!)

Shelly's Snippets

* I'm so thankful that my girls play so well together--Amelie is the most loving and kind big sister, and is a great helper to her little sister at the park and the pool! i'm proud to be their mother!
* Maeve has started saying Amelie very distinctly, "Ahh maaaa leeee!" it is so cute!
* I need a new point and shoot digital camera--my pocket camera is fading fast! and I don't have room to tote around my big digital for the everyday stuff!
* Just found out that not only did our insurance coverage change this year, but my husband's school switched providers, right in the middle of my pregnancy. Something tells me that this is going to be annoying for me! Ahhhh! But, at the same time, I'm thankful for insurance!
* Still am not used to wearing a maternity bathing suit every-single-day-in-public. I'm pretty sure I'll never get used to it.
* TMI: I smashed my toe this week and now have half a toe nail on my pinky toe. So sad =(
* Loves Jersey Fresh Blueberries!
* Needs another vacation!
* Needs to start going to bed earlier!
* Excited that we have NOTHING to do this weekend!
* Enjoys Nameless Baby Weber and all of his kicking but does not appreciate that he only starts kicking at night, just as I finally get comfortable enough to fall asleep =)

Happy Thursday!

Yay for Day One Of Month SEVEN!!

Your Baby

Your baby isn't just sitting around doing nothing, he's working hard preparing for life outside the womb—perfecting his lungs and packing on the pounds. He'll gain 1/2 pound this week alone. Other highlights this week:

• Things are starting to get a little crowded inside the old womb as baby grows bigger and bigger. Your ribs are probably pining away for the good old days when they didn't have a foot permanently lodged between them. Hate to break it to you, but it's going to get worse before it gets better.

• Your baby's ears are fully functional now. And since they are, you may notice that loud noises and sudden movements can startle the little bugger. He's getting used to the everyday sounds inside the womb: the sound of your heart beating, your lungs inhaling and exhaling air, the growling of your stomach.
  

• Baby's got a fully developed inner ear now. This means his sense of balance is working and he can tell whether he's hanging upside down or right side up. He can also feel you moving, so go ahead, pop in your favorite tunes and boogie.

• Your little Wiener schnitzel is about the length of a foot-long Chicago hot dog and weighs about 1 1/3 pounds.

The Fireworks Fairy

Amelie, Granny of the North and Daddy at Amelie's first fireworks!

Beware--if you send Daddy off to buy a light up toy for your girl (thinking that he would get a wand or a tiara) he will buy her a three foot long sword.
And she will love it!

The dance of the fireworks fairy!

(pretending the sword is a flute!)

I love that kid!

Zoo-bi-lee

We had a lovely day at the zoo on Monday--the weather was perfect and the crowds and traffic were light!

This was my view for most of the day:

Amelie and Maeve and their squishy face picture:

Anna, Amelie and Ellie

Cousin Ryleigh

Yay for friends and family and fun!

4th Of July Festivities

My parents came up this weekend for a visit and we celebrated with many 4th of July firsts!Maeve at her first hometown parade!
It was so fun and the girls got buckets of candy and enjoyed all of it immensely...except, of course, for the civil war re-enact-or-people with their noisy muskets! ack!

Amelie's first fourth of july parade (since she was an infant!).
She also went to see her first fireworks!
They were a little up close and personal (i.e. intense). She wasn't phased at all but I sure was as I was getting hit in the head, face etc. by debris, smoke and flying firework objects in the air. Yikes.

It was also Baby Boy Weber's first fourth.
He and I were exhausted by it all =)

Hope you all had a lovely weekend!

Happy Independence Day!

I hope you all have a safe and happy 4th of July!
We've had a wonderful day so far!
Yay for fun, family days!

Shelly's Snippets

* had a lovely week with the girls--so much fun at the pool, the park and spending time together at home--they are such a joy!

* enjoyed reading your comments on my "i'm broken" post--and so glad that i'm not the only one that feels broken when pregnant! ayyyeee!!

* feels like the future could be/is/might be totally up in the air for us. do we move? look elsewhere? sometimes starting fresh sounds so good and sometimes thinking about it just makes me tired and discouraged. praying, as always, for open doors (or closed) and confidence in the Plan HE has.

* so thankful for my husband--he totally gets me and gives me exactly what i need. it's kind of amazing!

* finally. finally. finally got a stinkin' haircut! yay for no more split ends and dark brown roots peekin' out! woot!


* needs to move next door to S.R.V. like, yesterday. sheesh.

*also needs to take it easy buying baby boy's clothes--but, seriously--have you seen how many places are having A-Mazing sales right now? it's ridiculous! i'm trying not to get ahead of myself (that's hard for the planner in me!).

* thinks texting while driving, cell phone chatting while checking out, itsy bitsy bikinis, squirt guns, mullets, parents-screaming-(at-the-park)-instead of actually disciplining their children ought all be banned/made illegal/etc.

* is excited for the 4th of July parade! and other 4th-y events. woot!

I Think I'm Broken

So...last night Mr. Wonderful and I snuck out of the house after the girls went to bed

(thanks to the remarkable Granny of the East for her superior babysitting skills! =)

and celebrated our anniversary Cheesecake Factory Style.

I was so excited about our date and eating all of that yummy food!

The only problem is that since I've been pregnant I haven't been able to eat.

We're talking no more than 5 bites of food at any one time.

And it. is. killing. me.

It's not like I live to eat or anything--but eating isn't enjoyable AT ALL when

a. you are never hungry

b. you get sick before, during and after a meal

Seriously, it's like the gastric bypass pregnancy--our little one has a choke hold on my entire digestive system!

So after only 5 mere french fries during my 11 oclock lunch with the girls I couldn't get more than 3 bites down at our 9 oclock dinner!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Somebody help meeee---

Cause I have a piece of Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake in the fridge that is just waiting to be eaten and I just can't do it.

This pregnancy stuff--it's full of cruel and unusual punishments.

(but of course, totally worth it and wonderful in the end...whenever that may be =)